sileod/reddit-whatisthisthing · Datasets at Hugging Face

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t3_ifzxw	Ashtray	1,309,764,037	t3_ifzxw	BiggiesOnMyShorty	4	c23i5hs	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	[deleted]	1,309,768,630	t3_ifzxw	[deleted]	1	c23iee9	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	It's not for used pads themselves, it's for the [bags](http://www.janitorialdirect.co.uk/product/?pid=1840) to put them in.	1,309,768,748	t1_c23gajl	ODuffer	11	c23ielf	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	I thought of that as a possibility but its pretty flat, it goes like less than an inch deep, doesn't make it very good for catching cigarette ash.	1,309,778,555	t1_c23i5hs	thestandoverman	1	c23isjp	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	Actually fits a cell phone pretty well haha but I'll eat toilet paper if that's what it is.	1,309,778,652	t1_c23i2k2	thestandoverman	2	c23isof	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	Its pretty short, and about 3/4 inch deep. Not very practical. Also there is a towel rack above it and a newspaper would kind of get in the way.	1,309,778,741	t1_c23hab1	thestandoverman	1	c23issk	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	What kind??? A paperback novel for ANTS????	1,309,778,819	t1_c23h8ak	thestandoverman	3	c23isxa	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	Agree that its close to the right size. I don't smoke so I haven't tried to put one there to see if it fits perfect. But it just seems really odd to have something mounted on the wall for placing cigarettes. And why would it need to have the ability to be removed off the back plate its attached to? So I kinda ruled that out.	1,309,778,961	t1_c23gk7m	thestandoverman	1	c23it3v	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	Who is this person and why would they do such a thing?	1,309,779,024	t1_c23ghyy	thestandoverman	1	c23it6y	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	Maybe they hated blowing their nose on toilet paper? Maybe it held wet wipes for that extra clean feeling. Another possibility.	1,309,786,975	t1_c23it6y	gottareadit	1	c23j5vh	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifh9i	X)	1,309,789,249	t1_c23hekd	carrieface	3	c23jakr	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	It needs to be at least... 3 times bigger!	1,309,792,133	t1_c23isxa	Sporkfortuna	4	c23jhjg	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	If they don't make bathroom cell phone holders then somebody should.	1,309,793,392	t1_c23isof	[deleted]	1	c23jl3y	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	if this info helps... i live in a high rise in Manhattan lots of units, I'm pretty sure all the apartments in my building have this, so its not like something some guy added on whim for himself. So I'm guessing someone can know, for sure, what this is.	1,309,822,026	t1_c23j5vh	thestandoverman	1	c23m6b4	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	That's what she said...	1,309,823,219	t1_c23jhjg	[deleted]	7	c23ma8s	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifh9i	A dick, perhaps, but a helpful one. I know I wouldn't like to go around incorrectly using/spelling words.	1,309,827,977	t1_c23hedx	TheGreatSzalam	2	c23mp5p	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	perfect spot to hold a flask..never know when you can use a stiff drink...	1,309,894,192	t3_ifzxw	ihateitbuttiloveit	3	c23rwqq	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ieq9d	D: IT HAS 6 LEGS, ITS NOT A SPIDER!	1,309,991,004	t1_c23hx0r	eh_steve7195	1	c240t36	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ijqay	Here is the rest of the set that includes a couple more angles of the book. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. http://min.us/mSummerGlauLAX#5	1,310,099,444	t3_ijqay	rageanon	2	c24aul1	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ijqay	you are creepy.	1,310,102,622	t3_ijqay	[deleted]	3	c24b5ly	whatisthisthing	null
t3_gwg1b	looking at the shape and name of the thing, I suspect it's designed for picking up heavy things with sharp/uncomfortable handles/loops, or possibly for carrying a buttload of shopping bags at once. can anyone find a reason my logic doesn't make sense?	1,310,119,753	t3_gwg1b	sideways86	2	c24c5wz	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	Perhaps it is the remains of a bracket that was meant to hold a shelf to place things like books or purses.	1,310,132,549	t3_ifzxw	[deleted]	3	c24csdi	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ijqay	Maybe I'm naive but how is wanting to know what book she's reading creepy?	1,310,137,948	t1_c24b5ly	boom929	1	c24dbpe	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ijqay	Anonymous on /lit/ solved the mystery. It's East of Eden, by John Steinbeck. This pleases me because I haven't read it yet. http://i.imgur.com/DvWjz.jpg	1,310,157,109	t3_ijqay	rageanon	2	c24fm30	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iltl5	[deleted]	1,310,338,486	t3_iltl5	[deleted]	1	c24t2wf	whatisthisthing	null
t3_hredu	[deleted]	1,310,339,940	t1_c1xq555	[deleted]	1	c24t7vr	whatisthisthing	null
t3_gf2m0	i'm into it. you can get to know me whenever you like.	1,310,342,302	t1_c1pvidh	amirman	1	c24tftx	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iltl5	I think it's a case/housing for some kind of telecommunications hook-up. Probably a T1. I googled the company on the green sticker in the third picture and found [this](http://www.charlesindustries.com/main/te_cases.html).	1,310,349,282	t3_iltl5	briefcandle	7	c24u28l	whatisthisthing	null
t3_h2x7b	It's a hand truck	1,310,407,177	t3_h2x7b	NYZ93	2	c24ye2l	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	It's a business card holder. It's common practice when you have a lot of residue left over, to take a business card and scrape/squeegee the shit away, so you can have a cleaner wipe, rather than smear. Start collecting business cards.	1,310,451,741	t3_ifzxw	[deleted]	-1	c25373u	whatisthisthing	null
t3_h2x7b	Strange - in Belgium it's known as a 'duvelke' - which also means 'little devil'. Has anyone got an idea why?	1,310,473,412	t1_c1s9f5z	Novokaine	2	c2549e4	whatisthisthing	null
t3_inn03	I also took it to my local Hobby shop and they had no idea what it was either.	1,310,495,458	t3_inn03	MariBelle	1	c256pli	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	it is. enough for a cigarette.	1,310,581,627	t1_c23isjp	jepsartre	1	c25eq49	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ieq9d	Chinese pokemon ripoff. Where'd ya find it?	1,310,624,966	t3_ieq9d	cunningklobe	1	c25jjjy	whatisthisthing	null
t3_h2x7b	Strangely I was trying to describe this exact thing to someone the other day and couldn't come up with the name. They suggested dolly but for some reason it didn't fit in my mind (whatever they were called to me in my area or whatever was something different) but we decided that was the closest thing to what we were going for.	1,310,699,632	t3_h2x7b	reptomin	1	c25qnrl	whatisthisthing	null
