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What is it? L
Feb 24, 2005
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278 looks like a lump of metal, I dont know what kind or what its for :)
279 looks like a spanner or adjustment device of some kind
280 is an battery operated metronome
281 is that for cutting something (or is it something like a fish scaler)?
dump a bunch in a concrete transit truck to remove caked on concrete?
279. Bicycle wrench/tool. Openings for wrenching axles & spokes, tire iron on other end. 280. Electronic metronome. 281. No idea. 282. Strainer. Looks almost like the one in the shower drain. 283. No idea.
278 Meteorite
282 aerator (inside your kitchen faucet)
278 is a lodestone, or perhaps an iron meteorite, or perhaps both.
279 is a bicycle tool. The thin end is a tire iron.
280 is an electronic metronome with provision for tuning to A440.
-- Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)
279: bike wrench 280: metronome 281: pet hair dematter/trimmer 282: tap aerator? 283: some form of paper or leather cutter?
278. Meteorite 279. Automotive window handle remover 280. Spanish language volume control 281. Some kind of knife 282. Shower drain strainer 283. Torture device
Judging by the raucus Spanish speakers of my acquaintance, this would be a useful device to have.
Danny
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278 - I suppose lump of metal is too obvious279 - a bicycle repair multitool?
280 - digital metronome281 - fishermans tool - descaling dehooking?
282 - cannot see it283 - i believe this has been banned by the geneva convention
regards
matthew newell
279: Bicycle wrench. Spoke, cone, hub and tire lever 280: Metronome
283: Crampon?
I don't know the name, but it's what comes in bike tire repair kits to clean rubber before putting on the rubber cement and then the patch.
Tim.
279) Basin wrench 280) Electronic metronome 281) Wallpaper removal tool 282) Microphone 283) Rube Goldberg can-opener part.
281. Grapefruit knife
282. ? how extreme a close-up ?
283. Early, failed version of the safety pin--
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279 is a bicycle wrench and tire tool....small openings are for tightening spokes
280 is an electronic metronome for musicians
bill otten
Wouldn't be a knife for shucking corn and then taking the kernels off the cob, would it?
At that size... some sort of silicon wafer?
This one isn't a knife for shucking corn.
No, it's not a silicon wafer, I'll give a hint tomorrow if no one gets it by then.
278 looks to be a meteorite
279 is bicycle tool
280 metronome with the correct Italian music notation
281 looks to be a serious version of an oyster knife
282 might be an aerator from a sink faucet
283 is a can opener though I don't recognize the device on the non pointed end.
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I thought about that but doesn't an oyster knife have a guard between the handle and the blade?
A tool for stripping the coat of a terrier?
diffraction grating?
Jim
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