We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:13:55 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification So, let your imaginations run free, and those of you who takes these things seriously... get to work. Part 1 - what is it? Part 2 - which era? Part 3 - of those things that comprise the universe of what it is, which type system might it work with? Part 4 - Which specific system is it a component of? Ready on the right? Ready on the left? You may commence guessing! Or googling, as fits your idiom.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:02:34 -0600 Having grew up on a farm, it looked alot to me like some sort of really odd plowshare, or a really high speed wire cutter we use on HMMWVs in Iraq. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64889 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64889 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:18:40 -0600 Its a...,you know...one of them. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64871 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64871 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:20:37 -0600 Heh. Just, heh. Youse peoples needs some context. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64834 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64834 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:21:12 -0600 flanged boot scraper, for to get the mud off with.. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64832 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64832 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:04:39 -0600 I don't care what it really is, OFS wins this one!! Best thing I've heard in quite a while! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64831 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64831 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:58:43 -0600 High speed-low drag tinfoil hat? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64817 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64817 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:44:44 -0600 oohhhhhh someone is in BIG trouble for breaking Excalabur. BIG trouble. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64814 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64814 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:13:53 -0600 Pin knocker, or whatever it's actually called. Some Armour prior to the 50's used a track pin without any kind of retention, ie nut. They were installed with the pinhead on the inside. They would, of course, work out over time. As the track moved, any pins that had worked themselves out too far would contact this device and get shoved back into position. Of course I also have no idea what this is. Time to loosen up the free assocition again. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64812 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64812 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:32:27 -0600 Speaking of ideating, it looks an awful lot like the blade of a Chinese glaive, but it's missing the upper tang. Which probably means it's a Swiss Army Painter's Edge Guide, with can-opening capability. Come to think of it, the glaive made a pretty good can opener, too -- as long as the plate wasn't too thick... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64809 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64809 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:42:00 -0600 Nope. You're thinking of ideate. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64806 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64806 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:06:40 -0600 Isn't calling us Idioms against the Rulz? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64801 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/its_sunday_time.html#comment-64801 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:26:33 -0600