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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 but I do
> not know how many properties are covered by one ZIP code in the USA.
> That said, I would not often use an engraving tool, but would often use a
> UV marker pen.
> Perhaps I should also add that I have not moved house for nearly 25 years.
> Brian Gray
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