Found in a field near Didcot (UK) amongst large amounts of potential Victorian and Medieval pottery.
A: Its part of a cribbage scoring board. Just adding a tad – Crib is C 1650 onwards in the UK, so that’s not medieval – its probably early victorian, possibly a bit earlier still. Nice find!
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Erna 4 year s ago
#17 Hell, if that is Japanese Knotweed hope the insurance pays for the rebuild!
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Menaalmena 4 year s ago
this is to clean and shine brass buttons of a uniform
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Ginger 4 year s ago
One of my favorite types of post!
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Hosey 4 year s ago
#3 And it's probably made of ivory.
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Barby 4 year s ago
#4 you take red whine, oranges and cinnamon and heat it up a bit.
After that you put a sugar cone on the feuerzange and pour something like Stroh 80, a drink with 80% alcohol over it and light it up. Keep pouring the alcohol over the cone while it melts down in the whine. You now have a warm, sweet and strong drink for a nice winter evening. You should watch the movie Feuerzangenbowle while you do all this.
After that you put a sugar cone on the feuerzange and pour something like Stroh 80, a drink with 80% alcohol over it and light it up. Keep pouring the alcohol over the cone while it melts down in the whine. You now have a warm, sweet and strong drink for a nice winter evening. You should watch the movie Feuerzangenbowle while you do all this.
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Maisie 4 year s ago
#12 For suger cube!
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Stephen 4 year s ago
#5
"may be more zebra than horse"
What do you suppose you mean by that?
"may be more zebra than horse"
What do you suppose you mean by that?
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Justina 4 year s ago
Stephen,
I think the expression is "If you hear hooves/find hoofprints, it's probably a horse and not a zebra" – similar to Occam's razor: The most probable explanation for something is usually the correct one.
In this case, the less probable explanation appears to be correct, therefore it's "rather a zebra than a horse".
I think the expression is "If you hear hooves/find hoofprints, it's probably a horse and not a zebra" – similar to Occam's razor: The most probable explanation for something is usually the correct one.
In this case, the less probable explanation appears to be correct, therefore it's "rather a zebra than a horse".
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Justina 4 year s ago
Stephen,
sorry – "the simple explanation", not the most probable one.
sorry – "the simple explanation", not the most probable one.
After that you put a sugar cone on the feuerzange and pour something like Stroh 80, a drink with 80% alcohol over it and light it up. Keep pouring the alcohol over the cone while it melts down in the whine. You now have a warm, sweet and strong drink for a nice winter evening. You should watch the movie Feuerzangenbowle while you do all this.
"may be more zebra than horse"
What do you suppose you mean by that?
I think the expression is "If you hear hooves/find hoofprints, it's probably a horse and not a zebra" – similar to Occam's razor: The most probable explanation for something is usually the correct one.
In this case, the less probable explanation appears to be correct, therefore it's "rather a zebra than a horse".
sorry – "the simple explanation", not the most probable one.