new apartment, been here for a few weeks but the water just started to fill this week while i was showering. pushed it off a few days thinking id just have to take my OWN hair out of the drain - pulled this instead! fun fact : im not ginger and neither is my partner. have no clue what is attached to the “hair” either.

Is this man made or part of an animal? Found on the rocks of the Ocean Shores Jetty on the Pacific Coast of Washington.

Main questions, even if the exact item isn't found, is it food/dishwasher/microwave safe or just a collectable?

Saw this today and a search didn't turn up anything. Thoughts?

A boss of mune from decades ago gifted this to me upon returning from the Philippines. Can anybody explain the significance? I am male and so was he. He acted really weird when he gave it to me. I just would like to know what it represents to Filipinos.

Thank you.

Edit: man reddit is brutal. I was specifally asking if that held any cultural significance. It is a duck. It is wooden. Obviously I know that.

Edit 2: While some are inconsiderate, i do appreciate the answers. Anyhow, everyone be safe out there.

Edit 3: Why is this so interesting to some people? I was just curious. But thanks to all who responded, nicely or sarcastically. I think I learned a valuable Reddit leeson. As I said before. Everyone be safe and have a nice day/week/month/etc.

..but to be honest I don’t really know as I inherited from one of my best friends who’s no longer with us and never told me. Please help me figure out what it’s for and why the black rubber or rubber like/leather like strip inside?

Haze is pretty bad where I am right now and saw the sun was this bright orange color. Took a 30x zoomed in picture and noticed these black dots. At first I thought it was due to dirty lens but then I took photos in portait and landscape, the spots show up at the same part of the sun. Around 9 o'clock position.

Due to the haze you could actually a look at it directly and can also sort of make out the spot from the photo. What could it be?

I suspect potential drainage lines under the ground but no idea. Newly acquired home, first time this has happened.
Photo taken yesterday. NC, USA area.

Looks somewhat antique, some kind of cage to hatch chicks perhaps?

Saw this while driving on the freeway…any ideas??

EDIT TO ADD:

1) I was NOT snooping. I borrowed his coat (with his permission!) and it was in the pocket
2) I was NOT accusing my boyfriend of anything
3) HE told ME to post here because he was JUST as curious

And lastly…

4) it was MY breathalyser. I got into an accident back in April and as per procedure had to blow into the tube.
With all the chaos I completely forgot I actually did one until the comments helped me realise.

I had NO idea my post would get this much attention, if I did I’d have clarified these things beforehand, but to all the trolls and people thinking they know me and my relationship….

Get a life :)

Yesterday, I made a small amount of chili sauce and didn't have a small container for it. I saw a coffee basket lying around, put the sauce in there, covered it with aluminum foil, and put it in the fridge.

When I wanted to use the chili sauce today, I noticed that the aluminum foil had four holes in it. What is this? What happened?

Ingredients: Chili peppers, garlic, herbs, sunflower oil, salt

Beer can for scale. From late father’s belongings. He was in the Navy and partner thinks it has something to do with that.

What is this thing ? At first I thought it was an old CPAP and then an espresso machine!

I like it and I want to buy it. But I don’t know what it’s called. Thanks!

Picture of my wife’s uncle as a boy 7 or 8 yrs old. Grew up on a farm in western NY. This picture dates back to around 1947 or 1948. What is the boy holding? Is it a toy? Or some sort of farm tool?

Update — yes this photo was enhanced using ai to take the graininess out of the original picture. My wife is giving a copy of the image to her cousin for an 80th birthday gift along with other photos.

The AI bashing on this post is unbelievable! How come nobody is bashing the fact that I used a scanner to create a jpeg of the image as opposed to creating a duplicate from a photo negative in a dark room and sending out 250 copies thru the postal service?

Found this amongst my Grandmothers things, thought it might be a kitchen roll holder but doesn’t fit. Any ideas?

Found this in the kitchen while house sitting for some people I know. It was in a drawer that also had cooking utensils, kitchen shears, and some other miscellaneous things.

There is a sliding black button on the side. In pictures 3-4 I show what it looks like when the button is down vs. up.

The black bar is a magnet strip for sticking it to the fridge or stove mayhaps.

Any ideas??

So many of my pear tree leaves that have fallen have these things growing from the red sections on the leaves. Any ideas what it could be?

Visiting my mom at the hospital and seeing these everywhere. They don’t make any noise, the light doesn’t flash, and are in both rooms and hallways. Just curious!

These 6x6 posts were all erected in front of a local school. The posts have eyelets on the side which tells me they likely will have cables or something strung through them, but why? What is it for?