[Milsurplus] Re: Stinson Scale

[jfor at quik.com]

How about adding a plus and minus? So something might be a scarce +

John


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
>
>> We have Hertz, Amperes, and Volts. How about a unit of
>> scarcity, in Stinson units? Or call it the "Stinson Scale",
>
> ACK!  Thank you for your kindness, Hue, but I'm really serious
> about the community needing a definition of what's easy to
> collect and what's not.  If I named the system after myself,
> it just becomes a joke in most people's eyes.
>
>> To calibrate the end points, consider a ham-modified
>> BC-645: they're available, but no one wants them. That
>> would be zero. A "10" would be Dave's example of "M"
>> A.R.C. sets....
>
> I think 10 is too many grades.  If we make too many fine
> distinctions, the system becomes arbitrary- subject
> more to opinion than fact.  The idea of the system is to give
> the collector the information he most wants: how hard am
> I going to have to work to acquire one of these items?
> "Common" means he can find one with a little effort.
> "Scarce" means he's going to have to work at it awhile.
> "Rare" means it will take a long time, and he may never get one.
> "Unique" means there's only one, so if you have it, take special care.
> And "Extinct " is, of course, self-explanitory.
> I don't know how we would make further distinctions
> between those without introducing "haze" into the system.
>
> 73,
> Dave S.
>
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