Posted on 09/27/2004 5:57:45 PM PDT by Bob J
I was having an argument with another FReeper about how many of the old timers were still around. I tell people there is a FReeper vsyndrome and that most of them are still around, they just don't post much anymore.
Here is your chance to put these rumours to rest. Chime in and let everyone know you still are alive and kicking. Post your registration number if you know it.
Checking the web...I've been here since at least Dec 1998 so I'm kosher.
Found the old number for aloysius88- 6606.
I forgot about the tags issue. For a long time, if someone didn't turn off their tags (fonts, color, size, etc.) it would go on for EVERY SINGLE POST until someone woke up Jim or John and they manually turned them off! Sometimes they would go n for hours and were PEOPLE PISSED! Heheh...
FR was awesome then and, being the dynamic force that it is, has gone through many evolutions and is still the best site on the Web today.
Never posted a lot, but I'm here every day. Have been since April 1, 1998.
A lot of them just have new screen names. Some legit, some not. Examples, eschoir probably had two or three hundred screen names and Ash was probably not far behind. Even some of the "great ones" had or have several screen names, Mojo, aligirl, Todd Brendon Fahey for examples. And even many of those who left us really didn't leave. They check in daily and report back to their comrades on the other side. It's kinda like the Hotel California, they checked out but they never can leave.
The great thing is, whether the old timers stay or go, FR continues to grow and grow stronger with each passing year, and we are without a doubt making a difference. A hugh difference. Ask Rather. Ask Kerry.
Thank you and God bless all the FReepers whether you are old timers, mid-termers or newbies, you are ALL great ones in my book.
I was a lurker here for a while before I registered during the Clinton/Lewinsky "era".
And the number 13322
i'm still here...in cognito much of the time...
#15077
11/4-98
And I DIDN'T start the rumor that Kerry is probably a Hippophagist.
NUTS!
Old FReepers never die, they give us posting inspiration from heaven.
December 18, 1998
Still hanging in Bob J. Got a real job a couple of years ago and don't have much time anymore. Also, I went through news junkie withdrawal after Bubba left office. Love you guys.
Ping
#15776, 11/18/1998 signup date. I started lurking in Feb-March of '98, after getting the link here from Drudge. I found FR because of Monica's blue dress!
Did we ever find out what happened to Chief Negotiator?
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