20 Years a FReeper

Self | 12/21/2021 | Cyclotic

[cyclotic]

20 years ago today after months of lurking, I joined the hallowed ranks of free patriotic Americans.

Free Republic has been since then a daily part of my ritual. I've enjoyed the camaraderie, the fun, the sarcasm and even the arguments. Thanks for being the friends I'll never meet.

Along the way, I've met a handful of Freepers and had the opportunity to shake Jim's hand.

The absolutely amazing thing about our community is that for nearly every story, major and minor, someone in our community has a personal stake, sometimes as a true subject matter expert, sometimes as a witness or has a personal stake in the event.

I will confess that I tend to break FReeper rules often. For instance, I usually will read the article before commenting.

One rule I did not break today was in making a donation to Free Republic in exchange for posting a vanity.

May God bless you and our country. Remember that Jesus Christ is the reason we celebrate Christmas. Wise men still seek him.

[mick]

Good for you. But still wet behind the ears😈

[1Old Pro]

Hopefully by now you’ve learned the basics, like not reading the post prior to commenting on it.

[Phlap]

You were a little late to the party but glad you joined.

[AppyPappy]

I think this userid is older than that

[rlmorel]

Congratulations, cyclotic! It has been great having discourse with you over the years.

A Merry Christmas, and a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year to you in 2022, FRiend.

[no-to-illegals]

So you’re that troublemaker discussed in the Smokey Back Room over wine and cheese ….. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Congratulations

[Dacula]

Happy FReeper Birthday!

[SomeCallMeTim]

lol yea I think I was 5, but I’m bad at math in the morning. ;-)

[null and void]

A bit. In my mind the dividing line is September 11, 2001.

It’s still vivid.

[Bobalu]

If someone posted a thread where freepers could post images of themselves when they were very young that would be fun...

I’d hate to post an image of myself today....lol

[Dacula]

I have been here for 17 years and I still do not know how to a picture.

[drSteve78]

Merry Christmas! From one in the crowd behind you…

[null and void]

Nully's Quick FR HTML Guide:

Basic formatting:

Line break <br>
Paragraph break <p>
<blockquote>

Indented paragraphs

</blockquote>
<u> underline </u>
<i> italics </i>
<b> bold </b>
<s> strikethrough </s>
<tt> typewriter text </tt>
<font color=red> Red font </font>
Several colors available, play around and find ones you like…
"Hidden" text: <font color=white> White font </font>
To reveal, drag cursor over blank area...

<font size=1>Smallest FR font</font> Displays as:
Smallest FR font

<font size=7>Largest FR font<font> Displays as:
Largest FR font

Or

Step font size up or down with <big>bigger</big> and <small>smaller</small>

Posting a link:

General:
<a href=[web address]>[title]< /a>
Example:
This: <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1179145/posts">Iran starts atom tests in defiance of EU deal</a>
Posts as this:
Iran starts atom tests in defiance of EU deal

Posting an image:

General:
<img src="[web server location]">

You can't just snag a favorite picture from a desktop folder...it has to be hosted someplace on line to be posted here. Best bet is to save the image to an image hosting service, I use imgbb. In Firefox right click and select "Copy image location", in Safari right click and select "Open image in new tab" and copy the address in the address bar. Other browsers have similar tricks. Imgbb allows you to imbed codes to do all the HTML heavy lifting automatically.

Example:
This: <img src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">

Posts this:

Tip: control the size with "height=nnn" like so:

This: <img height=200 src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">
Posts this:

While This: <img height=100 src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">
Posts this:

Posting a video:

You can pre-cue a YouTube video by adding a t parameter to the link. Like so:
<a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f66kEastC58&t=35s>Bill Ayers on Obama</a> Posts:
Bill Ayers on Obama
While
<a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f66kEastC58&t=3m13s>Bill Ayers on Obama</a>
Posts:
Bill Ayers on Obama

Now about that home page of yours…

Protip: Make the very first thing <blockquote> this will move everything that follows a wee bit to the right, giving you a nice left margin. Of course since any HTML command anywhere will be assumed to require HTML for every bit of text, all your paragraphs will need to have paragraph <p>, and line breaks <br>…

[Bobalu]

That will result in this image being displayed..

That's a picture of Jimrob BTW... just try it and your post will display the same image... you can do it with any image from the web..or just post your own on an image site and stick its url into the template above :-)

[Dan in Wichita]

Congrats, cyclotic!

No one can beat me for seniority. I signed up on 11/28/1997, the first day registrations were accepted. Jim Rob has same registration date. Probably not many of us around anymore.

[Jane Long]

Congrats, to you, both! 🥂

[cgbg]

I had my own web page back in those days, so I didn’t want Jim to steal my views.

Jim won.

;-)

[Bobalu]

[Dacula]

Thank you and Merry Christmas. I will give it a try.

[sphinx]

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