Thursday, December 16, 2010

I'm Not Sure What He Does Back There...

Behind the curtain all day...



But every once in a while he gets tired, and has to rest...



Um, HULLO?



Evidently my computer is just being finicky, as I was able to download and upload.  I updated pictures on the last post due to the solar charger.  I am positive long after I am gone, someone will dig it out of a moth eaten box and say "What the...?"    As I did with this little number...


...about thirty years ago while unpacking a moth eaten box of my grandfather's things.  It was passed down to him.  There was quite a Civil War history on his side of the family.  These were not only used in hospital's of that era, but on the battlefield as well.  The little oil lamp, when lit, served to heat the metal dish above it, making it easy to cook morphine for syringes. The shallow metal dish is not attached and I simply cannot believe I have managed to keep the piece intact all these years.  Evidently it was meant to survive.  But it took some digging to unearth it's purpose when I first came across it.  Ending up finding it on some 'primitive medical devices' site. 

7 comments:

  1. He definitely wants his PRIVACY.. has he found a friend? lol

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  2. Or it could be one of those CAT maneuvers, you know the one, "If I can't see THEM, THEY can't see me." Precious has a tendency to torment poor Elliot, who is always worried.

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  3. I think u may be right... Gotta teach that cat to get his tail in!. Poor Elliot...

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  4. In a nushell, that's what I LOVE about cats. They are not totally living in our deminsion...

    The lamp is amazing!

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  5. Wow, what an interesting artifact. Amazing people lived in spite of the medial treatments they attempted back in those days.

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  6. Really interesting, that little 'cooking' device. I'm reminded of 'The Wizard of Oz' when I see the cat behind the curtain...

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  7. What I like about cats is they obey their own rules, and it is up to us to follow them.

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