MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Stanley
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Bugger! He's right. Now set another object!
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- Stanley
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I'll keep quiet and let the others have a go.....
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- Stanley
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Nobody appears to be nibbling. It's a 9mm short cartridge case. Most likely fired from a Sten gun. They were a cheap light machine gun made during WW2.
STEN is an acronym, from the names of the weapon's chief designers, Major Reginald V. Shepherd and Harold Turpin, and EN for the Enfield factory.
STEN is an acronym, from the names of the weapon's chief designers, Major Reginald V. Shepherd and Harold Turpin, and EN for the Enfield factory.
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No. Sorry.
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They look too short to be ties for anything. They look a little bit lacy, maybe stretchy, do they ‘extend’ something?
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Bit of a long shot, but are they used for making something like a peg rug?
Gloria
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They look horribly like some kind of intestinal parasite but I assume that's not the correct answer!
A type of medical bandage where the ends clip or stick together?
A type of medical bandage where the ends clip or stick together?
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Ian hasn't said whther Sten gun ammunition is right yet!
China, they look to me like the frilly decorations some people put on the leg bones of a cooked chicken.....
China, they look to me like the frilly decorations some people put on the leg bones of a cooked chicken.....
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
I think China posted a new object because he thought the cartridge object must have been yours and you'd brought it to an end when you wrote `Nobody appears to be nibbling....'
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Stanley was very knowledgeable about Ian's object and I assumed he was right. Apologies to Ian.
All wrong answers so far. Kevin, these could be used for that purpose but aren't designed to be. I only discovered these last week and my wife explained what is their real purpose. Sue would have found these useful on her arrival at her place in France.
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Something to do with eradicating flies?
Gloria
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Catching flies, but can’t imagine how they work?
Gloria
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Stanley is correct in saying that the rounds were used in the British STEN gun. However the markings WRA refer to Winchester Repeating Ammunition and the round is known as 9mm Parabellum and was widely used during WWII. It also chambers in the German Luger pistol and MP 40 sub machine gun amongst others.
Ian
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Are they dish covers to keep flies off?
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They looked like single use shower caps
Obviously a memorial but where?
Obviously a memorial but where?
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I wasn't familiar with disposable shower caps but I've just looked them up online and they do look identical. Perhaps that is what they are and we're putting them to a different use. You deserve a Brownie point. Award yourself a CDM.
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I will I've been in far too many hotels...
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- Stanley
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The memorial. Arnhem?
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!