I have a lot of old friends. Now, that sentence can be taken one of two ways. It either means I have known a lot of my friends a long time or a lot of my friends are old. Guess it’s a mix of the two. Most, however have one thing in common. They were or still are, cowboys. Fact is, if they weren’t they never made my list of permanent pals.

Please understand, I’m not prejudiced. I just can’t hold a very long conversation with a dentist, car mechanic or nuclear physicist. Heck, I couldn’t even spell that last one. Had to look it up.

With cowboys, though, the conversation c...