The super macro guessing game

[Thompsunshine]

Allllrighty photofans!

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[BearLeeAlive]

Yo Sunshine, when did you slide that macro lens into your kit, well done. ;)
I still yearn for a real macro lens.

Is it a decorative tile?

[FotOz]

Storm's over, BBQ is over, beers are gone - and I'm back. Thanks for keeping it going in my absence. Makes up for my intrusion some days ago. Bit unsure about that last one though. And yes, Geurie is 'midway' between Dubbo and Wellington in New South Wales, Australia (Oz). Hence the FotOz tag. Google Earth would have put you "right in the picture". :)

[Epluim]

It looks like the base of something maybe. I think it could be painted ceramic...

[Epluim]

or a candle turned sideways. Is this picture sideways?

[chansh]

Picture frame.

[Mike Bell]

Bathroom fitting?

[Thompsunshine]

Bearly, I got my lens roughly a month ago. I am tickled about it too!

Not a decorative tile.
Not the base of something.
Not painted ceramic.
Not a candle turned sideways.
The picture isn't sideways.
Not a picture frame.
And lastly, not a bathroom fitting.

On the one hand I am relatively surprised that no one is even close. On the other hand, I suspected I would need to give hints (he he he). I love giving hints.

It is metal. It is an actual utilitarian item, although I wouldn't imagine they are used much anymore. This type of item would have been used weekly 100 years ago. ROFL Still confused?

Edit: Oh, and today is my birthday. :-)

[chansh]

Happy sunshine day :).

A bath??? but we still use those.
How am I suppose to guess something that I haven't seen before?

[chansh]

Some thing to make nice pattens in cakes.

[Citizensmith]

some kind of scrubbing board for washing clothes?

[Thompsunshine]

Happy sunshine day :).

A bath??? but we still use those.
How am I suppose to guess something that I haven't seen before?

Some thing to make nice pattens in cakes.

some kind of scrubbing board for washing clothes?


Thank you Chansh. Very much appreciated. I feel pretty certain you have seen these before or at least heard of them. And when I was viewing my pic, if I didn't know what it was already I would have suspected the same thing for cakes.

:evil: Ok Mr. Citizensmith...Mr. SmartyPants! What gave it away?:evil:
I shouldn't be surprised I suppose...you ARE the tool king eh? LOL;)

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You're up tool king!

[BearLeeAlive]

Good one Sunshine. But it seems a nasty side of you has been brought out with the purchase of your macro lens, and I'm thinkin' we have not seen the last of it yet. ;) :lol: :lol:

[Thompsunshine]

:shock: Oh Bearly! I am very sweet *blink blink*
Just a wee bit of a pill.;)

Edit: I think I am going to have to scrounge around this ol farm and see what other obscure items I can find!

[chansh]

I remember seeing my granma using one but it was all wooden.

[misspix]

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Sunshiiiiiiiiine
Happy birthday to you :D

[Thompsunshine]

I remember seeing my granma using one but it was all wooden.

Correct. But, with the great technological advances in the last 100 years, I guess they saw fit to improve upon them and make them out of metal now. ROFL

And as a footnote, I don't use mine. I use my washing machine!:lol:

[Thompsunshine]

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Sunshiiiiiiiiine
Happy birthday to you :D

Thank you very much misspix. Boy do you have an excellent voice...and loud! I could hear you all the way here in Ohio!

[misspix]

Thank you very much misspix. Boy do you have an excellent voice...and loud! I could hear you all the way here in Ohio!

awww shucks:oops: :) Actually I have been told that I have a very distinctive sound....ROFL

[Mike Bell]

Thompsunshine : Happy birthday! :D I won't ask you how young you are! :lol:

Bear Lee Alive and FotOz : What do you think of MY new youthful avatar - taken in 1984!!!! :lol: :lol: You can just see my shiny new Olympus OM 2N SLR in my hand.

Citizensmith : Where's the next pic? <gnaw> <gnaw> :(

[BearLeeAlive]

Sunshine............HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Mike, you sure do look less grizzly then? :lol:
Let's see, that was taken 2 years after my avatar photo and you look at least 10 years older in yours, that makes you.......... ;)
I was shooting with a Nikkormat then.

