Sweet!
I only ask if in my infinite ignorance at how things work I get myself shoved in this place I can plead my case and be judged justly? (I’m pretty new with Free Republic - I still haven’t figured out what Ping is yet. I’m trying. I’ve read all the intro info and understand most of the ‘unable to post things’. And I am trying to figure out how to post an article.)
Sometimes you get lucky. My first and only post was a vanity about nothing. I never responded to anyone and here I am nearly 6 years later.
Ping is just a mark on the thread that will show up on your own “in Forum” list, otherwise known as your ping list. Its taken from a sonar ping, range to target or something. I don’t know, there are a few varieties of the same thing... Pong once in a while, or maybe Bump, or BFLR Bump for later read, things like that.