Today I acquired...........

[sako243]

Mine asked was there any tools or bits I wanted to buy scarey

Mine asked for Christmas, then realised the price and then got scared .

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Found on the foot path, walking back from the pub last night.

 

[GRW]

Just ordered a pair of these I love knipex stuff.View attachment 380905

Its not good for the wallet viewing threads on here !
Those just look so useful, that I just had to order a pair for myself.
(One job they'll be used for is undoing the fiddly, diddy knurled tops on the Presta Valves on bicycle wheels. The valves get stiff, gummed-up with tyre sealant etc - and trying to undo them between the spokes with pliers is a faff).

 

[Johnnybravo]

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Found on the foot path, walking back from the pub last night.

Somebody toss their tea and biscuits on the way home from the pub? Nothing new…

 

[Nomad]

Not aquired as such - rediscovered during our Sprling cleaning.

It’s been in the family for generations and nobody can tell me what it’s for. Any sensible suggestions?

Knowles Radio Hypnotic Crystal.

 

[Johnnybravo]

Not aquired as such - rediscovered during our Sprling cleaning.

It’s been in the family for generations and nobody can tell me what it’s for. Any sensible suggestions?

Knowles Radio Hypnotic Crystal.

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They are for driving future generations around the bend,not knowing what they are for

 

[Johnnybravo]

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[25.4_mechanic]

Any sensible suggestions?

That's the point, sensible, as in too sensible for reality - snake oil in crystaline form ...

 

[Bullet2012]

Knowles Radio Hypnotic Crystal.

Hocus pocus

Knowles Radio Hypnotic Crystal - Kook Science

hatch.kookscience.com

 

[James1979]

Any sensible suggestions?

doubt it!

 

[Pete.]

Certainly hokum but back in the days when radio was still relatively poorly/mis-understood by the masses, and crystals used for actually capturing/detecting radio waves, some people could still be convinced that the mind could transmit thoughts via the same medium that radio waves were propagated. Granted, the 1930's was right/after the end of that period but that wouldn't stop people using it as a selling point for this junk.

Check out a book by Margalit Fox called "The Confidence Men". it's a well-researched true story of two WW1 officers who tricked their way out of a POW camp using a ouija board and completely fabricated. The managed to convince not only the camp commandant and his staff, but also their own camp-mates almost to a man that they were communicating with spirits. Even after they came clean to some of their closest camp-mates that it was all made up, they refused to believe them. The whole thing was made possible because people didn't undertand radio waves and could be convinced that a person could use the same thing to connect with the dead.

 

[Nomad]

Thanks everyone !

I searched a few years ago and the only hit was somebody saying "I've got one - what is it"
A couple of new websites / pages now have info, my curiosity is satisfied

It's gone back in the box so future generations can ask the same question in 20 years time

 

[jack-daniels]

Just ordered a pair of these I love knipex stuff.View attachment 380905

I definitely don't have a Knipex problem.

 

[500e]

Just had to look

Knowles Radio Hypnotic Crystal - Kook Science

hatch.kookscience.com

Same as @The_Yellow_Ardvarks dodgy links just cant help myself

 

[bricol]

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Found on the foot path, walking back from the pub last night.

Excellent device, used for destroying rubber boots on track rod ends you really wanted to re-use.

Mine gets used these days to persuade aluminium wiper arms to come off splined steel spindles after nearly 30 yrs in the bottom drawer, where it got chucked after another damaged boot incident.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Found on the foot path, walking back from the pub last night.

You must have had your eyes close to the ground to find it, it must have been dark ... Did you crawl all the way?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

You must have had your eyes close to the ground to find it, it must have been dark ... Did you crawl all the way?

5pm, was light enough to seeit in the middle of the path.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

5pm, was light enough to seeit in the middle of the path.

The UK data says that today the sun rose earliest in Islington at 07:58 and last in Glasgow at 08:36 ...

... sounds somehow different from your data ...

... but I'm sure what you say is true ...



Carsten

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[500e]

You are going to get nailed to the alcove wall with me if your not careful

 

[25.4_mechanic]

You are going to get nailed to the alcove wall with me if your not careful

who and what are you referring to?