Alcatraz, what do you think?

[ideastorm]

  I was doing some research on the real story of Frank Morris for a friend, and it's pretty amazing how smart the real guy was. Much was left out and changed in the movie. He made a drill out of a barber's buzz trimmer that wasn't strong enough, so then dumb lick helped him out when Allen West (renamed Charlie Butts in the film) asked to repair a

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I've done a lot of reading on this subject, because it fascinated me when I first learned about it. I am a firm believer that at least one, if not all of them, survived. Dunno if they show the television program "Mythbusters" there or not, but they spent an entire episode attempting to prove that then men couldn't have possibly survived. Their conclusion was that, due to currents in the Bay, as well as the tide at the time of escape, they would've most certainly drowned. I still disagree.

It's a fascinating subject. We should sit down with a glass of red and discuss it at length.

[ideastorm]

That's hilarious. Wikipedia said the show mythbusters proved they could have survived, unless I read it wrong. At any rate, a Cabernet Sauvignon, or perhaps even a Chianti might be suitable or perhaps because it all took place in San Fran you could recommend a California wine. Reasonable?

[prelley]

I wish I was that creative. How amazing it must be to be able to think out of the box like that?! I hope they are doing well and living on an island somewhere.

[ideastorm]

Me too! talk about sticking it to the man!