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- 07 Mar 2021, 02:32
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 14193
- Views: 628813
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Originally I thought it could be a hydraulic fluid pump and then decided against it, but then suggested it was a h.p. oil pump. I've no idea. I must pay more attention to what you refurbish! 

- 07 Mar 2021, 01:54
- Forum: Technology & Communication
- Topic: COMPUTERS, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
- Replies: 5673
- Views: 428592
Re: COMPUTERS, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
I've got poor connectivity to websites outside China, e.g. Outlook/Hotmail is useless at the moment. It always happens when there is a big government assembly in Beijing. Somehow they restrict normal access, I presume to conserve the bandwidth for their own purposes, or to censor information. Funnil...
- 06 Mar 2021, 14:08
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 14193
- Views: 628813
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
It doesn't ring any bells with me! Looks to have a groove with a seal inside it. Is it some sort of automatic oiler, chain driven as Big Kev said?
- 06 Mar 2021, 11:37
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 14193
- Views: 628813
- 06 Mar 2021, 06:08
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 14193
- Views: 628813
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
A type of clutch drive? Guessing in the dark!
- 06 Mar 2021, 03:39
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 12841
- Views: 677404
- 06 Mar 2021, 03:34
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 14193
- Views: 628813
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Self-centring lathe thingie-mi-bob?
- 05 Mar 2021, 05:07
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 2233
- Views: 136680
Re: Old fashioned clean jokes
Teaching English in China? On his 70th birthday, a man was given a gift certificate from his wife. The certificate was for a consultation with an Indian medicine man living on a nearby reservation who was rumoured to have a simple cure for erectile dysfunction. The husband went to the reservation a...
- 05 Mar 2021, 00:24
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 14193
- Views: 628813
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
High pressure oil pump for bearings on a steam engine?
- 05 Mar 2021, 00:12
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 12841
- Views: 677404
- 04 Mar 2021, 06:48
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 14193
- Views: 628813
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
It looks familiar but I haven't a clue what it is!
- 03 Mar 2021, 14:34
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 12841
- Views: 677404
- 03 Mar 2021, 06:56
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 14193
- Views: 628813
- 02 Mar 2021, 11:46
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Seen in the News
- Replies: 1228
- Views: 34262
- 01 Mar 2021, 16:46
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 14193
- Views: 628813
- 01 Mar 2021, 12:56
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 14193
- Views: 628813
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
.. and had a CAF gasket in them!
- 01 Mar 2021, 08:17
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 14193
- Views: 628813
- 28 Feb 2021, 12:38
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 14193
- Views: 628813
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Is it a wedge? Used for splitting courses of brickworks? Would a steeplejack use it?
- 25 Feb 2021, 13:44
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
- Replies: 5335
- Views: 271630
Re: MEDICAL MATTERS
Col had a telephone consultation with the oncologist yesterday and the chemo has been very effective, shrinking the tumour to about 7mm and destroying any cancer in the surrounding lymph nodes. The operation will go ahead as planned, just waiting for a date now. Great news, Colin and Wendy. I've be...
- 25 Feb 2021, 12:48
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 9075
- Views: 426935
- 25 Feb 2021, 05:34
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 9075
- Views: 426935
Re: POLITICS CORNER
Who is running the World? Biden,Putin and Xi were arguing on who is in charge of the world? USA, Russia, or China ? Without any conclusion, they turned to Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, and asked him "Who is in charge of the world?" Modi replied "Well! All I know is: 1. Google/Alphabet CE...
- 23 Feb 2021, 16:40
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: BEWARE! THE BANKS ARE OUT TO GET YOU!
- Replies: 2581
- Views: 185356
Re: BEWARE! THE BANKS ARE OUT TO GET YOU!
China is trying to compete with the US $ (dollar) hegemonic power by raising its own bit currency "mimibit" or something like that. No paper or cash changing hands for months now. They are actually well in advance of the rest of the world. No wonder Trump wanted to demonise them. The only Chinese e...
- 23 Feb 2021, 13:13
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: BEWARE! THE BANKS ARE OUT TO GET YOU!
- Replies: 2581
- Views: 185356
- 22 Feb 2021, 15:56
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: THE FLATLEY DRYER
- Replies: 4122
- Views: 230755
Re: THE FLATLEY DRYER
It was glassed steel or iron like the old vitreous enamelled baths. I suppose you could have it any colour but blue is also widely used in the chemical and food processing industries. It does get damaged and spark testing was the way contact points were found. Someone went inside the vessel holding ...
- 22 Feb 2021, 10:37
- Forum: Technology & Communication
- Topic: COMPUTERS, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
- Replies: 5673
- Views: 428592
Re: COMPUTERS, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
Ping 9ms, Down 189.6 Mbps; Up 58.41 Mbps.
That's not the full story, though.
No Facebook, Youtube, BBC, Wikipedia, Google, truth, etc!!!
That's not the full story, though.
No Facebook, Youtube, BBC, Wikipedia, Google, truth, etc!!!