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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 18, 2011 14:26:58 GMT
Thought this might be a bit of fun....I came across an article about this picture, so I am posting it here, to see if anyone can guess what it is 
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Post by nocky2 on Feb 18, 2011 15:06:32 GMT
I read the same explosive article LR  , but I won't spoil your quiz by "dropping" any hints. ;D |
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 18, 2011 17:19:37 GMT
Lol Nocky, I knew someone would have |
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Post by ken on Feb 18, 2011 18:23:33 GMT
To me it looks like a bobbin from an old Singer sawing machine. It could be a do it yourself Mills grenade kit, or an early prototype for the space shuttle.
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Post by elvisuk on Feb 18, 2011 19:19:10 GMT
An old swiss army knife  i don't now really
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 18, 2011 23:50:53 GMT
Lol, both wrong, guess again
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Post by ken on Feb 18, 2011 23:54:23 GMT
It looks like something Nelson could have poked his eyeball out with, when he said, "I see no signals." Run up, "England expects every man to do his duty," from his main mast and promptly bled all over the quarter deck and died. I expect its something less exotic. Although I could use the picture in my new book, The Truth behind English Naval History.
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Post by elvisuk on Feb 19, 2011 2:19:24 GMT
A pig sticker 
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Post by ken on Feb 19, 2011 3:10:20 GMT
It could be a loom shuttle, but thats probably too easy. Is it a plumb bob for very high buildings?? It looks like something a builder might have used when they built the Empire State Building. Or what Mick McGinty used when the Paddies built the Pyramids. I know they brought all their gear back with them, including the pipes they played in the pub on a Saturday night. Thats how the bagpipes got from Egypt to the Gaelic people.
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Post by elvisuk on Feb 19, 2011 13:40:28 GMT
It's used for cutting into the brain in the olden days
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Post by ken on Feb 19, 2011 17:50:07 GMT
Whats that, spoken from first hand experience Elvis??
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Post by nocky2 on Feb 19, 2011 18:42:24 GMT
I can't stand to see you suffering guys, so a wee hint, KC, you were heading in the right direction with the Mills Bomb. ;D
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Post by marcus on Feb 19, 2011 18:46:48 GMT
Could it be some sort of bullet maker ?
Marcus
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 19, 2011 23:08:40 GMT
Awwww, Nocky feels sorry for you.
Nope, sorry Marcus.
More clues...
First World War
German Zeppelins
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Post by elvisuk on Feb 20, 2011 2:10:12 GMT
Repairing a Zeppelin with it ?
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Post by ken on Feb 20, 2011 2:25:31 GMT
The puncture outfit off the Hindenburg,
Starting cartridge for the Zepperlins engines.
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 20, 2011 12:10:18 GMT
Nope....next clue
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Post by ken on Feb 20, 2011 17:55:00 GMT
Its a 180 machine.
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Post by ken on Feb 20, 2011 18:11:26 GMT
A detonator from an early German bomb, probably invented by Graf Von Zepperlin.
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Post by merchant42 on Feb 20, 2011 21:19:20 GMT
Early Bomb Disposal Kit.....?
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Post by ken on Feb 20, 2011 21:55:11 GMT
The Germans disposed of their bombs, by chucking them over the side onto the Isle of Dogs.
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 21, 2011 13:56:06 GMT
Nope, do you give up yet?
Clue...Commander Francis Ranken of the Royal Navy 1915
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Post by ken on Feb 21, 2011 14:10:21 GMT
The Aerial Anti Zeppelin Ranken Exploding Dart was invented by Commander Francis Ranken of the Royal Navy in 1915 and was dropped from a height of up to 700ft, but between 300ft and 400ft was the optimum altitude to attack the low flying German airships.
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 21, 2011 18:29:12 GMT
Hooray, KC wins.....your turn 
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, but I won't spoil your quiz by "dropping" any hints. ;D
i don't now really 
