[Eleutheria5]

My paternal grandfather, when WW I broke out, and the Tsar wanted him and all able-bodied men to enlist, said “iz faran genug Tsar-us in velt (there’s enough trouble in the world”) and boarded a boat from Odessa to New York.

[dfwgator]

Wise man.

[mac_truck]

My paternal grandfather, when WW I broke out, and the Tsar wanted him and all able-bodied men to enlist, said “iz faran genug Tsar-us in velt (there’s enough trouble in the world”) and boarded a boat from Odessa to New York.

Did he enlist when he got to New York?

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iz faran genug Tsar-us in velt

I see what you did there.