Reply #17: The cellphones were like $10 a month from Telia

[Cats Against Frist]

and that was for everyone -- the computers weren't free, but subsidized by the government.

I don't know about the free time -- they all seemed pretty lax to me -- taking long vacations -- four-hour lunches. In the middle of the day, tons of people eating ice cream cones, pushing prams around. They were ALWAYS doing something though -- I just mean they weren't working. Not a lot of laying around. Walking from here to there, dinner parties, speeches, lunches, political things, classes, soccer games, party functions. If I had the Tunnelbana in my city, though, I suppose I'd be out and about, more.

And my ex wasn't a high-level administrator. And I don't know, per your PM, how many mayors Stockholm has. I think, maybe, eight -- and they're more like a city council, or a council of mayors.

Toward the end of this page, it talks about modern Swedish political history. Carl Bildt was the head of the wingnuts (hee), and I guess the SAP didn't win by a landslide -- they've been a minority government -- but they've been in charge for some time.