t3_gwg1b	wtf did the guy say?	1,310,699,759	t1_c1zoqdn	reptomin	1	c25qo9a	whatisthisthing	null
t3_gwg1b	Something like "I saw the answer to this in another thread. Do you still want to know what it is?" Then he linked me to my own x-post, citing the reply about sheep scrotums (I think). But on second thought, since I said I thought whatever he wrote was the most plausible answer, I wonder if he said "attachable handle", because I think that use is more likely. Either way, I'm not sure why he deleted it. Shrug.	1,310,739,454	t1_c25qo9a	meeohmi	1	c25t6jf	whatisthisthing	null
t3_i2h6c	Thank you much!	1,310,762,377	t1_c20cgt4	I_REAP_ACTS	1	c25vxq5	whatisthisthing	null
t3_gwg1b	Eh k	1,310,785,903	t1_c25t6jf	reptomin	1	c25y3t1	whatisthisthing	null
t3_irmw3	it is an old school equivalent of a propane torch	1,310,862,705	t3_irmw3	flatbily	9	c26353u	whatisthisthing	null
t3_irmw3	Sometimes referred to as a "painter's torch".	1,310,864,861	t3_irmw3	AutoPirate27	1	c263b4x	whatisthisthing	null
t3_irmw3	Fill it with kerosense, pump it up and you have a[heat source for old school soldering irons.](http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$\(KGrHqIOKk!E27lU1m7zBNwvFmRIm!~~_35.JPG)	1,310,865,393	t3_irmw3	BentNotBroken	6	c263co6	whatisthisthing	null
t3_irmw3	do you know what kind of pressure it can have behind it? like, is it going to be a weak flame, or one similar to a pocket torch?	1,310,933,090	t1_c263co6	xKrazExMNUx	2	c267nts	whatisthisthing	null
t3_irmw3	I am going to stretch here and say it could produce 30 pounds of pressure. When it is cranked up, it makes a real racket. It would make your pocket torch puny. It would make a standard Bernzomatic seem anemic. A well maintained unit would put a blue flame out about 6 inches and would have a white core flame of good strength. I was able to prowl through a plumbing shop a while back that had been abandoned and locked sometime in the 70s. There were units larger than what you see here that would heat a cluster of irons.	1,310,942,348	t1_c267nts	BentNotBroken	1	c268j9t	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	The place for that is inside the toilet.	1,310,992,130	t1_c23g6wi	idiotswilldownvoteme	17	c26c9rx	whatisthisthing	null
t3_it1l0	It is a radar chart. Also called spider charts. The unnamed four quadrants must have an effect on your character somehow. A charismatic fighter may have different encounters than a melodramatic magic user, ect...	1,311,015,047	t3_it1l0	Toasty_Ohs	3	c26ei09	whatisthisthing	null
t3_it1t3	Proprietary cable is proprietary.	1,311,017,293	t3_it1t3	navarone21	8	c26esrg	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	Fucking douche bag.	1,311,026,073	t1_c23ielf	FarTooLong	0	c26fwhz	whatisthisthing	null
t3_it1t3	Yup. Something weird and proprietary used by one device that is no longer made. If you can find any numbers on it anywhere, you may be able to find more about it vie some Google-fu.	1,311,027,486	t1_c26esrg	WettestHat	3	c26g2fz	whatisthisthing	null
t3_it1t3	The strangeness of it is definitely why I'm looking for help. I haven't gotten anywhere with Googling the numbers yet, but with your suggestion I will keep at it.	1,311,031,083	t1_c26g2fz	inzannity	1	c26ggnz	whatisthisthing	null
t3_it1t3	It's entirely possible those numbers won't lead anywhere. If you do want to keep at it, try partials. On a few odd-ball parts I found that only a portion of the number was the actual part number, while the rest was something else.	1,311,032,970	t1_c26ggnz	WettestHat	5	c26gnkm	whatisthisthing	null
t3_it1t3	I have an older Garmin GPS that has a similar cable, mine has 4 pins.	1,311,084,861	t3_it1t3	rxrus2	4	c26kpi0	whatisthisthing	null
t3_it1t3	I was going to say this. It looks like it connects to something that has to be waterproof.	1,311,090,052	t1_c26kpi0	hearforthepuns	2	c26la9a	whatisthisthing	null
t3_it1t3	Thank you both! Just the hint I needed. There was a GPS unit that was given away years ago, and I'm going to assume the cable belonged to it.	1,311,095,490	t1_c26la9a	inzannity	1	c26lyxc	whatisthisthing	null
t3_it1t3	yeah, it would be the cable that connects to the PC for advanced map uploads and data downloads.	1,311,103,671	t1_c26lyxc	rxrus2	1	c26my21	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iucsn	Was it raw? Sounds like it could be [carpaccio](http://www.tastingmenu.com/media/2004/20040322-trattoriagigina/images/10-carpaccio%20di%20filetto%20con%20grana%20e%20rucola.jpg). Delicious :)	1,311,123,042	t3_iucsn	ern19	10	c26p0yw	whatisthisthing	null
t3_irmw3	insane, so what do you think i can do with the one i have? (other than heat old ass paint up?)	1,311,136,341	t1_c268j9t	xKrazExMNUx	1	c26qg2w	whatisthisthing	null
t3_irmw3	Shine it up. Find an antique soldering iron to go with it and display it. It is a great collectible but really clumsy to bring up to speed unless you are a nostalgic tool junky, as I am, and you want to go to the trouble of operating the thing. The first problem is that the seals on the pump that pressurizes the container will probably need to be replaced. Another bit that may need attention is the fuel orifice that creates the form of the flame. Clean it lightly and display it.	1,311,138,486	t1_c26qg2w	BentNotBroken	2	c26qnnp	whatisthisthing	null
t3_it1t3	ime to declare war, I think, on little dongly things. More of them turned up in the post this morning. I'd ordered a new optical disk drive from an American mail order company and, because I live in that strange and remote place called 'Foreign', and also because I travel like a pigeon, I was keen to know, when ordering it, if it had an international power supply. An international power supply is the device which means it doesn't matter what country you're in, or even if you know what country you're in (more of a problem than you might suspect) - you just plug your Mac in and it figures it out for itself. We call this principle Plug and Play. Or at least, Microsoft calls it that because it hasn't got it yet. In the Mac world we've had it for so long we didn't even think of giving it a name. Nowadays a lot of peripherals come with international power supplies as well - but not all. Which is why I asked. 'Yes, it does,' said Scott, the sales assistant. 'You're sure it has an international power supply?' 'Yes,' repeated Scott. 'It has an international power supply.' 'Absolutely sure?' 