BTW, I have a funny story involving Nigut when I interacted with him during a FReep. He was the political reporter for WSB-TV at that time. Let me see if I can find it.
Shoot, can’t find it. I know I’d posted this before.
Here’s the FReep report. Realize, I’m dressed like a devil. Full head mask. In Atlanta, in August.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/962203/posts?page=1
Nigut and a cameraman come towards the FReep group, I recognize him, say “Hi Bill!” from under the mask as he walks up. He blows right past me and gives me a look that says “They don’t pay me enough for this.”
So he approaches Apple Pan Dowdy, asks if we have a spokesperson. She immediately points right back at me! He rolls his eyes, I tear off my mask, and we start talking.
Pretty quickly, he realizes that while I may be soaked in sweat and have just removed a devil mask, I visibly have all my teeth, I’m speaking in complete sentences, and whaddaya know, I’m even giving him pretty good sound bites. I think I even got a look of amazement in there somewhere. I wish I had video of him interviewing me.
Anyway, that’s a 20 year old story of my interaction with Nigut.
Ping. Still here?
That’s a great story and I had fun poking around in that thread!
I very much admired those of you who were out FReeping before the big influx that came in around the same time I did, in 2004.
I made the acquaintance of Kristinn Taylor, and he invited me down to one of their Walter Reed Freeps with the DC Chapter, and I was hooked.
You folks were somewhat legendary to me...:)