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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
Thanks. But I'm only a jester, Dan Carrol is the monarch.
This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 05-Apr-2006 11:53 AM
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kjsimons Member Posts: 822 From: Orlando,FL Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
It's a rigging knife for sailing.
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
It is a rigging knife. The pointed thing is called a Marlin Spike and is used when splicing ropes to open the gap under a strand. The blade is called a sheepsfoot and has a blunt end.
Congratulations kjsimons! Do you have an object to post? Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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kjsimons Member Posts: 822 From: Orlando,FL Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
None at the moment. Your objects have been interesting, post some more if you got them!
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New Cat's Eye Inactive Member |
Band-aids for a bleeding robot? Ha! but no. That is synthetic blood, though. I'll post the answer with a link in a little while.
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riVeRraT Member (Idle past 444 days) Posts: 5788 From: NY USA Joined: |
A lump of dead coral? I was going to say that
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riVeRraT Member (Idle past 444 days) Posts: 5788 From: NY USA Joined: |
Reeds from your dirt bike?
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kjsimons Member Posts: 822 From: Orlando,FL Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
Strips used for corrosion testing?
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New Cat's Eye Inactive Member |
Strips used for corrosion testing? The are used for disinfection validation. They are called "TOSI coupons". That stands for Test Object Surgical Instrument. They have sythetic blood and fibrin coated on them and if you can clean the fake blood and fibrin off of them, then you can clean the real blood and fibrin off of surgical instruments.
Here is a website on them.
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ringo Member (Idle past 440 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
jar writes: The pointed thing is called a Marlin Spike.... A-HA! I knew it looked familiar. Missed it by that much. Help scientific research in your spare time. No cost. No obligation. Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
OK, I'm game.
All good things come in threes, they say, so I took the liberty to give you three mystery objects at once.
No. 1 is obviously a Swiss army knife, but it's not just an ordinary one; it has a special purpose. I've partially taken out three tools that have a connection with this special purpose. In picture no. 2, I've included an egg for scale, so don't be a smart alec and say it's an egg. The object on the left is the one you're supposed to take a guess at. In picture no. 3, I've decided to leave out a scale reference, to make it harder. Good luck. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin. Did you know that most of the time your computer is doing nothing? What if you could make it do something really useful? Like helping scientists understand diseases? Your computer could even be instrumental in finding a cure for HIV/AIDS. Wouldn't that be something? If you agree, then join World Community Grid now and download a simple, free tool that lets you and your computer do your share in helping humanity. After all, you are part of it, so why not take part in it?
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robinrohan Inactive Member |
1. wine opener
2. chocolate covered cherry 3. European toilet lid.
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
1. wine opener Wrong. What's the magnifying glass for? Why does it have the forked ending? What's the rod for?
2. chocolate covered cherry If you bite this one, the next person you'll see is your dentist.
3. European toilet lid. Maybe, just for you, I should have included a scale reference. Anyway, I wouldn't advise anyone to sit down on a toilet lid that, for some obscure reason, has the word 'cut' on it.
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nator Member (Idle past 2198 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
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nator Member (Idle past 2198 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
The middle one next to the egg looks like a knife sharpener to me.
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