Iâ??m
Just catching up on email. While I donâ??t have a running spridget. I do still
have a 74 MG and a 59 Sprite I got from David Oliver in upstate New York
Always wondered what happened to his cars after he passed. .
Mark thank you for keeping his going. I believe I joined in 2000. Met several
of you. Rick Fisk glad to see you are still kicking!
Charlie
OKC
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> On Apr 15, 2025, at 9:26â?¯PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets
> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Mark, 34 years is incredible! Thank you! This list and the people on it
> have meant a bunch to me over the years. I just wish the list was more
> active these days. Faceplant is a joke. The car forums I frequent are fine
> and enjoyable, but don't have the feeling of community like the list used to
> have. Guess we're getting old and too busy with other things.
>
>> On Apr 11, 2025, at 10:54â?¯PM, Mark Bradakis via Spridgets
>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> On April 11th, 1991, team.net became a new domain. 34 years ago, how
>> time flies! Back then it was just two lists, autox and british-cars. My,
>> things have changed. At its peak, there were 77 lists, I think, stemming
>> from splitting the british-cars list into Triumph, MG, Healey, etc lists.
>> And shop-talk and the-local and Datsun roadsters and Bricklin and ... you
>> get the idea.
>>
>> While Team Net is no longer the only show in town as it was back in the
>> early days, there are still just over 30 lists. About half a dozen of these
>> see daily, or almost daily, traffic. Some see hardly any use at all. Back
>> in the mid nineties, the autox list would see like a thousand messages in
>> August, leading up to the Nationals. I think the one and only year I
>> attended, '97, about 2/3rds of the entrants were on Team Net. Lost track of
>> how many stickers I sold. Still have a few somewhere in my office.
>>
>> As I recall, the very first server I set up at home was top of the line,
>> with a 120 MHz processor. Attached is the label for that box. Cost me
>> $2,500. See the photo for the specs :-) Actually, it didn't cost ME much
>> money. Before Team Net came about, I had a fundraiser. Back then, having
>> an internet connection at home was not cheap. I think I raised like $3,000
>> which got us started down this trail.
>>
>> Still accepting donations, though the semi-annual fund drives are a thing of
>> the past. When folks see fit and have a few bucks to spare, they visit
>> http://www.team.net/donate.html - donate early, donate often!
>>
>> Yep, it has been over 3 decades I have been doing this, a lot of effort.
>> Back in the day it would take me at least 10 - 15 hours a week dealing with
>> errors, bounced mail, maintaining some of the web pages and so on. All that
>> effort did land me a berth in the British Sports Car Hall of Fame. That was
>> nice.
>>
>> And I plan on keeping it going as long as I am physically able.
>>
>> Anyway, happy birthday Team.Net!
>>
>> mjb.
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