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Mooc Week 4
The Forensic Science Course from Strathclyde is much more detailed than I had ever imagined. It is definitely altering my view on TV crime programmes. This week we have been looking at ballistics, guns, footwear prints, tyre prints and tool … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballistics, crime, footwear marks, forensics, Poirot, tool marks, tyre impressions
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The best laid plans . . . . . .
Just in case you don’t know the whole phrase from Robert Burns’ To a mouse it is: The best laid schemes o’ mice an ‘men Gang aft agley, You could call it serendipity, or nappiting . . . . . … Continue reading
RSPB Nature Watch
This is the weekend of the annual RSPB wild-life watch. The idea is that each watcher sets aside an hour, settles down – with a cup of tea of course – and proceeds to count the number of birds seen. … Continue reading
Technology
Do you remember the days long ago when we had a problem with our computers, wi-fi or technological internet kit? We used to phone helplines, spend ages on line, then follow the instructions of seeming gurus, who knew how to … Continue reading
Mooc week 3
This week we are studying DNA via various body fluids with special attention to Blood Pattern Analysis. I thought fingerprint analysis was difficult enough; let’s just say that DNA background and analysis may be fascinating but it ain’t half hard! … Continue reading
Amnesia?
When you get to be a certain age and you forget something, the tendency is not to think it’s amnesia but rather Alzheimer’s or something equally horrible. Many of my friends and acquaintances make an excuse or preface a story … Continue reading
Bedtime
Getting ready for bed at night gets ever longer and more complicated. Put the dog outside for ablutions Go to the you know where Take night-time meds (5 tablets and 30ml liquid gunge) Clean and floss teeth Heat up Hottie … Continue reading
The Art of Ageing
It’s nearly Pre-Birthday-Month time so it seems a good time to dive into The Art of Ageing again. It is one of those little gems that has a great deal of common sense. More than anything, the author, John Lane, … Continue reading
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Tagged ageing, Joy and Woe, philosophy, poetry, William Blake, writing
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The joys of insurance
The joys of insurance don’t refer to the days when I started work in the insurance profession in Glasgow in the 1960s. That was the time of Chief Clerks, signing in, creaky lifts in enormous buildings, hushed tones in hushed … Continue reading
Mooc week 2
We nearly had a bit of a hiccup with the Forensic Science Course this week. There is a lot of additional information available and at one point we found ourselves going down the highways and byways of fingerprints and how … Continue reading