Norman D. Crow wrote:
"LDC" wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:55:47 GMT, John Husvar
wrote:


588: Some variety of cable stripper?

Yes. Used by telephone installers on the drop wire from the pole to the
house.



589 Keyhole cover. Don't remember where I saw them, but they hang on a
screw above a keyhole, hanging down by gravity. Push to one side to insert
key.


Yer dead on! I submitted that one. I picked it up from a trash heap
behind a hardware store (ironmongers?) in England about 30 years ago.

They were used to keep the Butler from seeing what he shouldn't see. G

Jeff

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