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53. Indeed it was, definitely miss her posts.

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Would you like to share a DU memory? [View all] senseandsensibility Feb 2024 OP

Oscar TxGuitar Feb 2024 #1

OSCAR!!!!! I recently re-read this and was literally crying laughing. I'll see if I can find it again. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #16

I found it!!! The Oscar thread!!! Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #45

I am dying kcr Feb 2024 #67

. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #85

Literally crying tears of laughter! yardwork Feb 2024 #143

It's a masterpiece! Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #146

thanks for the message, yardwork! A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2024 #165

I'm so glad to see you! Missed you! yardwork Feb 2024 #166

Hilarious! I just spent the last 10 minutes enjoying it. MLAA Feb 2024 #156

You all warm my old heart and Oscar's timeless liver. A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2024 #164

Take a bow! yardwork Feb 2024 #167

Oscar is a smile-maker. A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2024 #169

Oscar is a uniter. yardwork Feb 2024 #170

yes! A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2024 #176

Oscar is the gift that keeps on giving! I go looking for that thread every once in a while, and Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #171

it was a pleasure A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2024 #175

I remember that self-centered ne'er-do-well varmint. A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2024 #168

I will never forget the election when DU was crashed by the the doc03 Feb 2024 #2

Was this right after he won in 2016? senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #5

yep rurallib Feb 2024 #41

Mid afternoon of Election Day, I believe Drum Feb 2024 #73

That was painful. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #11

They also were able to hack a video clip into the DU site in such a way that... keep_left Feb 2024 #70

That video was fascinating. yardwork Feb 2024 #142

It was alt-right Pepe shit. The soundtrack was "The Protomen". Apparently... keep_left Feb 2024 #144

I remember that. mahina Feb 2024 #103

The door buzzard thread. marybourg Feb 2024 #3

I came across that one recently... róisín_dubh Feb 2024 #82

Andy enid602 Feb 2024 #4

Yes senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #6

Andy enid602 Feb 2024 #7

Yes, Andy. AmBlue Feb 2024 #172

Redstone and his poignant posts- miss him! Quakerfriend Feb 2024 #8

Kudzu. It's going places Arazi Feb 2024 #9

Love our Dear malaise Feb 2024 #10

Me too... FalloutShelter Feb 2024 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Patton French Feb 2024 #12

LionessPryanka bif Feb 2024 #13

FFR'd back in 2017 Kaleva Feb 2024 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author Drum Feb 2024 #72

What does FFR mean? bif Feb 2024 #122

Flagged for review. LuckyCharms Feb 2024 #123

Yes, it's really rare for an FFR to be lifted Kaleva Feb 2024 #125

Flagged For Review Kaleva Feb 2024 #124

Thanks for the explanation bif Feb 2024 #140

MiddleFingerMom and pinboy3niner lastlib Feb 2024 #14

pinboy3niner mahina Feb 2024 #104

pinboy3niner - The door buzzard! speak easy Feb 2024 #126

Swamp Rat I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #107

Opihimoimoi Hekate Feb 2024 #109

Opihi mahina Feb 2024 #129

Pinboy...a comic must-read always BeyondGeography Feb 2024 #152

Hanging out with my fellow Clarkies TwilightZone Feb 2024 #15

Old Lefty Lawyer canetoad Feb 2024 #18

I miss Plaid Adder's sterling linner essays Brother Buzz Feb 2024 #19

Was Bob Boudelang a real person? senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #20

He was the creation of a DUer. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #22

Wow! Interesting info at that link senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #24

I mean it!!! TwilightZone Feb 2024 #23

What happened to Plaid? live love laugh Feb 2024 #77

Bob Boudelang anticipated the MAGATs. yardwork Feb 2024 #145

I remember Kephra🥰💔 Raine Feb 2024 #21

I remember him too senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #25

Kephra was a marine engineer Turbineguy Feb 2024 #37

Oh my goodness. mahina Feb 2024 #106

I'll never forget that day. I sat at my computer all day and cried. Coventina Feb 2024 #62

Tephra sourced great articles from everywhere. mahina Feb 2024 #105

Kephera was awesome. I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #108

Kephra was the invaluable backbone of Latest Breaking News. His death was a tremendous loss. 💔 Hekate Feb 2024 #113

