The lawn roller is not for when you don't want to cut the grass. It would be mush easier to push a lawnmower than a 250 lb roller. It is used in the spring when the ground has a lot of water in the soil to give the yard a smooth appearance by getting rid of the bumps and unevenness.
The Tiffany silver piece isn’t a drink muddler, it’s a sterling silver rotary phone dialer so ladies could keep their manicure and fingers clean. The ball end fit into the rotary dial fingerholes. Very specific to an era and kind of frivolous, that’s probably why grandma was making her guess what it’s use was for.
Thanks! I figure if it's a Sterling silver tool sold by Tiffany's, it's most likely something "frivolous". My family didn't have heirlooms from Tiffany, my favorite "heirlooms" tend to have "Craftsman" cast into the handle and came from good ol' Sears & Roebuck, Granddaddy's favorite store and my Dad's first job in 1930s Depression. They owned a farm, but my dad had a hobby building and fixing radios from an early age. He got paid between 15 and 25 cents for repairing radios for Sears that were customer returns. He joined the army in WWII at age 17, they found he had radio electronics skills, so they put him to work installing sonar on submarines in Hawaii. After the war, he became a radio engineer at Austin, TX's KVET, a station owned and operated by veterans. He earned his Master's degree in electrical engineering, went to work as a microwave communications engineer at Collins Radio for the next 40 years. One highlight of his work there was being part of the team that built the radios that went inside the astronauts' spacesuits for the Apollo missions. I was about 30 when I found out about this (his brother told me), so I asked him if he helped create the radio through which those historic words were spoken, "That's One Small Step For Man..." Daddy blushed and said, "Oh, I might have twiddled a few of the same knobs as Mr. Armstrong". My advice to everyone who still has parents and grandparents is to listen to their memories and ask questions! They witnessed history first hand, just as we are doing now. There's so much I wish I could ask my dad, and my mom, about now. As a child I didn't appreciate all that my grandfather experienced in his 88 years. He was born in 1882. He saw the birth of automobiles, and he watched the news coverage of the lunar landing in 1969 with us. He told my brother and I the story of when he was a young man and read a newspaper article that claimed two brothers with a bicycle shop built a machine that flew, and that at first most people thought it was a hoax!
This exact piece is featured in the film “Breakfast At Tiffany’s “ when Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) and Paul Varjak (George Peppard) are looking around Tiffany’s for something under $10.
I’m sure that’s exactly what it is - a rotary phone dialer! I’m wondering just how many people watching this video habe no c,ue abiut rotary phones😊😊😊 I still kind of miss the sound they made!!!
I've seen lawn rollers before, so I recognized it, but this one appears to be home-made. Pretty smart! i guessed the ashtray, and see that it's probably military issue. i wish I could find a kettle trivet like that! The wrought iron and brass have a lovely look.
❤those clip on ash trays are the ones we used in the Post Office. They would clip to your case ledge. There’s no smoking now in the PO so probably a lot went to a surplus govt auction
The cacuzza squash is kinda like if you cross bred zucchini and cucumber, then fed it steroids. They grow best when their vines are trained up over a lattice or gazebo.
The lawn roller is not for when you don't want to cut the grass. It would be mush easier to push a lawnmower than a 250 lb roller. It is used in the spring when the ground has a lot of water in the soil to give the yard a smooth appearance by getting rid of the bumps and unevenness.
It’s also used to collapse the raised ground caused by tunneling moles and gophers.
Particularly useful for preparing a croquet or lawn bowls lawn.
Thanks for the comment - I didn’t believe the story about it being a grass roller!
Or general landscaping, the ones I've seen have an empty metal drum, you put it where you want it and fill it with water for the weight.
The Tiffany silver piece isn’t a drink muddler, it’s a sterling silver rotary phone dialer so ladies could keep their manicure and fingers clean. The ball end fit into the rotary dial fingerholes. Very specific to an era and kind of frivolous, that’s probably why grandma was making her guess what it’s use was for.
Thanks! I figure if it's a Sterling silver tool sold by Tiffany's, it's most likely something "frivolous".
My family didn't have heirlooms from Tiffany, my favorite "heirlooms" tend to have "Craftsman" cast into the handle and came from good ol' Sears & Roebuck, Granddaddy's favorite store and my Dad's first job in 1930s Depression.
They owned a farm, but my dad had a hobby building and fixing radios from an early age. He got paid between 15 and 25 cents for repairing radios for Sears that were customer returns. He joined the army in WWII at age 17, they found he had radio electronics skills, so they put him to work installing sonar on submarines in Hawaii. After the war, he became a radio engineer at Austin, TX's KVET, a station owned and operated by veterans. He earned his Master's degree in electrical engineering, went to work as a microwave communications engineer at Collins Radio for the next 40 years.
One highlight of his work there was being part of the team that built the radios that went inside the astronauts' spacesuits for the Apollo missions. I was about 30 when I found out about this (his brother told me), so I asked him if he helped create the radio through which those historic words were spoken, "That's One Small Step For Man..." Daddy blushed and said, "Oh, I might have twiddled a few of the same knobs as Mr. Armstrong".
My advice to everyone who still has parents and grandparents is to listen to their memories and ask questions! They witnessed history first hand, just as we are doing now. There's so much I wish I could ask my dad, and my mom, about now. As a child I didn't appreciate all that my grandfather experienced in his 88 years. He was born in 1882. He saw the birth of automobiles, and he watched the news coverage of the lunar landing in 1969 with us. He told my brother and I the story of when he was a young man and read a newspaper article that claimed two brothers with a bicycle shop built a machine that flew, and that at first most people thought it was a hoax!
That must be it. Thanks @Spleenzinsomnia!
This exact piece is featured in the film “Breakfast At Tiffany’s “ when Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) and Paul Varjak (George Peppard) are looking around Tiffany’s for something under $10.
I’m sure that’s exactly what it is - a rotary phone dialer! I’m wondering just how many people watching this video habe no c,ue abiut rotary phones😊😊😊 I still kind of miss the sound they made!!!
@@sandybruce9092 I still have a 1940’s rotary phone that works. During a hurricane we had the only working phone for weeks.
I've seen lawn rollers before, so I recognized it, but this one appears to be home-made. Pretty smart!
i guessed the ashtray, and see that it's probably military issue.
i wish I could find a kettle trivet like that! The wrought iron and brass have a lovely look.
Regarding the egg without a shell, you can duplicate it by putting a raw egg into a glass of vinegar or pure lemon juice and waiting a day or two.
Some of the “answers” are proper nonsense! 😂😂😂
❤those clip on ash trays are the ones we used in the Post Office. They would clip to your case ledge. There’s no smoking now in the PO so probably a lot went to a surplus govt auction
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5:40 - John Holmes?
At 4:28, I suspect this is not an egg, but rather a stinkhorn mushroom. Had one similar in my own yard, so I had to look it up.
only marking were a warning about Shrinkage
I bet George Costanza wished he had a tattoo of that 🤣
The cacuzza squash is kinda like if you cross bred zucchini and cucumber, then fed it steroids. They grow best when their vines are trained up over a lattice or gazebo.
👁👁 9:49
I think the 4th item is actually a coffee filter separator. I have one. Magnet is for fridge attachment. :)
No. You can see the blade. The filter separators I've seen have rubber tips and flex sideways.