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mbkamrani 05-03-16 18:49

congrats Graham , knock on wood ! You are very clever ;)

mo

graham harcombe 05-03-16 19:58

Thanks Mo and thanks PostcardCV. I shall put the next one up tomorrow. Now back home after a little time away, time to do a few things I enjoy.

sassan 06-03-16 07:11

Good job Graham.
Though it looks very well clear now that puzzle is solved, specially that round appearance of phosphorus compound of match stick tip but must admit, I have not seen one of these in past several decades! and probably wouldn't guess it even after a thousand tries. Guess now a days, fire is always there where it should be, or lighters do the job.
Well done and lets see what you have to show.

Tugboat 06-03-16 08:44

well done Graham, so easy to see now you said that. lol

graham harcombe 06-03-16 17:23

What is it
 
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This one seems easy to me, but those at home here were puzzled.

sassan 06-03-16 18:04

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Originally Posted by graham harcombe (Post 57902)
This one seems easy to me, but those at home here were puzzled.

Horn is what I see.

Arthur53 06-03-16 22:01

A boars tusk.

mbkamrani 06-03-16 23:45

I was going to say Hog's tooth !

graham harcombe 07-03-16 10:29

That was too easy!
 
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Well, you're all correct in a way! The absolute exact answer would have been a ram's horn but that's down to local breeds. Then the baton passes to Sassan as he was first past the post.

Full image atached

sassan 07-03-16 14:40

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Alright. I know if I name the animal, I am not going to win and in fact I was thinking of bison or cow horn.
Well here goes the next puzzle picture and it could be one easy one.

postcardcv 07-03-16 14:47

Is it a moon crater?

mbkamrani 07-03-16 14:59

I think I should check my eyes , feel I need special glass to find it out ! LOL :D

sassan 07-03-16 15:20

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That was quick (Light speed fast).
I would accept inverted, mirror imaged "Tycho" also but PcCV your are spot on.
Congrats and this didn't last a minute!
Lets see yours puzzle image now.

postcardcv 07-03-16 18:48

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another macro from me...

mbkamrani 07-03-16 19:14

Strings of a rug ?

sassan 07-03-16 20:01

Wow. That is magnified.
Hard to say what exactly but the texture appearance is that of a fabricated material made up of plastic or similar synthetic material. Back of carpet, mouse pad or a similar object is in my mind for now. But then the longitudinal straight texture of material is strange and I am sure should be the link to the origin of this.

Arthur53 07-03-16 21:34

A brush. Carpet cleaner?

postcardcv 08-03-16 23:10

some good ideas, but no one has it yet.

Tugboat 08-03-16 23:34

is it something inside of a hard drive that need a good clean?

sassan 09-03-16 00:09

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Originally Posted by Tugboat (Post 57935)
is it something inside of a hard drive that need a good clean?

Or material that was used for cleaning?:)

How about duct tap?

postcardcv 09-03-16 08:01

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Originally Posted by sassan (Post 57936)
How about duct tap?

Correct - it is the side of a roll of tape

sassan 09-03-16 16:23

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Originally Posted by postcardcv (Post 57938)
Correct - it is the side of a roll of tape

Alright.
The new puzzle goes with a story:
As a kid, I learned from my very wise Grandfather that if I eat and like the taste of a fruit, I may as well plant its seed somewhere in a corner of garden!

Well that is what exactly I did some 15 years back in garden of my home, with a fruit that actually I happened to hand pick it from a tree near work. The Old man (RIP) was right and here is the fruits of the tree in this story, with picture being only a minute or two fresh, just taken and out of camera, even though this is not even Spring yet by local season (Actually we are some 10 days to the first day of Spring 2016, and I must know this because any Persian-origin person must know about the first day of spring that is the biggest cultural celebration day of year; "Id Nowruz", also know as Astronomical Vernal Equinox, when day and night are exactly equal and a tree has the shortest of its shadow, throughout the year! something that old Persians learned some 5-6 thousand years back, in fact the first people to have a correct and fixed solar calendar, by knowing exact difference between occurrence of this date and incorporated corrections in the each year calendar, every year, down to the seconds!... This makes each month 30-31 days calendar except one tricky one month, thus seasons would be same throughout the centuries, on each called day of season, unlike lunar or otherwise widely accepted calendars of those time).

Anyhow, back to our puzzle and here obviously the question is on a fruit and answer "Fruit" is not acceptable. You need to call the correct name of this fruit and with many people here expert in the field of agriculture, I assume this should not be a difficult puzzle, but we shall see.

So the hint is the tree has fruits ready even before spring in temperate climates such a southern California.

Lets see who can nail this one.

Tugboat 09-03-16 20:52

I have them growing in my yard, my plant came from my brothers place, he has since passed away,so I have it growing in memory of him

we call them " Loquat " here
scientific name... Eriobotrya japonica

mbkamrani 10-03-16 02:33

I have not seen it here , think Trena wins ! ;)

sassan 10-03-16 03:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tugboat (Post 57942)
I have them growing in my yard, my plant came from my brothers place, he has since passed away,so I have it growing in memory of him

we call them " Loquat " here
scientific name... Eriobotrya japonica

Spot on.
Interesting Trena, I have another one in garden in memory of a lost one.
Its amazing how easy is to grow this tree and then it gives me twice a year, boxes of fruit per tree. My Argentinean family friends always receive a box per season, as they like this fruit very much but Americans are not really aware that is edible! Well I am not going to spread the bad words:)

Game is on you Trena.

Tugboat 10-03-16 04:10

ok,try this one
 
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thanks Sassan, I don't get much fruit from mine, the fruit bats usually get to them before I do.




what do you think this one is?

Peter Waites 10-03-16 09:24

Nan Bread?

mbkamrani 10-03-16 12:47

Part of human arm from shoulder to arm ! ;)

Tugboat 10-03-16 21:05

Nan Bread? no

Part of human arm from shoulder to arm ! and no

graham harcombe 10-03-16 22:28

Is it fish roe?

Tugboat 11-03-16 00:32

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Originally Posted by graham harcombe (Post 57953)
Is it fish roe?

no, but a clue is, it is food

Arthur53 11-03-16 11:50

bread dough?

graham harcombe 11-03-16 16:44

...or potato ?

Tugboat 11-03-16 20:41

bread dough?
.or potato ?

no to both,
another clue is it was in my gallery a long time ago.

sassan 11-03-16 21:31

My first reaction was Micro capillaries under skin as one may see with cellulite.
But that is ruled out.

Next would be a French baguette. Now if not truly French that is not my problem, world is getting smaller by seconds!!

Tugboat 12-03-16 08:57

no Sassan, try fruit

postcardcv 12-03-16 10:48

Maybe a pear

sassan 12-03-16 20:38

After going through 11 pages of 90 images each, Saw the answer but can't complain, in fact did enjoy very much by going through the archive and gallery images of Trena. After the the tree story, seeing your nice tribute to your brother (RIP) was indeed nice.
I guess every now and and then, it worth to go through others archives.

PCcv seems you are the winner.

Tugboat 13-03-16 04:05

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Originally Posted by postcardcv (Post 57970)
Maybe a pear

yep ,thats it, over to you again Peter.


thanks Sassan,
sorry to make you have to go through all of those images!!

postcardcv 13-03-16 16:08

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another macro from me (new lens has left me a little one track at the moment)... general idea is obvious (I think) but am looking for a specific answer.


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