1 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,240 S1: It's time for a fabulous conversation. To make you smile, 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,400 S1: to make you laugh as you go into the weekend, 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,240 S1: and to make you think maybe we'll make you cry. 4 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,400 S1: Two today in a good way. Time to get in 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,800 S1: the Wayback Machine and go back six years to talk 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,800 S1: about the vitally important, earth shattering topic of wait for 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,720 S1: it nicknames. Yes, my friend, this conversation is going to 8 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,880 S1: celebrate those pet names you were given by maybe a 9 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,959 S1: parent or a sibling, aunt or uncle, a teacher, somebody 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,880 S1: in the classroom. There is fun ahead on this best 11 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:42,720 S1: of conversation of Chris Fabry live. Welcome to the radio backyard. 12 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,720 S1: Nickname fence. Buckle up. Get ready to smile here. On 13 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,960 S1: this first Friday of September, our program is recorded. Don't 14 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,440 S1: call us today. It's Tricia's birthday. And don't miss the 15 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,760 S1: stories and the nicknames from May 6th years ago. And 16 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,950 S1: if you'll recall, that's 2020, right at the start of 17 00:01:00,950 --> 00:01:04,110 S1: all the Covid fears and the shutdowns. So this was 18 00:01:04,110 --> 00:01:06,589 S1: kind of a respite from what we were going through 19 00:01:06,630 --> 00:01:09,550 S1: at the time. Let's get going. Ryan is doing all 20 00:01:09,550 --> 00:01:14,069 S1: things technical. Birthday girl. Tricia is our producer. Nobody answering 21 00:01:14,069 --> 00:01:17,429 S1: the phones because our program is recorded. And since it's Friday. 22 00:01:17,430 --> 00:01:20,670 S1: That's right friend, it's time for the fabulous favorite Friday. Sigh. 23 00:01:20,790 --> 00:01:23,630 S1: Here's what it does. Number one, we oxygenate your blood. 24 00:01:23,790 --> 00:01:27,429 S1: Two we get your endorphins going. Three, we raise your serotonin. 25 00:01:27,430 --> 00:01:31,750 S1: Level four, we promote lymphatic drainage. And five we stimulate 26 00:01:31,750 --> 00:01:34,750 S1: your parasympathetic system. That's why we call it the five 27 00:01:34,790 --> 00:01:39,030 S1: lung languages. We also stimulate your vagus nerve. Don't forget 28 00:01:39,069 --> 00:01:42,590 S1: what it does to cortisol dissipation. Taking four seconds of 29 00:01:42,590 --> 00:01:45,430 S1: air through your nose right now. Hold it four seconds. 30 00:01:45,430 --> 00:01:47,630 S1: And then as you release that air through your mouth, 31 00:01:47,630 --> 00:01:49,630 S1: push on the left side of your rib cage to 32 00:01:49,670 --> 00:01:52,870 S1: get rid of all that bad carbon dioxide. Today's PSI 33 00:01:52,870 --> 00:01:55,190 S1: is for everyone who was given a nickname in my 34 00:01:55,190 --> 00:01:57,430 S1: little town growing up, there was a young man everybody 35 00:01:57,430 --> 00:02:00,900 S1: called pokey A friend down the road was named Aaron. 36 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:04,220 S1: For some reason he had two nicknames, Bud and Elvis. 37 00:02:04,420 --> 00:02:06,700 S1: I don't know about Bud, but they called him Elvis 38 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:09,620 S1: because you could hear him singing Hound Dog as he 39 00:02:09,620 --> 00:02:12,740 S1: walked around the bend of the road. How about pooch? 40 00:02:12,780 --> 00:02:16,620 S1: My uncle was Pooch and Hoss. A different uncle called 41 00:02:16,620 --> 00:02:20,619 S1: me Hoss for a while after Hoss Cartwright of Bonanza. 42 00:02:20,980 --> 00:02:24,820 S1: My brother's friends called me snake because of how slowly 43 00:02:24,820 --> 00:02:27,980 S1: I walked around the tennis court and remember what they 44 00:02:27,980 --> 00:02:32,740 S1: called Jean Louise Finch. Today's fabulous favorite Friday size solutes. 45 00:02:32,780 --> 00:02:38,500 S1: Nicknames like Scout offer void where prohibited. Hey, I can't 46 00:02:38,500 --> 00:02:40,899 S1: wait for you to hear this, because it gave me 47 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:43,620 S1: a smile when I went back and listened to it. 48 00:02:43,620 --> 00:02:45,980 S1: As a matter of fact, I had Doctor Kathy Cook 49 00:02:46,020 --> 00:02:48,859 S1: on just a couple of days ago, and before we 50 00:02:48,860 --> 00:02:52,540 S1: got started in a really serious topic, we're giving her 51 00:02:52,540 --> 00:02:55,459 S1: book away, Resolve Conflict and Find peace and hope with 52 00:02:55,460 --> 00:02:59,169 S1: adult children. That's our thank you again this month. We 53 00:02:59,169 --> 00:03:01,730 S1: did it all in August. We're doing it again this month. 54 00:03:02,130 --> 00:03:06,290 S1: But I turned to Doctor Cook before the program and 55 00:03:06,290 --> 00:03:09,050 S1: I said, hey, we're doing a program on nicknames. Did 56 00:03:09,050 --> 00:03:11,490 S1: you have a nickname when you were a kid? Here's 57 00:03:11,490 --> 00:03:12,370 S1: what she said. 58 00:03:12,690 --> 00:03:16,570 S2: Oh, my nickname was Chatty Cathy. My cousins would sometimes, 59 00:03:16,610 --> 00:03:18,730 S2: you know, oh, there she goes again. You know, the 60 00:03:18,730 --> 00:03:22,530 S2: Chatty Cathy? Um, I don't remember ever being given, you know, 61 00:03:22,570 --> 00:03:27,850 S2: a mean spirited, um, ugly nickname. I wonder if that 62 00:03:27,850 --> 00:03:30,170 S2: was as popular. I hate to use that word popular 63 00:03:30,169 --> 00:03:33,169 S2: back then as it is now. That bully language that 64 00:03:33,410 --> 00:03:35,930 S2: I think has has really become a much more popular 65 00:03:35,930 --> 00:03:38,330 S2: way of trying to control people. Or maybe I was 66 00:03:38,330 --> 00:03:40,530 S2: a good enough kid that I didn't get a nasty nickname. 67 00:03:41,130 --> 00:03:43,250 S1: Well, and what did that do to you? Because when 68 00:03:43,250 --> 00:03:46,290 S1: I see Chatty Cathy or hear Chatty Cathy, I think 69 00:03:46,530 --> 00:03:49,050 S1: a little bit negative of that. You talk too much. 70 00:03:49,050 --> 00:03:50,970 S1: You didn't take it that way though, right? 71 00:03:51,570 --> 00:03:54,010 S2: Well, right. It certainly could have been that way. It 72 00:03:54,010 --> 00:03:55,730 S2: could have been. Yeah. She talks all the time. She 73 00:03:55,750 --> 00:03:58,430 S2: doesn't listen. I was taught to listen. I was taught 74 00:03:58,430 --> 00:04:02,110 S2: to use words respectfully. Um, so I'm sure there were 75 00:04:02,110 --> 00:04:05,310 S2: moments when it hurt. I'm just not remembering that. I'm 76 00:04:05,310 --> 00:04:07,710 S2: sure there were moments. One of the sin issues for 77 00:04:07,710 --> 00:04:09,750 S2: those of us who are very, you know, chatty and smart, 78 00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:12,030 S2: is we can dominate and we want to impress with 79 00:04:12,030 --> 00:04:14,150 S2: all that we know. And, you know, we don't listen 80 00:04:14,150 --> 00:04:16,710 S2: because we're, you know, self-centered and selfish in our in 81 00:04:16,750 --> 00:04:18,790 S2: our own words. So it might have been that that 82 00:04:18,790 --> 00:04:19,870 S2: was a part of the story. 83 00:04:20,310 --> 00:04:23,350 S1: Interesting. See, isn't that what the enemy loves to do? 84 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:27,350 S1: Because because words were your superpower. And if the enemy 85 00:04:27,350 --> 00:04:30,150 S1: can get in there and stunt that and keep you 86 00:04:30,150 --> 00:04:32,750 S1: from that, then he keeps you from being who God 87 00:04:32,750 --> 00:04:35,150 S1: created you to be. And you said, no, I'm not 88 00:04:35,150 --> 00:04:37,310 S1: going to do that. I'm using. Because when you said 89 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:38,909 S1: Chatty Cathy, you smiled. 90 00:04:39,470 --> 00:04:42,469 S2: Oh yes, it was endearment. You know, I think it 91 00:04:42,470 --> 00:04:44,990 S2: really was within my family. And again, my grandfather was 92 00:04:44,990 --> 00:04:47,510 S2: mayor of my city growing up. I was raised to 93 00:04:47,510 --> 00:04:49,510 S2: see that words are a powerful influence. I was not 94 00:04:49,510 --> 00:04:52,390 S2: raised by believers. I was raised by church attending really 95 00:04:52,390 --> 00:04:54,820 S2: good parents and. And now look what the Lord has 96 00:04:54,820 --> 00:04:58,099 S2: done because I wasn't raised, you know. Be quiet, be quiet. 97 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:00,540 S2: Shut up! Go find something to do. We're sick of you. 98 00:05:00,860 --> 00:05:03,140 S2: My parents chose to see all the words as a 99 00:05:03,140 --> 00:05:05,420 S2: strength to develop. So I wonder when people are given 100 00:05:05,420 --> 00:05:07,820 S2: a nickname. Like what if we had the maturity to think. 