When I first came here, I had a different screen name. It was most likely '98, though it may have been earlier. I don't think it could have been as far back as '96, but things were different then, and it seemed more fun.
I didn't know any HTML coding in those days, and remember when, if someone didn't backslash a text command, it would persist -- and I didn't know how to turn it off.
The whole page it seemed, would be flashing at times, or posts showing up first in bold font, then tiny font, or colored text, or some joker would have left "marquee" open, so the next poster's comment would be scrolling across the page. It a a zoo for us noobs, back then.
The first time I arrived at FR, the first page I arrived at, had a picture of the debacle at Waco. It had been a few years since it had happened, but it was a staple of much conversation, then.
Where were you?
Around the time you came to FR I was building an ISP, basically a pipeline business. I didn’t care about hosting so sites with content were irrelevant to me.
I don’t recall when I became aware of FR or when I joined.
Sometimes I miss those old times . . .
However, one needed a hazmat suit almost just to talk about the weather on FR. LOL.