What is this thing?
March 5, 2022 12:20 PM Subscribe
Through our Real Estate Scavenger Hunt game, we've found yet another object I cannot identify. Can anyone help?
Looks like it would make a nice task light for lap work like embroidery, cross stitch, or hand quilting.
posted by muddgirl at 12:26 PM on March 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by muddgirl at 12:26 PM on March 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
OR (operating room) Lamp. Or, as yellowcandy said, dental lamp.
posted by evilDoug at 12:27 PM on March 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by evilDoug at 12:27 PM on March 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
It's an OR lamp rather than a dental one. Dental lamps are smaller and shaped differently.
posted by pipeski at 12:43 PM on March 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by pipeski at 12:43 PM on March 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
Ok some people might argue that 50,000 - 100,000 lumens is too much for crafting but having struggled with tired eyes and tiny stitches it seems just about right to me.
posted by muddgirl at 1:10 PM on March 5, 2022 [16 favorites]
posted by muddgirl at 1:10 PM on March 5, 2022 [16 favorites]
OH GOD that's definitely an OR lamp. It's giving me a flashback to my c-section when I could see the reflection of my bloody insides in one. Yikes.
posted by BlahLaLa at 4:41 PM on March 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by BlahLaLa at 4:41 PM on March 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
Yeah, instantly recognizable as an OR lamp.
We are looking at new lights for our family room, and I would love one of these for doing puzzles. Sort of a "peace dividend" for old eyes!
posted by wenestvedt at 6:15 AM on March 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
We are looking at new lights for our family room, and I would love one of these for doing puzzles. Sort of a "peace dividend" for old eyes!
posted by wenestvedt at 6:15 AM on March 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
Vividly do I recall lying on my back staring up into one of those things. I had just given birth, with considerable tearing and cutting, and the doctor was about to start stitching me up. It chose that moment to go out and refuse to be coaxed back into working. He didn't really have enough light to do the stitching without it.
I lay there staring up at it for a long time with the poor man's chin very close to my intimacies and a couple of other not as good but portable lamps moved as close as possible so he could do the job at all.
posted by Jane the Brown at 6:42 AM on March 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
I lay there staring up at it for a long time with the poor man's chin very close to my intimacies and a couple of other not as good but portable lamps moved as close as possible so he could do the job at all.
posted by Jane the Brown at 6:42 AM on March 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
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posted by yellowcandy at 12:25 PM on March 5, 2022 [3 favorites]