What's This Mysterious Tool In My Grandma's Basement And This Thing In The Cloakroom Of An Old House

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@teptime Ай бұрын

Last item is a manual toilet paper winder, circa 1920. A cardboard cylindar was positioned between the two nodules, and the device was wound counterclockwise by hand at the crosspiece on top as the tissue was slowly being fed onto the winder. I have one that was my Grandmother's. She hand-wound toilet paper in a Youngstown, Ohio factory during the Great Depression to help support her family.

@kiefmanning7394 Ай бұрын

Toilet paper extractor. If you get too ambitious with a maneuver you slide the first bit over the unnecessary blockage as you pull down the second that will squeeze the paper for extraction. Very closely designed after the old flintlock bullet extractor.

@lynnestamey7272 Ай бұрын

Interesting, the water meter chamber. I worked at Neptune factory in Tallassee Alabama for 6 weeks back in 1973. I actually assembled the chamber, it's a bit different from that one. They were made of brass, I had to insert a part and bolt down 4 bolts on the cover. Then I tested them by mounting a bunch of them on a tester and running water through. I only had to check for leaks. The cases were rough and tore my hands to shreds. My Mom worked in QC until she retired. It pretty much was a horrible job.

@cmtippens9209 Ай бұрын

Well, I recognized or guessed three today - the old electric massager, the razor sharpener, and the expanding book rack. The last item looks like it is intended to be used to reach inside a narrow cylinder of some sort.

@freemab222 Ай бұрын

I was quite amused by the advertisements for the vibrator. Around 1970 I bought a "modern" battery-powered vibrator for my girlfriend, when I moved away to grad school and knew she'd miss ... um ... me, and the ads for it were exactly that same sort of distraction from the actual intended use! I'm very sure these things worked well to relieve "stress"!

@sylvisterling8782 Ай бұрын

I guessed the book rack straight away! I used to have one that my Aunt brought home from her world tour. It was made with carved oak leaves and acorns. Quite a beautiful item.

@frankhooper7871 Ай бұрын

Funny how there always seem to be one or two items that I find obvious, and wonder why people would have to ask LOL. The boot jack and the expanding book rack this time.

@dukwdriver2909 Ай бұрын

Guess it is a mark of growing old, like me.

@dk9619 Ай бұрын

I was so excited, as a Texan, to yell out "boot jack!"

@reneehughes7860 Ай бұрын

I have a similar boot jack. Mine has leather to protect the boots. It was designed in 1965 in Jacksonville, Florida by an elderly gentleman who owned a shoe repair shop. It was designed to help people with balance problems to remove their boots. That one is missing the leather. I've got the news paper article. I used my boot jack just last week. It was made to last.

@joniangelsrreal6262 Ай бұрын

Happy to drop by…😊

@susanwahl6322 Ай бұрын

My mom had one of those book racks that her brother had got for her when he was in the Merchant Marines.

@sidewinder666666 Ай бұрын

I have one of those expandable book racks, a gift from my parents when I was a young boy. It was a *very* close match to the one shown at 6:00 and mine actually *was* made in India.

@richardbell7678 Ай бұрын

If you thought that vibrator was scary, it was worse, before. Hysteria was treated by stimulating the patient to orgasm. Vibrators were invented by a doctor whose hand kept cramping up, while administering the treatment. I am certain that the reality has no correspondence with the images that first come to mind, but the initial vibrators were steam powered.

@amedeekingchef6552 Ай бұрын

Voir le film. "Oh! My GOD"

@kathleenmcleod2023 Ай бұрын

The movie was called Hysteria here in the United States. Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal. @@amedeekingchef6552

@choccolocco Ай бұрын

And they called the issue the “vapors”…

@LazyIRanch Ай бұрын

"Steely Dan", the band, named themselves after such a device, described in a book.

@euclidmegara4120 Ай бұрын

Oh, it's even more messed up than that hysteria is from the Greek hyster meaning uterus. Women being frantic, mad, enraged, etc was a symptom of having a womb!

@tommunyon2874 Ай бұрын

A head shop in Colorado Springs, Maudi's Flea Market, offered a lot of carved wood items from India back in the 1960s & '70s, like the book rack shown here.

