[Info-vax] Kevin Shaw

[Michael Moroney]

On 10/18/2022 6:41 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 10/18/22 16:31, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <7a9785b5-5b56-4ff9-97ce-b35020a7444cn at googlegroups.com>, 
>> Bob Gezelter <gezelter at rlgsc.com> writes:
>>> On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 1:41:06 AM UTC-4, Snowshoe wrote:
>>>> Kevin Shaw was CEO of VMS Software.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/2022/10/14/sudbury-man-44-killed-in-pedestrian-crash-on-great-road-in-acton/10498318002/ 
>>>>
>>> Snowshoe,
>>>
>>> With all due respect, we should all be far more careful about posts 
>>> of this ilk. While I have the arguable luxury of, so far as I know, 
>>> being the only Robert Gezelter, many names have numerous doppelgangers.
>>
>> I'd wager a bet that I don't! ;)
>>
> 
> That might not be as safe a bet as you think.  Your name sounds
> rather generic German to me.
> 
> On another note.
> 
> My father's mother changed her name when she arrived in Philadelphia
> so people from the old country couldn't find her.  She made up the
> name she gave immigration.  My father was an only child. When we were
> growing up we were often informed that we had no relatives that shared
> our name.  Since the advent of the Internet dozens of people with that
> same made up last name have appeared.  None of them related, but having
> the same name.
> 
> bill
> 
> 

My mother's maiden name is very rare. My cousin with that surname knows 
he's the only person in the US with his first and last name.

My name is rare enough that we Moroneys notice other Moroneys, but is 
not that rare. My wife's maiden name is also extremely rare.