It was four years ago today, a very important group formed.

[Longgrain]

So all you guys and gals in the Lounge go here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2982018

and wish them a happy anniversary...

:)

[Piperay]

1. THANKS!

Glad there is a thread to express our thanks! :thumbsup:

[Longgrain]

2. Thank to you...

It's been a dark dreary day for a lot of us...

I was so depressed I almost didn't feel like posting on DU tonight...I thought I'd think of something that could cheer us all up...

[koneko]

3. Thank you for the head's up

I have been so tied up in the Lounge tonight that I hadn't gotten to GD yet.

;)

[Longgrain]

4. Thanks...

And thanks for liking my thread in GD

[PartyPooper]

5. Because I'm the "life of the party"

;-)

Happy Birthday, DU!

:party:

[Longgrain]

17. Thanks PP

And thanks for your appreciation of my art...

I hope to show more of it soon. :)

[NYC]

6. You're right. I joined exactly 4 years ago.

Hadn't thought about that.

[msgadget]

7. Thank you, I didn't know the history or age of DU!

[Longgrain]

8. I knew because I've know of DU since the begining...

Only it took me three and a half years to actually join...

[msgadget]

9. Did you lurk all that time?

[Longgrain]

10. Yep...never bothered to post...

They evidentally instated a rule that people with free web addresses like Yahoo or Hotmail could not register, so even when I tried to join DU, I could never get on...

I finally got a DSL modem that came with a new net address last year and finally got the nerve to join DU. :)

[msgadget]

11. I'm glad you did!

[Longgrain]

12. Ah thanks...

I know I've seen you around...I'm always looking forward to a friendly chat with a fellow DUer...:hi:

[msgadget]

13. I've been hanging out here in obscurity

and you HAVE chatted with me before. :hi:

[Longgrain]

14. Yeah I know...

It takes a lot of nerve to start posting...but once i started, I just couldn't stop myself...

I heard it said that DU is addictive, now I know what they mean.

[roguevalley]

15. I lurked for a year --job didn't allow time-- and then joined a couple

or three years ago. Love this place. Saved my sanity.

[Longgrain]

16. Thanks rogue...

and thanks for responding to my GD thread.

It's so good to have a place to hang out with other liberal, open minded people...:hi:

[Biased Liberal Media]

18. Thank you for letting us know

and thank you to the DU admin for creating this place.

[Longgrain]

19. Here, Here!!!

:toast:

Thanks to all who made DU 'the place to be' for all Democrats (and other progressives) on the web...:)