Just noticed your successive posts in this thread and that you both have the same, early Freeper membership dates of 26 March 1998 ... ‘the good old days’!!
lol That is pretty amazing. We beat you by a month.
My recollection is; that was shortly after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke. FR was one of the only place on the web where you could find up to date information. The MSM sites all tried to bury it.
It was a vastly different site back then. But, it’s still a great place to get breaking news, and eventually, some insightful commentary.