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LeftPeopleFinishFirst

(14,746 posts)
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 01:45 PM Jun 2014

Well it's official. I've spent nearly half my life with you losers.

It appears as though 13 of my 27 years, I've been a member of this forum (since 2001, yikes). Just wanted to check in and say hello! I don't recognize a lot of your names but I'm glad the Lounge is still in good/evil hands. Until my next post 5 years down the line...

Maggie

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Well it's official. I've spent nearly half my life with you losers. (Original Post) LeftPeopleFinishFirst Jun 2014 OP
What? Barely 1000 posts/year? Wounded Bear Jun 2014 #1
I think I had more at one point. LeftPeopleFinishFirst Jun 2014 #2
Me. too... Wounded Bear Jun 2014 #3
what was your old name? LeftPeopleFinishFirst Jun 2014 #5
Im not sure I remember exactly... Wounded Bear Jun 2014 #7
Dang. I can't say I've been around that long. Xyzse Jun 2014 #4
I was generally what we referred to as a Lounge Lizard LeftPeopleFinishFirst Jun 2014 #6
I infrequently post there. Xyzse Jun 2014 #8
I recall you posting on Saturday night as a 16 y/o,living in a town too small for one so inquisitive argyl Jun 2014 #9
Yup! That was me LeftPeopleFinishFirst Jun 2014 #14
Get well soon and keep your excellent mind fully engaged! argyl Jun 2014 #20
you want I should kick your young, DU-seasoned ass, LeftPeopleFinishFirst? Skittles Jun 2014 #10
SKITTLES! LeftPeopleFinishFirst Jun 2014 #12
Hey, Maggie! Good to see you! Aristus Jun 2014 #11
Tell me about it! LeftPeopleFinishFirst Jun 2014 #13
If you think President Obama is not doing right by the American people, Aristus Jun 2014 #15
True! LeftPeopleFinishFirst Jun 2014 #17
Also marks 12 years I've been on FreeRepublic LeftPeopleFinishFirst Jun 2014 #16
I salute your endurance, and strong stomach. Aristus Jun 2014 #18
As you can see, it only last half a year LeftPeopleFinishFirst Jun 2014 #19

LeftPeopleFinishFirst

(14,746 posts)
2. I think I had more at one point.
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 01:56 PM
Jun 2014

We had a diff version of DU back in the day... I swear I had more posts on the old forum than that.

Wounded Bear

(58,620 posts)
3. Me. too...
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 02:02 PM
Jun 2014

I changed my handle when the new DU went up.

But I've actually never posted much more than you have.

Wounded Bear

(58,620 posts)
7. Im not sure I remember exactly...
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 02:11 PM
Jun 2014

Probably sutz or sutz12 or the like...

I know I didn't have my password memorized or written down during the changeover, and since the site assigns them and doesn't let you change, I had to generate the new ID.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
4. Dang. I can't say I've been around that long.
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 02:04 PM
Jun 2014

I've been in other sites, but I was avoiding DU till I found the lounge.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
8. I infrequently post there.
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 02:11 PM
Jun 2014

Since I let a lot of things slide, and I just don't feel as strongly as some, and even when I do, I tend to look at it from a distance.
So, it tends to leave me with little to say.

argyl

(3,064 posts)
9. I recall you posting on Saturday night as a 16 y/o,living in a town too small for one so inquisitive
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 02:20 PM
Jun 2014

I'll bet you've been all over the world by now.

May your next five years be fruitful. Best wishes,Maggie.

LeftPeopleFinishFirst

(14,746 posts)
14. Yup! That was me
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 03:10 PM
Jun 2014

Thanks argyl

I have been many places since graduating high school, though these days I'm recovering from a kidney transplant at home in Brooklyn. Not so small town anymore heh?

Aristus

(66,307 posts)
11. Hey, Maggie! Good to see you!
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 02:51 PM
Jun 2014

I'm still here. Not many of us 2001-ers left. I can't believe you're 27! Where did the time go?

For me, it's been nearly one-third of my life. A lot has happened since that day in March, 2001 that I found this place, and discovered a glimmer of hope amidst the sorrow of a stolen election and the horror of an astoundingly unqualified President. Back then, none of us knew how bad it soon was going to get.

But we made it. We're well into the second term of a President who will remembered as one of the greats. And I'm still here...

LeftPeopleFinishFirst

(14,746 posts)
13. Tell me about it!
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 03:08 PM
Jun 2014

I'm still 26... I turn 27 in a week

It really feels like forever ago that I discovered this place. We have made it through but I can't say I'm much of an Obama gal these days, truthfully. Of course I am still on the left side of the equation, but it's all gotten a bit confusing trusting anybody to do the right thing.

Aristus

(66,307 posts)
15. If you think President Obama is not doing right by the American people,
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 03:13 PM
Jun 2014

you might at least draw comfort from the fact that at least he is qualified to not do right by the American people.

If it's one thing I can't stand, it's someone without the proper credentials...

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