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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:26 AM Original message |
The Power of DU |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. me too k and r |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. As a long timer, let me assure you that there are plenty still around... |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. I have been here since 2003, I relate to how you feel, and I ain't goin' anywhere! |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. My dear Snoutport! |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. My home too |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. +1 |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. I've bitched about and have heard bitching about DU changes since I've been here |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. 'DU is the same as it's always been ... changing' |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Oh, gawd, I can't even bear to think of that time, right after the election. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 03:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I remember the first "DU Is Not The Same!" thread I read here. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Yep, same as it ever was. nt |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. lol |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Ah...so don't take them so seriously? |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think that is how everyone felt once... we'd do well to remember that. K&R! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. Glad to hear your perspective -but you really should have seen it 6 years ago. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Or 10 years ago...... |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. I second that notion... been here for years. n/t |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. The first Abu Ghraib abuse pics I saw online were posted here. |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. A friend just told me about two American Indians talking story in the SF bay area in 1750 |
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Suich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'm with California Peggy on this one! |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. DU Is Contentious, and That's a Good Thing |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. i think we can do a better job with civility. |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Yes, Certainly |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Some of those rude comments tick me off. I just can't help it! |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. Even of on topics I don't like I usually like to read the discussion. |
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fredamae (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. Your story is similar to mine.... |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. Well said fredamae! I felt similarly--alone, dejected. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
18. I think old timers leaving is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Some old-timers did not leave by choice. n/t |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. I've heard the phrase "tombstoned" a few times... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Yes. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. I've been here since the summer of 2002... |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. DU hasn't changed as much as people like to claim |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. This place is really something, 1968 in Chicago |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
23. It's still somewht the same only broader |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. Another "newish" and grateful DUer here... |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
26. In the early days |
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Moosepoop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. K & R! |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. Good post. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. I've been here going on 7 years now & I feel the same as you. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. Well, I'm still a newbie too........ |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. I've only been here 7 years, but it really hasn't changed that much in that time. |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. Nobody isn't grateful DU is here |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Well said, behind you 100%. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
58. You've nailed it. |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. K & R from an old-timer |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
40. Don't forget the daily Libya updates! nt |
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tex-wyo-dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. I couldn't agree with you more! |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
46. Du is still DU, no matter what else I may say. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
47. Everything changes. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
49. And we are most grateful for Snoutport's contributions. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
50. Du isn't the old DU to people because it is no longer New to them |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Mmmm, lost in the dessert. |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
53. Yay! K and R |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
54. You cracked me up with that first line... |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
55. I've been here almost since the beginning of DU. |
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IGoToDU (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
56. Word |
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Scottybeamer70 (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
57. Snoutport....... |
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