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FReeper Canteen~How Did You Discover FR?~24 Sept 08
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Posted on 09/24/2008 5:59:15 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
~The FReeper Canteen Asks....
How Did You Discover Freerepublic?
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A link from another website? Referral? Web surfing? Share your story!
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
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To: amom
Thanks, Mom, you’re worth it!
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posted on
09/24/2008 8:31:13 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Went to sleep with Palin - woke up next to McCain...)
To: AZamericonnie
Protesting in front of the Vice President’s mansion on Massachusetts Ave in 2001.
222
posted on
09/24/2008 8:36:44 PM PDT
by
sefarkas
(Why vote Democrat Lite?)
To: sefarkas
Protesting in front of the Vice Presidents mansion on Massachusetts Ave in 2000 — sorry, getting old.
223
posted on
09/24/2008 8:38:28 PM PDT
by
sefarkas
(Why vote Democrat Lite?)
To: ConorMacNessa
Aloha Doc!
Ta an ceart agat.
224
posted on
09/24/2008 8:38:28 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
To: All
Discovered FR thanks to conservative Boston based talk show host Howie Carr. Thanks Howie!
To: AZamericonnie
I think it was Rush’s show in 1998.
To: Tanniker Smith; Mia T
I have a similar story to yours. Not sure how I got here, but it was off Drudge or some other source of info about Whitewater. I was here for a while under a different handle from which my name was identifiable, sometime between 1996 and 1997. There was a really basic interface, and the main topic was Whitewater investigation stories.
This place exploded when the blue dress story came along. There were some stories on here about Clintonistas harassing posters on FR, so in July 98 I deleted my old account and created a new one.
Speaking of the old days, where is Mia T lately?
227
posted on
09/24/2008 8:42:09 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(Pacifism and Socialism: Death and Taxes, just lots more of it.)
To: TASMANIANRED
Well, the light at the tunnel is getting brighter as I near the end of this thing...finally.
228
posted on
09/24/2008 8:42:28 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Old Sarge
Aloha Sarge!
My son just got his CDL, Class A, HAZMAT, Tanker and Tandem.
229
posted on
09/24/2008 8:48:41 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
To: TASMANIANRED
Evening!
I’m in and out this evening, America’s Got Talent is down to the last 5 and I’m only popping in here during commercials.
At least three of the five finalists have what it takes to put on an hour and a half show in Vegas...
230
posted on
09/24/2008 8:48:54 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ Support our Troops ~ www.americasupportsyou.mil ~)
To: Army Air Corps
What’s the current status?
231
posted on
09/24/2008 8:49:32 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: AZamericonnie
Thanks for your kind thoughts. Yes, I not only got through the storm O.K., but was only without power for about 3 hours one morning. We were incredibly fortunate. Some of us were joking that our apt complex must run on angel-power or something. We were among the 1-2% in Houston who had power and water almost the whole time.
232
posted on
09/24/2008 8:53:45 PM PDT
by
ishmac
(Houston near UST)
To: Billthedrill
.I remember the Ash Alerts, the "close yer tags" and "No Italians" posts, the cries of "disruptor" before the word "troll" was even invented, Eschoir and Batjack and Deep In the Hurtgen Forest and Classy Green-Eyed Blonde. Don't forget the White House Basement Boiler Room.
And I am so glad that Jim fixed that close your tags thing. LOL. I had forgotten about that. We would get an entire thread in bold or italics.
Wasn't this a Bulletin Board site before it was a web site? I seem to recall dialing in in the early days. Or was that somewhere else I am thinking of?
233
posted on
09/24/2008 8:53:58 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(Pacifism and Socialism: Death and Taxes, just lots more of it.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; silent_jonny; LUV W; ConorMacNessa; ST.LOUIE1; TPartyType; John Robinson; All
My Brother introduced me to FR on January 9,06. I signed up the same day!
:)
I changed my name to Majie Purple recently, but Jim R. let me keep my orig.start date!(N’that made my posts change to the Majie Purple name too...Allllllll the way back to the beginning.)
No worries, I just wasn’t aware at the time, that would happen,along with the request.
I love my new name & the same start date to boot!!
:)
T Y, J R!
FR is awesome!
234
posted on
09/24/2008 8:58:51 PM PDT
by
Majie Purple
(Pres. B. & F L Laura are still residing...Love;Honor;Respect;Thanks...Start ,to Finish!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; silent_jonny; LUV W; ConorMacNessa; ST.LOUIE1; TPartyType; John Robinson; All
My Brother introduced me to FR on January 9,06. I signed up the same day!
:)
I changed my name to Majie Purple recently, but Jim R. let me keep my orig.start date!(N’that made my posts change to the Majie Purple name too...Allllllll the way back to the beginning.)
No worries, I just wasn’t aware at the time, that would happen,along with the request.
I love my new name & the same start date to boot!!
:)
T Y, J R!
FR is awesome!
235
posted on
09/24/2008 8:58:51 PM PDT
by
Majie Purple
(Pres. B. & F L Laura are still residing...Love;Honor;Respect;Thanks...Start ,to Finish!)
To: Old Sarge
Nice to know you’re there... :-)
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posted on
09/24/2008 8:59:41 PM PDT
by
amom
(Proud Blue Star Mom of a Tanker (rememberingTonk -always)
To: Majie Purple
We are glad you are back! (((hugs)))
237
posted on
09/24/2008 9:01:01 PM PDT
by
luvie
(McCain/PALIN!!!!--'nuff said! :D)
To: TASMANIANRED
Hello... How does it feel to be done studying??
238
posted on
09/24/2008 9:01:10 PM PDT
by
philly-d-kidder
(Kuwait where the American troops are always Welcome..)
To: txflake
Oh yea it was bad there and also here in Ohio. My youngest sister just got electic back 2 days ago. We were down for about 12 hours but being in the city it came back fairly quick. Lots of trees down everywhere.
To: AZamericonnie
Hi AZ, Kathy.
I discovered FR quite by accident (is anything really by accident?) on my way to FOXNEWS.
It was in 2004, during the elections. After reading about FR in (ironically) a NEW YORK TIMES article, I bookmarked it out of curiosity, but sort of forgot about it. Then, several months later, I clicked it by mistake — intending FOXNEWS instead.
At the time Arafat had unofficially died, and I glanced at the posts about him. Then really started reading them. They were so funny, I couldn’t stop.
Since then I have become a fullblown addict. Literally. I get neurotic when I’m away from FR too long.
For me, FR has been a lifeline, especially coming 3 months after my father’s death & some unresolved grief. It really put me in a different place mentally.
It has also been humbling. I didn’t realize how naive & uninformed I was about the world. I really bow my head to a lot of the folks here.
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posted on
09/24/2008 9:02:23 PM PDT
by
MoochPooch
(I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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