'Yes.' This morning it arrived. The first thing I noticed was that it didn't have an international power supply. Instead it had a little dongly thing. I have rooms full of little dongly things and don't want any more. Half the little dongly things I've got, I don't even know what gizmo they're for. More importantly, half the gizmos I've got, I don't know where their little dongly thing is. Most annoyingly, an awful lot of the little dongly things, including the one that arrived this morning, are little dongly things that run on 120VAC - American voltage, which means I can't use them here in Foreign (state code Fn), but I have to keep them in case I ever take the gizmo to which they fit - provided I know which gizmo it is they fit to - to the USA. What, you may ask, the hell am I talking about? The little dongly things I am concerned with (and they are by no means the only species of little dongly things with which the micro-electronics world is infested) are the external power adaptors which laptops and palmtops and external drives and cassette recorders and telephone answering machines and powered speakers and other incredibly necessary gizmos need to step down the mains AC supply from either 120 volts or 240 volts to 6 volts DC. Or 4.5 volts DC. Or 9 volts DC. Or 12 volts DC. At 500 milliamps. Or 300 milliamps. Or 1200 milliamps. They have positive tips and negative sleeves on their plugs, unless they are the type that has negative tips and positive sleeves. By the time you multiply all these different variables together you end up with a fairly major industry which exists, so far as I can tell, to fill my cupboards with little dongly things none of which I can ever positively identify without playing gizmo pelmanism. The usual method of finding a little dongly thing that actually matches a gizmo I want to use is to go and buy another one, at a price that can physically drive the air from your body. Now why is this? Well, there's one possible theory, which is that just as Xerox is really in the business of selling toner cartridges, Sony is really in the little dongly power-supply business. Another possible reason is that it is sheer blinding idiocy. It couldn't possibly be that could it? I mean, could it? It's hard to imagine that some of the mightiest brains on the planet, fuelled by some of the finest pizza that money can buy, haven't at some point thought 'Wouldn't it be easier if we all just standardised on one type of DC power supply?' Now, I'm not an electrical engineer, so I may be asking for the impossible. Maybe it is a sine qua non of the way in which a given optical drive or CD Walkman works that it has to draw 600 milliamps rather than 500, or have its negative terminal on the tip rather than the sleeve and that it will either whine or fry itself if presented with anything faintly different. But I strongly suspect that if you stuck a hardware engineer in a locked room for a couple of days and taunted him with the smell of pepperoni, he'd probably be able to think of a way of making whatever gizmo (maybe even the new gizmo Pro, which I've heard such good things about) it is he's designing, work to a standard DC low-power supply. In fact there already is a kind of rough standard, but it's rather an odd one. Not many people actually smoke in their cars these days, and the aperture in the dashboard which used to hold the cigar lighter is now more likely to be powering a mobile phone, CD player, fax machine or, according to a recent and highly improbable TV commercial, an instant coffee making gizmo. Because the socket originally had a different purpose it's the wrong size and in the wrong place for what we now want to do with it, so perhaps it's time to start adapting it for its new job. The important thing this piece of serendipitous pre-adaptation has given us is a possible DC power standard. An arbitrary one, to be sure, but perhaps we should probably just be grateful that it was designed by a car mechanic in an afternoon and not a computer industry standards committee in a lifetime. Keep the voltage level, design a new, small, plug and you have a new standard. The immediate advantage of adopting it would be that you would only need one DC power adaptor! Think of that! Well, not exactly one, you might need a dozen of them, but they would all be exactly the same! Just get a box of 'em! They'll just be a commodity item like, um, well, I was going to say light bulbs, but light bulbs come in all sorts of different wattages and fittings. The great thing about having a DC power standard is that it would be much better than light bulbs. Apart from doing away with endless confusion and inconvenience, the arrival of a new standard would encourage all sorts of other new features to emerge. Power points in convenient places in cars. DC power points in homes and offices and, most importantly, DC power points in the arm rests of airplane seats... I have to own up and say that, much as a love my PowerBook, which now does about 97.8% of what I used to use the lumbering old desktop dinosaurs for, I've given up trying to use it on planes. Yes, yes, I know that there are all sorts of power-user strategies you can use to extend your battery life - dimming modes, ram disks, processor-resting and so on - but the point is that I really can't be bothered. I'm perfectly capable of just reading the inflight magazine if I want to be irritated. However, if there was a DC power supply in my arm rest I would actually be able to do some work, or at least fiddle with stuff. I know that the airline companies will probably say 'Yes, but if we do that, our aeroplanes will fall out of the sky' but they always say that. I know that sometimes their planes do fall out of the sky but, and here's the point, not nearly as often as the airline companies say they will. I for one would be willing to risk it. In the great war against little dongly things no sacrifice, I think, is too great.	1,311,192,116	t3_it1t3	e52	0	c26vcjj	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ix7h5	Try resting a calculator on the black sticky part when it's bent all the way backward.	1,311,376,650	t3_ix7h5	[deleted]	7	c27cx8e	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ix7h5	Yup. It's for holding electronic devices eg phones.	1,311,378,265	t1_c27cx8e	bryce1012	3	c27d2wf	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ix7h5	Yes it is a Cell Phone Holder. Similar to this [one here](http://www.epromos.com/OrderPipeline/largeImg1.jsp?productID=8828755). The rubber is a special sticky rubber that does not loose its stickiness. Clean it with a little soap and water and it will get very sticky again.	1,311,383,314	t1_c27d2wf	LinearFluid	2	c27dj5g	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ix7h5	cell phone holder. That black part should be grippy enough to hold it facing at you while it charges.	1,311,440,996	t3_ix7h5	oddmanout	2	c27h93d	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ixtd4	Using Google, seems to be a replica of syringe from the Bioshock games. [link](http://volpinprops.blogspot.com/2009/02/bioshock-little-sister-adam-syringe.html)	1,311,446,755	t3_ixtd4	smooshie	20	c27hu15	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ixtd4	good find! I tried using tineye, but i had no luck. What do you mean by "using google?"	1,311,446,857	t1_c27hu15	fijimucho	3	c27hud6	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ixtd4	Go to Google Images, click the camera button, and type in the url of the image (or upload one). It's like Tineye on steroids. [gis, and extensions for chrome + ff](http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searchbyimage.html)	1,311,447,047	t1_c27hud6	smooshie	6	c27hv05	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ixtd4	It looks like a bug poison sprayer to me, or herbicide sprayer.	