Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Q&A 55: Surplus Gear and Finnish Culture w/ Jari Laine of Varusteleka" video.

  1. When the mosquitos reappear, I let the first ones enjoy their blood meals in peace so as to build up resistance. Afterwards, when you get the inevitable bites, you don't get the itchy bumps.
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  2. Cloth bandage or Vaatelaastari(R) is actually a thing in Finland.
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  3.  @jukkakopol7355  Simo Häyhä was a member of the Civil Guard. As such, he had a uniform. The same went for my uncles, one of whom soldiered through the whole Continuation War in his Civil Guard uniform.
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