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Re: Mystery Items No. 6, Item 8 of 10.
Posted: April 10th, 2022, 1:02 pm
by doug2500
monabri wrote:Not feeling too well after I bought that popular car in black?
Cryptic eh?
Ford Popular Distributer Arm? Would never have got it without the clue! Although I guessed it might be an **m and it took me a while to work out if that fitted with the clue!
I'm worried this colour might be too visible, which colour is best? This one is one up from white in drop down box.
Re: Mystery Items No. 6, Item 8 of 10.
Posted: April 10th, 2022, 1:36 pm
by monabri
doug2500 wrote:monabri wrote:Not feeling too well after I bought that popular car in black?
Cryptic eh?
Ford Popular Distributer Arm? Would never have got it without the clue! Although I guessed it might be an **m and it took me a while to work out if that fitted with the clue!
I'm worried this colour might be too visible, which colour is best? This one is one up from white in drop down box.
Not what I think it is!
nothing to do with cars.
IL(L) FORD
Re: Mystery Items No. 6, Item 8 of 10.
Posted: April 10th, 2022, 2:37 pm
by jfgw
Not an arm, and Nothing to do with cars.
Monabri knows what it is.
Check the earlier replies: It is not used with one of the other objects, it is used after one of the other objects; and it is not a bottle opener.
Julian F. G. W.
Re: Mystery Items No. 6, Item 8 of 10.
Posted: April 10th, 2022, 2:47 pm
by swill453
Is it a handle for winding photographic film into a developing container?
Scott.
Re: Mystery Items No. 6, Item 8 of 10.
Posted: April 10th, 2022, 2:53 pm
by kempiejon
swill453 wrote:Is it a handle for winding photographic film into a developing container?
Scott.
Nah, up thread we've been told it's for popping something off.
It is something photographic
Re: Mystery Items No. 6, Item 8 of 10.
Posted: April 10th, 2022, 3:15 pm
by mc2fool
jfgw wrote:Not an arm, and Nothing to do with cars.
Monabri knows what it is.
Check the earlier replies: It is not used with one of the other objects, it is used after one of the other objects; and it is not a bottle opener.
Me too
viewtopic.php?p=493318#p493318, and I dunno why I didn't twig after my bottle opener guess, but as I say, I don't recall ever actually using one.
Yes, Monabri's cryptic is good! (although even if solved may not mean anything to most people).
Re: Mystery Items No. 6, Item 8 of 10.
Posted: April 10th, 2022, 6:24 pm
by jfgw
It seems that a few of you know what it is.
The unwell car clue refers to the brand, and is one that I would expect most people on here to be aware of. They make a range of products, both solid and liquid, which may provide a clue.
Julian F. G. W.
Re: Mystery Items No. 6, Item 8 of 10.
Posted: April 16th, 2022, 4:59 pm
by jfgw
I am guessing that the guessing has finished (and some of you know what it is).
It is for removing the end of a 35mm film cassette. This allows easy retrieval of the film for loading it onto a developing tank reel.
It is used like a bottle opener like this,
https://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/film_processing/ilford_35mm_film_cassette_opener/28733_p.html although, personally, I would tend to use it either in a darkroom or inside a changing bag.
Julian F. G. W.