Saint John wrote:Boy, tell me WHO your grandfather is doesn't make a difference.
Saint John as kid:
SJ: "Grandpa, can you buy me a candybar?
SJ's Gramps: "Have you been listening your mother?"
SJ: "Yes Grandpa." (Lying of course

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SJ's Gramps: "Sure Dan, pick one out
SP's Grandson/daughter as a kid
SP's Grandkid: "Grandpa Steve, can you buy me a car?"
SP: "Aren't you a little young for a car?"
SP's Grandkid: "Grandpa Steve, you're the greatest singer of all-time."
SP: "Porsche or Mercedes?"

When you say
"I love you"
Say it with
Mercedes
Mercedes
What do you think of when you hear the word 'Mercedes'? If you're like many people, a luxury car is the first image that pops into your mind; the Mercedes-Benz is a well-known, high-performance brand of automobile that has been in production since the very first years of the 20th century.
But Mercedes didn't originate as a car name. Mercedes is actually a traditional Spanish name that means "mercies." It refers to one of the titles of the Virgin Mary: "Maria de las Mercedes," or "Mary of Mercies." (The Spanish names Dolores, Remedios and Milagros -- meaning sorrows, remedies and miracles -- have similar origins.)
How did Mercedes become so inextricably connected to cars in the first place? Through a little girl named Mercedes Jellinek (1889-1929), who happened to be the daughter of wealthy Austrian automobile entrepreneur Emil Jellinek (1853-1901).
Emil commissioned the German company Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft to create a line of racing cars with a custom-designed engine. The engine was officially dubbed the Daimler-Mercedes, after Emil's daughter. The racing car model that utilized the engine was consequently named the Mercedes 35 hp.
Daimler legally registered the name Mercedes in 1902, meaning that 'Mercedes' has officially been owned and used by Daimler for over a century.
So there is the legacy of the infamous German car with the Spanish name....
I got mine!
