Who / What / Where Game

[Jimbuna]

Berlin?

[u crank]

Berlin?

No.

[Jimbuna]

Former East Germany?

[u crank]

Former East Germany?

No.

[Catfish]

An old classic antique building, or rather classicism/neo-classicism?

[u crank]

An old classic building, or rather neo-classicism?

It is old but not neo-classicism.

[Catfish]

Thanks :03:
Religious context?

[u crank]

Thanks :03:
Religious context?

No.

[Aktungbby]

in the Balkans?

[u crank]

in the Balkans?

No.

Post #15998. :D

[Aktungbby]

Belgium?

[Catfish]

Belgium?
In the borders of 1942 ? :O:
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2731036&postcount=15998

[u crank]

In the borders of 1942 ?

Yes.

[u crank]

Belgium?

Not Belgium.

[Jimbuna]

A former government building?

[u crank]

A former government building?

No.

[Jimbuna]

A connection with the arts?

[u crank]

A connection with the arts?

There is a connection.

[Jimbuna]

A former theatre/venue?

[u crank]

A former theatre/venue?

No.

[Jimbuna]

Military connection?

[u crank]

Military connection?

No.

[Aktungbby]

is the public charged an admission fee?

[u crank]

is the public charged an admission fee?

Yes there are tours. An admission fee is charged.

[Jimbuna]

Former University?

[u crank]

Former University?

No.

[Jimbuna]

Mind you, don't go mad and give too many clues away :)

[Aktungbby]

Having looked at "Balustraded buildings of Touring Germany:Kaleun_Sleep:: Post WWII?

[u crank]

Mind you, don't go mad and give too many clues away :)

Ok then. This structure was built partly in honour of a famous composer.

[mapuc]

Austria ?

Markus

[u crank]

Austria ?

Markus

Germany.

[Aktungbby]

in a major German city?

[Buddahaid]

Not theater venue, perhaps opera house?

[u crank]

in a major German city?

No.

Not theater venue, perhaps opera house?

No.

[Jimbuna]

Wagner?

[u crank]

Wagner?

Yes.

[Jimbuna]

I know you stated it wasn't an opera house but I'll ask anyway.....Bayreuth Festspielhau?

[u crank]

I know you stated it wasn't an opera house but I'll ask anyway.....Bayreuth Festspielhau?

No.

[Jimbuna]

I feel a bit of a fraudster posting Neuschwanstein Castle?

If it is correct I'll pass over to the rightful winner.

[u crank]

I feel a bit of a fraudster posting Neuschwanstein Castle?

If it is correct I'll pass over to the rightful winner.

Yes. I saw his post and was about to answer when it was deleted. Catfish guessed right. Not at home right now but Neuschwanstein Castle is the correct answer.

Over to you Catfish.

[Jimbuna]

Good move :salute:

[Aktungbby]

I feel a bit of a fraudster posting Neuschwanstein Castle?

If it is correct I'll pass over to the rightful winner. NO NO! Precedent establishes policy: lurking is perfectly acceptable!:shucks: A retracted post is a retracted post. Jimbuna takes it!:O: I had seen that castle under "touring sites in Germany" but missed the balustraded portico.:Kaleun_Mad::wah:

[Catfish]

Nah i withdraw, i was a hundred percent sure it was not Neuschwanstein, so i wanted to post another proposal :haha: My fault, Jim takes it i say! :salute:

[u crank]

Nah i withdraw, i was a hundred percent sure it was not Neuschwanstein, so i wanted to post another proposal :haha: My fault, Jim takes it i say! :salute:

So be it, but I actually saw your post and before I could answer it was gone.

https://i.imgur.com/OeY7KEM.jpg?1

I guess you're up Jim. :salute:

[Jimbuna]

Okay then....what is this?

https://i.postimg.cc/T1v6pxXf/kkkk.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[u crank]

Are those bricks?

[Eichhörnchen]

Cadbury's Dairy Milk

[Jimbuna]

Are those bricks?

