Comments on: Stanley Papio – Dynamic Junkman Of Key Largo

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:12:00 +0000

Hi Rick: Thanks so much for sharing your connection with Stanley. What a fascinating story!

By: Rick Magers

Rick Magers — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:36:00 +0000

I met Barefoot Stanley when my wife and I moved to Key Largo in the early 60s to start crawfishing. I was one of a very few that he would allow to go upstairs into what he called “My cave” … me and a few other guys that he allowed to go up there all began calling it “Barefoot Stanley’s cave.” … he was the kind of guy that if he liked you, he would help any way he could…he welded a trap-puller table for me and allowed me to bring him crawfish tails and yellowtail to pay for it…gave me a fuel tank and helped me mount it in the rear of my pickemup truck so I could fuel my boat…gave me 5 gallons of paint for my bouys…on and on and on I could go about all the guys that he helped…I eventually teamed with a crawfisherman and we went offshore to trap crawfish, and ended up moving to Riviera Beach up near WPB…every time my wife, Dottie (died in 2002 after 41 years together) and I went to Key Largo to visit our daughter (who has lived there most of her 54 years) we stopped to say hi to Barefoot Stanley…..when I heard about him welding his odd pieces together and telling the transplanted snowbirds to ‘smooch his mule’ and created an art studio in his yard right next to
A-I-A, I cheered….goodonya….I write books now and have added him in a couple and have added him in my new novel, THE GHOSTS OF CHOKOLOSKEE…. Rick Magers http://www.grizzlybookz.net ….Ole BFS was one of the real Keys characters, and a damned good one too.

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By: Barbara Weibel

Barbara Weibel — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:10:43 +0000

Hi Jimmy: Wow – thanks so much for sharing that little bit of history. Sounds like Stanley was quite the character. How wonderful that you have those memories of him and appreciate the comment.

By: Barbara Weibel

Barbara Weibel — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:10:00 +0000

Hi Jimmy: Wow – thanks so much for sharing that little bit of history. Sounds like Stanley was quite the character. How wonderful that you have those memories of him and appreciate the comment.

By: jimmy brown

jimmy brown — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:04:54 +0000

I knew Stanley, i met him when i was stationed at the missle base in key largo. Myself and two other guys built a car to race in the hobby class at miami speedway this was I think 1969 or 1970. Its been a long time. Stanley let us use his shop an tools to strip and build a roll cage for the car.we worked on this car for 5 or 6 months. We would buy stanley cigarettes and things from the BX on base for letting us use the tools. Stanley was always nice to us. Its good that someone has put together this web site. Thank you.

By: jimmy brown

jimmy brown — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:04:00 +0000

By: Jessie Voigts

Jessie Voigts — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:30:13 +0000

how cool is this?? bravo, stanley! Jessie Voigts’s last blog post..Book Review: The Rough Guide to Florence and the Best of Tuscany

By: Jessie Voigts

Jessie Voigts — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:30:00 +0000

how cool is this?? bravo, stanley! Jessie Voigts’s last blog post..Book Review: The Rough Guide to Florence and the Best of Tuscany