MYSTERY OBJECTS

[chinatyke]

A water turbine?

[Stanley]

Bugger!! Dead right China. I found it in Kirkstone Quarry in the Lake District when the DOE were looking for a replacement turbine for Stott Park but they never took up the offer of the free gift.....
Next for shaving?

[Stanley]

Try this one.....

[chinatyke]

rear of door handle plate?

[Stanley]

Sorry, no.

[Stanley]

Waken up at the back!

[David Whipp]

Clock base?

[plaques]

The bottom of your incineration equipment for setting fire to the dried out vegetation, Both of these bits of gadgets appear regularly in shed matters.

[Tripps]

"Then what do you do, Walt? ha! ha! ha!...
You set fire to it! ha! ha! ha!...
Then what do you do, Walt?...
Ha! ha! ha! You inhale the smoke, huh! ha! ha! ha!...
You know, Walt... it seems you can stand in front of your own fireplace and have the same thing going for you! You see, Walt... we've been a little worried about you, y'know, ever since you put your cape down over that mud.
Y'see, Walt... I think you're gonna have rather a tough time selling people on sticking burning leaves in their mouthes...
It's going very big over there, is it?..."

[Stanley]

Sorry, yes it's the base of something you have all used.
David, Bob Newhart and I think he is still alive......

[Cathy]

Is it part of a desk lamp?

[Stanley]

Not a lamp but you're getting warm Cathy. Keep 'desk' in mind.......

[Gloria]

A wild guess, drawer runner???

[Tizer]

An adjustment for the legs to level the desk?

[Wendyf]

A stapler?

[Cathy]

Is it the underside of a daily flip-over desk calendar?

[Stanley]

Wendy has it! It proved harder than I thought.....
Next one?

[Stanley]

Try this one. A lovely little object!

[Tizer]

Miniature weighing scales.

[Gloria]

Ive no idea but it is a lovely thing.

[Cathy]

Lovely piece. Is it some sort of pendulum?

[Stanley]

Tiz is right, but there is more to them than that. What are they weighing?
And yes, they are nice aren't they......

[Bodger]

For checking the weight of steam when comparing fuel costs

[plaques]

Getting a bit fedup of being wrong. A balance for weighing cotton hanks. The scale should calculate the length against weight. I think they were used more in spinning rather than weaving.

[Tizer]

For making sure that each of a pair of ear rings is the same weight so that you don't end up with your head leaning to one side.