Mysterious Miscellaneous Tool Time v2

Author	Message
Mark Fiske Send message Joined: 15 Aug 11 Posts: 713 Credit: 7,392,921 RAC: 0	Message 1480301 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 17:50:50 UTC - in response to Message 1480097. Looks like a toothbrush... Ahhh! It is! But where was it used? or if you really want to ring the bell...why was it used? ID: 1480301 ·

Mark Fiske Send message Joined: 15 Aug 11 Posts: 713 Credit: 7,392,921 RAC: 0	Message 1480304 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 17:53:14 UTC - in response to Message 1480099. Is that a graduated scale on the end? I believe it is a barcode, but I am not sure. However, it is not important as to where or why this obvious tool was used. ID: 1480304 ·

Mark Fiske Send message Joined: 15 Aug 11 Posts: 713 Credit: 7,392,921 RAC: 0	Message 1480305 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 17:54:19 UTC - in response to Message 1480226. Pull the ring to turn the white shaft? No, actually what the obvious function looks to be is what it was used to do... ID: 1480305 ·

David S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12	Message 1480377 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 20:05:07 UTC For alligators? For sharks? For lions? (Lions and gators and sharks, oh my.) David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. ID: 1480377 ·

Mark Fiske Send message Joined: 15 Aug 11 Posts: 713 Credit: 7,392,921 RAC: 0	Message 1480379 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 20:11:36 UTC - in response to Message 1480377. For alligators? For sharks? For lions? (Lions and gators and sharks, oh my.) Ha! Good one! But, sorry, no! Not for species at all...think inorganic... ID: 1480379 ·

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34054 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1480382 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 20:22:58 UTC Non-Biological, So it has nothing to do with living beings? rOZZ Music Pictures ID: 1480382 ·

Mark Fiske Send message Joined: 15 Aug 11 Posts: 713 Credit: 7,392,921 RAC: 0	Message 1480387 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 20:54:23 UTC - in response to Message 1480382. Last modified: 21 Feb 2014, 20:57:44 UTC Non-Biological, So it has nothing to do with living beings? No, not what I meant to imply, sorry! Yes, it was used by living beings just not on living beings... ID: 1480387 ·

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34054 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1480389 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 20:58:11 UTC - in response to Message 1480387. Non-Biological, So it has nothing to do with living beings? No, not what I meant to imply, sorry! Yes, it is used by living beings just not on living beings... That's what I meant, sorry. Used on soft materials then? rOZZ Music Pictures ID: 1480389 ·

Mark Fiske Send message Joined: 15 Aug 11 Posts: 713 Credit: 7,392,921 RAC: 0	Message 1480398 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 21:22:11 UTC - in response to Message 1480389. Non-Biological, So it has nothing to do with living beings? No, not what I meant to imply, sorry! Yes, it is used by living beings just not on living beings... That's what I meant, sorry. Used on soft materials then? No, it *was* used on hard materials :)! ID: 1480398 ·

David S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12	Message 1480407 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 21:40:38 UTC - in response to Message 1480387. Non-Biological, So it has nothing to do with living beings? No, not what I meant to imply, sorry! Yes, it was used by living beings just not on living beings... Not on anything that ever lived, either? Like maybe dinosaur fossils? David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. ID: 1480407 ·

Mark Fiske Send message Joined: 15 Aug 11 Posts: 713 Credit: 7,392,921 RAC: 0	Message 1480428 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 22:23:48 UTC - in response to Message 1480407. Non-Biological, So it has nothing to do with living beings? No, not what I meant to imply, sorry! Yes, it was used by living beings just not on living beings... Not on anything that ever lived, either? Like maybe dinosaur fossils? You are correct! not then, not now... ID: 1480428 ·

Mark Fiske Send message Joined: 15 Aug 11 Posts: 713 Credit: 7,392,921 RAC: 0	Message 1480435 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 22:42:09 UTC Last modified: 21 Feb 2014, 23:10:36 UTC Well, let me restate my last statement better. Yes, it was probably used initially on a living being, but this tool's modified purpose was not to be used on a living being...clear as mud? ID: 1480435 ·

Mark Fiske Send message Joined: 15 Aug 11 Posts: 713 Credit: 7,392,921 RAC: 0	Message 1480517 - Posted: 22 Feb 2014, 6:43:35 UTC - in response to Message 1480498. Last modified: 22 Feb 2014, 6:45:29 UTC It's the toothbrush used to repair a bolt outside the space station! Bingo! Dead On! Yup, that's it...seems if they didn't clean off the metal filings and debris there was no way of using an electric wrench on the bolt. That little piece of imagination saved the lives of the crew when the solar panel assemblies went down a while back. Your turn...PM to be sent ID: 1480517 ·

Mark Fiske Send message Joined: 15 Aug 11 Posts: 713 Credit: 7,392,921 RAC: 0	Message 1480532 - Posted: 22 Feb 2014, 7:35:09 UTC - in response to Message 1480519. Let's see if I can make this work: Please tell me we are not in search of hemorrhoids again! ID: 1480532 ·

Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12	Message 1480602 - Posted: 22 Feb 2014, 11:48:43 UTC Button hole cutter. ID: 1480602 ·

Mark Fiske Send message Joined: 15 Aug 11 Posts: 713 Credit: 7,392,921 RAC: 0	Message 1480625 - Posted: 22 Feb 2014, 13:38:12 UTC Does it perform a scribing action? ID: 1480625 ·

Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20	Message 1480648 - Posted: 22 Feb 2014, 15:56:15 UTC I saw something looked a lot like that on Pawn Stars last week. Is this a weapon? Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired ID: 1480648 ·

rob smith Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22240 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380	Message 1480728 - Posted: 22 Feb 2014, 20:24:14 UTC Is it a device for transferring measurements? Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1480728 ·

Mark Fiske Send message Joined: 15 Aug 11 Posts: 713 Credit: 7,392,921 RAC: 0	Message 1480773 - Posted: 22 Feb 2014, 22:03:19 UTC Last modified: 22 Feb 2014, 22:03:32 UTC Does it spread something? ID: 1480773 ·

Lynn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123	Message 1480801 - Posted: 23 Feb 2014, 0:32:45 UTC - in response to Message 1480798. Is it a surgical tool ? ID: 1480801 ·

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