Wiil Pitt Mz Pip Feb 2024 #26

I agree! 😂 Owl Feb 2024 #84

He was must read during the W years. When Obama became President, not so much. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #179

Dont tutch the but. Ocelot II Feb 2024 #27

I actually saved a screenshot of that Cadfael Feb 2024 #61

We used to have "How Many DUers Does It Take?" vanlassie Feb 2024 #28

I can't. I'm already crying. Kef, 180, Andy, Will, and TOO MANY. blm Feb 2024 #29

I went to Andy's memorial Tom Kitten Feb 2024 #30

KitchenWitch! Kaleva Feb 2024 #36

What ever happened to young John kleeb bottomofthehill Feb 2024 #31

I miss him XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #39

I hope he's still engaged and doing well. nt redqueen Feb 2024 #92

An earnest young man, as I remember. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #180

Found DU through the Randi Rhodes message board back during early Air America Days. Freethinker65 Feb 2024 #32

I remember "Unrec" being an option. lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #33

The Meta Forum was another interesting experiment. Brought out the worst in EVERYBODY, but you couldn't look away. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #48

It was DUs soap opera, a train wreck, must see tv Kaleva Feb 2024 #59

I got in so much trouble in the Meta forum. yardwork Feb 2024 #147

I must have missed that senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #98

Sorry. I can't give you a good guess. lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #99

There's a yak in my butter! DBoon Feb 2024 #35

"I don't drink with you. " nt XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #38

Oh god, I remember that senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #159

Yes XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #161

Opihimoimoi. Great host of Oahu DUers. oasis Feb 2024 #40

Such a sweetheart blm Feb 2024 #50

The taterguy exception to the rule Kaleva Feb 2024 #42

NothingShocksMeAnymore - well thought-out and very well documented posts emulatorloo Feb 2024 #43

It was tough when she left 😢 blm Feb 2024 #51

Indeed it was, definitely miss her posts. emulatorloo Feb 2024 #53

Top 10 conservative idiots and the hate mail bag. love_katz Feb 2024 #44

The old circumcision battles sky_masterson Feb 2024 #46

Rowdyboy. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #47

matcom mike_c Feb 2024 #49

I still remember the 2004 election. I couldn't believe that Bush* had been reelected. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #52

how about the first time he was elected Skittles Feb 2024 #55

Good Grief! That was such a mess! But we didn't have DU back then, more's the pity Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #57

Well he would have, which is why Bush sued to stop the counting redqueen Feb 2024 #93

A single vote...... OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #185

We were definitely robbed then. I couldn't believe it either. Still don't live love laugh Feb 2024 #78

I figured after his abysmal first term, there's be no way he'd be reelected. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #79

mini manda ruth DBoon Feb 2024 #54

I miss MiddleFingerMom. He diligenty gave us comedy applegrove Feb 2024 #56

I miss him too, the big galoot. nolabear Feb 2024 #110

The Christmas of 2004. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2024 #58

😢😢😢 blm Feb 2024 #64

I remember Nostamj making me laugh until I was literally crying . . . hatrack Feb 2024 #60

My ex loved this site. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #63

BetterBeleiveIt obnoxiousdrunk Feb 2024 #65

RandomThoughts dalton99a Feb 2024 #66

Who remembers Oscar? jmowreader Feb 2024 #68

Oh my goddess the cornflake chicken fiasco redqueen Feb 2024 #95

Through the fog of 20 years ago... A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2024 #178

When... AKwannabe Feb 2024 #69

The "door buzzard". bluesbassman Feb 2024 #71

Kephra's funeral. AwakeAtLast Feb 2024 #74

arwalden, NSMA, Sapphocrat, terrya, and so many LGBTQI+ active users. Duncan Grant Feb 2024 #75

Political Tiger -- I enjoyed him very much... Hekate Feb 2024 #112

A weird thing happened. Yes. yardwork Feb 2024 #149

This was earlier on -- and I was confused by events. But you may well be right. Hekate Feb 2024 #162

Hello Duncan. It's good to see you. yardwork Feb 2024 #148

Longhorn. Dem2theMax Feb 2024 #76

I remember her. I liked her a lot. yardwork Feb 2024 #150

"24 business hours" Shrek Feb 2024 #80

There was a HUGE amount of wishful thinking! Hekate Feb 2024 #118

Left was united during the Bush administration, Democrats weren't attacked with Both Sides betsuni Feb 2024 #81

