[Histonet] Big Chief tablet?

[Finlay Finlay]

I'm really glad to have found out what a Big Chief tablet is. 
I'm from Scotland and had no idea but I remember reading about them in
"Confederacy of Dunces".
Cheers
Finlay 

-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of LuAnn
Anderson
Sent: 24 October 2007 20:13
To: Dana Settembre; Jeanine (CDC/CCID/NCZVED) Bartlett;
histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Andrea Grantham
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Big Chief tablet?

Yup--still a youngster. lol


At 01:55 PM 10/24/2007, Dana Settembre wrote:
>I am not a youngster. I am in my 40's and thank you for telling me what

>the Big chief tablet is.
>
>
>Dana Settembre, HT ASCP
>Immunohistochemistry Lab
>UMDNJ - University Hospital
>Newark, NJ    USA
>
>
> >>> "Bartlett, Jeanine (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)" <jqb7 <@t> CDC.GOV> 10/24/07 
> >>> 12:43
>PM >>>
>For the youngsters out there----------------
>
>  The Big Chief tablet was a popular writing notebook for several 
>generations of young children in the United States. It featured widely 
>spaced lines, easier to write in for those learning to write. Its 
>prominence, though, was the cover's representation of a native American

>in full headdress, hence "Big Chief."
>
>
>
>Jeanine Bartlett
>Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch
>(404) 639-3590
>jeanine.bartlett <@t> cdc.hhs.gov
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Dana 
>Settembre
>Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:13 PM
>To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Andrea Grantham
>Subject: Re: [Histonet] Big Chief tablet?
>
>What's a "Big Chief tablet"?
>
>
>Dana Settembre, HT ASCP
>Immunohistochemistry Lab
>UMDNJ - University Hospital
>Newark, NJ    USA
>
>
> >>> Andrea Grantham <algranth <@t> u.arizona.edu> 10/24/07 10:12 AM >>>
>I had to testify in court once for a murder trial about the lab's chain

>of custody protocol. Yes, I was nervous but it was very interesting.
>And, I guess the manner in which we received medical-legal specimens 
>and stored them in a locked cabinet satisfied the lawyers and the jury.
>The
>victim came to the ER barely alive and the bullets were removed and 
>received in the lab under the name of John Doe and then he died just as

>he was being identified. So later it was questioned how we knew that 
>the bullets that I had in the lab actually came from the dead person 
>formerly known as John Doe. That was easy and I really didn't have to 
>explain anything about histology.
>I thought it was interesting that the defense lawyer took notes on a 
>Big Chief tablet! (Younger people, you probably don't know what this 
>is).
>
>Andi
>
>
>
>At 03:57 PM 10/23/2007, Joe Nocito wrote:
> >Emily,
> >I always feel nervous every time I give my opinion. I never had the 
> >opportunity to testify in court, so I couldn't give you an answer. I 
> >know, I'm a big help.
> >
> >Joe
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Emily Sours"
><talulahgosh <@t> gmail.com>
> >To: <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:31 AM
> >Subject: [Histonet] testifying in court?
> >
> >
> >>I would like an honest opinion of the histologists, DNA
>technologists, etc
> >>(those names can appear in court trials, or those connected with
>you)--do
> >>you feel nervous offering your opinion in trial to someone's
>sentence? I ask
> >>because this is the ONLY reason I've never applied for forensic
>science
> >>positions---I adore the field, and am possibly beneficial to a
>PCR/DNA
> >>investigation.
> >>
> >>Emily
> >>--
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> >>Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present,
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> >>He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They
>shall break
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