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spkennyuk

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CatmanV2 said:
You are quite correct sir. Had no idea about the 8-track. Bill Lear worked with the Galvin brothers to launch the Motorola from which car stereos pretty much descend

Well done

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Well ive learnt something new today.

Can somebody jump in with a question. Im busy up this evening.
 
CatmanV2

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spkennyuk said:
Well ive learnt something new today.

Can somebody jump in with a question. Im busy up this evening.
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I'll throw in another one then. Hopefully a little simpler....

DNA and blood are well know as forensic evidence markers. What childrens' party accessory is also unique and can be used forensically?

C

<edit: I cannot believe that I originally used the phrase 'so unique'!>
 
MarkMas

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It is well known that everybody ties balloon animals in a unique and distinctive way. You should never leave one at the scene of a crime.
 
spkennyuk

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The Sherlock Holmes party bag :)

I thought it would be silly string.

Party invitations ? Im thinking handwriting and dna on the envelopes.

Party poppers ?

Nothing else springs to mind at the moment.
 
CatmanV2

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Some great ideas, but no.

This substance is not just found at parties. It can be used to decorate many, many things. Cards, invitations, even hair and skin.

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CatmanV2

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MarkMas said:
"glitter;the herpes of craft supplies"
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Ghastly stuff. In the shared opening of the Christmas cards, Mrs Catman and I desperately try and fob the herpes encrusted cards off on each other before opening. Bloody stuff goes everywhere

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Navcorr

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CatmanV2 said:
Glitter it is. Apparently each batch is pretty much unique, so beware!

Over to you, Andy

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Would not have guessed that - Gary Glitter on the other hand should've been obvious.

A quick aside: early 90s attended a lecture by Prof. Jeffreys, the chap who developed DNA fingerprinting, and he talked about previously giving evidence at a French murder trial. I think, iirc, it was the first time the tech. had been used in a French court. During which he found himself being accused of the murder. The defence argued that since their client was completely innocent the only way there could have been matching DNA at both the crime scene and in the laboratory was if Jeffreys was the man!
Remember thinking at the time "bloody French" whereas it should have been "bloody lawyers".
 
MarkMas

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As Andy seems to have been AWOL all day, I will jump in.

There are currently over 100 universities in England. How many of these were founded between 1250 and 1850?
 
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MarkMas said:
There are currently over 100 universities in England. How many of these were founded between 1250 and 1850?
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To help you along, during that period, the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and St Andrews were founded.
Plus Queen's University Belfast, the University of Wales (St David's College, Lampeter) and the University of Dublin (Trinity College, Dublin)
 
MarkMas

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Navcorr said:
Oxbridge, obviously, probably Durham and probably a few others.
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Not Oxbridge: Oxford was 1167 or 1248 and Cambridge was 1209 or 1226 or 1231 (depending on how you measure it).

Yes to Durham - when?

How many more and when?
 
Navcorr

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I stand corrected. No idea to the others.

You also appear to have expanded the scope of your original question.
 
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