<![CDATA[Want to play a game?]]>Want to play a game? Here's a photo of two identical machined stainless steel objects. Can you figure out what they are and where they're from?

I *think* both questions can be answered but lets see!

If you like this idea please boost the post to reach more players πŸ™‚

UPDATE: 1/2 They're indeed high quality coat hooks. Now where are they from?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/d1895b04-d289-49e3-ae5e-c28c8ba72c4c/want-to-play-a-gameRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:46:41 GMTSat, 09 May 2026 06:55:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 13:58:01 GMT]]>@RolfBly German train indeed. And not stolen (if I did I'd confess here, but I didn't and wonder if these are actually removable at all without first demolishing an entire panel).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116544967879861306https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116544967879861306Sat, 09 May 2026 13:58:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 13:54:49 GMT]]>@Twotired Unless they're turned in from the back, and secured with some like loctite

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116544955329257767https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116544955329257767Sat, 09 May 2026 13:54:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 12:52:02 GMT]]>@Pepijn Assuming you're referring to the location of the toilet in the train, and knowing that anything removable from a traveller's toilet on a train will get snitched sooner or later, and assuming you do not intend to confess theft here, my guess is that they're from a personnel toilet on a German train. DeutschgrΓΌndlich facilities.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RolfBly/statuses/116544708452678912https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RolfBly/statuses/116544708452678912Sat, 09 May 2026 12:52:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 10:39:54 GMT]]>@Pepijn Location? Trains move.

You mean the location *in the train*?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RolfBly/statuses/116544188876555527https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RolfBly/statuses/116544188876555527Sat, 09 May 2026 10:39:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 10:06:11 GMT]]>@Pepijn

Hmmm.....

Ah, just seen the update! πŸ‘πŸ˜

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grb090423/statuses/116544056293430368https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grb090423/statuses/116544056293430368Sat, 09 May 2026 10:06:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 09:53:12 GMT]]>@RolfBly Correct! They're from a train! Toilet area. Congratulations πŸŽ‰

Not an NS train.

I'll update the main post and see if people can figure out the train type and location.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116544005232885473https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116544005232885473Sat, 09 May 2026 09:53:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 09:52:13 GMT]]>@grb090423 Where they were removed from πŸ™‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116544001398768209https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116544001398768209Sat, 09 May 2026 09:52:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:53:45 GMT]]>@Pepijn

Lol, yes. I saw that part. I honestly have no idea!

Do you mean where can we buy them, or where did you remove them from πŸ€”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grb090423/statuses/116543771494347332https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grb090423/statuses/116543771494347332Sat, 09 May 2026 08:53:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:51:01 GMT]]>@RolfBly @Pepijn ooo this is a good guess!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/wylan/statuses/116543760695713856https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/wylan/statuses/116543760695713856Sat, 09 May 2026 08:51:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:24:07 GMT]]>@mattdawhit Nope. While similar these are very much for a "less destructive" home setting. Not having the support to deal with heavy / crude weights etc.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116543654928135189https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116543654928135189Sat, 09 May 2026 08:24:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:21:13 GMT]]>@Pepijn 😁 Where are they from: a train. Nederlandsche Spoorwegen?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RolfBly/statuses/116543643559335587https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RolfBly/statuses/116543643559335587Sat, 09 May 2026 08:21:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:19:48 GMT]]>@Pepijn
They're not the same as this

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.iow.social/users/mattdawhit/statuses/116543637966474400https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.iow.social/users/mattdawhit/statuses/116543637966474400Sat, 09 May 2026 08:19:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:11:42 GMT]]>@mattdawhit Not fully. Just like data centres and ducks they are part of a fast moving world πŸ™‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116543606154159148https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116543606154159148Sat, 09 May 2026 08:11:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:08:06 GMT]]>@Pepijn
Are they ducks? In a data centre?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.iow.social/users/mattdawhit/statuses/116543591977475803https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.iow.social/users/mattdawhit/statuses/116543591977475803Sat, 09 May 2026 08:08:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:08:01 GMT]]>@Pepijn

If they were 5/8" diameter, and the thread was 1/4", they could be used at a pinch to put a camera on a lighting stand, coathanger or not.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/zl2tod/statuses/116543591673321495https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/zl2tod/statuses/116543591673321495Sat, 09 May 2026 08:08:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:55:02 GMT]]>@grb090423 This was the easy part. Now the difficult part: where are they from!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116543540592882006https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116543540592882006Sat, 09 May 2026 07:55:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:54:31 GMT]]>@RolfBly combination or side cutting pliers πŸ™‚

They're hooks! See the updated first post.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116543538549770892https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116543538549770892Sat, 09 May 2026 07:54:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:49:36 GMT]]>@nblr @Pepijn Or pulleys in some sort of tensioning system I.e. to regulate the speed of a drill press or lathe? The cones certainly hint at a belt that needs to slip onto the cylindrical part.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tomster.org/objects/aac6657f-099b-47a0-b32c-3c9912467242https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tomster.org/objects/aac6657f-099b-47a0-b32c-3c9912467242Sat, 09 May 2026 07:49:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:48:07 GMT]]>@Pepijn
- too small for doorknobs
- too small for cabinet feet
- too big for electronic equipment feet.
- scratched. Someone (you?) needed pliers (what's combinatietang in English) too get it out.

Intended as hooks for hanging something with a cord on?

Machining in the middle bit is a bit coarse. A machining exercise?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RolfBly/statuses/116543513378622914https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RolfBly/statuses/116543513378622914Sat, 09 May 2026 07:48:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:44:26 GMT]]>@Pepijn These look like parts of the tape path on a reel to reel deck.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/hellomiakoda/statuses/116543498926492024https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/hellomiakoda/statuses/116543498926492024Sat, 09 May 2026 07:44:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:40:42 GMT]]>@Pepijn look like these little nubs from the back fork of a motorcycle to pick it up for maintenance.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/lbenedix/statuses/116543484252876084https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/lbenedix/statuses/116543484252876084Sat, 09 May 2026 07:40:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:38:31 GMT]]>@Pepijn

Yesss πŸ˜ƒπŸ‘

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grb090423/statuses/116543475638101238https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grb090423/statuses/116543475638101238Sat, 09 May 2026 07:38:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:37:03 GMT]]>@grb090423 Yup! They're coat hooks πŸ™‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116543469860302029https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116543469860302029Sat, 09 May 2026 07:37:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Want to play a game? on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:35:23 GMT]]>@Pepijn cufflinks for an engineer 😜

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