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Old 09-08-15, 06:22
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Hmmmm, I wonder if anyone has managed to acquire, let alone restore, a 'Trailer, 4 wheel, Pigeon Loft (Aust)' (complete with Pigeons, of course)??

I did have a 'Respirator, Infant' at one stage - funny sort of bag arrangement you put the brat inside, hopefully not forgetting to force-feed the air through the filter (or a blue-tinged brat might result!) It's now in the National Collection at the AWM, but I doubt it will go on display anytime soon.

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Old 09-08-15, 12:02
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The Pigeon trailer would, dare I say it, be a hoot to own and display!

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Old 09-08-15, 12:06
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I daresay the pigeons might take more restoring than the trailer.

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Hmmmm, I wonder if anyone has managed to acquire, let alone restore, a 'Trailer, 4 wheel, Pigeon Loft (Aust)' (complete with Pigeons, of course)??

I did have a 'Respirator, Infant' at one stage - funny sort of bag arrangement you put the brat inside, hopefully not forgetting to force-feed the air through the filter (or a blue-tinged brat might result!) It's now in the National Collection at the AWM, but I doubt it will go on display anytime soon.

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Old 09-08-15, 16:07
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When I ran the tool crib at a military unit years back, we had stock class catalogs which would list all the tools that were available in the supply system, organized alphabetically. The "5120" catalog was fairly large, covering "handtools, non-edged and non-powered". In it were various listings like "socket, regular length", or "wrench, open end" and under each heading would be the various tools and their Nato Stock Numbers.

One particularly amusing section had "tools, no known use", and then had listings of the various tools that fell in to that category.

I wish I had kept that page.
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Old 09-08-15, 17:18
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Robin, Keith, the lucky owner of a 'Trailer, Pigeon' would doubtless be cooing ...... or in a flap ....


'TOOL, NO KNOWN USE???' now that was a page worth saving! Really liked that one! And what a collector's item:

Spectator: 'What is it'?
Owner: 'It's a 'Tool, No Known Use, NSN 2054-66-1234-2309'
Spectator 'Oh, riiight...' as he wanders away perplexed to look at the jeep parts....

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Old 10-08-15, 04:15
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Although no pics right handy, there is a Bailey bridge section for sale locally that would qualify as one of those "just because" purchases.
Alternately, I have always thought that a GE searchlight and generator trailer to be one of those oddities that makes people ask "why?"
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Old 10-08-15, 18:43
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Hi Robin

You ask a very interesting question, that took some thinking, liked some of the other answers.

I've always wanted to get one of those radar speed units for a club event so we could all calibrate our speedometers. Having pair of Bailey Bridge section at the end of the drive would be interesting.

But for a really odd piece of military equipment how about a submarine periscope, now that mounted in the living room sticking up through the house would be interesting we have a pretty good view as it is but with a periscope might even be able to see the Atlantic Ocean with it fully extended. Beside seeing stuff you could mount the TV aerial on top of it so much neater to walk over turn your hat around backwards fold down the handles on the scope and swivel the hole thing around to aim it at the new channel.

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I once owned an ejection seat from a CF-100 fighter jet...thought it would be great in the rec room for watching TV...until I tried it.

Years ago I took an interest in collecting old school text books from the late 1800's/early 1900's. Great titles like "Canadian Citizenship" and "Personal Hygiene". Then I found one on "The Women's Role in the Kitchen". It taught young ladies the proper way cook for their husbands and operate hand crank wringer washers. My wife found it an confiscated the whole collection. One serious comparison was between the "High School Reader" from 1916 versus the 1917 version. The earlier one was full of glorious war stories from Britain's military past, obviously to encourage young men to enlist. The stories in the 1917 version weren't all that glorious.
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