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[Vanity] Finally hit my FR Silver anniversary
None | 19 Jul 2024 | Ken in Texas

Posted on 07/19/2024 2:42:31 PM PDT by ken in texas

Hard to believe but this weekend it will be 25 years since I joined Free Republic. Time sure flies when you're having fun.


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Back in the mid '90s, when we searched for news about Whitewater and the OKC bombing, we browsed around on Drudge and Lucianne.com. Altavista was our search engine as Google had not yet become a household name. Then around 1996 or so a guy named Jim Robinson started a site called FreeRepublic.com, and the rest is history.

Like so many others, for a few years I only browsed the site. Finally, one day I noticed a particularly interesting comment (possibly from Laz), and decided it was time to register on the site so I could start posting.

Jim, thanks for your efforts in starting this site and managing it over the years, and kudos also to those that help keep things running so well. I'm not sure how many more years the Lord will give me but I plan on visiting FR as long as it's here and I'm able.

1 posted on 07/19/2024 2:42:31 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: ken in texas

Congrats Ken!


2 posted on 07/19/2024 2:45:03 PM PDT by caver ( )
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To: ken in texas

Congratulations on making it to 25 years on FR. May you have many, many more. I’ve been here going on 27 years, been retired for almost 21 years, and consider myself very fortunate to have lived this long, to have had the life I’ve had, and that I found Free Republic all those years ago.


3 posted on 07/19/2024 2:46:25 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

A ‘98 guy here. Time flies!


4 posted on 07/19/2024 2:48:01 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: ken in texas

👍


5 posted on 07/19/2024 2:49:17 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's mone)
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To: mass55th

Thanks, and you resisted the urge to call me a newbie, though I’m sure someone else will. ;-)


6 posted on 07/19/2024 2:50:32 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: ken in texas

Big deal nOOb...


7 posted on 07/19/2024 2:52:36 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: ken in texas

Congrats. 26 1/2 years here. #1244 to sign back in after they moved platforms when they needed new servers.

Before that I found it on a Compuserve bulletin board.


8 posted on 07/19/2024 2:52:50 PM PDT by Fledermaus (We Are Now In A Civil War!)
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To: ken in texas

Congrats, Texas


9 posted on 07/19/2024 2:54:22 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: ken in texas

Congratulations
N00b.

Somebody had to say it.

5.56mm


10 posted on 07/19/2024 2:54:35 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go. )
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To: ken in texas

Congrats on your 25 th.


11 posted on 07/19/2024 2:56:09 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 (Who knew that an elected official is a demi-god waiting to happen?)
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To: Mr Rogers

98, too. I started on a 486.


12 posted on 07/19/2024 2:56:53 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe Ca)
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To: ken in texas

Congrats! Hard to believe, isn’t it? I was a newlywed in ‘98 when Drudge (lol) linked me here. Crazy.


13 posted on 07/19/2024 2:57:13 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: ken in texas

Newb.

LOL.

L


14 posted on 07/19/2024 2:58:05 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: workerbee

Same for me - January 1998 from Drudge. Hard to believe that was a long time ago - it really doesn’t feel like it.


15 posted on 07/19/2024 2:58:23 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: ken in texas

Happy 25th!!


16 posted on 07/19/2024 3:00:14 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: ken in texas
"Thanks, and you resisted the urge to call me a newbie, though I’m sure someone else will. ;-)"

LOL!! I guess it's an unwritten rule for us old farts on FR to point that out when people post their FR anniversary thread. Like you said, someone else will no doubt make that comment to you, but it wasn't going to be me.

17 posted on 07/19/2024 3:04:56 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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There, I knew someone would come through. :-)


18 posted on 07/19/2024 3:05:37 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: ken in texas

Congrats! I see I just missed my 22 year anniversary yesterday. I still remember sitting in a computer lab in college when I was first checking out this site that Rush Limbaugh had mentioned and the so called Freepers that inhabited it. I was sitting in the same chair when we had a big earthquake. FR has had a lot bigger impact on my life, though.


19 posted on 07/19/2024 3:06:22 PM PDT by Sparticus (Primary the Tuesday group!)
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To: mass55th

Yep, there are a lot of “rules” we try to keep track of. All in good fun, though.


20 posted on 07/19/2024 3:06:45 PM PDT by ken in texas
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