EuGene,

According to the main page's numbering, my 24 Jun 07 - 05:59 PM post to this thread was #100, my 24 Jun 07 - 06:43 PM post was #101, and your 25 Jun 07 - 12:02 AM post was #102.

As to your question about the significance of getting the #100 post, while there's no material prize, some Mudcatters try to get the #100 post in a thread for the thrill and the joy and the status [?] of it. There are a few Mudcat members who really compete to get the 100th post. I won't name names but they know who they are :o)

These members may not post to a particular thread, but are alert to the fact that a thread is approaching #100. And then they'll pounce to bag that #100th post. Often the #100 post in a thread doesn't have any other comment but the number "100" [with or without an exclamation mark].

I suppose catching the 200th post, and #300th post [and so on] is also seen as an accomplishment. However, most Mudcat threads don't go that high.

I waited for a while to see if someone else was going to take the 100th post to this thread. But when no one else did, I grabbed it. I've only had a few 100th posts in my almost three years here. So, I count this as a red letter day :o}}

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Regarding your comment about that article's attribution of the Airborne Rancher song to the Marines, it seems they got it wrong.
That article is oldish, so I imagine that other folks may have pointed that out to the authors of that article. But, not knowing anything about the military, I didn't recognize that mistake.

Thanks for pointing it out.