MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

Sorry Wendy, not so.....

[Wendyf]

I thought it must be a trick question!

[Stanley]

No trick Wendy, it's a dead straight query and that's probably the best clue you could have....

[Wendyf]

Is it a whimbrel?

[Stanley]

There you go, well done! Yes, and it did the trick, got you interested!
Next one?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Steeplejerk]

Is it a peat cutter ??

[Stanley]

It is Tom. Bit too easy eh? Set a harder one.....

[Steeplejerk]

It was a complete guess Stanley

[Stanley]

Guess or not, it was right!



What is the name for this specialist tool?

[Gloria]

Is it for cutting holes to put posts in the ground.

[Stanley]

That's one use for it. What's it called?

[Gloria]

Fencing spade, post hole digger??

[Big Kev]

Rabbit spade?

[Stanley]

No Kev. That's a specialised small light spade used when ferreting to dig rabbits and ferrets out. This is quite different.

[plaques]

I'm with Gloria. I've always called mine a 'post hole spade' although some call it a trench digger.

[Big Kev]

Has the shaft got insulation on it? Is it for digging cable trenches?

[Stanley]

It is a post hole spade Ken but there is a proper name for it.
Could well be used for that Kev, but no, no insulation on handle.
I'll kill it today if nobody gets it....

[Wendyf]

Is it called a grafter?

[Cathy]

Gosh, you were up early today Wendy.
Big day?

[Wendyf]

Gosh, you were up early today Wendy.
Big day?

Cathy no. Our old, deaf and half blind cat has started howling like something demented...in fact she probably has kitty dementia. She literally tries to dig me out of bed whilst making a ridiculous amount of noise and this morning she started at 5am. I can sense Colin getting increasingly annoyed so I just get up and come downstairs so he can sleep. She shuts up after she has eaten!

[Cathy]

Oh dear. It’s probably just as hard on her as it is on you two.
At least she knows who to go to .

[Stanley]

Sounds like it would be looking after me Wendy....
And yes, well done the name is a graft. Have a look at dialect and word meanings yesterday. I gave the game away.....

[Stanley]

What are you looking at?

[PanBiker]

Lister Well Road after the Barlick flood?