Not bricks.

[Jimbuna]

Cadbury's Dairy Milk

I wish:)

[Buddahaid]

Interesting that the rectangles get progressively shorter from left to right.

Is this a building?

[Jimbuna]

It is not a building.

[skidman]

Composite armour?

[Jimbuna]

Composite armour?

Close as in, it is metal.

[skidman]

Stationary?

[Eichhörnchen]

Does it have wheels?

[Jimbuna]

Stationary?

Most definitely.

[Jimbuna]

Does it have wheels?

No, it is definitely stationary and fixed in place.

Clue: I've been there.

[Catfish]

An art object? :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

An art object? :hmmm:

Yes

[Aktungbby]

in an English museum?

[Jimbuna]

in an English museum?

Not in an English museum.

[Eichhörnchen]

Created before the 1800s?

[Jimbuna]

Created before the 1800s?

No and younger than you.

[Catfish]

In England?

[Eichhörnchen]

The Angel of The North

[Buddahaid]

The Angel of The North

Looks more like Icarus meets a sailplane. :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

Looks more like Icarus meets a sailplane. :arrgh!:

:)

In England?

Yep and only a few mile from me.

The Angel of The North

Most definitely :up:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_the_North

https://i.postimg.cc/W1SHfrzr/fffffff.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Over to Glynn :salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/Gvrk6Ht.jpg This gets many visitors each year... what is it?

[Jimbuna]

The roof of a building?

[u crank]

Is it in England?

[Eichhörnchen]

@ Jim: that is indeed a roof

@ Marcel: I don't know whether this is in the US but you could probably find similar ones elsewhere with some local modifications, such as painting; I expect there will be others almost identical to this one

[Jimbuna]

A public toilet?

[Eichhörnchen]

Nope, although some undesirables may use it that way at times

[u crank]

Is it a place where you would buy something?

[Jimbuna]

A respite/safe haven building/shelter out in the wilds?

[Eichhörnchen]

@ Marcel: no

@ Jim: kind of hit the right note... but who for in particular?

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/f6ENmnP.jpg A bit more to look at

[Catfish]

I take it it is built for humans? :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

No, it is not :)

[Jimbuna]

Squirrels?

[Eichhörnchen]

Catfish took his eye off the ball for just a few seconds there :haha:

https://i.imgur.com/urwWY01.jpg Over to you, Jim

[Catfish]

@ Eichhörnchen you !"§$% :wah: :haha:
Bird feeder?

edit too late hehe
edit2 Don't let my wife see this, i foresee cities of squirrel homes being erected in the garden

[Eichhörnchen]

^:har::har: It does look kind of cosy though

[Jimbuna]

@ Eichhörnchen you !"§$% :wah: :haha:
Bird feeder?

edit too late hehe
edit2 Don't let my wife see this, i foresee cities of squirrel homes being erected in the garden

:har:

[Jimbuna]

Okay then, what is this?

https://i.postimg.cc/cJyX0gB9/gggggg.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[mapuc]

If my eyes doesn't deceive me I would say the picture show part of a ship.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

If my eyes doesn't deceive me I would say the picture show part of a ship.

Markus

And you would be correct Markus.

[Aktungbby]

British warshipship?

[Jimbuna]

British warshipship?

Afraid not.

[mapuc]

Civilian ?

Markus

[u crank]

Is it a warship?

[Jimbuna]

Civilian ?

Markus

Yes

[Jimbuna]

Is it a warship?

Sorry Marcel, I didn't notice your post initially but no, not a warship but rather a civilian.

[mapuc]

The word Mediterranean Sea pops up in my head.

Markus

[Catfish]

A freighter?

[Aktungbby]

British warshipship?

Afraid not.

Civilian ?

Markus

A freighter?just to clear the decks:D...'not a warship ' but could it be an armed merchant?

[Jimbuna]

The word Mediterranean Sea pops up in my head.

Markus

I'm of the belief she never went into the Mediterranean.

