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Subject: Re: [Mgs] 30 years. 3 decades.
From: Barrie Robinson <barrob@bell.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:30:06 -0400
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Hello folks,

I have been a Team.net member since Moses bought his materials for the 
ark.  It has done nothing short of being amazing.   One blazing effort 
was obtaining two panels for my MGB GT V8 from a member at under $300 
when 'suppliers' wanted $3,000 (for those arithmatically minded that 
is1/10 the price). /But wait there is more! /The parts arrived and I was 
gob-smacked to find they where /original BL parts !!!!

/I run the Aston Martin Feltham Club with a mere 165 members - BUT 
membership is not simple as we keep a record of members data - including 
photos.   So I know what it is like for Mark. AND I do not have his 
computer skills.

Mark - can I send wampum by PayPal?????

Cheers
Barrie
www.amfclub.com
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On 4/11/2021 11:20 AM, Robert's New iPad wrote:
>      Thank you, Mark.
>       Many of us have made numerous friends, in-person and by email, via 
> Team.Net.
>       Before Team.Net I did not know what to do with a dead cat (newer 
> readers will not get this).
>       Members have talked me through numerous little puzzles of things 
> electrical and in my overdrive. It was through Team.Net that I was introduced 
> to Peter Caldwell, Worldwide Auto;  Jeff Schlemmer, Advanced Distributors; 
> Barney Gaylord, MGA Guru,  and several others whose help has been 
> indispensable, not to mention encouragement to find even more uses for the 
> Dremel Tool.
>      Could you publish your mailing address for donations by check?
> Bob
>
>
>> On Apr 11, 2021, at 9:02 AM, Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
>>
>> On this day 30 years ago Team.Net came into being.  The British-cars mailing 
>> list was already going strong, an offshoot from rec.autos Usenet group.  
>> Dale Cook, Jim Muller, then me. Team.net went from 2 lists at the beginning, 
>> autox and british-cars, and exploded into nearly 70 different lists with 
>> something like 15,000 individuals subscribed at its peak.  For a while it 
>> was pretty much the only game in town.  As I recall, when I attended the 
>> SCCA Solo II Nationals 25th Anniversary event, something like 2/3rds of the 
>> 1,000+ entrants were on the autox list.
>>
>> And it amazes me that with such a scatterbrained procrastinator like me 
>> behind the curtain it is still on the air. It is a lot quieter these days, 
>> much better software handle many of the janitorial tasks automatically.  
>> Back in the beginning, I had to do *everything* by hand, so to speak. 
>> Subscribes, unsubscribes, errors, I was spending 10, 15, 20 hours a week 
>> maintaining the server.  The first server had a 100 MHz processor.  Things 
>> have changed.  Back then just having a fast network connection at a 
>> residence was rare and expensive.  Good old DSL.  I remember that time when 
>> my service provider went belly up, and team net was off the air for 11 days 
>> straight.  I don't miss those days at all.
>>
>> Anyway, happy birthday to those of you still here.  I hope I can continue to 
>> provide a useful service for years to come.
>>
>> mjb.
>>
>>
>>
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    <font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Hello folks,<br>
        <br>
        I have been a Team.net member since Moses bought his materials
        for the ark.  It has done nothing short of being amazing.   One
        blazing effort was obtaining two panels for my MGB GT V8 from a
        member at under $300 when 'suppliers' wanted $3,000 (for those
        arithmatically minded that is1/10 the price). <i>But wait there
          is more!   </i>The parts arrived and I was gob-smacked to
        find they where <i>original BL parts !!!!<br>
          <br>
        </i>I run the Aston Martin Feltham Club with a mere 165 members
        - BUT membership is not simple as we keep a record of members
        data - including photos.   So I know what it is like for Mark. 
        AND I do not have his computer skills.<br>
        <br>
        Mark - can I send wampum by PayPal????? <br>
        <br>
        Cheers<br>
        Barrie<br>
        <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" 
href="http://www.amfclub.com";>www.amfclub.com</a><br>
        <i></i><br>
        <br>
        <br>
        <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/11/2021 11:20 AM, Robert's New
      iPad wrote:<br>
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      cite="mid:DFC0DED4-9E82-4652-98B8-23D2BD023164@gmail.com">
      <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">    Thank you, Mark.
     Many of us have made numerous friends, in-person and by email, via 
Team.Net. 
     Before Team.Net I did not know what to do with a dead cat (newer readers 
will not get this). 
     Members have talked me through numerous little puzzles of things 
electrical and in my overdrive. It was through Team.Net that I was introduced 
to Peter Caldwell, Worldwide Auto;  Jeff Schlemmer, Advanced Distributors; 
Barney Gaylord, MGA Guru,  and several others whose help has been 
indispensable, not to mention encouragement to find even more uses for the 
Dremel Tool. 
    Could you publish your mailing address for donations by check?
Bob


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        <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Apr 11, 2021, at 9:02 AM, Mark J 
Bradakis <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" 
href="mailto:mark@bradakis.com";>&lt;mark@bradakis.com&gt;</a> wrote:

On this day 30 years ago Team.Net came into being.  The British-cars mailing 
list was already going strong, an offshoot from rec.autos Usenet group.  Dale 
Cook, Jim Muller, then me. Team.net went from 2 lists at the beginning, autox 
and british-cars, and exploded into nearly 70 different lists with something 
like 15,000 individuals subscribed at its peak.  For a while it was pretty much 
the only game in town.  As I recall, when I attended the SCCA Solo II Nationals 
25th Anniversary event, something like 2/3rds of the 1,000+ entrants were on 
the autox list.

And it amazes me that with such a scatterbrained procrastinator like me behind 
the curtain it is still on the air. It is a lot quieter these days, much better 
software handle many of the janitorial tasks automatically.  Back in the 
beginning, I had to do *everything* by hand, so to speak. Subscribes, 
unsubscribes, errors, I was spending 10, 15, 20 hours a week maintaining the 
server.  The first server had a 100 MHz processor.  Things have changed.  Back 
then just having a fast network connection at a residence was rare and 
expensive.  Good old DSL.  I remember that time when my service provider went 
belly up, and team net was off the air for 11 days straight.  I don't miss 
those days at all.

Anyway, happy birthday to those of you still here.  I hope I can continue to 
provide a useful service for years to come.

mjb.



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