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24. "Took forever for those Maypo ads to load."

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Thu Mar 20, 2014, 01:26 PM

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I've been on this site since Ariana Huffington owned it in the early 1990's [View all] Stargazer99 Mar 2014 OP

Ariana Huffington owned DU in the early '90s? ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #1

News to the actual owners as well. nobodyspecial Mar 2014 #3

It's a little known fact that I am the actual sole owner of DU Major Nikon Mar 2014 #11

Should've haggled. Codeine Mar 2014 #42

This isn't the first bad investment I've made Major Nikon Mar 2014 #47

No, it was owned by Zsa Zsa Gabor. AngryAmish Mar 2014 #5

"WTF?" - Ariana Huffy (R) Berlum Mar 2014 #2

Is that the "Green Room"? undeterred Mar 2014 #78

This site? Cirque du So-What Mar 2014 #4

I don't think HuffPo was around in the 1990s ,let sufrommich Mar 2014 #6

welcome to huffpo! unblock Mar 2014 #7

Rofl Cha Mar 2014 #92

before that, it was known as DU Huffingpost Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #99

D-U Huffing-post Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #135

Christine O'Donnell Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #144

Christine McDonnell is so against "flutes" Aerows Mar 2014 #164

Self abuse is clearly a form of pun-ishment Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #166

Huffington founded another website in 2005.... Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #8

Ah, memories. Those of us who were here in the mid-80's Dreamer Tatum Mar 2014 #9

The halcyon days of 2400 baud! Oh, those were the days, boy! nt ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #12

You have to applaud the prescience of FDR to greenlight creation of the internet, though. nt Dreamer Tatum Mar 2014 #14

The New Deal was...the deal! nt ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #15

I thought it was ol Abe Lincoln, right after he invented the internet webs Champion Jack Mar 2014 #88

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet" - Abraham Lincoln HooptieWagon Mar 2014 #89

2400 baud was bad ass compared to what I had! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #105

Well, that was nothing compared to the sweet click-click-clacking of a telegraph key! Ikonoklast Mar 2014 #128

Thank you....YOU made my night!!!! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #129

This is GENIUS!! hatrack Mar 2014 #178

Baw-be-bop-be-buw-be-bop-be-bawwww n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2014 #170

thanks for that walk down memory lane... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #185

I used to call it the "chicken strangling sound". Final connection OK step. SharonAnn Mar 2014 #184

Umm....Watergate is even before the days of 2400 baud. Ms. Toad Mar 2014 #169

It's really amazing how far we've come since half the freaking population is beyond stupid. nt ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #171

Remember the Dewey Defeats Truman thread? Codeine Mar 2014 #19

And remember when we were online for the Shot Heard Round the World? Dreamer Tatum Mar 2014 #20

"Took forever for those Maypo ads to load." Codeine Mar 2014 #24

It was the Stuckey's ads Aerows Mar 2014 #165

The DODGERS?? pangaia Mar 2014 #62

OK, forhget it. I just woke up... pangaia Mar 2014 #63

I remember posting about that from my mother's womb! greatauntoftriplets Mar 2014 #26

Running a landline in there must've been hell. nt Codeine Mar 2014 #28

Oh, the horror stories she told me about that. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2014 #32

It was a pain in the ass feeding all those cards in during a flame-thread. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2014 #29

Hand-lettering all the meme images took hours. Codeine Mar 2014 #35

Funny you should post this pipoman Mar 2014 #154

I liked the Newey defeats Trumad thread better Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #149

I was recovering from a wound I got at Appomattox Courthouse Aerows Mar 2014 #61

Ariana was a Republican in the 90's. dilby Mar 2014 #10

Republican women must be great in bed reddread Mar 2014 #16

I believe you are confused about more than one thing. MineralMan Mar 2014 #13

Well, in for a dime... nt Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #95

I believe the actual owner at that time was Ariana Underground rurallib Mar 2014 #17

I've been hanging out here since the early 90's as well- snooper2 Mar 2014 #18

Don't restart the Biggie/Tupac wars...we lost too many good people! nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #25

Yeah, it got so bad the Eastside and Westside had to have their own discussion folders. Codeine Mar 2014 #31

All I remember from the 90's was OJ and the Clenis. Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #45

You don't remember Lorenna Bobbit?! lunatica Mar 2014 #52

At first glance, I thought he was wheeling a loaf of bread. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #147

