What is it?

Discussion in 'New Roundtable' started by KyleK, Jan 10, 2012.

  1. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

    It's a bucket for a drilled water well without a pump.
     
  2. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member


    Damnit! I started to put that it would be easy for you! Nice job. I guess we are both showing our age and our roots.

    For those that don't know, it has a "flapper" in the bottom that lets it fill up from the bottom then closes via the water pressure on top of it.
     
  3. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

    That's how we drew water at grandpa's. He wouldn't let anybody talk him into a pump or running water. Said he wouldn't live in a house with a crapper inside.

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  4. GregLSU

    GregLSU LSUFANS.com

    Ancient clothes pin?
     
  5. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

    Judging by the stains on the ends, it seems that both ends are inserted into something. Is the wood cedar?
     
  6. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

    definitely a void there
     
  7. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

    It is not a clothes pin and it is a modern device that may have been around for a long time.

    The type of wood is not important. I don't think it is cedar. It does get inserted into something.
     
  8. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

    So, I'm assuming that it is used to hold something open with the large end. Not sure why the light staining on the slender end.
     
  9. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

    Time for hints, I suppose. The device does have something to do with apparel. To say that it holds something open is imprecise.
     
  10. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

    Is it used by a seamstress to hold a sleeve open while doing stitching on it?
     

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