[Jimbuna]

A freighter?

just to clear the decks:D...'not a warship ' but could it be an armed merchant?

Not a freighter but I've just read that she was in fact armed (not an armed merchant) and did actually serve in the country of her builders navy.....sorry :oops:

[Buddahaid]

Not a freighter but armed. That makes me want to call it a converted passenger ship as a troop transport. Is it a troop transport?

[Jimbuna]

Not a freighter but armed. That makes me want to call it a converted passenger ship as a troop transport. Is it a troop transport?

Not a troop transport.

[u crank]

Is it an American ship?

[Jimbuna]

Just to recap after my unforgiveable bout of stupidity.

A ship

Not British

An armed warship

No connection with the Mediterranean (as far as I'm aware)

Not a freighter, troop transport or armed merchant

[Jimbuna]

Is it an American ship?

Crossed posts.

Yes she is American and well known in maritime circles I believe.

[Aktungbby]

Used in WWII?

[Jimbuna]

Used in WWII?

Nope

[Aktungbby]

after WWII?

[Jimbuna]

after WWII?

Earlier

[Eichhörnchen]

USS Olympia?

[Aktungbby]

SS Kroonland? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/SS_Kroonland%2C_rear%2C_Nov_1917.jpg

[Jimbuna]

USS Olympia?

SS Kroonland? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/SS_Kroonland%2C_rear%2C_Nov_1917.jpg

Neither but the ship in question does start 'USS' and Kroonland is headed in the right direction.

CLUE: There was a fictional book written about her.

[Buddahaid]

Q ship? I think those were all British but it's worth a stab.

[Jimbuna]

Q ship? I think those were all British but it's worth a stab.

Much bigger.

[Aktungbby]

used in WW I?

[Catfish]

USS Pastores? :hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

Used in WWII?

Nope

USS Pastores? :hmmm:Already considered; but aUSS Pastores was also used in WWII....:hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

my guess would be USS Leviathon originally built as Vaterland but commandeered at start of WWI and the subject of a novel: The Great Rescue.

[Jimbuna]

used in WW I?

Yes

[Jimbuna]

USS Pastores? :hmmm:

No but you are getting warm.

my guess would be USS Leviathon originally built as Vaterland but commandeered at start of WWI and the subject of a novel: The Great Rescue.

Not a liner and not as fast.

[Buddahaid]

my guess would be USS Leviathon originally built as Vaterland but commandeered at start of WWI and the subject of a novel: The Great Rescue.

Wiki lists her as a troop ship. :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

BIG CLUE: The title of the fictional book is the name of the ship.

[Aktungbby]

is the ship a German built war internee vessel commandeered by the US Navy?

[Catfish]

After doing some research on the matter it seems that the US and England have captured all german civilian vessels from WW1 to 1939 .. i had already heard that Albert Ballin, german ship owner of the HAPAG and Lloyd had committed suicide after his big, fast passenger liners were all commandeered (does one say so?) to the Entente, and later just confiscated in the harbours they happened to be.
Still, i have no clue about this special one :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

is the ship a German built war internee vessel commandeered by the US Navy?

Afraid not.

This vessel was US built.

CLUE: East coast in one of the largest populated cities.

[Aktungbby]

Was the novelist also an American?

[u crank]

Was this book ever made into a movie?

[Jimbuna]

Was the novelist also an American?

Yes

[Jimbuna]

Was this book ever made into a movie?

Not as far as I'm aware.

[Aktungbby]

was the shipyard at New York?

[Jimbuna]

was the shipyard at New York?

Getting warmer.

[Aktungbby]

Boston?

[Jimbuna]

Not Boston :)

Clue: You've gone too far north.

[Aktungbby]

PHILLY?

[Jimbuna]

Yes

Clue: Not the only one of her class.

[Jimbuna]

As in a sailing ship?

If so, no.

[Aktungbby]

^ as in cargo carrier: steam driven?