No this place isn't crazy.. keep Cha Mar 2014 #93

This proves it. We live in the multiverse(s). -nt LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #21

Almost, but not quite Puzzledtraveller Mar 2014 #22

Arianna Huffington was Michael Huffington's beard back in the early nineties Brother Buzz Mar 2014 #23

She was grooming him for a presidential run.Taking the Santa Barbara US Congressional seat was step1 Hekate Mar 2014 #56

He only lasted one term because of that bombastic idea of running for Senate. Brother Buzz Mar 2014 #83

I think you are confused. eShirl Mar 2014 #27

I was here when Jesus Christ had his moment of doubt and pain The Straight Story Mar 2014 #30

We say "LOL" an awful lot these days, Codeine Mar 2014 #38

Pleased to meet you ... n/t sl8 Mar 2014 #74

beat me to it, hoo-hoo Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #150

duzy! nt Mojorabbit Mar 2014 #84

LOL Cha Mar 2014 #94

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #148

might wanna edit your OP.... nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #33

Why? Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #100

HuffPost has only been around since May 2005 steve2470 Mar 2014 #101

Why? Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #106

why do you care ? read the OP.... nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #107

p-p-FFFt. whhheeeeewwww... Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #110

and..why do you care ? steve2470 Mar 2014 #103

I was here when the epic flamewars between the Greek and Trojan apologists took place. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #34

Fucking Hectoristas. Codeine Mar 2014 #39

Tell me about it... I have a good mind to take this to GD again! Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #40

I heard the Trojans took off their rubbers davidpdx Mar 2014 #139

Down their throats libodem Mar 2014 #36

Pining for the antebellum overlaps a lot with cheap-labor policy. Orsino Mar 2014 #37

Yes I agree, lets shove it down their throats. Must have a couple of web sites open Autumn Mar 2014 #41

In the words of Sheriff Taylor... Deuce Mar 2014 #43

Kick for the sheer hilarity... Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #44

I've been on this site since Marcus Aurelius owned it in 165 A.D. kwassa Mar 2014 #46

We used to shout our posts out the window back then Skraxx Mar 2014 #48

The internet used to be on the radio. Kurovski Mar 2014 #85

ok that was funny ! nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #111

That had to be after they gave up on IP over Avian Carriers csziggy Mar 2014 #163

CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN, RIGHT FUCKING NOW!! madinmaryland Mar 2014 #49

Best post of 1993 Renew Deal Mar 2014 #152

OK, I'm pretty sure I've figured this out. Zorra Mar 2014 #50

This thread died too soon BainsBane Mar 2014 #51

Can't have that! Hekate Mar 2014 #58

A doozy of a mistake. Or maybe a DUZY. redwitch Mar 2014 #53

You did what to who, now? NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #54

...mainly because half the people i was with at the time believed it until i explained it to them... dionysus Mar 2014 #55

heehee. I saw what you did there. Hekate Mar 2014 #59

. dionysus Mar 2014 #60

I was on DU when it was a BBS in the mid 80's PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #57

I had just gotten over the Black Plague by then Aerows Mar 2014 #64

Ah, the big arguments we had here when Kepler announced his laws of planetary motion! struggle4progress Mar 2014 #66

It truly has! Aerows Mar 2014 #68

I wonder what happened to all those folk who got banned during the arguments over Clovis Points struggle4progress Mar 2014 #70

They are probably STILL Aerows Mar 2014 #76

They now post over at the Clovis Cave. nt tblue37 Mar 2014 #115

Clovis??!?!!??! BLASPHEMER! hatrack Mar 2014 #179

I bleed my self every day for several weeks based off one OP I read PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #69

I remember trying to warn you to use leeches instead struggle4progress Mar 2014 #71

I remember the Sixties..... AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #121

So you weren't there! whistler162 Mar 2014 #158

Yes, I remember because DU was in the list of doors right above Food Fight! TroglodyteScholar Mar 2014 #123

Little known fact. Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #65

Then Skinner knows more about Arianna Huffington BainsBane Mar 2014 #67

I heard he knows here biblical speaking davidpdx Mar 2014 #140

DU hasn't been the same since Arianna was outstripped by Skinner pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #73

Was the game with Huffington and Ralph Nader? undeterred Mar 2014 #79

It was a game of Sabaac, and he won it from Lando Calirissian Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #96

