I received this "memo" via email from a friend (he wrote the memo).
He wrote the memo and distributed it to all homes in the area, alerted scrap-yards but to no joy.
The tailhook remains lost but my friend, along with many others, found the exact same tailhook on eBay (no, not the stolen one). They bought it and repaired/replaced the mailbox, returning it to its original condition.
1 posted on
09/20/2013 9:55:12 AM PDT by
Hulka
To: Hulka
If it’s something of such value, why put it on a mailbox?
2 posted on
09/20/2013 10:06:46 AM PDT by
Old Sarge
(Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
You can find most anything on ebay.
maybe they better weld it on better.
3 posted on
09/20/2013 10:12:29 AM PDT by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
To: Hulka
Probably sold as scrap for drugs............
7 posted on
09/20/2013 10:19:04 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong. .....Voltaire)
To: Hulka
“As a Naval Aviator, it was one of his prized possessions.”
Seems unwise to leave it out in the front yard, then.
To: Hulka
Does the navy sell used or surplus tailhooks? How do these end up in civilian hands?
To: Hulka
Not to be a putz or anything, but, in my experience, F-8's did not fly at night.
28 posted on
09/20/2013 12:11:10 PM PDT by
a6intruder
(downtown with big bombs, 24/7, rain or shine, day or night)
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