[Seeking the truth]

Granted that there are "duplicates" in that 80,000 figure, but I submit that would be the exception rather than the rule.

To counter your second handle, I have proudly been "Seeking the Truth" since 2/4/98 and I remember very fondly my discovery of FR on Thanksgiving Day in 1997!

Like all newbies, it took me a bit of time to actually reply to something!

[Topaz]

It took me over a year to even register. : )

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[Phantom Lord]

I have been Phantom Lord since 12/17/99. Used another handle for just shy of a year before changing names.