On Nov 21, 2008, at 17:46 , John Sessoms wrote:
From: Joseph McAllister
John, I was in the Navy back in the 60s. When a new version of a
lens or camera came out and was listed in the catalog of new gear,
we bought it.
It was my job, when the new stuff arrived, to sit on the loading
dock at the rear of the photolab and use a hammer and a straight
slot screwdriver to drive a hole through the cameras, and through
the glass in the lenses. Watch many a Nikon and lenses die in my
hands. It was a good thing.
I'm not sure I understand the purpose of that.
It was referred to as DNC or D&C, and was the only way to remove out
of date equipment from inventory. To maintain them in inventory, and
or try to sell them as used with their obligatory Navy part numbers
inscribed on them would cost more than it was worth. If this were not
the case, JC would be lamenting the unavailability of stealth
technology for his F-86 SuperSabre he used to commute with.
And, just out of curiosity, how much did the hammer cost?
$1.23 back then. The post-WWII military-industrial-complex had not
yet gotten down that far in the national inventory.
Joseph McAllister
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