I will add you to my ping list, proud American in Canada, however I don't do that much pinging these days. Unfortunately there's been a problem with Free Republic's software (?) for a long time now... every time I ping my long list of FReepers, my pings post as a double, triple or even quadruple post when I hit the Post button only once. It happens to other FReeper FRiends here who also run ping lists as well.
It's extremely annoying... I don't know how to fix it.
It's a shame... I've had that ping list since 2000, and because of this annoying problem, I rarely use it now.
Nutmeg - someone started a thread about the ping list runners making multiple posts and this has worked for me, and my combined lists are over 360 people! No more doubles and triples.
Do your thing, hit “post”, count to 10 or 15, hit the back button, and refresh the thread.
Voila - one ping. Do it a few times and you’ll quickly get the hang of it.