[Milsurplus] Offended by "Ham-mered?"

[Moe Fretz]

Yes David good description.

My fav. is "hamified"
Moe​


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Moe Fretz
Collection and Preservation
Canadian Tube Radios, Communication Equipment, Vintage Ham gear and
Military Radios.
Hallicrafters, RCA, National, Hammarlund,TMC, RME and Racal.

www.radiopreservationguy.com

Don't part them out ---- Restore them.

Cambridge
Ontario Canada

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 4:14 PM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> I've been told a couple of people are "offended" by
> my description of a piece of gear which has suffered
> the usually pointless, needless application of "the golden screwdriver" as
> having been "Ham-mered."
>
> Well, when I remove the bottom cover of a 70-year-old
> war veteran and expect to see the nicely-laced wiring harness and other
> details of craftsmanship,
> like this:
> https://goo.gl/photos/4uawNGBuwBjyRN7T8
>
> and instead, what I see is this:
>
> https://goo.gl/photos/xJmkVRd9kc2jTNqB8
>
> it's just a bit much.... a bit.
> Why for Pity's sweet sake cut all the lacing out and
> leave this spider web??
>
> Although most of us *including me* were guilty of this
> sort of "sin" in our youths and would not do so now,
> I think my use of the term "Ham-mered" entirely justified.That's the only
> word that  describes
> what's happened to this poor modulator.
>
> Regards,
> Dave AB5S
>
>
>
>
>
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