1,311,447,276	t3_ixtd4	nearly-evil	0	c27hvs9	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ixtd4	amazing. thank you!	1,311,447,760	t1_c27hv05	fijimucho	5	c27hxez	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ixtd4	my first thought was a stimpack from fallout	1,311,448,001	t1_c27hu15	radialmonster	2	c27hy8e	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ixtd4	I was going to say grease gun, but the Bioshock syringe looks closer.	1,311,480,705	t3_ixtd4	Margrave	5	c27kuqe	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iy5bb	I believe you're referring to a "suikinkutsu."	1,311,483,729	t3_iy5bb	Daephex	9	c27l3qg	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ixtd4	Looks like some sort of gravity feed paint spray gun... but in reality, the others are right - it's a [replica bioshock syringe.](http://www.geekologie.com/2009/02/guy-makes-realistic-bioshock-s.php)	1,311,511,124	t3_ixtd4	gunner85	5	c27mg8i	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iy5bb	that's exactly it, have an upvote my dear sir	1,311,516,142	t1_c27l3qg	Hippie_Eater	1	c27mojr	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ixr05	A wild guess, but could it slot in to a hole on the edge of the sunvisor and act as a clip for papers or tickets or something?	1,311,518,316	t3_ixr05	pablito_andorra	1	c27mt1d	whatisthisthing	null
t3_it1t3	Now that would be Douglas Adams. ;) And posting a link would have made people click it, while this copypasta will probably be just long enough to annoy people. Too bad, that thing is actually really funny.	1,311,534,875	t1_c26vcjj	giant_squid	3	c27o6hk	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iyjz1	Just for the hell of it we're preparing it like it's an eggplant, but I think we're going to be eating something straight out of Little Shop of Horrors.	1,311,537,038	t3_iyjz1	cybrian	1	c27odzx	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ixtd4	TIL	1,311,558,886	t1_c27hv05	skysoar	2	c27qgsb	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iz2oz	Umm... does that say "Human Mfg Company?!" Creepy!	1,311,595,746	t3_iz2oz	Daephex	1	c27t0cl	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iz2oz	[deleted]	1,311,596,096	t3_iz2oz	[deleted]	2	c27t0wz	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iz2oz	Oh, I forgot to mention. The lid says, "I'll stick with you by gum"	1,311,602,163	t3_iz2oz	Son_of_a_Bacchus	1	c27tenj	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iz2oz	[Bam!](http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ill-stick-to-you-by-gum-saver-holder-silver-homan) It's a case for holding your gum in.	1,311,604,608	t3_iz2oz	Dinnerbone	5	c27tlv3	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iz2oz	You rock like Dokken! Thanks!	1,311,605,230	t1_c27tlv3	Son_of_a_Bacchus	2	c27tny4	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iz2oz	Glad to help! I couldn't find much more info other than the one page, but it seems Homan Mfg Company made all sorts of casings for different purposes, and this specific one was for gum. The company lasted between 1847 and 1941 :) Apparently, some of the items are quite valuable these days for rarity, so hold onto it for your life! :D	1,311,605,975	t1_c27tny4	Dinnerbone	2	c27tqie	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iz2oz	Honestly, I think my mom would sell it in an instant. My grandparents, having grown up in the depression, were total pack rats. The only way they could get through some of the stuff in the house was just to get a dumpster.	1,311,610,706	t1_c27tqie	Son_of_a_Bacchus	1	c27u8av	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ixr05	The foam ring would indicate that it is destined to seal some kind of hole. It would not be strong enough to hold back a liquid or a gas under much pressure, so we are left with a low pressure gas, most likely air. It looks like it is supposed to go on and off easily. I would guess that it is something to do with the AC in the car.	1,311,623,741	t3_ixr05	Toasty_Ohs	1	c27vv3k	whatisthisthing	null
t3_fzhcu	Reminded me of [this](http://www.ragemaker.net/images/Pleasure/ohhhyes.png)	1,311,631,219	t3_fzhcu	LeLurker	1	c27wsaj	whatisthisthing	null
t3_j0gxu	I've googled the heck out of the company name in the images to no avail, I believe they are a government subcontractor as this unit was pulled from a lot of government surplus. Help me reddit!	1,311,711,262	t3_j0gxu	Campmoore	1	c2848oz	whatisthisthing	null
t3_ifzxw	I don't know if I could have resisted unscrewing it to see what (if anything) was behind it. Have you?	1,311,747,735	t3_ifzxw	[deleted]	1	c2886i0	whatisthisthing	null
t3_j17hr	[deleted]	1,311,787,553	t3_j17hr	[deleted]	1	c28b9ti	whatisthisthing	null
t3_j17hr	I think it's a vapor lamp (spectral lamp) transformer. > as well as the required voltage (220V, which suggests it was made to be used in the US) Either you know something I don't know, or you got that backwards. US voltage is typically about 115V. Europe is typically 220V, but at 50Hz, so I'm really not sure what's going on there. Is it meant to be used with a lab power supply? Or maybe 220V/60Hz is obsolete in some European country? Or it's meant to be used in Peru, Brazil, Korea, or the Philippines, which have 220V/60Hz? I dunno.	1,311,787,565	t3_j17hr	nilstycho	4	c28b9yq	whatisthisthing	null
t3_j17hr	[deleted]	1,311,787,825	t3_j17hr	[deleted]	1	c28bb80	whatisthisthing	null
t3_j17hr	those plugs are definitely for some kind of lead wire (like on a multimeter) it appears to be for testing the elements listed on the face, you would plug one lead into the red hole and one into one of the black holes depending on the element you are using it for. Alternatively, it might be a variable transformer for neon lighting.	1,311,787,844	t3_j17hr	Campmoore	2	c28bbev	whatisthisthing	null
t3_j17hr	Whoops, fixed that. But yeah, we have no idea about a power supply. There's a cord coming out of it, but it's cut at the base.	1,311,788,490	t1_c28b9yq	MrLMNOP	2	c28beuq	whatisthisthing	null
t3_j17hr	I edited my original comment. I'm pretty sure it's a vapor lamp (spectral lamp) transformer.	1,311,788,726	t1_c28beuq	nilstycho	3	c28bg6o	whatisthisthing	null
t3_j17hr	Cool, thanks!	1,311,789,396	t1_c28bg6o	MrLMNOP	1	c28bjo6	whatisthisthing	null
t3_j17hr	They look like banana plug recepticles to me.	1,311,790,450	t1_c28bbev	[deleted]	2	c28bp92	whatisthisthing	null
t3_j17hr	thats the word! thank you	1,311,791,329	t1_c28bp92	Campmoore	1	c28bu0e	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iucsn	Yep that seems to be it.	1,311,794,399	t1_c26p0yw	Peaced	1	c28ca3i	whatisthisthing	null
t3_iucsn	Yep that seems to be it.	1,311,794,422	t1_c26p0yw	Peaced	1	c28ca96	whatisthisthing	null
t3_h2x7b	in french it's "Diable", also litteraly translate as devil.	1,311,794,513	t1_c1s9f5z	Peaced	1	c28casd	whatisthisthing	null

