Challenge 5

It appears to be a variation on a theme - combination bull nose ring and calf weaning ring - similar to this:

I had to read up on that. What's the animal-rights vs Vet view on nose-rings ? It causes a lot of outrage with bears, so what's the difference ? Just curious.

I told you before about those dodgy night-clubs !

Have you hot the crampons?

No, I always walk like this...

You're not far wrong, but what is it's function?

Here's an earlier version....

I'm seriously worried now ! Could it be..........

The original looks as if it was equally effective at discouraging suckling, but less of an obstruction when grazing - but I bet that's an Iljushin.

See my post #1...

That is very cool, cow jewelry, my son would love that.

Don't know, but I bet you can't take it on an airplane.

I had a girlfriend once who wore one of those. There was NEVER any danger of her getting pregnant.

Right, It's the weekend, I'm offski!

I'll post the correct usage on Monday, in the meantime, whats this?

(A close up of something familiar....)

Ummmmmmm it may be familiar to you but to me its a red thing with silvery black stripes...

I was going to say a red pencil between two rulers, but the markings aren't equal so maybe two grotty rulers?

John

The shading/reflections suggests that at least the orange line is a liquid in a tube.

I'd have said a red ballpoint pen or some kind of thermometer, except that (like you) I can't get my head around the markings.

It's a thermometer.

So why do the scales look uneven?

Because one side is Fahrenheit and the other is Centigrade.

That would be why the two sides are different.

But each side is also very uneven - the right side more so than the left.

If they were F and C, would the right hand one be in steps of 1/4 degree F and the left in 0.1 degree C?
I think you are suggesting it's a poorly marked, high-resolution, alcohol thermometer?

Looks like a zebra with varicose veins to me.

Mariner

It's an alcohol thermometer. Whether graduated in degF or degC I cannot say.

It is a thermometer with both Celsius and Fahrenheit scales. It could be hand-crafted, which would explain the uneven markings.

It's a thermometer with seperate scales to read both farenheit and celsius.

Bill

After careful consideration, I'm not convinced it's a thermometer! The two scales when compared with another thermometer do not concur due to the RHS scale having that uneven mark even when placed at specific points on the other thermometer like boiling point, freezing point, etc ! The other marks are too close for comfort! I'm now going to look for images of kitchen scales!

Scratch that! A Barometer?

OK. the weird 'cattle nose piercing' is indeed to stop the calf suckling, the mother tends to move out of the way!

and as to the other 'thing', -

I have to admit, you lot are getting a bit good....

So what's with the uneven scale markings ? Take it back to the Pound Shop, unless you can use it for emergency alcohol supply.

I didn't actually say it was a particularly good thermometer...

Say "ahhhhh !"

Carefull what you do with that....

Say WHAT??? I don't think it'd be ahhhh... (even if that is an oral thermometer...)

Are you certain that some of the issue isn't in the way you performed the enlargement?