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Friday Quiz #6

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
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'Found this in my lawn the other day. 'Took me the longest time to figure out what it was and where it came from. The material is black rubber. The paint splashes are the color of the trim on my house.

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Any guesses?

-Phil
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Comments

  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    Gutter/ down spout parts?
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    That's what I thought at first, too. But no.

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,254
    Definitely a turbo encabulator.

    Definitely.

  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    Drier vent hood?

    How big is it? It's hard to judge scaled from wood grain.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    Not a drier vent hood.

    Bent into a "U" shape it's about 4" x 3". The rubber is 2" wide.

    -Phil
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    Antenna boot?
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    Nope.
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    Is it normally above eye level when you're standing on your lawn?
  • lardomlardom Posts: 1,659
    Was it used to secure the paint can while painting the trim? Several thin lines of paint are going in the same direction and there is a band where there is no paint as if something was wrapped around it to secure it. I'm guessing.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    Duane Degn wrote:
    Is it normally above eye level when you're standing on your lawn?
    Sometimes yes; sometimes no.
    lardom wrote:
    Was it used to secure the paint can while painting the trim?
    No.
    Several thin lines of paint are going in the same direction and there is a band where there is no paint as if something was wrapped around it to secure it.
    I hadn't noticed that, but keenly observed!

    -Phil
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    Is used as a pad on an end of a ladder?

  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2017-04-02 03:48
    Duane Degn wrote:
    Is used as a pad on an end of a ladder?
    Yes!!! It was held on with a zip tie, which apparently had snapped apart.

    Now I wish I had posted this before I figured it out. It had driven me crazy for a couple days. I was sure it had come off of the house somewhere.

    Congrats!
    -Phil
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    Now I wish I had posted this before I figured it out. It had driven me crazy for a couple days. I was sure it had come off of the house somewhere.

    I wouldn't have gotten it without your "Sometimes yes; sometimes no." clue so I'm not sure you would have figured it out any sooner.

    I was thinking it was some sort of flashing to weatherize a vent or something similar.

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