@capt.bart.roberts4975 Ай бұрын

"I found it in my grandma's basement..." Dear god I nearly spat my tea across he room, especially at the "spring loaded" moment.

@capt.bart.roberts4975 Ай бұрын

Then "milking, nipple retractor" you rotters!

@joemack1965 Ай бұрын

I thought the last one was a cheese wire cutter. the 2 metal bits fit onton a hole on a marble cutting board. Far end one for large cheese, use the next one along for smaller pieces . The other end is the handle grip. But just a guess

@cspat1 Ай бұрын

I recognized and mentally identified none this time. Shoot these objects have been obscure lately. The final item has me puzzled too. I’m looking forward to finding out when it is revealed as they said it was with kitchen items the only thing was some type of meat thermometer. I seriously doubt my answer being even close lol

@cathiwim Ай бұрын

That book rack was probably mahogany

@ryhol5417 Күн бұрын

Be careful digging through grandma’s old stuff. She used massagers to take care of her hysteria that popped up 5 times a day

@Ogsonofgroo Ай бұрын

Well I did pretty good on this one, razor strop, book rack, massager, and weight set, the last item is a strange thing, my guess is its for maybe getting corks out of bottles? Piece of an old clock bell/gong ringer? not a clue but kinda cool :)

@unkleeyerose 22 күн бұрын

Last item could be a cork extractor for when the cork gets pushed into the bottle all fhe way.

@RB-ck3xr Ай бұрын

Last one is to remove corks that have been pushed into bottles.

@markschattefor6997 Ай бұрын

The movie "Hysteria" from 2011 is a funny movie about the start of inventing the vibrating device to keep women happy.

@Ron-d2s Ай бұрын

Boston Legal had an episode with a custody battle over a steam powered "Hysteria Machine"

@choccolocco Ай бұрын

They tried curing a lot of cases of the “vapors” with those things…

@beccagoldsmith6696 Ай бұрын

The last one was a manual hemorrhoid tucker. Back before preparation h existed they had to manually tuck their hemorrhoids, it was a gruelling & painful process, i know this because my grandmother used to use this on me, i was fraught with constipation issues as a child.

@kirkstinson7316 Ай бұрын

They though the water meter part was plastic?? Its obviously brazed/soldered andafe of brass or copper. A lot of things showing up jere are from our grandparents era and people have no clue as to what they are? The younger generation is scary!

@mayorb3366 Ай бұрын

I guessed 3 right, and was in the right ballpark on 2 others. I wonder which items we use today will have people guessing their purpose 100 years from now.

@samuelcruz9258 Ай бұрын

7:05---parece un instrumento para limpiar el cañon de una pistola. ¿ Creo?

@reddrockingeezer Ай бұрын

The vibrators were used by housewives to relieve certain frustrations left by relations with her husband. Models today are more elegant.

@cieloperdomo3939 Ай бұрын

So, yes, it WAS a vibrator, as sexual dysfunction was considered a disease.

@cathiwim Ай бұрын

Must have been a lot of diseased people!

@douglastoole1739 Ай бұрын

teptime you’re funny. cylindar.

@Mr.WellingtonVonDukeIII Ай бұрын

Last one is a Spanish nose irrigator, it widens the nasal passages of green bison that roam in the alleyways of Spain. Without this tool the green bison can't breathe through their nostrils and have to use their dorsal blowholes which is very loud, 120 dB loud. Sorce, I used these when I was a kid for extra pocket change back in the 70's. 😀

@dk9619 Ай бұрын

😂

@johnsweeney6072 Ай бұрын

Thank you I had know idea what it was for. I still have no idea as I said thanks again. 😂🇦🇺

@Sandra-vg1jn 29 күн бұрын

You are referring of course to the whale bison.

@BBB-Schmuck Ай бұрын

Final item is a penile rod. It is slid thru hole into urethra and used to remove foreign objects or kidney stones.

@Ron-d2s Ай бұрын

Can't be, those have razor sharp umbrella tips for when you YANK them out........

@lawrencecarlstrom3465 Ай бұрын

That makes sense because it was in with kitchen items. When I was a kid, we always did penile extractions of foreign objects on the cutting board in the kitchen. Like most kids, we were always getting foreign objects stuck in our urethra. Boys will be boys.