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it's like being thereTue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2By: Laura Bien
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Laura BienFri, 06 May 2011 13:42:42 +0000http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=62603#comment-65639Well, given that evidence I have to break with tradition and say that Jim and Irene are correct. It’s a manual tater planter. Great deduction!
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Jim ReesFri, 06 May 2011 12:47:28 +0000http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=62603#comment-65638That seems to be it. Here’s one in the open position: [link]
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Irene HieberThu, 05 May 2011 19:44:39 +0000http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=62603#comment-65611Laura,
My daughter and I agree with Jim. It looks like a potato planter to us.
Irene Hieber
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Jim ReesWed, 04 May 2011 03:18:54 +0000http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=62603#comment-65573It’s for planting potatoes? Or harvesting them?
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Laura BienTue, 03 May 2011 12:06:06 +0000http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=62603#comment-65534Interesting guess Jim…but I have to confess that this doodad is closer to vodka than to whiskey…
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Jim ReesTue, 03 May 2011 03:53:22 +0000http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=62603#comment-65527So then it’s an all-in-one whiskey making tool. First you use it to plant the corn, then to funnel the whiskey into the bottles, and finally you snuff out the fire under the still with it.
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Laura BienSat, 30 Apr 2011 16:47:16 +0000http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=62603#comment-65432Joan: Thank you very much for reading! Moonshine funnel! :) But then there’s that odd handle…hmm…
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Laura BienSat, 30 Apr 2011 16:46:07 +0000http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=62603#comment-65431Jim: Interesting guess. Hmm, turns out that little foot is actually part of a moving component.
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Joan LowensteinSat, 30 Apr 2011 15:31:13 +0000http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=62603#comment-65427As usual, Laura, interesting story with delightful details.
I think the object is some kind of funnel, perhaps useful in making moonshine.
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Jim ReesSat, 30 Apr 2011 14:26:01 +0000http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=62603#comment-65426It could be a snuffer, but the shape is wrong and I can’t find any photos of old snuffers that look anything like this. It looks to me like the foot is fixed, and is only there so the thing will stand up.
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