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alji's Posted Mar 22, 2002
I'm not asking about a French word, a sport, wind farms, water wheels or looping the loop. I'm sure someone can lift the lid on this, it's easy!
Alji 
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alji's Posted Mar 22, 2002
Answer the question - tell me what an eole is, what it does and where you would find it?
Alji
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Madent Posted Mar 22, 2002
Okay, here's a list ...
It's a new metro line in Paris.
It's a tin used for cat-food, the one with the ring pull on.
It's a meteorological satellite.
It's an old rocket.
It's an image compositing system.
It's the French name for Aelous (lord of the winds).
It's a database on Belgian cultural heritage.
It's the name of a steam powered aeroplane.
Now, could you have possibly asked a more ambiguous question? 
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The Ghost of Polidari Posted Mar 22, 2002
It's about 26 centimeters.
How did you know I had a piece of string?
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alji's Posted Mar 22, 2002
Did you read post 1721 and 1723? The questions were not ambiguous. One of your answers is almost right.
Alji
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Madent Posted Mar 22, 2002
"It's a tin used for cat-food, the one with the ring pull on."
An eole is a food tin (like cat food or tomatoes) with a ring pull that removes the end of the tin. You can find them in most supermarkets.
And that is how the maker of the tin describes it!
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The Ghost of Polidari Posted Mar 22, 2002
Enough of this questions malarky - let's talk string!
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Madent Posted Mar 22, 2002
Is that string theory, pasta, garden twine, or just plain old string ...
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The Ghost of Polidari Posted Mar 22, 2002
Sparkly string embued with golden threads...
(SOMEONE GET ME OUT OF THIS OFFICE
!!)
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Mar 22, 2002
LOL.
A googlesearch yesterday gave me a load of 'french' sites mostly about 'pilots' and 'berkois' - like it was some sort of kite flying or 'human powered' flight club - and today there's lots of 'windmill' sites from the oldest classic tulip-surrounded Dutch type to spaceage turbine generators.
So, it's in the swirling propblade category somewhere.
Is it the BMW logo? 
jwf
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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted Mar 22, 2002
i had a piece of string once.....
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Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday Posted Mar 22, 2002
*knits dishcloths*
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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted Mar 22, 2002
my mummy's gonna knit me a rainbow scarf outa really lurvly fluffy wool! 
omy 
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Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday Posted Mar 22, 2002
I did one 12ft long
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alji's Posted Mar 23, 2002
An eole is not only for cat food. To put you straight on this we make eoles for many types of food tin e.g fruit, baked beans, soup and pet food. The eole is not the tin, it is the lid - easy open lever end. If you look at the printed end some are symbolic insructions other are writen. Pet food ends can be multi coloured most are just black or have no printed area. Eole lids are about 10 times more expensive than plain lid.
Alji
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- 1721: alji's (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1722: Madent (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1723: alji's (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1724: Madent (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1725: Ming Mang (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1726: The Ghost of Polidari (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1727: alji's (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1728: Madent (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1729: The Ghost of Polidari (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1730: Madent (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1731: The Ghost of Polidari (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1732: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1733: the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1734: Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1735: the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1736: Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1737: GreyDesk (Mar 22, 2002)
- 1738: Clelba (Mar 23, 2002)
- 1739: alji's (Mar 23, 2002)
- 1740: Clelba (Mar 23, 2002)
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