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<blockquote data-quote="Stonewall Joe" data-source="post: 1723710" data-attributes="member: 41433"><p>They all grow older unfortunately and Buster has outlived them all. It's just a little tough seeing him in a wheel chair when my memories of him are on horseback. I knew Matlock better than all of them. He was my hero and stopping to see him and talk was always a treat and an adventure. I used to be able to stop even more when he moved to Van TX. When I stopped his conversation usually started with "are you in a big hurry today" and since he was so much like my granddad I never could tell him no. So I'd ask him what he needed me to help him do and it was usually something like tippin horns, so you'd ask him how many he needed done and he's say "awe not too many, maybe 30 or 40" so after you'd agree there was usually no one around so he'd go into the herd and heel them and drag them out and I'd have to jump on their head and tip them. Matlock always liked my youngest boy and when I'd take him there he would usually ride him round in the gator or on a horse and my boy John Adam just loved him. One cold winter day I was headed over to Whitesboro to pick up a 4 yo cutting mare I had left with someone to sell and he didn't get it done and I told John where I was going and if he wanted to go with me we could stop and see Mr Matlock and I couldn't get that boy in the truck fast enough As we were headed west on I-20 and was just 1 exit away from Matlock's I got a call on the phone and the guy that was selling my mare called me and said he got her sold so I didn't need to come. The weather that day had started to turn off even colder and had begun to rain so I told John Adam since it was so cold and nasty that day we would just come see Mr Matlock in a week or so when it was nicer and we could stay longer and he could "help" Mr Matlock better, so we turned the truck around and went home. 20 minutes after we got into the house the phone rang and it was a firnd of mine telling me that matlock had just passed away an hour ago. It wasa hard lesson learned for me that day, I missed talking to my friend during his last few minutes and so did my boy. I'll never not take time for someone that's special again. Life's too short</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stonewall Joe, post: 1723710, member: 41433"] They all grow older unfortunately and Buster has outlived them all. It's just a little tough seeing him in a wheel chair when my memories of him are on horseback. I knew Matlock better than all of them. He was my hero and stopping to see him and talk was always a treat and an adventure. I used to be able to stop even more when he moved to Van TX. When I stopped his conversation usually started with "are you in a big hurry today" and since he was so much like my granddad I never could tell him no. So I'd ask him what he needed me to help him do and it was usually something like tippin horns, so you'd ask him how many he needed done and he's say "awe not too many, maybe 30 or 40" so after you'd agree there was usually no one around so he'd go into the herd and heel them and drag them out and I'd have to jump on their head and tip them. Matlock always liked my youngest boy and when I'd take him there he would usually ride him round in the gator or on a horse and my boy John Adam just loved him. One cold winter day I was headed over to Whitesboro to pick up a 4 yo cutting mare I had left with someone to sell and he didn't get it done and I told John where I was going and if he wanted to go with me we could stop and see Mr Matlock and I couldn't get that boy in the truck fast enough As we were headed west on I-20 and was just 1 exit away from Matlock's I got a call on the phone and the guy that was selling my mare called me and said he got her sold so I didn't need to come. The weather that day had started to turn off even colder and had begun to rain so I told John Adam since it was so cold and nasty that day we would just come see Mr Matlock in a week or so when it was nicer and we could stay longer and he could "help" Mr Matlock better, so we turned the truck around and went home. 20 minutes after we got into the house the phone rang and it was a firnd of mine telling me that matlock had just passed away an hour ago. It wasa hard lesson learned for me that day, I missed talking to my friend during his last few minutes and so did my boy. I'll never not take time for someone that's special again. Life's too short [/QUOTE]
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