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GreyDesk Started conversation Apr 18, 2001
I'm probably jumping in here 6 months after the pimlico was solved and I'm going to look really silly. The silver pimlico is a lever from a corkscrew.
I tried to describe its action and how it works, but couldn't make sense of my own ramblings. So I deleted it. If you want proof, take said pimlico down to your local hardware store, ask to see their corkscrews, and you will see what I'm talking about.
As for the pink plastic one, it looks very similar to something I got from a tupperware party that was supposed to zest lemons?!
GreyDesk
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Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here Posted Apr 19, 2001
The bigger lever could be the handle for a long-lost mincer
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Apr 19, 2001
greydesk, most everyone agrees with you in naming it as part of a corkscrew. The fact that I found it tucked away with the red thing still makes me believe that both items were used on oysters. Dad ate 'em raw.
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GreyDesk Posted Apr 19, 2001
You could well be right about the oysters, I can see how it would work.
If you've got any tool that does the job you want it to do, use it. I use the "lemon zester" as a tool for opening the cellophane on prepacked pizzas.
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Researcher 200235 Posted Aug 9, 2002
Errr.....
No No No....
Its a largish area in the South West One part of London isnt it??
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Aug 9, 2002
You've reminded me that I have another mystery object to put up... 
... and I'll do it after the weekend.
Continuing what Greydesk was saying, I use a grapefruit knife to extract remains of votive candles from their holders.
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Jun 29, 2003
So here's the new pimlico I was going to put up about 10 months ago:
http://www.asterlil.com/misc/pimlico.htm
Any ideas?
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Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Jun 29, 2003
I've no idea. It's an interesting shape 
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marvthegrate LtG KEA Posted Jun 29, 2003
it looks to me like some kind of latching mechinisim.
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Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Jun 30, 2003
It looks like something off a lawnmower to me.
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Jul 1, 2003
I don't know whether it has a name, but Marv came the closest. It's a part from my antique desk and it would lock the drawers from behind. There were several of these originally, but I don't know what's become of the others or how they were fitted to the desk.
Has anyone else a pimlico to show us?
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- 1: GreyDesk (Apr 18, 2001)
- 2: Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here (Apr 19, 2001)
- 3: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Apr 19, 2001)
- 4: Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here (Apr 19, 2001)
- 5: GreyDesk (Apr 19, 2001)
- 6: Researcher 200235 (Aug 9, 2002)
- 7: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Aug 9, 2002)
- 8: c8zmax (Jun 29, 2003)
- 9: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Jun 29, 2003)
- 10: Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive (Jun 29, 2003)
- 11: marvthegrate LtG KEA (Jun 29, 2003)
- 12: Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive (Jun 30, 2003)
- 13: SE (Jun 30, 2003)
- 14: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Jul 1, 2003)
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