kcladyjane
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Post by kcladyjane on Jun 8, 2017 13:20:59 GMT -5
One was by the front door under the light switch and one was in the basement of an older home.
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Post by kcladyjane on Jun 8, 2017 13:24:40 GMT -5
Please note the picture needs rotated...the left side is the top in the house.
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Post by Sharon on Jun 8, 2017 13:27:59 GMT -5
I am wondering if it isn't an old style push button light switch that they left when they upgraded to the newer style flip switches.
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Post by apple 2 on Jun 8, 2017 13:28:18 GMT -5
Looks like an elevator key hole. I'm curious now, hope we have some super sleuths here who can figure it out.
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kcladyjane
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Post by kcladyjane on Jun 8, 2017 13:33:59 GMT -5
Yeah I wonder if the basement one is straight down...could be some sort of elevator used to be there. I will have to ask...was checking for a realtor friend.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jun 8, 2017 13:44:59 GMT -5
It's a button to a serial killer's secret basement labyrinth!
I was thinking maybe they had a dumbwaiter at some point.
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Post by kcladyjane on Jun 8, 2017 13:50:54 GMT -5
So I asked a friend who is an electrician...and was told it is an old burglar alarm system. Never would have guessed that.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jun 8, 2017 15:07:59 GMT -5
I was thinking cyclops peep hole.
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 8, 2017 15:09:59 GMT -5
I am wondering if it isn't an old style push button light switch that they left when they upgraded to the newer style flip switches. This is my vote. We had one still before we remodeled the house. It look kinda like that, only the buttons were up and down and not side by side.
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Post by billisonboard on Jun 8, 2017 15:13:20 GMT -5
I am wondering if it isn't an old style push button light switch that they left when they upgraded to the newer style flip switches. This is my vote. We had one still before we remodeled the house. It look kinda like that, only the buttons were up and down and not side by side. It looks like this takes a key. If it is a light switch, it must be for parents who get tired of kids leaving the lights on.
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Post by dannylion on Jun 8, 2017 15:57:28 GMT -5
It looks like the control panel for the old Infinitron-7000 Pangalactic Wormhole Generator. That model was the last one to have pushbuttons. The current models (Infindibulator-10000 series and newer) have touchscreen control panels and employ the new 4-D GPS (galactic positioning system) technology, which has increased the overall accuracy of destination targeting and has reduced unfortunate end results to a more acceptable 3% when averaged over actual parsecs traversed. This is an improvement over the undesirable-outcome levels experienced by the earlier models, which stubbornly remained in the 10% range for several decades.
You might want to poke around the general vicinity of the activation controls to see whether the actual transfer plate is still installed. If you find it, make sure not to leave anything on it that you want to keep in case someone inadvertently pushes the button and sends it to, say, Zeta Reticula 7 or somewhere else from which it might be difficult to retrieve it.
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Post by apple 2 on Jun 8, 2017 16:00:15 GMT -5
It looks like the control panel for the old Infinitron-7000 Pangalactic Wormhole Generator. That model was the last one to have pushbuttons. The current models (Infindibulator-10000 series and newer) have touchscreen control panels and employ the new 4-D GPS (galactic positioning system) technology, which has increased the overall accuracy of destination targeting and has reduced unfortunate end results to a more acceptable 3% when averaged over actual parsecs traversed. This is an improvement over the undesirable-outcome levels experienced by the earlier models, which stubbornly remained in the 10% range for several decades.
You might want to poke around the general vicinity of the activation controls to see whether the actual transfer plate is still installed. If you find it, make sure not to leave anything on it that you want to keep in case someone inadvertently pushes the button and sends it to, say, Zeta Reticula 7 or somewhere else from which it might be difficult to retrieve it. I hate it when that happens.
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Post by Rob Base 2.0 on Jun 8, 2017 16:15:45 GMT -5
Is there a countdown clock next to it?
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 8, 2017 19:40:53 GMT -5
It looks like the control panel for the old Infinitron-7000 Pangalactic Wormhole Generator. That model was the last one to have pushbuttons. The current models (Infindibulator-10000 series and newer) have touchscreen control panels and employ the new 4-D GPS (galactic positioning system) technology, which has increased the overall accuracy of destination targeting and has reduced unfortunate end results to a more acceptable 3% when averaged over actual parsecs traversed. This is an improvement over the undesirable-outcome levels experienced by the earlier models, which stubbornly remained in the 10% range for several decades.
You might want to poke around the general vicinity of the activation controls to see whether the actual transfer plate is still installed. If you find it, make sure not to leave anything on it that you want to keep in case someone inadvertently pushes the button and sends it to, say, Zeta Reticula 7 or somewhere else from which it might be difficult to retrieve it. ALIENS!!! I knew it!
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Post by mroped on Jun 8, 2017 20:02:09 GMT -5
Might be a doorbell thing for a hearing impaired individual- the light would let them know that someone is ringing. Is that a camera on the side?
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 10, 2017 2:22:40 GMT -5
So I asked a friend who is an electrician...and was told it is an old burglar alarm system. Never would have guessed that. Makes sense.
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 10, 2017 10:47:41 GMT -5
I remember someone having one of those when I was a little kid. It was an alarm system. You needed to have one of those short funny keys to disarm it.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jun 10, 2017 17:50:24 GMT -5
It looks like the control panel for the old Infinitron-7000 Pangalactic Wormhole Generator. That model was the last one to have pushbuttons. The current models (Infindibulator-10000 series and newer) have touchscreen control panels and employ the new 4-D GPS (galactic positioning system) technology, which has increased the overall accuracy of destination targeting and has reduced unfortunate end results to a more acceptable 3% when averaged over actual parsecs traversed. This is an improvement over the undesirable-outcome levels experienced by the earlier models, which stubbornly remained in the 10% range for several decades.
You might want to poke around the general vicinity of the activation controls to see whether the actual transfer plate is still installed. If you find it, make sure not to leave anything on it that you want to keep in case someone inadvertently pushes the button and sends it to, say, Zeta Reticula 7 or somewhere else from which it might be difficult to retrieve it. I absolutely love how your mind works. Can we hang out in real life? Please??!!
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Post by dannylion on Jun 10, 2017 19:22:05 GMT -5
It looks like the control panel for the old Infinitron-7000 Pangalactic Wormhole Generator. That model was the last one to have pushbuttons. The current models (Infindibulator-10000 series and newer) have touchscreen control panels and employ the new 4-D GPS (galactic positioning system) technology, which has increased the overall accuracy of destination targeting and has reduced unfortunate end results to a more acceptable 3% when averaged over actual parsecs traversed. This is an improvement over the undesirable-outcome levels experienced by the earlier models, which stubbornly remained in the 10% range for several decades.
You might want to poke around the general vicinity of the activation controls to see whether the actual transfer plate is still installed. If you find it, make sure not to leave anything on it that you want to keep in case someone inadvertently pushes the button and sends it to, say, Zeta Reticula 7 or somewhere else from which it might be difficult to retrieve it. I absolutely love how your mind works. Can we hang out in real life? Please??!! Sure! We'd have fun!
This really just made my day. Someone who doesn't think I'm weird and scurry away!
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Post by ZaireinHD on Jun 11, 2017 22:43:24 GMT -5
I see there is a flat head screw at the top and bottom. which leads me to believe it is a power on something and power off something. burglar alarm? nah- I have no imagination to understand how that would work?
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