[Citizensmith]

That was a great macro. I had no clue until you mentioned the common use 100 years ago thing.

Give me a few minutes and I'll have something for the gnawing masses. :)

Oh yeah, and happy birthday. Time for the annual bath, just like 100 years ago.

[cfpackerfan]

Hmmm... I was going to change my avatar also to a younger me, circa 82-84.
But I don't have any pictures of me when I was 10 years old.

:lol: :lol: :lol:


Happy birthday Sunshine! And I guessed your macro immediately with the 'weekly 100 years ago' clue. Smitty was just a bit faster at answering than I. ;)

[chansh]

;)

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How old is that thing? Do ppl actually pack them in their suit case and take it to hoildays with it?

[Citizensmith]

I just took 6 new ones. Give me a few minutes to decide which one is most evilestest.

[BearLeeAlive]

Hmmm... I was going to change my avatar also to a younger me, circa 82-84.
But I don't have any pictures of me when I was 10 years old.

:lol: :lol: :lol:
Oh that was just plain nasty. True maybe, but nasty.....

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Hmmm, not much older than my first daugther born in 76.

[chansh]

I've got an avatar of my younger self, too. 3 years younger. :)

[Mike Bell]

Mike, you sure do look less grizzly then? :lol:
Let's see, that was taken 2 years after my avatar photo and you look at least 10 years older in yours, that makes you.......... ;)

Ahem! You were almost 25 then. I was 30 when mine was taken. 'Less grizzly' indeed - anyway, you are the 'Bear', Jim! :lol:

[BearLeeAlive]

I've got an avatar of my younger self, too. 3 years younger. :)
Holy cow, can you even make it back to 82? :lol:

[BearLeeAlive]

Ahem! You were almost 25 then. I was 30 when mine was taken. 'Less grizzly' indeed - anyway, you are the 'Bear', Jim! :lol:
Ok, so you are only a bit older then. I guess we all get a bit more 'grizzly' as we age, something about us has to mature, it might as well be our looks. :lol:

[chansh]

Holy cow, can you even make it back to 82? :lol:


I am older than I look. Born in the 60s. Still a lot younger than you. :)

[Citizensmith]

I've got 6 new macros sitting on my thumb drive, all ready to roll. It brings a warm feeling to your heart. :) Well I hope heart, we don't want warm feelings anywhere else.

Here's one.

[chansh]

a staney knife blade.
a paint scrapper.

[Citizensmith]

How old is that thing? Do ppl actually pack them in their suit case and take it to hoildays with it?

I wonder what homeland security would make of someone trying to get one of those onto an airplane? :)

[Citizensmith]

a staney knife blade.
a paint scrapper.

Nope, Nope

[Mike Bell]

we don't want warm feelings anywhere else.


Speak for yourself! :lol: (at our age warm feelings anywhere are good, eh Jim?)

[Mike Bell]

Chisel?

[Citizensmith]

Nope, but every workman would have one of these.

[Mike Bell]

Wire stripper?

[Matoch]

Is it a carpenters pencil?

James

[Citizensmith]

Nope and nope.

[Thompsunshine]

How old is that thing? Do ppl actually pack them in their suit case and take it to hoildays with it?

I sure as heck don't! I think that is called creative marketing. LOL I just have mine hanging in my laundry room to occasionally remind me not to bellyache on laundry day.

[Thompsunshine]

Nope, but every workman would have one of these.

Now WHYYYYY am I not surprised.;)

[Thompsunshine]

How about a razor blade or a widget

[Citizensmith]

Nope, neither of those.

It's blunt. It may look sharp and pointy but it is blunt.

It's also not just a work tool. My wife has a couple of these, I have several.

[Citizensmith]

Let me make it really easy. :)

[Mike Bell]

measuring tape or ruler?

[Thompsunshine]

Gonna go out on a limb here...a bottle opener?