[Jimbuna]

2 x Steam turbine engines

I can see someone suddenly turning up and pinching this after you've led them to the 'promised land' :)

[Aktungbby]

one stack ? ( my brother lives in Philly and I've driven eighteen wheelers there. It is not the promised land....that's a tad to the west; in Amish country!):arrgh!:

[u crank]

I can see someone suddenly turning up and pinching this after you've led them to the 'promised land' :)

That's the plan. :D

[Catfish]

Just go on ..

[Aktungbby]

USS Cyclops which Clive Cussler wrote about in the fictional book Cyclops. The actual collier Cyclops disappeared with all hands; one of four ships in her class. I found it by posting: "novel based on William Cramp & Sons ships" ...that company being one of three Philly ship builder. Two of Cyclops's sister ships, Proteus and Nereus, vanished at sea during World War II. Both ships were transporting heavy loads of metallic ore similar to that which was loaded on Cyclops(manganese) during her fatal voyage. In both cases, their loss was theorized to have been the result of catastrophic structural failure, but a more outlandish theory attributes all three vessels' disappearances to the Bermuda Triangle https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/USS_Cyclops_in_Hudson_River_19111003.jpg

[Catfish]

May well be it! I had it on the radar before but dismissed it, i falsely thought it was used between the wars but indeed no post mentions this :haha:

[Jimbuna]

Yep, the USS Cyclops and the next clue would have been 'you'll find her in GWX'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cyclops_(AC-4)

https://i.postimg.cc/kgd7tLzg/bermuda-triangle-mystery-what-happened-to-the-uss-cyclopss-featured-photo.jpg (https://postimg.cc/fJ5GGqMG)

Over to Little Vinnie Aktung :salute:

[Aktungbby]

Yep, the USS Cyclops and the next clue would have been 'you'll find her in GWX'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cyclops_(AC-4)

https://i.postimg.cc/kgd7tLzg/bermuda-triangle-mystery-what-happened-to-the-uss-cyclopss-featured-photo.jpg (https://postimg.cc/fJ5GGqMG)

Over to Little Vinnie Aktung :salute: ^That shade of blue and your adjective are the new normal!:O: What's this? https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11839

[Jimbuna]

A feathered bird?

[Aktungbby]

yes

[Jimbuna]

North American?

[Catfish]

A.. gasp .. Bluebird?

[Aktungbby]

North American? Nope

A.. gasp .. Bluebird? nope A...gasp .. even more amazing bird

[Catfish]

A blue peacock?

[Aktungbby]

nope

[Catfish]

A blue crowned pigeon?

[Aktungbby]

A blue crowned pigeon?nope

[Catfish]

European?

[Jimbuna]

African continent?

[mapuc]

I know one friend who most likely will give us the right answer.

This person is an educated zoologist(he has said this in another thread)

I myself does not know what kind of bird it is-beside it's beautiful

Markus

[Aktungbby]

European? nope; but there is one in Europe

African continent? nope

I know one friend who most likely will give us the right answer.

This person is an educated zoologist(he has said this in another thread)

I myself does not know what kind of bird it is-beside it's beautiful

Markus ODD U should mention him 'cause the only one in Europe is in his country... and it's been there since approx 1850. He
actually said he was a zoologist in this thread too!:D BIG HINT: its status is now switched from 'vulnerable' to 'data deficient'

[Eichhörnchen]

kookaburra?

[Jimbuna]

On the IUCN list?

[Aktungbby]

kookaburra? NOPE

On the IUCN list? YUP...and [big hint] you might have glimpsed it if you'd not been busy sunning yourself in the Malacca Strait aboard your Banks Line tramp steamer on an easterly course (ESE) toward the South China Sea and the Karimata Strait.:O:

[Eichhörnchen]

Some kind of bee eater?

[Jimbuna]

Black-Browed Babbler?

[Catfish]

Does it have a blue beak?

[Catfish]

Black-Browed Babbler?

