What Happened to A+Bert

none | 13 April 2002 | Son of Rooster

[Son of Rooster]

A+Bert??

[Mudboy Slim]

"A+Bert was saying really bad things to Laz, I mean real bad things.......... Even I knew that was it for him."

A+Bert could be a nasty ol' curmudgeon, but I got along with him nonetheless. In the end, it seemed like he almost wanted to be banned...sorta like gettin' thrown in the pokey to force you to overcome an addiction.

FReegards...MUD

[LiberteeBell]

I'm right here...

(oops, logged in with the wrong screen name)

ROFL!!

[Scuttlebutt]

One thing I was never able to figure out…did ol' Bert get his opus writing experience from you or did you plagiarize from him? ;-)

[SkyPilot]

There was a guy who preceeded A+Bert, I believe his screen name was:

"Ash"

He got banned, then it was

"ASHisALIVE"

Anyone else remember this? We are talking 1998 or 1999 here.

[Idiot Croissant]

When I've been banned, a private FReepMail to JimRob usually got me the explanation I sought. Good Luck...MUD

Thanks, however, the freepmail thing hasn't worked...here is what I posted to a different thread right before it was deleted about an hour ago...

To: Askel5
Perhaps someone will be kind enough to explain why I was banned from FreeRepublic.

I tried to sign in last evening and could not gain access. When I checked my profile I noted that there was "no current Freeper by that name." The curious thing is that I didn't violate any of the posting guidelines. I did, of course, challenge the wisdom of settling the FR v. WP/LAT lawsuit (HERE). However, I fail to see where that would warrant a banning/caning/ or whatever...

I sent an email to Jim Robinson...No response. I sent a private Freepmail to him....No response. So, I opted to come back into the forum under a different name (which I know is a violation of posting guidelines). Of course, that is the only way I could forward a Freepmail...since I was banned.

My point is this:
I did nothing to suggest that I deserved to be deleted/banned/caned/ directed to the "comfy chair." I had been a registered member of FR since August 2000. I had contributed many a thread and comment to the forum that "I thought" added to the honesty and knowledge of the masses. Hell, I, personally, donated over $300 worth of name tags to the Inuagural Ball (not to mention the labor and equipment to print them all) Yet...POOF. Alienating individuals in this fashion is subject to inquiry. Failure to answer the call of that inquiry is a mistake...an enormous mistake.
Cordially,
JoeEveryman
74 posted on 4/13/02 11:17 AM Pacific by Idiot Croissant

[BARLF]

Thanks,most of his/her predictions were wrong.....No?

[BARLF]

Interesting choice for a screen name wasn't it?

[CyberAnt]

If this is all you guys can find to talk about - it must be a slow news day??

[oil]

I remember the ASH ALERT flags in big, bold letters!!

[Ditter]

Who care where the old sob has gone,I'm just glad he IS gone. No excuse for a person being that ill tempered & ill mannered, being drunk is no excuse.

[Fred Mertz]

You must be a Southern Baptist.

[Lady Jag]

...wasting bandwidth?...

Free Republic has a band?

[Willie Green]

As a WWII and Korea vet, I wouldn't be surprised if he's pushing up daisies one day soon. I always respect my elders, and it will be a sad day when A+Bert truly departs...and I'm afraid we'll never know about it.

A+Bert celebrates 75th Birthday- Not a Vanity

The reason I am posting my birthday as news is that I feel I owe it to Mr Robinson to express my thanks for providing one of the best opportunities that has ever existed for people to exercise their legitimate right to Free Speech.

Mr. Robinson my 75 years has taught me to recognize class. Sir! You have it.

---

I'm signing off for the evening and just wanted to express the feelings of a 75 year young person for all the privileges that FR has given me.

1 Posted on 08/16/2001 19:58:07 PDT by A+Bert

[Fred Mertz]

Thanks for that one. That's the Bert I remember.

[redhead]

Man! Did you know that the site at that "Quidam" link offered OVER 50 cookies? yikes! (what happens when our computers fill up with cookies? do they explode?)

[stands2reason]

For the record, "quidam" means "individual" or "person" in French, a beautiful language that can't help it if cheese-eating surrender-monkeys just so happen to speak it. I'd really like to learn it, but I must learn Spanish instead--thanks alot, ilegales!!!

[stands2reason]

It's A BERT ALERT!

[stands2reason]

Okay, for real this time!

It's A BERT ALERT!