[Citizensmith]

Gonna go out on a limb here...a bottle opener?

That would be a good limb to go out on. Over to you again. You did miss the bonus prize for guessing a Sponge Bob bottle opener though. :)

[BearLeeAlive]

Workers with bottle openers, not on my sites. We try to disuade that. :lol:

Somone throw an anchor on that girl to slow her down, she is a macro maniac what with the new lens and all these right guesses. ;)

[chansh]

I knew that one and I've miss it again.

[TheBrazilianGuy]

I knew that one and I've miss it again.

Yeah... right :D :lol:

OK!!! Where is the next?

[BradT0517]

idk I live off of this thread

[BearLeeAlive]

OK!!! Where is the next?
She's likely out in the barnyard getting macros of cow pies or horse plops. :lol:

[misspix]

Jim: ROFL!
Love the hair in your avatar ;)

[Mike Bell]

Jim: ROFL!
Love the hair in your avatar ;)

Yes Jim, tell us ..... whatever did happen to that hair? :lol:

[BearLeeAlive]

Jim: ROFL!
Love the hair in your avatar ;)
Thanks, too bad we can't wind the clock back though!!! :lol:
Yes Jim, tell us ..... whatever did happen to that hair? :lol:
Well, before this photo it was all one length half way down my back, then I cut it shorter when I went back to school as in this avatar, then it got cut shorter and shorter but still a full head, went for a bunch of chemotherapy 17 years ago and was bald as a cucumber for a while, it all grew back it, then it slowly started to fade on the top, 5 yrs ago I started shaving it to an extremely short length before it all fell out anyway, now love the low maitenance thing. I have a big head which helps.

That, my frend, is what happened to my hair. ;) :lol: :lol:

[Mike Bell]

Thanks, too bad we can't wind the clock back though!!! :lol:

Well, before this photo it was all one length half way down my back, then I cut it shorter when I went back to school as in this avatar, then it got cut shorter and shorter but still a full head, went for a bunch of chemotherapy 17 years ago and was bald as a cucumber for a while, it all grew back it, then it slowly started to fade on the top, 5 yrs ago I started shaving it to an extremely short length before it all fell out anyway, now love the low maitenance thing. I have a big head which helps.

That, my frend, is what happened to my hair. ;) :lol: :lol:

Wow! Makes the life history of my beard pretty tame, but I'll tell it anyway AS WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE NEXT SMGG SHOT. I grew it just about the time I qualified from medical school. When you work 84-104 hours a week shaving time is just too precious! My girlfriend liked it so much she agreed to marry me. :D My daughter was born 4 years later and did her best to pull it out as soon as she worked out what baby hands were for! I had to shave it off a few years later to have some surgery. When I came out of the bathroom both my kids (aged 7 and 4 at the time) ran to their bedrooms and refused to come out. "That's not my Daddy!" one of them sobbed. So I grew it back again. Now it's gone rather grey! :(

[BradT0517]

Thats a nice story
what was the chemo for

[BradT0517]

Wow! Makes the life history of my beard pretty tame, but I'll tell it anyway AS WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE NEXT SMGG SHOT. I grew it just about the time I qualified from medical school. When you work 84-104 hours a week shaving time is just too precious! My girlfriend liked it so much she agreed to marry me. :D My daughter was born 4 years later and did her best to pull it out as soon as she worked out what baby hands were for! I had to shave it off a few years later to have some surgery. When I came out of the bathroom both my kids (aged 7 and 4 at the time) ran to their bedrooms and refused to come out. "That's not my Daddy!" one of them sobbed. So I grew it back again. Now it's gone rather grey! :(

Yea just a wee little change for them

[BearLeeAlive]

When I came out of the bathroom both my kids (aged 7 and 4 at the time) ran to their bedrooms and refused to come out. "That's not my Daddy!" one of them sobbed. So I grew it back again. Now it's gone rather grey! :(
That's too funny Mike. :lol:
Thats a nice story
what was the chemo for
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML). All cured now though. I had a bone marrow transplant with my brother as the donor, the docs don't even want to see me anymore. :D

[askjeeves]

When I came out of the bathroom both my kids (aged 7 and 4 at the time) ran to their bedrooms and refused to come out. "That's not my Daddy!" one of them sobbed. So I grew it back again. Now it's gone rather grey! :(

ha that reminds me of my dad. i had never seen him without a mustache until the day my sister graduated from highschool, since she had always bugged him to shave it off. i was 13 then, so i didn't cry! Actually, I didn't even notice it was gone until my mom pointed it out to me. :confused:

[SpiltPickle]

so... where's the new macro? :)

[FotOz]

C'mon guys. Where's the next SuperMac?

