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Current News & Events / "What Is It?" Part 12

« on: March 21, 2011, 08:24:23 AM »

Metal. The handle is about 10-12 inches long. What is it?

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Current News & Events / What Is It? Part 11

« on: March 20, 2011, 08:40:38 AM »

Metal. Base is 4-5 inches. Maybe 6-7 inches tall. Hollow on the inside and underneath. What is it?

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Current News & Events / "What Is It?" Part 10

« on: March 19, 2011, 08:08:02 AM »

Wood. Probably 6-8 inches long. Person who brought it uses it to mash up crackers. What is it really?

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Current News & Events / "What Is It?" Part 9

« on: March 18, 2011, 08:06:43 AM »

Metal. Top flips up. The bottom has a jagged ridge. What is it?

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Current News & Events / "What Is It?" Part 8

« on: March 17, 2011, 08:49:49 AM »

Two small items. About 4 inches long. Wood handles. Round metal ends. What is it?

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Current News & Events / "What Is It?" Part 7

« on: March 16, 2011, 08:11:08 AM »

Wooden handle, aluminum top that rolls. What is it?

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Current News & Events / "What Is It?" Part 6

« on: March 15, 2011, 08:43:58 AM »

We had two of these Sunday night. Different length handles, 2-3 feet long. Metal, non flexible ends.





What are they?

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Current News & Events / "What Is It?" Part 5

« on: March 13, 2011, 10:17:39 PM »

Part 5

Small item, metal, measuring about 2 and 1/2 inches in length, shaped like a fish.


The mouth part is open, and hollow, with a small rod protruding from it's throat.

In all honesty, we weren't quite sure what it was.

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Current News & Events / "What Is It?" Answers- Parts 1-4

« on: March 13, 2011, 10:09:31 PM »

Part 1

This is a heckle, used, to separate fibers, or seed from plants like linseed.

Part 2

This hooks onto the top portion of bib overalls to hang a bag to pick beans, or vegetables out of a garden, or apples out of a tree.

Part 3

A basket for soap chips to use to make suds for washing dishes.

Part4

Multi-use item-Pot scrubber, bottom layer to place canning jars on, or putting a pot on a table.

Thank you to everyone who played! Look for more "What Is It?" items daily. We have a few more!

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Pictures of the Day 3/12/11 Selected Front Pages

« on: March 12, 2011, 11:35:46 PM »

Sunday March 13, 2011
Pictures of the Day

Selected Front Pages from the Newseum Website


Hawaii


NY Daily News


NY Post


Stars & Stripes

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Current News & Events / REMINDER:Fairfax Historical Society Meeting Sunday

« on: March 12, 2011, 09:17:03 AM »

Just a reminder that the Fairfax Historical Society will be meeting Sunday March 13th at 6:30pm in the Fairfax Community Library. The program will be "What Is It?" With changes in technology and engineering, certain tools and household items have become obsolete. People are encouraged to bring such items in so everyone can guess what the item was used for back in the day.
I will be taking pictures of the items and will post pictures next week, so everyone can guess "What is it?".
Public is invited to attend. For more information, call 849-6638.


Three museum pieces that will be on display Sunday evening.

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Picture of the Day 3/12/11 First Earthquake Headline

« on: March 11, 2011, 11:56:29 PM »

Saturday March 12, 2011
Picture of the Day

The first headline about the earthquake and tsunami was an Hawaiian paper.

What A Day

Spent most of the day on the couch watching CNN and KTLA on the satillite dish. The video of the devastaion is incredible. I watched live on KTLA as murky brown water churned and arrived in Southern California.
Many dead. Many more missing. Two nuclear reactors cannot be cooled down. The radiation level around one is 1000 times what it should be.
Should be interesting to see the headlines Saturday.
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/default.asp

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Current News & Events / More Pictures from The Storm

« on: March 07, 2011, 05:52:26 PM »

What does it say when you can remember the top four worst snowstorms in Vermont? You are old.


The snow has to come off Parsons porch roof. I don't know where I am going to put it.

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Current News & Events / A Couple of Storm Pictures

« on: March 07, 2011, 12:53:44 PM »

Taken at around 9am. Someone left their car down by the bike path. Must be they couldn't make it up the hill.


Neighbor's front door, before I shoveled.


After I shoveled.

I will try to get out this afternoon and get some more.

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Current News & Events / Early March 6th Storm Photos

« on: March 06, 2011, 12:15:58 PM »

Mill Brook has opened up.






All the ice from Mill Brook is now on the ice on the Lamoille River.


And it's supposed to get worse.