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this article reminded me of a trip i took a few years ago to austin, texas for a get together with a great group of high school friends.  i came very close to attending graduate school in austin at the university of texas but ended up at the university of washington instead at the last minute (more money).  i had always heard great things about the austin area and had looked forward to visiting there someday and whenever i thought of austin an old jerry jeff walker tune about charlie dunn, a bootmaker working at capitol saddlery in austin, came to mind.  so, when i finally did make it to austin the second thing on my list, after a visit to the bob bullock texas state history museum (which is awesome), was to find my way to capitol saddlery.  sadly, i had waited too long, as while the structure that had formely housed capitol saddlery was still standing (see photo), it had been vacated.  i never did find out if they had been booted out or were simply worn out.  in any event, as is the case with many country songs, i always thought that there were some insightful life lessons embedded within these simple lyrics.