Gone now, I fear. You recall that FR was quite a bit rougher in those days and stuff that would get you banned for life these days was commonplace back then. Frankly I was pants-peeing scared to hit the Post button that first time.
FR remains an intimidating place to post, and that is as it should be. You don't bring training wheels to a racetrack.
Yup...Even the old white water and freerepublic graphics are no longer on the FR server as far as I can tell.