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« on: March 28, 2010, 08:47:48 pm » |
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Following the off-hand suggestion of Miss Emily Ladybird's companion, I give you, for your distraction Mr Milton Bradley's Patented Gravitationally Descendant Distraction. |
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J. Wilhelm
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« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2010, 03:06:33 am » |
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Good show. I say, this looks like it has a very interesting construction, but I can't make out how (or what of) your wondrous device is built!
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HighPrior
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« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2010, 03:54:47 am » |
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Mouse Trap?
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J. Wilhelm
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« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2010, 05:12:10 am » |
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You mean, as if the mice stare at it, and become so distracted that the cat can get to them?  |
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Herr Döktor
Gadgeteer, Contraptionist, and Inventor, FVSS
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Master Tinkerer
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Herr Döktor, and friend.
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« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2010, 06:11:44 am » |
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I believe that trying to work out the pedigree of this device may well lead to ones Downfall...  Nice work Mr the Troll! |
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Alexis Voltaire
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« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2010, 07:06:37 am » |
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Perhaps those little round numbered things in the jar get carried around in the three slots in the wheels in some manner?
I see a hole behind one slot in the topmost wheel, where those little numbers might enter the system. And two changeable wheels with different numbers of slots.
Is it some sort of calculating engine?
Either way it's very nice looking.
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"She used to look down on me. She used to call me "Rimmer."
"Everybody called you "Rimmer."
"Well, it's the way she said it, though. Rimmer. Rimmer. To rhyme with 'Scum." - Red Dwarf
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Dave the Troll
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« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2010, 09:39:22 am » |
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It may be pointed out that the real Milton Bradley founded a company based on his initials.
I'm guessing that the output of this company is not the same in the Colonies as it is in Blighty, despite Mr Bradley being Maine born and bred. Otherwise I believe that the form of this wondrous distractive device would be instantly recognised.
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J. Wilhelm
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« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2010, 10:06:53 am » |
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Goodness gracious, my good man! If this is the same Bradley we're talking about, then the issue is not about different products in the colonies and GB... I'm just getting old! Really old! |
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Dave the Troll
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« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2010, 10:11:27 am » |
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Goodness gracious, my good man! If this is the same Bradley we're talking about, then the issue is not about different products in the colonies and GB... I'm just getting old! Really old! Yeah, that happens. Then you produce children and the mindset becomes young again. |
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J. Wilhelm
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« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2010, 10:43:33 am » |
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Ha ha ha ha...in that case (given my lonely state), then I'm doomed to stay old and grouchy like Mr. Scrooge!
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« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2010, 09:28:04 pm » |
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That really is very fine, Mr Troll |
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Dave the Troll
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« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2010, 11:01:38 pm » |
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The prototype box design. Constructive comments and witty catchphrases gratefully received.  If I make it to Papplewick next Monday, I hope to acquire some "action" photos to replace the bubbles on this.  |
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Dr cornelius quack
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« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2010, 11:34:16 pm » |
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The perfect way to exercise your 'COG'nitive abilities.
The Science Museum are going to be really mad when they find a bit of the difference engine missing.
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