22 Mar
2006
22 Mar
'06
1:05 p.m.
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Stan Barr wrote:
The radiation detector was about 2 foot diameter and
finished in that
creamy-grey that Soviet optical equipment frequently came in - knowing
how our National Health Service is always so strapped for cash I wasn't
surprised it looked old and obsolete even then...(about 1999).
Funny story re: soviet optical equipment:
The soviet military would paint equipment "military green" to distinguish
it from civillian articles and discourage theft. In the 80s, my dad worked
for a Chicago based company that (among other things) exported soviet
optics, much of which were purchased from the military surplus, or from
military suppliers. It was nigh impossible to export an article painted
"military green", since soviet customs assumed it was stolen or that
exporting it was not allowed. Solution: hire minimum wage workers in
Moscow to paint everything white before export :-)
Alexey