[Ads-l] Heard on Forensic files:
Dave Hause
dwhause at CABLEMO.NET
Wed Feb 7 05:10:43 UTC 2018
Well, maybe they wouldn't know "supine" but they'd know it ISN"T prone.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Hause
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:08 PM
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Subject: Re: Heard on Forensic files:
Anyone who ever had instruction in rifle marksmanship.
Dave Hause
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Lighter
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 7:47 PM
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Subject: Re: Heard on Forensic files:
Of course. But who else knows that?
JL
On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 7:43 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> "She was lying on her back, when she was stabbed, _in the prone
> position_."
>
> He meant to say, "in the _supine_ position," of course.
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> -Wilson
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