Pitkäkoski, Finland

[Jarmo Juntunen]

Hi guys! I hope everyone's fine despite the horrible year of '20! I myself have been absent from this forum and many others due to a work assignment that took me abroad for a while. So, without further ado, here's one from yesterday. I should be colder up here this time of the year, but at least there is some snow.

 

[James Lemon]

You folks make good winter tires !! Where did the color come from in the water stream is it the lighting?

 

[Jarmo Juntunen]

You folks make good winter tires !! Where did the color come from in the water stream is it the lighting?

Hi James, good to hear from you! I hope you and your close ones are well. Well, we better make them good with our climate, right ? That brownish colour is very typical for waters in Finland. It`s humus, a mixture of woodland residues and peat, quite discusting looking but harmless. An hour later I used that same water for coffee:

 

[James Lemon]

Hi James, good to hear from you! I hope you and your close ones are well. Well, we better make them good with our climate, right ? That brownish colour is very typical for waters in Finland. It`s humus, a mixture of woodland residues and peat, quite discusting looking but harmless. An hour later I used that same water for coffee:

This is a very interesting coffee mug must work for hot chocolate too!

 

[Asher Kelman]

What is that unusual coffee mug made of?

 

[Jarmo Juntunen]

I believe it`s called a birch burl. It is essencially a deformation on a tree trunk, but the ones in a birch are considered to have some value. They are used widely in Nordic handicraft to make very pricy artefacts. Here`s what the Great Internet`s got to say about it:

Guksi - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Asher Kelman]

But in the picture, it appears to be heated over a fire! Is that an illusion?

Asher

 

[Jarmo Juntunen]

You`re right, it does look like that! I didn`t even notice that. No, it`s not over the fire.

 

[Asher Kelman]

I was thinking, “How useful to have Nordic cups one can keep hot like that!”

A silicon-based tree could do that!

Asher

 

[Tom Robbins]

Or a stainless steel birch, Asher.

Hello Jarmo, it's been a while. Happy New Year, man!

 

[Jarmo Juntunen]

Or a stainless steel birch, Asher.

Hello Jarmo, it's been a while. Happy New Year, man!

Hi Tom, how are you? Happy New Year to you, too!

 

[Tom Robbins]

I'm as fine as frog's hair, Jarmo. Thanks!

 

[Asher Kelman]

I'm as fine as frog's hair, Jarmo. Thanks!

Does the President of Frogland have an orange wig too?

Asher