Another 'WTF is this thing' thread!

[x88x]

Right, so instead of random electronic bits, now it's random stuff I find in my house! I'll try and actually post more than one thing for this one

These might be "WTF is this thing" stuff, but more actually, more often it'll probably be more of a "WTF were they thinking when they did this" thing. ...I may have mentioned before, the the previous owners of my house were a bit...odd.

Anyways, the first thing is a "WTF is this thing", so....WTF is this thing?

I found it in an old toolbox that they left...outside the shed...in the weather.. Other stuff in the toolbox included two hand drills (literally, hand-powered drills. I love those things. ), some hand files, and a few other other carpentry tools. ..all quite rusty..

It's just a curved, wooden handle with a smooth, pointed metal...point.

[Mach]

Hand planting tool also called a dibber
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibber

[artoodeeto]

Hand planting tool also called a dibber
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibber

oh. here I was gonna say "dude, yah got yersel' an ar-key-o-lahgikal arteefact there!"

[x88x]

Well, the house was built in 1926, and the previous owners were apparently here a long time...and it does feel very worn. So, idk, depending on your definition of 'archaeological', maybe.

Thanks Mach, I was wondering if it might have something to do with gardening since there is a bit of dirt in the screws holding the metal tip to the wooden handle.

[dr.walrus]

it's a particularly well made prison weapon

[Lothair]

Well, Ive used an old railroad spike to sow seeds before. Perhaps the previous owner had the same idea? That would explain the dirt.

[x88x]

Been a while, but I finally ran into something else and thought to take a picture of it. This one falls into the "WTF were they thinking" category.

My tub drips, and it's been getting worse, so today I finally got around to pulling off the access panel (which they had nailed and plastered shut...forgot to take a picture before pulling it off..) to shut off the water to the faucets so I could take them apart...and I I found this:

And yes, I checked in the basement...the only way I can cut off the water to those faucets is by shutting off the main..

[AmEv]

I don't suppose the word "genii" means anything to the construction wrokers.

[dr.walrus]

Expecting stopcocks for each outlet on an old house?! You're hopeful, anyway!

[msmrx57]

Just love coming across work done be people who shouldn't have done it. My brother in-laws place is like that. His washer is running as a gray water system. No shut offs for the kitchen or the basement shower stall. The PO's did a lot of "work" on the place themselves.