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OP pawian 221 | 23,973
31 Jul 2012 #1,471
Sorry, but Michael Jackson dance guy mystery is remaining unsolved for a while.

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What does the map show? (with my square frame marking):
Barney 15 | 1,590
31 Jul 2012 #1,472
A bit of Poland with no land border to the rest of the country...if so its very interesting.
OP pawian 221 | 23,973
31 Jul 2012 #1,473
A bit of Poland with no land border to the rest of the country...

Sorry, but the border IS there. Look at the red line.

.if so its very interesting.

Yes!

That is why I made it a riddle.

Hint:

History!
strzyga 2 | 993
31 Jul 2012 #1,474
Sorry, but Michael Jackson dance guy mystery is remaining unsolved for a while.

A bee or a wasp trying to approach the guy?

History!

again :( What's so great about history? It's already happened, you know ;)
OP pawian 221 | 23,973
1 Aug 2012 #1,476
A bee or a wasp trying to approach the guy?

:):):) Sorry, no.

again :( What's so great about history? It's already happened, you know ;)

Yes, I know, that is why it is so fascinating.

Besides, historia magistra vitae.

Poland's last Ice Age?

You call Ice Age times 100 years ago? Not bad. :):):):):)
boletus 30 | 1,361
1 Aug 2012 #1,477
What does the map show? (with my square frame marking):

Your selection shows most of the lake Żarnowiec and the German-Polish border as it was after 1920, when International Commission on Demarcation decided on the final border at the vicinity of the lake: the entire lake, together with 50 meters of the lake shore and the Nadole village on its west side has been allocated to Poland.

So I guess your riddle is about Nadole village, a half-enclave that had no direct connection with the rest of Poland, other than by boat across the lake or via so-called "neutral road" through German's Czymanowo, at the south end of the lake.

This curious solution was a result of Kashubian activity during the plebiscite; the village was 100% Kashubian and Roman Catholic.

Translated from pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadole_(wojew%C3%B3dztwo_pomorskie)
At the end of World War I, when Poland regained its independence, as a result of the Parisian arrangements the border between Poland and Germany was drawn at the center of the Żarnowiec Lake. Nadole and half of the lake were to belong to Germany. Only after long and laborious efforts of local residents the village and the entire lake became part Poland. Nadolians are very proud of that fact since this kind of border corrections were the exceptional phenomena.
OP pawian 221 | 23,973
1 Aug 2012 #1,478
Yes!! Why do I know that you will always answer my riddles? :):):):)

There are monuments in Nadole commemorating the plebiscite in 1920. One day I will post the photos in another thread.

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What is this metal object?
rybnik 18 | 1,454
1 Aug 2012 #1,479
What is this metal object?

a trap?
boletus 30 | 1,361
1 Aug 2012 #1,480
The bottom one could be a rat trap, but it is hard to say because the perspective does not reveal any details.

The top one looks to me like a date stamper of some sort.
OP pawian 221 | 23,973
1 Aug 2012 #1,481
The bottom one could be a rat trap, but it is hard to say because the perspective does not reveal any details.

It isn`t a trap, guys, and its size is quite small - as long as my index finger.

OK, let it stay unresolved for a while. It is an expertise issue, indeed.

The top one looks to me like a date stamper of some sort.

Don`t pay attention to the top one.

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Where are they?
pam
1 Aug 2012 #1,482
What is this metal object?

A cage to keep something small in, baby bird etc?
OP pawian 221 | 23,973
2 Aug 2012 #1,483
A cage to keep something small in,

Yes!

What exactly?

baby bird etc?

Nope. Too small.
Though you could probably keep a baby humming bird there. :):):):)
pam
2 Aug 2012 #1,484
What exactly?

Baby reptile? (clutching at straws now)
OP pawian 221 | 23,973
2 Aug 2012 #1,485
Nope. Better get back to the bird concept. The cage is for a winged creature, indeed.

Hint:

Actually, it is for two creatures.

:):):):)
pam
2 Aug 2012 #1,486
Actually, it is for two creatures.

Baby bats/butterflies/moths?
gumishu 13 | 6,133
2 Aug 2012 #1,487
Nope. Better get back to the bird concept. The cage is for a winged creature, indeed.

is this object a queen bee cage?
rybnik 18 | 1,454
2 Aug 2012 #1,488
Actually, it is for two creatures.

it's for "love birds"! ie parakeets?
OP pawian 221 | 23,973
2 Aug 2012 #1,489
Baby bats/butterflies/moths?

Sorry.

it's for "love birds"! ie parakeets?

Sorry.

is this object a queen bee cage?

Yes!!!! The object is called a mating basket and is used by bee keepers!! Very good!!!

Next (but don`t forget other pics above which remain unaswered):

What is it? (Sorry it is so easy)
OP pawian 221 | 23,973
2 Aug 2012 #1,491
?:): Ooops.... I thought wasps build sth like this:
TheOther 6 | 3,674
2 Aug 2012 #1,492
What is it? (Sorry it is so easy)

My guess: the image shows part of a hay roof.
boletus 30 | 1,361
2 Aug 2012 #1,493
A wasps' nest.

That could not be a wasp's nest or a honeycomb. In such cases you would see the most packed regular structures, which are hexagonals; and if you look carefully even the individual tubes would have hexagonal cross section.

Not on the Pawian's picture. The cross-sections of individual tubes are more or less round and the arrangement of individual tubes is not regular, but random. I vote for straw tips, or maybe grain stubble (rżysko). But if the latter is true then you are a very cunning photographer, Pawian.
jon357 74 | 21,763
2 Aug 2012 #1,494
What is it? (Sorry it is so easy)

A bundle of roofing thatch or maybe wiklina?
OP pawian 221 | 23,973
2 Aug 2012 #1,495
The cross-sections of individual tubes are more or less round and the arrangement of individual tubes is not regular, but random.

Hey, guys, I don`t have the slightest idea what you are talking about. :):):):):)

I vote for straw tips,

Yes, close......

maybe grain stubble (rżysko).

No....

A bundle of roofing thatch

Yes!! The roof of a house!
boletus 30 | 1,361
2 Aug 2012 #1,496
wiklina

Wiklina (wicker) is not hollow.
My second guess: trzcina (reeds)
OP pawian 221 | 23,973
2 Aug 2012 #1,498
Wiklina (wicker) is not hollow.
My second guess: trzcina (reeds)

Never mind.
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What is this?:
rybnik 18 | 1,454
2 Aug 2012 #1,499
is this object a queen bee cage?

Now I am impressed. Where did you pull that one out of? lol
pam
2 Aug 2012 #1,500
What is this?:

A small wooden classroom? Looks like something might be taught in it...craft skills?

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