101 00:05:07,860 --> 00:05:11,220 S2: Is there anything true here? And if there is, what 102 00:05:11,220 --> 00:05:13,940 S2: should I be doing with those thoughts I'm having? And 103 00:05:13,940 --> 00:05:16,140 S2: if it's totally false, why would somebody give it to me? 104 00:05:16,140 --> 00:05:17,540 S2: And what am I going to do with that? 105 00:05:18,220 --> 00:05:21,260 S1: Again, that's Doctor Cathy Cooke. As we start today's program 106 00:05:21,260 --> 00:05:25,060 S1: on nicknames and remember her book that we talked about 107 00:05:25,060 --> 00:05:27,740 S1: a couple of days ago, resolve conflict and find peace 108 00:05:27,740 --> 00:05:31,020 S1: and hope with adult children is our thank you. This month, 109 00:05:31,020 --> 00:05:37,419 S1: give a gift of any size at Chris fabry.org. Chris fabry.org. 110 00:05:37,940 --> 00:05:40,300 S1: Or you can call a phone number. I said, we don't. 111 00:05:40,339 --> 00:05:43,780 S1: Our phone number is not working well, this one is 866995. 112 00:05:43,820 --> 00:05:46,140 S1: Fabry if you want to leave a message for us 113 00:05:46,140 --> 00:05:53,370 S1: or if you'd like to give a gift. (866) 953-2279. If 114 00:05:53,410 --> 00:05:56,330 S1: you hear a phone number or dated information from six 115 00:05:56,330 --> 00:05:59,890 S1: years ago, disregard that. Don't pay any attention to it. 116 00:05:59,890 --> 00:06:05,050 S1: I hope you enjoy this program on nicknames. I saw 117 00:06:05,050 --> 00:06:08,850 S1: this in an article in the Irish Examiner. According to 118 00:06:08,890 --> 00:06:14,210 S1: a study by Bellevue University, Nebraska, men give nicknames as 119 00:06:14,210 --> 00:06:21,170 S1: a way of being affectionate without compromising masculinity. Uh, Professor 120 00:06:21,330 --> 00:06:26,489 S1: Cleveland Kent Evans said it's a man's interpretation of what 121 00:06:26,529 --> 00:06:31,530 S1: being friendly is like. And so we give nicknames. Now, 122 00:06:31,529 --> 00:06:36,330 S1: sometimes nicknames can be pejorative to people to put them down, 123 00:06:36,650 --> 00:06:41,570 S1: but other times nicknames can be endearing. It's like, you 124 00:06:41,570 --> 00:06:46,289 S1: like somebody so much, you call them some other name. 125 00:06:46,850 --> 00:06:52,040 S1: Patty wrote, my dad named me Skeeter or Skeet Because 126 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,240 S1: of how mosquito bites became so inflamed on my body. 127 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,880 S1: The name stuck and is used mostly by my family. 128 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,640 S1: I didn't like it as a kid, but I finally 129 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,000 S1: got used to it. Our neighbor would like act like 130 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:07,400 S1: he was a mosquito and tease me. Not fun silly. 131 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,840 S1: Some of the things you remember. Yes it is Patty, skeet, Skeeter, 132 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,480 S1: Justine said for the first 18 years of my life, 133 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,320 S1: the only name I heard was dinky. My mom gave 134 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,880 S1: me that name as a baby. Now there's the mother. 135 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,000 S1: She gave it to me because I was so small. 136 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,120 S1: There were a few of my mom's friends. To this day, 137 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,160 S1: I'm in my late 40s. They still call me dinky. 138 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,880 S1: And right after that, on Facebook, you see, hi dinky. 139 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:35,920 S1: But the winner of the day, the winner of the 140 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:40,239 S1: day from Facebook, comes from Sarah. Because Sarah wrote this, 141 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:44,240 S1: she said my nickname was Johnny Michael, given to me 142 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:48,360 S1: by my Aunt Rachel. I hated it because I thought 143 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,750 S1: it was a boy name, but over time it morphed 144 00:07:51,750 --> 00:07:54,230 S1: and now it just is my nickname with some family 145 00:07:54,230 --> 00:07:58,550 S1: and friends. And immediately after that, the response came from, 146 00:07:58,550 --> 00:08:02,190 S1: you guessed it, Rachel. I didn't know you hated it. 147 00:08:02,190 --> 00:08:05,670 S1: I'm sorry. It was used with great love, though I 148 00:08:05,670 --> 00:08:11,070 S1: can't remember how or why we chose it. That's the thing. Nicknames. 149 00:08:11,590 --> 00:08:14,750 S1: How did you get this and why did it stick? 150 00:08:14,790 --> 00:08:18,910 S1: And do you still like it? Barb is in Muskegon, Michigan. Hi, Barb. 151 00:08:18,910 --> 00:08:19,550 S1: How are you? 152 00:08:20,070 --> 00:08:23,390 S3: Fine. Thanks for taking my call. When I was in 153 00:08:23,390 --> 00:08:27,750 S3: seventh grade, my nickname was Jolly Green Giant because they 154 00:08:27,750 --> 00:08:30,590 S3: said I was so tall, I'd step on the class president. 155 00:08:32,309 --> 00:08:33,829 S4: And then I was in college. 156 00:08:34,550 --> 00:08:38,110 S3: They would say they. People would say, oh, you. You 157 00:08:38,110 --> 00:08:40,950 S3: must be six feet tall. I said, no, I'm just 158 00:08:40,950 --> 00:08:42,030 S3: five foot 12. 159 00:08:43,990 --> 00:08:46,870 S1: That's good. You what did that do to you? The 160 00:08:46,870 --> 00:08:49,660 S1: Jolly Green Giant thing? Did you did you not like that? 161 00:08:49,660 --> 00:08:51,220 S1: Did you think, oh, don't call me that. 162 00:08:52,020 --> 00:08:55,819 S3: I, I just I didn't care for it at all. 163 00:08:56,260 --> 00:09:00,660 S1: Yeah. Because you wanted to be like everybody else. And 164 00:09:00,660 --> 00:09:03,380 S1: since you were taller than everybody else, it made you different. 165 00:09:03,380 --> 00:09:06,780 S1: And being different was not as good of a thing. Right? 166 00:09:07,100 --> 00:09:07,820 S3: Right. 167 00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:11,580 S1: Yeah. And I think that. But now now, when you 168 00:09:11,580 --> 00:09:14,260 S1: say that today, is there pain when you tell us 169 00:09:14,260 --> 00:09:15,699 S1: Jolly Green Giant or not? 170 00:09:16,460 --> 00:09:18,060 S3: Oh, I laugh about it now. 171 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:18,580 S1: Yeah. 172 00:09:19,059 --> 00:09:20,500 S3: But I couldn't laugh about it then. 173 00:09:21,500 --> 00:09:24,939 S1: Barb. Thank you. There's that. And now we know. I'm 174 00:09:24,940 --> 00:09:27,100 S1: so glad. Now we know why they called Barb Jolly 175 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:29,500 S1: Green Giant and how she feels about it today. Julie 176 00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:33,860 S1: is in DeKalb, Illinois. Hi, Julie. What was your nickname? 177 00:09:33,980 --> 00:09:34,380 S4: Hi. 178 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:39,100 S5: Well, I was called Jewel or Jewel my whole life. 179 00:09:39,420 --> 00:09:42,220 S5: Short for Julie, but I will say this too. I 180 00:09:42,220 --> 00:09:47,099 S5: told Tricia that I have nicknames for each of my children. 181 00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:50,890 S5: I have three daughters and they're in their 30s, and 182 00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:55,010 S5: my four grandchildren, Rob and Kristen. And I use her 183 00:09:55,010 --> 00:09:59,010 S5: middle name all the time. His sister Poonam, Jill Ann 184 00:09:59,050 --> 00:10:03,010 S5: is Chirpiness and I use Annie all the time. Amanda 185 00:10:03,010 --> 00:10:10,330 S5: Duff is Jessie Jessop and AJ Noah Madden is Maddy. Matterhorn, 186 00:10:10,330 --> 00:10:17,569 S5: Matterhorn and Hornet. And then posy is posy, posy, Ayla 187 00:10:17,570 --> 00:10:22,689 S5: or Aila. And then two more to go. August Rye 188 00:10:22,730 --> 00:10:27,890 S5: is rye. Rye or Choo-Choo or, you know, an Aug. 189 00:10:28,210 --> 00:10:35,570 S5: And then lastly, Olive ever is Choo-Choo. TSUTSU. Oh, and 190 00:10:35,570 --> 00:10:40,650 S5: posy I also named her. Saeki TZIKI. And I use 191 00:10:40,650 --> 00:10:45,890 S5: their middle name and their. And their nicknames, along with 192 00:10:45,890 --> 00:10:49,390 S5: their first names all the time. And I love it. 193 00:10:49,390 --> 00:10:52,110 S1: Yes. Now, how do they respond to that? Do they? 194 00:10:52,150 --> 00:10:53,990 S1: When you call them that, do they. Are you the 195 00:10:53,990 --> 00:10:55,470 S1: only one who calls them that? 196 00:10:56,750 --> 00:11:05,390 S5: Indeed, yes. And they have been responding for 36, 34, 31, 13, five, 197 00:11:05,429 --> 00:11:07,030 S5: four and a year and a half. 198 00:11:07,670 --> 00:11:08,390 S1: That's great. 199 00:11:08,429 --> 00:11:09,550 S5: They have been. 200 00:11:09,550 --> 00:11:12,429 S1: What a quiver. What a, what a treasure. And I 201 00:11:12,429 --> 00:11:15,070 S1: love that. Now how do you spell a point of interest. 