Mystery object.

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Well I know what you mean but I've never seen it in blue and they are perfect spheres, but it does have a similar texture.
     
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        They look like the gel "beads" in some air freshener products, but how they would get loose and outside I don't know. The gel ball ammo might be more likely.
         
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          I know the other object is not worth as much these days...
           
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            If they're 7 to 8mm in diameter (when fully wetted), then ammunition for a gel ball gun is very likely. All too common these days.
             
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              I think @BobTG may be right. I remember now that my grandson had one of those gel guns.
              Just hope they are environmentally friendly :)
               
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              • pete

                pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                Thanks Bob, I think you are probably right, it would be the kids over the back from me.
                I've never heard of these but it would fit, I just had a spud gun in my day.:biggrin:
                 
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                  All my parents would trust me with was a bow and arrows with suckers on the end :sad: I never forgave them...
                   
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                  • BobTG

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                    Only had a pea-shooter here, but I bet I had just as much fun! :biggrin:
                     
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                      Pond bogies?

                      I'm not sure of the proper name. But they look similar to the dissolving good bacteria balls you throw in new ponds to get them established.

                      I could easily be wrong.
                       
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                        My parents confiscated my wooden clogs after I realised they could be used as weapons if thrown with a skill. My sister and I are nowadays in good terms.

                        Scissors were out of bounds too. I thought my parents would support budding engineering skills when I used a pair of kitchen scissors to open the cross tip screws of all clocks in the house to see how they actually worked (honestly, where does that tic toc come from :th scifD36:) and whether I could perhaps fit the leftover parts of the previous autopsy into a fresh clock. :redface:

                        (That was shortly after screwdrivers were declared out of bounds and before I started my studies in engineering)

                        Weapon- wise it was just pea shooters and a much admired air rifle of my cousin (although I did lecture him about the absolute wickedness of guns and enlightened him on the ideal of peace and goodwill between the nations. I learnt the stuff from the songs at school. It seems that the time spent on educating my generation on that was somewhat wasted. :frown:)

                        Back to the topic, I still stand firm on my toy eyes theory :biggrin:
                         
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