Identify This No. 97

Here is an interesting "ohh-didji-do-dah-flab". What is it and what do you use it for?

More about "Identify This"... http://365project.org/netkonnexion/number03/2011-05-11

Previously, in ID This No. 95...
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Well, in ID This 95 you saw something obviously a revalation to some people! It is a walkers or orienteering compass. Used to find your way around when you have a map but need more accurate fixes against the landscape.

Quite a few people got this. Some others were just plain lost... LOL.
Correctorators were... Paula Brumbe; Rick Schies; scooter; Jennifer C; Alison Bailey; Shanne; Eddy J. W.; Mary Ellis; Alta D©


Honorable mentions...
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Paula Brumbe ace
seriously, it is the thing I would never ever go into the woods without. It has a sense of scale and direction and prevents me from getting lost. It is a handy compass. Net says:-->> Correctomundo! Yeeeahhhhaaahhh!

Rick Schies - This looks like a compass for drawing? - Net says:-->> Normally a drawing compass makes circles. This is actually a compass for taking bearings off items in the landscape and comparing to the map. Nice try. Correct in part... The measure along the side is for scaling-off on the map!

Nancy Holte - Well, since everyone is guessing compass, I'm going to go with a metronome. OR, a level. Definitely NOT a compass. Net says:-->> Wow! Swimming against the tide today are we not? Brave, even valiant effort. But wrong! LOL> Nice try and gets a "Doohicky Award!" Yaaaaahooo!

Vicki Kell - rotor. Net says:-->> Wow! Did not see that one coming. Interesting idea. Wrong, but a "Doohicky Award!" for a possible answer. nice one. Yahoooo!

Arthur Loosley - Protractor? Net says:-->> Interesting interpretation. Not sure how that would work with this one. But good try.

Alison Bailey - Isn't it one of those posh compasses you get in shops for the outward bound? The type of compass that's got other bits on it for map reading. That's technical terminology. Net says:-->> Absolutely spot on! Well done, down to the last grid referance! LOL>

Kathy A - I'm sure you'd use it to measure something. Net says:-->> Er... Sorta. But I think we need more on this one. Nice try...

Shanne - compass - one for reading maps. Net says:-->> Actually a compass for taking bearings to compare to a map - but definately correct direction. Yeehaaa!

Sue Wilde - This is a measuring device! Net says:-->> Ha ah! It is, but which one - there are thousands! LOL

Mary Ellis - I think this is a walker's compass. Net says:-->> Excellent, simple and to the point answer. Correctomundo! Yeeehaaa!

Well thought out answers tonight, thanks for dropping by, See ya in the morrow!

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[lorihiro]

Looks like the instrument a dentist uses to check your back teeth! My wild guess of the day! ;-)

[Rick Schies]

This is some handy little miror, either used by the dentist or an electonic repair manto see behind all the connectors ?

[mittens (Marilyn)]

It does look like a mirror. It almost looks like it's on a pen.

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

It is a dentist's mirror to check your mouth, but it also appears to have the ability to transform into your average ballpoint pen!

[Beverly Moolman]

Great shot! Something the dentist uses?

[Crazy Girl]

my original answer is to horrible to mention as my sense of propriety takes over at the moment (yes i do randomly decide to behave myself) so i am saying its one of those telescoping (i'm sure i spelt that wrong) mirrors used for looking in tight places and under things.

[Nancy Holte]

While it looks like something a dentist would use to look at your teeth, I've never seen one of those with clip on it. SO, I'm gonna say it's a magnifier that you can pull out of your pocket when the words on the menu are too small to read. I mean really, why bring glasses when this cool little magnifier is so much more fun. :) In other words, I'm clueless.

[Paula x2 Brumbe]

I shall go with a telescoping mirror that was used back in the day to look up ladies skirts to see the mysteries of young lads worlds.

[Shanne]

dentist's mirror - for looking at the back of the mouth
mind you the army camps have big ones on wheels to look under cars to check for bombs

[Shirley Chetwynd]

yeah a mirror to look under or behind hard to get to places.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Dentist's, or should that be dentists', after all there's more than one dentist, mirror. But only one dentist at a time can use it, so I'll go with dentist's mirror for looking at patient's back teeth and inside planes of teeth. Or patients' back teeth and inside.... s/he may only look at one set at a time but dentists usually have more than one patient and s/he has to look at them all. Tricky one, that. .

[Alta D©]

dental mirror.

[judith deacon]

completely off the wall, is it some kind of pen/instrument for engraving with a magnifier attached?

[Sue Wilde]

ental probe with mirror thingy. Hate them.

[Lesley Barber]

Dental mirror?

[Mair]

I think it's like a dental mirror. But I don't think dental mirrors are hinged or have a pocket clip...... so it's probably a mirror for something else.