[Milsurplus] your clip leads are here

[ejones at hiwaay.net]

de N4TGC Eric

Don't think I've ever actually LOST a clip lead - I've flexed the clip off
after years of use, and had to cut the wire back and solder it back on ...
I've broken several sockets over the years, and left some down inside GM
vehicles (which are designed with parts-catching voids), but rarely lose
one unknowingly... my socks I cut up for rags after about a year of use,
when they get holes in the toes or elastic, but I've never lost one in the
wash: maybe it's because I do my own laundry, and I HATE LOSING THINGS!

The only thing that comes to mind that I've lost in the last few years is a
screwdriver that I originally found alongside the road.  It was bedraggled
and rusty, but still serviceable, so I cleaned it up and used it about a
week, and it disappeared.  I decided it must have been cursed, and was
intended to stay lost ...

I figured URM-25 fronts (and others) were scrapped for the aluminum ...
salvage yard personnel are 'bottom feeders': they will save worn-out tools,
imaging with their dim wits that they can extract yet more use out of them
- I scrapped a pair of electricians needle-nose pliers I'd been using for
over 20 years (the tips were so slick I couldn't hold onto the wire
anymore), and the immigrants at the scrap yard saved them ...

Maybe you guys need to develop a stronger OCD ... ;-)

In the serendipity dept., I just got a French phrase book at the 'liberry'
used book store, and once I got it home, realized it's military issue!
It's Navy TM 30-602, dated 21 Nov '62.  The best part is, it contains those
hard-to-find translations of technical terms - it has chapters on radio
communications terms, reconnaissance, landing a plane (I'm sure I'll need
that ...), etc., all in a nearly-pocket-sized paperback booklet with a Navy
blue-jacket cover!
	e