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What do you think this is?

LTT1 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:08:55 GMT

What is this thing?

please see my explanation further down in the posts here!

Re: What do you think this is?

NYCLatinaMe — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:12:15 GMT

Do you know, or is this a genuine inquiry?

If that is a wood floor, looks to me that something fell off the wall and that was the rusted piece of metal by which the thing was hanging that broke off.

Re: What do you think this is?

RoughDraft — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:15:11 GMT

Stove lid lifter. Try saying it rapidly three times in a row.

Re: What do you think this is?

deepwaterdotter — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:16:41 GMT

Hopefully recyclable.

Re: What do you think this is?

moonandthestars — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:40:12 GMT

@LTT1 what is the writing at the top? Where did you get it / find it? Looks interesting to me!

Re: What do you think this is?

sunshine45 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:43:49 GMT

@RoughDraft wrote:
Stove lid lifter. Try saying it rapidly three times in a row.

@RoughDraft

which end lifts it? the pointed end or the rectangular end?

Re: What do you think this is?

SharkE — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:48:00 GMT

throw in trash bin

Re: What do you think this is?

Mersha — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:50:08 GMT

The pointy side looks as though it fits in a hole and the device is used to turn something, a piece of equipment, part of a boat or some other object.

Re: What do you think this is?

DrakesMomma — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:52:24 GMT

This is kinda technical...I think it is a thingy hootchy jig.

Re: What do you think this is?

RoughDraft — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:58:46 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
@RoughDraft wrote:
Stove lid lifter. Try saying it rapidly three times in a row.

@RoughDraft
which end lifts it? the pointed end or the rectangular end?

@sunshine45 Kind of hard to discern and a little before my time. However, I'd have to assume it's an antique that's been through tough times, perhaps even a fire. ttherefore, probably missing a piece. You can Google the image to see details of an original.

Re: What do you think this is?

Enufstuff — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:03:52 GMT

@DrakesMomma I thought that it could be a "whatchamacallit".

Re: What do you think this is?

DrakesMomma — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:05:07 GMT

@Enufstuff - Now that I look at it again I think you are right!

Re: What do you think this is?

fthunt — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:07:28 GMT

@RoughDraft How did u come up with that guess? LOL It might be right - did u have a stove with a water well in a wood burning kitchen stove..when u were a kid?

Re: What do you think this is?

LTT1 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:16:05 GMT

@fthunt @DrakesMomma @Enufstuff @RoughDraft @Mersha

First of all...this is not mine!

Second of all...it is a picture of "thing" posted on Reddit by somebody else and I GOT IN TROUBLE (banned for 7 days😮) for making a joke because I posted:

"It is a bone from one of those alien bodies found in the dry Peruvian desert".

''Reddit sub whatisthisthing"

I like everybody's guesses here! An answer has not been found by Reddit yet.
I like the answer you gave @RoughDraft

That it is a "stove/oven top lifter!"

Re: What do you think this is?

MaverDaver — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:24:32 GMT

a piece of junk

Re: What do you think this is?

Oznell — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:38:48 GMT

Wow, it looks so interestingly distressed, @LTT1 . I wonder how old it is.

Aren't there letters or numbers incised on it, faintly?

@RoughDraft , your guess is really interesting!

Re: What do you think this is?

skatting44 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:47:59 GMT

crank handle to an old truck or motor ?

Re: What do you think this is?

BoopOMatic — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:55:46 GMT

It kind of looks like what we used to shake the ashes down in a coal stove.

Re: What do you think this is?

LTT1 — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:04:34 GMT

@Oznell

Yes there are !

I got banned for 7 days from this subreddit (whatisthisthing) because I made a joke about this being an alien bone...

had not realized that jokes are not allowed in that discussion!

Re: What do you think this is?

GoneButNotForgotten — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:12:42 GMT

an old, rusted over bottle opener