Hey Charlie, LOL. Got your Bugeye done yet? :-)
Sent from my keyboard
> On Apr 9, 2016, at 9:47 PM, Charlie Shelden <shelden3@pldi.net> wrote:
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> I met an old fart on here. His name was Rick!
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>> On Apr 9, 2016, at 2:04 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets
>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> 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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