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                Doris;
 I know the history about the Bavarian King, shame on me if I didn’t – after some 20 years in Bavaria.
 We picked the name Maximilian, b/c I had worked for and then after my “Fotografen Meisterbrief,” ---I decided to buy the very photography studio that I used to run. “Lerpscher Ateliers,”---were studio’s and photo retail outlets with three stores and about 50 people! I was sort of a CEO then… but it was owned by a family member of the founder. The  company’s name was,- Max Lerpscher Studios.
 In 1980 until 1990  I owned all three stores, -Bad Toelz. Lenggries, and Penzberg. Then I got called to Desert Storm, and We closed Penzberg and I finally sold Lenggries.  And lastly Bad Toelz.
 
 Anyways, my wife and I used to drive up to B'gaden to visit her mother and other friends  every week end. But when ever she was pregnant (and it seemed so often—{we had four}Stefanie spelled after the German pronunciation, -Kathrin, --Max, and Billy or Wilhelm)our drives would consist of talking about children's names. Our problem was we had to pick a name that would mix well with both cultures..! Anyways, on our third child, we had decided if we were to have a boy it should be called  Maximilian" or Max for short! Max is now 22 . Yes, I know where Kolbermoor is,  as I used to travel from Toelz to Rosenheim via car, as the Handwerkskammer had issues with the Munich chamber. I also used to photograph a lot there also.
 After 20 years, learning German and then Bavarian, I truly miss Bavarian, but life is full of changes. Did you ever meet Steve Stahl, (Harley) He spent most of his last 20 doing the Coastie thing. I am still in the Reserves but thinking about retiring any day now.
 
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