"It’s for the manufacturing of the product so that it can be turned while standing up."
"It looks like a phone “booth.” At one point, it likely held a phone."
“What is this blue, rubber-textured, long stick with a handle? Marked ’TAL’ bunch of bananas for size.”
“Looks like a bottle brush.”
“Anyone know what this is? Gold ring with thin plastic. About 1 cm.”
“The membrane from a kazoo.”
“Made of brass, embedded in the sidewalk. What is it?”
“It’s a sensor to turn the heated sidewalk on and off.”
“Chainmail bracelet. Too large to be an actual bracelet.”
“It’s likely for cleaning. I have one for my cast iron pans, for example, that is pretty similar. You can scour with these!”
“This came with my uncle’s oyster shucking kit. Soft and pliable, open on one end and small holes on the other. Roughly 4 inches long.”
“It’s for lemon squeezing.”
“Xmas mystery: Cloth circle thing with a loop sewn on it? It’s some kinda kitchen thing, but it’s too thin to be heat resistant.”
“It’s a sewing notion holder for a sewing machine. Hangs off the lower arm of the machine for you to drop pins into as you run fabric through the sewing machine.”
“Anyone knows what this oval glass dish was used for? It has a raised circle in the top left. The pen is next to it to indicate size.”
“Snack plate. The circle is for a cup to rest in.”
“Found in a used cast iron Dutch oven. It’s decently heavy metal and feels non-stick. The triangles are about 1/4” deep.”
“It’s a baking dish for something called pocket cakes. Looks to be part of a set.”
“Bought a new pair of Nike shoes. Inside the box was this small, plastic bubble filled with air and what looks like tiny, colorful microplastics.”
“Microplastic particles. Probably to show how Nike helps to clean up our planet.”
“What is this oval metal thing in a plastic holder mounted to the kitchen wall next to the sink?”
“Steel ’soap’ bar.”
“Object with 2 pins, 2 rings, and a chain.”
“It’s part of a Chatelaine cloak button. The pins are (or simulate?) jet, a coal-based gemstone that was used for Victorian mourning jewelry. The chain would have originally had mementos on small drop chains.”
“Rusted metal object ~6ft tall found in the woods on the grounds of an estate in Bristol.”
“It’s a late 19th or early 20th C cast iron fence post for a wire fence.”
“Small electronic device with wheels/gears, labeled ’Citizen’”
“Miniature robot”
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It's like when someone hands you a flyer. "Here, you throw this away." (RIP Mitch)
It's called Greenwashing, like the TV ads that say "We're working toward...", "We're aiming to...", "Our goal is..."
It's all about making your company appear to be environmentally conscious without actually doing anything.
While in fact they add even more plastic, and to make it worse they send it around the globe.
Idiots
Wrong answer. These old village houses in Spain do not have rain gutters. So when it rains, the water drips onto the sidewalk and the ricochet lands on the door. In the long run it ruins the wood of the doors, against which these boards protect. Against peeing dogs one puts up water-filled plastic bottles.
#27 it's for when you use liquid soap but want to bend over