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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Jun 2024, 08:52
by Stanley
I phoyographed it on the bench top Cathy. It's not a light. It's a great help in a cooking operation.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Jun 2024, 10:20
by Cathy
I did think possibly a spoon rest or something that helps with excess fat, but really nothing comes to mind.
Maybe the shine is making it hard.
Where’s Gloria

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Jun 2024, 11:13
by Stanley
Sorry Cathy but No. I shall put you out of your misery soon. PS. I have just used it to make part of my lunch....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Jun 2024, 12:28
by Cathy
Is there a brush underneath it, could it be a Vegetable Brush

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Jun 2024, 12:36
by PanBiker
Egg Timer?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Jun 2024, 13:09
by Stanley
Ian has got it. Its a Kitchen Craft egg timer. You put it in the pan with the eggs and it changes colour as the eggs cook. A wonderful invention! (
LINK)
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 14 Jun 2024, 20:22
by Gloria
Cathy wrote: ↑14 Jun 2024, 10:20
I did think possibly a spoon rest or something that helps with excess fat, but really nothing comes to mind.
Maybe the shine is making it hard.
Where’s Gloria
Gloria is on holiday


Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Jun 2024, 03:32
by Stanley
What is it called and why this shape?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Jun 2024, 04:55
by Cathy
Stone Serpentine Wall came immediately to mind. I looked them up and found that they are also called Serpentine Walls, Snake Walls and Crinkle Crankle Walls.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Jun 2024, 05:59
by Stanley
You have got it Cathy. The name I was looking for was crinkle crankle. They were built like this because you could use far less bricks building a thinner wall but because of the curves it was as strong and durable as a far heavier wall.
Next one?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Jun 2024, 02:53
by Stanley
What is it? Clue, the material it's made out of is bronze.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Jun 2024, 03:22
by Stanley
Another clue, made in America......
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Jun 2024, 07:32
by Gloria
A chain which doesn’t create a spark, or for working underwater so it doesn’t go rusty.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Jun 2024, 09:15
by Stanley
You're on the right lines Gloria. Think about alternatives to it being a drive chain. What if it was used for communication?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Jun 2024, 19:10
by Gloria
Was it used by divers?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Jun 2024, 01:52
by Stanley
Sorry no but it was a diver who rescued it from a sunken Liberty Ship off Skye. But what was it used for on that ship?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 Jun 2024, 03:44
by Stanley
You have all forgotten the answer. It was part of the much longer chain that connected the telegraph lever on the bridge of the ship with the indicator in the engine room thus allowing the Master to control the ships speed and direction of travel. The ship was one of the 'Liberty Ships' built in the US during the war to make up for the losses caused by the Nazi U-Boat campaign in the North Atlantic. (
LINK)
Next object?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 Jun 2024, 07:42
by Gloria
My husband said that

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 Jun 2024, 08:30
by Stanley
Oh Dear Gloria! Sorry! Do you want to set the next object?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 21 Jun 2024, 02:48
by Stanley
What is it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 21 Jun 2024, 08:42
by PanBiker
Printing blocks?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 21 Jun 2024, 12:56
by Stanley
Yes Ian but they are for a specific purpose.... What could that be?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 21 Jun 2024, 14:43
by PanBiker
They are obviously from a specific time period, 1920's perhaps. German Zeppelin Aerial reconnaissance?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Jun 2024, 02:07
by Stanley
Sorry no. This was mentioned in Jack Platt's evidence he gave to the LTP. A more everyday use than that Ian.
I'll give it until lunch time.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Jun 2024, 08:51
by Tizer
Are they for stamping an old equivalent of driving licences?