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General Questions About The Case
Shutter:
--- Quote ---So here's a question I have that doesn't fit anywhere:
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Actually it could go under "Clues, Documents And Evidence About The Case"
I believe the tie is a clue, and the tie is also evidence. they are in harmony together :-*
andrade1812:
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Technically, everything is a clue...
georger:
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Register or LoginSo here's a question I have that doesn't fit anywhere:
Today ties aren't universal. Most people who wear ties regularly, knot them properly. I know of nobody who wears ties and mixes knotted and clip-on ties. The only people I know who wear clip-on ties are kids working as bus boys in restaurants.
When ties were more universal, did people regularly buy both for convenience?
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... and with that you have just nailed one of the reasons Himmelsbach thought/suggested... "he might be a food service worker". That along with Flo's comment he had olive skin and looked Latin to me.
I guess one of the questions is how much can you read into a clip on tie? Kids in highschool bands used to wear clip on ties. People in ROTC. Hell even FBI agents! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) My grandma wore one once - after opening grandpa's Christmas present by mistake!
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Shutter:
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Very polite, and tipped well too!!! ;D
andrade1812:
The tie has latent evidence like titanium, stuff from medication packing, match particles and other metals. So the tie didn't belong to a busboy who was milling pure titanium in the late 1960's. The tie's original owner wasn't a bartender. I don't think the tie picked up spiral titanium particles sitting in evidence. I guess it depends on how much faith you have in Tom Kaye, but his analysis is important. If he's right about the scarcity of pure titanium, then the tie has a big story to tell, not a small one.
To me, Kaye's evidence makes sense. If the guy was working in a shop machining parts from pure titanium, the owner would want a clip-on tie that wouldn't kill him if it got caught in a lathe.
If Cooper bought the tie at an estate sale, that still puts Cooper in one of a few regions where they had shops likes this.
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