[cyborg]

Five minutes, and I was already in a fight.

[hellinahandcart]

I signed up right before Election 2000 and this place was way intimidating back then. I'd never seen flame wars like that,before or since (apparently there were still a lot of hurt feelings from the Republican primary).

And the funny thing is, according to the old timers, I missed the really BIG flame wars in '98 or '99. Hoo boy, I can't imagine.

But it was the election after all, and I felt like the only conservative in New York City, and I had plenty to say. I couldn't help myself. Then came election day, and we were all in hell together for about 36 days...I don't think people had the presence of mind to notice I was a newbie, that's how grim things were here...