Guess what it is?
the last seasons garlic wound into a wreath. aka: vampire bane.
Are those tendrils of smoke I see?
No correct answers so far, but it's obviously some kind of coarse natural fiber, so you are on the right track that way.
I'll post the answer and a zoomed-out picture to give perspective a bit later this afternoon.
Kinda looks like raffia.
The guy who sings kids songs?
Oh. wait.
natural fiber
Oh, oh! Shredded Wheat?
I'm heading into a long meeting now, and don't want to keep you all in such painful suspense.
It's the edge of a hand-woven cattail rush seat on an antique ladderback chair.
Much like this one.
I was *never* gonna get that.
[COLOR="Lime"]OOOHH!!![/COLOR]
New thread..."GUESS WHAT IT IS" Can't wait to get home and mess around tonight. I promise, no ultra close ups of my kids finger :)
LabRat, you gonna post one now? Anybody? Let's keep this thread going.
I've seen my Grandmother make many of those chair seats. I've even seen her make a couple out of twisted strips of brown paper grocery bags. Honest.:)
So... where did the smoke come from? I can see a few whisps in the first pic.
[SIZE=1]Oh, I guess it's just green fuzz. :right:[/SIZE]
There's tiny green snakes on the chair. :eek:
For cryin' out loud, I do occasionally work at work...and since I don't have net at the RatCave, you might have to wait 24 or 48hrs between posts. That being said, I did take some pictures last night and over lunch will get them downloaded offa my camera and posted. Then I probably won't be back till Monday. Sheesh. Those AG guys got to you. :)
Small #3- That's all for now, answers Monday!
I'm going to go with fabric with little sequindy things sewn in for #1.
For #2, I'd suggest a speaker grille.
EDIT: I didn't see #3 before I posted. For that one I'm going to have to go with generic plastic child's toy, placed in the microwave for several minutes.
Nice pictures.
Number 3 scares me.
#1 is tights or stockings of some sort.
Looking at these, especially in the first, the out of focus parts are really pix'ly (sp).
I took the images in the highest mode on my camera (6M*), then cropped them a bit in photoshop, saved as level 1 JPEG (prolly the prob), then once importing, noticed still too wide to fit on screen. So I changed the image size to be 750 pixels across, (about 1/3 of what it was) at 300 pix/inch.
What would be a better/best way to do this? New at this kind of manipulations. Thanks! I am facinated by small stuff, always taking apart stuff as a kid to see what was inside-though probably not to the extent of some here from what I've read. So, I grew up and became a microscopist/scientist type person. At least, that's what I get paid to be, when I'm not here...:lol:
For #2, I'd suggest a speaker grille.
I figured that'd be the easiest one. Yep. From the radio in my kid's room.
#1 looks like a crdl scattered on some fabric.
<strike>#2 is a microphone, methinks. </strike>
#3 is an adorable cast resin stauette of some kind.
#3 is a molded rubber/vinyl halloween mask.
#3 is a molded rubber/vinyl halloween mask.
or the business end of some sex toy.:blush:
#1 looks like bent metal tabs like they put decorative buttons on hats with.
#2 is holes. :blush:
#3 is the eye of a toy or mask.
#1 = Sparkly thingies on the top of a dress I bought at a consignment shop (for $2!) to wear to Vegas...I'll post me wearing it once we get back if you like;)
#3= A bear lamp in my kid's bedroom. Redecorating it this spring, I can't wait. The bedroom, I mean. Way to go Wolf. I figured it would be super easy for someone who collects these types of things, or buys them for someone who does. Obviously Kitsune does not...:D
I'll try to be a little more creative and post more this week.
WHO'SE NEXT !??!
Well, OK, spur of the moment.
Found another one I forgot I took in the folder when I posted the answers. Here you go:
#40 violin neck
#41 domino
#40 violin neck
Close....
Very good.. I figured it was too easy.
OK, this one isn't really a macro shot, but it's still a "what is it?"
a bag for radioactive waste?
Well, you could put radioactive waste in it, but I wouldn't recommend it.
looks like a costume mask for some kind of alien or robot....and a lens cap
looks like a costume mask for some kind of alien or robot....and a lens cap
Pretty close, actually.
It's the
ExitAir emergency evacuation hood.
They gave a bunch of these out at work after 9/11. We happened to move offices about a year ago, and after the move I went back to the old building to make sure my department got everything. There were a bunch of these things kicking around in various empty offices, so I brought one home to play with. It has a strechy rubber neck flange to keep things air tight, and has huge activated charcoal filters in the front and back to let you breath without smoke getting in. I haven't tried it in a smoky environment, so I don't know if that works, but it doesn't fog up inside like you would expect, and there is plenty of air for breathing. Plus, as you can see below, it's very stylish.
I have two shrink wrapped ones in my office right now.
:alien:
Why orange? Help you see better in smoke? Might be kind of fun and possibly useful to have laying around. Like for if I tried to cook something from scratch...
