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Okay, FYI ... I have been here for a long time. When I first came here, I lurked for many mnths BEFORE I joined. Then I didn't post much, but kept reading and reading and silently cheering prople on. Most people did that, back then. We got the lay of the land, so to speak, and except for people ( ? ) like Eschoir, and a few others, this was a VERY curtious, interesting place. There were " fun " threads, but NO ONE posted junk, such as " I JUST FOUND OUT I'M PREGNANT " , in Breaking News ! Yes, there was such a vanity here, and it WAS posted in " Breaking News ", by a newbie.

If you wanted to get to know someone / just chat, there was a FREEPER / FreeRepublic chat roomm, and The Alley.

There are fewer and fewer threads , now, that are political / current events ; shunted aside by " WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE LINE FROM A MOVIE ? ", " WHAT WAS YOUR FAV MUNCHIE, AFTER DOING POT ? ". and tonight's gem " HOW FAST HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN ? " If YOU can find a redeeming feature in this waste of bandwidth, you're a better man than I; Gunga Din. LOL Oh, and I'm NOT a man !

. . shunted aside by "WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE LINE FROM A MOVIE?"

Yet often politics and vanities mesh, and stand SHOULDER TO SHOULDER (e.g., "I HAVE A DATE WITH NOAM CHOMSKY--WHAT PERFUME SHOULD I WEAR?").

Of special interest to you might be "WAS GUNGA DIN A CONSERVATIVE?

If YOU can find a redeeming feature in this waste of bandwidth, you're a better man than I; Gunga Din. LOL Oh, and I'm NOT a man!

Heh. Neither am I. ;) But note, while I said that community-type posts help build friendships, etc., I also said that we should avoid them in order to save bandwidth and keep costs for FR and JimRob down.

If you wanted to get to know someone / just chat, there was a FREEPER / FreeRepublic chat roomm, and The Alley.

Haven't heard much about those, just a mention here and there. How do you access them? Or does your use of "was" mean they are now defunct?