Volume 6 , Issue 6

Col. Bob Kirkbride - My Hero...

"Seeing Col Bob's recipes made me think of the time when he made a little boy's dream come true. Col Bob was an auctioneer and handled most of the local estate sales when I was growing up. I think I was nine or ten years old when this happened. I was attending an estate auction with my father who was a hunting buddy of Col Bob's. One item at the auction was a genuine Stetson Ten Gallon hat just like the one Buck Jones wore in the cowboy movies. I had about $2.50 to spend (a princely sum for the times) but certainly not enough to buy the hat. Enter Col Bob who saw me admiring it firecely and longingly. He said, 'kid, do you like that hat?' I said, 'Yes Sir.' He then said, 'let's me and you have a little private auction how much money do you have?' I told him. He immediately went into his chant before the crowd knew what was going on and knocked down the hat to me for $2.50 before they could catch their breath to scream foul. The sale stuck and I spent the rest of the Auction refusing some handsome offers for it. I guess you know what comes next. Col. Bob will always be a hero of mine." -- Bill Barker   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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