What! There is a lower primate? Regards, Richard Schuh
> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Ramsey succeeds Altman at IBM > > On Thursday, 01/10/2008 at 06:18 EST, Chip Davis > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interesting (tho' apparently irrelevant) wiki entry - was the ship > > named > after > > an ancestor? > > The Altmark (first a supply ship, then a warship)was, I > think, named the "Altmark" area in Brandenburg, Germany, but > that doesn't have anything to do with me. My people are > ethnic Lithuanians that we believe are from the from the > Stary Targ (Altmark/Altmarkt) region of Poland. > > Now, whether the two areas have a common naming ancestor is > anyone's guess. > > Chuckie, on the other hand, has an ancestral line that > includes lower primates and household appliances. > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott >
