[NTLK] FoFa - 7th followup

[Laurence W Brown]

ooh—rich red; nice oval; one of the prettiest photos so far

-L.W. Brown
via 8s+

> On Jun 2, 2020, at 14:00, NewtonTalk <newtontalk at pda-soft.de> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 
>> That what I'm trying to do, by asking questions! But the most specific
> answer you've given is "Maybe...maybe not..."
> 
> I frequently give hints in my answers, but oftentimes they're overlooked.
> And sometimes I take the liberty of being ambiguous, just because that's so
> much fun. I also do that to prove that assumptions are never a good idea.
> 
>> And what is, exactly, the difference between an assumption and a guess?
> 
> I might be wrong here because English is not my native tongue. In my book an
> assumption is something you think must be true. You act accordingly, and you
> never question your action. There's an on-going discussion between The Best
> Wife Ever and me. She often assumes things to be true because the rules of
> her definition of common sense leave no other choice, not because she has
> verified them. She's often wrong, though, for a variety of reasons. People
> tend to have their own definition of common sense. For example, many list
> members based their first guesses on assuming we're talking of an electronic
> device here. Which I never said. Others assumed it was for a Newton. Which I
> never said, either. Nobody considered it might be a pen, or a tinted display
> protection foil, or a beach chair for a Sharp ExpertPad. It's nothing of the
> three, by the way. It might even be an electronic device.
> 
> A guess, on the other hand, is something you think is probably true, while
> you're perfectly aware you might be wrong. It's just that you think your
> guess is so much more likely than all the other guesses you can think of.
> 
>> A weirdly cut piece of cheese?
> 
> Nope. All pictures depict parts of the article itself or of what's left over
> after manufacture.
> 
>> The 7th image looks like cut nylon or fiberglass that's been burned on the
> edges and maybe set rigid with glue/epoxy.
> 
> Nope...
> 
>> Soft colorful carry pouch.
> 
> Nope...
> 
>> A case for extra batteries plus at least one memory card.
> 
> Nope...
> 
>> it's some kind of aid or guide for performing repairs on an eMate.
>> I'm almost certainly wrong - but if I'm right I get a free one, and I
> could use something like that :D
> 
> Nope, and yep. It's not a kind of aid, and you're almost certainly wrong.
> But your logic is impressive!
> 
>> An emate case of many colours.
> 
> Nope...
> 
>> It kinda looks like leather or a simulation of leather
> 
> Nope...
> 
>> BTW would the Monty Python reference be the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
> 
> I don't think so. There was a Monty Python film with someone who always had
> a bit of his home with him wherever he went. It looked like half a square
> foot of earth with grass on top.
> 
>> Do I get one of THOSE if I guess it right? ?
> 
> I'm afraid my supply of Holy Hand Grenades is so limited by now that I'm
> unable to give any away. But since I think yours is the wrong reference
> anyway, this is probably a moot point.
> 
>> I think yellow-7 shows what might be:
>> A) two views of the same thing from different sides, or
> 
> Nope...
> 
>> B) two different things
> 
> Yep...
> 
>> I think green-6 is the felt that, probably with sticky stuff on the other
> side, goes on the bottom of yellow-7
> 
> Nope...
> 
>> it appears to be something with some thickness
> 
> Yep...
> 
>> that is cushioned on one side
> 
> Nope...
> 
>> and provides some sort of border, boundary, recess, indentation, or
> something for perhaps raising something, keeping something from moving
> 
> Yep...
> 
>> or-and keeping something from marring the surface of something else
> 
> Nope...
> 
>> The outlines of yellow-7 and green-6 are the same, but reversed, that's
> the clue that links them.
> 
> Yep...
> 
>> BTW, I replaced the number 7 with an 8 in the URL to see if the next image
> was sitting there, in the directory, waiting to be leaked, but it's not.
> 
> You, Sir, and me, Sir, have a lot in common. Although, unfortunately, I've
> only once had the pleasure of meeting you face to face, I knew that from the
> start. So please allow me to re-post what I said two weeks ago when I
> started this fun project:
> 
> Ah, almost forgot: If you think trying to find pictures WhatIsThis02.png,
> WhatIsThis03.png etc. might give you an advantage: I most definitely like
> the way you're thinking! Unfortunately, Frank's brain works more or less the
> same way. This is the first thing he'd try out. So don't bother. These
> images will appear, but only _after_ I have announced them here.
> 
>> :-P I call that being clever, not cheating.
> 
> So do I. Then again, I call posting my pictures at short notice being
> cleverer.
> 
> 
> Here's another tip. The article will be available in different colors. So
> the color will not help you figure out which article we are looking for.
> 
> The next image is here:
> 
>    <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis08.png>
> 
> And here are the images you already know, just for convenience's sake.
> 
>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis07.png>
>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis06.png>
>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis05.png>
>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis04.png>
>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis03.png>
>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis02.png>
>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis01.png>
> 
> Good luck
> 
> Frank
> 
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