FRiends, today is my 20th anniversary at FR!

FreeRepublic.com | October 9, 2024 | Albion Wilde

[Albion Wilde]

With gratitude to Jim Robinson and all the thousands of freepers and patriots I've met in person or chatted with online through this organization, I give thanks for the most wonderful news and activism site ever! I met many of you while freeping Walter Reed 2005 - 2012.... [more]

[Albion Wilde]

I joined when the Christian Serbs were under attack!

I remember those days -- Clinton playing chessboard in Eastern Europe, etc. It's been an honor to know you over these years, HS!

[Veto!]

I found FR on Drudge in 1997, when Lewinsky/Clinton was announced.

[Albion Wilde]

29, or is it 25, noob?

It's 20. Silly me!

[left that other site]

Happy Anniversary!

:-)

[Albion Wilde]

HTML is no picnic, either! Thanks for the laugh, Vendome! Be blessed!

[CaptainK]

So you made me look at my profile. One week from today I’m at 23 years.

It seems like yesterday.

[MayflowerMadam]

I lurked for a while. Became official in 2000, I think.

[quantim]

Congrats Albion! Got to know you a little bit years ago in the Vacation Gal threads I hosted (they’re still up)...a sense of humor will outlast anything!

[rlmorel]

I salute you...having had both the pleasure and privilege of meeting you in person, you represent the best about why I come back, year after year, to Free Republic.

Congratulations, and God Bless You, FRiend...:)

[Albion Wilde]

What....were you 10 when you signed up??

No, I just type like I'm 10 after a few hours lit only by the blue glow of the world wide web bouncing off my glasses... LOLs! and thanks for your kind words, dear FRiend!

[ten18]

Congrats! I had my 20th anniversary here not too long ago, although I started checking in right after 9/11. Mostly a lurker. Enjoy the contributions from folks like you.

[Albion Wilde]

Did someone slip from the “0” key to the “9” key?

Indeed, I did! Can't get a thing past you...Maybe I can blame it on the cat!

Thanks and blessings...

[CatOwner]

Don’t feel too bad. Someone else did the exact same thing later in the thread (typed 1988 instead of 1998).

[Albion Wilde]

My 24th is under a month away.

Congrats in advance!

I “lied” in my headline. Should have read "20th"!

[Bob Ireland]

***FRiends, today is my 29th anniversary at FR!***

CONGRATULATIONS! 😁 I must be close to the same, I have little way of knowing. Of course the start date on my 'About' page is when registration started. Yours says '2004' but that is only 20 years so obviously you go back to the Whitwater BB days. I squeezed in around that time but I don't think I was ever on the BB... the web was new to me and I knew little to nothing about it and up popped FR 💥 and I knew I had found home.😉

Gonzo used to say that I was one of the founding fathers but I knew there were web rats that even predated me. I had to learn html formatting to use FR. Over the years I posted my own web sites with my html knowledge; they are linked on my 'About' page.

Well, this is about you. I remember your screen name well enough but don't remember the last time that we crossed on a thread... odd. I hope we both have many years remaining to continue FReeping❗

[KevinB]

Congrats, Albion. Sadly, I’m a mere noob at 24.

[Albion Wilde]

That's awesome. Did you log in on a 5600 baud modem running from your Apple IIe?

Actually, I used an etching stone and acid, and cranked up the engine of my roadster to get to the printer's!

I'll never live this down, will I ?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Wow! You must have known A+Bert when he was in high school. :)

[Prov1322]

If this is computer addiction, don’t let me recover! May we type together another twenty years!

[Albion Wilde]

20th. I was thinking maybe you were from the Compuserve days.

My goof up is ironic, since I love to play grammar and typo nazi around here!