[BradT0517]

the peer presure force me to

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l141/bradt0517/IMG_4216b.jpg

people of young and old might possibly maybe know this

[jr#8]

B key from an old typewriter

[BradT0517]

tis not a key from a type writer old or new

[Citizensmith]

A button on an arcade game?

[FotOz]

Any chance of giving us the scale for this little B------! ?

[BradT0517]

A button on an arcade game?

Correct

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l141/bradt0517/IMG_4216.jpg

[BradT0517]

Looks like its Citizen Smiths turn again uh oh

[Citizensmith]

Why were you beating your game boy with a Canon USB cable?

I'll go grab my thumbdrive and get another macro ready.

[FotOz]

Go for it Marcus. I'm on a short lunch break. Got the last of my nuts and bolts into place and the last lot of framework up. Perhaps I could sneak in a photo to show off my latest project?

[Citizensmith]

Should go pretty fast.

[Citizensmith]

Go for it Marcus. I'm on a short lunch break. Got the last of my nuts and bolts into place and the last lot of framework up. Perhaps I could sneak in a photo to show off my latest project?

What ya making?

[BradT0517]

an ash tray

[Citizensmith]

an ash tray

Is that a guess at the macro (nope) or a guess at what FotOz is making?

[FotOz]

Hi guys - just to break the concentration I'll show you a couple of shots of my ashtray (sorry) carport I'm building. First shot is preparing the slab (my 2IC on the shovel) and second shot is about 10 minutes ago.

[FotOz]

Is that pink coloured surveyor's paint on your item?

[BradT0517]

gah so hard to not guess cause ill end up right
what is the pink stuff

[Citizensmith]

Is that pink coloured surveyor's paint on your item?

Actually yeah exactly that. That's almost better than figuring out what the item is. :)

I should point out the item isn't directly related to surveying. It just happened to be in the line of fire when I managed to put a pag down on top of a can of the stuff in just the right way to spray it all over the place. I also got one partially pink boot as well and they were only a few weeks old.

[Citizensmith]

Hi guys - just to break the concentration I'll show you a couple of shots of my ashtray (sorry) carport I'm building. First shot is preparing the slab (my 2IC on the shovel) and second shot is about 10 minutes ago.

That looks like a whole hell of a lot of work. Bet you'll be happy once its done. Nice job on getting that concrete good and flat.

[Citizensmith]

off to bed, lets see if anyone figures it out.

[photobitz]

Actually yeah exactly that. That's almost better than figuring out what the item is. :)

I should point out the item isn't directly related to surveying. It just happened to be in the line of fire when I managed to put a pag down on top of a can of the stuff in just the right way to spray it all over the place. I also got one partially pink boot as well and they were only a few weeks old.

And I bet all your workmates were commenting about your lovely pink boots too...? :lol:

[webcrawlur]

cig. lighter plug device thingy...

[cfpackerfan]

A tennis ball!
ooooo....no I got it...a battery!

[Thompsunshine]

Holy tamoly folks! I am so very sorry. I figured my guess was wrong and I went out and had myself a birthday. Geezzz. Am I forgiven? I will make myself available for public flogging if necessary.

[photobitz]

cig. lighter plug device thingy...

I think you're right... like a car charger for a phone or something...

