What is it?-Discussions

[scifan57]

I really love items like this.....they tell a story all their own.

It was very nice they gave her something like that when she retired......your mother certainly deserved it after 35 years of service.

She also received a wristwatch, which I also still have.

 

[leelai]

She also received a wristwatch, which I also still have.

Even better....your mother must have been very appreciated!

 

[scifan57]

Even better....your mother must have been very appreciated!

She certainly was. After she retired, she did a lot of volunteer work with several groups. I think she put in more volunteer hours per week than paid hours before retirement.

 

[scifan57]

In regards to the Frederic Remington Broncho Buster statue in my recent challenge, it's not an original, just a replica. If it was an original, it would be worth more than my house.

 

[Richard Brown]

In regards to the Frederic Remington Broncho Buster statue in my recent challenge, it's not an original, just a replica. If it was an original, it would be worth more than my house.

That's a nice thought, Scifan. And with sky high insurance premiums to boot

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[scifan57]

Congratulations, zstairlessone, for making the 8,000th post in What is it?

 

[zstairlessone]

Gosh, I didn't know this thread existed. I've learned a lot from reading it, but am a little fuzzy on the Morris dancers.

Thanks for letting me know (both that the thread is here and 8,000).

 

[scifan57]

Gosh, I didn't know this thread existed. I've learned a lot from reading it, but am a little fuzzy on the Morris dancers.

Thanks for letting me know (both that the thread is here and 8,000).

You're welcome. As to the Morris dancing, try googling the term. Here's a Wikipedia article about it.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_dance

 

[Richard Brown]

I have a windup radio that works in a similar manner.

I won't be able to monitor a challenge at this time so the game is open to any iPF member who wishes to post the next challenge.

The guy who invented the wind up radio, Trevor Bayliss, had a great struggle to get financial backing for his invention.

UK retailers, the banks etc could not see a future for his invention. The radio was eventually brought into production and it's initial market was in Africa where folk in remote areas without electricity benefited from his invention.

His story should be made into a film. Perhaps that has happened.

Excuse me if my post contains errors, but I have written from memory, without resorting to Google, etc

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[Richard Brown]

There's a camera on the end of the flexible bit. It shows the image on the screen attached to the handgrip. It could be used in industry to see into confined spaces.

Right on scifan, there are two HD LEDs on the camera end as well to light up where you are looking. Very handy for when you are fishing wires in walls, or working on the car. Not expensive either from Canadian Tire.

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Sorry, I forgot the 'reveal'.

Your turn...

The piece of equipment is also called an endoscope. I have used them from time to time for surveying buildings - checking out cavity walls, spaces in service ducts, under floors etc.

The first endoscope I used was quite chunky. It had batteries mounted around a belt, like weights on a diving belt. The belt was so heavy that I felt decidedly shaky when climbing an extension ladder, wearing the belt, to inspect roof eaves. The model I used had an accessory for attaching a stills camera to photograph what was seen.

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[scifan57]

I believe that units like this are used by rescue crews in disasters such as building collapses, mine disasters, etc..

 

[zstairlessone]

We call them bore-scopes and use them to look at cylinder damage and into hydraulic rams to check condition.

 

[Roy Rob]

The piece of equipment is also called an endoscope. I have used them from time to time for surveying buildings - checking out cavity walls, spaces in service ducts, under floors etc.

The first endoscope I used was quite chunky. It had batteries mounted around a belt, like weights on a diving belt. The belt was so heavy that I felt decidedly shaky when climbing an extension ladder, wearing the belt, to inspect roof eaves. The model I used had an accessory for attaching a stills camera to photograph what was seen.

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I believe that units like this are used by rescue crews in disasters such as building collapses, mine disasters, etc..

We call them bore-scopes and use them to look at cylinder damage and into hydraulic rams to check condition.

Yes it is a very useful gadget. Doctors use them too, perhaps that is how it got it's name end-oh-scope..... 8)

 

[scifan57]

Yes it is a very useful gadget. Doctors use them too, perhaps that is how it got it's name end-oh-scope..... 8)

Endoscopes are generally used for looking into the stomach. I also saw a demonstration on TV of a camera the size of a large pill that was swallowed and sent back images as it travelled the entire length of the digestive tract. Very useful for early detection of abnormalities that don't show up on conventional tests.

 

[Roy Rob]

Endoscopes are generally used for looking into the stomach. I also saw a demonstration on TV of a camera the size of a large pill that was swallowed and sent back images as it travelled the entire length of the digestive tract. Very useful for early detection of abnormalities that don't show up on conventional tests.

I think they are used for looking in the 'other' end too sci, which was my point... Lol