Don't believe me?
Well, here's the proof!
Laura had started it, recognizing that many of the coins embedded in the lacquer were quite old and rather valuable.
Tony started looking then, like really looking, and he started pointing out various ones to Smitty.
Walking Liberty, Buffalo head, steel pennies - those were just a few of the types.
Of course, I had to chime in with a tale from our family history!
Our father once had quite a collection of valuable coins, see?
At some point, Smitty and Ronnie would go into it and take a few out, taking them to the Chu's 7-Eleven store to buy penny candy.
Daddy found out when he was looking at his collection one night.
He was so mad at them!!!
They were probably not yet ten years old.
That's been more than fifty years ago!
Smitty didn't remember any of that, and Tony was just a baby.
I guess I'm the only one now who can tell that tale.
Well, since Claudia was on vacation to Mexico, we were taking a break from that type of cuisine.
All except Laura, that was, who still ordered a shrimp quesadilla!
The rest of us had typical Spanky's fare: Chicken Fingers, Fish & Chips, Spanky's Special Pizza.
Oh, yeah!
Robin and Becca didn't make it, but the rest of us regulars were there, with Long Island Iced Tea flowing for the ladies instead of margaritas.
The guys stayed with beer.
Well, all except me and Tony, who abstained.
We all still had a good time, listening to Smitty's story of meeting Billy Currington in Home Depot years ago and Betsy's story of how, and why, she got pregnant at 35 years old.
Her story was new to me, but I knew the one by Smitty.
That must have been between the time "People Are Crazy" hit the airwaves and my leaving work with him to go full-time at Armstrong.
That makes that story at least 16 years old.
And Betsy's, about Addison's way into this world, must be at least a quarter-century old by now.
Guess it's not just the coins in the table that are old!
(smile!)
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