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Is Anybody Home In FReeperville?
May 28, 2003 | sweetliberty

Posted on 05/28/2003 4:46:33 PM PDT by sweetliberty

When I first joined Free Republic, the single most useful tool to me in becoming familiar with the forum and finding stuff that was helpful was the home page feature. It was nice to wander the FR neighborhood and see what others had bookmarked and learn a little about these people called FReepers. Back then, the pages were somewhat limited if you used the bookmark feature, but still, there were many unique and some very elaborate pages. Browsing these pages I learned about the FR lexicon, the html sandbox and bootcamp threads, I learned about moose and cheese, CPAC, and many other relevant things. I found important links, beautiful graphics and great quotes along with inspirational passages and prayers and hilarious cartoons and photoshop creations. I quickly felt quite comfortable in my new cyber home.

Somewhere along the line many of those fabulous pages got nuked by accident and most were never rebuilt. The most recent change in the format allows for bookmarks to be on a separate page. Jim and John have given us these blank html enabled pages limited only by our imaginations, and the vast majority of FReepers have done nothing with them. If I had happened onto the forum now and tried to familiarize myself with the neighborhood in the same way, I would have to say that FReepers must to be the most boring people on the planet, not even coming close to living up to their "bigger than life" reputation. Of course I know that nothing could be furthur from the truth.

Imagine moving into a neighborhood where all the houses look exactly alike, just these dull, drab, crackerbox affairs with the curtains drawn tight, the only thing differentiating them at all being the names on the mailboxes and, in some cases, the flags flying on the front porch. That is very much what our FReeperville neighborhood looks like these days and that is too bad. Oh, there are some "homes" that have added signs to the front door and some who have posted an embellishment or two. Some have done some work on their pages and a few have gone all out and created a real work of art. Those pages are really enjoyable to visit. Each FReeper could do so much to enrich the forum just by doing a little "home improvement" on his or her profile page. Some of you have obviously done some work at one time but your "homes" have fallen into disrepair. Please take a little time and cut the grass, mend the fence, paint the house, and for heaven's sake, haul off the junk in the yard.

In all fairness, some of you may not even realize that this feature exists. Membership in the community doesn't come with a how-to guide and new FReepers are pretty much on their own. Some may be aware of it and have just not gotten around to it. Others are intimidated by html and still others are afraid of their privacy being invaded. Let's address these issues one at a time.

Use this thread to share ideas or to make or ask for suggestions. Look at other FReeper pages. Most of all, have fun with it.

Check out this interesting assortment of FReeper home pages, in no particular order:

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Lady GOP
LindaSOG
mikrofon
ppaul
Skooz
Tailgunner Joe
Texaggie79
AKbear
Ouachita
AgThorn
flamefront
Grammy Bear
JustAmy
Mama_Bear
mtngrl@vrwc
Sabertooth
velvet
JulieRNR21
truenospinzone
southernpatriot_usa
m1-lightning
Enemy Of The State
Admin Moderator
westerncanon
cpforlife.org
Pippin
Radix
michigander
Registered
Tooters
ecurbh
jdege
Johnny Gage
sheltonmac
lawgirl
ST.LOUIE1
Alberta's Child
ApacheTear
bentfeather
deadhead
lowbridge
Revelation 911
Victoria Delsoul
Overtaxed
savd_rn7
PeaceBeWithYou
Billie
rdb3
2Jedismom
Archie Bunker on steroids
SAMWolf
JamesWilson
Nix2
Mr. Mulliner
thatdewd
archy
carlo3b


TOPICS: Free Republic; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: bookmark; bookmarks; cheese; faq; freeperprofiles; girlsgonewild; homepages; profilepages; profiles
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To: Dog Gone
Your homepage is a winner!! LOL
181 posted on 05/28/2003 10:35:10 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: sweetliberty
Hopefully my own profile (AgThorn), as well as my wife's (Lily4Jesus), meet the standards of not being a blank page at least.

Don't want to contribute to neighborhood blight!! ;-)

182 posted on 05/28/2003 11:02:10 PM PDT by AgThorn (Go go Bush!!)
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To: AgThorn
You were mentioned as a good example weren't you?
183 posted on 05/28/2003 11:05:29 PM PDT by sweetliberty ("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
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To: sweetliberty; A.J.Armitage; BillyBoy; cherry_bomb88; Chi-townChief; freepersup; GRRRRR; MeekMom; ...
I figured I'd throw a few good ones out there and let other FReepers post links to some others.

