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Hi all, In the course of doing my dissertation research in the last year, I had pause to visit the Royal Geographical Society archives to look through the files of Sir Charles Arden-Close, who headed both the Geographical Section, General Staff and (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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ROFL! Even if it's not, that's so interesting. And cool. BTW, I still believe I am the only Shiri Dori alive in the world (perhaps ever) and will continue believing that until someone proves me wrong. :-) -Shiri (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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In lugnet.people, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: What??? you don't consider ME a famous Pieniazek? My father is from a very small town near Crakow so I don't think we're all that closely related. But, the name is more common than I first thought. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I have something of the opposite situation... ;) James (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Ya! They wouldn't page you at the SanDiLego airport. The guy was like "right. You want me to page *James Brown*, what, do I sound like I was born yesterday?" till I convinced him that you were for real... By that time I was so flustered I told (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Note the subject line is plural, but I only discuss one. I figured you'd chime in. Maybe I should have titled it "Big Pleasant Men Who Talk English I Have Encountered?" (...) I presume Jerzy Pieniazek was in Warsaw because that's where he had (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I get that kind of thing a *lot*. "Name?" "James Brown" "Aren't you a little white?" But I also know a lot of James Browns... For about a year, every time I had to deal with police, I spent a good half hour explaining that I wasn't the James (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I certainly enjoy having a fairly unique name (though I'm definitely not the only Frank Filz ever, since a Grandfather and Great Grandfather both shared the name). We are finding Filz to be a bit more common than we thought, but one time when (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) International terminals tend to be that way, but in the US at least, domestic terminals have lots of stuff on the other side of the metal detectors. Most of the terminal, in fact. --Bill. (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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<snip> (...) investigation of the Pieniazek family tree, </snip> Long suspected as a source of some terrible diseases, the Pieniazek family tree ... <LOL> (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Too funny, smooth play on words. `,) --==Richard==-- <Still laughin’ out loud!> (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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