MYSTERY OBJECTS
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
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!)
(I'll not let this one hang on long, its a bit too esoteric!)
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
It's known as the swim.
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
What is it?
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Something from Court Room
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Sorry Cathy but no.
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
It adjusts like a shoe stretcher but hat shaped ??
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
You've got it Tom. It's a hat stretcher.... Now for the next one!
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
What is it?
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
the only "scant" I know is un-planed timber ??
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Sorry Tom, no..... Nothing to do with wood.
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Yes Kev! Exactly right. This one is said to be a rule with Yorkshire measures but I have never heard them before.
Next object?
Next object?
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
What is it?
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Testing yes but not strength Kev. Not wool.
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Yes Ian. Now, what is it measuring and how?
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Breaking strength and done with adding weights from memory, seen one in use a long time ago.
Ian
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
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?
(A hank is 840 yards.)
Next for shaving?
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
What is it?
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The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Yes but it's a special one.....
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
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!
Ian
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
That's the one Kev, THE KOLA BORE.
Next object?
Next object?
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