202 00:11:15,070 --> 00:11:17,510 S1: How do you spell Posey. Is it POSEY? 203 00:11:18,630 --> 00:11:23,190 S5: Yes. Okay. Yes. Posey. A law and then a law 204 00:11:23,190 --> 00:11:23,989 S5: is Hebrew. 205 00:11:24,510 --> 00:11:25,189 S1: Okay. 206 00:11:25,230 --> 00:11:29,310 S5: We're messianic believers. Well, I am, and my mom is. 207 00:11:29,630 --> 00:11:30,150 S1: Yes. 208 00:11:30,270 --> 00:11:31,550 S5: So yeah. 209 00:11:31,830 --> 00:11:35,829 S1: That that just pulls back the curtain. Julie jewels on 210 00:11:35,990 --> 00:11:40,550 S1: your nicknames and these terms of endearment. Now, everybody, you know, 211 00:11:40,590 --> 00:11:44,470 S1: some nicknames are harder or you, you get them and 212 00:11:44,470 --> 00:11:46,740 S1: you don't like them when you're young. And then later 213 00:11:46,740 --> 00:11:51,660 S1: on you realize, no, there's something about that that is endearing. 214 00:11:51,660 --> 00:11:56,020 S1: I wonder how many of these then come from men 215 00:11:56,020 --> 00:11:59,900 S1: to kids, men to other people, men to other men? 216 00:12:00,460 --> 00:12:04,020 S1: I want to talk about that. It's a Nicknames Friday 217 00:12:04,020 --> 00:12:06,540 S1: here on Chris Fabry Live, and there is more to 218 00:12:06,580 --> 00:12:18,140 S1: come straight ahead on Moody Radio. Today's program on Chris 219 00:12:18,179 --> 00:12:21,020 S1: Fabry Live is recorded, so don't call us, but please 220 00:12:21,020 --> 00:12:26,460 S1: go to the website. Chris Fabry live dot Buster left 221 00:12:26,460 --> 00:12:28,620 S1: a message on Facebook. His real name is Dawn, but 222 00:12:28,620 --> 00:12:31,540 S1: they call him Buster or bus. He said, I can't 223 00:12:31,540 --> 00:12:34,100 S1: say I liked it or just kind of put up 224 00:12:34,100 --> 00:12:36,620 S1: with it. Now that all the people that used that 225 00:12:36,620 --> 00:12:41,179 S1: name have passed, I don't hear it anymore. And isn't 226 00:12:41,179 --> 00:12:43,420 S1: that sad that there, you know, there's a time in 227 00:12:43,420 --> 00:12:48,770 S1: our lives younger when this is said to you. Corey said, 228 00:12:48,770 --> 00:12:53,170 S1: corn dog. Corn dog was his nickname. I was in 229 00:12:53,170 --> 00:12:55,610 S1: a marching band. I decided to wear a comfy but 230 00:12:55,610 --> 00:13:00,050 S1: ugly sweater that had a that had a C on it. 231 00:13:00,050 --> 00:13:03,089 S1: The drum captain laughed hysterically and said that I looked 232 00:13:03,090 --> 00:13:05,850 S1: like a corn dog and it stuck. To this day 233 00:13:05,850 --> 00:13:09,130 S1: there are old, old classmates who have no clue what 234 00:13:09,130 --> 00:13:11,690 S1: my real name is because they only knew me as 235 00:13:11,690 --> 00:13:16,010 S1: corn dog. Thank you, corn dog. Uh. And, uh, Cathy 236 00:13:16,010 --> 00:13:20,010 S1: couldn't stay on the line. Cathy, whose last name is Fisher. 237 00:13:22,090 --> 00:13:26,970 S1: Maiden name? Uh, catfish. I hated it and hoped at 238 00:13:26,970 --> 00:13:29,329 S1: college they wouldn't call me that, but one of my 239 00:13:29,330 --> 00:13:33,010 S1: college professors picked up on it. Thought after I was married, 240 00:13:33,050 --> 00:13:35,890 S1: it wouldn't stick. But it had an auction. Someone called 241 00:13:36,050 --> 00:13:40,730 S1: across the parking lot catfish. And so my husband picked 242 00:13:40,730 --> 00:13:45,880 S1: it up. Now he got me alive. Now he got 243 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,760 S1: me a license plate for my wheelchair that says catfish. Kathy. 244 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,559 S1: Thank you. That that, uh, that made me laugh out loud, 245 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,880 S1: didn't it? Uh, what's your nickname? We're talking about nicknames 246 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,360 S1: at the radio backyard fence. I promise you, something good 247 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,160 S1: is going to come out of this. Travis in Sarasota. 248 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:03,239 S1: Tell me your nickname. 249 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,760 S6: Yeah. Hey, um, so when I was a kid, I 250 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,400 S6: was actually on the worship team at church nearby. Um, 251 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,040 S6: and one of the guys at the, at the church 252 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,400 S6: because he knew I was a hyperactive kid who got 253 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:20,480 S6: myself in trouble all the time, called me travesty. And, um, 254 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,200 S6: it started to catch on for, for some people, but 255 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,760 S6: eventually it kind of went away. But, um, for some reason, 256 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,200 S6: over the last couple of years, people who knew nothing 257 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:30,800 S6: about that when I was a kid have been calling 258 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:31,880 S6: me travesty lately. 259 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:34,920 S1: So what do you, what do you think about that? 260 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,280 S1: I mean, it's kind of a little negative, right? 261 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,240 S6: Yeah. But it's, uh, I don't know. I mean, I, I, 262 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,950 S6: I kind of feel like I've always kind of thought 263 00:14:42,950 --> 00:14:46,510 S6: it was cool when people had nicknames. So regardless of the, uh, connotation, 264 00:14:46,510 --> 00:14:48,190 S6: I kind of like the fact that I had, you know, 265 00:14:48,230 --> 00:14:49,190 S6: a unique nickname. 266 00:14:49,310 --> 00:14:52,030 S1: Yes. I think there is something that people will go 267 00:14:52,030 --> 00:14:55,510 S1: to the effort to, to call you something or to 268 00:14:55,550 --> 00:14:59,110 S1: give you a name. There's something behind that. They at 269 00:14:59,110 --> 00:15:03,150 S1: least notice you. They at least are moving into your world. Right? 270 00:15:03,390 --> 00:15:04,750 S6: Right. Exactly. Yeah. 271 00:15:04,790 --> 00:15:08,990 S1: Yeah. I like that travesty from Sarasota. Uh, Joey is 272 00:15:08,990 --> 00:15:11,150 S1: in Idaho. Hi, Joey. Go right ahead. 273 00:15:11,430 --> 00:15:17,710 S7: Hello. Um, my birth certificate name is Catherine Joan. My 274 00:15:17,710 --> 00:15:20,830 S7: mother was actually trying to name me Catherine Joanne, but 275 00:15:20,830 --> 00:15:26,830 S7: spelled it Joan. And she called me Cathy Jo from birth. 276 00:15:27,150 --> 00:15:30,070 S7: But my two year old sister couldn't say Cathy Jo. 277 00:15:30,070 --> 00:15:33,310 S7: She just said doh! And then doughy. And so the 278 00:15:33,310 --> 00:15:37,310 S7: whole family called me doughy for a year and decided 279 00:15:37,310 --> 00:15:41,140 S7: they should clean it up to Joey. And so I 280 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:44,460 S7: was called Joey at home and still am called Joey 281 00:15:44,460 --> 00:15:47,500 S7: by my. Well, I'm called by that by everybody now, 282 00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:52,260 S7: but by sixth grade I won a contest from a 283 00:15:52,260 --> 00:15:57,500 S7: radio station in Spokane, Washington, and they printed a newspaper 284 00:15:57,740 --> 00:16:02,500 S7: column that said Katherine, Joan and my maiden name. And 285 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:06,020 S7: people would ask me, is that a cousin of yours? 286 00:16:06,060 --> 00:16:09,180 S7: And I say, no, that's me. And so when I 287 00:16:09,180 --> 00:16:13,460 S7: moved to the next town, I told them my name 288 00:16:13,460 --> 00:16:20,180 S7: was Joey. And so I've been I started Social Security 289 00:16:20,180 --> 00:16:23,740 S7: at age 14. So I signed up as the letter 290 00:16:23,780 --> 00:16:29,740 S7: K period. Joey. And so my Social Security name and 291 00:16:29,740 --> 00:16:35,700 S7: my IRS name and my voting name is all K period. Joey. 292 00:16:36,020 --> 00:16:39,450 S7: But any medical records have to be birth certificate. And 293 00:16:39,450 --> 00:16:41,770 S7: so there. Catherine Jones. 294 00:16:41,810 --> 00:16:42,210 S1: Wow. 295 00:16:42,370 --> 00:16:48,690 S7: Except that I somehow fooled my local hospital into putting 296 00:16:48,730 --> 00:16:53,090 S7: Catherine Joey so that I would have that on my 297 00:16:53,130 --> 00:16:55,890 S7: name tag and so on. And I, I could tell 298 00:16:55,930 --> 00:16:58,090 S7: people I go by my middle name, Joey. 299 00:16:58,330 --> 00:17:02,490 S1: I got complicated real quick. Joey. That's that's hard. But 300 00:17:02,490 --> 00:17:05,609 S1: you know what? You just you just revealed it was 301 00:17:05,770 --> 00:17:08,330 S1: not being able to say the name. That's how all 302 00:17:08,330 --> 00:17:10,450 S1: this kind of came out. It was a little child 303 00:17:10,450 --> 00:17:12,450 S1: who couldn't say your name. 304 00:17:13,090 --> 00:17:14,050 S7: Um, right. 