Should be it, 'gone' for 170 years
What might be Asia’s longest-missing bird just came out of hiding. For the first time in 170 years, researchers reported last week that a black-browed babbler has been found in Indonesia. The discovery of the muted black, gray and chestnut-brown bird solves what an authoritative birding guide describes as “one of the great enigmas of Indonesian ornithology.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/science/bird-indonesia-babbler.html

[Jimbuna]

Should be it, 'gone' for 170 years
What might be Asia’s longest-missing bird just came out of hiding. For the first time in 170 years, researchers reported last week that a black-browed babbler has been found in Indonesia. The discovery of the muted black, gray and chestnut-brown bird solves what an authoritative birding guide describes as “one of the great enigmas of Indonesian ornithology.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/science/bird-indonesia-babbler.html

Tis a sad looking bugga :doh:

[Aktungbby]

WELL DONE Jimbuna! it is the Black Browed Babbler thought to be extinct but now seen on Borneo... I knew that Karamata Strait clue would give it away:D Over to U!:salute: 'Tis a sad lookin' bugger indeed> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.AVES.89412_-_Malacocincla_perspicillata_%28Bonaparte%2C_1850%2 9_-_Black-browed_Babbler_-_specimen_-_video.webm/220px--Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.AVES.89412_-_Malacocincla_perspicillata_%28Bonaparte%2C_1850%2 9_-_Black-browed_Babbler_-_specimen_-_video.webm.jpg < the one on display in Leiden, Holland....I thought our resident zoologist, Skidman, would
get it??!!

[Catfish]

I looked at some photos of the bird, but none looked anyway near to what you posted :doh: :haha:

[Jimbuna]

I looked at some photos of the bird, but none looked anyway near to what you posted :doh: :haha:

That's because you've probably never been to Borneo or sailed down the Karamata Strait :O:

It'll be in the morning now for something new.

[Aktungbby]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.AVES.89412_-_Malacocincla_perspicillata_%28Bonaparte%2C_1850%2 9_-_Black-browed_Babbler_-_specimen_-_video.webm/220px--Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.AVES.89412_-_Malacocincla_perspicillata_%28Bonaparte%2C_1850%2 9_-_Black-browed_Babbler_-_specimen_-_video.webm.jpg

That's because you've probably never been to Borneo or sailed down the Karamata Strait :O:

They don't call it 'dead reckoning' fer nuthin!:arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

What is this?

https://i.postimg.cc/4ytsjDBK/thytukk.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[u crank]

Is it a building?

[Jimbuna]

It most certainly is.

[Aktungbby]

have U been in this building?!

[Jimbuna]

No but I was once about fifty miles away from it.

[Aktungbby]

Nautical miles or land miles?:hmmm:

[Moonlight]

Is it in India.

[Jimbuna]

Nautical miles or land miles?:hmmm:

Land miles.

[Jimbuna]

Is it in India.

East of India.

[Moonlight]

I thought it was in Asia, Taiwan or Malaysia :hmmm: I'm not going for the obvious one so I'll say "Taiwan".

[d@rk51d3]

Tis a sad looking bugga :doh:

If I had a stick shoved up my bum like that, I'd be looking sad too.

[Catfish]

^ :rotfl2::rotfl2:

[Aktungbby]

If I had a stick shoved up my bum like that, I'd be looking sad too. I'd bet not if it had fresh batteries BBY!:O:

[Jimbuna]

If I had a stick shoved up my bum like that, I'd be looking sad too.

:haha:

[Jimbuna]

I thought it was in Asia, Taiwan or Malaysia :hmmm: I'm not going for the obvious one so I'll say "Taiwan".

And you would be correct.

[Catfish]

The Cinderella glass slipper church? :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

The Cinderella glass slipper church? :hmmm:

Afraid not...it is the "Cinderella High-Heel Church" :O:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristintablang/2016/02/02/taiwan-cinderella-glass-high-heel-slipper-church-built-to-attract-women/?sh=79fac7ad6119

https://i.postimg.cc/1Rrdk8Mm/https-blogs-images-forbes-com-kristintablang-files-2016-02-Cinderella-High-Heel-Church-in-Taiwan.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

When I posted earlier "I was once about fifty miles away from it." I was in Kaohsiung.

