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Joseph Gringlas - January 22, 1993

I know. I know. [pause] Tell me about your grandchildren.

My grandchildren, I think this is, this is the best thing inlife to have grandchildren. My daughter has two, two children. Boy who eh,Jake, after-he was named after my brother Yakov.

Yakov.

And Marcy and uh, and, and my granddaughter Sara.

Who's she named after?

I think she named uh, after my wife's ??? family. And they'rewonderful kids. Uh, just not long ago I called-he's now about two and a halfyears old and I called him from here. He said, "Papa," called me Papa, "comehome." There something got me. It's terrible that my daughter settled in Philadelphia.You know, they were in, in Washington first after they got married and thenPhiladelphia. And we are so distance. And Larry, he was in New York workingfor a company, they sent to London, it's farther out. So it-especially nowwhen you're, when you're retired, so much time. I would like to live closereventually. Because when I, when I go there visit them it, they, they givemy-like life giving to you. And very smart and my and my Sa...in dau...Sara,granddaughter, is playing violin, picking up a modest profession. We justgot a call now. There was uh, they're in, in the mountains in Vermont , skiing.And she, she's five, five ye...five and a half years old. She skis unbelievablealready-five years.

Who, who is Marcy named after?

Marcy was named after Mir...my mother.

Miriam?

Miriam Lima.

Mm-hm.

Benita...

Larry?

Benita, she's got uh, Marcy Benita, second name. Benita. Benitais Vlema, from my, my mother's was Vlema. So that Benita, in English theyuse the "B"-Benita.

And Larry, who is he...

And Mar...and Larry is my, my father name. My father's Lazer,so my, my son is Larry's name, like my father, Larry. Larry's eh, Larry'swas-been to school, he went to college. He went to Columbia. He's quite eh,he's quite a genius.

What does he do?

It-he works for, he joined a company with my son...in...law's,with eh, is working with a company for ??? and his friend, college friend,call, eh. They're dealing-you know, metal and, and oil, it's called, it'snot eh, the name.

This is your son's...

Commodity.

Oh. This is your son-in-law.

Son-in-law, yeah. And he joined...

And his name is, what is his name?

Joel. Joel Greenberg. I want to tell you something about my son-in-lawtoo.