You’re not going crazy, it’s a "register mark" used in printing. Used so that printing plates lined up nicely so that the colors come out pr…
True. they were a Godsend. (I shall get my coat.)
A what? A constellation? Pah! Google "elizabethan ruff" me old mate. That’s my bizarre theory. Didn’t I just say?
Capt. J – it beats the heck out of me. John Douglas "created and managed the FBI’s Criminal Profiling Program" if you believe what Wiki tel…
I believe in "profiling". I think it’s an excellent tool to use to narrow down possible offenders and offender types (just as long as it’s a…
…. The possible inspiration for the Avery buttons is offered just as cool Zynchronicity. …and it’s a good find, and very cool. (Did I sound churli…
I think "buttons" were pervasive in the mid 60’s and whereas this guys’ buttons (badges! They are badges!) may have inspired the Avery ones,…
Ah, but if you said you’d solved it, Glurk, we’d all believe you. BTW I still think the Voynich is a pattern-and-dye book for seamstresses to make…
IMO we can’t trust that telephone call. Opinion, schmo-pinion. "Browning" is the published opinion – I’ll stick with that for now – not tha…
Can you contact him again and ask for more info on cow #2? My favorite post of the year so far.
If you believe that follow-up telephone call was genuine then yes, it mentions a Luger, but the ammunition could have been used in just about any 9 mi…
Correct. There was some other Governmental agency office in that immediate vicinity, as I recall. Near the telephone box. Although I don’t now rememb…
Forgive me, I’m rusty on this stuff now, but there’s a ballistics report out there somewhere – IT IS SAID, about BRS. (One of the places it’s referre…
Ick! I refuse to accept that interpretation so no, I’m not changing my avatar. I may change it to U2S’s marvellous new white image, mind you. Maybe …