[Milsurplus] How thoroughly they disappear

Peter Gottlieb nerd at verizon.net
Mon Dec 16 18:35:19 EST 2013


Well, surplus went downhill big time in Boston since then. 


Peter

> On Dec 16, 2013, at 3:15 PM, "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes. I think so.
> 
> It's not far rwally. Perhaps 50 miles. Quebec turned into a pit in the
> 1970s. It mostly still is. Even many Canadians moved to Toronto from
> Montreal.
> 
> The big reasons I left Montreal to go to Boston was the political and
> surplus situations.
> 
> -John
> 
> ==============
> 
> 
> 
>> You're saying they moved to VT, USA ? That is one big move for a
>> surplus business.
>> 
>> Years back, in the early 1980s, someone i worked with told me he had
>> 
>> seen AR-6 receivers at some store in Alberta, but i never learned more
>> 
>> about this. At the time it was another one of those enticing rumors, like
>> 
>> the mention of widow Mrs. Harris's basement with the BC-653.
>> 
>> There's not a lot of info about on RCAF equipment. No images of the
>> AT-12 either.
>> 
>> -Hue
>> 
>> 
>>> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:09:25 -0800
>>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] How thoroughly they disappear
>>> From: jfor at quikus.com
>>> To: kargo_cult at msn.com
>>> CC: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>>> 
>>> ETCO was around a looong time. They were on McGill Street (I think) when
>>> I
>>> was a kid, and moved to VT some years later. They were just about the
>>> only
>>> real surplus dealer in Montreal.
>>> 
>>> -John
>> 
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