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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 04 Jun 2023, 16:35
by Gloria
No not part of a food processor.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 04 Jun 2023, 19:48
by Cathy
A Skylight Dome 🤔

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 04 Jun 2023, 20:37
by Gloria
Sorry Cathy but no.
I’ll give a clue tomorrow.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 04 Jun 2023, 20:52
by plaques
An upside down plastic wine glass. that's if I can mix metaphors. :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 04 Jun 2023, 21:05
by Gloria
Not upside down and not a wine glass, but you are on the right track.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 04 Jun 2023, 22:05
by Tripps
A decanter?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 04 Jun 2023, 22:48
by Cathy
A Wine Cooler / Champagne Bucket ? 🤔

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 05 Jun 2023, 01:47
by Stanley
It's a mysterious object made out of moulded plastic.....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 05 Jun 2023, 06:14
by Big Kev
A bottle stopper? (Plastic cork).

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 05 Jun 2023, 07:29
by Gloria
Going to have to give it to Tripps, it is loosely a type of decanter, it is a plastic water bottle.
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 05 Jun 2023, 09:35
by Tripps
A bit generous I'd say - but I'll take it. :smile:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 05 Jun 2023, 10:45
by Cathy
Good one Gloria 👍

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 05 Jun 2023, 13:56
by Stanley
Had me baffled!

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 05 Jun 2023, 15:43
by Big Kev
A nice easy one, this is just for Cathy :biggrin2:
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 05 Jun 2023, 23:52
by Cathy
🤔. Your Cocktail :laugh5: Looks Yum. 😋

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Jun 2023, 02:00
by Stanley
I suspect it's a Pimm's......

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Jun 2023, 06:44
by Big Kev
It is indeed a Pimms.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 07 Jun 2023, 03:25
by Stanley
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What is it? Kev knows, he borrowed it off me once.... :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Jun 2023, 03:49
by Stanley
If there are no takers I'll knock it on the head......

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Jun 2023, 07:23
by Gloria
Is it a valve puller?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Jun 2023, 07:42
by plaques
Universal steering joint remover. Used to be a regular repair. :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Jun 2023, 08:20
by Big Kev
Stanley wrote: 07 Jun 2023, 03:25 Image

What is it? Kev knows, he borrowed it off me once.... :biggrin2:
I used it to remove a stubborn windscreen wiper arm :good:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Jun 2023, 09:01
by Stanley
Correct Kev but Ken has given the right answer. Good though it is with stubborn wiper arms Sykes Pickavant made it for getting steering linkage balls out of their housings.
Next one?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Jun 2023, 11:02
by Tripps
The name Pickavant piqued my interest.

It derives from the French phrase 'pricke avant' meaning to spur on, and as such was probably a metonymic or nickname for a messenger or herald, one who was in advance of the main army.[1]

Similar to Pickavance which I always associate with the St Helens area. I think this search St Helens supports that in a big way.

I first came across the name when a lady bought Oldham Dogs and used to turn up in a Rolls which was parked in the stadium, just outside the bar. Very classy. :smile: I think she was connected to a transport business.

The name is said to be French - but 191.com shows currently 121 people of that name in Lancashire, and zero in any other county. I wonder why that would be - it's a puzzle. :smile:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 09 Jun 2023, 03:35
by Stanley
I wonder whether that's connected to the reason why Lancashire used to be the biggest market for Benedictine Liqueur in the world.... The fact that the Lancashire Regiment were billeted close to the monastery in the Great War.

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What is notable about this bell?