[Healeys] Happy Birthday!

[i erbs]

Thanks Mark,
I was afraid this was a sign off message. I have made many friends over the
many years I have been posting. Quite a few characters, some jerks and so
very many good folks.
Happy birthday

Ira Erbs
Milwaukie, OR
1959 Austin Healey 100-6
1967 MGB sold

On Fri, Apr 11, 2025, 5:18 PM Mark Bradakis via Healeys <
healeys at 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!
>
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