AintRichYet
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posted on February 17, 2004 04:12:16 AM
long wooden paddle ... groove along each side ... tiny wheel-made? track marks on the surface [reminds me of the mark a fabric pattern marker would make] [hope you know what I'm talking about]
I guessed it was a spanking paddle; husband thinks maybe a portable ironing board. ... I just don't know! ... it's 28" x 10"
Any more good guesses out there? 
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tomwiii
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posted on February 17, 2004 05:03:20 AM
Elephant Tongue Depressor:
Very common to India's northwest Bahloenie province, the elephant "doctors" wear these like sign-boards, advertising their availability for service.
Working in pairs, one "doctor" stands on the shoulders of the other, shoving this depressor down the pachyderms throat & throwing a bolus of medicine in after!
Of course, the real secret to success in this trade is learning how to get the patient to say: "Aaah!"
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"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
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rhpepsi
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posted on February 17, 2004 07:49:52 AM
OH MY GOD!!!
IT's.....Mr. PLANK from Ed, EDD, & EDDY..
Put on eBay..sell quick!
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toasted36
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posted on February 17, 2004 07:52:41 AM
It's Big-foot's Missing Right Snow Shoe !!! 
[ edited by toasted36 on Feb 17, 2004 07:57 AM ]
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auctionACE
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posted on February 17, 2004 07:55:14 AM
I like the removeable/portable ironing board guess.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on February 17, 2004 07:55:58 AM
Aint, you shoulda known better than to look here for help! Tom & Pepsi are on a roll.
Seriously, it's kinda big but it does look like it could be the sleeve board from a wall-mounted ironing board. They had metal supports that went through the slots so the board could be left up, out of the way, or lowered for use.
Are there any scorch marks on it? That would be a clue.
Lucy
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classicrock000
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posted on February 17, 2004 08:00:26 AM
looks to me like a dollar bill
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toasted36
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posted on February 17, 2004 08:06:15 AM
Rofl classicrock000 That was my second choice !!
Ok all joking aside....it reminds me of the Slide Board(transfer board) my mother used to get in and out the car with (she was in a wheel chair) hers was made out of wood but had a heavy gloss coat on it to keep from getting splinters.Maybe a antique version of it? Heres a picture of one so nobody thinks I'm nuts
[ edited by toasted36 on Feb 17, 2004 08:22 AM ]
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jimndottie
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posted on February 17, 2004 09:46:32 AM
Blade from overhead fan?
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trai
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posted on February 17, 2004 09:58:51 AM
Could be a foot pedal from a large old time spinning wheel.
My second choice would be a kinky prop from a s.m. parlor.
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aintrichyet
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posted on February 17, 2004 11:50:04 AM
Hi folks! ... I just LOVE all these great ideas. thanks ... I am liking the Mr. Plank Idea ... i could draw a face on it with a crayon ...
here's descriptions of the characters on that show, including "Plank"http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/watch/tv_shows/eds
MsLucy; there's no burn marks on the paddle ... just all these little perforation looking indents ... this is a wood laminate board; does this help 'date' it or anything? ...
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gousainc-07
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posted on February 17, 2004 12:08:31 PM
A Conversation Piece.
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sanmar
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posted on February 17, 2004 12:14:50 PM
I think it is an old Indian skin strecher for muskrat pelts.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on February 17, 2004 12:19:52 PM
Well, plywood's been around for a long time... The built-in ironing boards I thinking of date at least to before 1940. The duplex I own was built around then and has them.
Huh?? Muskrat pelts?????
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ltray
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posted on February 17, 2004 12:39:57 PM
Themarks you mentioned remind me of a pattern marking wheel for sewing. Could be something they used under their patterns..
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dadofstickboy
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posted on February 17, 2004 12:44:53 PM
http://www.ottercreeklures.com/index/stretch.html
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ltray
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posted on February 17, 2004 01:37:08 PM
By Gollie Dad, UR a genious! I think thats it!
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aintrichyet
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posted on February 18, 2004 05:09:24 AM
Wow ... what a multi-purpose piece of wood this is! LOL .... thank you all very much for your thoughts on this. I really do appreciate it.
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