Nicknames.....

What is your favorite pet name for someone, or that someone has for you. How did it get started?

My grandfather always called me "Butch" -- I assume because as a kid, I always had my hair cut short.

Then while I was starting out in the computer biz at RCA in West Palm Beach back in 1965, everyone started calling me "Tex" because I always dressed western. (Never lived in Texas in my life.)

Back then, the compture biz was pretty small, so no matter where I moved to or what employer I had, I'd always run into someone that knew me by "Tex", so it stuck for a long while. Even to KSC in 1980 and all of the time I was in France. In fact, to this day, all of my french wife's relatives and friends all call me "Tex."

My wife, Claudine, often gets called "Clo" by family (including me). The kids ended up with using shortened versions of their names. Brigitte goes by Bri; Catherine goes by Cathy.

About 1980, I started using just the initials "DC" because a) I was tired of Tex and b) no one has ever been able to spell or pronounce my given names of Darhl Caylor Stultz.

Of course, if someone yells loud enough that I can hear and understand them, I'll even respond to "HEY YOU!"