Is it a ski?
Nogo POTN record for # of posts during "Permanent Ban" 9,195 posts Gallery: 17 photos Likes: 685 Joined Dec 2013 Location: All Along the Natchez Trace (Clinton, MS) More info | Dec 07, 2016 19:11 | #8627 OhLook wrote in post #18206456  Does the activity involve aiming at a target? In a way yes. Benitoite wrote in post #18206460 Is it a ski? No. Philip
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hqqns When the frick did I get this new title and why?  More info | Dec 07, 2016 19:14 | #8628 Is a ball involved? subby
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Nogo POTN record for # of posts during "Permanent Ban" 9,195 posts Gallery: 17 photos Likes: 685 Joined Dec 2013 Location: All Along the Natchez Trace (Clinton, MS) More info | Dec 07, 2016 19:18 | #8629 |
Nogo POTN record for # of posts during "Permanent Ban" 9,195 posts Gallery: 17 photos Likes: 685 Joined Dec 2013 Location: All Along the Natchez Trace (Clinton, MS) More info | Dec 07, 2016 19:28 | #8631 smythie wrote in post #18206487 Table tennis bat/paddle/racquet ? No. This item is historically important to one of the iconic places where tennis is played, though. Philip
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OhLook THREAD STARTER insufferably pedantic. I can live with that.  24,932 posts Gallery: 105 photos Best ofs: 2 Likes: 16374 Joined Dec 2012 Location: California: SF Bay Area More info Post edited over 6 years ago by OhLook. | Dec 07, 2016 20:22 | #8632 Is a moving ball the target to aim at? PRONOUN ADVISORY: OhLook is a she. | Comments welcome
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Nogo POTN record for # of posts during "Permanent Ban" 9,195 posts Gallery: 17 photos Likes: 685 Joined Dec 2013 Location: All Along the Natchez Trace (Clinton, MS) More info | Dec 07, 2016 20:25 | #8633 OhLook wrote in post #18206548 Is a moving ball the target to aim at? No. Philip
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OhLook THREAD STARTER insufferably pedantic. I can live with that. 24,932 posts Gallery: 105 photos Best ofs: 2 Likes: 16374 Joined Dec 2012 Location: California: SF Bay Area More info | Dec 07, 2016 20:31 | #8634 Is this a croquet mallet? PRONOUN ADVISORY: OhLook is a she. | Comments welcome
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Nogo POTN record for # of posts during "Permanent Ban" 9,195 posts Gallery: 17 photos Likes: 685 Joined Dec 2013 Location: All Along the Natchez Trace (Clinton, MS) More info | Dec 07, 2016 21:34 | #8635 OhLook wrote in post #18206565 Is this a croquet mallet? Yes, it is a croquet mallet.  _C8A9120.jpg by Philip, on FlickrAnd a view of the whole mallet.  _C8A9124.jpg by Philip, on FlickrAs a side note, the history of this item is quite interesting if you read up on it. The old game that croquet developed from was pall-mall. This came from the Latin words "palla" (ball) and "malleus" (mallet or hammer.) This is interesting because the courts where this game was played later became parks where shopping occurred. So the reason we call some shopping centers "malls" is because pall-mall courts often became shopping centers after the playing of pall-mall quit being popular. Philip
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Dec 07, 2016 22:37 | #8636 Nogo wrote in post #18206592 Yes, it is a croquet mallet. Here is the view of the where the macro was taken not cropped in so closely. _C8A9120.jpg by Philip, on FlickrAnd a view of the whole mallet. _C8A9124.jpg by Philip, on FlickrAs a side note, the history of this item is quite interesting if you read up on it. The old game that croquet developed from was pall-mall. This came from the Latin words "palla" (ball) and "malleus" (mallet or hammer.) This is interesting because the courts where this game was played later became parks where shopping occurred. So the reason we call some shopping centers "malls" is because pall-mall courts often became shopping centers after the playing of pall-mall quit being popular.
Eric
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OhLook THREAD STARTER insufferably pedantic. I can live with that. 24,932 posts Gallery: 105 photos Best ofs: 2 Likes: 16374 Joined Dec 2012 Location: California: SF Bay Area More info | Dec 07, 2016 23:00 | #8637 That was a stumper for quite a while. Good choice of mystery object. Just before the end, I was thinking: why should ball-game equipment be painted in vivid colors like that? For high visibility? That's not the reason in this case, but it got me to a visual memory of croquet from long ago.  Image hosted by forum (828444) © OhLook [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. PRONOUN ADVISORY: OhLook is a she. | Comments welcome
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hqqns When the frick did I get this new title and why? More info | Dec 07, 2016 23:01 | #8638 I'm guessing some people eat this? subby
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OhLook THREAD STARTER insufferably pedantic. I can live with that. 24,932 posts Gallery: 105 photos Best ofs: 2 Likes: 16374 Joined Dec 2012 Location: California: SF Bay Area More info | Dec 07, 2016 23:04 | #8639 hqqns wrote in post #18206664 I'm guessing some people eat this? Yes, they do. PRONOUN ADVISORY: OhLook is a she. | Comments welcome
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hqqns When the frick did I get this new title and why? More info | Dec 07, 2016 23:11 | #8640 I'm guessing it comes out of water but I don't eat anything that does so I don't actually know what it is. subby
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