MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

I don't have an image of the underwater part of the stern of a narrow boat for you but it had a name, can anyone tell me what it was?
(I'll not let this one hang on long, its a bit too esoteric!)

[Stanley]

It's known as the swim.

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Cathy]

Something from Court Room

[Stanley]

Sorry Cathy but no.

[Steeplejerk]

It adjusts like a shoe stretcher but hat shaped ??

[Stanley]

You've got it Tom. It's a hat stretcher.... Now for the next one!

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Steeplejerk]

the only "scant" I know is un-planed timber ??

[Stanley]

Sorry Tom, no..... Nothing to do with wood.

[Big Kev]

Roofing slate 'measures'?

[Stanley]

Yes Kev! Exactly right. This one is said to be a rule with Yorkshire measures but I have never heard them before.
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[Stanley]

What is it?

[Big Kev]

For some sort of testing? Strength of things? Wool?

[Stanley]

Testing yes but not strength Kev. Not wool.

[PanBiker]

Cotton thread?

[Stanley]

Yes Ian. Now, what is it measuring and how?

[PanBiker]

Breaking strength and done with adding weights from memory, seen one in use a long time ago.

[Stanley]

Sorry no Ian and I am being too demanding. It was a balance for determining the thickness of yarn. Known as 'The Count' it was the number of standard hanks of yarn wound on a companion machine there were in a pound.
(A hank is 840 yards.)
Next for shaving?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[PanBiker]

Capping for a borehole?

[Stanley]

Yes but it's a special one.....

[PanBiker]

Ha! well it would be wouldn't it? All I can say is that if it's that special the area around it could do with a proper tidy!

[Big Kev]

Is it the very deep one in Russia?

[Stanley]

That's the one Kev, THE KOLA BORE.
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