Post by corkykneivel on May 2, 2015 17:35:10 GMT
I don't understand the rampant negativity here. Mr. Quasar has gone to great lengths in his personal investigation to compile the data presented on his site. He compiled this data, parsed and collated, then presented it in what is easily the most accessible form we have seen to date.
He has invested more of himself than McNamara (who as far as I can tell basically just interviewed retired law enforcement personnel) and has accomplished more than she ever did. You guys fawned all over her for the most part but the sentiment towards Quasar is, putting it kindly, dismissive.
He crafted an accessible resource that will serve this case for years to come. His analysis is valuable regardless whether or not his coclusions prove to be true.
I did find a couple of his assumptions a bit of a stretch though.
Since when do Wrecking yards deliver parts all over the state?
Mechanics do very little, if any, welding. Paint and body guys, sure. Someone involved in scrapping cars may use a cutting torch, not a welder.
Using Mr. Quasars broad criteria, everything can exist geographically between two junk yards.
I can't imagine a scenarion where a junkyard would need a reverse directory. A salesman making cold calls maybe. Not a guy wrenching an old carb off a wrecked Datsun. I would question that persons literacy. I don't see him pounding the pavement to drum up leads.
A few thoughts. On the whole, I commend Mr. Quasar for his effort and I look forward to seeeing more.
I too feel some of his conclusions are a bit of stretch and had the very same opinion of the broad definition of "between junkyards". Although I did acknowledge the similarity in striking part of south, north, south again, then back north in relation to the junk districts could be telling.
I also don't think he had never prowled with someone in the house before June 76 - but that is just gut feeling based on his how accomplished a prowler he was.