[BearLeeAlive]

Holy tamoly folks! I am so very sorry. I figured my guess was wrong and I went out and had myself a birthday. Geezzz. Am I forgiven? I will make myself available for public flogging if necessary.
You are forgiven, we have some very jumpy folk in here, it happened before. I am thinking that it should be OK to lead a normal life, socialize, sleep and all that stuff. I just hope you had a great time celebrating and feel at least a day older today. ;)

[Citizensmith]

cig. lighter plug device thingy...

Spot on. A cigarette lighter charger for a Trimble GPS. All I was after was the first part though.

And I'm still impressed the pink mark was identified as surveyors paint.

[Thompsunshine]

You are forgiven, we have some very jumpy folk in here, it happened before. I am thinking that it should be OK to lead a normal life, socialize, sleep and all that stuff. I just hope you had a great time celebrating and feel at least a day older today. ;)

Aww Thank you Bearly. If I had a pretty good hunch that I was right, I wouldn't have taken off. I really didn't think that my guess would have been correct. I agree about the jumpy folks, as I am one. ;-)

Again, I'm sorry to one and all.:oops:

[Mike Bell]

... I will make myself available for public flogging if necessary.

You are forgiven,......

Aww Thank you Bearly........

Aaw shucks, Jim! I was so lookin' forward to a good public flogging! :(

Still ....... now it's webcrawler's turn ....... and he's been gone 11 hours now ......... where's that whip? :lol:

[BearLeeAlive]

Aaw shucks, Jim! I was so lookin' forward to a good public flogging! ......... where's that whip? :lol:
Maybe use your chair leg. :lol:

[cfpackerfan]

He can't use the chair leg. It has been gnawed to almost nothing. Not enough left to whip someone with.

We need to all pitch in and get him a new one.. Mahogany. Lasts longer.

[SpiltPickle]

I'm gonna have to get me one of those synthetic rawhide bones or something to chew on....

[Citizensmith]

Man, 5 hours, Hmm, well here is a really easy one to keep things moving. Hopefully WebCrawler will get their own up soon.

Really really easy. :)

[BradT0517]

wow just happened to get on

[BradT0517]

cig. lighter plug device thingy...

Now this is a TRUE smgg addict never seen device and thingy used in the same guess :lol:

[SpiltPickle]

Man, 5 hours, Hmm, well here is a really easy one to keep things moving. Hopefully WebCrawler will get their own up soon.

Really really easy. :)

PADLOCK!

[thekid24]

drill piece holder?

[BradT0517]

I agree pad lock

[FotOz]

Good morning all. Just dropped in to see what has been happening whilst I have been sleeping. Can't hang around. Off to Mudgee to A Day On The Green at Poet's Corner Winery. The Aussies will know what that's all about. The rest of you - - ?

[Citizensmith]

PADLOCK!

Said it was easy. Getting on the first guess is still pretty good though. :)

Hopefully that has belayed the gnawing for a while. Maybe we should ask if they can add PotN chew toys to the PotN store so we have something to gnaw on next time.

[SpiltPickle]

sweet. ok... one sec...

[BradT0517]

sweet. ok... one sec...

your taking to lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng

[SpiltPickle]

you guys want an easy one, or a hard one?

[BradT0517]

:rolleyes: Ultra hard

[SpiltPickle]

too late. Hard one coming up...

photographed area is about 20mm wide

[SpiltPickle]

You definitely need a clue on this one...

Hmm... Some of these were nicknamed after fruit....

[jr#8]

Trailer hitch

[SpiltPickle]

Trailer hitch

Nope

[BradT0517]

the latch for a gate

[SpiltPickle]

the latch for a gate

nope

[Mike Bell]

electric sander device thingy?

[Thompsunshine]

A rachet type locking mechamism? (Is that manly enough of a description?)

[SpiltPickle]

A rachet type locking mechamism? (Is that manly enough of a description?)

Nope on all so far..

It takes no electricity.

Only people in a few specialized professions would carry this.

[FotOz]

Is it a caribena (carribeena) (carabina) aw heck. One of those rope climbing clamps.

[SpiltPickle]

nope. I'm heading home from work, so I'll check back in an hour or two

[jr#8]

handcuffs

[BradT0517]

thosewould be some pretty gnargly handcuffs

[SpiltPickle]

Youch, those would hurt...

