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[SWFLHurricane]

That's cool. How did your father and/or his family survive WWII. The ****'s devastated that area. You must know some rough stories.

I was born in Brooklyn...left NY in 73..moved to and grew up in Ft Myers Fl....spent many yrs in Miami as well...Aunt and Grandmother lived in Kendall for yrs....Oddly enough...my father was in the OSS in WW2 liberating concentration camps....he ended up at the Nuremberg War trials as an interpreter because he spoke 5 languages....was there for 14 months, before returning to NY (Long Island) in 1947...

 

[njstateofmind]

Neither I nor Kenneth own a feline.

Kenneth does own two hamsters.

 

[njstateofmind]

I'm in Maryland but we do Passover at my cousin's house in my hometown of Miami Beach each year.

Kenneth and I will try to make the trip.

 

[LustNCanes]

Latest pic of Kenneth

WHAT!?!
Kenneth would be jealous ..... Ooo great tattoo placement.

 

[IDCANE]

Shamefully, I admit to owning 2. I can only take comfort in that Bret "the Hitman" Hart had one too.

Yea. We have one. Fat as shi* but has a quick first step. Kind of like DJ Dallas. Good vision, kind of deceptive.

 

[RVACane]

I was born in Brooklyn...left NY in 73..moved to and grew up in Ft Myers Fl....spent many yrs in Miami as well...Aunt and Grandmother lived in Kendall for yrs....Oddly enough...my father was in the OSS in WW2 liberating concentration camps....he ended up at the Nuremberg War trials as an interpreter because he spoke 5 languages....was there for 14 months, before returning to NY (Long Island) in 1947...

Wow. Thats amazing. He must've had family though that stayed behind when the ****'s invaded. I took my Dominican girlfriend to the Holocaust Museum in DC a couple weeks ago so she could see it. Still so hard to imagine what people went through.

 

[njstateofmind]

Kenneth’s hamsters are named Lucy and Mary.

For anyone wondering.

 

[IDCANE]

Kenneth’s hamsters are named Lucy and Mary.

For anyone wondering.

Townes Van Zandt had 2 parakeets named Loop and Lil.

 

[njstateofmind]

Townes Van Zandt had 2 parakeets named Loop and Lil.

I’m not quite sure who that is.

 

[1LuvCane]

I am. Just north of SLC. Davis County.

Sweet. They named a county after Butch in Utah!! Of course CD lives there. I'm jealous.

 

[IDCANE]

I’m not quite sure who that is.

You're missing out. Does Kenneth know who he is?

 

[SWFLHurricane]

Wow. Thats amazing. He must've had family though that stayed behind when the ****'s invaded. I took my Dominican girlfriend to the Holocaust Museum in DC a couple weeks ago so she could see it. Still so hard to imagine what people went through.

You Can't imagine the stories he told me before passing....he's buried at Bay Pines in St Pete...full military honors...

 

[njstateofmind]

You're missing out. Does Kenneth know who he is?

I will Skype him and ask.

 

[LustNCanes]

Shamefully, I admit to owning 2. I can only take comfort in that Bret "the Hitman" Hart had one too.

I once owned a cat, but I can't take comfort on the move he made from the top of a 15 foot fence, like...of course... Bret "the Hitman" Hart.
Ahhh, c'est la vie.

 

[1mg of Epi]

RVA....Mother Italian (Born in Calabria)
Father a Romanian/Austrian *** (born in Romania)...Hebrew school educated...speak fluent Italian....I had the best of both worlds.....Bagels and Nova for breakfast....Manicotti for dinner....

Mazel!!

 

[TheMatador]

I was born in Brooklyn...left NY in 73..moved to and grew up in Ft Myers Fl....spent many yrs in Miami as well...Aunt and Grandmother lived in Kendall for yrs....Oddly enough...my father was in the OSS in WW2 liberating concentration camps....he ended up at the Nuremberg War trials as an interpreter because he spoke 5 languages....was there for 14 months, before returning to NY (Long Island) in 1947...

I had a friend--much older-- who was assistant chief investigator for the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. He's long gone.

 

[IDCANE]

I will Skype him and ask.

He was a folk singer. Very influential in starting the Americana genre. He wrote pancho and lefty which willie made famous.

He's no guy clark but a great songwriter. Anyhow, listen to 'if I needed you' by townes. Loop and Lil get a shout out.

 

[RVACane]

You Can't imagine the stories he told me before passing....he's buried at Bay Pines in St Pete...full military honors...

I couldnt imagine but I'd be really interested in that. He sounds like he was a great and fascinating person.

 

[RVACane]

I had a friend--much older-- who was assistant chief investigator for the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. He's long gone.

Didn't you work against hate crimes as an attorney too? Not sure if im remembering it correctly.

 

[IDCANE]

You Can't imagine the stories he told me before passing....he's buried at Bay Pines in St Pete...full military honors...

Both my grandpas and my dad were in the military. I could sit and listen to stories all night. I'm 38 and I think nothing makes my grandpa happier than me asking him questions about his past.