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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 16 Aug 2025, 02:33
by Stanley
No takers? I expected this one to be shot down as soon as it hit the page!

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 16 Aug 2025, 05:58
by Wendyf
They are sugar nips.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 16 Aug 2025, 07:26
by Stanley
Well done Wendy! Exactly right..... Now we need another object....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Aug 2025, 02:12
by Stanley
Image

What is it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Aug 2025, 06:55
by Big Kev
A roll of soldering wire?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Aug 2025, 06:59
by Steeplejerk
Could be fuse wire πŸ€”πŸ€”

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Aug 2025, 08:10
by Stanley
Tom has it right Kev.... Very old fashioned fuse wire, probably 15amp. Well done Tom, now we need another object.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 18 Aug 2025, 03:14
by Stanley
Image

What is it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 19 Aug 2025, 02:59
by Stanley
No takers?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 19 Aug 2025, 06:06
by Wendyf
It looks like the handle from a pair of clippers.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 19 Aug 2025, 07:31
by Gloria
Is it a horse riding spur?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 19 Aug 2025, 08:35
by Stanley
Wendy has it! Well done. Now we need another object.....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 20 Aug 2025, 02:34
by Stanley
Image

A bit different this morning...... What does the black stain on the wall of the bakery over the window immediately tell the knowledgeable observer?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 20 Aug 2025, 07:23
by Gloria
Is it a swarm of flies?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 20 Aug 2025, 07:35
by Stanley
Sorry Gloria but no......

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 20 Aug 2025, 08:47
by Gloria
Has it had a red dot to signify plague, and then blacked out once it’s cleared. Just throwing random guesses in πŸ˜‚

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 21 Aug 2025, 02:11
by Stanley
Sorry Gloria but no. It is a concrete physical thing, a consequence of a particular circumstance and tells us something interesting about the bakery.....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 21 Aug 2025, 07:30
by Gloria
Was someone famous born there?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 21 Aug 2025, 08:42
by Stanley
No Gloria, think about how the machinery in the bakery was driven!

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 21 Aug 2025, 09:02
by PanBiker
Is it oil or grease staining from the end of shafting used to drive machinery in the bakehouse?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 21 Aug 2025, 15:51
by Stanley
Yes Ian, you've got it. There must have been a cast iron shaft box in the wall holding the bearing for the end of a line shaft....
Now we need another object!

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 23 Aug 2025, 03:00
by Stanley
Image

Can you tell me what this is?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 23 Aug 2025, 09:15
by Tizer
It's a prototype of the Royal Navy's latest weapon for dealing with enemy submarines. It hunts them and opens them up like sardine cans! :extrawink:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 23 Aug 2025, 09:36
by Stanley
If only? Sorry Peter! :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 23 Aug 2025, 20:41
by Big Kev
Is it driving the belted wheel or vice versa?