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Friday Quiz

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
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What is it, and -- for extra points -- what was it called?

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If nobody gets it, I'll post the answer on Sunday.

-Phil
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  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,254
    This is a radiation detector. Did some digging, "cutie pie"

  • ErNaErNa Posts: 1,742
    edited 2017-02-25 13:47
    Can't be: all radiation is savely enclosed in warheads and NPP's, so no need to have a detector. I guess, it's a trufluencer. From the tension in the wrist you can see, the objective is very very, extremely ordinary lightweight, believe me, and soon, very very soon, long before shedule, very very different from the P2 the PT will come out and show the inner values, being a constitrumption of simple logical elements that can create a 4-5 (at least) dimensional projection of a reality were positive things are distributed equally and concentrated in one single point so realizing a diverted augmented reality where servants are equipped with arms of very extraordinary length that can handle a Pizza in place while being placed in the antipode.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    potatohead wrote:
    This is a radiation detector.
    But for what kind of radiation?

    -Phil
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    IIRC alpha and beta. Used to repair those or very similar units.
  • Ding-BattyDing-Batty Posts: 278
    edited 2017-02-25 15:12
    It's such a cutie pie!
    http://www.medwow.com/med/radiation_detector/biodex_medical_systems/cutie_pie_051-744/24672.model-spec
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,254
    kwinn got that faster than my Fahnestock clip quiz!
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    erco wrote: »
    kwinn got that faster than my Fahnestock clip quiz!

    Fond memories of that piece of equipment. As a joke I chased one of the field service co-coordinators around the office threatening to shoot her with my "ray gun" for nagging me about my paperwork.
  • DigitalBobDigitalBob Posts: 1,488
    I was thinking some type of Geiger counter, Infrared thermometer, radar gun, or strobe tach.
  • DigitalBobDigitalBob Posts: 1,488
    However a simple cut and paste to google images brings it right up.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,254
    Another "what izzit" quiz, repeated here. Please don't say what it is, geezers, that would spoil the fun. Let the millennials guess. Must be some kind of logo, right?

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  • MikeDYurMikeDYur Posts: 2,176
    Looks like one of those disks that you shoot out of a toy gun.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    I used that one in my class last year. None of the kids had a clue!

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,254
    edited 2017-02-25 23:07
    Early radiation or hazmat logo?

    Top view of Trump?
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    Oh what?

    I'm a "geezer" and I have no idea !
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    Does this have anything to do with SPIN?
  • ajwardajward Posts: 1,124
    erco wrote: »
    Another "what izzit" quiz, repeated here. Please don't say what it is, geezers, that would spoil the fun. Let the millennials guess. Must be some kind of logo, right?

    flat,800x800,075,f.jpg

    Do I get 45 guesses?
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,254
    You spindletons are going in circles.
  • DigitalBobDigitalBob Posts: 1,488
    This one is too easy. These are the inserts you use on your old 45 record's . I know I used to use them
  • DigitalBobDigitalBob Posts: 1,488
    And it relates to Spin because they spin on your turntable
  • MikeDYurMikeDYur Posts: 2,176
    DigitalBob wrote: »
    This one is too easy. These are the inserts you use on your old 45 record's . I know I used to use them


    I think you have it, remember using something like that once or twice.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    Of course! Slaps head.

    But where or when were those adapters a common thing?

    I had stacks of 45's as a kid. Original Beatles and Stones etc. Only once or twice did I ever see or use such an adapter. Most had the right sized hole!

    Jeez, that was over 50 years ago!

  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    Haha, I thought centrifugal force clutch... I had a record player and I do not remember these.
  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,254
    Loved those guns.
  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,254
    I got mine in the store, right next to the records. They would give them away, printed with a logo.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,254
    So retro...

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  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,254
    Cool jewelry!
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    When the kids in my class asked for a hint, I told them it had something to do with RPMs. But, being a robotics class, that sent them off in a totally wrong direction: clutches, encoders, etc. :) Finally, one kid asked his mom, who recognized the device, and he reported back to the class. I think the others were about to kill me, for what they perceived as a red herring!

    -Phil
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    When the kids in my class asked for a hint, I told them it had something to do with RPMs. But, being a robotics class, that sent them off in a totally wrong direction: clutches, encoders, etc. :) Finally, one kid asked his mom, who recognized the device, and he reported back to the class. I think the others were about to kill me, for what they perceived as a red herring!

    -Phil

    Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Great thread. Hope there will be a quiz every Friday.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,254
    kwinn wrote: »
    Hope there will be a quiz every Friday.

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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,254
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