Arnaldo Rodriguez:  

Life I used to live in the Wagner Projects at 2385 First Avenue (which is on 122nd Street) on the 7th floor in Manhattan. I graduated from P.S. 80 (Manhattan, 120th St. & 1st Ave) in 1965, John S. Roberts JHS 45 in 1967 (across the street from P.S. 80), and Harren High School (50th St. & 10th Ave.) in 1971. I remember the first time I had a crush on a girl while she and I attended P.S. 80. Her name was Jenny Manganelli (?) or Maganelli (?). She used to live across the street from me in the Wagner apartment projects on the 13th floor, but I don't remember the address. We were able to phone, talk, and see each other while looking out from our windows. I became very unhappy when she and her family moved away. I never heard from her again. I wish I knew how she was doing. Many of my friends and I along with one of my younger brothers used to play all kinds of sports. It's been such a long time since I've heard from many of them. I found Hector, Henry, and Luis, but not some of the others. All of us would play in the P.S. 80 playground/ballpark hitting homeruns over the fences into the street or behind JHS 45 hitting homeruns over the fences there, and sometimes even on to the roofs at PS80 and JHS45. In order to retrieve the softballs and Spaldings, we'd have to sneek up to the roofs. This was quite challenging and invigorating especially when the schools were closed, but we always seemed to manage. LOL. During my HS years, I dated Ellie. She became pregnant the first time (she was about 14 or 15) during our dating, but had to abort the fetus because her uterus had not fully developed and it (uterus) was also turned upside down. After I joined the USAF and while I was in Basic Training (BT), she let me know she had become pregnant again (16 going on 17). After BT, I went back to NYC to marry her (05 March 1972) since it was the right thing to do. We were married just four days short of 11 years (01 March 1983) during which she gave birth to Magali, Elinor, and Adam. A couple of months after the divorce, she sent me the kids while I was stationed in England since she wasn't able to tolerate them. They were with me from May 83 to Sept 85. Being a single parent was not an easy task, but I tried to do the best I could under the circumstances. Those two years with my kids were the best two years of my life, although I later discovered that the kids found them to be traumatic for them. I joined the U.S. Air Force on 11 January 1972, made it career, and retired from active duty 24 years, 20 days, some hours, some minutes, and some seconds later on 31 January 1996. Joining the USAF has been one of the best decisions I have made in my life. My ex-wife always wanted me to get out, but I'm glad I didn't. I have been living in Florida since I retired from the USAF. Maggie has three children (currently they are my only grandchildren). (Until February or March 2007, it had been over six years since I'd seen either my own children or the grandkids.) I am divorced and have been for almost 26 years now. I am currently unemployed, but still managing to survive off of my USAF pension. My older two half-brothers, Juan "John" Lugo and Edgardo "Eddie" Lugo, graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in 1961 and 1962, respectively. I also have two younger brothers, Eliud and Hirenaldo. My mother's name is Filomena (Filo), and my father's name was Angel Luis, aka Angelo or Luiso. After I retired from the USAF, I started out living in Citrus Springs, Florida (FL), but now I'm living in Beverly Hills, FL. More information later. Please contact me for any additional information or questions you may have. School (There is more than one Public School (P.S.) 80. Although I did not go to the one in Brooklyn, I registered in it just so that those that went to the one in Manhattan will know to register in Manhattan instead of the on...Expand for more