305 00:17:14,090 --> 00:17:16,370 S1: And I wonder if that, you know, whether it's an 306 00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:19,690 S1: endearing thing or a mistake. Somebody made a mistake. And 307 00:17:19,690 --> 00:17:22,530 S1: then that caught on. One of one of my daughters, 308 00:17:22,530 --> 00:17:28,090 S1: Shannon babysat for friends for a long time, and he 309 00:17:28,090 --> 00:17:32,250 S1: couldn't say Shannon, but he could say she. And so 310 00:17:32,250 --> 00:17:35,889 S1: she became she, she, she. And to this day, he's 311 00:17:35,890 --> 00:17:39,430 S1: she's known as she she to them and to, you know, 312 00:17:39,470 --> 00:17:43,910 S1: I'll I'll see her and say, Chichi, Andrea is in 313 00:17:43,910 --> 00:17:48,350 S1: Indianapolis in the summertime. It doesn't rain. Right. Hi, Andrea. 314 00:17:48,950 --> 00:17:50,950 S8: Hi. Hi. How are you? 315 00:17:50,990 --> 00:17:52,270 S9: I'm doing well, thank you. 316 00:17:52,750 --> 00:17:56,990 S8: So I have my name is Andrea. So obviously, you know, 317 00:17:57,030 --> 00:18:00,790 S8: most people call me Andy. I have some who call 318 00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:05,830 S8: me Ange, like, um, uh, Andy Griffith. Right. Uh, on 319 00:18:05,869 --> 00:18:09,070 S8: the Andy Griffith Show. Some people call me Ange, some 320 00:18:09,070 --> 00:18:14,950 S8: of my relatives, but my mother's people are from the 321 00:18:14,990 --> 00:18:17,670 S8: Kentucky area and came back up north. So they're a 322 00:18:17,670 --> 00:18:21,790 S8: little kind of hill people. They call me Andrew Jane. 323 00:18:21,950 --> 00:18:24,550 S8: It's all, like, all one word. And Jane. 324 00:18:24,790 --> 00:18:25,149 S9: Jane. 325 00:18:25,230 --> 00:18:31,429 S8: And Andrew. Jane and my dad's people are all German 326 00:18:31,430 --> 00:18:35,830 S8: from southern Indiana, and they call me Andy Cheyney. And 327 00:18:35,830 --> 00:18:39,820 S8: it's all one word. But my dad called me genie gal, 328 00:18:40,220 --> 00:18:43,740 S8: and he's the only one that called me that. Um, and, um, 329 00:18:43,900 --> 00:18:48,100 S8: he's been dead 36 years, and I still can't even 330 00:18:48,140 --> 00:18:52,420 S8: say Andy or Genie gal without getting tears in my eyes. 331 00:18:52,980 --> 00:18:54,140 S8: Why is. 332 00:18:54,140 --> 00:18:58,420 S1: That? Why? Yeah. Why is that? Why does the emotion 333 00:18:58,420 --> 00:19:00,460 S1: come back up as soon as you say that? 334 00:19:01,380 --> 00:19:04,500 S8: Mhm. I don't know, but it does. It was so 335 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:07,620 S8: precious to me that that was the only genie gal, 336 00:19:07,660 --> 00:19:11,739 S8: you know. And just to him. Oh, yeah. I love it. 337 00:19:11,780 --> 00:19:13,300 S8: So that's I love it. 338 00:19:13,619 --> 00:19:16,340 S1: That's exactly what I and I think, you know, we 339 00:19:16,340 --> 00:19:18,940 S1: get sometimes we get nicknames and we don't like them 340 00:19:18,980 --> 00:19:21,580 S1: or people are trying to be mean. I get that. 341 00:19:21,740 --> 00:19:25,940 S1: But there is that relationship that you had with your dad, 342 00:19:25,940 --> 00:19:29,540 S1: after all. You know, more than 30 years where you 343 00:19:29,580 --> 00:19:32,740 S1: say the words that he said, and he was the 344 00:19:32,740 --> 00:19:36,330 S1: only one who called you that. and it and it 345 00:19:36,330 --> 00:19:40,490 S1: touches that nerve deep down inside. And that's the kind 346 00:19:40,490 --> 00:19:43,850 S1: of connection that a name will. All of our lines 347 00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:45,810 S1: are going. If you're on on the line, hang on. 348 00:19:45,810 --> 00:19:47,610 S1: I'm going to get to you. I'm going to get 349 00:19:47,609 --> 00:19:49,810 S1: to as many as we can. But there are other 350 00:19:49,810 --> 00:19:53,290 S1: people who are saying that as well on on Facebook, 351 00:19:53,330 --> 00:19:55,490 S1: if you don't get through, go to our Facebook page 352 00:19:55,490 --> 00:19:59,169 S1: and answer that there. Marsha is in Chicago. Hi, Marsha. 353 00:19:59,210 --> 00:19:59,930 S1: Go right ahead. 354 00:19:59,970 --> 00:20:00,330 S7: Hi. 355 00:20:00,650 --> 00:20:03,889 S3: Hi. Well, I have had five names over the years, 356 00:20:03,890 --> 00:20:07,210 S3: so obviously I'm over ten. But, um, the first one 357 00:20:07,210 --> 00:20:09,810 S3: when I was in grade school was Marsha Mello, and 358 00:20:09,810 --> 00:20:11,330 S3: it was kind of a nice name. It didn't mean 359 00:20:11,330 --> 00:20:13,409 S3: anything bad or anything. And then when I got to 360 00:20:13,450 --> 00:20:17,730 S3: junior high, um, I gained some weight and, um, my 361 00:20:17,730 --> 00:20:21,170 S3: brother would call me moosey green jeans. Um, because I 362 00:20:21,210 --> 00:20:23,929 S3: got fat and I always wore green jeans, which I 363 00:20:23,930 --> 00:20:26,330 S3: didn't like. But to make it even worse, when my 364 00:20:26,330 --> 00:20:29,610 S3: mother made a beautiful Christmas tree skirt and felt the 365 00:20:29,650 --> 00:20:31,929 S3: item for me was this moose's head coming out of 366 00:20:31,930 --> 00:20:34,560 S3: a pair of green jeans. So I still have that 367 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,280 S3: Christmas tree skirt. And then, um, later on my, well, 368 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,960 S3: actually through my childhood, my dad called me Posie, which 369 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,119 S3: I always loved because it was kind of a special, 370 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:48,000 S3: warm thing to say. And then when I was in college, 371 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,960 S3: my girlfriends called me Mars Bar after the candy bar. 372 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:51,520 S1: Right. 373 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,560 S3: And then later in life, I was called Princess Angel. 374 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,640 S3: When my husband was sick and died of cancer. I 375 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:57,960 S3: took care of him for a year and he used 376 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,560 S3: to always call me Princess Angel. So I will always 377 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,560 S3: remember that because he thought I did such a great 378 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,440 S3: job and, um, I just did the best I could do. So, um, 379 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:07,840 S3: that's the names I've had. 380 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,720 S1: There's. And you see this pattern that's going through there. 381 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,480 S1: Which of those do you like the most? 382 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,080 S3: Oh. Princess. Angel. 383 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:18,800 S1: Yeah, definitely. I would too, I would too. But when 384 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:19,160 S1: you said. 385 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,240 S3: I was a princess in his eyes, that was nice. 386 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,840 S3: You know, he did everything I wanted to do or 387 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,040 S3: he would pretend to do, at least, you know. So 388 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,640 S3: it was kind of a neat thing on that. 389 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,040 S1: When you said the green jeans, though, immediately I thought 390 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,560 S1: of Captain Kangaroo and the ping pong balls. 391 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:34,830 S3: Kind of what came out of. Yeah, that kind of 392 00:21:34,869 --> 00:21:35,750 S3: came out of that era. 393 00:21:35,950 --> 00:21:39,550 S1: Mr. green jeans and and Moose, you know, the there 394 00:21:39,550 --> 00:21:41,230 S1: was a talking moose that was on. 395 00:21:41,270 --> 00:21:43,830 S3: Right. There was. Yeah, that's probably where my brother got it, 396 00:21:43,830 --> 00:21:46,230 S3: you know, but he was, um, he was just a meanie. 397 00:21:46,270 --> 00:21:47,830 S3: I mean, he was like a freshman in high school 398 00:21:47,830 --> 00:21:49,629 S3: and I was in seventh grade. And, you know, it's 399 00:21:49,630 --> 00:21:51,790 S3: hard enough being a junior high girl. And I was 400 00:21:51,790 --> 00:21:55,270 S3: kind of chubby and he thought it was funny, and 401 00:21:55,270 --> 00:21:56,830 S3: I didn't. But later on in life, I thought it 402 00:21:56,830 --> 00:21:59,830 S3: was funny. Yes. So I sometimes sign at Moose Green 403 00:21:59,830 --> 00:22:02,590 S3: Jeans when I give them a card. So it's fun 404 00:22:02,590 --> 00:22:04,030 S3: now in life. You know. 405 00:22:04,470 --> 00:22:07,390 S1: Marsha, I love all of those and thank you for 406 00:22:07,390 --> 00:22:10,470 S1: sharing your heart again, kind of pulling back the curtain 407 00:22:10,510 --> 00:22:14,750 S1: on your own life and sharing what others have said. And, 408 00:22:14,790 --> 00:22:18,030 S1: you know, the, the impact that makes on you, whether 409 00:22:18,030 --> 00:22:21,150 S1: it was given by somebody who was poking a little 410 00:22:21,150 --> 00:22:27,030 S1: fun or really a term of endearment. Carol is in Indiana. Hi, Carol. 