OneGuyFromBarlick

Advertising coffee?

Yes Kev, I was hoping for the brand?

Stanley wrote: ↑27 Jun 2025, 02:06 Yes Kev, I was hoping for the brand?

Gevalia

Exactly right Kev.... Now we need another object!

What were they called and what were they used for?

No takers?

Staddle stones were primarily used to elevate granaries, haystacks, and other agricultural buildings off the ground. This elevation served to protect stored crops and materials from dampness and vermin like rats and mice, as the domed cap made it difficult for rodents to climb.

Exactly right! Lord knows how you do it..... Now we need another object!

An old pair of glasses, but can you tell me what's special about them and why?

No takers?

So even Google image search is no help? I shall knock it on the head at dinnertime.

The first NHS issue?

That is a very good stab at it Cathy and very close. Well done! It was another organisation that supplied them and they had thin sides for a reason......

Perhaps the Army - and they went in your gas mask case.

Exactly right David. The flat steel legs avoided a leak in the fit of your gas mask. Funnily enough the army didn't give me mine until I broke my civvy glasses whist we were on a shoot in West Germany at Sennerlager.
Now we need a new object.....

What is it?

Posh fox wedges

I like it! You are essentially right Tom. It's actually an adjustable parallel but does the same job.
Now we need another object!

What is it?

No takers?

If there are no takers by dinnertime I shall assume you are not interested and knock it on the head.

I forgot to check, I'll remember today.....

I forgot again.... It's a retractable bench stop with can be let into the face of a woodworker's bench and when not in use can be retracted below the surface,
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Next object?

What is it?

The mantle for one of these