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 Gumby
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 What is this thing?
#977923 - 10/20/02 08:01 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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The other day I was cleaning up and found this little thing on the ground. I know I've seen something like it before, but, damnit, I can't figure out what it is. It was found under a computer chair... looks like its a little rusted and made out of metal.
I have to figure out what this damn thing is because it's driving me crazy 
I took some pics of the thing:
... So what the hell is it?
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 Boglyn
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 Re: What is this thing? [Re: Gumby]
#977956 - 10/20/02 08:12 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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it looks like the screw that is used in glasses. Maybe it is some sort of mind control device.
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Gumby
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Boglyn]
#977994 - 10/20/02 08:25 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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I was thinking a screw but it doesnt have any threads on it... and its not a nail... hrmph.
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 Re: What is this thing? [Re: Gumby]
#978049 - 10/20/02 08:38 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ha ha ha! 
I don't know what that damn thing is, but it frightens me just a little...  
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Gumby]
#978064 - 10/20/02 08:43 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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looks like an upholstery tack...
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Gumby]
#978139 - 10/20/02 09:01 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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Looks like a choke throtle to a car that "the little people" drive when you are sleeping....
MY FUCKING TV BROKE......
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Boglyn]
#978205 - 10/20/02 09:26 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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Maybe it's the fossilized remains of a wooden nail from 10,000 BC?
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You don't know what it is, but it's there....like a splinter in your mind...driving you mad.
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Papaver
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: trendal]
#978216 - 10/20/02 09:30 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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Or perhaps even some sort of late-neolithic stone nail?
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Papaver]
#978226 - 10/20/02 09:34 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hey you never know 
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You're here because you know something.
What you know you can't explain, but you feel it; you've felt it your entire life.
That there's something wrong with the world.
You don't know what it is, but it's there....like a splinter in your mind...driving you mad.
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 Re: What is this thing? [Re: trendal]
#978228 - 10/20/02 09:36 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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I think we, at least, need to run it through a gas-spectrometer? 
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trendal
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Papaver]
#978233 - 10/20/02 09:38 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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Great idea!
What about carbon-14 dating? Think we should go so far?
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What you know you can't explain, but you feel it; you've felt it your entire life.
That there's something wrong with the world.
You don't know what it is, but it's there....like a splinter in your mind...driving you mad.
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Papaver]
#978237 - 10/20/02 09:40 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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 But stone doesnt rust. I think it might have come from 1 of 3 things.
1. Computer/Desk chair(has penumatic lift thing)
2. Pelet gun
3. Lighter
It looks like some kind of piston or valve or something like that... but I really just don't know.
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 Re: What is this thing? [Re: trendal]
#978239 - 10/20/02 09:41 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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I think the more data we can gather, the better! 
Someone should also field stress-test it...
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Papaver]
#978241 - 10/20/02 09:42 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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How about not hi-jacking the thread with useless crap? That would be a nice change.
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Gumby]
#978242 - 10/20/02 09:43 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'd like to see if we could replicate it -- sort of clone it -- for further testing...
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trendal
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Papaver]
#978250 - 10/20/02 09:46 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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Oh replication of the object is a must!
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You're here because you know something.
What you know you can't explain, but you feel it; you've felt it your entire life.
That there's something wrong with the world.
You don't know what it is, but it's there....like a splinter in your mind...driving you mad.
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Gumby]
#978255 - 10/20/02 09:48 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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It kind of does look like an upholstery nail.
My first thought was the spark-gap from the starter for a gas bar-b-q.
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You're here because you know something.
What you know you can't explain, but you feel it; you've felt it your entire life.
That there's something wrong with the world.
You don't know what it is, but it's there....like a splinter in your mind...driving you mad.
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Gumby]
#978345 - 10/20/02 10:29 PM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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its a door handle for a horse jockey's house
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I would call her
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Gumby]
#979349 - 10/21/02 08:13 AM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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Is it a lock button off of a doorknob?
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Re: What is this thing? [Re: Gumby]
#979639 - 10/21/02 10:57 AM (5 years, 11 months ago) |
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That is very strange indeed.
The fact that the second one has a coin attached to it, makes one wonder.
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