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Lee	Post subject: Talked him to death? Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 4:41 am
Joined: Sat May 22, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 160 Location: Australia	headline on www.news.com.au<p>Car dealer murdered on phone
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:06 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	One of those stories that raise more questions than they answer.<p>[ June 01, 2004: Message edited by: blanp ]</p>
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Lee	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:13 am
Joined: Sat May 22, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 160 Location: Australia	Just spotted this at the bottom:<p>"We are appealing for anyone that did see ... any persons who may have been running on foot," Det Sgt Karras said today.<p>Always paraphrase police<p>[ June 01, 2004: Message edited by: Lee ]</p>
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SeaRaven	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:57 am
Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 1112 Location: An undisclosed alpine meadow	Mr Mayer was found slumped over his desk by a colleague who had been in the bathroom when the killer or killers carried out the execution-style murder about 9.40am (AEST) yesterday.<p>Blast it all, Watson, doesn't it strike you as peculiar that the killer should have the time to blindfold Mayer, grant him a final cigarette and assemble a firing squad all in the time of a visit to the lavatory?
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Lee	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 6:33 am
Joined: Sat May 22, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 160 Location: Australia	wire copy... someone over at AAP (Australian Associated Press) seems to be a bit rusty
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Lee	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:14 am
Joined: Sat May 22, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 160 Location: Australia	Down-under telephone services are amazing: Sydney Morning Herald headline: Woman gives birth over phone http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/01/1086037758554.html<p>[ June 01, 2004: Message edited by: Lee ]</p>
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:11 pm
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Lee: Sydney Morning Herald headline: Woman gives birth over phone<hr></blockquote>The miracle of fiber optics.
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jaustin	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:39 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 25 Location: North Carolina	"His distraught sister... said her brother had not been a dodgy businessman ... His wife ... denied claims her husband had been a heroin dealer ..."<p>Well, that's always the first thing I say when bad things happen in my family....
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 2:44 am
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Lee: headline on www.news.com.au<p>Car dealer murdered on phone<hr></blockquote> Hey, no fair! You should be bagging Fairfax. We Fairfax folk can bag the News Ltd press.
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Lee	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:08 am
Joined: Sat May 22, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 160 Location: Australia	The web people don't work out of my newsroom. The Oz has its own site Besides, I did pay attention to the SMH further on...<p>[ June 02, 2004: Message edited by: Lee ]</p>
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:42 am
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	Did anybody say testy? :-)
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tiptoe39	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:47 am
Joined: Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 40 Location: Washington, DC	> The Oz has it's own site<p>I registered with this site purely to reply to this. <p>Tippy waiting for her biscuit
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Lee	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:56 am
Joined: Sat May 22, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 160 Location: Australia	Oopsy... well, I was at work at the time; had ten pages to layout today...
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 9:10 am
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Lee: Oopsy... well, I was at work at the time; had ten pages to layout today...<hr></blockquote><p>You cannot bribe nor twist, thank God, the Aussie journalist. But knowing what unbribed she'll do, there's really no occasion to.
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Lee	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 9:17 am
Joined: Sat May 22, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 160 Location: Australia	Why are you still up? It's after midnight for goodness sake.
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: Talked him to death? Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:48 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Lee: Why are you still up? It's after midnight for goodness sake.<hr></blockquote><p>The Wiggly Woggly Men. They don't get home till 10. They give a shout And run about Then back to work again.<p>[with apologies to Spike Milligan]
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