LMAO Aerows Mar 2014 #167

I've been a member here for five minutes. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2014 #72

LOL. n/t A HERETIC I AM Mar 2014 #75

You got those 10,000 posts by posting kitty pics in the lounge! BuelahWitch Mar 2014 #114

I remember blogging live from the grassy knoll BainsBane Mar 2014 #77

Asteroid? What asteroid? arcane1 Mar 2014 #80

The one that's powering my Samsuck. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #104

This thread is destined to be a classic. flvegan Mar 2014 #81

Ah, the early 90s. Skinner was bearding for a gay republican back then. LeftyMom Mar 2014 #82

Whoa - we are still debating cat domestication, 9,000 years later Aerows Mar 2014 #86

Does anyone else remember the parting of the Red Sea? AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #186

Re the body of your OP. She is absolutely correct. Kingofalldems Mar 2014 #87

You joined in 2006. HooptieWagon Mar 2014 #90

He's been lurking was before lurking was cool. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #108

Kicking this because it is so much fun! nt redwitch Mar 2014 #91

It's much needed Hilarity! Cha Mar 2014 #98

I owned it, and I sold it to Arianna. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #97

Wheel I don't know about your roll in that. Kurovski Mar 2014 #120

So many cunning linguists Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #125

Is that some kind of crack? Kurovski Mar 2014 #126

I hear tell there's an viaduct on the Kennedy Expressway Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #131

I've done a drive-by. Kurovski Mar 2014 #136

You know what they say... "slow on the uptake - slow on the turnpike" Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #143

Did you mean "Slow in the fast lane"? Kurovski Mar 2014 #145

pistils at dawn! Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #146

That's how gentlemen would stamen in the old days. Kurovski Mar 2014 #160

that's just all wrong. spanone Mar 2014 #102

Kicking because Tree-Hugger Mar 2014 #109

Yep. Kurovski Mar 2014 #122

A drive by posting in the wrong forum Kaleva Mar 2014 #112

Ah. The early '90s. I remember DU when it was just a GeoCities website. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #113

I've never had a star membership back then. amerikat Mar 2014 #116

.. / .-.. --- ...- . / - .... .. ... / - .... .-. . .- -.. / ... --- / -- ..- -.-. .... / Electric Monk Mar 2014 #117

-- . / - --- --- .-.-.- Ms. Toad Mar 2014 #172

OWNED it? I thought we were an autonomous collective. Lex Mar 2014 #118

You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2014 #133

Damn, man, I remember when the Revolution was going on. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #119

A lot of people coming back or longtime lurkers posting is nice to see. Rex Mar 2014 #124

It was a big scoop when DU reported that the Germans had bombed Pearl Harbor tularetom Mar 2014 #127

Oh why am I laughing Cha Mar 2014 #141

He's rolling.... msanthrope Mar 2014 #182

Thanks for important bit of movie trivia, msanthrope! :) Cha Mar 2014 #187

In other news: There are now no internets left. Systematic Chaos Mar 2014 #130

In that case, have a Panda that just wants to be left alone. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2014 #134

kick RainDog Mar 2014 #132

Back at ya RD. Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #137

... RainDog Mar 2014 #156

It wasn't the gruelling miles that did in the Pony Express... bluesbassman Mar 2014 #138

Insanely hilarious? stage left Mar 2014 #142

I remember the threads about whether cosmic inflation would be a good idea muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #151

I remember when this place was called Modem Butterfly. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2014 #153

It's astounding pintobean Mar 2014 #155

Eddie Albert, is that you? Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 #157

in the early 1990's, i believe ah was still a republican. eom ellenfl Mar 2014 #159

kick Renew Deal Mar 2014 #161

Funniest thread in awhile nobodyspecial Mar 2014 #162

The way I see it, aint no difference between a UFO, and a time machine. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #168

Thanks for kicking this - Ms. Toad Mar 2014 #174

Seriously. How did I miss this the first time through? uppityperson Mar 2014 #176

Seriously. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #183

whoops In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #181

Oh boy! Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #173

in all truth---the big bang happened when du shorted out its first server. dembotoz Mar 2014 #175

Is this the cave painting forum? I've been away for a while Squinch Mar 2014 #177

This is the best thread of 1914 hatrack Mar 2014 #180