But nope, not handcuffs.

[jr#8]

handgrenade

[SpiltPickle]

handgrenade

!!! Yup, that's it.

How'd you get it? :)

[Citizensmith]

handgrenade

Ahh, there you go, You've hit it right on the head. A pineapple.

[jr#8]

Ahh, there you go, You've hit it right on the head. A pineapple
After I read your clue I figured it out.
Give me a few to get something up.
I know what I want just need to snap it.

[jr#8]

Here we go, this should go quick

[SpiltPickle]

a thingamajig with holes in it.

[BradT0517]

a white colored device

[SpiltPickle]

a guitar?

[Flywing]

Hannibal Lector's mask? Cullender? Goalie's Mask? False Teeth? Igive up.

[Nzshrimper]

fishing reel

[Citizensmith]

Rather than just a plain ol' thingy I think its more specifically a thingamabob. A thingamabob is like a thingamajig, just a bit heavier.

Maybe a gadget of some kind.

[SpiltPickle]

it looks really familiar... argh!

[Citizensmith]

it looks really familiar... argh!

Yeah, its one of those what-do-you-call-its.

Need clues please.

[Thompsunshine]

Hannibal Lector's mask? Cullender? Goalie's Mask? False Teeth? Igive up.

LMAO! I love that. You went from being very creative and all gung ho to giving up in 12 words or less! LMAO That is great! You made me smile. Thank you.

Edit: And your first post to boot! Welcome to SMGG...it is addicting. You have been warned!;-)

[TheBrazilianGuy]

some kind of key?

[jr#8]

No to everything above.
The ladies probably use this more the us guys.
And I thought this was going to go fast.

[Epluim]

Is it some sort of jewelry? It looks almost like there are stones in the top... a comb of some sort?
Actually, the bottom reminds me of a fork....

[Becky N]

Looks like one of those thingies for holding your toes apart when you put polish on them.

[jr#8]

a comb of some sort
Very close but not exactly it.
It has 2 use's.
Steppin out for awhile But I'll be back

[Epluim]

Is it a hair clip? Like one of those ones that looks like scary teeth? Or...the kind of comb you use to pin your hair up? or a barrett of some sort?

[Epluim]

or is it maybe just something decorative that has teeth to hold it in your hair... a tiara or something sparkly someone might wear to a dance...

[SpiltPickle]

a comb?

[DanteCaspian]

I was going to say an insole from a shoe, but that does not seem to be something that is gender favored. If not that, how about a hair brush?

[Mike Bell]

Very close but not exactly it.
It has 2 use's.
Steppin out for awhile But I'll be back

Well done jr#8! :D

"Very close" - to keep them interested
"It has 2 uses" - pretty useless clue (the best type!) - after all what doesn't have 2 uses?
"Steppin out for awhile" - now , THAT is good, must use that one!
"But I'll be back" - LOVE IT! Sort of holding out hope but being macho and Schwarzeneggerish all at the same time!

You are a master SMGGitis-inducer! I salute you, sir! :cool:

[BradT0517]

Well done jr#8! :D

"Very close" - to keep them interested
"It has 2 uses" - pretty useless clue (the best type!) - after all what doesn't have 2 uses?
"Steppin out for awhile" - now , THAT is good, must use that one!
"But I'll be back" - LOVE IT! Sort of holding out hope but being macho and Schwarzeneggerish all at the same time!

You are a master SMGGitis-inducer! I salute you, sir! :cool:

Someone needs to ban you so that you stop teaching people how to inflict this on us

[Mike Bell]

Someone needs to ban you so that you stop teaching people how to inflict this on us

Hehe! ;)

Returning to jr#8's pic : Is it a speaker grille? It's about time we had another one of those! :lol:

[TheBrazilianGuy]

I'll be back today? I still waiting...

[jr#8]

No to all of the above.
Heres a bigger image.
Having trouble trying to find a good clue with out giving it away.
So I be thinking of one.

[thekid24]

cell phone?