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Rhiannon12866

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137. I signed on in 2003 as well. January, I think. It was back on DU.1

Tue Jan 19, 2021, 01:20 AM

Jan 2021

And I'd never been on any sort of message board, either, kind of panicked when I got a reply on my very first post! But it turns out to have been DU's one-person welcoming committee, newyawker99, welcoming me to DU. She became my first DU friend and I credit her kindness for my sticking around. And God_bush_n_cheney became my second friend here, Andy Stephenson, after I replied to a heartfelt post he made. I miss them both.

I was here for the painful lead up to the Iraq war, then was devastated by the 2004 election. Little did we imagine back then of what more was to come. But I will always be grateful for the education I've received here - and the camaraderie, which has made the worst times bearable. DU has become my online home.

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