Talk:Thimble

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During the First World War thimbles were sometimes used for currency. Where? When? How long? Why? Malbi 14:34, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I have reread and corrected myself! Sorry, I shouldn't have let it slip in. JubeJube 14:04, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Easy mistake to make, LOL - And what's with the "Women of the Night" prissiness in the intro?! Garrick92 15:41, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moths?

Can someone substantiate the sandalwood thimble keeps moths away bit? Sounds like a legend. While I don't doubt that sandalwood would keep moths away, the amount of wood in a thimble would make about one good shaving is all, hardly enough to protect a fabric store. --Fenevad 01:10, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Origin

It says the thimble was invented in modern times, yet in a recent documentary, "The Town That Time Forgot," one of the Roman artifacts uncovered was a thimble. (Anonymous comment, 8 July 2007 71.99.1.176)

Indeed, and not only that, but the article itself currently talks about ancient Roman Thimbles.

So, the comment "Originally created by European inventor Thomas Wicks" is incoherent, in (1) contradicting the rest of the page, and (2) being unsupported by googling on related terms.

Therefore I am deleting it (changing the wording to simply "Originally"), as apparent Original Research, forbidden by wikipedia convention, and worse, because there is no way of reconciling it with the rest of the page.

If anyone comes along with an opinion about this "Thomas Wicks", please enlighten us as to exactly what his historical role was, and how that meshes with the rest of this article. Thanks. (P.S. I see this is 1 April UTC, so for the record, I am not making an April Fools joke...if I were, well, the above seems very unfunny...rather boring, in fact.) Dougmerritt (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)