Hi!
DC>On 18 Nov 97, 03:41pm, Russ Jernigan wrote to David Chessler
DC>on the subject of "Re: Bethesda":
DC>DC>>Bethesda is a pool of healing near Jerusalem. It's mentioned in
DC>DC>>the Bible. It's better known as the home of Bethesda Naval
DC>DC>>Medical Center. (There's also a Bethesda in Ohio, near
DC>DC>>Zanesville, which was the original home of Zane Grey.)
DC>>     Gee, I thought that Bethesda Naval Medical Center was in Maryland?  

DC>>     didn't realize that we had ceded it to the Israelis or the
DC>>     Palestinians. ;->
DC>Yes, when the Democrats got in, they shipped it out of town
DC>because of all the times President Reagan went there to have a
DC>bit trimmed off the end of his nose.
So President Clinton has to go to Israel for his liposuction?
Long trip . . .
OOTC:  just finished _Memory_ by Lois McMaster Bujold.  Science fiction
mystery and very good (as are all her books).
Best,
RussJ
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