Arthur,
Wow, you are just flyin' along - 100 posts in just a little over a month! Congrats on making it to
1100 POSTS!
Keep it up - in no time at all, you will join Hondo and the Mrs. and me as Senior Member, and be sporting that little red star.
Chester 
and the Mrs. 
Hondo,
Congratulations! 
This board wouldn't be what it is today without you - we love you 
!
Chester and the Mrs.
Arthur,
A heartfelt and hearty
1000 posts!
You have been an integral part of this message board, a veritable fountain of knowledge, not only about things Wayne, but also so much about the movie industry and many other aspects of film as well. We feel privileged to know you, and consider you a friend.
Fond regards,
Chester and the Mrs.
Well, what do you know? We made it to another milestone!
We're coming up on our second anniversary here on the message board, and I must say, it's been a great time, and we've really enjoyed meeting all of you "wayne-derful" folks (thanks to pegwil for that little phrase 
). We just came through a great holiday season and look forward to a good year, both in "real" life and "cyber" life.
Working together here at the message board has been a "bonding" experience for me and the Mrs. - it's something we really enjoy doing together, and can do often, in the comfort of our own home, any time of the day or night 
.
Long ago, when we were all tossing around ideas for naming the ranking levels for members, 1500 posts seemed forever away, and without hardly trying, here we are! If the most recent suggestion is taken up, we would be the first to reach the El Dorado rank . . . hm-m-m, where's the gold 
?
Having gotten to know all of you and continue on in enjoying the Duke together - that's worth more than gold!
Chester and the Mrs.
Robbie,
Sorry to be a little belated with greetings, but things have been moving fast and furious around here the past few days.
So here's a heart-felt
1000 POSTS!!!</span>
Keep 'em coming!
Chester and the Mrs.
Hondo,
1400 posts![/b]
(times 200!)
You've really worked hard recently to bring a little spark to the board, with some interesting new topics (we're still thinking about them, that's why we haven't posted there yet).
It's great, too, that we've been getting new members who enjoy adding their thoughts to the board.
Congratulations again, friend! We look forward to someday meeting face to face! 
Chester and the Mrs.
Wow! We finally made it to 1400 posts!
We know Hondo will be right here with us in a matter of minutes!
We love you all , and we love the John Wayne Message Board , and look forward to exchanging many more thoughts with all of you in the future!
:lol:
Chester and the Mrs.
Hondo,
We're glad to see you here at the
CONGRATULATIONS!!
See you soon at the next one!!
Chester and the Mrs.
Hondo,
1000 POSTS!!![/b]</span>
You obviously took a lot time thinking about things. You are so right, any one of the things that were considered "failures" in the Duke's life, had they been different, might have led him in a very different direction in life, and he would not have been the man we know and love today.
I guess the same could be said for each of us, too .
Thanks, Hondo, for that wonderful reflection on "the man" and for all your great contributions to this, the best John Wayne message board on the 'net!
Chester and the Mrs.
CHANCE, smokey, and Hondo, thanks for all the congrats!
Hondo, I think you said some of those things just so you could use all those cool smilies . BTW, are those guys bowing towards us or away from us :o ?
QuoteJust don't forget me!
How could we forget you ??
QuoteI guess we know who is the best.
You are ALL the best! Getting here first doesn't make us the best, just the first.
Mrs. C says you can be first next time .
Chester
Howdy, y'all!
If you've been wondering why we took so long to post this, it is because we like to do the "landmark" posts together. We do some posts on our own, many together, but ALWAYS the landmark posts together ! It's been a few days of trying to find a time when we could both be at the computer at the same time, and now it's here.
It's been about 15 months since I registered as a member of this message board. As you can tell, we sure haven't gotten tired of the place. It's real special to us, as are many of you fellow John Wayne fans. As Hondo has said several times, a year ago, we didn't know any of you, and now we have friends all over the world.
The fact that we have this many posts is a testimony to the fact that there are plenty of you folks out there working your fingers to the bone on the keyboard, giving us something to which to respond. None of this would be possible without YOU! We would like to thank every last one of you who has posted on this board and helped to make this place a fun place to be !
And of course NONE of this would be possible, and NONE of us would be here without Kevin being instrumental in starting this board in the first place, and continually adding fun features to it, and guiding us along the way when we need it. THANKS, Kevin! 
Thank you all again (don't want to mention any names, or we'll be here all night, and there are other posts we want to make . . . ).
Hondo, we expect you'll be joining us here in just a matter of days, good buddy!
Chester and the Mrs.
