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Re: Mystery Items No. 4
Posted: November 24th, 2020, 10:27 pm
by Mike4
I think No. 5 is a special plastic moulding designed for use in on-line quizzes, to flummox people trying to guess what it is.
Do I win?
Re: Mystery Items No. 4
Posted: November 24th, 2020, 10:28 pm
by servodude
jfgw wrote:argoal wrote:I’ve got a feeling that 5 is a hook used for hanging curtains from a pole.
Why it would be blue and not a more neutral colour I have no idea.
It has nothing to do with curtain poles or anything-else curtainy. It is not normally seen so the colour doesn't matter.
Julian F. G. W.
plumbing part?
- something inside a cistern perhaps
Re: Mystery Items No. 4
Posted: November 24th, 2020, 10:36 pm
by AleisterCrowley
No 5 looks as though it slides on to a trackway somehow, and perhaps latches. Is it part of a washing machine - to guide the outlet hose or similar?
Re: Mystery Items No. 4
Posted: November 24th, 2020, 11:14 pm
by jfgw
Mike4 wrote:I think No. 5 is a special plastic moulding designed for use in on-line quizzes, to flummox people trying to guess what it is.
Do I win?
Now, you've given me an idea for the next quiz...
servodude wrote:plumbing part?
- something inside a cistern perhaps
Can you elaborate?
AleisterCrowley wrote:No 5 looks as though it slides on to a trackway somehow, and perhaps latches. Is it part of a washing machine - to guide the outlet hose or similar?
It clips into a receptacle rather than a trackway. I have seen similar things on washing machines to hold the hoses during transit. These are often integral with the transit fittings and are removed. Suitably positioned ones would be a good idea on integrated appliances as space can be tight and crossed hoses can prevent the machine from going back far enough.
Julian F. G. W.
Re: Mystery Items No. 4
Posted: November 24th, 2020, 11:59 pm
by servodude
jfgw wrote:servodude wrote:
plumbing part?
- something inside a cistern perhaps
Can you elaborate?
- the widget thingamajig that clips on to that whatchamacallit so that the bottom/side entry float/fill valve is kept where it needs to be
- sort of
-sd
Re: Mystery Items No. 4
Posted: November 25th, 2020, 12:03 am
by Mike4
servodude wrote:jfgw wrote:servodude wrote:
plumbing part?
- something inside a cistern perhaps
Can you elaborate?
- the widget thingamajig that clips on to that whatchamacallit so that the bottom/side entry float/fill valve is kept where it needs to be
- sort of
-sd
I was gonna say that....
Re: Mystery Items No. 4
Posted: November 25th, 2020, 12:39 am
by jfgw
servodude wrote:- the widget thingamajig that clips on to that whatchamacallit so that the bottom/side entry float/fill valve is kept where it needs to be
- sort of
"Inlet valve clip" uses only three words.
With a concealed cistern where the only access is by taking off the flush plate and working gynocologically, the inlet valve is held in place by a clip, of which there are a large number of incompatible designs. Any repair which cannot be undertaken from inside the cistern requires removal of tiles and making a hole in the false wall.
Julian F. G. W.
Re: Mystery Items No. 4
Posted: November 25th, 2020, 6:28 am
by GoSeigen
jfgw wrote:UncleEbenezer wrote:How about posting these one at a time?
Fair point. What do other people think?
Ten at a time is no bother to me at all: it's so easy to open the OP in a new window and flip between the two. Uncle's getting lazy in his old age!
GS
Re: Mystery Items No. 4
Posted: November 25th, 2020, 7:05 am
by servodude
GoSeigen wrote:it's so easy to open the OP in a new window and flip between the two.
Doh! Now why didn't I think of that!
-sd
Re: Mystery Items No. 4
Posted: November 25th, 2020, 5:04 pm
by jfgw
servodude wrote:GoSeigen wrote:it's so easy to open the OP in a new window and flip between the two.
Doh! Now why didn't I think of that!
-sd
Or you can do what I do and use two monitors.
It seemed to go quickly this time. Maybe I am running out of difficult items (or "junk" if you do not appreciate the value and usefulness of said items
).
Would five items at a time be better?
Julian F. G. W.
Re: Mystery Items No. 4
Posted: November 25th, 2020, 5:13 pm
by staffordian
jfgw wrote:servodude wrote:GoSeigen wrote:it's so easy to open the OP in a new window and flip between the two.
Doh! Now why didn't I think of that!
-sd
Or you can do what I do and use two monitors.
It seemed to go quickly this time. Maybe I am running out of difficult items (or "junk" if you do not appreciate the value and usefulness of said items
).
Would five items at a time be better?
Julian F. G. W.
viewtopic.php?p=359651#p359651
Re: Mystery Items No. 4
Posted: November 25th, 2020, 9:51 pm
by jfgw
Other opinions welcome.
I could do one at a time if I think I have something very obscure. A lot of items get identified quickly, however.
It is easier to find five items than it is to find ten.
Julian F. G. W.