One summer
day at the Simons Brickyard in the late 1940s my Pops and our next door
neighbor Joe Levya, who was known far and wide as Stakas, were sitting on a
little dirt hill about 50 yards or less from our house drinking wine and
probably some beer too.
After drinking most of the afternoon they got into an
argument. I was outside the house, don't remember what I was doing but I
remember hearing them yelling at each other, remember Mom calling me inside and
telling me "go see what your dad and Stakas are arguing about" I
remember running towards the little hill and as I got closer I could hear
Stakas yelling at Pops "no Connie does" and Pops yelling back at him
"No Eulalia does" I walked up to Pops and told him that Mom needed
him at home, he agreed to go home and as he started walking away he turned
around and yelled at Stakas "Eulalia's legs are more beautiful than
Connie's" Damn! They were arguing as to whom wife had the greater looking
legs!...I have to admit that my Mom had gorgeous legs but, I don't want to argue
about it!
