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Whatchamacallit?
lwrs10
Fri 11-04-2005
It's a thingamyjig.
rich_edwards79
Fri 11-04-2005
My grandmother, God rest her soul, would have called it a "Cumezekyama"
Tony C.
Fri 11-04-2005
If this photo was taken on the floor and where I think there are they are for the fire sprinkler system.
Truckie
Sat 11-05-2005
Tony C. you must call me and pronounce that for me!
~Me
Sat 11-05-2005
"Cumezekyama"

Koo-MEH-zeh-kee-AH-mah, I b'lieve.
Lynne
Sat 11-05-2005
a Cumezekyama wrapped in pretty asbestos paper..
awyper
Sat 11-05-2005
what model number is this?
silkster40z
Mon 11-07-2005
Lynne, are you Italian? Thanks, I couldn't have done better!
I can still call you, if you need, ~Me!
<Thats-a Nize-a!>
Tony C.
Mon 11-07-2005
What a place!!
Cindy
Sat 01-21-2006
If I'm not mistaken, it's actually a "doohickey"
Felyne
Mon 09-11-2006
You are mistaken, it's a thing-a-majig installed on pipes.

You can tell the difference by the little valve rotater thingie on the top right of it.
CAS
Mon 09-11-2006
But my mothers cousin, twice removed on my fathers side, used to work on these back in the '10s, and when I showed him this photo he said its definately a doohickey, but perhaps he didn't see the thingee. Perhaps they used doohickeys when a thing-a-majig wasn't available, due to funding.
Felyne
Mon 09-11-2006
It's very posible! But the thingee whould let you adjust the whatchamacallit, so it was safer.
CAS
Tue 09-12-2006
Oh, well that explains it!

See, my mothers cousin, twice removed on my fathers side that I was telling you about, who used to work on these back in the '10s, he lost three toes, two ribs and his right eyebrow when the doohickey malfunctioned, causing a horrific accident. If only they had spent that little bit extra and used thingees, it wouldnt have ended in such a tragedy.
Felyne
Tue 09-12-2006
You guys crack me up!
Sian
Tue 09-12-2006
See? The Italian Cumezekyamas never failed, or caused injuries like the eyebrow thing...tsk....A shame...Did the eyebrow grow back?
Tony C.
Tue 09-12-2006
Well by the time it grew back, he'd gotten used to only having the one, so now he just shaves it.
Felyne
Wed 09-13-2006
Thats a occilating (sp) Kanuetter Valve. Its the modern version of the whatcamacallit thingy. It was used for back flushing all the soap dispensers. you know to git rid of those hard dry clumps that build up on the ejection end of the dispenser. Nowa days I think they still use the water wigget system.
DaveWilly
Wed 09-27-2006
It's a release valve on the pipe and a controller probably for steam
Nancy
Sun 10-29-2006
Naaah, it's a whatsamabobbin used in the '30s to connect to a bank of doohickeys that prevented oscillating back flow into the Cumezekyama so the whatchamacallit wouldn't pop the thingee into a overpressure. Simple science boys and girls!
These were designed to prevent the nasty eyebrow thing from happening!
(And they make a hell of a cup of coffee too!)
Doctor DETH
Sun 02-11-2007
Did someone say HICKEY??????
Nevermore
Tue 06-05-2007
This looks like a fire sprinkler control system to me.
mamills
Thu 08-30-2007
A connects G G connects M M connects V V to X that shows prressure going to G again and viceversa???
milio
Wed 12-03-2008
It's just a gauge, some valves, traps, and some other things I can't quite make out. Screwed pipe with most likely asbestos insulation. It's hard to see, but if that is in fact a trap, this would have been a steam line.
Hobo Shane
Sun 08-30-2009
My mum would have called it a "wigwam for a gooses bridle" !!
sneaky-sweep
Thu 12-24-2009
It's obviously a whatsamaboobie for controlling a steam doohickey that has since gone kaput.
Voltor
Thu 12-01-2011
You guys are funny
Junghwa
Thu 12-29-2011

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