Well done Kai...over to you matey :salute:

[Moonlight]

I knew what it was as soon as you gave the affirmative on Taiwan, I had to give the muppets a kick up the rear end to put them in the right area or they would have been floundering about for days, besides that, I wasn't bothered about guessing it as its the taking part that counts. :O: :haha:

[Catfish]

^ Hah, modest as always :O:

Will look for something this evening..

[Aktungbby]

I can see someone suddenly turning up and pinching this after you've led them to the 'promised land' :)

I knew what it was as soon as you gave the affirmative on Taiwan, I had to give the muppets a kick up the rear end to put them in the right area or they would have been floundering about for days, besides that, I wasn't bothered about guessing it as its the taking part that counts. :O: :haha:

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!" as in "if the shoe fits....":Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: In this thread, I've often led Catfish, et all, to the 'promised land'.:O: In this case he could really... 'Taiwan' on!:Kaleun_Cheers:...sodaspeke!

[Catfish]

Sorry, had a major backup/restore to do yesterday..




So what is this:



https://i.imgur.com/kZbzHZ0l.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Wine vat?

[Jimbuna]

My search came up with embalming table :doh:

[Catfish]

@Aktungbby no

@Jim :haha: i .. no not an embalming table

[Jimbuna]

A rotary grinder for something like hops?

[Catfish]

[...] I've often led Catfish, et all, to the 'promised land'.:O: In this case he could really... 'Taiwan' on!...sodaspeke!
"taiwan on"? even if applying the most pidgin or whatever pronounciation i do not quite get what that's supposed to mean :hmmm:

Hint: this is surely being used in Taiwan sodaspeke :D, if looking a bit different.

@Jim: No.

[Moonlight]

Be more specific you muppets participants and you just might start to get somewhere, when was it in popular use.

[Catfish]

^ long ago :D
Can't tell exactly, but at least a hundred years ago.

[u crank]

Is this farming equipment?

[Catfish]

Not exactly, but used there.

[Aktungbby]

"taiwan on"? even if applying the most pidgin or whatever pronounciation i do not quite get what that's supposed to mean :hmmm:

Hint: this is surely being used in Taiwan sodaspeke :D, if looking a bit different.

@Jim: No. To "Tie one on" is to have a party! ie get plastered:D:Kaleun_Cheers:Verb
tie one on (third-person singular simple present ties one on, present participle tying one on, simple past and past participle tied one on)

(idiomatic, colloquial, dated) To drink alcohol excessively, to the point of being drunk
Does your puzzle hold fluid or dry material?

[Jimbuna]

Used during harvesting?

[Catfish]

@Aktung Thanks have not heard that before :salute:
I would say both :D

@Jim: Not directly conneced, but probably used more during this time

[u crank]

Would it be similar to a wheelbarrow?

[Catfish]

No.

[Moonlight]

Does it carry liquid.

[Catfish]

Aktung:
Does your puzzle hold fluid or dry material?
Me:
I would say both :D

[Aktungbby]

is there more than one iron wheel?

[Catfish]

^ I guess there is/are, at other places.

[Aktungbby]

is the metal hoop part of the other metal in the right of the photo?

[Catfish]

:hmmm: ?
On the entire photo it looks as if the parts are not one piece, and also not bolted together.

[Moonlight]

Hmmm, something to do with cheese making.

[Catfish]

No.

[Jimbuna]

A seed scatterer?

[Catfish]

No, not connected to farming.

[Jimbuna]

Any connection with rivers or streams?

[Catfish]

No.

[Jimbuna]

A rotating plant pot? :)

[u crank]

Is there a connection to the brewing trade?

[mapuc]

For some reason I came to think of a portable bathtub/washbasin.

We have a few here on our little island-Here they are used in the autumn and winter.

