Re: OT: Frying Pan to Fire (Was Re: New Thread - Air Travel and film)

2003-02-04 Thread Stephen Moore
Doug Franklin wrote: It must have been Wilmer McLean who first coined the phrase, You can run but you can't hide. If he didn't coin it, he sure made a good (?bad?) example. :-) I've heard a permutation of this story, probably an urban legend, but what the heck: In the late 1930s, when

Re: OT: Frying Pan to Fire (Was Re: New Thread - Air Travel and film)

2003-02-04 Thread John Whicker
Stephen Moore I've heard a permutation of this story, probably an urban legend, but what the heck: In the late 1930s, when the storm clouds of war were gathering over Europe, there was a Briton who saw what was coming and decided to move to someplace safe. He did extensive research, pored