"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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My Jewish relatives? Hmmm. I don't recall discussing or even
mentioning
my personal religious preferences here. Perhaps you might enlighten
us.


you most likely have Jewish relatives, since your name is Krause. My
sister
in law is Jewish, and I am Irish / Norwegian background.




This is your scientific approach? You should get yourself a job as a WMD
hunter for the Bush Administration.

Eddie "Moose" Krause wasn't Jewish. Of course, his real last name wss
Krauciunas. I don't believe the name "Krause" is anything more than a
German-origin last name.

My paternal grandfather's "real" last name wasn't Krause, either. He and
his brother got that name from an immigration agent when they landed on
Ellis Island. Though they were Russians, they were on board a ship that
began its journey in Germany. When my grandfather and great uncle
arrived
here, the agent said their name was too long and too difficult to
pronounce, so he gave them the name of the guy in front of them.

That's what my grandfather told me. And I did see some paperwork from
"the
old country" with his "real" name on it.

During the late 1930s, my father and his brother spent a bit of time
investigating whether they wanted to change the family name back to what
it was. But by then both of them were working for my great uncle at his
stores, and though that operation had an entirely different trade name,
it
was known as "the Krause family business," so they kept the name.

That's what my dad and uncle told me many years later. They were born in
the Philadelphia area.

My mother's father was born in some awful little town on the
German-Polish
border, and the "ownership" of that town changed hands between those two
countries many times. His family name was solidly German, but because of
geography, he spoke German and Polish fluently, and a half-dozen other
European languages, too.

My mother was born in Boston.

I don't consider myself a hyphenated American. If pressed, I'd say I'm a
Tankee, because I was born in New England and was reared and educated
there, for the most part. My wife is a southern belle, and has that soft
southern accent to prove it.


Harry: Based on Bill's logic, and the information you've provided here,
it's
safe to conclude that there's between 32 and 34 pounds of air in my
tires.



Not if the temperature drops well below freezing. Well, it might, if it
started out a lot higher.

Bill has a problem with logic, which makes me wonder how the hell he
ever became an engineer.

You say I have a problem with logic, and you appear to agree with Doug's
logic. I can see why you stayed in liberal arts.