t3_ifzxw

Ashtray

1,309,764,037

t3_ifzxw

BiggiesOnMyShorty

4

c23i5hs

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

[deleted]

1,309,768,630

t3_ifzxw

[deleted]

1

c23iee9

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

It's not for used pads themselves, it's for the [bags](http://www.janitorialdirect.co.uk/product/?pid=1840) to put them in.

1,309,768,748

t1_c23gajl

ODuffer

11

c23ielf

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

I thought of that as a possibility but its pretty flat, it goes like less than an inch deep, doesn't make it very good for catching cigarette ash.

1,309,778,555

t1_c23i5hs

thestandoverman

1

c23isjp

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

Actually fits a cell phone pretty well haha but I'll eat toilet paper if that's what it is.

1,309,778,652

t1_c23i2k2

thestandoverman

2

c23isof

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

Its pretty short, and about 3/4 inch deep. Not very practical. Also there is a towel rack above it and a newspaper would kind of get in the way.

1,309,778,741

t1_c23hab1

thestandoverman

1

c23issk

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

What kind??? A paperback novel for ANTS????

1,309,778,819

t1_c23h8ak

thestandoverman

3

c23isxa

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

Agree that its close to the right size. I don't smoke so I haven't tried to put one there to see if it fits perfect. But it just seems really odd to have something mounted on the wall for placing cigarettes. And why would it need to have the ability to be removed off the back plate its attached to? So I kinda ruled that out.

1,309,778,961

t1_c23gk7m

thestandoverman

1

c23it3v

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

Who is this person and why would they do such a thing?

1,309,779,024

t1_c23ghyy

thestandoverman

1

c23it6y

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

Maybe they hated blowing their nose on toilet paper? Maybe it held wet wipes for that extra clean feeling. Another possibility.

1,309,786,975

t1_c23it6y

gottareadit

1

c23j5vh

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifh9i

X)

1,309,789,249

t1_c23hekd

carrieface

3

c23jakr

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

It needs to be at least... 3 times bigger!

1,309,792,133

t1_c23isxa

Sporkfortuna

4

c23jhjg

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

If they don't make bathroom cell phone holders then somebody should.

1,309,793,392

t1_c23isof

[deleted]

1

c23jl3y

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

if this info helps... i live in a high rise in Manhattan lots of units, I'm pretty sure all the apartments in my building have this, so its not like something some guy added on whim for himself. So I'm guessing someone can know, for sure, what this is.

1,309,822,026

t1_c23j5vh

thestandoverman

1

c23m6b4

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

That's what she said...

1,309,823,219

t1_c23jhjg

[deleted]

7

c23ma8s

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifh9i

A dick, perhaps, but a helpful one. I know I wouldn't like to go around incorrectly using/spelling words.

1,309,827,977

t1_c23hedx

TheGreatSzalam

2

c23mp5p

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

perfect spot to hold a flask..never know when you can use a stiff drink...

1,309,894,192

t3_ifzxw

ihateitbuttiloveit

3

c23rwqq

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ieq9d

D: IT HAS 6 LEGS, ITS NOT A SPIDER!

1,309,991,004

t1_c23hx0r

eh_steve7195

1

c240t36

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ijqay

Here is the rest of the set that includes a couple more angles of the book. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. http://min.us/mSummerGlauLAX#5

1,310,099,444

t3_ijqay

rageanon

2

c24aul1

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ijqay

you are creepy.

1,310,102,622

t3_ijqay

[deleted]

3

c24b5ly

whatisthisthing

null

t3_gwg1b

looking at the shape and name of the thing, I suspect it's designed for picking up heavy things with sharp/uncomfortable handles/loops, or possibly for carrying a buttload of shopping bags at once. can anyone find a reason my logic doesn't make sense?

1,310,119,753

t3_gwg1b

sideways86

2

c24c5wz

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

Perhaps it is the remains of a bracket that was meant to hold a shelf to place things like books or purses.

1,310,132,549

t3_ifzxw

[deleted]

3

c24csdi

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ijqay

Maybe I'm naive but how is wanting to know what book she's reading creepy?

1,310,137,948

t1_c24b5ly

boom929

1

c24dbpe

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ijqay

Anonymous on /lit/ solved the mystery. It's East of Eden, by John Steinbeck. This pleases me because I haven't read it yet. http://i.imgur.com/DvWjz.jpg

1,310,157,109

t3_ijqay

rageanon

2

c24fm30

whatisthisthing

null

t3_iltl5

[deleted]

1,310,338,486

t3_iltl5

[deleted]

1

c24t2wf

whatisthisthing

null

t3_hredu

[deleted]

1,310,339,940

t1_c1xq555

[deleted]

1

c24t7vr

whatisthisthing

null

t3_gf2m0

i'm into it. you can get to know me whenever you like.

1,310,342,302

t1_c1pvidh

amirman

1

c24tftx

whatisthisthing

null

t3_iltl5

I think it's a case/housing for some kind of telecommunications hook-up. Probably a T1. I googled the company on the green sticker in the third picture and found [this](http://www.charlesindustries.com/main/te_cases.html).

1,310,349,282

t3_iltl5

briefcandle

7

c24u28l

whatisthisthing

null

t3_h2x7b

It's a hand truck

1,310,407,177

t3_h2x7b

NYZ93

2

c24ye2l

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

It's a business card holder. It's common practice when you have a lot of residue left over, to take a business card and scrape/squeegee the shit away, so you can have a cleaner wipe, rather than smear. Start collecting business cards.

1,310,451,741

t3_ifzxw

[deleted]

-1

c25373u

whatisthisthing

null

t3_h2x7b

Strange - in Belgium it's known as a 'duvelke' - which also means 'little devil'. Has anyone got an idea why?

1,310,473,412

t1_c1s9f5z

Novokaine

2

c2549e4

whatisthisthing

null

t3_inn03

I also took it to my local Hobby shop and they had no idea what it was either.

1,310,495,458

t3_inn03

MariBelle

1

c256pli

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

it is. enough for a cigarette.

1,310,581,627

t1_c23isjp

jepsartre

1

c25eq49

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ieq9d

Chinese pokemon ripoff. Where'd ya find it?

1,310,624,966

t3_ieq9d

cunningklobe

1

c25jjjy

whatisthisthing

null

t3_h2x7b

Strangely I was trying to describe this exact thing to someone the other day and couldn't come up with the name. They suggested dolly but for some reason it didn't fit in my mind (whatever they were called to me in my area or whatever was something different) but we decided that was the closest thing to what we were going for.

