What Is This Gadget?
- Thread starter Jazzy1
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BJintheUK
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- Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, UK
Oh, yes I know what that is, it's an oogimaflip, you know, a wachamacallit, one of those.
In reality it's probably for blowing bubbles or stirring soup, or something boringly practical like that.
In reality it's probably for blowing bubbles or stirring soup, or something boringly practical like that.
horseless carriage
Well-known Member
It's octagon shaped, so it's probably used for attaching MG badges to the radiator.
Pappy
Living the Dream
Egg dipper for sure. Modern use today is a nose ring. 
That Lady in PA
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Still in egg dyeing kits.
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hearlady
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Why is it every old thing that someone posts on here from the old days is always something I still have?
Come walk around my house. You'll be in the old days.
Come walk around my house. You'll be in the old days.
LadyEmeraude
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Looks like something a thief might pick a lock with.
RadishRose
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debodun
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- way upstate in New York, USA
How about this old beauty?
LadyEmeraude
Well-known Member
a measuring device of some sort?
LadyEmeraude
Well-known Member
an incense burner from the olden days?
debodun
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- way upstate in New York, USA
Not even close.
JBR
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I like expanding my vocabulary.
BJintheUK
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- Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, UK
Could this be for opening jars where the lid is too tight?
Llynn
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It is indeed for opening jars. It's a Gilhoolie.
BJintheUK
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- Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, UK
I never knew what a Gilhoolie was, although I've head the word in some older films from the US.
BJintheUK
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- Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, UK
You'll have to tell us. I've never seen anything like it.
debodun
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- way upstate in New York, USA
It's a lawn sprinkler. Emits a cone-shaped spray of water. Pic from the other side so you can see where the hose attaches.
VaughanJB
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I love how they built things in those days. Look at that thing, it'd survive a bomb blast.
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RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
no. hint....Kitchen use., mainly.
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