Wednesday 27 June 2012

Nothing to do with candlesticks


Cro has just mentioned that nobody has mentioned candlesticks for a while now, so I thought that I wouldn't either.

That's the whole point - what is this object?  I bought it from an antique-dealer last saturday, and he didn't know what it was either.  He said that he wanted £50 for it, and I said that was a bit much for something without an obvious purpose, so he halved the price.

On close inspection, it seems to date from the late 18th to early 19th century, and I thought it might be a stand of some sort - possibly to place spherical objects like mineral samples (or crystal balls!) on, but I just don't know.  Points will be given for the best suggestions in all the usual categories.

If you saw last night's little video, then you will know that I went to bed in a disturbed state of mind and I am suffering for it this morning.  The liquid ear-plugs from France didn't help either.

By dawn this morning - long before I woke up - I suddenly realised that the 9 months they have predicted for the street-works outside to take (right the way through until almost next spring, probably with a short break around Christmas day) will actually be 18 months, because they intend to work 24 hours a day, or so I was told by the bloke in the road last night.

I had already wracked my brains to understand how the replacement of a few square yards of paving and a few street-signs could possibly take 9 months, but 18???!!!

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  1. and you're not counting the days off for rain, snow, cold, strikes, birthdays, etc.

    Is that a 'nipple' I spy, half way up the stem? Is there just the one? Maybe it had an insert!

    Otherwise it could be a metal diabolo.

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    1. I've never seen a nipple halfway up a stem before - 'did you mean' (as Google says) a 'knop'?

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  2. About the noise, how about handing the issue over to H.I.? She, from her appearances here, seems to be a reasonable, persuasive and charismatic person (not that you aren't all that yourself), and surely some chitchat with various people, dropping in mentions of noise pollution, compensation, and need for glamorous new housing till March should have some effect?

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    1. She generally hides in embarrassment as I rant, Mise, but it's a good idea. I may have to in the future anyway.

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  3. Hi Tom, apologies for my absence lately. Glad to know you are still on the candlestick thang despite all resistance. I've been living in a tent. Enough said.
    PS I agree Mise.

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    1. Phew - I thought you said, 'living in Kent' for a minute - I would have been gutted if you had not paid a visit.

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  4. I'd be inclined to turn the object upside down and use it as a stand. A sort of paten for Commnunion came to my mind, although i've never seen a pedastalled model.

    As for the noise, i have no useful suggestions.

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    1. Funnily, I have had a few things of a scared nature spring to mind too That's got to be worth at least 5 points, even if it is rubbish.

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  5. I have no idea at all what that thing is Tom - I just wonder whether there is something else which fitted on the top and which is now missing.

    Sorry about the noise racket - you should live in the middle of a field like we do - we ae only woken by owls in the night and bawling cows at dawn.

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    1. I get the bawling cows right through the night, Weave - thanks to the late drinking laws.

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  6. I've heard that Germans have a ledge built into their toilets to inspect their turds - for health reasons of course! I'm in a weird frame of mind this evening and don't know why I'm making a connection with your object here as it's entirely different...but perhaps?

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    1. A 'turd-stand'? Now that is definitely a prize-winning idea. Maybe I'll take a picture (serving suggestion) and see what it looks like. 10 points.

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    2. Did Hitler make this obligatory?

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  7. I see you have a new attractive swedish follower
    like I said.... we'll never hear the end of this one!

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    1. Yes, I noticed the lovely Maria as well. I will have to look up her blog manually, because there is no link on the dashboard. There is a request to join 'Google +' though, which I am not quite prepared to do right now, as I have a sneaking suspicion that it is Google's answer to FaceBook, and fuck FaceBook, as I have already said in the past.

      Hmm... all is not quite right with this one - what do you say, Maria? A spot of blatant advertising?

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    2. I've just looked up Maria's website, and it's an innocent little ol' interior design one. What is it about me that attracts interior designers?!?!

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    3. Oh, and 'welcome', Maria, thanks for looking.

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  8. I think it's a pineapple stand.

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