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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 28 Dec 2023, 12:21
by Big Kev
Apple corer and slicer?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 29 Dec 2023, 03:28
by Stanley
Curses, he got it!

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OK. Try this.....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 29 Dec 2023, 07:40
by Steeplejerk
I think I know

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 29 Dec 2023, 07:47
by Stanley
That doesn't surprise me Tom, it's definitely part of your world..... Let them guess at it! :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 29 Dec 2023, 08:22
by Gloria
An aerial?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 29 Dec 2023, 09:09
by Stanley
No Glori9a but I can see why you thought that. Look at the size of it..... :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 29 Dec 2023, 09:49
by Big Kev
Is it to keep pigeons off of ledges?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 29 Dec 2023, 10:32
by Stanley
He's done it again.
All right, what's this?

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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 29 Dec 2023, 11:00
by Tizer
It won't surprise you to hear that I know what it is. I have one in my collection. But I'll leave it to others to respond! :smile:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 29 Dec 2023, 11:02
by Tizer
Big Kev wrote: 29 Dec 2023, 09:49 Is it to keep pigeons off of ledges?
Kev, please no, don't succumb to the US horror! :extrawink:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 29 Dec 2023, 11:13
by Big Kev
Tizer wrote: 29 Dec 2023, 11:02
Big Kev wrote: 29 Dec 2023, 09:49 Is it to keep pigeons off of ledges?
Kev, please no, don't succumb to the US horror! :extrawink:
It's become a habit when posting on Facebook, the illiterati can't differentiate and will often replace one with the other. Using both confuses them immensely. :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 30 Dec 2023, 03:56
by Stanley
Well done Peter! No, I am not surprised!
Come on the rest of you! What is it?
(PS. I agree with Peter Kev, please don't give that usage house room!)

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 31 Dec 2023, 04:12
by Stanley
You'd better tell them what it is Peter. Nobody is taking it on.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 31 Dec 2023, 09:58
by Tizer
The most likely identity is rutilated quartz. A quartz crystal in which black needle-like crystals of rutile have grown from a single point. Rutile is titanium dioxide, TiO2, which occurs in various colours such as black, red and yellow.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 31 Dec 2023, 10:11
by Stanley
I have to take that as the answer. It was described as ghost quartz on the site where I found it.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 31 Dec 2023, 16:53
by Tizer
The term ghost quartz implies clear transparent quartz with something visible inside it. So your pic shows one specific type of that. Some people collect only crystals with other materials inside them.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 01 Jan 2024, 02:27
by Cathy
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Does anyone know what these are?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 01 Jan 2024, 02:39
by Stanley
Pie dishes Cathy. You use the arm to separate the base from the tin after baking.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 01 Jan 2024, 04:48
by Cathy
Hmpfh… Haha.
You’re only the second person I have shown these to, and you both got it right straight away.
I hadn’t seen them before, and thought them quite clever.
:smile:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 01 Jan 2024, 05:33
by Stanley
It can be like that Cathy! Think up another....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 02 Jan 2024, 03:59
by Stanley
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What is it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 02 Jan 2024, 05:12
by Cathy
I’m not going there 😂

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 02 Jan 2024, 05:31
by Stanley
You have a suspicious mind Cathy! :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 02 Jan 2024, 08:26
by Gloria
A belt for carrying tools whilst working? A steepljack perhaps?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 02 Jan 2024, 08:32
by Steeplejerk
Think I saw a similar belt in the film "jaws"