Posted on 11/04/2006 8:22:47 PM PST by null and void
Wow. Hard to believe that this is the largest single collection of my works and thoughts. (Anyone know an easy way to pull an archive copy of all my posts?)
Think about it, how many forums are worth 50,000 posts?
No other ones in my estimation!
Thanks to Jim for building this virtual house, and turning it into a home for so many of us.
I'd also like to thank everyone who has invited me into their studies, offices, living rooms, bedrooms, and cubicles. You are all people I would like to meet some day, those of you who have agreed with me, and especially those who have disagreed with me.
The civil discourse, reasoned responses, Richter scale sarcasm, humor, and irony available on FreeRepublic is without peer. I feel like I've gotten a college level education in darn near everything!
There is always a FReeper somewhere who knows the inside scoop on anything, and is willing to share what they can about any given topic. It is so refreshing to be pulled up short on an incorrect concept by someone who actually has experience, not just book larnin', and can explain the facts of the matter in a clear, concise, and (usually) respectful manner.
You are all responsible for major changes in my understanding of, and attitudes towards, much of what I see in the world. It hasn't always been smooth transitions, and the road has been awfully bumpy in places, but it as always been worth the trip. Not a bad journey for a fat old fart...
Everything I need to know I learned at Free Republic.
There is no way to adequately thank the Founder, his Family, his Support Staff, and the thousands of Freepers that I've met and have yet to meet - who are MY FRIENDS.
Happy Birthday, JimRob!
God Bless You
And who knows how many as MikeInIraq?
Ain't that the truth! It took me over a week to get even close for this thread.
about 130 of the threads about an 20,000 of the comments :)
Ah, you're way ahead of me...
Were you able to the the thread count transfered to your new screen name, or did you have to record it and add it in on the fly?
it transferred...
The system that FR uses allows that to happen....your screen name is an alias to the number that your membership actually acquires...
Every poster who signs up is given a number (it's probably in order) and then their name ties into that number. The name can be changed at anytime.
And after you do all that you will find yourself with an average length and totally incoherent novel.
Howlin won't tell.
I bet a historian would find it invaluable.
;-)
When I showed Howlin my numbers she said, "light weight."
My Numbers: You've posted a total of 7,701 threads and 48,618 replies.
My guess is some of the larger numbers will approach 300,000 maybe even more..... Unless the count number has been reset in the last few years.
hey null how did you figure out how many thread and posts you have???
Click here and read at the top
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/my/
And I'm STILL not telling. :-)
Pretty please????
See post 12...
Who was the poster back when that was way up there in numbers. I think it was a lady but I'm not sure and they posted a lot of articles from many of the news print sites.
Thanks null, not even close to your record, I have 72 threads, and just short of 19K posts.
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