How do I hate thee Winter, let me count the ways: chilly, freezing, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, bitter, raw, and frigid. That pretty much describes the past week around here, with temperatures dropping to -30C and sometimes even colder with the wind chill. Now we are under a blowing snow warning for the weekend. Arggghhhh!!! I have officially had enough of winter and would like to move on to spring and summer pronto!
Anyway, you’re probably sick of me bitching about the weather, so let’s move on to something more fun. How are the old neurons sparking this week? I know my blogging friends are super smart, so let’s see who gets it right this week, and remember, try too be specific. Ok, ready, set, go….
photos from the loonybin 
Not feeling well … give up… looks like some kind of radiator or cooling system…
Oh no Bulldog, you’re sick? That’s terrible! Feel better soon :).
feel better and be happy that you are the only one that Cindy has responded to so far today
Ahhh but Cindy loves me…
I understand–she only sort of likes me
Looking at her post she says she likes us the same… now my heart is broken… there I was thinking I was special…
you are special–she just doesn’t want to hurt my feelings
You are just too kind, I’m going to have to follow your blog…
I followed you this morning too – great minds!
You are just too kind, I’m going to have to follow your blog…
I love both of you equally. I don’t show favouritism in my blogging family :).
Oh silly Bulldog, you know you will always have a special place in my heart :).
looks like some kind of circuit breaker to me, could be any sort of wiring setup.
you can do better than that–Cindy seems to be busy so I am responding for her today
I’ll vote for a circuit breaker too…
what kind of circuit breaker–she said be specific–I am not picking on you but Cindy seems to be AWOL
punch down block for tele/data wiring.
Uh, I’m not technical. So, um, yeah, I give up. What bunny says.
you sure you have not seen this in any of your pub travels?
Dear TBM. I am so glad you’re back. Last week, without your presence, there was a complete lack of decorum. Somebody, you know who, actually said I was a Druid. Would you Adam and Eve it.
I think some stern discipline is required. So get out the chocolate falvoured whips and restore order please.
With Kind Regards
Harold Hedgwibbler
Wrinklesnitcher by Appointment
Chocolate flavoured whips?!?! Oh my :o!!
you do know that if you show the inside of the alien craft they will no longer provide you with chocolate don’t you–you better make us think it is not part of their flying saucer so I am going to say the inside of a some kind of computer thingy
My alien friends love me! They would never deny me chocolate :).
ha ha
I’m so with you on the weather Cindy. I’ve had it with this cold. I’m going to say it’s a fuse box. Let me know if I’m right. Stay warm.
you’re right (I really don’t know–just wanted to buoy you up) and Cindy is neglecting her duties
Well, I had a really busy day at work and wasn’t around for all the fun today, but thank goodness I got home before Mother Nature went off her rocker. It is blowing and snowing like crazy tonight, and I am going into hibernation mode. I hope you are staying safe this weekend too Edith :).
It looks like the inside of one of those telecom boxes where a whole bunch of telephone lines branch off to different rooms in a building.
you have a great imagination–this is really a water bottle–Cindy where are you–my responses are getting lamer and lamer
Water bottle?!?! Really? LOL
okay Cindy–this is no fun if you do not respond back
I am soooo sorry, but you need to pity me. I spent the whole morning not working on my own work, but correcting a royal *@#%up of a co-worker :(. I am so done and ready to go home!! You are doing great though with your responses LouAnn, and I really appreciate it :).
I do pity you–when I worked in a law office though–I was the royal $#%^@@coworker–I was an english major–what the heck was I doing in a law office (answer: my boyfriend and now my husband’s father was a lawyer)
Nope! I don’t believe it. You may not have liked your job, but you could never have been a screw up. You’re too smart :).
If I look at anyone else’s guesses I get totally confused. So going from scratch, this looks like the inner workings of a water heater. Uh, o.k. you’ve got me fooled. 🙂
good answer–do not know if it is right or not–but I like it!
Woke up to -6C here this morning. I’m not built for that kind of cold here in SC USA.
Wow!!! I didn’t think it ever went into the minuses there. That’s just not acceptable, but it’s still better than our -21C and blowing snow that is closing highways again :).
Kelvin & I are stumped too! This is a really good one Cindy! Kelvin thinks it might be part of a cooling unit because he believes the blue/white things to be temperature probes. But I got nothing!
Those look like Insulation Displacement Connectors. I think you put your fingers in the holes to test if the circuit is live. I wonder if this has something to do with demolition. aaaaaaaargh 🙂
Well, that’s not very nice to suggest I do that. I might get a really bad owie :(.
So sorry. I meant a person puts their fingers in the holes. I’m sure you’d never do anyhing so mundane. And, I’ve completely forgotten about being a druid. I’ve decided to be a pirate instead and take up parrot wrangling. ooo aaargh pieces of cake.
On second thoughts it’s a holder for tiny shotguns used for vole hunting.
Have a shock free weekend. 🙂 Graham
The thing you hook up an ice machine with?
First and foremost today, I must thank LouAnn from the bottom of my heart for filling in for me while I was experiencing the day from hell at work yesterday. She kept the fun going when I couldn’t :). Now for the answer. Although I’m not familiar with the technical terms, I believe two answers were pretty much bang on, and one was more general but correct too. Dan of Dan Traun Photography said it was a punch down block from tele/data wiring and Graham said it looked like insulation displacement connectors. HoaiPhai said it looked like the inside of a telecom box where phone wires lead out from. Well, at our new office there is an open outlet (without the facer plate on it) beside my desk for ethernet or phone line. It is the top part of that where the wires are connected. When I googled Dan’s and Graham’s guesses, I found that they sure know their terminology :), and HoaiPhai is correct too. Congrats to my very smart blog followers!!
The voles are relieved (yay) 🙂
🙂
oh yeah–like I could have ever guessed!
lol – you need to have more confidence in yourself (but I wouldn’t have guessed it either).