MYSTERY OBJECTS

[PanBiker]

Good go Kev, I would concur.

[Big Kev]

Good go Kev, I would concur.

Do you mean Chinatyke?

[PanBiker]

Indeed, doh! thought it was you Kev.

[Stanley]

No, but I can see why you thought that China.

[Cathy]

Are you attempting to make a face mask Stanley?

[Big Kev]

Indeed, doh! thought it was you Kev.

It's been a long two weeks, go and do some ironing

[Big Kev]

Plumber's asbestos mat, for protecting behind pipework when soldering?

[PanBiker]

It's been a long two weeks, go and do some ironing

Done all that Kev and did a pair of my jeans as an encore.

[Tizer]

Are you attempting to make a face mask Stanley?

[Big Kev]

It's been a long two weeks, go and do some ironing

Done all that Kev and did a pair of my jeans as an encore.

[Stanley]

Sorry to all of you. No Cathy, not a face mask and nothing to do with plumbers either!
Trying to think of a clue..... It's made of cotton. (Does that help?)

[chinatyke]

It seems to be very strong and precise. The two cuts are the same length and position, although these could be just so that a belt could be threaded through. It must be made for a very specific use. Brainwave!: Is the bottom open? Could it be for threading on a belt so that a heavy tool could be carried safely, like a steeplejack carrying a sledgehammer when he climbed a ladder? Or even so that a sledgehammer could be hoisted by rope up a chimney?

[Cathy]

Is it a filter of some sort?

[Stanley]

China, sorry. Ingenious but miles off! Cathy, no but you are closer as long as you look at simple answers like that. You are all going to kick yourselves!

[Gloria]

Looks like a primitive type of glove or sock?

[Stanley]

Sorry Gloria, it's even more simple than that! You know what this is! Get right back to basics.

[Gloria]

A dish cloth?

[chinatyke]

Desperate Dan's toilet tissue replacement?

[Stanley]

Sorry, nowhere near. The clue is going to be so obvious.....
Try this... when it is in use it is adjustable.

[Cathy]

Could it be Curtain Heading Tape for pleating curtains?

[chinatyke]

Home-made oven mitt?

[Stanley]

Oh God! This is one of the ones I think is easy and obvious but fools everyone!
When in use one is said to turn it up.

[Cathy]

Gosh you are up early today Stanley, or am I losing track of time?

Is this something you are doing with an old shirt sleeve. Just thinking ‘turn it up’, turn up the cuffs?
Doesn’t look like it belongs to anything that has a volume knob.

[chinatyke]

It's a wick! A paraffin heater wick?

[Stanley]

YES!!!!!! That's it! I thought it was so easy..... Just goes to show. You're right China, it's one of the large flat wicks that were used in low level paraffin heaters used for brooders and often for warming the engines of cars overnight. We used to keep one lit in the outside lavatory to stop it freezing up in winter.