411 00:22:27,030 --> 00:22:27,750 S1: Go right ahead. 412 00:22:28,310 --> 00:22:32,540 S10: Hi, I'm Carol. Well, my husband was, uh, in medical. 413 00:22:32,580 --> 00:22:35,060 S10: He was a medical student, a first year medical student 414 00:22:35,060 --> 00:22:38,820 S10: at IU. And I was on affiliation from a hospital 415 00:22:38,820 --> 00:22:42,180 S10: in Saint Louis Deaconess Hospital. Uh, and I was a 416 00:22:42,180 --> 00:22:45,820 S10: nurse and, um, he used to tease me and call 417 00:22:45,859 --> 00:22:48,979 S10: me Duckfoot. And I don't know if it was the 418 00:22:48,980 --> 00:22:51,180 S10: way I walked or what it was. It was a teasing, 419 00:22:51,380 --> 00:22:55,700 S10: very teasing, but it was very endearing. And of course, 420 00:22:55,700 --> 00:22:58,260 S10: he's gone now to be with the Lord. But I 421 00:22:58,260 --> 00:23:00,980 S10: still read his letters and he still calls me in 422 00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:05,380 S10: the letters Duckfoot Duckfoot. So it was very endearing. And 423 00:23:05,380 --> 00:23:08,660 S10: then he had an aunt whose name was Aunt Icky. 424 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:11,939 S10: And I said, why would they call her Aunt Icky? 425 00:23:11,940 --> 00:23:13,740 S10: And he said, well, when we were little, we couldn't 426 00:23:13,740 --> 00:23:18,180 S10: say Elizabeth. So we all said Aunt Icky. So she 427 00:23:18,180 --> 00:23:20,220 S10: had that name until she went home to be with 428 00:23:20,220 --> 00:23:20,540 S10: the Lord. 429 00:23:20,580 --> 00:23:24,580 S1: Too icky and duckfoot. That's a great family you got 430 00:23:24,580 --> 00:23:25,500 S1: right there, Carol. 431 00:23:25,660 --> 00:23:28,340 S10: We had a great family. We did? Yes. And I'm 432 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:32,410 S10: really enjoying your program so much. Very special. Thank you 433 00:23:32,410 --> 00:23:32,689 S10: so much. 434 00:23:32,890 --> 00:23:35,490 S1: I hope it's a breath of fresh air for you. Carol, 435 00:23:35,490 --> 00:23:37,930 S1: you have done that for us here. And this thing 436 00:23:37,930 --> 00:23:40,290 S1: that you, you know, Duckfoot, that you didn't understand at 437 00:23:40,290 --> 00:23:44,330 S1: the beginning and then became this thing that he wrote 438 00:23:44,330 --> 00:23:48,889 S1: about in a letter. Uh, I'm enjoying this as well. 439 00:23:49,050 --> 00:23:51,330 S1: I told you at the beginning of the program, got 440 00:23:51,330 --> 00:23:55,690 S1: to tell you about this little girl, Natalie. Natalie Ann 441 00:23:55,730 --> 00:24:04,490 S1: Edwards was born June 20th of 2000, and in 2009, 442 00:24:05,810 --> 00:24:11,050 S1: she saw that name for the first time because she 443 00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:15,929 S1: only knew herself as the name that her father called her, 444 00:24:17,050 --> 00:24:21,850 S1: which was Junebug. This fellow who rides around in an 445 00:24:21,850 --> 00:24:27,689 S1: RV with Junebug, they go all over the country. And 446 00:24:27,690 --> 00:24:30,990 S1: he never calls her by that name. The way that 447 00:24:30,990 --> 00:24:34,629 S1: she finds out her name is Natalie Ann Edwards is. 448 00:24:34,630 --> 00:24:38,910 S1: She walks into a Walmart because their RV is broken down. 449 00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:42,149 S1: She looks up on the Missing Children poster and she 450 00:24:42,150 --> 00:24:46,830 S1: sees herself. I remember the look on my editor's face 451 00:24:46,830 --> 00:24:50,230 S1: when I. When I told her that and she. She 452 00:24:50,270 --> 00:24:54,790 S1: gasped because she knew. Okay, the rest of the story 453 00:24:54,790 --> 00:24:58,990 S1: is about who am I? Who is he? Where? Where 454 00:24:59,190 --> 00:25:02,109 S1: am I going? Where have I been? You know, it's 455 00:25:02,109 --> 00:25:07,510 S1: it's all about identity. And so that grabbing that name, 456 00:25:07,510 --> 00:25:12,950 S1: grabbing that nickname of Junebug just catapulted me. And that's 457 00:25:12,950 --> 00:25:15,470 S1: one of the things that I always like to tell 458 00:25:15,470 --> 00:25:17,510 S1: that story about that book. And some of you have 459 00:25:17,510 --> 00:25:20,430 S1: read it, and if you haven't, you ought to. And 460 00:25:20,430 --> 00:25:22,950 S1: you can still find it. It's out there in the libraries, 461 00:25:23,230 --> 00:25:26,430 S1: or you can actually buy it online too. But there 462 00:25:26,430 --> 00:25:28,979 S1: you go. There's another nickname for you. Oh, there are 463 00:25:28,980 --> 00:25:32,300 S1: some great stories ahead that are coming up in the 464 00:25:32,300 --> 00:25:35,859 S1: second half of this best of broadcast. Don't call us today, 465 00:25:36,340 --> 00:25:38,860 S1: but if you go to the Facebook page, you can 466 00:25:38,859 --> 00:25:42,660 S1: put your nickname in and let us know. Send us 467 00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:46,260 S1: an email, call us, support us. 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You know what happens with you. 477 00:26:29,050 --> 00:26:33,770 S1: You get my video each Thursday, every Thursday and next Thursday. 478 00:26:33,770 --> 00:26:36,490 S1: Doctor Kathy Cook that I mentioned at the beginning of 479 00:26:36,490 --> 00:26:38,810 S1: the program that you heard Doctor Kathy Cook. We did 480 00:26:38,810 --> 00:26:41,130 S1: a video after the program. So we kind of pulled 481 00:26:41,130 --> 00:26:43,929 S1: back the curtain and show you what goes on behind 482 00:26:43,930 --> 00:26:47,010 S1: the scenes. In some ways, you have access to our 483 00:26:47,010 --> 00:26:51,210 S1: thank you each month, which this month is resolve conflict 484 00:26:51,210 --> 00:26:54,850 S1: and find peace and hope with adult children strategies and 485 00:26:54,850 --> 00:26:59,850 S1: conversations that work. 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Next up on our nicknames program 496 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,040 S1: is Minerva. 497 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,000 S11: Hi, Chris. Um, I just was going to call and 498 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:50,240 S11: tell you my name was Minerva at birth, and my, um, 499 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:54,119 S11: brother was nine months older than me and never could 500 00:27:54,119 --> 00:28:00,399 S11: say Minerva, so he always called me nerd. And everybody 501 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,760 S11: back home in South Dakota when I go home to 502 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,960 S11: visit still calls me nerd. Some of them don't even 503 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,520 S11: know what my real name is, but 70 years ago, 504 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:15,480 S11: it wasn't anything. And today, everybody, you know, it's quite different. 505 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:16,160 S4: Yes. 506 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,720 S11: When I graduated from high school, the neighbor lady asked 507 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,760 S11: my mother what my real name was. 508 00:28:23,390 --> 00:28:25,070 S4: So nerd. 509 00:28:25,470 --> 00:28:26,230 S12: Oh, I love it. 510 00:28:26,270 --> 00:28:27,590 S11: I've always been nerd. 511 00:28:27,670 --> 00:28:29,670 S12: Yes. And I could. 512 00:28:29,710 --> 00:28:34,670 S1: Totally understand how a young child could come up with nerd, 513 00:28:34,670 --> 00:28:38,030 S1: because that's all he could say. Uh, Lori says my 514 00:28:38,070 --> 00:28:42,430 S1: given name is Lori, LORRIE. My dad was British, and 515 00:28:42,430 --> 00:28:48,790 S1: in England box trucks were lorries. LORRYS. So my nickname 516 00:28:48,790 --> 00:28:53,870 S1: was truck. Only my dad's British friends called me truck. 517 00:28:54,310 --> 00:28:56,630 S1: I have one friend that I'm still friends with from 518 00:28:56,630 --> 00:28:59,630 S1: high school who used to call me Trucky. She's still 519 00:28:59,630 --> 00:29:02,750 S1: the only one who calls me that. All my dad's 520 00:29:02,750 --> 00:29:06,670 S1: friends and both my parents have since passed. So having 521 00:29:06,670 --> 00:29:10,310 S1: my friend Joyce call me Trucky still is very endearing 522 00:29:10,350 --> 00:29:13,230 S1: to me. Actually, when my dad was alive, he called 523 00:29:13,230 --> 00:29:19,230 S1: me truck all the time. I miss it, I miss it. 524 00:29:20,270 --> 00:29:24,980 S1: And isn't that part of the. The whole thing about 525 00:29:24,980 --> 00:29:29,780 S1: remembering these. There's a there's a sense that we are 526 00:29:29,820 --> 00:29:35,700 S1: losing something. Uh, we had a caller, Kim, who said 527 00:29:35,700 --> 00:29:40,740 S1: her brother called her Kimba, the White Lion. And, uh, 528 00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:44,020 S1: his name was Mark. And so she called him Marco Polo. 529 00:29:44,660 --> 00:29:48,180 S1: He's passed away now. And I realize how fun those 530 00:29:48,180 --> 00:29:53,860 S1: days were and how much I miss it now. Kim, 531 00:29:53,860 --> 00:29:57,420 S1: thank you for, for calling and and sharing that story. 