Sorry, the photo of the "spike" was uploaded by accident and it has nothing to do with the thermometer. That is an old tent peg I dug up a few weeks ago. I told my grand daughter is was an ancient Roman spear head and she believed me!
Years ago I restored a beautiful little BMW Isetta 300. The garage equipment company Griot's Garage asked me to bring it down to their Tacoma, WA headquarters for a photo shoot for the cover of their catalog. What a beautiful shop! For the cover shot they even laid out checkerboard floor tiles.