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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 27 Aug 2016, 04:48
by Stanley
Well done Gloria!! It's a telescopic gun-sight and as I said earlier, I suspect it's off a 2pdr anti tank gun. I say this because it is a scaled down version of the larger sight we had on the 17pdr. It was always removed and kept in a safe place when the gun was travelling.
Next one?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 27 Aug 2016, 10:22
by Tizer
Congratulations, Gloria! I was going to make this photo my next mystery for you all - where is it? But then I realised it would be easy to find out by googling the appropriate keywords. Never mind, it's still an interesting photo and worth showing on OG!

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 28 Aug 2016, 03:25
by Stanley
I haven't cheated and don't know. At a guess it's in the US and they saved on building the underpass. Where is that I have seen a 747 taxiing over my head?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 28 Aug 2016, 07:42
by Gloria
Gibraltar??
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 28 Aug 2016, 08:29
by Tizer
Yes, Gloria gets the right answer again - did you know it or did you google it? I'll bet you knew without googling! The road is Winston Churchill Way at Gibraltar airport. You have to take this road if you want to travel between Gib and the mainland. Here's more information about it:
LINK
When I showed the pic to Mrs Tiz she said "If you fly to the Scilly Isles you'll find that they have to close the road for the aircraft to land" but she admitted it's not quite on the scale of the Gib airport!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 28 Aug 2016, 12:00
by Gloria
I thought it was St Vincent at first, it was my second guess.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 29 Aug 2016, 02:55
by chinatyke
Stanley wrote:Where is that I have seen a 747 taxiing over my head?
Singapore? London? Los Angeles? Amsterdam? Must happen a lot...
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 29 Aug 2016, 03:48
by Stanley
I think it could have been LAX China.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 30 Aug 2016, 04:22
by Stanley
An oldie for you. What is it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 30 Aug 2016, 08:22
by Tizer
Some kind of pump?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 30 Aug 2016, 12:04
by chinatyke
Hydraulic testing of something?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 30 Aug 2016, 13:23
by PanBiker
Pressure testing gauge?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 31 Aug 2016, 03:45
by Stanley
China is closest. It's a Vulcan insurance company pump for hydraulically testing boilers....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 01 Sep 2016, 07:24
by Wendyf
Where am I?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 01 Sep 2016, 07:48
by Gloria
Not a clue, something to do with your kitchen renovation??
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 01 Sep 2016, 07:56
by Wendyf
It is Gloria.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 01 Sep 2016, 08:23
by Gloria
If that's an extractor, and the things on the sides are to buffer something bouncing about, is it for a tumble dryer??
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 01 Sep 2016, 09:06
by Tizer
Or a duct for the cooker extraction exhaust?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 02 Sep 2016, 03:49
by Stanley
It looks to me like a view inside a cavity in the ceiling.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 02 Sep 2016, 07:02
by Wendyf
Nope, no one is getting warm...including me.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 02 Sep 2016, 08:26
by Gloria
Cabinet for fridge / freezer??
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 02 Sep 2016, 08:27
by plaques
Looks like a bit of a gash job not up to Col's perfectionist standard so I can only think its a chimney lining above the stove.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 02 Sep 2016, 08:51
by Tizer
Air-conditioned priest hole?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 02 Sep 2016, 12:23
by Wendyf
It
is the stove. I've been giving it a good clean up and the hotplate has been removed so I can clean around it. That is the view down towards the oil burner. The fan lookalike in the bottom must spread the flames which heat up the hotplate before heading off over the top of the oven to the right.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 03 Sep 2016, 03:45
by Stanley
In that case congratulations! It's a very clean burn so the air/fuel mixture must be excellent. It reminds me of the exhaust pipe on the old Bedford Queen Mary we had at Harrisons. It had a big GM six cylinder petrol engine in it and one tiny Zenith single choke carburettor, ridiculously small for the size of the engine but the inside of the exhaust pipe was always a lovely deep chestnut colour, a sign of perfect mixture on leaded petrol.