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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 Mar 2019, 03:55
by Stanley
Stoneroad is right about the reservoir, now, which one?
The pic was done in 1976.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 Mar 2019, 06:37
by Stanley
There's a deathly hush. Here's a clue....

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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 Mar 2019, 10:34
by Tizer
Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd, Wales?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 Mar 2019, 10:44
by plaques
I'll guess at Thirlmere. Near Hawes How island

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 Mar 2019, 18:58
by plaques
Passed to me by someone who knows a lot more than I do but wishes to remain anonymous, The head of Haweswater exposing the village of Mardale. He knows because he walked round it.

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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Mar 2019, 03:21
by Stanley
P has got it, it's Haweswater and the pic is the inside of the bar of the pub. It was a lot lower then than in the second pic..... The village was Mardale and was drowned when the dam was built.
Next one?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Mar 2019, 04:13
by chinatyke
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We were sent these as a free gift when we ordered something on the Internet. My wife says they cost $2 each in California. Very useful but what are they for?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Mar 2019, 04:33
by Cathy
Egg Cups ?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Mar 2019, 05:34
by chinatyke
No, Wendy, smaller than that.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Mar 2019, 07:08
by Stanley
Anti skid/stabilising suckers for the bottom of something like a chopping board?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Mar 2019, 08:21
by Gloria
Wine bottle stoppers?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Mar 2019, 12:26
by chinatyke
No-one is near it yet.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Mar 2019, 12:34
by Big Kev
For sticking on the back of a smartphone so you can see the screen while eating your cornflakes.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Mar 2019, 15:48
by chinatyke
Big Kev wrote: 12 Mar 2019, 12:34 For sticking on the back of a smartphone so you can see the screen while eating your cornflakes.
No. Sorry, that was an earlier 'gadget' I posted a while ago.

These are used as a pair, have a definite purpose, and are very useful.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Mar 2019, 23:10
by Marilyn
Corn on the Cob Holders?
Or SpareRib picker-uppers?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 Mar 2019, 01:53
by chinatyke
Marilyn wrote: 12 Mar 2019, 23:10 Corn on the Cob Holders?
No.
Marilyn wrote: 12 Mar 2019, 23:10 Or Spare Rib picker-uppers?
No, but you're on the right track. :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 Mar 2019, 02:58
by Stanley
For removing contact lens?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 Mar 2019, 04:22
by chinatyke
Stanley wrote: 13 Mar 2019, 02:58 For removing contact lens?
I wouldn't like poking in the eye with those!

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 Mar 2019, 07:05
by Wendyf
Getting the stone out of an avocado? :smile:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 Mar 2019, 08:36
by Cathy
Ooh Wendy, I like that one, I'm with you .

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 Mar 2019, 09:13
by chinatyke
Wendyf wrote: 13 Mar 2019, 07:05 Getting the stone out of an avocado? :smile:
What's an avocado? :biggrin2:

No, sorry.

I'd never seen these things before but when my wife said she had seen them in America I wondered if they were common kitchen items. Seems I'm not on my own.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 Mar 2019, 09:21
by Big Kev
For picking up hot dishes from the oven?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 Mar 2019, 09:49
by Marilyn
(Suction) Egg Seperator? I've seen people using drink bottles to seperate eggs using suction.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 Mar 2019, 12:33
by chinatyke
Big Kev wrote: 13 Mar 2019, 09:21 For picking up hot dishes from the oven?
Well done, Kev. Exactly right.
We also use them for picking up our cast iron wok and cast iron pans.

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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 Mar 2019, 13:11
by plaques
Amazing, surprising what you can learn from third world countries.

Here's an easy one. Can you put some detail round this.

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