532 00:29:57,820 --> 00:30:00,980 S1: Tema is in Florida. Hi, Tim. Go right ahead. 533 00:30:02,020 --> 00:30:06,020 S13: Hi. My name is Tema. It's spelled T e. I'm 534 00:30:06,060 --> 00:30:10,220 S13: a and I absolutely love my name. My my mom. 535 00:30:10,220 --> 00:30:15,140 S13: We all have unique names, but all through school my 536 00:30:15,140 --> 00:30:21,320 S13: teachers always mispronounced my name. Tema Tema. Selma. So it's 537 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,880 S13: just like really difficult for me as I was growing 538 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,160 S13: up because no one could say my name when they 539 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:30,680 S13: looked at it. Um, and by the time I got 540 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,920 S13: through high school and started working, we called each other 541 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,960 S13: by our last name. And my last name is Henderson. 542 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:43,600 S13: So people would call me Hendo Dog. Um, Hollywood Henderson 543 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,680 S13: for short, you know, and it's just, it's very endearing. 544 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:52,720 S13: Then they stuck with T. So, um, I don't have 545 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:57,960 S13: any kids either. So as, uh, I mentor kids and 546 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,400 S13: work with kids, they always end up calling me auntie 547 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:07,440 S13: t t. So I just have a plethora of nicknames. 548 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:11,719 S13: It's just and it is like you've been saying, pretty endearing. It's, 549 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,680 S13: it's cool for people to give you a nickname, but 550 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,080 S13: I absolutely love my name. It's just nobody calls me 551 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:19,870 S13: by it. 552 00:31:20,070 --> 00:31:20,470 S4: Yeah. 553 00:31:20,950 --> 00:31:25,350 S1: I'm I'm I'm surprised that I said it correctly, Tim. 554 00:31:25,390 --> 00:31:27,950 S1: As you said, you know, everybody gets it. And the 555 00:31:27,950 --> 00:31:30,910 S1: way I did that is because either Claire or Tricia 556 00:31:32,070 --> 00:31:36,510 S1: printed it TEEMA. So I got it right. Because of them. 557 00:31:37,470 --> 00:31:38,030 S1: I'm not that. 558 00:31:38,030 --> 00:31:38,990 S4: Good. Exactly. 559 00:31:39,710 --> 00:31:43,750 S13: Yeah, it's actually t e I'm a right. But they 560 00:31:43,790 --> 00:31:47,230 S13: either pronounce the E or the I or they just 561 00:31:47,230 --> 00:31:48,230 S13: go crazy. 562 00:31:48,230 --> 00:31:53,150 S1: So I think a nickname is is a is a 563 00:31:53,190 --> 00:31:57,390 S1: loving thing. It's a, uh, and it can be a, 564 00:31:57,430 --> 00:31:59,910 S1: it can be a negative thing. I get that. And 565 00:31:59,950 --> 00:32:03,830 S1: with people being mean to you, especially in school, especially 566 00:32:03,830 --> 00:32:07,710 S1: in middle school or elementary school or high school. Well, Tim, 567 00:32:07,710 --> 00:32:13,870 S1: a thank you. Andy TT Wilda is in Ohio. Hi, Wilda. 568 00:32:13,950 --> 00:32:14,670 S1: Go right ahead. 569 00:32:16,030 --> 00:32:19,100 S5: Hi. My name was Will is Wilda. the I was. 570 00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:19,900 S11: Called with. 571 00:32:19,940 --> 00:32:22,180 S5: I think it was. I wasn't going to call. But 572 00:32:22,180 --> 00:32:24,860 S5: I heard you say your sister was called with. 573 00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:25,420 S4: Yes. 574 00:32:25,460 --> 00:32:29,580 S5: Um it might, it might be um location thing anyway. 575 00:32:29,980 --> 00:32:32,220 S5: I think it was because some of the other family 576 00:32:32,220 --> 00:32:35,820 S5: couldn't say my name because I had, um, I also 577 00:32:35,820 --> 00:32:39,420 S5: had twin sisters. Well, there was a big family, but 578 00:32:39,420 --> 00:32:42,100 S5: there was twin sisters a year older than me, and 579 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:47,940 S5: that was Wanda and Wilma. And they became on an Elm. Um, 580 00:32:48,660 --> 00:32:54,100 S5: but their names didn't stick. Mine did. I'm 79 and 581 00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:59,100 S5: my the family I have left still call me that. Um, 582 00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:02,020 S5: my husband's family picked that up and some of them 583 00:33:02,020 --> 00:33:03,900 S5: still call me that, um. 584 00:33:04,340 --> 00:33:06,620 S1: And ILM. Is that right? 585 00:33:06,860 --> 00:33:13,460 S5: What? You just called on and Wilma was called ILM. 586 00:33:13,660 --> 00:33:19,530 S1: ILM you just brought up a a, memory of first grade. 587 00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:22,650 S1: My first grade teacher just passed away recently and I 588 00:33:22,650 --> 00:33:26,610 S1: saw this shared on Facebook. Uh, actually, it was my 589 00:33:26,610 --> 00:33:30,650 S1: fifth grade teacher. My first grade teacher may still be alive. 590 00:33:30,690 --> 00:33:36,210 S1: Maybe she's listening. If you're listening. Uh, don't don't don't 591 00:33:36,290 --> 00:33:39,770 S1: take offense. But I can remember because of wherever she 592 00:33:39,770 --> 00:33:43,050 S1: came from in the in the country, she said the 593 00:33:43,050 --> 00:33:47,130 S1: letter M, if she's a B, C, D, e, F, 594 00:33:47,130 --> 00:33:49,610 S1: G and she get to M and she'd say, l'm. 595 00:33:50,570 --> 00:33:55,890 S1: And I've always wondered why she. She called m l'm 596 00:33:56,210 --> 00:33:58,330 S1: and here you come and you say the same thing. 597 00:33:58,370 --> 00:34:00,690 S1: It's it's, uh, it's bringing back memories. 598 00:34:00,730 --> 00:34:04,090 S5: Yeah. Yeah. There was one other thing I was going 599 00:34:04,130 --> 00:34:07,170 S5: to tell you. Um, I was born. I didn't grow 600 00:34:07,170 --> 00:34:11,010 S5: up there, but I was born in Braxton County, West Virginia. 601 00:34:11,050 --> 00:34:11,970 S1: Where are you? Really? 602 00:34:13,290 --> 00:34:18,320 S5: Yes, I was born in Gassaway Oh. 603 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:19,080 S4: Okay. 604 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:20,279 S1: And Braxton. 605 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,439 S5: I don't remember the name of the town now. And 606 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,839 S5: I have read some of your books, but I put 607 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:29,480 S5: them in our church library because I wanted to share them. Um, 608 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:31,800 S5: but I did look up on the, on the map 609 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,480 S5: to find out where you came from. 610 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,920 S1: Yes. Yeah. Down in the southwest coalfields is where I'm from. 611 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,960 S1: Braxton County is up, up north, uh, East. 612 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:46,479 S5: It's yeah, it's up between about halfway between. I was 613 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,319 S5: born about halfway between Clarksburg and Charleston. 614 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:50,560 S4: Okay. Gassaway. 615 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,319 S1: Yeah, right. Right in the middle then of the of 616 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,680 S1: the state. Yeah. Uh, well, listen, would you can't you 617 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:58,759 S1: can't say that you've read some of my books and 618 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,839 S1: not have me send you a copy of Junebug. Can 619 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:01,880 S1: you hang on a minute? 620 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:03,640 S5: All right. 621 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,279 S1: Thank you. All right. You hang on. We're going to send. 622 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:10,799 S1: We're to copy of Junebug because she was born in 623 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:14,160 S1: Braxton County. And if you're born in Braxton County, you 624 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,109 S1: get a copy? Mark is in Illinois. Hi, Mark. Why 625 00:35:17,110 --> 00:35:17,990 S1: did you call today? 626 00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:22,750 S14: I'm just calling to say the two nicknames that have 627 00:35:22,790 --> 00:35:25,270 S14: been in my life pretty prevalent. Uh, I guess when 628 00:35:25,270 --> 00:35:27,190 S14: I was two years old, my grandma was taking me 629 00:35:27,190 --> 00:35:30,430 S14: to the park, and, uh, I gave her the nickname 630 00:35:30,430 --> 00:35:34,190 S14: at two Turkey grandma because she yelled at me and said, uh, 631 00:35:34,230 --> 00:35:37,189 S14: slow down, you little turkey! And I turned around and 632 00:35:37,190 --> 00:35:39,510 S14: I was getting ahead of her and I said, Turkey, grandma. 