Step ladders, stippling judders and looking wobbly.
Is it reasonable to ask if the code mark-up served two different purposes?
Jan 11
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Dec 18
Let’s all be friends …..
Yours is a commendable work, Nick, a grand chase, one worthy of your undoubted intellect, and the reason for your stellar reputation as a researcher. Hats off.
But .....
The Somerton Man and what may have ailed him
One thousand one hundred and sixty words ... all technical.
Time is the enemy of a more lucid explanation of events
... date shifting courtesy of HG Wells
John Ruffles and the name ‘Jestyn’
Jestyn the mother of Robin.
Robin the dancing partner of Jestyn (Victoria).
Jestyn (Victoria) the daughter of Jestyn (Hilary).
Jestyn (Gavin) the son of Jestyn (Hilary).
Jestyn (Gavin) the brother of Jestyn (Victoria).
Jestyn (Hilary) the daughter of Jestyn (Thomas).
Jestyn (Victoria) and Jestyn (Gavin) the children of Jestyn (Hilary) and the grandchildren of Jestyn (Thomas)
The Somerton Man Mystery – 70 years on
The man seen alive by witnesses on the evening of 30 November 1948 was wearing striped trousers but the man found dead the following morning was wearing plain, brown-faun trousers.
Conclusion
Jessica Jestyn Thompson Thomson Harkness née Powell got away with it, not by design but by good fortune.
Confirmation the body seen in the evening wasn’t the body found in the morning
.. which leads to conclusions
Henley Beach to Bickford Terrace
A ticket bought for Henley Beach. Then a suitcase left unlocked at a baggage office and another, later ticket bought for St Leonards. Cut knuckles, pasty for lunch. Dead that night. How does it all make sense?
There are only two possibilities, updated
Rule 1 - the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation.
Part 2: Dr Hendrickson
Sol smiles like he's enjoyed a good share of corporate serial murders.
Part 1 : meet Sol
If only one country has the bomb,' he told her, 'it will use it. If two countries have it, neither will.'
Cleland’s delay …
Cleland found the TS slip then put it back. He found it again later with some difficulty. Explained.
69 The Littlemore Leane interview
DS Leane was bought onboard the investigation about December 22, 1948, when he was assigned to find out the meaning of the words Tamam Shud. (Littlemore)
Detective Brown was asked to find out the meaning of the words Tamam Shud in June 1949. (Feltus)
51 Two Conflicting Depositions
PC Moss swore the Tamam Shud slip was not found on the body. DS Leane swore it was.
25 What was he poisoned with?
Remarks by James Cowan, Professor Sir Stanton Hicks and Coroner Cleland
23 Where did he die?
Remarks by Coroner Cleland, Professor Cleland, Professor Sir Stanton Hicks, Detective Sergeant Don O'Doherty.
22 The question of lividity
Remarks by Professor Cleland, PC Moss, Gerry Feltus, Dr John Dwyer and Professor Sir Stanton Hicks
17 The handling of crucial evidence, updated 28 April.
... did Leane make use of the opportunity?
16 Why were metal traces found in SM’s hair?
a simple answer to what was a complex question
15 What happened to ballet dancer Otis Pearce?
He's a ballet dancer with big hands, heavy metal traces in his hair, wedge shaped feet, highly developed calves and suntanned to his upper thighs. His name is Otis Pierce, or Pearce and he disappeared in 1939
7 Senior government analyst Cowan’s failure to identify a dark powder
he was dumbfounded by the dark powder shaken out of the brush found in the dead man's suitcase ..
6 Why didn’t Detective Sergeant Leane delegate? Updated 30 April.
... when his real job was sitting behind a desk
