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Found this at a garage sale, any idea what it was used for?
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Posted on 01/09/2012 11:26:39 AM PST by big bad easter bunny

I found this watering can over the weekend, I think it had a special use because of its shape and tiny pour spout. https://plus.google.com/photos/104740570180750966610/albums/5695710428831171889


TOPICS: Gardening; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: cancopper; garagesale
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To: big bad easter bunny

I got nothin'...

21 posted on 01/09/2012 11:53:23 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> - - -)
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To: donhunt

https://plus.google.com/photos/104740570180750966610/albums/5695710428831171889?authkey=CIX6gJbcmuCjRg


22 posted on 01/09/2012 11:55:50 AM PST by big bad easter bunny (Cain 2012)
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To: big bad easter bunny
Oil Can....Oil Can (spoken through rusted lips)
23 posted on 01/09/2012 11:57:40 AM PST by jersey117 (.)
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To: GreenHornet; martin_fierro
I thought it was the 57's that had the problem, not the 58's. Oh well....my mistake.

Well, the problems began with the '57s and Thornebridge and Sons Mfg. didn't really fix the problems until 1959 or 1960.
24 posted on 01/09/2012 11:57:49 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: big bad easter bunny

Here is the picture. Looks like a garden gnome.

25 posted on 01/09/2012 11:58:44 AM PST by Retired Greyhound (.)
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To: ZX12R

Ole Mr “What IF” himself lol. I go to a Justin TV channel sometimes just to watch and laugh at people getting booted out of chat for making comments about his hair!

http://www.justin.tv/downtherabbithole#/w/2398667024/4


26 posted on 01/09/2012 11:59:06 AM PST by Lees Swrd ("Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well")
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To: Army Air Corps

c’mon now....... the schlenker relay has been outdated for at least a century.... a rear thrust type capacitor with soldered diodes and tubeflex, maybe.....


27 posted on 01/09/2012 11:59:11 AM PST by joe fonebone (Project Gunwalker, this will make watergate look like the warm up band......)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
Oh she who can identify any liquid bearing vessel in any antique shop or garage sale anywhere your help is needed.
28 posted on 01/09/2012 11:59:42 AM PST by Pan_Yan
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To: big bad easter bunny

Senator Byrd’s Martini pitcher.


29 posted on 01/09/2012 11:59:57 AM PST by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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To: big bad easter bunny
YOU FOUND MY NETTY POT!!!!!


30 posted on 01/09/2012 12:00:47 PM PST by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: Army Air Corps; martin_fierro; dfwgator
You guys might be right, but I think this scientist mentions its true purpose in this not-to-be-missed training film. It's a turbo encapulator.
31 posted on 01/09/2012 12:03:13 PM PST by Pharmboy (She turned me into a Newt! 2012)
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To: big bad easter bunny

Easy—its a combination coffee pot/dixie cup holder.

Or a combination watering can/novice witch’s hat block.

Or a combination teapot/waffle cone shaper.

Do I have to tell you everything?


32 posted on 01/09/2012 12:04:58 PM PST by exit82 (Democrats are the enemies of freedom. We have ideas-the Dems only have ideology.)
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To: joe fonebone

Well, the benefit of the Schlenker relay is simplicity. However, the pentallium oxide solder that you have to use is a bear to work with...


33 posted on 01/09/2012 12:05:44 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: big bad easter bunny

i think it might be a kerosene can, they have come in many shapes. The main give-a-way for me, is the small spout.

Mostly ive seen round tin cans (gal. size) with the small spout .


34 posted on 01/09/2012 12:06:14 PM PST by urtax$@work (The only kind of memorial is a Burning memorial !)
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To: Retired Greyhound

Looks like a Turkish pitcher like we brought home, ourselves. (We lived in Turkey for 6 years.) We have an old one, this looks like a replica. Ours is copper with tinned interior, straight wooden handle. Sometimes used as a teapot. They make the tea strong, then add hot water from the Samovar into it. Possible use, anyway.


35 posted on 01/09/2012 12:06:52 PM PST by Shery (in APO Land)
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To: Army Air Corps
I thought it was the 57's that had the problem, not the 58's. Oh well....my mistake.

Well, the problems began with the '57s and Thornebridge and Sons Mfg. didn't really fix the problems until 1959 or 1960.

.....and they wonder why people abandoned the domestic manufacturers, and started buying foreign made gazoniflaptors.

36 posted on 01/09/2012 12:09:15 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Retired Greyhound

That’s a conehead pot. You didn’t touch it did you?

If you did, pregnancy symptoms should start in a week.


37 posted on 01/09/2012 12:10:57 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Retired Greyhound
I have a similar looking gizmo that was my great grandfather's bee smoker but this looks more like a pitcher.

If it is a bee smoker, you put a smoldering rag in the top part.

38 posted on 01/09/2012 12:17:01 PM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: Retired Greyhound

My great grandfather’s bee smoker has a bellows on it.


39 posted on 01/09/2012 12:17:56 PM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: GreenHornet

Well, Thornebridge and Sons Mfg’s real problem was outsourcing the wiring to Lucas.


40 posted on 01/09/2012 12:22:18 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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