----- Original Message -----
From: "John Duggan" <john.duggan1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] semi (ot) why the hell do people engrave things on
cameras/lenses
> Sorry,I'll try that again !! Point taken, and as previously stated
the
> engraving of a postcode on my OM1n is neat, and unobtrusive, being inside
> the cassette chamber :-)) However as I am at least the second owner,
> and possibly the third or forth, the postcode is about as much use to me
as
> a chocolate teapot :-)) I could of course now engrave MY postcode
> inside this camera.......:-)) Regards, John Duggan, Wles, UK.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "B Gray" <bandvg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "John Duggan" <john.duggan1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 6:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] semi (ot) why the hell do people engrave things on
> cameras/lenses
>
>
> > Why is it regarded as senseless to put a postcode on something in the
UK.
> > If a stolen article is recovered by the police (or a lost article is
found
> > by someone else) and the postcode is noticed, then the owner of the
> > postcode is identifiable as living in one of less than 20 houses. That
> > *much* improves the chance of the owner getting his property back
>
>
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