Strange Sights

New Bern, NC

 

I came upon several strange sights this morning. All around the marina and the hotel were people in colonial period dress. Cool, I thought, it must ba a reenactment. But a closer look was unsettlingly incongruent. The colonials were puffing on colonial cigarettes, reading the colonial USA Today, and checking mail on their colonial iPhones. I asked one about the event. He said that they were filming a movie at Tryon Palace and that these people were the extras. Ahhhh.

 

When cleaning up, I found the object below our small objects drawer. I have no idea what it is. The name Chicago Pneumatics is printed on it. It has a clip to carry it in a shirt pocket. The knurled end screws to adjust it somehow. I thought dog whistle, but the end seems designed to fit on a hose rather than lips. Any guesses?

 

This third item I saw online. The caption is priceless. It said, "So far. So good." Another good caption might be, "Do I hear something behind me?"