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I took a look at the link you sent and was surprised by all that I read and saw there about the giants. Once upon a time, back when my family name was Von Hoover, our family had an estate in Austria and my ancestors were the commander of the royal guard. This was always given to the tallest person in the realm, at least according to what my father told me. He told me that there had been one ancestor, commander of the guard that was 8 foot 9 inches tall. As things happen, my grandfather, the heir to the position did not come in tall enough. So the family lost the position and the Catholic Church took the estate. My grandfather was upset, emigrated to the USA, decided to become a Protestant and dropped the Von part of the family name. As things happened back in those days, Ellis Island recorded his last name as Huber and not Hoover, and their you have it. My father was 6 foot 8, and at 6 foot 1, I am the smallest of my 5 brothers. I have never wanted to tell of the ancestor that was 8 foot 9, thinking that it was just too big to be believed. It makes me wonder?? Thanks again for the post and opening my eyes to other possibilities.

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beautiful and full of funny ironic comments, I had my laughs for the day. As usual a very well written post. So in honor of all that you do, I am awarding you with the MOTO certification, Master Of The Obvious, a rare honor these days.

Now I guess that I am going to have to look for the Truman Show and watch it.

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