This is the earliest to me I can find:
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09/07/2010 3:13:35 PM PDT · 16 of 22
Monkey Face to null and void
Where in the heck did you take that from???
ROTFLMBO!
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Go to your own Profile page, pick “In Forum.”
Just below the headlines there’ll be a header with 3 tabs. At the right end, pick “Headers.”
This will reduce the time it takes each page to load.
Press CTRL+END to scroll to the bottom of the page and just above “Conigure Sidebar” pick “Next Page.”
Continue alternately pressing CTRL+END and clicking on “Next Page” until you press CTRL+END and “Next Page” does not appear.
Congratulations!
You have found your earliest not-archived post on FR.
Sadly, everything earlier is archived and vaulted in a recycled mayonnaise jar stuffed under Funk & Wagnall’s funny porch.
This is the furthest back you go:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/516468/posts?page=101#101
Everything older has been archived and taken offline.
CORRECTION:
Go to your own Profile page, pick “In Forum.”
Just below the headlines there’ll be a header with 3 tabs. At the right end, pick “Headers.”
This will reduce the time it takes each page to load.
Just below that header pick “Next Page.”
Continue and clicking on “Next Page” until “Next Page” does not appear.