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Old 13-03-2008, 9:08 AM   #1
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What am I?
Ahoy!

An object that would be found in the home (not everyone has one like this).

This image has been selective coloured, reduced and fractalised in CS2, though it hasn't been distorted, so is true to form, but with a bit of pazazz.

I'm sure the regular anoraks will spot what it is.

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Old 13-03-2008, 9:20 AM   #2
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Re: What am I?
A shower tap.
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Old 13-03-2008, 9:36 AM   #3
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Re: What am I?
A dodgy tie-dyed t-shirt
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Old 13-03-2008, 9:41 AM   #4
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Re: What am I?
Looks like a radiator valve on its side
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Old 13-03-2008, 9:45 AM   #5
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Looks like a radiator valve on its side
ooo I like that idea.

Pirate - now you have a flickr account, why don't you embed your images?
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Old 13-03-2008, 9:53 AM   #6
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Re: What am I?
As it's Pirate!!, it MUST be a bottle of grog
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Old 13-03-2008, 9:55 AM   #7
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Re: What am I?
No to all guesses so far.
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Old 13-03-2008, 9:58 AM   #8
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A late 70's brown glass door knob with cubic zirconia inserts?
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Old 13-03-2008, 9:59 AM   #9
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Re: What am I?
Maybe I should've mentioned it's a macro, though it's not that relevant.
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Old 13-03-2008, 10:01 AM   #10
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A late 70's brown glass door knob with cubic zirconia inserts?
Ha . . . Nope!
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Old 13-03-2008, 10:26 AM   #11
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Re: What am I?
FYI, I'm going under the knife this afternoon (dental), so maybe offline for 24 hours. I'll check back when I can with either the answer and an image of the whole item or to confirm if anyone has correctly guessed.
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Old 13-03-2008, 10:41 AM   #12
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FYI, I'm going under the knife this afternoon (dental)
Good luck fella.

I'm going for either a radiator thermostat or a glass on it's side
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Old 13-03-2008, 10:48 AM   #13
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Good luck fella.

I'm going for either a radiator thermostat or a glass on it's side
Nice try . . . but sadly . . No.

The image subject hasn't been rotated or adjusted from how you would normally see it other than what I've already pp'd in terms of colour etc.
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Old 13-03-2008, 1:39 PM   #14
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A chrome dimmer switch?
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Old 13-03-2008, 1:46 PM   #15
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A chrome dimmer switch?
WELL DONE! Actually it's a brass combo wall mounted dimmer/light switch (the button/knob in the centre), but that would be splitting hairs.
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Old 13-03-2008, 1:58 PM   #16
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Re: What am I?
The name on your Flickr site was a bit of a give away!!! I spotted it a while ago but decided it would be mean to spoil the game
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Old 13-03-2008, 2:02 PM   #17
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Good luck fella.

I'm going for either a radiator thermostat or a glass on it's side
What at the dentist.
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Old 13-03-2008, 2:09 PM   #18
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What at the dentist.
You haven't seen my Dentist! Last time I was there his [large] assistant was feeling a bit rough and hand to be sent out before she passed out onto me
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Old 13-03-2008, 8:46 PM   #19
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The name on your Flickr site was a bit of a give away!!! I spotted it a while ago but decided it would be mean to spoil the game
I forgot I did that. What a dumb@$$. Well it lasted a little while.
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