Glad you joined. Don't be sorry -- I have a couple of bad memories too. If you've been here a long time... Hekate Feb 2024 #115

Oh, Lord, yes. The gender wars. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #119

Yes, gone. One of the worst claimed to have been so disgusted with Obama that he moved betsuni Feb 2024 #120

Those posts were eye opening. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #121

Recursion's "langurwalla" story róisín_dubh Feb 2024 #83

Oh, a classic!!! "The monkeys have taken over the cabana! Repeat! Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #86

Newyawker99 who welcomed every new poster and livetohike Feb 2024 #87

Thanks for posting.... OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #184

jiacinto Shrek Feb 2024 #88

I forgot about him XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #96

That was an interesting poster. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #186

July 2008. I had been on DU for 2 or 3 years, just getting used to being trashed on occasion. DFW Feb 2024 #89

Terrific post! Thanks for that! PCIntern Feb 2024 #90

Love you and your stories, DFW. Always have, always will. Hekate Feb 2024 #114

And I love friends who are always there with kind words and support DFW Feb 2024 #158

The passive -aggressive DU LINK????? yardwork Feb 2024 #151

+1 dalton99a Feb 2024 #157

Yes... PCIntern Feb 2024 #91

Never not believed that Republicans gamed the Ohio results in 2004. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #187

The switchover to DU2 berniesandersmittens Feb 2024 #94

A poster Calling Hamas members "freedom fighters just like Mandela" is one for me. BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #97

lots of hilarious trolls Kali Feb 2024 #100

Thing about long-term trolls on DU. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #188

I remember the first time I ever heard of DU. I read a banner Democraticunderground.com on CSPAN, watching the bush II mahina Feb 2024 #101

I remember I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #102

I'm also an insomniac -- DU has been great because there is always someone awake in some time zone Hekate Feb 2024 #138

When Trump occupied the WH I would wake up and doom scroll. yardwork Feb 2024 #154

Listening in on the police scanner when the Boston Marathon bombing happened. nolabear Feb 2024 #111

Hurricane Katrina and the Drowning of New Orleans. We had a slew of DUers who lived there... Hekate Feb 2024 #116

Whether Al Gore would run in 2004 or not. radius777 Feb 2024 #117

Started out as a Hilliary supporter in 2008, but switched early on to Obama. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #190

I miss Lunatica! bif Feb 2024 #127

Sending flowers to Sen. Barbara Boxer and sending a tie to Olbermann 2 Meow Momma Feb 2024 #128

Sent a bajillion red roses to Helen Thomas. I think the occasion was Bush exiling her to the back... Hekate Feb 2024 #135

Gosh, I forgot the flowers to Ms. Thomas! 2 Meow Momma Feb 2024 #136

My dear senseandsensibility! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2024 #130

That is a beautiful sentiment, CP! senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #132

Christie Crime Digest Dread Pirate Roberts Feb 2024 #131

Matcom! Elessar Zappa Feb 2024 #133

Well, let's see... Dr. Strange Feb 2024 #134

I still miss Frenchie Cat. She was lovely. Hekate Feb 2024 #137

She was great Mz Pip Feb 2024 #189

No n/t elocs Feb 2024 #139

The thread where DUers posted our real names eleny Feb 2024 #141

My daughter was a preschooler xmas74 Feb 2024 #153

The DUzy Awards Deep State Witch Feb 2024 #155

Reading everyone responses has made me remember something called senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #160

greywarrior A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2024 #174

Do you know what happened to him or her? senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #177

i searched A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2024 #193

I won a CD produced by a DUer who started posting from Hawaii Model35mech Feb 2024 #163

I was active on here 20 years ago! talkinghand Feb 2024 #173

Welcome back! senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #183

Walt Starr. "Just tombstone me right the fuck now." Skinner: "OK" madinmaryland Feb 2024 #181

Classic! senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #182

This has been an multi-hourlong reading. Because I got side tracked on a lot of comments. Well done S and S! OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #191

I miss Sniffa Texasgal Feb 2024 #192

From the Sports Group: cboy4, upton, condem, matcom, trumad... madinmaryland Feb 2024 #194

The day after John Kerry lost Tree Lady Feb 2024 #195