Identify This! No.55

Todays object is partially obscured to make it a little more difficult - what is it? Have fun!
More about "Identify This"... http://365project.org/netkonnexion/number03/2011-05-11

Yestderday you saw...
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Yes! It was a brass abacus. Actually little more than a paperweight in most modern offices it was once the only calculator that was available.

I think I am being far to easy on you all, but I am having difficulty finding subjects from my bed! Hold on in there - I will be back!

Since most people got it again I will congratulate you all in one hit. Well done!!! YahaY!!!

Honorable mentions to...
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Arthur Loosley - You can count on it! Net says:-->> Nicely pointed out Arthur!

Howard N - Have not used one in years since I was taught how to use the calculator on my cell phone... but I do fall back from time to time, to my ABACUS! Net says:-->> Ever the smarty pants... You actually know how to use one? LOL>... Got me beat then.

Paula Brumbe - my old fashioned non solar portable calculator that I like to whip out every time I write a check in order to balance my account. Net says:-->> Another smart one! Well, you wouldn't 'whip' this one out. It weighs nearly a kilo! LOL.

mittens (Marilyn) - ...or maybe a fancy pin ball machine. Net says:-->> Loved that idea. A "Doohicky Award!" YahaY!!!!

Paula Cook-Farkas - ...but I was also leaning heavily towards ball bearing storage cabinet. Net says:-->> Loved this one too. Another "Doohicky Award!" everyone... YahaY!!!! LOL.

Liz (fotomama) - Abacas(sp?) anyway what u use when ur smart phone or cheap dime store calculator breaks down and u didn't take the time to learn the BIG math in school. Net says:-->> Not me! I have no idea how to use one. I am a technocrat and proud!!! LOL.

Steven Galvin ace
Mmmmm. My Dad used to have a tie pin that was a very very small abacus. Perhaps it's that? Net says:-->> A tie pin!?! ROFL ... A kilo tie pin???! Wow! That's worth a "Doohicky Award!" YahaY!!!! LOL...

Sue Wilde - Very early computer. Invented, I believe, by the Chinese. Net says:-->> And variously re-invented or stolen by the Japanese, Mongolians, Greeks, Romans, some Middle Eastern nations and latterly the Europeans. The abacus preceded the first true mechanical computer, the Astrolabe, by about 1500 years. Can you tell that one of the chapters of the book I am writing is about the history of computing? Zzzzz...Zzzzz...Zzzzz... No, you can't, you have all fallen asleep. LOL.

Jen E - Ohhh an abacus! This is one of my kids' favorite toys and the nerd in me is not minding at all. Net says:-->> Wow! Your kids play with an abacus? Thats cool! Tonights special award goes to Jen E - "The Mathematical Mother Award". Yahaaay!!! LOL...

Thanks for stopping by. So many people have wished me well during my illness - thank you. Things are improving. I will be back to comment on your photos once I get my strength back.

See you tomorrow.
Enjoy!

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http://www.365project.org/netkonnexion/365/
http://www.365project.org/netkonnexion/anotherone/

[Keith MacKenzie]

Dang it.. the first one, and I haven't the foogiest...

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

I will go with my gut response...what I thought it was from the thumbnail. THE DEATH STAR!

[Keith MacKenzie]

It looks brass... round... beaten up... a door knob?

[Kate Klinck]

i think it's a magic bullet that can take down an army of zombies!!!... or maybe a ball bearing ?

[mittens (Marilyn)]

I have no idea. Maybe a hitch ball from the back of a truck or maybe a metal stick shift knob. Naah, probably not.

[Rick Schies]

I am going way out on the limb with this guess, but I once had an old toy airplane, and this looks like it could be part of the propellor mounting.

[Paula x2 Brumbe]

@aj1268 I was so going to go with Death Star too, but since I was watching the Ricardo Montalban Star Trek movie that have the Fantasy Island scare factor going on, I need to go a different direction. I have decided that it is the thing that the guys from Star Trek hold when they are transported to the exotic desert planets so that they can return safely.

[Howard N]

Me thinks I be looking at the top of a bottle stopper. It has the shape of a champagne cork but looks like pewter. Maybe the soft focus lettering is saying "keep guessing... you're wrong!"

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

@brumbe I see Planet Paula is going with the whole sci-fi theme...Nice!

[Paula x2 Brumbe]

@hown I bet you got this right.

[Vanessa Walters]

I want to say a door knob thingy

[MaryBeth Dailey]

A screw

[Mike Gifford]

An aged door knob is my guess.

[Nancy Holte]

My first instinct is that it's a door knob. BUT, that seems to easy - even for you. My second guess is that it's the dial on a safe.

[Nancy Holte]

Oh, I forgot to say, once again, that I hope you are up and out again soon. Feel better!

[Frances Chaloner]

Stumped it looks to rough to be a doorknob it would lacerate your hand! Not a clue....

[Alta D©]

My horoscope today says it's my lucky day, so i have to guess this is a barbell plate! =)

[lorihiro]

I'm stumped!

[Mair]

Could be the metal thing on top of a champagne cork after taking the wire off..........but it's probably not!!

[Sue Wilde]

I'm going with the champagne cork housing idea...but only because that means our darling Net is up to drinking champers!

[Mike Warren]

Sea shell? Snail shell?

[Steven Galvin]

Yep! The top of a champagne Cork, i.e. the metal bit that fits over the top of cork that's in contact with the twisted wires that keeps the whole assembly from popping off the bottle.

Been celebrating recently ?!?!?! ;^)

[judith deacon]

I think I'll go with the Champagne cork cover

[Camille Bisson]

to me it looks like the end of a pull for a light, like for a ceiling fan, something like that. aren't you supposed to be in bed?????? bad patient!

[Jen E]

Oh darn, I'm truly stumped. I go from mathematical mother of the year to Girl With No Clue. I will say, it looks downright evil for some reason. Like some awful brass deadly weapon that's on fire inside. I hope we don't need to be concerned!

[Cassandra]

Door knob

[scooter]

At first I thought button but it looks too large, I am going with a cap to something.

[Jennifer C]

a shell

[she devil]

jeans button

[Natacha Murphy]

i think it's a shell :)