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    Wow! I feel like I just walked into a family reunion and am seeing long-lost family and friends!



    Robbie, believe it or not, the Mrs. and I were just thinking about you the other day and wondering how you were doing! Thanks for starting this thread and arousing the troops!



    First of all, I confess the Mrs. and I have been largely absent in recent years (yikes . . . did I just say YEARS?). Families grow up, interests go in different directions, jobs, etc., etc., etc. I commute 3-4 hours round trip each day to work; I leave at 5:30 AM and get home 12 hours or so later, and frequently fall asleep in front of the computer. My wife works, is active in our community with a couple of organizations, and of course there is our family. Even though the kids are mostly grown (the youngest will be 18 later this year), they are still close by and take our time in many ways (not complaining, just sayin'!). The other thing that I have to admit takes some time is Facebook . . . . I have connected with so many people, in many different areas of interest, on Facebook. Speaking of FB, I just wanted to hit "Like" on so many of your posts!


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    I was pretty active for about two years between 2012-13 but between being chastised a couple of times for not reading everything on the site before asking a question and the general decline in participation by everyone I stopped posting. I come now mostly to look at Lasbugas' pictures.


    BatjacAuburn, the reason I quoted your post is that your description of being chastised for not reading everything before asking a question does NOT sound like this forum, but the "official" forum that WAS at johnwayne.com (not sure when it disappeared, but it's no longer there). The "chastising for not reading everything before asking a question" was VERY common there. If you did actually encounter that here, I am surprised and dismayed. You have an interesting user name that indicates you have more than a passing knowledge of John Wayne, so I am especially sorry if you were discouraged from being here. My experience over the years has been that, for the most part, this place is SUPER friendly! I have made friends from all around the world here and, with the exception of the rare 'drama', things here are very "chill" (as my kids say).


    It was here. I was on that other site for about eight minutes. The moderator there was less than friendly initially and I never went back. Here it was being either ignored or discounted, after a perfunctory welcome. Don't know why. I guessed because I wasn't one of the Old Guard. Nothing against the vast majority of you here, but I asked a question and was curtly referred to a five year old post with a comment "that we discussed this in 2006". Additionally, what I felt like were informed posts on other subjects, Civil War movies in particular, were ignored by the guy who started the thread. It's one poster/moderator that the rest of you seem to respect, so I've just become a passer by to look at Lasbugas's pictures.


    And as for more my user name, I use BatjacAuburn on a dozen sports forums and other sites on the web. I often have to explain why and do so with a flair. I do have more than a passing knowledge of John Wayne. I have every movie the man ever made that is available today. Hell, I paid $20 for Noah's Ark because he might have been an extra who drowned. My wife says I'm a fanatic. I have over 70 books on my shelves, dozens of magazines, LPs, and other stuff, but what do I know.


    Probably would have done this in a private message but I don't know how to do that on this new format.

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    Thanks Batjack Auburn, I don't believe I have had the pleasure of meeting you before.



    We must have more active members, can an email be sent around to notify everyone?



    I was pretty active for about two years between 2012-13 but between being chastised a couple of times for not reading everything on the site before asking a question and the general decline in participation by everyone I stopped posting. I come now mostly to look at Lasbugas' pictures.

  • Duke Singing in the Movies

    Just stumbled across this topic...he also sang in McLintock as he drunkenly rode up to the house the night Mrs. Warren told him she was going to marry the sherriff. He sang "I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair" substituting Katie for Jeanie.