I remember this gem from the Clinton era of FR.
Posted on 12/16/2005 4:43:32 PM PST by scott7278
Well...my brother was a FReeper *long* before I knew the place existed, and he used to send me links to interesting threads. That got me lurking before and during the 2000 election. For the longest time I'd just IM back and forth with him over interesting topics, and sometimes he'd post what I said.
When the Lord of the Rings movies were about to come out, there were lots of threads about them, and I finally joined up in order to post comments in threads about the books. A bit sad, perhaps! ;-)
I'm still more likely to just read the political and news threads rather than jumping in with comments. There are FReepers who are far better at stating things than I am. But this is still my main news source.
Oh, and good evening, all!
Anybody have anything they want me to say when they open the mike up?
Ditto
LOL
Heh...maybe you'll just inspire them to write more angst-filled poetry.
Did you end up getting a new laptop, then? What did you end up with?
As far as I'm concerned, it's the ONLY news source. Everytime I read an article online, I expect a comment section at the bottom.
"I think that I shall never see anything more wonderful than a Freep....."
1) "When and why did you join Free Republic?"
August 23, 1926
Michael Goldsberry (Leapfrog)
Since Aug 23, 2004
Well, my Mom and Dad had bought my sister a laptop, but the fan quit and the harddrive was destroyed. They decided to buy her a new one.
When I brought up that I was thinking about buying one, they had it fixed and gave it to me. Pretty cool.
It's a Toshiba Satellite.
Pretty lightweight, then?
I'm wishing for a new system, and I really shouldn't be. My system works...it's just four years old and doesn't always work as fast as I'd like it to. Also it's heavy, so I can't just run out to a coffee house with it if I feel like it. Back home in rural Vermont where there isn't any such thing as wireless, that wasn't anything I thought about, but here, it'd be nice.
One of these days!
December 11th:
* 1602 - A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (This actually took place after midnight, in the early morning of December 12, but commemorations/celebrations on Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend.)
* 1792 - French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
* 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
* 1872 - P.B.S. Pinchback is sworn in as the first black member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
* 1927 - Guangzhou Uprising: Communist militia and worker red guards launch an uprising in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
* 1931 - The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster, which establishes a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.
* 1934 - A fire at the Hotel Kerns in Lansing, Michigan, kills 34 people.
* 1936 - Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India becomes effective.
* 1937 - Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations
* 1941 - World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
* 1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
* 1954 - The American Nuclear Society is founded.
* 1958 - Upper Volta declares its independence from France, and becomes an autonomous republic in the French Community.
* 1970 - John Lennon releases the album Plastic Ono Band.
* 1971 - The United States Libertarian Party is formed.
* 1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth mission to land on the Moon.
* 1981 - In his last fight, Muhammad Ali is defeated by Trevor Berbick.
* 1981 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes UN Secretary-General
* 1981 - El Mozote massacre: Salvadoran armed forces kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the country's civil war.
* 1981 - Clube de Regatas do Flamengo defeat Liverpool F.C in the final of the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo.
* 1990 - Mafia: New York mafioso John Gotti is arrested.
* 1994 - First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya
* 1994 - A bomb assembled by Ramzi Yousef explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman.
* 1998 - A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101.
* 2001 - Members of the DrinkOrDie warez group are arrested in police raids.
* 2001 - The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.
* 2005 - The Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead is rocked by explosions, causing a huge oil fire.
* 2005 - Vengeance of Rain becomes Hong Kong's first World Racing Championship winner after winning the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse.
* 2005 - 2005 Cronulla race riots: Thousands of Australian racists go on the rampage in Sydney, attacking non-whites.
At a later chapter he devotes a few pages to the history of the site.
I'll tell you what, this is the place for a single guy (or girl) to be...
2) I have no idea; I'm not a huge fan of popular culture
3) The Lusitania sunk, apparently.
Thanks for the link, by the way.
:)
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