Clue from burglary, but what is this thing? (see photos)

Jul 30, 2005 23 Replies

We had a small break-in; the perp left a bunch of these, either intentionally or not, scattered around the scene of the crime.



Does anyone know what this thing is or does? I thought it might be to slow water-flow within a hose, but I'm not sure.



Thanks for your ideas. Here are the photos:



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Back in your cage ya ole kaner!

looks like a small reeces peanut butter cup

Yup, that's a bio ball for pond filtration.

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of these, either

scene of the crime.

thought it might be to

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so the robber works for a lndscaping company.

*That* narrows it down.

"Bill" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

well, take some better pics next time so people can SEE what they are.

Learn how to use your computer. (click on the thumbnails)

Pics looked fine from here: You must have a shi__y display.

Those that can, do, those that can't; bitch.

"Kathy" wrote

He steals it from the neighbor's. He removes the "bio ball" from his pocket to make room for other goodies. Here's a clearer picture.

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Oh, cut him some slack- he probably has a low-end snapshot digital, and considering the size of the object (see the penny in the pictures), the pictures weren't that bad. Most consumer digitals do not do closeups worth a damn, and when you zoom and crop the picture on the PC, the resolution goes down. Sure, even with a cheap camera and some experience, you can do better, but this isn't something most people do on a regular basis. A lot of ebay pictures of small stuff are even worse.

aem sends....

"ameijers" wrote

Learn how to use flash photography or use Photoshop with no-clutter hosting like this. See his altered Photoshopped image:

Pass your mouse on the right corner of the image and click.

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The larger ones (after clicking on the thumbs) *were* the lousy pics you nitwit. You want to spend _your_ time running lousy pics through an editor and screwing with them, so be it. FOAD.

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