charlie andrews the whole start of the book, the whole end of the book is about charlie. he came in from kansas which i so appreciate. he's a really interesting guy. board of trade people who may have gotten the shaft in this conversation, i'm sure, have interesting things. and i just, i really appreciate you all coming. it's really sweet and, charlie -- >> two great stories. [laughter] >> one about his dad and one about his uncle. when the cattle market really started to boom, all the cowboys wanted to come to town to see what was going on. there was a fella by the name of frank booth who ran the biggest truck line, cattle/bull hauler in the united states from greeley. frank had this much height on me and 100 pounds. and he came to buy seed, but they told him, why don't we get you a yellowjacket and let you get to feeling this before you buy a seat. and so here was this giant old man among all these runners running around on the floor, and everybody was whispering who is he, who is he, who is he? his uncle bill called him over to the pit, and he said, sonny, i see you're

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