Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things

[Just Plain Dave]

It ain't really stuff or a thing. It's one of Gods creatures.

[junebug]

swooped on this...........
JUST RESEARCHIN NOW....ANY INFO APPRECIATED FELLAS
SO FAR....IM THINKIN'.......SINGER.......PRE 1900...HAND CRANK.....INDUSTRIAL..........

so....FINALLY GETTING WORD BACK FROM SINGER.....

THIS IS WHAT I GOT:
I WILL WAIT ON OTHERS I CONTACTED


Dear Josh
Thank you for contacting Singer® Customer Care.


Thank you for the pictures.


We have checked both home use and industrial machine picture files and we do not find anything with the same features as your machine.


You may respond to this message by clicking reply. To respond to you faster, please make sure that you do not delete the information in the Subject line.

Sincerely,

Carla DELETED NAME
Singer® Customer Care Representative

[rangerbluedog]

Well THAT was helpful.

[junebug]

EXACTLY WHAT I SAID..........

I DID REPLY:


hi carla...
hahahah SOOOOO ....thats it...... your companies answer is:
we looked at some pictures and dont see it????

MAY I GET SOME HELP PLEASE....I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A PHONE CONTACT TO THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THIS AREA OF SINGER....THANKS!!!!
JOSH H
559-DELETED

[FRJ]

Josh, did they offer any comments on the Pine Sol?

[junebug]

nawww,JOE......
(but it is LAVENDAR scent...and ma wifes fav. color PURPLE)

ANTHING FROM THEM was like pulling teeth, to get out of them........
i tried calling them....after several calls(8 plus)....HOURS on hold..........they close EASTERN TIME,and just hang up the phone lines when they do close ..............EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN ON HOLD ALMOST AN HOUR OR SO....
THEY REFUSE to return a phone call...and INSIST on email......
it took 3 emails just to confirm CARLA was A LIVE/REAL PERSON........which was hilarious in itself.....KINDA

[QTCut5]

Looks like your only option may be to fly to their head office and camp outside the front door then personally confront everyone who shows up for work and continue to harass and badger them until they realize that the only way they're going to get rid of you is to grant total unrestricted access to their secret, hidden archives (and I would suggest you also demand that they provide a personal assistant and insist on catered meals for as long as it takes to get the answers you seek) This is obviously far too important to allow them to dismiss you with the bum's rush brush off.


Oh, and by the way...here's a picture of my best friend and most loyal companion for the last 11 years. 50% AKC German Shepherd (Mother) 25% Akita, 25% Chow Chow (Father). Best guard dog ever.

Wish everyone could have as loyal a companion as this furry little beast is.

Cheers & Aloha,
~Q~

[gino]

Nice dog Q! Very cool you should also post him in the pet thread there are some very cool dogs there as well

Here is a small made in USA 4" NEEDLE NOSE vise grip I found at the flea market

[Mumbleypeg]

I was out in the back pasture today grubbing persimmon sprouts and turned up a curious item. Have no idea what it is or how it got there. It's stamped UL so my guess is it's something electrical. The only other makings are what looks like 10TY or 10YY on one of the flanges. The body/frame is metal, probably steel but the frame isn't rusted so may be aluminum (but it feels heavy for aluminum) and the four studs appear to be insulated from the frame. Two studs have white centers and two are blue. They all have threads on both sides and the "nuts" are rubber. I'm guessing it's some kind of insulator, but if do, for what? Anyone know what it is?

Ken

[junebug]

sure LOOKS like a 4 way splitter for COAXIAL CABLE....maybe off a pole,home,cable,satellite connection
w/ the 2 side things w/ screws being ground connections.....


MAYBE

[Mumbleypeg]

Thanks Josh. Now that you mention it, it does look like it could have something to do with coax. never seen a splitter like it though. Splitters have an input and two or more outputs. This thing doesn't appear to be configured that way. Can't figure out what the rubber "nuts" that are screwed onto the threads would be for either. If it's for coax, I guess the cows (or the coyotes) have been watching TV in the pasture. There's not a pole or a building within over a quarter mile of where I found it.

Ken

[jerryd6818]

There's not a pole or a building within over a quarter mile of where I found it.

Ken

Aliens. See any crop circles lately?

[junebug]

to me it looks like the kind they use on poleS round here for cable/satellite.......the 4 lines would come in from 4 homes into that.....mounted up on pole.....those lines being long and different lengths to reach it on pole......then from there the 4 jump to a box on pole...so not really a SPLITTER but a GROUNDED JUNCTION BOX,SO TA SAY..........

the rubber nuts would keep rain/weather out of connection.......



again I THINK.

[glennbad]

Josh is correct. It is a ground block for CATV. When your CATV lines come from the pole and then down the side of your house, they hit this block, then the lines continue on inside the house. There is usually a ground wire tied to the block. The rubber nubs are simply seals that go around the CATV connector when it is screwed on, to keep water and moisture out.

I am used to seeing these as singles, perhaps this version is for a multi-tenant building.

[Mumbleypeg]

Thanks guys! Now you've really got me curious as to how it got there. There's no CATV within miles of here. I think Jerry may be onto something!

Ken

[jerryd6818]

I'm tellin' ya. They're among us. Where do you think Howard Cosell came from?


Edit: Googled "ground block for CATV images" and got this:

[Mumbleypeg]

Jerry, that's it - right on both counts! Cosell AND the ground block.

Ken

[ken98k]

Took this driving down my road today.

[Just Plain Dave]

Don't look too awful Ken!l

[ken98k]

Don't look too awful Ken!l

As I was close-by, I went home for lunch today. Afterwards, heading to my next job I couldn't help but notice the sunshine on the trees so I snapped this photo. It was -35*f

[TripleF]

Scary......but beautiful Ken!

[TripleF]

How's this for the motherlode of vintage fishing lures.....

[carrmillus]

........wow, that's quite a haul,fff!!!!.................. ................

[Shearer]

How's this for the motherlode of vintage fishing lures.....

Nice lot of lures

I decided to build a chest of drawer to hold some of my knives.
It's 4' high x 2' wide x 1' deep foot .
It was first attempt at make something like this.
The only thing wrong is I had enough knives to fill it.

[glennbad]

Wow, that knife chest is awesome. It looks great. Wish I had the time to work on something like that.