633 00:35:39,790 --> 00:35:42,270 S14: And it's been that way for the last 30 years 634 00:35:42,270 --> 00:35:44,910 S14: in our family is everybody refers to her as Turkey 635 00:35:44,910 --> 00:35:49,109 S14: grandma now. And, um, then for me, when I was 636 00:35:49,110 --> 00:35:51,669 S14: 18 years old, I got into the trades and, uh, 637 00:35:51,670 --> 00:35:56,070 S14: clean shaven me looked like, uh, a young Ron Howard. And, uh, 638 00:35:56,190 --> 00:36:00,950 S14: I was baseball, apple pie, fishing, hunting, all that, you know, and, um, 639 00:36:01,390 --> 00:36:03,670 S14: middle of the country going work in the big city 640 00:36:03,670 --> 00:36:07,390 S14: in Chicago. And, uh, everybody's, uh, making fun of me, 641 00:36:07,430 --> 00:36:11,630 S14: calling me Opie from Mayberry. And, uh, Opie's been kind 642 00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:14,140 S14: of stuck forever. That's been the nickname in the trade. 643 00:36:14,140 --> 00:36:17,540 S14: And everybody, uh, it, it, it's just, it's stuck in 644 00:36:17,540 --> 00:36:20,380 S14: everybody in my local union knows me as Opie and 645 00:36:20,420 --> 00:36:23,580 S14: that's just how it's been. It's always good Opie the 646 00:36:23,580 --> 00:36:25,100 S14: kid to do this Opis opis opis. 647 00:36:25,140 --> 00:36:28,300 S1: So forever young, right? You'll always. 648 00:36:28,340 --> 00:36:28,940 S4: Be. Yeah. 649 00:36:29,260 --> 00:36:31,299 S14: Well, the, the sad thing about it is it was 650 00:36:31,300 --> 00:36:33,140 S14: 14 years ago when I got in the trade and 651 00:36:33,140 --> 00:36:36,140 S14: a lot of the, uh, older gentlemen that understood Opis 652 00:36:36,140 --> 00:36:39,779 S14: and the Andy Griffith Show, they're all retiring. And unfortunately, 653 00:36:39,780 --> 00:36:43,020 S14: some of them passing away and, uh, the younger generation 654 00:36:43,020 --> 00:36:45,900 S14: coming in, they don't know who Opie is. And, um, 655 00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:47,660 S14: you know, you're getting all the 20 year old kids 656 00:36:47,660 --> 00:36:50,940 S14: and they just start referring to me as Mark instead. Opie. So, yeah, 657 00:36:50,980 --> 00:36:52,620 S14: I'm kind of worried the nickname is going to go 658 00:36:52,620 --> 00:36:55,220 S14: away and the understanding of it. I actually thoroughly enjoy 659 00:36:55,219 --> 00:36:55,900 S14: the nickname. 660 00:36:56,180 --> 00:36:57,940 S1: You got to get a shirt, you know, you got 661 00:36:57,980 --> 00:37:00,700 S1: to with with his Ron Howard's picture on the front there, 662 00:37:00,739 --> 00:37:04,259 S1: you know, do you remember the episode where, uh, they 663 00:37:04,260 --> 00:37:08,220 S1: were being mean to Opie and the, and the mean 664 00:37:08,219 --> 00:37:12,120 S1: kid looks at him and said, Opie or Ah, dopey. 665 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:13,600 S4: Remember that one? 666 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,479 S14: Yes. It's funny you say that, because one of the. 667 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,239 S14: It's just the way we talk in the trades. The 668 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:23,400 S14: old timers, he, uh, he he he used to call 669 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,879 S14: Opie dopey, dopey, dopey and just laughing because he would 670 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:28,960 S14: watch the show. You know, we, we had a lot 671 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,520 S14: of fun together, all of us. And it, it it's 672 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,799 S14: it's kind of I know I'm young, I'm only 32, but, uh, 673 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,360 S14: it's a part of American culture. When you look back on, 674 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,439 S14: you know, how much simpler times were and how much 675 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:43,799 S14: pleasant people were to one another and, and kind of 676 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:45,880 S14: wish we could all have a piece of Mayberry back. 677 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:50,799 S1: Don't you though? And don't you remember that? Remember the 678 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,920 S1: episode of the, uh, the guy who comes in and 679 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,640 S1: he's in a hurry and he comes in on a 680 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,919 S1: Sunday and he has to get his car fixed. And 681 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:01,200 S1: so Gomer comes over, but Wally's shop is not open. 682 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,359 S1: And so, you know, everything stops on Sunday and they're 683 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,840 S1: out on the front porch. And uh and just just 684 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:12,630 S1: Andy and Barney and this fella, and he's just so 685 00:38:12,630 --> 00:38:15,350 S1: frustrated he can't get somebody to fix his car because 686 00:38:15,350 --> 00:38:18,950 S1: he's it's all important. And then they start singing church 687 00:38:18,950 --> 00:38:22,310 S1: in the Wildwood or some, you know, song like gospel 688 00:38:22,310 --> 00:38:24,870 S1: song like that. And the fellow. 689 00:38:24,910 --> 00:38:25,270 S4: Yeah. 690 00:38:25,350 --> 00:38:28,310 S1: Remembers it. He starts to remember it. He starts to 691 00:38:28,350 --> 00:38:33,430 S1: sing along instead of being in such a hurry. Um, 692 00:38:34,030 --> 00:38:36,950 S1: I think that's what you're talking about. It's it it takes. 693 00:38:36,989 --> 00:38:40,629 S1: And in a sense, this last couple of months has 694 00:38:40,630 --> 00:38:46,830 S1: been a forced slow down. Stop going so fast. Uh, 695 00:38:46,830 --> 00:38:48,870 S1: and there are problems with that too, you know, to 696 00:38:48,910 --> 00:38:51,990 S1: keep everybody safe. There are problems with that, but there's 697 00:38:51,989 --> 00:38:56,549 S1: almost been that kind of calm that has come along 698 00:38:56,550 --> 00:38:58,630 S1: with us. I don't know if you agree with that 699 00:38:58,630 --> 00:38:59,510 S1: or not, Opie. 700 00:38:59,550 --> 00:39:03,790 S14: I, I do, um, people are doing a lot more 701 00:39:03,790 --> 00:39:06,750 S14: reflecting now. And, you know, I, I've seen a few 702 00:39:06,750 --> 00:39:09,620 S14: people who are asking, where's God in all of this? and, 703 00:39:09,900 --> 00:39:12,900 S14: you know, it's opened up some good, uh, good, um, 704 00:39:13,700 --> 00:39:17,859 S14: conversation starters that work with people. So it's, it's been 705 00:39:17,860 --> 00:39:19,940 S14: good with getting people closer to Christ. 706 00:39:19,940 --> 00:39:22,339 S4: So yes. Well, just. 707 00:39:22,340 --> 00:39:24,500 S1: Taking the time to listen to each other. You know, 708 00:39:24,580 --> 00:39:27,100 S1: I don't I think that's a lost art. We are 709 00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:31,380 S1: not because we have and I'm talking to myself here. 710 00:39:31,540 --> 00:39:35,340 S1: I have very strong opinions about one thing, about theology 711 00:39:35,340 --> 00:39:37,620 S1: and about who God is and who Jesus is and 712 00:39:38,340 --> 00:39:42,219 S1: the the political parties and the situation and all all 713 00:39:42,260 --> 00:39:45,700 S1: of that. I got really strong opinions and somebody will 714 00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:49,580 S1: say one thing, just one thing, and I can keep 715 00:39:49,580 --> 00:39:52,660 S1: them at a distance by saying, oh, well, you think 716 00:39:52,660 --> 00:39:54,380 S1: that about that, then I don't have to listen to 717 00:39:54,420 --> 00:39:57,299 S1: anything else you say. I don't have to listen to 718 00:39:57,340 --> 00:39:59,580 S1: any of the other struggles that are going on in 719 00:39:59,620 --> 00:40:02,980 S1: your life that brought you to whatever it is that 720 00:40:02,980 --> 00:40:05,540 S1: you just said. I just move you off the side. 721 00:40:05,540 --> 00:40:08,489 S1: I move to somebody else I agree with. And a 722 00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:10,730 S1: lot of that is going on, on on social media. 