[loucon]

But I wouldn’t be ‘lost’ without it.

Never said "be" lost. I said "feel" lost. Two completely different concepts.

Maybe I should have said something closer to "I feel that I cannot get the intelligent commentary from my fellow citizens who aren’t controlled by corporations when the DNS at FreeRepublic goes south." Better?

[Jamestown1630]

Well, I think that if you allow yourself to ‘feel’ something, it IS what you ‘are’, for the duration. Emotions tend to rule us.

I’m glad you’ve found a way to continue to feel ‘connected’ in case this site should go down. We certainly wouldn’t want you to be left to your own, natural devices...