I know it is not the correct answer.

Markus

[Moonlight]

Catfish is being very cagey with his replies, some would even say stingy, I wonder if he's like that with his cash. :O:

Is this device used for a specific purpose.

[Catfish]

A rotating plant pot? :)
No :haha:

@u crank: no connection with brewing trade (or brewing itself)

@mapuc You are on to something!
Catfish is being very cagey with his replies, some would even say stingy, I wonder if he's like that with his cash. :O:
Ask the right questions, you muppet! :O:
Is this device used for a specific purpose.
No it is just for show :har:
Yes, for a specific purpose.

[Jimbuna]

A portable trough?

[Aktungbby]

a hot tub on wheels ca: 1800's?

[Catfish]

A portable trough?
No.

@Aktung not a hot tub on wheels.

Hint: it is not "on wheels"

[u crank]

Following the post by Markus ... is it an old wringer type washing machine?

[Catfish]

Following the post by Markus ... is it an old wringer type washing machine?
Close enough! u crank takes the cake, and the clean clothes :up:

A washing "machine" was already patented in England in the 17th century, but it took a long time to be built and reach mass production.
This one is a ~1910 washing machine produced by Carl Miele, though the wringer is missing, it would be placed on the empty board you can see on the photos further down. It could be driven manually, or with an electric motor as an extra. There was no heating system yet, hot leach had to be poured into it.

https://i.imgur.com/HLifT1Ql.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/FvN2B50l.jpg

Marcus was so close .. :hmmm:

Over to u crank :salute:

[u crank]

Marcus was so close .. :hmmm:

Yes but I didn't think much of it until ...

Hint: it is not "on wheels"

A very tricky way to show the pully on the bottom. Looks like a wheel and that's what I was searching for ... something on wheels. Good one man. :salute:

Ok then what would this be?

https://i.imgur.com/J7qGQAL.jpg?1

[Aktungbby]

The reverse side of Eichhörnchen's butterfly holder?:O:

[u crank]

The reverse side of Eichhörnchen's butterfly holder?:O:

Very imaginative guess, but no.

[Moonlight]

Has it got anything to do with Eichhörnchen?. :haha:

[u crank]

Has it got anything to do with Eichhörnchen?. :haha:

:D

No ... there are no bald men involved.:O:

[Catfish]

So no butterflies, and no bald men. Not much left then :hmmm:

A graph on a paper, like on an altitude/temperature/humidity recorder?

[Moonlight]

Is it made of wood?.

[u crank]

A graph on a paper, like on an altitude/temperature/humidity recorder?

Not a graph.

Is it made of wood?.

Not made of wood.

[Jimbuna]

A building?

[u crank]

A building?

Not a building.

[Buddahaid]

Formed plastic?

[Moonlight]

Is the grey\white material oil based.

[u crank]

Formed plastic?

Is the grey\white material oil based.

It is not plastic or any oil based product.

[Catfish]

Paper/carton?

[Eichhörnchen]

Is that a human hair I see on it there?

[u crank]

Paper/carton?

Not a paper product.

[Jimbuna]

A ships hull?

[Aktungbby]

Is that a human hair I see on it there?I wonder about that too!!?:hmmm: but thought it a photo print anomaly...rather than a hair strand...

[Buddahaid]

Concrete?

[Catfish]

There are also a thick line, six very thin ones, then again a thick line, and most probably so on left and right :hmmm:
edit: the thick "lines" seem to be the shadows of grooves

Is this unregular line some thread, like from stitching?

[u crank]

Is that a human hair I see on it there?

No.

[u crank]

A ships hull?

Concrete?

No to both.

[u crank]

Is this unregular line some thread, like from stitching?

Not a thread or cloth construction.

[Moonlight]

Hey cranky, this is a bloody good one. :up:

Is it medical related.

[u crank]

Hey cranky, this is a bloody good one. :up:

I do my best. :salute:

Is it medical related.

Sorry but no.