Mine's a little out of sequence. I used to be "leadpenny1" and then realized that I had signed up earlier as "leadpenny." Jim gave me back my old handle but my sequence # is up in the 40,000 range. You and I signed up around the same time.
I was actually lurking back in 97 when my son showed me what a computer was. Found FR via the old Whitewater files on Drudge.
I was sure I signed up in 1998. I got banned once and then my account was mysteriously reinstated about two weeks later. I wonder if I got a new start date?
Me, too. Saw Drudge on CSPAN a couple times and when we got our WebTV the first thing I looked for was his website and found the Whitewater Files. Didn't sign up for YEARS but have read it all (or almost all).