It's a squirqulometer, a device for making squares into circles. By placing one of the corners of the square into the right angle of the device, then gee'ing and haw'ing the device to and fro the corner is hewn away and made circular. The roundness can be checked with the opposing side which can also be used to further refine the circle.

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The real truth here is that she lacked connections. Networking is what makes America go around these days. Connections are what lands you a $150k a year job. Hard work rarely does it anymore.

Call me jaded, but I can just about guarantee that if I were to apply to my company today that I would not be hired with the experience that I started with when I was hired many years ago. It's a sad state of affairs, but dad knowing Fred who plays poker with Joe on Thursday is what gets little Johnny his nice cushy job, not little Johnny having any sort of real experience or usefulness.

Bummer. It is now set to Private. :(