MYSTERY OBJECTS

[PanBiker]

It's not sealed it's just a U shaped piece of plastic which is convenient as a display piece. It has a decal on the front which says what it is hence the angle of the shot. I have another photo which shows this when you have got it.

[Big Kev]

Is something encased in lava?

[Tizer]

Panbiker wrote: `Slightly up your street Tiz..'. Does this mean my locality or my interests?
Whatever it is, it looks odd in the photo. It looks like something orange-red on, or encased in, something else which is white with black speckles. The white stuff could be granite.

[plaques]

A bit of meltdown material from the Chernobyl reactor giving a nice pleasant glow in the dark. But more likely to be a bit of volcanic rock landing in some sand. Which all goes to show I don't know what it is.

[PanBiker]

I asked for it, it's a part of social and political history.

You need to concentrate more on this. Up your street Tiz, but quite loosely, it's mineral in nature though.

I will reveal if you don't get it along with it's decal and the certificate it came with.

[Tizer]

Part of the Berlin wall?

[PanBiker]

Well done Tiz, yes, here it is with it's decal. It comes with a certificate of authenticity as well which I haven't photographed.

So concrete and mortar but it represents a lot more than just that.

[Stanley]

That was a good one!

[Tizer]

That was 99% luck! I was thinking it's mineral, a part of social and political history, and collected on a holiday somewhere. There must be lots of other possibilities to match that but Berlin wall came into my mind for some reason. A good Mystery Object, Ian! Now, tell me,why is it red in the middle? Is it red brick coated in render?

[PanBiker]

No I don't think so the bulk of the chip is concrete, it looks like the red could be paint. There was a lot of graffiti on the wall and it could be a bit of that on the sample.

[Big Kev]

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Name the song?

[PanBiker]

Living on a Prayer

[Big Kev]

That didn't take long

[chinatyke]

It's Theresa's new anthem.

[Stanley]

Blink and you miss it!

[Stanley]

Try this one.....

[Cathy]

Hard to work out the size but I'll go for an old and battered Tape Measure.

[Big Kev]

A grease nipple?

[chinatyke]

[Stanley]

Kev and China must have worked on old machinery they got it straight away!
Next one please.....

[chinatyke]

Kev and China must have worked on old machinery they got it straight away!
Next one please.....

I couldn't place it until Kev identified it. Top marks to him!

[Stanley]

I think they are obsolete now but were always a cut above the ubiquitous grease nipple. I don't think I ever came across one that didn't work.
I've always been amused by the American coyness about grease nipples, they call them 'zerks'. They don't talk about chicken breast either, it's 'White meat'.

[PanBiker]

I've always been amused by the American coyness about grease nipples, they call them 'zerks'. They don't talk about chicken breast either, it's 'White meat'.

Do they have Blue Tits? Or a melt down.

[chinatyke]

Do they have Blue Tits? Or a melt down.

Only in cold weather!

[Marilyn]

Spotted Dick perhaps?