723 00:40:10,770 --> 00:40:12,529 S1: I saw some, but one of my friends today said, 724 00:40:12,530 --> 00:40:15,210 S1: can we stop yelling at each other? Can we just 725 00:40:15,210 --> 00:40:18,690 S1: stop yelling at each other? And part of that is 726 00:40:19,330 --> 00:40:23,129 S1: we have to start listening to each other. And maybe 727 00:40:23,170 --> 00:40:35,209 S1: we're doing a little of that today. Does God know 728 00:40:35,210 --> 00:40:39,649 S1: your name? Does he know your nickname? Does he have 729 00:40:39,650 --> 00:40:43,410 S1: a special name for you? I think about Jesus and 730 00:40:43,410 --> 00:40:46,970 S1: the disciples, and I think about Peter, and I'll call 731 00:40:46,969 --> 00:40:52,209 S1: you back. You know, um, I think of the Sons 732 00:40:52,210 --> 00:40:56,290 S1: of Thunder. I think of the fellow named Joseph. The. 733 00:40:56,290 --> 00:41:00,730 S1: The apostles had this fellow named Joseph that was you 734 00:41:00,730 --> 00:41:03,129 S1: read about him in acts and, and he was kind 735 00:41:03,130 --> 00:41:06,450 S1: of on the periphery, but he was really important. And 736 00:41:06,450 --> 00:41:12,480 S1: they named him Barnabas because he was an encourager. A 737 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:17,120 S1: son of encouragement. I wonder if God has a nickname 738 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,239 S1: for you. One of the most endearing names that I 739 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,880 S1: think of with my own father is he would go 740 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,840 S1: to the feed store, or he would go to the 741 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,080 S1: place where he'd get parts at the for his tractor 742 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:33,359 S1: or his car or whatever. And, uh, especially at the 743 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:37,120 S1: feed store, there'd be this real sweet smell of oats 744 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:40,359 S1: and hay, and we'd walk in there and they had 745 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:44,080 S1: a special place where they'd sell zagnut bars and some 746 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,520 S1: other candy bars. They don't sell anymore. And, uh, and 747 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:50,400 S1: the fella behind the counter would say, who you got 748 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,840 S1: with you, Robert? And he'd put his hand on my 749 00:41:54,280 --> 00:42:00,920 S1: shoulder and he just say, this is my helper. This 750 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:05,870 S1: my helper. And I could not do anything. It's a 751 00:42:05,870 --> 00:42:08,750 S1: picture of me standing by the light post with him, 752 00:42:09,190 --> 00:42:12,270 S1: with the same kind of look on his face that 753 00:42:12,270 --> 00:42:15,790 S1: I picture him saying that to somebody. I could. I 754 00:42:15,790 --> 00:42:18,669 S1: wasn't helping my dad. There's nothing I could do. Even 755 00:42:18,670 --> 00:42:21,870 S1: when I was a teenager, I wasn't much help. But 756 00:42:21,870 --> 00:42:26,589 S1: he named me as helper because to him, that's who 757 00:42:26,590 --> 00:42:30,750 S1: I was. I was just going along with him, doing 758 00:42:30,750 --> 00:42:34,750 S1: the things that he was doing. Being close to him. 759 00:42:34,870 --> 00:42:39,230 S1: Is God that way with you today? I hope through 760 00:42:39,230 --> 00:42:44,190 S1: this conversation you're hearing something that is more than just words. 761 00:42:44,430 --> 00:42:48,390 S1: You're feeling something, maybe a a hand on the back 762 00:42:48,390 --> 00:42:53,110 S1: of your shoulder that calls you a name of endearment. 763 00:42:55,550 --> 00:43:01,390 S1: That draws you closer to the heart of your heavenly father. Today, 764 00:43:02,469 --> 00:43:04,940 S1: John's in Winter Haven, Florida. Hi, John. 765 00:43:05,420 --> 00:43:06,460 S15: Hi, Chris. 766 00:43:08,100 --> 00:43:08,420 S1: Glad you. 767 00:43:08,460 --> 00:43:08,899 S4: Made it through. 768 00:43:09,100 --> 00:43:09,860 S15: Everything your way. 769 00:43:09,900 --> 00:43:11,980 S1: Oh, we're doing great. Tell me your nickname. 770 00:43:12,660 --> 00:43:15,339 S15: Okay, well, I had two nicknames. If my if my 771 00:43:15,340 --> 00:43:17,580 S15: dad was going somewhere when I was a kid and 772 00:43:17,900 --> 00:43:20,020 S15: he wanted me to go with him, I was Roscoe. 773 00:43:20,780 --> 00:43:23,460 S15: He said, come on, Roscoe, get your coat on. I'm leaving. 774 00:43:24,180 --> 00:43:26,540 S15: And then, uh, the other one was if I was 775 00:43:26,940 --> 00:43:30,739 S15: going somewhere or, or or when he came home from work, 776 00:43:30,739 --> 00:43:38,340 S15: I mean, he would call me PJO4O3YYPJ4O3. 777 00:43:38,460 --> 00:43:39,340 S1: You don't know. 778 00:43:39,820 --> 00:43:41,140 S4: And you don't have to throw. 779 00:43:41,140 --> 00:43:44,380 S15: Three when he come in, and he'd open a beer 780 00:43:44,380 --> 00:43:47,020 S15: and sit down for a few minutes, and next thing 781 00:43:47,020 --> 00:43:50,140 S15: you know, he'd say, hey, PJ4O3, what are you doing? 782 00:43:51,540 --> 00:43:56,420 S15: So that that was, uh, my dad, uh, in his early, 783 00:43:56,420 --> 00:43:57,940 S15: early years and my younger life. 784 00:43:58,380 --> 00:43:58,780 S4: Yeah. 785 00:43:59,900 --> 00:44:02,299 S1: If you ever figure that out, John, I want you 786 00:44:02,300 --> 00:44:04,799 S1: to call me back, because that intrigues me. Why would 787 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,880 S1: you call your son? Peugeot 403. God bless you. Roscoe. 788 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:13,920 S1: Peugeot in Freeport, Illinois. Your nickname. Go! 789 00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:19,759 S16: Hey, Chris. Uh, my nickname, uh, has been many. Uh, 790 00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:23,560 S16: my given name is Michael, and my parents first started 791 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:27,839 S16: calling me Mike. Um, which that's pretty common. Um, and 792 00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,520 S16: I've told people through the years that, uh, it's a 793 00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:34,080 S16: big club because Mike was such a popular name that, uh, 794 00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:39,640 S16: the classified ads in the back of the, uh, mechanics illustrated, uh, 795 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,719 S16: always had an ad for the Mike's of America club. 796 00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:45,200 S16: And I guess that was because the name was just 797 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:48,400 S16: so numerous was everywhere. But, uh, one of my favorites 798 00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:54,200 S16: was my grandmother, um, called me Mikey. And, uh, when 799 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:57,960 S16: I was little, I couldn't say Mikey. I could say Mikey. 800 00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:01,400 S16: So she changed it to mighty. And I was mighty 801 00:45:01,590 --> 00:45:07,069 S16: until the day she passed. But another another one that 802 00:45:07,070 --> 00:45:11,989 S16: I've gone by is Mickey. And, uh, another nickname that, uh, 803 00:45:12,550 --> 00:45:15,430 S16: got from my dad was, uh. We used to watch 804 00:45:15,430 --> 00:45:17,270 S16: the TV show McHale's Navy. 805 00:45:17,510 --> 00:45:17,910 S4: Right. 806 00:45:17,950 --> 00:45:21,270 S16: And, uh, that was kind of a ragtag, uh, show 807 00:45:21,270 --> 00:45:24,469 S16: of comedy. Uh, and the guy who was the captain 808 00:45:24,510 --> 00:45:28,029 S16: on the show, all the characters called him when he 809 00:45:28,030 --> 00:45:31,989 S16: wasn't around. Uh, leadbottom. And, uh, my dad thought that 810 00:45:31,989 --> 00:45:34,910 S16: I didn't do, uh, enough. I was a little lazy, 811 00:45:34,910 --> 00:45:41,110 S16: and so he started calling me Leadbottom. And, uh, years later, um, 812 00:45:41,630 --> 00:45:45,830 S16: I decided that I needed to get even somehow, uh, 813 00:45:45,830 --> 00:45:49,150 S16: and he was kind of overweight. And, uh, so I 814 00:45:49,150 --> 00:45:52,430 S16: started calling him tiny and that one stuck. Um, but 815 00:45:52,430 --> 00:45:55,270 S16: he's now 87 and has Alzheimer's, and. 816 00:45:55,310 --> 00:45:55,590 S4: Uh. 817 00:45:55,630 --> 00:45:59,630 S16: He doesn't remember the, uh, the leadbottom. Um, unless I 818 00:45:59,630 --> 00:46:02,420 S16: remind him of it and. But now he does still 819 00:46:02,420 --> 00:46:03,900 S16: remember his nickname, tiny. 820 00:46:04,460 --> 00:46:04,980 S4: Wow. 821 00:46:05,620 --> 00:46:09,740 S1: It's almost like music that stirs the memories. That jogs 822 00:46:09,739 --> 00:46:12,419 S1: the brain, isn't it? I don't know how you feel 823 00:46:12,420 --> 00:46:15,180 S1: about listening to the program today, but I think something 824 00:46:15,180 --> 00:46:19,100 S1: happened six years ago when people called in. There was vulnerability. 825 00:46:19,100 --> 00:46:23,180 S1: There were so many rich, warm memories. Some of them 826 00:46:23,180 --> 00:46:26,580 S1: were a little hard, brought a tear. All of them 827 00:46:26,620 --> 00:46:29,700 S1: were good. And I'm glad we got to experience it 828 00:46:29,700 --> 00:46:33,540 S1: again together right here at the Radio Backyard fence. God 829 00:46:33,540 --> 00:46:35,739 S1: bless you, friend. Have a great weekend and come on 830 00:46:35,739 --> 00:46:40,100 S1: back Monday for a conversation on Labor Day. We had 831 00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:44,299 S1: this discussion with Bill Hendrix about you, and you'll hear 832 00:46:44,300 --> 00:46:46,540 S1: it on Monday right here on Chris Fabry Live, a 833 00:46:46,540 --> 00:46:51,100 S1: production of Moody Radio, a Ministry of Moody Bible Institute.