Activity for Ilmari Karonen‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Answer	—	A: How to keep bees out of canned beverages? I can certainly sympathise with your situation from experience — wasps especially love all kinds of sweet drinks, and will home in on them with monomaniacal persistence. I've even had them try to get in my mouth while I'm drinking from a cup, which can be a somewhat unpleasant situation. (FW... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Answer	—	A: Is it safe to swim naked in lakes in Northern Europe? As gerrit notes, swimming in lakes is common in Scandinavia, and there's not a lot of fauna in them that could even potentially be harmful. Some lakes in southern Sweden apparently do have leeches, which can attach themselves to exposed human skin or, in some cases, to the insides of body cavities. ... (more)	—	over 11 years ago
Answer	—	A: How to safely carry a fixed-blade knife? This is sort of an obvious answer, but if you're worried about a knife slipping out of (or cutting through) a cheap sheath, then get a knife with a better sheath. The traditional outdoors knife here in Finland is the puukko, usually worn in a leather sheath that grips the handle by friction, with an... (more)	—	almost 13 years ago
Answer	—	A: What's the UPF of a T-Shirt or jeans? The short answer is, it varies. The three factors that most influence the UV transmission factor of clothing are kind of obvious: Material: Some materials are better at absorbing UV than others; for example, the paper cited below suggests that polyester absorbs more UV light (particularly UVB) tha... (more)	—	almost 13 years ago