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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20267 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
Pulley essential for hauling, rescue and glacier travel. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29832 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Ok, I don't know what it is, but Celt I have to give it to you, You were so close before, it is a friction brake thingy. The proper name is an Emergency Rescue Belay. It's used in Spelunking. "This manual rescue belay can be used as a self belay or with a belayer. The two stainless steel pins keep the rope separated as it is reaved around the drum. With 3 raps around the drum this device allows a 600 pound load to be caught with a single hand and held in place with 60 lbs of pull." I was looking for the word Belay. PM sent |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I don't believe it, wow. I am all tied up right now, but I'll get an image up after supper! Thanks for the win. |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20267 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
All right 'hombres', let's try this one on for size.... |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29832 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
atlatl |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
No Sir.... |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20267 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
A ear ring for Wilma Flintstone. |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
Early sewing implement. For loin cloths or their colder climate equivalent. Obviously whoever was making it got interrupted by a fit of giggles so didn't finish sharpening it to a point. Then they had to invent weaving so that they could at least put it to some productive use as a form of shuttle thingy... possibly :) |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I wish either one was right... |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22202 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
An Anatomical Rearrangement Tool (ART) or A Foe's Anatomy Rearrangement Tool (I think you got that one...) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Hint: It has nothing to do with a bris! |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
Looks like something your Avatar would use for hunting.... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I would call that: "A very pointed observation"! |
Graham Middleton Send message Joined: 1 Sep 00 Posts: 1520 Credit: 86,815,638 RAC: 0 |
A temporary relief for Montezuma's Revenge? The loop is to aid securing it in place. Happy Crunching, Graham |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
The circle looks too perfect. Did they know how to do that, back then? The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
The circle looks too perfect. Did they know how to do that, back then? Well... to me, it looks like it's a drawn rendition of the whatdgemecallit - so maybe whoever drew it liked really really round circles - or maybe it was a really really round circle which is why they drew it really really round. *sigh* I suppose we may never know... :) Early drumstick for enthusiastic drummers... to prevent them accidentally launching them into their audience? Could be attached to the wrist like playstation move controllers, or those nintendo wi things. *incoming b-r-a-i-n w-a-v-e* Elk divining rod! s'pose I'd better start searching for a tool now... :) |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Hint: We should get one thing straight, it has nothing to do with music! |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Well... to me, it looks like it's a drawn rendition of the whatdgemecallit It does, I agree. I sure like your elk divining rod idea. ;~) I seriously doubt they had locks back in those days, but was it a key to something? The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
When the beta testing was first done on this item, there were no keys or locks! |
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