The timeline revisited

[Vertigo Swirl]

Yes, it so does.  But probably pertinent anyway.

We are all who we are.

I was swanning around in Singapore and leaving my Amah to take care of the brats while your parents were swanning around up the road a bit in Malaysia and doing the same thing.  Those were the days my friend.  No child was ever neglected in the care of an Amah.

True.  I spent so much time with mine I spoke more Chinese than English as a young kid.  Sadly I didn’t retain most of it.

[Eleanor]

True.  I spent so much time with mine I spoke more Chinese than English as a young kid.  Sadly I didn’t retain most of it.

My youngest son couldn't speak a word of English when I was forced to bring him "Home" so I didn't understand what on earth he was saying.  Poor little soul.

But he is still a Singapore Citizen with a Singapore Birth Certificate.  That was a laugh when he went to visit Singapore.  They said who are you?  And he said you tell me.  They said okay mate, but don't stay too long or we will have you in The Army.

Sadly he bailed out.  He would have made a very good shit bag in charge.  But only his mother can see that.  He would have been a General by now.  And I would have at least two Amahs just for me.

[Billy Whizz Fan Club]

yes but it makes a nice little interlude in the relentless McCann bashing.

This is hardly a forum for relentless "McCann bashing". The dominant view is "pro McCann" and the few folk who question the rare stranger abduction narrative don't strike me as being McCann bashing - but rather they are raising valid questions and concerns.

[Brietta]

This is hardly a forum for relentless "McCann bashing". The dominant view is "pro McCann" and the few folk who question the rare stranger abduction narrative don't strike me as being McCann bashing - but rather they are raising valid questions and concerns.

You mean the individuals who have been raising exactly the same "questions and concerns" have learned nothing after 14+ years at it.  That alone raises valid questions and concerns for me about their sanity.

[Billy Whizz Fan Club]

You mean the individuals who have been raising exactly the same "questions and concerns" have learned nothing after 14+ years at it.  That alone raises valid questions and concerns for me about their sanity.

It's because there are questions that have never been answered satisfactorily. Posters can try to shout down anyone raising questions with straw man and ad hominem retorts (see above for a good example), but such an approach fails to answer the points of folk who "accept nothing" and "question everything". Should we get back on topic? Does anyone have a timeline for Gerry's whereabouits in the hour after the alarm was raised, and who is this timeline corroborated by? Also, do we know where he and Kate went in the early hours of the morning after Madeleine was first reported missing?

[Vertigo Swirl]

Jeez, they never give up.

[Billy Whizz Fan Club]

Jeez, they never give up.

With the greatest respect you spend far more time here than I do... and yes you're right I can't see my personal interest in this case ever totally vanishing!! I like your posts, btw. We obviously don't agree on much regarding this case but you are not one to retort to personal put downs, imo.

[Brietta]

It's because there are questions that have never been answered satisfactorily. Posters can try to shout down anyone raising questions with straw man and ad hominem retorts (see above for a good example), but such an approach fails to answer the points of folk who "accept nothing" and "question everything". Should we get back on topic? Does anyone have a timeline for Gerry's whereabouits in the hour after the alarm was raised, and who is this timeline corroborated by? Also, do we know where he and Kate went in the early hours of the morning after Madeleine was first reported missing?

They went out looking for their missing daughter.  You are still looking for answers to that question all these years down the line, even now when the only timeline which is of interest to the police is Brueckner's.

[Billy Whizz Fan Club]

They went out looking for their missing daughter.  You are still looking for answers to that question all these years down the line, even now when the only timeline which is of interest to the police is Brueckner's.

That is lazy policing, I would suggest. Nothing can be ruled out, at this stage, on the basis of the evidence in the public domain, imo.

Do you know where Gerry and Kate went to look for their missing daughter? Do they explain why they waited for hours before this search? Who corroborates their movements?

[Eleanor]

That is lazy policing, I would suggest. Nothing can be ruled out, at this stage, on the basis of the evidence in the public domain, imo.

Do you know where Gerry and Kate went to look for their missing daughter? Do they explain why they waited for hours before this search? Who corroborates their movements?

Jesus, God preserve me.  Do you read what you say?

[Brietta]

That is lazy policing, I would suggest. Nothing can be ruled out, at this stage, on the basis of the evidence in the public domain, imo.

Do you know where Gerry and Kate went to look for their missing daughter? Do they explain why they waited for hours before this search? Who corroborates their movements?

It is not your malice that astounds me - it is your obtuseness.

[Eleanor]

It is not your malice that astounds me - it is your obtuseness.

I would have put it down to stupidity  left to me.  But they often try to play word games which mean nothing.

[barrier]

This is hardly a forum for relentless "McCann bashing". The dominant view is "pro McCann" and the few folk who question the rare stranger abduction narrative don't strike me as being McCann bashing - but rather they are raising valid questions and concerns.

Being pro McCann has driven many a good poster away not because of losing the argument but through spite, it's still prevalent through what Eleanor describes as word games.

[G-Unit]

You mean the individuals who have been raising exactly the same "questions and concerns" have learned nothing after 14+ years at it.  That alone raises valid questions and concerns for me about their sanity.

The way to stop questions and concerns being raised is to provide answers and reassurance. Trying to deflect people's attention by questiioning their sanity will never work imo.

[Vertigo Swirl]

The way to stop questions and concerns being raised is to provide answers and reassurance. Trying to deflect people's attention by questiioning their sanity will never work imo.

You don’t think providing answers and reassurances hasn’t been tried a million times?  This is where the obtuseness from those demanding answers comes into it.  You really are no better than holocaust deniers and 9/11 truthers.  Nothing, no answer, no reassurance will ever sway you from your beliefs.