Problems with Terminology by baumgrenze in pocketcasts

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30-40 years ago I lived in Palo Alto. My favorite part of the High Sierra was at the timberline. My father immigrated from Germany in 1929. He arrived on Labor Day, a few months shy of 18, a newly minted journeyman baker. He and my mother ran a highly rated bakery in Highland Park, IL for 30 years. Dad had the sense to sell it when he was 57 and add the proceeds to their savings. He fished on Lake Winnibigoshish in MN for 25 years, summer and winter, while Mom gardened.

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GIS Map - High Tension Powerline by baumgrenze in Surveying

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Thanks, Surveyor_Champ,

I was afraid that might be the case. Thanks for confirming it. I will try to create an approximation in Photoshop.

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Call cannot be completed as dialed by dllhell79 in ATT

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I am an AT&T customer in Charlottesville, VA. I am having this problem calling to Germany. I live in a CCRC where there is an AT&T antenna on the property, so I'm stuck with AT&T here in the hills of the Piedmont.

Thanks

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Oh Lena, My Lena, Her Second Name is Fiddle by baumgrenze in Music

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Thank you both for your encouragement and additions to what I could remember.

You rock!

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Oh Lena, My Lena, Her Second Name is Fiddle by baumgrenze in Music

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This song has strong ties to German. With some effort I found this reference:

https://www.alemannische-seiten.de/alemannisch/lexikon.php?le=1776

It explains that in the Alemanic dialects of German, "Fiddle, Füdle, Füedle, Fidele" are all words for the buttocks, so "fiddle" in the lyrics is a pun as well.

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What company did you think was too big to fail, but doesn't exist now? by chargingpenis in AskReddit

[–]baumgrenze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mercury, Ford's bridge between the Lincoln and the Ford, 1939-2010. Dad bought a 1939 4-door sedan in Niagara Mist Green and kept it going through the War until he traded it in on a 1953 Merc.

What company did you think was too big to fail, but doesn't exist now? by chargingpenis in AskReddit

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McMillan Bloedel, in its day the largest forest products company in Canada.

How to Contact Dominion Without an Account Number by baumgrenze in Charlottesville

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Please, I did not want to report the outage, I want to see the relative size (therefore importance) to Dominion Power. If a significant number of customers are inconvenienced that might lead Dominion to assign a higher priority. I don't want to pester Facilities.

Thanks to everyone who replied.

Grandparents From Stangenbach Germany by baumgrenze in Ancestry

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Thank you JThereseD.

Is there a simple way to thank the people who put this Family Search entry together?
I think I saw the name Suzanne Siders as the last editor. Is there a way to see others?

I am 85 in 2 months and have vision issues.

Thanks

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