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10 Years on Free Republic! (Well, +2 days) (Vanity)
myself | 10/10/2009 | Pyro7480

Posted on 11/10/2009 2:09:33 PM PST by Pyro7480

I just let an anniversary go by unnoticed. I became a member of Free Republic on November 8, 1999. At that point in my life, I was a sophomore in college. Now, I'm a youngish professional with more than my fair share of grey hair already, and less than 8 months from reaching the "big" three-zero birthday.

First, I want to thank Jim Robinson and all those who maintain this wonderfully addictive website. I get most of my news off of here. It is such a clearinghouse for what's going on in there world

But more than that, it's a place where conservatives of many stripes to come and communicate in an online community.

Since that time, we've been through the 2000 election contest, 9/11, two wars, the deaths of a historic pope who helped bring down Soviet communism and the great President Reagan, and the election of the most left-wing president in our history.

I partially credit my conversations on FR's Religion Forum with helping me become more serious in my Catholic faith. I've met a lot of great Catholics on here. Thank you for your contributions, and for standing up for our faith.

I don't want to make this too long, but I hope Free Republic is still around ten years from now, and that our deep pride in our country, which is more than apparent, will help preserve it for future generations.


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To: goseminoles

Esquire?


61 posted on 11/10/2009 3:33:41 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: MCH

Noob...hehehe, LOL. Here’s to the Class of ‘98!


62 posted on 11/10/2009 3:34:48 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: goseminoles

I think it was spelled it Echoir, if I am not mistaken. but it’s been a long time.


63 posted on 11/10/2009 3:35:46 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Jeff Head

OMG!!! Yeah, that was him!!


64 posted on 11/10/2009 3:36:39 PM PST by goseminoles
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To: Pyro7480
Congrats! I hit my 9-year anniversary this past Saturday, and I cannot now imagine life without FR. Well, I can actually, but it would be a hell of a lot less interesting. Salut!
65 posted on 11/10/2009 3:38:04 PM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: goseminoles
It was the faint memory of some jackass on here years ago trying to sabotage the website with all kinds of crazy nonsense

There's quite a list!

66 posted on 11/10/2009 3:39:39 PM PST by Eagle Eye (3%)
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To: Doomonyou

Oh man, how could I forget the UNNNGH! thread! That’s one of my favorite FR memories!


67 posted on 11/10/2009 3:52:39 PM PST by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: Pyro7480

You know you are really old when you remember the *P (Prodigy) White Water threads, a retread.


68 posted on 11/10/2009 3:57:04 PM PST by Little Bill (Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
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To: Pyro7480

Newbee


69 posted on 11/10/2009 3:59:52 PM PST by bmwcyle (When do they collect and jail the homeless when they don't buy their health care?)
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To: Little Bill
This is my first significant memory of FR: "GET OUT OF CHENEY'S HOUSE" and...


70 posted on 11/10/2009 4:01:07 PM PST by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: Little Bill

Recall alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater and CNN Clinton Legal Battles board. Got called a few names at those places, but, led me here.


71 posted on 11/10/2009 4:04:26 PM PST by John W (There Is No Normal Anymore)
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To: Pyro7480; RaceBannon

I was in Atlanta at the seige of CNN, great times. Met and FReeped with two of the three of the creators of that sign, Mass Exodus and ED Zep, good people.


72 posted on 11/10/2009 4:10:26 PM PST by Little Bill (Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
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To: Pyro7480

Congratulations...a notable and worthy reason for celebration! : )


73 posted on 11/10/2009 4:13:52 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: Pyro7480

Congrats Pyro7480.

Hear, Hear!


74 posted on 11/10/2009 4:15:42 PM PST by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: John W
Prodigy was an education. My family has been Conservitive since Christ, but I had no one to talk to.

When prodigy went down the tubes I picked up FR from a Conservitive Link site, the old Black Screen days, I can't remember when, maybe late '97, People Like Me. Except for a brief Hiatus been here ever since.

75 posted on 11/10/2009 4:24:02 PM PST by Little Bill (Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
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To: Pyro7480
I hate it when kids claim to have grey hairs.
Nostalgia time. I remember late 1998 very well, too.

I had just started a new job, adverstised as temporary, near Sacramento, California. I was assigned a cubicle with an old codger. One of the most interesting people I ever met and a good man. Jim Carpenter, enjoy your retirement, on the other side, wherever you are.

After a couple of weeks he mentioned this forum on line that was a conservative site for news and conservative discussions. I was curious, went to visit and was hooked. It wasn't too long before I signed up and became a regular. I remember all the events, good and bad, that you mentioned.

Unfortunately, Jim R. decided to change the software that powered the site, and my original name and group number disappeared as a result.

So many great Freepers have come and gone; so many losers and convincing trolls as well. So many colorful characters we still mention from time to time.

I too, thank Jim providing a forum for us to scream, to vent, to exchange ideas and to make friends. It has been an interesting trip. I was not too thrilled with the early mods. Talk about misplaced PC! they hadn't among other things the slightest grasp of islam, or of the sophistication of trolls who tag-teamed to get other Freepers suspended or banned. Things have improved enormously the last couple of years. Reality has a way of doing that.

My "official" anniversary is next month, and I wiil be sure and celebrate appropriately.

Just for grins, here is my first succesful posted article ever, on September 21, 2001.

My First Posted Article

76 posted on 11/10/2009 4:25:15 PM PST by Publius6961 (Â…he's not America, he's an employee who hasn't risen to minimal expectations.)
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To: Pyro7480

Congrats to you! My 10 year is later this month. It is truly weird how time goes by. I was in my 20s when I started on FR and now I’m in my 30s. How did that happen? And what an education FR has been. Vive FR!


77 posted on 11/10/2009 4:29:41 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: Pyro7480
Dude, you got me so wound up I forgot to congratulate you.

Congratulations!

See you after the next 10!

78 posted on 11/10/2009 4:37:01 PM PST by Publius6961 (Â…he's not America, he's an employee who hasn't risen to minimal expectations.)
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To: Pyro7480

It was fun reading your post. It will be 11 years in 11 days for me. When I first discovered Free Republic I couldn’t believe how alive the site was. It was thrilling. I had such a ball during the Clinton years. Thank you Jim Robinson!


79 posted on 11/10/2009 5:47:20 PM PST by UnBubba
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To: Pyro7480

Congrats on your anniversary newbie!


80 posted on 11/10/2009 5:48:23 PM PST by DouglasKC
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