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Is it a candlestick?
Technically that isn't a yes no question but please don't take this seriously I am only giving you a hard time over a technicality. I am happy to provide info for any type of question. :)

To answer your question the decorative item will literally brighten up your day. However the object that I have chosen isn't the decorative item. It is just used along with it.

Hope this helps.
引用する: "JRo69"​Is it a candlestick?
​My object isn't a candlestick however it is the decorative item and used with my object.
Is the decorative item a candlestick?
引用する: "XRY-478"
引用する: "JRo69"​Is it a candlestick?
​​My object isn't a candlestick however it is the decorative item and used with my object.
​Maybe a candelabra or a menorah (the Jewish candelabra with seven or nine candles)?
I apologize, but are you saying the candlestick is the decorative item used with your object?
引用する: "JRo69"​I apologize, but are you saying the candlestick is the decorative item used with your object?
​Yes.
引用する: "CassTaylor"Maybe a candelabra or a menorah (the Jewish candelabra with seven or nine candles)?

No. It isn't so much the type of candlestand or candle.
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Maybe a candle-extinguisher?
引用する: "CassTaylor"​Maybe a candle-extinguisher?
​Yes well done. Although we call it a candle snuffer. :wiz:
Yay! :O

Ok, my object; this item is can be made out of a bunch of materials, usually a combination of them, including rope, cardboard, plastic, and often, also a soft material (fleece, cotton, it depends usually).

It comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, some are very complex, and are as tall as the average adult while others can be simple and knee high.

It serves little practical purpose and is mostly for entertainment.

Guess away, folks!
A toy or a fancy dress ?
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Not fancy dress, although it is a kind of toy
A kite ?
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No, not a kite; it's usually located/used indoors.
Is it used by pets ?
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Yes! It was a cat tower! (8

I didn't say who used it for entertainment, you see.
My turn !

My object is in metal (mine is 150gr) and used on a daily basis by milions of people. I got it this summer and it changed my life in a certain way.
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Is it used more in any particular country/part of the world?
It's a worldwide success story with some twists and turns here and there.
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引用する: "Frenchlover"​It's a worldwide success story with some twists and turns here and there.
​... worldwide ... twists and turns ... metal ...

Is it related to computing or communication?

Fun puzzles! Thank you for starting this thread :)
引用する: "rparker"
引用する: "Frenchlover"​It's a worldwide success story with some twists and turns here and there.
​​... worldwide ... twists and turns ... metal ...

​Is it related to computing or communication?

​Fun puzzles! Thank you for starting this thread :)
​Nor computing nor communication.
I said "twist and turns" cause institutions are usually reluctant to novelty when it upsets their certainties.
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Is it a toy?
No
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Is it a pair of glasses (or spectacles)?

If not, is it electronic?
引用する: "CassTaylor"​Is it a pair of glasses (or spectacles)?

​If not, is it electronic?
​It's electronic
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Is it worn on the wrist? A smart watch?
Is it health-related?
I collect anything: If it's Italian or Italian states i collect it even more!
引用する: "ken6528"​Is it worn on the wrist? A smart watch?
No
引用する: "loruca"​Is it health-related?
Yes
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Is it a pacemaker?

No
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Is it an implant of sorts?
I collect anything: If it's Italian or Italian states i collect it even more!
Is it an insulin pump?
Is it a Fitbit, or other exercise tracker?
No implant of any sort, no pump, no physical exercise equipment
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Is it worn on the body?
  • Is it a smart-home apparatus?
I collect anything: If it's Italian or Italian states i collect it even more!
It's not worn and it's not a smart home apparatus
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is it a glucose or blood-sugar meter?
No medical device, but still a relationship to health, it seems, in any case it is sold for this purpose :°
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I think we all need some more hints.
引用する: "JRo69"​I think we all need some more hints.
​Seconded.
What's more, it's an electronic instrument that improves the health (or less deteriorates it) of certain people like me without being a medical device. Although invented in its modern form in the 21th century, the principle comes from an old Arabic device invented in the 14th century and which continues to be used on a daily basis in North Africa, Middle east and India.
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Is it a scale for telling your weight? (Not sure whether that would be more than 150 grams)
No B.
Ha! There is a liquid in the device :8D
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a fruit-juice making machine...?
...you can run,  but you can't hide...
No it's a little device, usually 5 inches long
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Thermometer?
No
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Is it for smoking from? Water pipe or bong? electronic cigarettes?
引用する: "ken6528" electronic cigarettes?
​You're right :8D


