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Many will already know that the three headed dog that guards the Gates of Hades is called Cerberus (Kerberos).

But TIL that Kerberos comes from the Greek meaning 'spotted'.

So the Gates of Hades are guarded by a dog called Spot.
 
ttaskmaster said:
Depends whether it's a recognised (but not necessarily designated) parking space - So both sides of a terraced street in the lengths without yellow lines would be recognised as such... especially if there are signs up with notices about parking permits.
http://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/parking-at-night.html
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I once drove along 5th Avenue, Naples, FL, looking for a parking spot in order to go to dinner one evening.
I spotted a space on the other side of the road, and as it was clear, I dived over and parked there.
As we were walking away, a young guy with his girlfriend, said, “Excuse me, I saw the Alamo sticker on your car, and assumed that you’re from out of town with a rental, it’s the law here that you can’t park facing oncoming traffic.”
I thanked him, got back in, and executed a rapid 3 or 4 point turn, and retook the spot, facing the correct way.
As I got out, he said, “Wow, that was good, and fast too.”
I said, “Thanks, there are two things I’m good at, and the other one’s driving.”
My wife grimaced, and said, “Ignore him.”
 
ttaskmaster said:
Don't they generally estimate the range of it?
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Yes, but in fiction that "estimate" is a very narrow range and often a single specific approximate time. In reality, estimated time of death is usually a much wider range. You can't just take a single temperature reading from a corpse and get a time of death accurate to within minutes.

I've read a few books that address the point, with crimes being investigated by police (not by CSI) and medical examiners not giving a precise time of death, but most fictional stories go with a 30s examination giving a precise time of death because it's convenient and/or because readers/viewers have been taught to expect it.

People who actually do CSI generally find the CSI programs too gratingly wrong to watch.
 
Angilion said:
Yes, but in fiction that "estimate" is a very narrow range and often a single specific approximate time. In reality, estimated time of death is usually a much wider range. You can't just take a single temperature reading from a corpse and get a time of death accurate to within minutes.

I've read a few books that address the point, with crimes being investigated by police (not by CSI) and medical examiners not giving a precise time of death, but most fictional stories go with a 30s examination giving a precise time of death because it's convenient and/or because readers/viewers have been taught to expect it.

People who actually do CSI generally find the CSI programs too gratingly wrong to watch.
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IIRC you work on the meat counter of a deli?

I hope you don't sell pies... :(
 
Amp34 said:
IIRC you work on the meat counter of a deli?

I hope you don't sell pies... :(
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You don't recall correctly. I'm a much more generic flunkey. I do sometimes serve pies, but I don't make them. No Sweeney Todd stuff here, honest guv'nor :)
 
Read a sign at the site I'm on today saying, 'do not throw cig dimps on the floor'. Never heard of a dimp but after a quick Google it seems that it's a cigarette butt! Learn something new every day.
 
Angilion said:
People who actually do CSI generally find the CSI programs too gratingly wrong to watch.
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I don't, but still find them grating... But how boring would they be if they did everything accurately, in real time!!

I liked Bones, because the cases and the science are (supposedly) based on real cases that Kathy Reichs worked on.
 
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