What is this? - Page 19

glatt · 09-07-2007, 10:13 AM

One final guess from me, and then I give up.

You are a scales guy, right?

I'm going to guess that it's some sort of standardized weight for calibrating scales. Only thing is it looks really small for doing truck scales. But that's still my guess.

Flint · 09-07-2007, 10:21 AM

The notches, and the curvature, seem to indicate some kind of flexible, connective function. It reminds me, somehow, of a u-joint.

zippyt · 09-07-2007, 10:38 AM

Ok , the thingee is a thingee for your Ipod head phones to keep the cords un tangled ,

I initionaly thaough this was the view to use ,

then this view ,

but then I thought that a safer for work view was in order

NEXT

glatt · 09-07-2007, 10:42 AM

So we were all on the right track with the wrapping lines around it approach.

Good one, zippyt.

zippyt · 09-07-2007, 10:45 AM

thank ye sir

xoxoxoBruce · 09-07-2007, 01:08 PM

Buster, that looks like the grille of a piece of heavy equipment, like a dozer or something?

busterb · 09-07-2007, 02:36 PM

nope, but I'll not give you, Bruce any more clues. Because you know

HungLikeJesus · 09-07-2007, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by busterb

Zip. I have not a clue, but while we're waiting, I'll pitch this in.
Bruce sent me something about old cars and such, is what brought this to mind.

Is it part of the windshield of a Florida school bus?

Griff · 09-07-2007, 02:43 PM

cover over a small engine with a pull cord... chainsaw?

beauregaardhooligan · 09-07-2007, 05:04 PM

The honeycomb-like part looks like an air-filter cover from a lawn mower, and old gaskets.

busterb · 09-10-2007, 04:06 PM

Ok. If you had a car, date, friends and a few bucks back in the late 50s, 60s or perhaps the 70s you might, or should have used one of these.

glatt · 09-10-2007, 04:09 PM

Is it a speaker for ordering food at a drive in?

If not that, it must be the speaker you put inside your window when watching the movie.

Flint · 09-10-2007, 04:09 PM

Or a drive-in movie speaker. To order movie watching to get in your ear.

glatt · 09-10-2007, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

To order movie watching to get in your ear.

Huh?

Let me try that language out:

"To buy ice cream eating to see cherry on top."

Flint · 09-10-2007, 04:19 PM

Hi, my name is glatt, and I'm a late editor.

You said it was a drive-in speaker "to order food" so I said, maybe it is to "order" something else: the movie. Or the watching of the movie. Well, not the actual watching of the movie, but to "order" a certain part of it. To get in your ear. To order movie watching to get in your ear. Shut up.

09-07-2007, 10:21 AM	#272
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The notches, and the curvature, seem to indicate some kind of flexible, connective function. It reminds me, somehow, of a u-joint. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-07-2007, 10:38 AM	#273
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Ok , the thingee is a thingee for your Ipod head phones to keep the cords un tangled , I initionaly thaough this was the view to use , then this view , but then I thought that a safer for work view was in order NEXT __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

09-07-2007, 10:45 AM	#275
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	thank ye sir __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

09-07-2007, 01:08 PM	#276
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Buster, that looks like the grille of a piece of heavy equipment, like a dozer or something? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-07-2007, 02:36 PM	#277
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	nope, but I'll not give you, Bruce any more clues. Because you know __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

09-07-2007, 10:13 AM	#271
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	One final guess from me, and then I give up. You are a scales guy, right? I'm going to guess that it's some sort of standardized weight for calibrating scales. Only thing is it looks really small for doing truck scales. But that's still my guess.

09-07-2007, 10:42 AM	#274
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	So we were all on the right track with the wrapping lines around it approach. Good one, zippyt.

09-07-2007, 02:43 PM	#279
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	cover over a small engine with a pull cord... chainsaw? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-07-2007, 05:04 PM	#280
beauregaardhooligan Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 323	The honeycomb-like part looks like an air-filter cover from a lawn mower, and old gaskets.

09-10-2007, 04:06 PM	#281
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Ok. If you had a car, date, friends and a few bucks back in the late 50s, 60s or perhaps the 70s you might, or should have used one of these. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

09-10-2007, 04:09 PM	#282
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Is it a speaker for ordering food at a drive in? If not that, it must be the speaker you put inside your window when watching the movie.

09-10-2007, 04:09 PM	#283
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Or a drive-in movie speaker. To order movie watching to get in your ear. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-10-2007, 04:19 PM	#285
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Hi, my name is glatt, and I'm a late editor. You said it was a drive-in speaker "to order food" so I said, maybe it is to "order" something else: the movie. Or the watching of the movie. Well, not the actual watching of the movie, but to "order" a certain part of it. To get in your ear. To order movie watching to get in your ear. Shut up. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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