Posted on 11/28/2011 3:35:23 AM PST by sodpoodle
Yesterday was a test.
Now tell the man how glad you are that FReeRepublic has a server and a servant!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS JIM for hanging in there 14 years and counting.
Your FRiend Sod.
Well, with the post clock still running several minutes fast, it's an indicator that all is NOT fixed -- it's my experience that once the clock hits 9 or 10 minutes into the future the multi-day breakdowns are imminent.
FReeper #581 says, “Thank you, sir.”
Yes, I believe you and I are among the few original freepers who are still here.
I’d been posting on a site run by Jim that was called Whitewater.
There was a link to it on Drudge. We were few then but it was fun.
Thanks also goes to Drudge for linking to the Whitewater site and for a lot of good things he’s done along the way.
Gratz Jim!
Big party after 50?
Okay, okay....you do rock!
IIRC John is experimenting with time travel - as one way to defeat evil in our time - or their time - whichever comes first.
Being early confuses the libs - they have no idea if we can read their future minds - (which are on the half moon and not yet on solar e-clips).
Happy FRaniversary, Jim.
You da Man!
Actually I was there earlier but originally registered with a name that gave myself away. Canned it and got DH.
We’ve seen a lot of changes in attitude since then haven’t we?
Happy Anniversary, Jim! Thanks for Free Republic.
Happy anniversary, Jim! Many, many more. Long may FR reign. I can’t imagine life without it. That’s why I donate. I get so very much from here.
Yesterday was my 9th anniversary (I lurked a bit before that, but signed up during the run-off campaign for Mary Landrieu’s Senate seat). I honestly can’t figure out how I got along before I found Free Republic.
Happy 14th, JimRob, and thank you for FR.
Was Jim Robinson the first actual member??
Who is Jim Thompson?
Your computer was generations better than mine. When I first found FR I was running a 25mhz processor with 28 megs of ram and about 100 mb harddrive with Windows 3.1 and the thing was a Tandy!
I was too broke to buy a newer one.
I once forgot my password and signed back in as GeronL2 for a while, so I don’t even know if thats my original sign-up date or not.
does anyone know a way to find our first posts?
Thank you very much, sodpoodle!! And thank you all very much!! But FR was actually started a year earlier on 9/23/96. The 11/28/97 date, a date which shall live in infamy, was the date we started the registration system. And it’s been a great fifteen years!!
FReepers are the greatest!!
I have no idea - it’s some sort of inside joke with veteran FReepers - on the same order as ‘the huge manatee’, spork weasel, stune your bieber, Lazamataz hitting it and other assorted shorthand.
When challenged I pretend I know - but I don’t;) LOL!!!
Will be doing research or perhaps you would like to start a thread.
Thank you surfer.
wink wink, nudge nudge...surfer is a veteran freeper :)
Hi oldtimer, I beatcha’ by 2 days. :D
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