Some Illinois FReepers who have interesting homepages and deserve mention...

A.J.Armitage

BillyBoy

cherry_bomb88

Chi-townChief

freepersup

GRRRRR

MeekMom

unspun

184 posted on 05/28/2003 11:05:50 PM PDT by m1-lightning (Gephardt's fortunate millionaires are the ones that sue manufacturers for a living.)
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To: sweetliberty; BlueLancer
Any list of classic Freeper homepages is incomplete without BlueLancer
185 posted on 05/28/2003 11:07:55 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (...and Freedom tastes of Reality.)
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To: sweetliberty
My eyesights failing me ... had to go back and see that I was! hallelueah!! Now pluggin' my wifes profile!! (If I can just get her to quit posting in my name!! ;-)
186 posted on 05/28/2003 11:08:08 PM PDT by AgThorn (Go go Bush!!)
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To: m1-lightning
Great. Thanks for the links.
187 posted on 05/28/2003 11:09:10 PM PDT by sweetliberty ("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
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To: sweetliberty
Good Thread Libby .. I have enjoyed reading it all
188 posted on 05/28/2003 11:11:35 PM PDT by Mo1 (I'm a monthly Donor .. You can be one too!)
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To: Mo1
Fun stuff but for a couple of FReepers with their britches in a wad from taking themselves way too seriously for too long. What are you up to tonight besides FReeping?
189 posted on 05/28/2003 11:14:30 PM PDT by sweetliberty ("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
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To: sweetliberty
Not sleeping .. *L*

Actually I'm listening to the re-broadcast of Sean Hannity's radio show with Scott Ritter
190 posted on 05/28/2003 11:16:39 PM PDT by Mo1 (I'm a monthly Donor .. You can be one too!)
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To: Mo1
Did you hear that jackass on O'Reilly's show tonight proclaiming that we lost the war?? You think maybe he's sweating the photos turning up of him "playing" with the little girls in Iraq?
191 posted on 05/28/2003 11:21:38 PM PDT by sweetliberty ("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
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To: sweetliberty
I have no idea what that idiot's point is .. He is nothing but a POS Pervert as far as I'm concern
192 posted on 05/28/2003 11:27:22 PM PDT by Mo1 (I'm a monthly Donor .. You can be one too!)
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To: m1-lightning; unspun
Wow, thanks m1....I feel honored to be among the likes of unspun. I'm glad you enjoyed.
193 posted on 05/28/2003 11:31:45 PM PDT by cherry_bomb88 (I'm normal....it's the rest of the world that's crazy!)
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To: Admin Moderator
ROTFL...I love your page, I never had looked before. I guess the "rich" thing precludes me from ever being a moderator. LOL
194 posted on 05/28/2003 11:37:23 PM PDT by cherry_bomb88 (I'm normal....it's the rest of the world that's crazy!)
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To: sultan88; FBD; Mudboy Slim
Heya! I got a mention if you look at post 184 :o)
195 posted on 05/28/2003 11:39:16 PM PDT by cherry_bomb88 (I'm normal....it's the rest of the world that's crazy!)
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To: sweetliberty
Thank you, SL. First day here since the 20th, and what a nice surprise! All work and my headlines get backed up, ya know?
197 posted on 05/29/2003 12:04:17 AM PDT by Nix 2 (http://www.warroom.com QUINN AND ROSE IN THE AM)
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To: sweetliberty
Boring home pages are a FReeping crime

That's precisely why I havn't done one. Can't think of anything particularly interesting to say about myself. BTW, where are my bookmarks? My home page is a total blank now.

198 posted on 05/29/2003 12:04:50 AM PDT by bjcintennessee
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To: Paul Atreides
Been near the Peterson threads lately? Or how about the GirlsGoneWild thread? Weird this isn't. ;)
199 posted on 05/29/2003 12:14:18 AM PDT by cgk (Bob Geldof: "President Bush is radical, in a positive sense. Clinton just screwed everybody.")
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To: sweetliberty
Bookmarked
BUMP

200 posted on 05/29/2003 12:44:12 AM PDT by ppaul
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