Post here: Oddest thing you own
I think it's probably it Alligator Purse made in Cuba. Now I know for most of you - crocodile skin used as a purse is probably commonplace although not very politically correct. This purse actually has a stuffed baby alligator on it.
THis is not my purse, it's a different style but it's the same type of material and use of the baby alligator
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It's called a Marxolin.
You play it like a violin, with a bow, and it sounds pretty unusual.
It's got a pitch-bend lever, and these little chord hammers in the back.
The square-ish thing standing up is where you are supposed to put your sheet music.
It's mostly unplayable, but certainly odd!
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It was hypnotically fascinating -- more so than a lava lamp and not quite as much as a good fishtank.
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As the description says, it was NOT a good timekeeper. Call me shallow, but I (and all other admirers)
loved it for its seductive beauty, not its efficiency.
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It was like watching JUST the final kill shot on two alternating tetherball games.
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But it WOULD lose or gain as much as an hour or two a day (if I amember correctly, but I think it just
lost time every day.) Didn't matter. Had sex.
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A novelty clock, the "Flying Pendulum" was patented in the early 1880s. The new Haven Clock
Company took control of the patent and improved its mechanism and design. Its unique
movement makes it one of the most fascinating clocks ever produced. A flying ball attached
to a swiveling center pole alternately wraps and unwraps around two side poles, regulating
the movement and taking the place of the pendulum. The Flying Pendulum clock was advertised
as the best show-window attraction ever made, but it was not noted for its timekeeping accuracy.
fact, it would be impossible to regulate it for accuracy because of the random nature of the
pendulum. Some have even referred to this clock as a liars clock because it is said that if a
clockmaker claims to have regulated one, he is a liar. Sometimes the cord wraps tight and
sometimes it wraps loose, so the timing varies with each wrap around the post. This unique
clock has been reproduced from time to time, and as recently as the late 1950s.
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Five years ago (or so), when I was shopping around for a motorcycle, I found this unbelievable "chariot"
bike on eBay... 4 pairs of small carousel horses in the front flanking four 125cc inline motorcycle engines...
and a Roman chariot in back surrounding the seat. I'm not sure there was anything else in the world quite
like it (I've seen single-horse "chariot" bikes... but this was WAY over-the-top).
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It almost certainly would have topped the pendulum clock for poor reliability, but it would have
been SO much fun.
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I've often searched for the picture that accompanied the eBay offering, but have been unable
to find it.
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It looks a little like this, but it's got more memory and a modified character set:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research
When they gave the choice between syringes and that, I imagined some relatively painless Star Trek like hypospray.
Instead, it is more like trying to assemble a Glock and using it is like getting stung by a hornet.
I asked for some nice thin syringes.
after I had my right hip done. I threw it out when I moved.
Or you could have donated it to Goodwill.
They'd be welcome to it.
That's why I had it replaced.
think I am missing a part, because I am still stuck in 2012..
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There is a bell inside each of these hard balls which makes a ringing sound when the ball is moved, and can even produce different tones depending on how hard the ball is stimulated
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All my stuff has been packed away for so long I can't remember all of the weird shit I had, I also gave a lot away when I sold my house. Still have a dud hand grenade kicking around too that I was saving to modify a gear shifter with.
my kodamas? the entire x-files and sleepy hollow action figure set?
this is a kodama, if you're curious
