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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I have something of the opposite situation... ;) James (25 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. (...) (25 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 (25 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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This meeting was held in Carlsbad, California, only a few blocks away from LegoLand! Robert Powell hosted at his work. This was a great location because there was plenty of floor space and table space. Thanks Robert! Here is the main index of (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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Hi All, We are having another Southern California get-together. Here is the location information (duplicated from an earlier email): June 2, 11AM 5939 Darwin Ct, Suite 101 Carlsbad, Ca 92008 760-918-9626 x209 Take I-5 (either north or south, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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