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in reply to a message by sarah
...which certainly would have fooled almost anyone into thinking the name was Dutch, not Eastern European, except the Infant Jesus of Prague on the console TV gave them away. :)
(Sorry. Many years ago (70's)I lived in Cleveland for two years, where me and the black draftsman were the only non-Catholic, non-Eastern European-named people out of 30 staff in our office. The people were nice, the food at the potlucks was great, but I'd never experienced being a "minority" before. And then there was the day of the office lunch picnic, when they asked me to bring chips and, without thinking, asked my draftsman friend to bring a watermelon. Ooooo...)
(Sorry. Many years ago (70's)I lived in Cleveland for two years, where me and the black draftsman were the only non-Catholic, non-Eastern European-named people out of 30 staff in our office. The people were nice, the food at the potlucks was great, but I'd never experienced being a "minority" before. And then there was the day of the office lunch picnic, when they asked me to bring chips and, without thinking, asked my draftsman friend to bring a watermelon. Ooooo...)
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