MYSTERY OBJECTS
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Memory failure Stanley, in my defence it is a couple of years since I read it. I'll guess at "thou shalt commit adultery ".
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Any thoughts on what this is?
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Stanley, in response to the typo...
Was it that the word should have been "celebrate" and was wrongly transcribed as "celibate"????
Was it that the word should have been "celebrate" and was wrongly transcribed as "celibate"????
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No Maz and I'll kill it right away. The typesetter inserted an extra line at the end of the last chapter of Revelation..... "And they all lived happily ever after".
My first thought when I saw Tiz's object was that it could be a stopper for a flask or perhaps an opened wine bottle.
My first thought when I saw Tiz's object was that it could be a stopper for a flask or perhaps an opened wine bottle.
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Not a stopper or a jeweller's eyepiece.
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Is it a lens out of a microscope or binoculars??
Gloria
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I'm with Gloria, or maybe a thermos stopper.
I know I'm in my own little world, but it's OK... they know me here.
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Is it the "insert" in a computer desk through which the cables are guided?
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A knob from a toaster or similar appliance.
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That could be it Maz, a knob.......
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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None of the above, you're all still in the dark!
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A light switch of some sort....off a lamp maybe??
Gloria
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http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
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http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
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Dimmer switch?
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Panbiker's got it with `torch', although a conventional one, not LED. It's the bit that holds the bulb in the head of my torch. I've shown it again here but with the cone-shaped reflector in place. All that sits in the top of the plastic torch body and then the head, with its glass lens, screws onto the body. Not an easy mystery object and I'm not surprised it needed a clue!
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My turn then, fortunately I have these but I have to say they seem familiar but I have no definite idea of what they are used for.
The three examples in the first photo are all slightly different sizes at the tip of the tool.
The second shows the spring loaded operation.
They look as if they are for an inserting or withdrawing operation
Any ideas, or are they a known hand tool to anyone?
The three examples in the first photo are all slightly different sizes at the tip of the tool.
The second shows the spring loaded operation.
They look as if they are for an inserting or withdrawing operation
Any ideas, or are they a known hand tool to anyone?
Ian
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I have one, and know how to use it!
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Remember using these to make 'rag rugs' after the war. Not sure of the correct name something like 'rag rug prodder'?
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That's what they reminded me of Plaques, but I remember a hand tool like a larger crochet hook, no spring mechanism. I suppose these could be made for purpose though.
I have just Googled it using "rag rug tool" and that is indeed what they are. A bit of a posher version than what we used to use.
I have just Googled it using "rag rug tool" and that is indeed what they are. A bit of a posher version than what we used to use.
Ian
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Try these.....
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Belly button adjusters.
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I'm pretty sure I know but will leave it a bit.
Gloria
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
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Obviously they must be a measuring gauge for determining the size of buttons. Invented in America by the Confederate general T.J. `Stonewall' Jackson in 1861 to check that his soldiers were wearing the right size buttons. It's a well-known military fact that if you go into battle wearing the wrong size buttons you will lose. He must have forgotten to check his own buttons though because he was shot by his own men! He's wearing them in this photo on the wikipedia page. LINK
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