1,310,699,632

t3_h2x7b

reptomin

1

c25qnrl

whatisthisthing

null

t3_gwg1b

wtf did the guy say?

1,310,699,759

t1_c1zoqdn

reptomin

1

c25qo9a

whatisthisthing

null

t3_gwg1b

Something like "I saw the answer to this in another thread. Do you still want to know what it is?" Then he linked me to my own x-post, citing the reply about sheep scrotums (I think). But on second thought, since I said I thought whatever he wrote was the most plausible answer, I wonder if he said "attachable handle", because I think that use is more likely. Either way, I'm not sure why he deleted it. Shrug.

1,310,739,454

t1_c25qo9a

meeohmi

1

c25t6jf

whatisthisthing

null

t3_i2h6c

Thank you much!

1,310,762,377

t1_c20cgt4

I_REAP_ACTS

1

c25vxq5

whatisthisthing

null

t3_gwg1b

Eh k

1,310,785,903

t1_c25t6jf

reptomin

1

c25y3t1

whatisthisthing

null

t3_irmw3

it is an old school equivalent of a propane torch

1,310,862,705

t3_irmw3

flatbily

9

c26353u

whatisthisthing

null

t3_irmw3

Sometimes referred to as a "painter's torch".

1,310,864,861

t3_irmw3

AutoPirate27

1

c263b4x

whatisthisthing

null

t3_irmw3

Fill it with kerosense, pump it up and you have a[**heat source for old school soldering irons.**](http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$\(KGrHqIOKk!E27lU1m7zBNwvFmRIm!~~_35.JPG)

1,310,865,393

t3_irmw3

BentNotBroken

6

c263co6

whatisthisthing

null

t3_irmw3

do you know what kind of pressure it can have behind it? like, is it going to be a weak flame, or one similar to a pocket torch?

1,310,933,090

t1_c263co6

xKrazExMNUx

2

c267nts

whatisthisthing

null

t3_irmw3

I am going to stretch here and say it could produce 30 pounds of pressure. When it is cranked up, it makes a real racket. It would make your pocket torch puny. It would make a standard Bernzomatic seem anemic. A well maintained unit would put a blue flame out about 6 inches and would have a white core flame of good strength. I was able to prowl through a plumbing shop a while back that had been abandoned and locked sometime in the 70s. There were units larger than what you see here that would heat a cluster of irons.

1,310,942,348

t1_c267nts

BentNotBroken

1

c268j9t

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

The place for that is inside the toilet.

1,310,992,130

t1_c23g6wi

idiotswilldownvoteme

17

c26c9rx

whatisthisthing

null

t3_it1l0

It is a radar chart. Also called spider charts. The unnamed four quadrants must have an effect on your character somehow. A charismatic fighter may have different encounters than a melodramatic magic user, ect...

1,311,015,047

t3_it1l0

Toasty_Ohs

3

c26ei09

whatisthisthing

null

t3_it1t3

Proprietary cable is proprietary.

1,311,017,293

t3_it1t3

navarone21

8

c26esrg

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ifzxw

Fucking douche bag.

1,311,026,073

t1_c23ielf

FarTooLong

0

c26fwhz

whatisthisthing

null

t3_it1t3

Yup. Something weird and proprietary used by one device that is no longer made. If you can find any numbers on it anywhere, you may be able to find more about it vie some Google-fu.

1,311,027,486

t1_c26esrg

WettestHat

3

c26g2fz

whatisthisthing

null

t3_it1t3

The strangeness of it is definitely why I'm looking for help. I haven't gotten anywhere with Googling the numbers yet, but with your suggestion I will keep at it.

1,311,031,083

t1_c26g2fz

inzannity

1

c26ggnz

whatisthisthing

null

t3_it1t3

It's entirely possible those numbers won't lead anywhere. If you do want to keep at it, try partials. On a few odd-ball parts I found that only a portion of the number was the actual part number, while the rest was something else.

1,311,032,970

t1_c26ggnz

WettestHat

5

c26gnkm

whatisthisthing

null

t3_it1t3

I have an older Garmin GPS that has a similar cable, mine has 4 pins.

1,311,084,861

t3_it1t3

rxrus2

4

c26kpi0

whatisthisthing

null

t3_it1t3

I was going to say this. It looks like it connects to something that has to be waterproof.

1,311,090,052

t1_c26kpi0

hearforthepuns

2

c26la9a

whatisthisthing

null

t3_it1t3

Thank you both! Just the hint I needed. There was a GPS unit that was given away years ago, and I'm going to assume the cable belonged to it.

1,311,095,490

t1_c26la9a

inzannity

1

c26lyxc

whatisthisthing

null

t3_it1t3

yeah, it would be the cable that connects to the PC for advanced map uploads and data downloads.

1,311,103,671

t1_c26lyxc

rxrus2

1

c26my21

whatisthisthing

null

t3_iucsn

Was it raw? Sounds like it could be [carpaccio](http://www.tastingmenu.com/media/2004/20040322-trattoriagigina/images/10-carpaccio%20di%20filetto%20con%20grana%20e%20rucola.jpg). Delicious :)

1,311,123,042

t3_iucsn

ern19

10

c26p0yw

whatisthisthing

null

t3_irmw3

insane, so what do you think i can do with the one i have? (other than heat old ass paint up?)

1,311,136,341

t1_c268j9t

xKrazExMNUx

1

c26qg2w

whatisthisthing

null

t3_irmw3

Shine it up. Find an antique soldering iron to go with it and display it. It is a great collectible but really clumsy to bring up to speed unless you are a nostalgic tool junky, as I am, and you want to go to the trouble of operating the thing. The first problem is that the seals on the pump that pressurizes the container will probably need to be replaced. Another bit that may need attention is the fuel orifice that creates the form of the flame. Clean it lightly and display it.

