Posted on 07/23/2004 6:27:46 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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Thank you for posting this.
ROTF!
Newbie bump
bump for lots of info
thanks :)
But the list available STILL has some glaring omissions: China, France, Puerto Rico, Korea, India, Italy, Spain, just to name a few.
That's John's area.
I think it would be helpful if a link to the Excerpt List was provided on the "Posting new thread" page. Would be a reminder for us all, and would be plainly visible for newbies.
BTTT!
Thanks!
Areday posted here:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1177448/posts
;)
I must not post until I've read this. I must not post until I've read this. I must not...
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Cool! There's a whole lotta FR history in these links.
thanks for this information.
What kills me is the freepers who start posting threads their very first day here!
Since Oct 30, 2001
You've posted a total of 0 threads and 3,804 replies.
We're just newbies too.... LOL!
Admin Moderator
Since Sep 3, 2001
"You've posted a total of 92 threads and 4,699 replies."
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