What is it ??

[sm4him]

Fire escape?

Dude - they don't have those in Tennessee.

It's true--our idea of a fire escape is parking your pickup truck under a window and putting a trampoline in the bed of the truck to catch you when you jump.

 

[sm4him]

This item is smaller than anything guessed so far.

 

[snowbear]

Damn - you use trampolines? We just rescue an old bed mattress from a local eviction.

 

[snowbear]

I'm going to kick myself when it's finally revealed because I know I've seen something like this, but I can't figure it out.

 

[snowbear]

A small grill, like a hibachi?

 

[sm4him]

Damn - you use trampolines? We just rescue an old bed mattress from a local eviction.

Yeah, the trampolines are definitely the higher class fire escapes, but they do come in handy, so you can bounce back up and grab your mama, who is refusing to jump, on the next trip down.

Plus, all the old mattresses from eviction also tend to have been associated with a meth lab...

 

[sm4him]

Not a grill, but you are at least edging closer into the universe of like items. Yours is Earth, and this is an asteroid out near Pluto, but at least it's the same universe.

 

[sm4him]

Okay, photo #2. Next photo will be a dead giveaway. I think.
If this one doesn't give it away, I'll try to think of some clues.

 

[Borad]

grater

 

[snowbear]

Watering can

 

[limr]

A cheese grater!

 

[limr]

I hadn't refreshed this page in a couple of minutes so I didn't see those two posts ahead of me. Borad got there first.

 

[sm4him]

grater

Winner, winner, Chicken dinner!! See, I told you the second photo was much easier!

And I didn't even get to post my favorite photo of it:

This grater has seen better days, but then it originally belonged to my dad, and may very well have belonged to his mother before that. It is probably approaching at least 70 years old, but despite its appearance, it still grates quite efficiently.

 

[Borad]

They still make them that way too, with the rolled bottom that traps food, except for some that have plastic caps which I don't like either.

Here's something sitting on my mousepad.

 

[sm4him]

Eraser?