low_delta | useless crap

You would not believe the crap I have in my basement.

Sad candles.

Old soda bottles.

Yes, I'm aware that most people wouldn't consider this stuff to be crap, really. It's just that I only have it because I think it's cool, not because it's useful for anything.

No idea. Mike? Central Scientific Company, Catalog No. 81335.

A chainmail tie. Too small to wear. And heavy. It's made of steel fence wire.

Horns. I got these from a friend, many years ago. His grandfather was a bus driver. I've never even gotten around to figuring out if these work, let alone putting them in my car.

1960-something Chrysler Imperial hubcap.

The adult game of skill, Lawn Darts!

Military surplus. Those armies get the coolest stuff. I don't remember whose army this belonged to, or how old it is.

I believe it was an ammunition case. It's got a long strap to go over the shoulder and hang at the waist. It's got several pockets for ammo and a cleaning kit.

I picked this light up at a rummage sale for $5. I think it's pretty cool. I don't think I have a place to put this.

Metal box.

Nightmare Before Christmas (Beach?) Party Pac for eight.

65 pieces: napkins, noisemakers, loot bags, plates, cups, hats, tablecloth.

I love how the shapes of the characters suit the shapes of the pieces.

My little pencil collection.

Petrified wood. I've got lots of cool rocks.

Five-band radio. It's in pretty good shape just needs to be cleaned up... before I... throw it away...

I love the little Wile-E-Coyote punching bag thingy.

My Die cast Ertl Rush truck.

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Have a yard sale in the spring.

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I love the spiral Squirt bottle. And the little squirt on the label.

The scientific thing is definitely an experimental/demo thing for educational purposes.

Maybe Beach is the company name?

I wouldn't want to do a white elephant exchange. I'd rather keep my own crap than get someone else's. But then I would have no trouble throwing someone else's crap away. But now that you mention it, Christmas is coming up. Heh heh heh.

It's not nearly as much crap as I have to deal with at work these days. Anyway, about the CENCO product, you might find something related here (although nothing came up for 81355): http://www.cencophysics.com/selective-experiments-in-physics/a/540/
At least you might contact them...

"Selective Experiments in Physics

Cenco's Selective Experiments in Physics (SEP's)

From the 1940s through the 1970s, Cenco (later known as Central Scientific) published 298 selective science experiments geared to college physics courses. Of course, the firm hoped instructors would purchase Cenco lab equipment to conduct the experiments, but the directions, diagrams, and photographs provided invaluable assistance to any physics instructor."

Topics include Mechanics, Heat, Light, Electricity, Sound, Nuclear Physics, and General Instructions. From the photocopies foreword: Clearly written with diagrams, illustrations and mathematical formulas.

To start, click on the letter that the experiment starts with.

Ooh, this page is so close, but no cigar:
http://sargentwelch.com/operating-instructions/a/8/

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serendipity.livejournal.com - Date: 2010-12-08 06:35 am (UTC) - Expand

There weren't enough pictures to go on. Thanks anyway.

That's a neat lot of crap though!

Fun stuff, really.
:)
Lawn Darts! We had those when I was a kid. That was before people freaked out about everything being dangerous.
:P
We had a radio very similar to that one many many MANY years ago.

Glass pop bottles! Talk about vintage.
:)

We coulda played at our party last year, but there were a lot of people around.

I'm guessing the Squirt bottle is from the fifties. Most of the rest of my bottles are from the sixties.

too cool.... the lawn darts alone are probably worth a ton.

Squirt...YUM!!!

I have two sets (http://pics.livejournal.com/low_delta/pic/00162seb)!

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You could bring in a couple hundred dollars if you sold these on Ebay. Some of this is really cool.

Not sure what Lawn Darts are going for these days, or what my truck would fetch, but otherwise, I only see a couple bucks each.

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likethebeer.livejournal.com - Date: 2010-12-09 01:52 am (UTC) - Expand

That is REALLY COOL useless crap! I know that it would sell well on e-Bay. Or keep it! Some of it does or will have, value!

Robert doesn't think that's an ammo case, but who knows? Post the pictures on Facebook. People will know for sure.

Geeze! Don't throw those things away! Seriously! They would sell, or at least most of it.

