"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message

........ We really need another Len Morgan.
He wasn't all touchy-feely like Gordon and Wallace but he has the old
time stores that were great (I bought a book of his collections from
the mag a while back). I think they were hoping that Tom Block would
become that but he didn't seem to want to write about the old airline
days.

I had the good luck to meet Len Morgan a couple of times. I wouldn't
presume to say we were friends, but we did chat a few minutes over coffee
once at LGA. A *very* nice guy. All the senses you pick up from his
writing are dead on.

Although I've never met Tom Block, we passed in airport concourses a number
of times. :-) I've spoken with a number of people who knew him, some of
whom friends who flew with him at US, and a noticeable theme that emerged
was that there were few people more impressed with Tom Block than Tom Block
YMMV