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Life imitates "Tales From The White Hart"

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Peter Meilinger

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Jun 16, 2004, 4:05:52 PM6/16/04
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I can think of stories from that collection that I'd rather
have come true, but nobody asked me.

Pete

David Cowie

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Jun 16, 2004, 4:28:02 PM6/16/04
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Which story does this event remind you of?

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David Cowie david_cowie at lineone dot net

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Tim McDaniel

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Jun 16, 2004, 5:17:04 PM6/16/04
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In article <caq970$f0i$1...@news3.bu.edu>,

Peter Meilinger <mell...@bu.edu> wrote:
>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/06/16/highway.bees.ap/index.html
>
>I can think of stories from that collection [Tales from the White
>Hart] that I'd rather have come true, but nobody asked me.

Noise-cancelling headphones really crottled my greeps, and when I
AltaVistaed further, I found that noise-cancelling techniques are used
in other applications too.

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Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tm...@panix.com

Tim McDaniel

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Jun 17, 2004, 12:11:22 AM6/17/04
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In article <pan.2004.06.16...@privacy.net>,

David Cowie <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:05:52 +0000, Peter Meilinger wrote:
>
>> http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/06/16/highway.bees.ap/index.html
>>
>> I can think of stories from that collection that I'd rather
>> have come true, but nobody asked me.
>
>Which story does this event remind you of?

Spoiler warnings for _Tales from the White Hart_ by Sir Arthur
C. Clarke ...


"Critical Mass", 1957, starts

"Did I ever tell you," said Harry Purvis modestly, "about the time
I prevented the evacuation of southern England?"

and has a driver evacuating at high speed for the same reason.

Peter Meilinger

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Jun 17, 2004, 9:41:58 AM6/17/04
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Yeah. The reason the whole of southern England might have been
evacuated is that there was a scientific research station
nearby, possibly nuclear. When the truck crashed and turned
over and the driver ran like hell, the people observing from
a pub up the hill were curious. When several other people
approached the truck then turned and ran like hell, the
observers got worried. Some of them figured those damned
scientists had cooked up something horrible, and now it
was out of control. They did the rational thing and
panicked. Good old Harry Purvis walked down the hill
and discovered the truth.

Pete

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