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I am just itching to throw all that stuff away and it isn't even mine.

LOL!! Wanna come over?

I have lots of this sort of stuff too, but nothing entertaining enough to post.

Points arising:

Two British Indy 500 winners just after I was born - surely can't be a coincidence?
The Central Scientific Company thing is to prove that you can't use a piece of wood as a battery - see how the bulb doesn't light?
The chain mail tie only requires a small length of string to be wearable
Stubby pencils are the best - I have one beside me now
Have you seen the human roadrunner video?

:-)

I love knowing what the 10, 2 and 4 on the Dr Pepper bottle stand for.

Those are the times of day to drink Dr. Pepper to keep your vim and vigor up!

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That is AWESOME crap!

pamelonian would KILL for those genuine Lawn Darts.

They were ours from when I was a kid. I also found a set in the top of our shed, when I redid the roof last year.
http://pics.livejournal.com/low_delta/pic/00162seb

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zitronenhai.livejournal.com - Date: 2010-12-09 02:14 am (UTC) - Expand

I asked John if he knew what the central scientific company thing was. He looked at it for a long time and said, "a toaster." LOL!

Maybe. ;-)

Aw. Somehow, this stuff makes you cute. Hoard-y, but not in a dangerous or gross way. *snort* Clearing away all the clutter now is good, though.

I keep too much stuff, but I wouldn't call it an obsession.

But keep in mind, I'm showing you the "cool" stuff. ;-)

You could probably make quite a few bucks from some of that stuff (maybe not the candles though, hehe).

I actually really like the pencil collection! Is it for sale? I like my pencils to be really sharp, and I would always over-sharpen them all the time until they ended up being little nubs like those. Now I use mechanical pencils. :)

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For sale? Maybe. :-)

Hmm.
Catalog No. 81335.

I bet as you rock the switch thingy back and forth, the plates inside the bulb alternatively glow.

hmm.. alternatively it could be the wooden handle is a switch and the two plates are part of a voltage / oscilation indicator...

in any case, if you apply AC I bet the plates glow alternatively, etc

Since I specifically asked you, I could have provided a description...

The pointy thing is made of that fiber/resin insulating stuff. It separates two plates of some transparent material, that are wrapped in foil. A single wire leads to it, but I'm not sure exactly what's under the yellow tape - not sure exactly where it contacts.

I'll have to take a closer look at the bulb thingy.

What's the worst that could happen if I hooked up the two screws on the left of the bulb, and plugged it into the wall?

same pic (http://pics.livejournal.com/low_delta/pic/0027f5y0)

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Oh - the metal box is for radio tubes - in England, called valves.

I was not aware of that. Thanks! Valves for electricity.

OH!! YOU ALREADY DID A PICTURE POST!

DO NOT do you hear me? DO NOT get rid of your three bottles. IN the garden they need to go. Ok, the nascar can go if need be, but the squirt and DP originals are... well special. Upend them on some type of pole... my preference would be copper, but that is just me, and let them SHINE.

The light fixture as it is in the garden, to let the sun splinter on it. The horn mounted on something and the chain mail tie hanging from a tree.

DO NOT take the truck out of the package unless you mean to keep it. Otherwise sell it.

Road runner and Wil E Coyote are adorable... but what to DO with them?

The petrified wood would be a GREAT foot rest in front of a bench, depending on how big it is. The hubcap... my mother is a fan of them lining the wall of a house to reflect light.

My personal thought on the lawn darts is either sell it in the original package, or take them out and sink them in wooden posts and use them as a "fence or barrier" in the garden. CUTE stuff.

Cool stuff. So... where is the stainless??? AND COPPER??? AND BRASS???

I have to find a venue to sell things. The truck is definitely saleable.

The Indy and Squirt bottles won't go outside (saleable), but the rest of my bottles could. I'll let you know.

The pet wood is small - fits in your hand. I already have a bunch of geodes outside (have you seen them?), but I found another stash of them.

All my copper and brass is just waste items. The stainless is sprockets.

Not a bad idea for the light fixture. Not a bad idea about the horn. I might do that if it doesn't work.

I don't think I could do that to the lawn darts. Especially since the sets are complete. But I need to sell them.

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