search is your friend:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1884812/posts
I have to ask you: Do you search every topic you see posted in the hopes it’s already been posted, or are you online 24 hours a day and thus recognize a duplicate as soon as it’s posted?
It's not my friend, I never use it. "Latest Posts" is my friend.......
And personally, I could never figure out what the big deal was of duplicate or similar posts anyways........
Even most of the site Spellcheckers have moved on to other employment with the exception of one Spanishspellchecker who corrected me a couple days ago.....I had no problem with that because at least he respected my age and called me "Senior" HT. How he knew I was old I have no idea........