1,311,138,486

t1_c26qg2w

BentNotBroken

2

c26qnnp

whatisthisthing

null

t3_it1t3

ime to declare war, I think, on little dongly things. More of them turned up in the post this morning. I'd ordered a new optical disk drive from an American mail order company and, because I live in that strange and remote place called 'Foreign', and also because I travel like a pigeon, I was keen to know, when ordering it, if it had an international power supply. An international power supply is the device which means it doesn't matter what country you're in, or even if you know what country you're in (more of a problem than you might suspect) - you just plug your Mac in and it figures it out for itself. We call this principle Plug and Play. Or at least, Microsoft calls it that because it hasn't got it yet. In the Mac world we've had it for so long we didn't even think of giving it a name. Nowadays a lot of peripherals come with international power supplies as well - but not all. Which is why I asked. 'Yes, it does,' said Scott, the sales assistant. 'You're sure it has an international power supply?' 'Yes,' repeated Scott. 'It has an international power supply.' 'Absolutely sure?' 'Yes.' This morning it arrived. The first thing I noticed was that it didn't have an international power supply. Instead it had a little dongly thing. I have rooms full of little dongly things and don't want any more. Half the little dongly things I've got, I don't even know what gizmo they're for. More importantly, half the gizmos I've got, I don't know where their little dongly thing is. Most annoyingly, an awful lot of the little dongly things, including the one that arrived this morning, are little dongly things that run on 120VAC - American voltage, which means I can't use them here in Foreign (state code Fn), but I have to keep them in case I ever take the gizmo to which they fit - provided I know which gizmo it is they fit to - to the USA. What, you may ask, the hell am I talking about? The little dongly things I am concerned with (and they are by no means the only species of little dongly things with which the micro-electronics world is infested) are the external power adaptors which laptops and palmtops and external drives and cassette recorders and telephone answering machines and powered speakers and other incredibly necessary gizmos need to step down the mains AC supply from either 120 volts or 240 volts to 6 volts DC. Or 4.5 volts DC. Or 9 volts DC. Or 12 volts DC. At 500 milliamps. Or 300 milliamps. Or 1200 milliamps. They have positive tips and negative sleeves on their plugs, unless they are the type that has negative tips and positive sleeves. By the time you multiply all these different variables together you end up with a fairly major industry which exists, so far as I can tell, to fill my cupboards with little dongly things none of which I can ever positively identify without playing gizmo pelmanism. The usual method of finding a little dongly thing that actually matches a gizmo I want to use is to go and buy another one, at a price that can physically drive the air from your body. Now why is this? Well, there's one possible theory, which is that just as Xerox is really in the business of selling toner cartridges, Sony is really in the little dongly power-supply business. Another possible reason is that it is sheer blinding idiocy. It couldn't possibly be that could it? I mean, could it? It's hard to imagine that some of the mightiest brains on the planet, fuelled by some of the finest pizza that money can buy, haven't at some point thought 'Wouldn't it be easier if we all just standardised on one type of DC power supply?' Now, I'm not an electrical engineer, so I may be asking for the impossible. Maybe it is a sine qua non of the way in which a given optical drive or CD Walkman works that it has to draw 600 milliamps rather than 500, or have its negative terminal on the tip rather than the sleeve and that it will either whine or fry itself if presented with anything faintly different. But I strongly suspect that if you stuck a hardware engineer in a locked room for a couple of days and taunted him with the smell of pepperoni, he'd probably be able to think of a way of making whatever gizmo (maybe even the new gizmo Pro, which I've heard such good things about) it is he's designing, work to a standard DC low-power supply. In fact there already is a kind of rough standard, but it's rather an odd one. Not many people actually smoke in their cars these days, and the aperture in the dashboard which used to hold the cigar lighter is now more likely to be powering a mobile phone, CD player, fax machine or, according to a recent and highly improbable TV commercial, an instant coffee making gizmo. Because the socket originally had a different purpose it's the wrong size and in the wrong place for what we now want to do with it, so perhaps it's time to start adapting it for its new job. The important thing this piece of serendipitous pre-adaptation has given us is a possible DC power standard. An arbitrary one, to be sure, but perhaps we should probably just be grateful that it was designed by a car mechanic in an afternoon and not a computer industry standards committee in a lifetime. Keep the voltage level, design a new, small, plug and you have a new standard. The immediate advantage of adopting it would be that you would only need one DC power adaptor! Think of that! Well, not exactly one, you might need a dozen of them, but they would all be exactly the same! Just get a box of 'em! They'll just be a commodity item like, um, well, I was going to say light bulbs, but light bulbs come in all sorts of different wattages and fittings. The great thing about having a DC power standard is that it would be much better than light bulbs. Apart from doing away with endless confusion and inconvenience, the arrival of a new standard would encourage all sorts of other new features to emerge. Power points in convenient places in cars. DC power points in homes and offices and, most importantly, DC power points in the arm rests of airplane seats... I have to own up and say that, much as a love my PowerBook, which now does about 97.8% of what I used to use the lumbering old desktop dinosaurs for, I've given up trying to use it on planes. Yes, yes, I know that there are all sorts of power-user strategies you can use to extend your battery life - dimming modes, ram disks, processor-resting and so on - but the point is that I really can't be bothered. I'm perfectly capable of just reading the inflight magazine if I want to be irritated. However, if there was a DC power supply in my arm rest I would actually be able to do some work, or at least fiddle with stuff. I know that the airline companies will probably say 'Yes, but if we do that, our aeroplanes will fall out of the sky' but they always say that. I know that sometimes their planes do fall out of the sky but, and here's the point, not nearly as often as the airline companies say they will. I for one would be willing to risk it. In the great war against little dongly things no sacrifice, I think, is too great.

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t3_it1t3

e52

0

c26vcjj

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ix7h5

Try resting a calculator on the black sticky part when it's bent all the way backward.

1,311,376,650

t3_ix7h5

[deleted]

7

c27cx8e

whatisthisthing

null

t3_ix7h5

Yup. It's for holding electronic devices eg phones.

1,311,378,265

t1_c27cx8e

bryce1012

3

c27d2wf

whatisthisthing

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t3_ix7h5

Yes it is a Cell Phone Holder. Similar to this [one here](http://www.epromos.com/OrderPipeline/largeImg1.jsp?productID=8828755). The rubber is a special sticky rubber that does not loose its stickiness. Clean it with a little soap and water and it will get very sticky again.

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t1_c27d2wf

LinearFluid

2

c27dj5g

whatisthisthing

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t3_ix7h5

cell phone holder. That black part should be grippy enough to hold it facing at you while it charges.

1,311,440,996

t3_ix7h5

oddmanout

2

c27h93d

whatisthisthing

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t3_ixtd4

Using Google, seems to be a replica of syringe from the Bioshock games. [link](http://volpinprops.blogspot.com/2009/02/bioshock-little-sister-adam-syringe.html)

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t3_ixtd4

smooshie

20

c27hu15

whatisthisthing

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t3_ixtd4

good find! I tried using tineye, but i had no luck. What do you mean by "using google?"

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t1_c27hu15

fijimucho

3

c27hud6

whatisthisthing

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t3_ixtd4

Go to Google Images, click the camera button, and type in the url of the image (or upload one). It's like Tineye on steroids. [gis, and extensions for chrome + ff](http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searchbyimage.html)

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t1_c27hud6

smooshie

6

c27hv05

whatisthisthing

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t3_ixtd4

It looks like a bug poison sprayer to me, or herbicide sprayer.

