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From: laman@sdcsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Message-ID: <557@sdcsvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Mar-84 19:22:04 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  2 19:22:04 1984
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My father never has liked being a junior.  Beside all the little hassles and
annoyances of receiving things MISSING the "jr.", he disliked being named like
an extension of his father.  No, they liked each other very much.  (I use past
tense because my grandfather died a year ago).  My father disliked being
a junior enough even despite my mother's suggestion to name
me Richard H. Laman III, I was named Michael.  I'm glad.... but that's what I
like.  Kind of a shame that we can't ask the baby when he/she is born, huh....
(Well, you can but "waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" would be a bit common).
It's all just attitude.  No big deal.

			Mike Laman
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