Imperial Barlow "What for ?" I.D.

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Imperial Barlow "What for ?" I.D.

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Anyone have an explanation for this? I could see a little magnifying glass being useful sometimes for certain professions/ students...what's the red thing for? Some add-on tools that are held by the plastic extension? Seems a bit too brittle of plastic for that to be a good idea...just curious, let's hear some guesses EDIT: This wasn't supposed to be in tutorials, I wasn't paying attention, my bad
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I appear to be in good company...ya'all scratched yer head and said "Huh? What the heck is that all about?", too. SWAG's (scientific wild academic guesses) are accepted ::tu::
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I have no clue, but I have been checking to hopefully find out the answer.
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My guess would be the remenance of a whistle .
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Yep, it was a whistle.
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Awesome. Thanks for playing and sharing knowledge and that pic. ::tu::
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