Xtreme Kermit
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 12:39 PM |
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Today's Quiz - What the heck is this?
A friend was digging in his back garden at the weekend and broke his fork on this:
The top disc rotates I am told, and how far down the main part goes is unknown - but it won't move.
Any clues as to what it is? (and I am no referring to the 2p piece...)
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coozer
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 12:40 PM |
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Looks like a land mine from WW2... with a fried egg next to it
[Edited on 23/6/09 by coozer]
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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nib1980
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 12:42 PM |
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anti tank mine
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BenB
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 12:44 PM |
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base of a Merry-go-round?
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r1_pete
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 12:51 PM |
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kids roundabout base?
edit - must be quicker.
[Edited on 23/6/09 by r1_pete]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 12:51 PM |
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tiny picture
what's it made of? metal or plastic, if it doesn't move then I'd be damn careful it ain't something to do with a gas main or
water pipe.
needs to be uncovered before whacking it, otherwise he might do this -
[Edited on 23/6/09 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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dan__wright
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 01:01 PM |
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hit it with a hammer and see what happens?
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macspeedy
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 01:07 PM |
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yeah i second that hit it with a really big hammer
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CRAIGR
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 01:24 PM |
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Hit it with a really big hammer with a really really long handle
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l0rd
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 01:43 PM |
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Can't he dig round it?
If he is to hit it with a hammer, what area is he so we can avoid it?
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 01:46 PM |
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No idea what it is, but I'd stand back and brick it (throw bricks at it, not sh*t yourself).
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
Latest Picture (14 Sept 2014)
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Humbug
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 02:32 PM |
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Is it a box full of bacon to go with the fried egg on the left?
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Agriv8
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 02:57 PM |
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so that a 2p on the left any idea of what it is made of ?
Regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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iank
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 03:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Nasty, just looked it up from the photo name. Natural gas pipeline explosion 
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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adithorp
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 03:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
so that a 2p on the left any idea of what it is made of ?
Regards
Agriv8
Usually some kind of copper alloy but the exact mix is a secret held by the Royal Mint. 
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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Slater
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 03:28 PM |
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It's a fenno marker, not sure of the spelling.
I had a great summer job in 1990 installing them along the route of a oil pipeline from Wytch Farm to Southhampton. I had to place 100's them in
positions with a good view of the route and hammer in a massive anchor peg that fixes it to the ground very firmly, then insert the plastic bit. Then
after doing a few miles of these on hill tops, you set up a theodilite directly above the marker, someone (me) then walks the pipe route with a pole
and prism, stopping avery 20 m or so, then the theoolites then work out their angles and distances to the prism. Thus the exact route of the pipe
line is known in 3D in relation to the land.
The metal spike is approx 18-24" long, but the spike is hollow and has 3 more spikes inside it that will have been hammered out with a tool and
go down and curve outwards a further 12-18". A bit like a 3 pronged ship anchor. It is desgned not be be moved once it installed. You will need
to dig a big hole to get it out.
Let me know how you get on.
[Edited on 23/6/09 by Slater]
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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Steve G
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 03:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dan__wright
hit it with a hammer and see what happens?
Tut - thats another silly idea from this site. 
Take out a life insurance policy on him, and then tell HIM to hit it with a hammer while you stand in the next town - far better idea i recon. 
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hellbent345
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 05:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RoadkillUK
No idea what it is, but I'd stand back and brick it (throw bricks at it, not sh*t yourself).
hahahahaha
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Bigheppy
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 05:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Xtreme Kermit
A friend was digging in his back garden at the weekend and broke his fork on this:
The top disc rotates I am told, and how far down the main part goes is unknown - but it won't move.
Any clues as to what it is? (and I am no referring to the 2p piece...)
Isn't it the thing they found on Lost series 1
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Xtreme Kermit
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 06:23 PM |
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One of the first things I asked is if it was ticking!!!
Thanks for all the replies guys - the depths of your combined knowledge never ceases to amaze me!
Also the breadth of your collected sense of humours is a wonder to behold
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chrisg
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 06:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Slater
It's a fenno marker, not sure of the spelling.
I had a great summer job in 1990 installing them along the route of a oil pipeline from Wytch Farm to Southhampton. I had to place 100's them in
positions with a good view of the route and hammer in a massive anchor peg that fixes it to the ground very firmly, then insert the plastic bit. Then
after doing a few miles of these on hill tops, you set up a theodilite directly above the marker, someone (me) then walks the pipe route with a pole
and prism, stopping avery 20 m or so, then the theoolites then work out their angles and distances to the prism. Thus the exact route of the pipe
line is known in 3D in relation to the land.
The metal spike is approx 18-24" long, but the spike is hollow and has 3 more spikes inside it that will have been hammered out with a tool and
go down and curve outwards a further 12-18". A bit like a 3 pronged ship anchor. It is desgned not be be moved once it installed. You will need
to dig a big hole to get it out.
Let me know how you get on.
[Edited on 23/6/09 by Slater]
Damn you!!!
I knew what it was too and I was about to be all clever and possibly worshiped as a god......
They're used in piling and dam/bridge construction too. As I recall they had an extractor tool - a BFO JCB!
Cheers
Chris
edited to say it's feno with one n like these
[Edited on 23/6/09 by chrisg]
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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Xtreme Kermit
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| posted on 23/6/09 at 07:47 PM |
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Hmm not many dams in St Evenage 
I try and find out what they were used for in this case.
Thanks guys!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 24/6/09 at 06:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Slater
It's a fenno marker, not sure of the spelling.
I had a great summer job in 1990 installing them along the route of a oil pipeline from Wytch Farm to Southhampton. I had to place 100's them in
positions with a good view of the route and hammer in a massive anchor peg that fixes it to the ground very firmly, then insert the plastic bit. Then
after doing a few miles of these on hill tops, you set up a theodilite directly above the marker, someone (me) then walks the pipe route with a pole
and prism, stopping avery 20 m or so, then the theoolites then work out their angles and distances to the prism. Thus the exact route of the pipe
line is known in 3D in relation to the land.
The metal spike is approx 18-24" long, but the spike is hollow and has 3 more spikes inside it that will have been hammered out with a tool and
go down and curve outwards a further 12-18". A bit like a 3 pronged ship anchor. It is desgned not be be moved once it installed. You will need
to dig a big hole to get it out.
Let me know how you get on.
well done, very interesting
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 24/6/09 at 06:28 AM |
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Are you still going to hit it with a hammer?
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
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