I Joined FR 22 Years Ago (June 28th, 1998)

Self ^ | 06/28/2020 | USConservative

[usconservative]

Nice to see your nic pop up, thanks for checking in and joining the thread. Best wishes to you and your family!

[usconservative]

Trust me, anything that must made me laugh so hard that I snorted and started coughing is awesome! Love reading your stuff always.

[ssfromla]

Congratulations on your 20th year. It's been so fun to have you around. I can't think of anywhere else I would rather be than with you and my like minded freepers.

I missed mine too but I knew it was in June :D

[soozla]

Old enough to remember Alamo Girl and the UNFORGETTABLE “hacked Al Gore conference call”....I SO wish there was a recording......I can STILL hear that toilet flushing!!! And, I think it made the national news??? Yep, fun times....Freepering here since 12/98!! Love you ALL!!

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

I have 3/4 of my body burnt from previous flames, so the refreshing cool water of your compliment staves off my living hell for a little while.

[MinuteGal]

Congratulations from a fellow Class of "98"-er, a fellow Illinoisan now retired in sunny Florida, and a fellow compadre of the late, great Rep. Henry Hyde.

(...is "fellow" sexist ????...hmmmm....)

Leni

[usconservative]

Old enough to remember Alamo Girl and the UNFORGETTABLE “hacked Al Gore conference call”....I SO wish there was a recording......I can STILL hear that toilet flushing!!!

See, this is the kind of stuff that makes me laugh SO HARD I lose my breath and then once I finally stop I have two thoughts:

First, I'm still pissed I missed the post with the phone# to call and get in on the fun and Second, we don't see the youngin's here on FR doing creative stuff like that these days do we?

Thank you SO MUCH for the memory!

[Chickensoup]

Funny, and truer than I would like to admit.

[usconservative]

LOL! If "fellow" is sexist I cannot imagine saying "gals" then today right?

I'm struggling to remember who all I met back in the day, did you and I meet around the time we all met Henry Hyde and then went to lunch as a group?

[wita]

A virtual class reunion. The timing couldn’t be better. Oh and my usual late to the fray. Last to post. In this case we shall see, how many more are around to join the reunion.

[TiGuy22]

Congrats fellow Chicagoan! Six years ahead of me :-)

[dakine]

dakine
Since Jul 22, 1998

[MinuteGal]

It's a possibility, as Rep. Hyde liked to lunch with Du Page county pols, of which I was one at the time. Can't remember the names of the restaurants any more. After night meetings we sometimes met up with Henry at Andy's Restaurant in Oak Brook, and he and I used to sing old Irish songs together at the piano bar (both of us being of that lineage).

Those were the days, my friend.

Leni

[EtchASketch]

For sure on “Alamo Girl”! Her work on the The Downside Legacy etc was so very informative!

[wita]

“I can come to to speak my mind”

Not too sure about that comment.

I generally have not spoken my mind in 22 years. I have very carefully not spoken my mind so as not to offend the mods. or worse draw the ire of noted newer folks who managed to grow up with more than one Arschloch. I sometimes long for the olden days here where conversation was king. Nowadays there are a host of conversation killers that must love the one way sound of their own voice as they label the opposition right out of the box with one or more descriptive words designed to kill any rational thought or conversation.

Still it has been a very informative ride. Even here there are lines in the sand and opposing thought that requires a bit of personal sleuthing to reach a correct solution.

[Mr_Peter]

12/10/1997. Close

[Uncle Miltie]

Class of ‘99.

When Clinton came to Seattle, thr two sides of my sign read:

LIAR!

RAPIST!

[usconservative]

You are not last to post and always glad to see you! Thanks for joining in, hope you and your family are all doing well.

[wita]

If I am not mistaken, we are exactly one month apart not counting lurk time. I can’t remember how long I lurked before being forced to weigh in.

[usconservative]

Is that the new math you used? LOL! Glad to see you here and welcome. Once all this stupid lockdown nonsense here in IL is over with I’m going to host a meet & greet at my new place. All IL Freepers will be welcome. Hope you’ll join us.