Hello!

So, I'm trying to replace a statue that got broken at work, and I absolutely cannot find the exact statue anywhere on the internet. I'm hoping someone here can help me!

The statue is of a cherub, standing in front of a tree stump-esque thing, and holding a bundle of wheat. It looks kind of like this, only the wheat is on the other side of ( Read more... )

Ok, I know, this is a weird one. A couple years ago I had the greatest pencil sharpener in the world. It was a handheld manual pencil sharpener (not a wall one or an electric one). It was transparent blue plastic, rectangular, and had one hole. There was a door on top (over the blades), and another door on the side (over the hole). You couldn't ( Read more... )

I bought a large box of assorted plates & junk from an antique shop for $6.50. In the box was this oddity ( Read more... )

What is this tool called? I've been using it to make rag rugs, I'm not sure if that's actually for, but either way I don't know the name.. I've googled rug hook and although there are several variations, none look like this.

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Hey everyone, we're trying like crazy to remember what this thing is called, but we're coming up with nothing ( Read more... )

What are the name for the kids pencil that have extra tips inside? You just put the dull tip into the back end and it pushes forward a new tip.

ETA: Also looking for the name of those fat pens that have like 10 different colours of ink. I had one in 1992 and it was quite the thing.

What are these things? The weights look like fishing weights but what are the clips for? Are these just re-purposed fishing weights, or does this exact thing have its own purpose?

For what it's worth, I found them during breaking down a theater event and initially thought they were weights for the curtains. Not so sure now. I grabbed them for, uh, ( Read more... )

Hey does anyone know what you would call that calendar thing in this photo?


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I was at my father's house this weekend and he was complaining that there isn't a website where he can post a picture of an object and say, "What is this?!" I told him I knew of just the place.

( Pictures of two random objects found in my father's basement )

I'm renting a house in the SF Bay that was built around 1900. In the hallway there's this odd door that I at first thought was the fuse box. But when I opened it, it was a blocked-off hole with a heavy woven cord sticking out ( Read more... )