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t3_ixtd4

nearly-evil

0

c27hvs9

whatisthisthing

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t3_ixtd4

amazing. thank you!

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t1_c27hv05

fijimucho

5

c27hxez

whatisthisthing

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t3_ixtd4

my first thought was a stimpack from fallout

1,311,448,001

t1_c27hu15

radialmonster

2

c27hy8e

whatisthisthing

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t3_ixtd4

I was going to say grease gun, but the Bioshock syringe looks closer.

1,311,480,705

t3_ixtd4

Margrave

5

c27kuqe

whatisthisthing

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t3_iy5bb

I believe you're referring to a "suikinkutsu."

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t3_iy5bb

Daephex

9

c27l3qg

whatisthisthing

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t3_ixtd4

Looks like some sort of gravity feed paint spray gun... but in reality, the others are right - it's a [replica bioshock syringe.](http://www.geekologie.com/2009/02/guy-makes-realistic-bioshock-s.php)

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t3_ixtd4

gunner85

5

c27mg8i

whatisthisthing

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t3_iy5bb

that's exactly it, have an upvote my dear sir

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t1_c27l3qg

Hippie_Eater

1

c27mojr

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t3_ixr05

A wild guess, but could it slot in to a hole on the edge of the sunvisor and act as a clip for papers or tickets or something?

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t3_ixr05

pablito_andorra

1

c27mt1d

whatisthisthing

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t3_it1t3

Now that would be Douglas Adams. ;) And posting a link would have made people click it, while this copypasta will probably be just long enough to annoy people. Too bad, that thing is actually really funny.

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t1_c26vcjj

giant_squid

3

c27o6hk

whatisthisthing

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t3_iyjz1

Just for the hell of it we're preparing it like it's an eggplant, but I think we're going to be eating something straight out of *Little Shop of Horrors*.

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t3_iyjz1

cybrian

1

c27odzx

whatisthisthing

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t3_ixtd4

TIL

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t1_c27hv05

skysoar

2

c27qgsb

whatisthisthing

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t3_iz2oz

Umm... does that say "Human Mfg Company?!" Creepy!

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t3_iz2oz

Daephex

1

c27t0cl

whatisthisthing

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t3_iz2oz

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t3_iz2oz

[deleted]

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c27t0wz

whatisthisthing

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t3_iz2oz

Oh, I forgot to mention. The lid says, "I'll stick with you by gum"

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t3_iz2oz

Son_of_a_Bacchus

1

c27tenj

whatisthisthing

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t3_iz2oz

[Bam!](http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ill-stick-to-you-by-gum-saver-holder-silver-homan) It's a case for holding your gum in.

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t3_iz2oz

Dinnerbone

5

c27tlv3

whatisthisthing

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t3_iz2oz

You rock like Dokken! Thanks!

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t1_c27tlv3

Son_of_a_Bacchus

2

c27tny4

whatisthisthing

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t3_iz2oz

Glad to help! I couldn't find much more info other than the one page, but it seems Homan Mfg Company made all sorts of casings for different purposes, and this specific one was for gum. The company lasted between 1847 and 1941 :) Apparently, some of the items are quite valuable these days for rarity, so hold onto it for your life! :D

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t1_c27tny4

Dinnerbone

2

c27tqie

whatisthisthing

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t3_iz2oz

Honestly, I think my mom would sell it in an instant. My grandparents, having grown up in the depression, were total pack rats. The only way they could get through some of the stuff in the house was just to get a dumpster.

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t1_c27tqie

Son_of_a_Bacchus

1

c27u8av

whatisthisthing

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t3_ixr05

The foam ring would indicate that it is destined to seal some kind of hole. It would not be strong enough to hold back a liquid or a gas under much pressure, so we are left with a low pressure gas, most likely air. It looks like it is supposed to go on and off easily. I would guess that it is something to do with the AC in the car.

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t3_ixr05

Toasty_Ohs

1

c27vv3k

whatisthisthing

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t3_fzhcu

Reminded me of [this](http://www.ragemaker.net/images/Pleasure/ohhhyes.png)

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t3_fzhcu

LeLurker

1

c27wsaj

whatisthisthing

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t3_j0gxu

I've googled the heck out of the company name in the images to no avail, I believe they are a government subcontractor as this unit was pulled from a lot of government surplus. Help me reddit!

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t3_j0gxu

Campmoore

1

c2848oz

whatisthisthing

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t3_ifzxw

I don't know if I could have resisted unscrewing it to see what (if anything) was behind it. Have you?

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t3_ifzxw

[deleted]

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c2886i0

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t3_j17hr

[deleted]

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c28b9ti

whatisthisthing

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t3_j17hr

I think it's a vapor lamp (spectral lamp) transformer. > as well as the required voltage (220V, which suggests it was made to be used in the US) Either you know something I don't know, or you got that backwards. US voltage is typically about 115V. Europe is typically 220V, but at 50Hz, so I'm really not sure what's going on there. Is it meant to be used with a lab power supply? Or maybe 220V/60Hz is obsolete in some European country? Or it's meant to be used in Peru, Brazil, Korea, or the Philippines, which have 220V/60Hz? I dunno.

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t3_j17hr

nilstycho

4

c28b9yq

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t3_j17hr

[deleted]

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c28bb80

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t3_j17hr

those plugs are definitely for some kind of lead wire (like on a multimeter) it appears to be for testing the elements listed on the face, you would plug one lead into the red hole and one into one of the black holes depending on the element you are using it for. Alternatively, it might be a variable transformer for neon lighting.

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t3_j17hr

Campmoore

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c28bbev

whatisthisthing

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t3_j17hr

Whoops, fixed that. But yeah, we have no idea about a power supply. There's a cord coming out of it, but it's cut at the base.

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MrLMNOP

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c28beuq

whatisthisthing

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t3_j17hr

I edited my original comment. I'm pretty sure it's a vapor lamp (spectral lamp) transformer.

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nilstycho

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c28bg6o

whatisthisthing

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t3_j17hr

Cool, thanks!

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MrLMNOP

1

c28bjo6

whatisthisthing

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t3_j17hr

They look like banana plug recepticles to me.

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[deleted]

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c28bp92

whatisthisthing

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t3_j17hr

thats the word! thank you

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Campmoore

1

c28bu0e

whatisthisthing

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t3_iucsn

Yep that seems to be it.

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t1_c26p0yw

Peaced

1

c28ca3i

whatisthisthing

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t3_iucsn

Yep that seems to be it.

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t1_c26p0yw

Peaced

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c28ca96

whatisthisthing

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t3_h2x7b

in french it's "Diable", also litteraly translate as devil.

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t1_c1s9f5z

Peaced

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c28casd

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