RE: [Philmont]: Smellable? What was that?

>I would never trust a human nose to determine if something is smellable.
>Animals can detect the > tiniest traces of an odor from miles away. When
>in doubt, in the bag it goes.

I agree. Not every human nose can detect traces of odor. Some, however,
can. If you have a person who can detect a trace of an odor it can be
useful to get their opinion. But, you're right --
when in doubt put it into the bag.

>properly placed dishes, pots and pans around a sump can act as an alarm
>that a critter has entered you site and has found something of interest.

This is true. Hopefully, though, the critter hasn't located this alarm
because
of some odor on the cookware. Cookware needs thorough cleaning to rid
it of food odors and then several rinses with clean water to rid it of the
soap odor.

Joe Jansen
JAJansenJr@gmail.com
Philmont 1965; 1978

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Received on Tue Aug 23 03:58:31 2005