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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It looks so much like a conventional car
or truck tire, I would ask at a Tire Shop, especially one with an old employee
or owner, if they have any ideas about it as a customer promotional thing or
display prop.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca [mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Moderated BCMA subscriber
listserv.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> February 17, 2017 4:58 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [BCMA] Mystery Object</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The curious ting about this object is that it is not split
equilaterally. That means that if it is indeed a collar, the pipe, or whatever,
around which it fit would need to be either of a diameter smaller than the
inside ring, or the pipe would need to be squeezable.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hmmm . . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Feb 16, 2017, at 2:53 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <<a
href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>It looks a lot like
a fancy version of the collars we have around our radiator pipes…<u1:p class=""></u1:p></span></font><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:#1F497D'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Georgia;color:#1F497D'> House Manager<u1:p class=""></u1:p></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#1F497D'>250-545-1019<u1:p class=""></u1:p></span></font><font
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href="http://www.facebook.com/MackieHouse2012">Mackie House on Facebook</a><u1:p class=""></u1:p></span></font><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><a
href="mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca"><font color=purple><span
style='color:purple'>bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca</span></font></a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>[<a
href="mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca"><font color=purple><span
style='color:purple'>mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca</span></font></a>]<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b>Moderated
BCMA subscriber listserv.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>February-15-17 9:44 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b><span
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color=purple><span style='color:purple'>bcma@lists.vifa.ca</span></font></a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>[BCMA] Mystery Object<u1:p class=""></u1:p></span></font><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Hello, everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>We’re doing an inventory of our collections, and have come
across this object. It was catalogued simply as “metal object, good condition.”
It was catalogued on its own, so there are no other objects associated with it
to help give it context, and, since it came to us as part of a large collection
from another museum whose records were “lost” (long story), we have no donor
information to help either.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Can anyone tell me what this is? Photo below…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Tammy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Creston</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">BC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">V0B 1G3</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:address><font size=2
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