The Director's Desk: Identify this

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Identify this

21 comments:

Anonymous said...: A 1942 pre-test?; December 7, 2010 at 7:14 AM
Anonymous said...: Is that an old alcohol breath tester?; December 7, 2010 at 7:19 AM
Anonymous said...: It's a old PBT wasn't called that then but it was used for testing alcohol level.; December 7, 2010 at 7:23 AM
Chem Tech said...: My wild guess is that it's a detector for crowd control gas to let the user know when it's safe to take his or her mask off.

Or maybe it's a pirate raid ALERRRT.; December 7, 2010 at 7:25 AM
Steve said...: That is a picture you took yesterday with your Canon Powershot of an orange box with a switch on it.

Am I first? Do I win anything?; December 7, 2010 at 7:42 AM
Anonymous said...: It looks like one of the door alarms from the late 1970's. You would hang it on your doorknob and if anyone even touched the door it would sound a loud alarm.

Gun Nut; December 7, 2010 at 7:46 AM
Steve said...: Okay, my first guess might be correct, but upon further study, I'm guessing it is some kind of alcohol level measuring device.; December 7, 2010 at 8:02 AM
Anonymous said...: door knob alarm; December 7, 2010 at 8:11 AM
Anonymous said...: How about a good, clear, straight-on pic of the entire label?; December 7, 2010 at 9:26 AM
Rory Dunne said...: I'm going to guess that it's a very early breathalyser! the eighties "Tron" typefont and the barely decipherable company name are a giveaway; December 7, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Anonymous said...: Red light BAD

Green light GOOD

256; December 7, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Anonymous said...: Breathalyzer?

Geiger Counter?

Mini Guitar Amp?

Old Fashioned Cell Phone Charger?

Single Walkie Talkie?

Police Scanner?; December 7, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Anonymous said...: Is this one of our pre tests from 1975 - 1978 or so? Where are the paper mouth pieces?; December 7, 2010 at 10:26 AM
Tom Casady said...: 7:14-

Cute.

7:19-

Yes. Mike Garnett, Jon Morris, Steve Wetzel and I administered thousands of preliminary breath tests with this device.

Steve-

Nice use of the EXIF data.

9:26-

That would ruin the fun.

256-

Now that depends on which end of the mouthpiece you are on, don't you think?

9:58-

All the above.

10:26-

I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, if you've got a brand new key. It would be nice to have a supply!; December 7, 2010 at 11:11 AM
Grundle King said...: Clearly, that's a black Pilot G-2 ball-point pen, complete with rubberized grip.

What do I win?!!; December 7, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Anonymous said...: Chief-Good point. I've been on both ends of the machine. Fortunately, when I was was on the blowing end, it was green.

256; December 7, 2010 at 12:35 PM
ARRRRG!!!! said...: The orange color gives it away. It detects Ninja Pirates.; December 7, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Tom Casady said...: Grundle King-

The usual selection, you can pick, "blood, breath, or urine?"; December 7, 2010 at 12:56 PM
Anonymous said...: The fact that I DIDN'T know what it was, makes me feel pretty good about my 'innocent' younger days!; December 7, 2010 at 3:36 PM
Anonymous said...: Some of the people who had previously see such a unit likely just saw an orange, blurry thing.; December 8, 2010 at 10:44 AM
Anonymous said...: All of you are wrong. It's a Pen Mate pen sitting on the monthly stats with some weird orange box thing in the way!; December 8, 2010 at 10:06 PM

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

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