[TPIN] 4 Horns For Sale - Cleaning Out!

[William Graham]

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From: "Allegro69" <allegro69 at comcast.net>
To: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 6:23 PM
Subject: [TPIN] 4 Horns For Sale - Cleaning Out!


> Don't tell the Navy where your uncle is. They're apt to 'deliberate' him 
> and
> deliver him to one of their fine brigs...be it he's six feet 'above' or 
> six
> feet 'under'. Every instrument the Navy issues has that Property of the
> U.S.N. emblazoned on it where even pawnbrokers wouldn't touch it with a 
> ten
> foot pole if or when a Navy MU got short of cash. Since the Navy and the
> other
> branches have more money than brains and buy instruments by the carload,
> it's undoubtedly a good horn. 8-)
> BOB

I used to think that too, until I worked for a place that refurbished and 
resold military equipment that had been, "Surveyed". There exists tons of 
this stuff, with, "Property of US Government" scratched out on it......And 
the way the government keeps records, they haven't got a clue that they ever 
owned most of it......:^)