Looks like someone is ignoring the "this bag is not a toy!" warning, again.
If they handed those out at your office ... then your employer is either paranoid, a viable target, or both.
You don't happen to work in Langley, by any chance do you?
Nah, it's more like the employees were paranoid, and the employer was trying to soothe them. Besides, this was DC just after 9/11 and we had planes falling from the skies around us, anthrax shutting down our post office, and fucking snipers shooting at us. Crazy times.
In hindsight, maybe that picture belongs in the " [plastic] bag on cellarite" thread.
My office in DC...
We have the same type of emergency evacuation hoods, flashlights and batteries, small packs of handi wipes, and bottled water in gov't issued bags at each desk. You KNOW none of this shit is going to save you... but for some it does have a calming affect. Me I still keep an extra pair of jogging shoes in my office... it's a long walk back home, on 9/11 it took over 8 hours to travel 56 miles home...
Looks like someone is ignoring the "this bag is not a toy!" warning, again.
In hindsight, maybe that picture belongs in the " [plastic] bag on cellarite" thread.
It must be the extra hour of daylight, you guys are getting silly.:lol:
Why orange? Help you see better in smoke?
Helps you see better in
flames, I'd imagine. Cuts down on all the distracting moving orange bits, and lets you pick out the door, or whatever.
i think there shouldnt be a filter on the bag. if youre high up in a building thats going to collapse. they should just put plastic bags over their heads to speed up the whole process.
also. having them there AFTER 9/11 is just like putting a bullet proof vest on after youve been shot.
what is it? I'll give the answer in the morning.
Was it that obvious? Apparently it was. I guess I'll give the answer now instead of in the morning.
Shrimps legs (or whatever they're called
not a honeycomb .... CF is closer (I think ... shrimps got legs???)
Some sort of insect eggs?
Nope ... not insect related....
scales of some sort?
ie: fish, snake......
I thought the last one was Captain Kirk's sexmate for the day. hee hee...
warmer ... but not scales ...
Eggs?
Really looks like a corn cob. :D
Eggs is close enough ! ... egg case washed up on the beach which I photographed while over in Sanibel this last weekend. Looked on the web and see conflicting comments on what critter it is from however ... some say conch and some say whelk.
I thought those were horseshoe crab eggs. :mg:
Nope, definitely not Horseshoe crab.
Whelk and Crown Conch are similar, but......
In reality it looks more like the ducting in my central heating boiler (with which I have become unhappily familiar these last two days - at least the bloody thing is working again now!)
Sounds delicious, but nope. You can't eat it.
Fiberglass fabric, to be more exact.
It's a single layer of fiberglass covering a kayak hull before additional coats of epoxy are put on to smooth the lumps out.
Ooooooo! Glatt, that your boat?
:love:
Whelk and Crown Conch are similar, but......
Are you sure it's not a whale penis? :mg:
Ooooooo! Glatt, that your boat?
:love:
Yep. Made it from plans I got for my birthday a few years ago.
Here's a picture of the finished product, with my daughter thrown in for scale. It's a fun little boat, but I don't paddle it anywhere near as much as I had hoped to. Once or twice a summer.
Yep. Made it from plans I got for my birthday a few years ago.
Here's a picture of the finished product, with my daughter thrown in for scale. It's a fun little boat, but I don't paddle it anywhere near as much as I had hoped to. Once or twice a summer.
That's a damn slick kayak! I really admire people that make their own.
.....but I don't paddle it anywhere near as much as I had hoped to.
Paddle it? you mean get it wet? :mg: I'd hang that sucker from the living room ceiling and genuflect every time I walked by.
OK, not really..... but it sure is a work of art.
Snowball stash......in Florida? :eek:
Snowball stash......in Florida? :eek:
Not quite! ...but you will find these all over Florida! :)
the sand in balls that those little crabs make
the sand in balls that those little crabs make
Very nice. I only wish I knew the technical term for those things... (larger picture posted, soon)
I don't know what they are called either, but they should call them crab tailings like in mining.
Crab tailings - the larger photo.
OK. So what is this? It may be pretty easy. My wife guessed it in about 5 seconds.
A scrubbing bubble?
I mean, windshield washer nozzle?
I mean, windshield washer nozzle?
Eeew, it's all covered in tree cu-, err, pollen. Tree
pollen.
Yep. Washer fluid nozzle.
Fucking tree pollen is horrible this time of year. It's almost like green snow.
i was gonna say a robotic nose. does the same thing though
Its a little robotic toad, created in 1971 by a much younger and bored Bill Gates (and predictably, it contains system errors which render it practically useless for everyday use) It has just popped up out of a lilypond which someone has doused with amphetamine cut with Staminade (hey, I didnt know it came in green!) which accounts for the look in its eyes...do I win, huh, huh?
Welcome to the Cellar, moondoggy. :D
You've been drinking from that same pond, haven't you?
twod-yee?