What the Hell Is It?

Leather-working tools, I think.

_Howard wrote:

I'm afraid that the item appears much too generic to figure out its specific application.

Yeah, it's way too much of a cheat. Those are two chrome shelf brackets (I think) and a chrome spring from god knows where. They're not related. And they have no function.

NoCoPilot wrote:

Leather-working tools, I think.

Yep. Told you it was easy.

NoCoPilot wrote:

They're not related.  And they have no function.

Maybe they're related to ... you!

And now for something completely different: A CH-47 carrying a UH-34.



In keeping with the spirit of NoCoPilot's "brackets and spring," one million points is awarded for naming the ship on which the delivery is being made. A part of the ship is visible on the left of the photo.

Just noticed this lying here on the desk. Should be easy.

This one is easy if you know what it is. Guess that's generally true huh.

Well, it appears to be a foam pillow. If it has a special application, I have no idea what that would be.

Its location is a clue to its use -- which is the puzzle.

I had noted the location and thought it may be a sauna or a hot tub, but does one really want a foam pillow in those environments?

Look again. You're missing an important clue!

_Howard wrote:

one million points is awarded for naming the ship on which the delivery is being made. A part of the ship is visible on the left of the photo.

That conning tower could probably be any carrier in the fleet.  Without some clue as to the date or hemisphere it's hopeless.

_Howard wrote:

Just noticed this lying here on the desk. Should be easy.

The Roil, The Choke?

NoCoPilot wrote:

Look again.  You're missing an important clue!

Still looking. Is it kapok?

NoCoPilot wrote:

That conning tower could probably be any carrier in the fleet.  Without some clue as to the date or hemisphere it's hopeless.

If that was a conning tower, I would think the identification would be easy: I doubt they would build more than one helo-carrying submarine. Only submarines have conning towers. The superstructure on carriers is called the island.

Here's what I think is a give-away hint. Reduces the value to 100,000 points.

NoCoPilot wrote:

The Roil, The Choke?

My bad. I should have posted a shot of the end:  that is a solid metal piece.

This has nothing to do with electronics. In fact, it is not a part of anything else. It is, in totality, as pictured. It is used by something else, but that usage is not the purpose of the device which makes use of it. All of the specifications of the item are shown.

_Howard wrote:

This has nothing to do with electronics. In fact, it is not a part of anything else. It is, in totality, as pictured. It is used by something else, but that usage is not the purpose of the device which makes use of it. All of the specifications of the item are shown.

_Howard wrote:

Here's what I think is a give-away hint. Reduces the value to 100,000 points.

Fuck me, I'm pulling up stupid.

"Only submarines have conning towers."

A better hint.

Note the specifications.
2" The thing is two inches long.
20°C Hmm. Why is a temperature specified for a piece of metal? Figure that out and you will have it.

My brain hurts. I only have room in it for boobs and beer.

That's Bruce Dern in the picture with the robots.

For the other one, try to recall a user name I used at the end of the old DU.


Is that striped thing in the floor board of a car?

Guaranteed dead give-away hint.

I almost forgot this one. I didn't expect anyone to get it. No reason you should have.



This is a tool for inserting the attaching post for the condenser on old VW air-cooled engines.
They were sometimes a pain in the ass to insert, and VW never made a tool for doing it. For decades, mechanics used a flat blade screwdriver to push them in and many were damaged. This tool allowed them to be inserted without damage. The two ends are for different types of parts, some of which were flat and some of which were convex.

Richard, are you still sure you've seen one of these?

Wait, are these clues for the helicopter thing or the 2" metal thing?

The movie with Bruce Dern and the robots is "Silent Runnng" which I've never seen but it sounds like "Wall-E" stole the plot. Dern's spaceship was called the Valley Forge which is also the name of a carrier that became the USS Princeton. Maybe that's the answer to the helicopter one?

How the micrometer relates to that -- if indeed it does -- I have no clue. Maybe it relates to the 2" metal thingy. Maybe that's a known 2" metal bar at 20 degrees Celsius that can be used for calibrating a micrometer?