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 History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. I was born a year later and my grandfather (Pop-Pop) must have thought I looked like or acted like the monkey the soviets sent up into space. Actually, the russian satelite was not big enough to house a monkey. He must have been confused. But the name has stuck with me throughout the years and truth be told, "I'm just out of this world".

 My mom (Your Aunt Dot) knew I was in the room playing with Denise (Diane's daughter). Mama  sent me downstairs to stir the pot on the stove. I forgot what it was. Anyhow, I'd had "DeNeepy"as Mama (your Aunt called her) on my hip. I couldn't stir the pot and hold her.So, on the counter was another large pot. I sat Denise in it (great fit!) Mama came into the kitchen to check on the food, and asked me what I was doing with the baby in the pot?I told her, Mama she crawls up like a little monkey when you hold your arm out. I showed Mama how she pulls up, and then I put her back in the pot.I'd told Mama and I put  her in the pot, so she wouldn't get burned, while I was at the stove.I said, "Mama, that's  her nickname: "MonkeyPot" that's what I'm going to call her.She is and always will be "MonkeyPot"

Brooke is your webmaster’s eight year old grand daughter and this is why she has been nicknamed “Rick”. You have to see the Geico commercial where everything is going wrong and the question is who is responsible? Everyone points to the goat and his name is Rick. Brooke is a very busy busy eight year old. I have witnessed Rick in action.

 Wilbur said he became known as "Hooks" because he had a tremendous left hook in boxing, he could hook slide when playing baseball, and he had a great hook shot in basketball. 

 Upon learning of his recent death, our extended family member Ms. Cheryl (Candy) Kelly recalls how Louie got his nickname back in the day on Cedar Street in Bay Shore, New York. Candy as she is known by many says, Louie got his nickmane one day when he was riding a bicycle on Cedar Street and the seat he was riding on fell off. Of course immediately following the loss of his seat there was some trauma to his private parts, and someone yelled out, Louie, you just busted your weenie, and hence forth came his nickname Bust Weenie. Thank you Cheryl for remininding us how Louis got his nickname. 

 Some of you remember Patty. She lived with Nancy, Alfonso, and Reggie Frazier on Cedar Street. Patty was a paraplegic since birth. Paralyzed from her waist down, she would opened her back door and sit looking through the screen to see what all the kids were doing. From time to time she would start dancing if she heard music. Of course we could only see the upper half of her body, since the lower half was down below the screen. Someone would say, "Patty, what are you doing?". Her reply was always the same, "The Huc-A Buc"