MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

Hard luck Kev, it happens!
Congratulations on the use of the phrase 'piqued any interest' I can't remember it ever having been used on the site before....

[Big Kev]

A first, do I win a prize?

Back to the object, it's for calibrating autofocus lenses, you let the camera focus on the QR code and take a pic with a wide aperture. You then examine the number scale to see if the camera is autofocusing on the same plane as the QR code. Most DSLRs have an adjustment in the 'menu' to 'tweak' the focus point.

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[Stanley]

Beyond my pay grade....

[Gloria]

Well done, what a good one, never in a month of Sundays would I have got that, but I must say it piqued my interest.

[Big Kev]

Well done, what a good one, never in a month of Sundays would I have got that, but I must say it piqued my interest.

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Gloria]

Some type of games table?

[PanBiker]

Yorkshire dart board.

[Big Kev]

I'm with Ian, no treble ring.

[Steeplejerk]

Log end manchester dart board

[Tripps]

I'd say not a Yorkshire dart Board and I'd agree with Tom that it's a Manchester log end dartboard which has a different number arrangement.

PS On second thoughts - since the numbers are not displayed, and the Yorkshire board was also made of solid wood, then it could be either. Score draw.

[Stanley]

Tom is right, it's a log end. I cropped the numbers because that made it too easy.
(I learned something there, I didn't know there was such a thing as a Yorkshire Board.....)
Next one anyone?

[PanBiker]

PS On second thoughts - since the numbers are not displayed, and the Yorkshire board was also made of solid wood, then it could be either. Score draw.

I'll concede, it has a 25 ring or more precisely an outer bull, the Yorkshire board only has a centre bull.

[Steeplejerk]

I think they still have a log end darts league in Manchester

[Tripps]

I'll concede, it has a 25 ring or more precisely an outer bull

That'll teach us to look more closely at the object.

Brief anecdote - I played on such a board in this pub The Garibaldi. I was struggling, quite out of my depth, and no kind of darts player at all. The game as I recall was to 'go round the board' and finish on a double, which was just 5mm wide. I was first to try to get the final double, and heard a voice in the crowd say "if he gets this I'll show my **** on the Town Hall steps'.

To everyone's astonishment - not least mine - I got the double, first dart. He didn't take up my kind offer to drive hm to Albert Square. They used to play the card game Nap (Napoleon) too, which was beyond my comprehension.

[Stanley]

What is it?

[PanBiker]

The game as I recall was to 'go round the board' and finish on a double

Commonly known as "round the clock". Good darters do it all on the doubles and finish on a bull. If you want to make it a bit harder you do doubles, trebles then the bull. Good practice.

[Gloria]

Don’t like the pointy end on the handle, is it for clearing drains?

[Wendyf]

It looks as if it's used to dig something out then kill it! Rats?

[Big Kev]

Moles?

[Stanley]

You were all on the right track. It's a mole-catcher's spade.
Next one?

[Stanley]

What is it used for?

[Gloria]

Raking hay?

[Stanley]

Sorry Gloria but no.

[Wendyf]

Is it for raking muck?