No, this is not Gary Cooper in High Noon. It's a real cowboy from New Mexico in about 1940.
My grandfather could roll a cigarette with one hand while deftly handling the cloth tobacco bag
with the other. He somehow managed to live to be 96 despite having used tobacco
products much of his life. When I asked him about his longevity on his 90th birthday, he said,
"I worked my ass off all my life. I've never had time to be sick." Well, it worked for him.
The REAL, authentic deal. Not the Hollywood b.s. This cowboy should have been in High Noon or any other film western. Gramps was a cowboy from Wyoming until the Great Depression brought the family to California. He missed that cowboy life, but never regretted leaving so they could have a better life......:)
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