Posted on 10/15/2001 3:37:44 PM PDT by ODDITHER
I first found Free Republic through Drudge Report. I found Drudge by listening to the White House briefing sessions who constantly told everyone how radical he was. (I knew he was my kind of people.)
To get to my point, or to make a short story long, Does anyone else remember freepin back then?
There were days you couldn't get on. When you did get on, it took forever to load the posts. There were three options. Next 10 - 50 -100 and a simple search engine. Remember the posts that said "Please don't post graphics, I can't read the posts if you do."?
Don't get me wrong, many of the improvements that have been made, are because the technology has changed. I also got a faster modem and new computer and learned how to use them.
I Would set my alarm for 5:00 am to get on while it wasn't busy. At first, I didn't post, there were self appointed post police that would tear you a new one, if you didn't hold your mouth just right. But finally, I thought, what the heck, they can't see me, they don't know me, I can take it.
Here I am ramblin on - what I wanted to do is say a great big thanks to John for the newest improvements.
Thanks John!!!
P.S.
When is it going to make my coffee in the morning?
As I understood it, he was elected.
I am also lead to believe that he has assumed a new user identity (which will remain nameless) and now posts here again.
They weren't bad guys, just misunderstood. :^)
Try a Google search. It's amazing what will turn up. I did one on myself (screen name) once, and all these FreeRepublic posts and replies popped up. I vowed then that I would always try to use proper grammar and spelling and not D___mn anyone to He!! unless they really deserved it! My typing sometimes gets in the way of the spelling and grammar, and my temper sometimes gets in the way of the other vow!
Yes, and I remember that everyone posted everything from Bigfoot sightings to European politics to Abortion threads on the WhiteWater link so the articles would show up in the forum (most people came in through the WhiteWater link and didn't know about the "Latest Posts" and "Latest Articles" buttons).
I do remember that before FR I used to check the Washington Times "Whitewater" link every day for stuff about Clinton.
Free spirited discussion. A LOT less BS and a LOT less vanities. Some of the newbies just don't get it.
Then at least once a week, we would have an "I Hate Rush" or an "I love Rush" thread.
Interesting. A couple of posters strike me as plausible candidates, but I can live with the mystery. :)
Before he was banned, I often wondered if RedRedWine was navigator. I have at least one other suspicion about a banned poster returning, but have so little evidence it doesn't seem fair to make the charge publicly.
I didn't post a lot in those days (I didn't even register for a while, just lurked), but I did tangle with him a couple of times.
I'm still there... Marooned.
I've run out of corn for the still, and have taken to fermenting coconut husks.
Please send corn.
Lucianne has gotten so boring. The lack of archives is one of the problems.
I stopped posting there when she kicked everyone off and assigned us new log-ins that was some complicated number that I could never remember.
I just lurk there now for the short cuts, and transfer the very few articles that haven't yet appeared on FreeRepublic.
What is this, class reunion?
Which one of them was Miss Understood?
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