Your turn
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The older you are the easier this will be. I am no use by myself , but I am very useful for other things. Some don't need me, others do.
We get a proverb in France that can be translated literally to:
"It's in the old pots that we make the best soups"
and which means "Experience always wins the day"

For pots, the oldest is the best :8D
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Not used in cooking.
What is it made out of?
Plastic
A walking stick (cane) or stroller or wheelchair?

Could be made of plastic, right? :°
Could be made of plastic. But it isn't those objects. :( and those objects are way too big.
How big is the object usually?
1.5 inches in diameter

Another hint
If it is slow it is not needed.
If it is fast it is not needed.
If you are in the middle you would need it. :snif:
Those cryptic hints are driving me nuts!

Is it anything related to transportation? (e.g. car keys)
Not transportation related. It does go around and around.
Is it used in or outdoors or both?
Is it a tool?
A watch
Is it powered by electricity, or batteries, or by hand?
Are you also thinking of a watch, Cass xD? Cuz they can be powered by electricity, battery and hand :D
It is not as watch.
Electricity is what makes it turn.
A tool... It might be classified as that, as it helps something else to work.

The object itself has NO moving parts.
​​
a stomach-pump?
...you can run,  but you can't hide...
引用する: "yvon"​a stomach-pump?
Surely not that. ​
It was used in the 50s and 60s. Almost never use anymore.
A 45 rpm record, spindle adaptor?
引用する: "johnspa"​A 45 rpm record, spindle adaptor?
You got it.
Ken6258, When I was a teenager those adapters were pretty common and I had lots of them. I was looking for 1 the other day The object Im thinking of can be found in every country, and before the internet, was used extensively. It is still used today, although not nearly as much, sadly.
Can it be found in a post office? Letter or stamp?
It can be found in a post office . Not a stamp or letter.
What about talking or communication?
What is it usually made of?
Befor internet, we were used to send postcards

and use phonecards
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Its usually made of paper.
It is a form of communication.
Nope not postcard.
引用する: "johnspa"​Its usually made of paper.
​It is a form of communication.
​Nope not postcard.

​How about an airgram?
Is it printed material? Magazine or advertising?
Nope, not a airgram.
It is printed material.
A telegram?

How far back before the internet we are talking about here. :P
A phone book!
Cards... Birthday Christmas etc.
引用する: "rparker"​A phone book!
​I bet you're right !
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引用する: "rparker"​A phone book!
​Book is the answer.
Your turn.
Hmm, I guessed phone book, answer was only book ... okay, I'll give another object for discovery!

This comes in various types, some electric and some kicked. Used for an ancient profession that still is practiced today. What is my object?
Is it a musical instrument?
引用する: "ken6528"​Is it a musical instrument?
​No
Maybe a loom or sewing machine?
引用する: "CassTaylor"​Maybe a loom or sewing machine?
​Good guesses, but no. (A loom is thought to be one of the early forms of a programmable machine! Really cool history there.)
Sharpening stone?
Is it a medical device?
Just a picture of me when I was a young grinder B.
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Not medical, or grinding/sharpening.

Turning motion is important.
pottery wheel?

引用する: "ken6528"​pottery wheel?
​Ding-ding-ding-ding!!! You Got It :)
OK here is the next one.

I was used more in the past than in the present. I am no good by myself, but very helpful with something else.
A carriage or saddle/bridle?

If not, when did we stop using this object?
Not transportation related.
We still use it sometimes, but new technology replaced it.

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