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utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Congrats Mark,<div>Your mail management has=
supplied the answer to many questions over the years during repairs and reb=
uilding. </div><div>Bill B</div><div>TS30800L</div><div><br id=3D"lineB=
reakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr">=E2=80=9CObstacles are all you s=
ee when you take your eyes off the goal=E2=80=9D H. Ford</div><div dir=
=3D"ltr"><br>On Apr 12, 2025, at 1:42=E2=80=AFPM, Larry Griffin <larrygri=
ffin.nc@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=
=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;=
font-size:small">Mark, <br><br>Wow, 34 years! I was so excited when I d=
iscovered Team.Net in September 1994 and subscribed to the British.cars list=
. Through it and the triumph list I found a new world of support for my Spit=
fire and later my TR6. I learned of the Triumph Club of the Carolinas. The b=
est part was finding so many wonderful online LBC enthusiasts.<br><br>So tha=
nks for all you have done over the years. You so richly deserved the electio=
n to the British Sports Car Hall of Fame. <br><br>Now I've got to go find my=
SOL sticker from my departed Spitfire. =F0=9F=98=84<br><br>Cheers,<br>Larry=
Griffin</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 7:53=E2=80=AFPM M=
ark Bradakis <<a href=3D"mailto:mark@bradakis.com";>mark@bradakis.com</a>&=
gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0p=
x 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Apri=
l 11th, 1991, <a href=3D"http://team.net"; rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blan=
k">team.net</a> became a new domain. 34 years ago, how <br>
time flies! Back then it was just two lists, autox and british-cars. <=
br>
My, things have changed. At its peak, there were 77 lists, I think, <b=
r>
stemming from splitting the british-cars list into Triumph, MG, Healey, <br>=
etc lists. And shop-talk and the-local and Datsun roadsters and <br>
Bricklin and ... you get the idea.<br>
<br>
While Team Net is no longer the only show in town as it was back in the <br>=
early days, there are still just over 30 lists. About half a dozen of <=
br>
these see daily, or almost daily, traffic. Some see hardly any use at <=
br>
all. Back in the mid nineties, the autox list would see like a thousan=
d <br>
messages in August, leading up to the Nationals. I think the one and <=
br>
only year I attended, '97, about 2/3rds of the entrants were on Team <br>
Net. Lost track of how many stickers I sold. Still have a few <b=
r>
somewhere in my office.<br>
<br>
As I recall, the very first server I set up at home was top of the line, <br=
>
with a 120 MHz processor. Attached is the label for that box. Co=
st me <br>
$2,500. See the photo for the specs :-) Actually, it didn=
't cost ME <br>
much money. Before Team Net came about, I had a fundraiser. Back=
then, <br>
having an internet connection at home was not cheap. I think I raised <=
br>
like $3,000 which got us started down this trail.<br>
<br>
Still accepting donations, though the semi-annual fund drives are a <br>
thing of the past. When folks see fit and have a few bucks to spare, <=
br>
they visit <a href=3D"http://www.team.net/donate.html"; rel=3D"noreferrer" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a> - donate early, donate o=
ften!<br>
<br>
Yep, it has been over 3 decades I have been doing this, a lot of effort. <br=
>
Back in the day it would take me at least 10 - 15 hours a week dealin=
g <br>
with errors, bounced mail, maintaining some of the web pages and so on. <br>=
All that effort did land me a berth in the British Sports Car Hall of <br>
Fame. That was nice.<br>
<br>
And I plan on keeping it going as long as I am physically able.<br>
<br>
Anyway, happy birthday Team.Net!<br>
<br>
mjb.<br>
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