Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was in fact a Mustang. Don't tell my mother...she thinks I was the piano player at a house of ill repute. The scars from having my arms shortened so that my knuckles wouldn't drag the ground from my bridge coat have faded gracefully. :P The only worse shame would be some SPCC Inventory Manager putting a 'D' demil code on them. Only a sadist could witness and certify that the M4s was smashed and shredded to scrap. Not much surprised me after two decades. Has anyone seen USN engraved M4s aftermarket? Makes me think of a PH team along with the AKs with flight jackets, and ex-Disbursing Officers in the Leavenworth Softball League. Charlie 'Sailors and dogs stay off the grass.' On Jan 7, 2007, at 4:48 PM, Montie wrote: > Charlie Meyer wrote: >> Back then, I once envied the Photographer's Mate rating, >> but the community was so small, that one probably had to kill >> someone to get a promotion. > ------------------------------ > > Well Charlie, as a retired Navy Photo Officer myself, I can tell > you that moving up the ladder (both enlisted and officer) was > extremely competitive, however, I don't think I'm on any wanted > posters! ;-)) Welcome aboard!! > > Your post brought back some memories. I wonder how many > people on this list could survive the shock of watching 25/30 > complete M4 kits (each consisting of one body, 90 and 35 > elmarit, and 50 DR cron w/eyes) stacked in a truck and headed > for Defense Property Disposal simply because they were over > 5 years old?? Auctioned off in lots of 5 or 10 kits each. :-( > > BTW, you a "Mustang" also?? > > Montie > -------- > >> I'm new here, but in my research to soak up as much as I can about >> the DS M3 I won the lottery on, I seem to recall reading somewhere >> that DAG had bought up the US Navy M4 parts, for example. I'm a >> retired Navy Supply Corps officer and submariner, and we had a >> provisioning process for equipment that tried to stock replacement >> parts based upon life cycle repair/overhaul needs. There was also a >> disposal process where DRMO would auction off spares for systems no >> longer in service in the fleet. One could imagine that indies like >> Don and Sherry, et al, were able to stash away parts from many >> sources that the beancounters at Leica could not justify maintaining >> in stock as a manufacturer. Inventory costs money....and Leica is no >> stranger to money problems. > >> There were also lots of Leica M pix in old training manuals such as > '>Photographer's Mate 3 & 2' (c. 1970s). Back then, I once envied the >> Photographer's Mate rating, but the community was so small, that one >> probably had to kill someone to get a promotion. That kind of career >> practice was frowned upon. The boats I was a mechanic aboard then had >> no Leicas, but there were Nikon Fs with periscope eyepiece mounts, >> 250 exposure backs, and motor drives. I wondered in those days what >> would happen to the Nikon SLRs that rolling seas would send on a 5ft >> freefall to steel decks at periscope depth. > >> When I was younger, there was an allure to the whirr and buzz of >> equipment and technology, when the objective should have been in the >> art of photography. As I have seen from the handful of PAWs in the >> ast day or so, there is some great work being done out there with >> these cameras. Old dogs can learn new tricks. > >> Charlie > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Charlie Meyer West Virginia Coordinator Basset Rescue of Old Dominion, Inc. (BROOD) Droolassic Park Keyser, WV Basset Hound Rescue: Work With Women. Pick Up Dogs.