“This solid metal thing was in our bag of candy cane kisses. Is it part of the machinery?”
A: "This is a metal dummy version they intentionally place in randomly selected bags to test and validate their automated QC systems. Their metal detecting system must be faulty if they let this slip through, which means there may be other foreign objects out there in the same batch."
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Rod 3 year s ago
40. Blade for meat mincer.
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Tine 3 year s ago
Rod, my mom has one just like this, probably from the 40s/50s or so.
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Onnie 3 year s ago
#32 "finger/hand acupressure massager", wink, wink.
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Lazar 3 year s ago
#6... Maybe I am daft but what is a Ball Mill and more so what is a sprue when still attached ???
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Left 3 year s ago
Lazar, I'd like to know that answer myself?
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Boetius 3 year s ago
Left, Ball mill is used for grinding Iron ore, it looks like a huge cylinder laying on it`s side with openings on either end,
. The balls are added to help in grinding the ore.
. The balls are added to help in grinding the ore.
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Randolph 3 year s ago
Bonus - it's a meat grinder knife.
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Tine 3 year s ago
As interesting as these posts are it still surprises me that people don't ask the ones that would know then and there when they have the chance. Especially #37 and #30 (unless found after the parents passing away of course); I'd ask the waiter/parents what the hell it was for.
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Mckenna 3 year s ago
#28 came with a programming book from Commodore in the 80's. You were supposed to make a flow chart of your program to illustrate how it worked/was supposed to work.
Yeah, that "special" finger !
. The balls are added to help in grinding the ore.