Posted on 12/21/2021 6:33:15 AM PST by cyclotic
20 years ago today after months of lurking, I joined the hallowed ranks of free patriotic Americans.
Free Republic has been since then a daily part of my ritual. I've enjoyed the camaraderie, the fun, the sarcasm and even the arguments. Thanks for being the friends I'll never meet.
Along the way, I've met a handful of Freepers and had the opportunity to shake Jim's hand.
The absolutely amazing thing about our community is that for nearly every story, major and minor, someone in our community has a personal stake, sometimes as a true subject matter expert, sometimes as a witness or has a personal stake in the event.
I will confess that I tend to break FReeper rules often. For instance, I usually will read the article before commenting.
One rule I did not break today was in making a donation to Free Republic in exchange for posting a vanity.
May God bless you and our country. Remember that Jesus Christ is the reason we celebrate Christmas. Wise men still seek him.
Smoke signals. I remember smoke signals! :)
A little over 24 years for me. December 6, 1997.
OK!
Guess it is time to take your noobie training wheels off...😁
Happy anniversary...🎈🎆🎇
Guess I got 23 years in. On almost every thread there is always someone who comes up with an angle or a reference or a take that I hadn’t considered. I certainly don’t agree with all that gets posted but at the same time there’s always something to learn. Some real funny stuff too.
Can’t beat you, Dan, but I can come close… 12/3/1997
I hesitated when Jim put in the email requirement, thinking ‘they’ could track me (how naive), then figured ‘what the hell’?
Congrats to all freepers, fossils and noobs alike.
I lost track of how long I have been a member. (Okay, it’s been 23 years, 6 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, fourteen hours, twenty-eight minutes and thirty-nine seconds). And, like everyone else boasting longevity, I lurked for a while and even previously registered under another name (until I realized I spelled it wrong).
I was 18 when I joined and I am 41 now. So more than half my life.
happy. anniversary. I’ve been here since Lewinsky in ‘98. Posted first as Poised Woman. Took two years off to write, came back as Veto!
Bill Clinton, what a fighting Democrat should look like!
Not like these wimpy "tough guys" like Cuomo, Spitzer, and Franken LOL.
I remember well FOTFLMAO at that video. Clinton was more fun than the current crop of career criminals.
We’re FReeper Fossils, aren’t we?
Merry Christmas!
We are indeed!
Congrats. I signed up in 2004, so I’m not quite yet a veteran.
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