I met an old fart on here. His name was Rick!
> On Apr 9, 2016, at 2:04 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets
> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> Congratulations on 25 years! Pretty impressive. This list has been an
> important part of my car life for many years. but unfortunately it seems to
> be slipping away. Fewer and fewer messages these days. Too many of us are
> old farts and the younger guys seem to prefer the fancy colors and graphics
> of the web based car forums.
>
> Frank left us almost exactly five years ago and this list hasn't been the
> same ever since. What I wouldn't give to read another rant on Chinese
> dung-forged parts. :-)
>
>
> Sent from my keyboard
>
>> On Apr 8, 2016, at 4:14 PM, Mark J Bradakis via Spridgets
>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> A few years back Karen and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary, our
>> Silver Anniversary as they call it.
>>
>> And coming up in just a few days on April 11th is Team.Net's Silver
>> Anniversary. Yes, on April 11, 1991 the domain was registered and went on
>> the air. In truth, it existed before that in the form of two mailing lists,
>> british-cars and autox which were outgrowths of rec.autos Usenet groups.
>> Murky history there.
>>
>> But Team.Net as we know it today has been around for a quarter of a century.
>> Of the 60 some lists on the server, most are inactive. I may take some time
>> this summer to clean up and remove any lists that have not seen any posts
>> for N months, the value of N to be determined. Some lists, though, are
>> still going strong, soldiering on from the days when Team.Net lists and
>> website were at the leading edge, the only game in town. It was estimated
>> that at the 1997 SCCA Solo II Nationals, their Silver Anniversary, roughly
>> 2/3 of the 1,000+ participants were on the autox list. If you check out
>> http://autox.team.net you will find many pages last updated about 24.99
>> years ago, though, hardly leading edge now. One of these days ...
>>
>> Who could have foreseen how a simple stream of 1s and 0s could be such a
>> part of the lives of so many people, the catalyst for enduring friendships,
>> a formidable source of knowledge and inspiration? How many cars are on the
>> road these days instead of the scrap heap because of us and our efforts over
>> decades?
>>
>> Happy Birthday to us. and carry on!
>>
>> mjb.
>>
>> ps: I am sending this out a few days early because on Monday I will be on
>> the road somewhere between Phoenix and Salt Lake City. I'll look into the
>> multi-hour delay in posting when I return.
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