[Spridgets] A couple of dozen

[Rick Fisk]

Happy birthday to the list!  

I was a member of the big Healey list before this one was started and  was really tired of the put-downs from the big Healey snobs and the lack of Spridget stuff on that list.  So when Frank asked Mark to creat this list I was hopeful it would work out.  Joined this list  as soon as possible (October 1997) and couldn't have been happier with the results.  We've had years and years of great posts and threads (sorry Jay).

Activity has dropped considerably since Frank and Paul left us though.  Maybe we're all getting old.  I joined the Faceplant Spridget page a few months ago.  Not even close to what this list used to be, despite the antics of Tom Colby.   C'mon guys, send a message and let everybody know what you're up to.  What happened to the plans for another LOTO or Midget 50th type event?

Rick

Sent from my keyboard

> On Apr 11, 2015, at 2:43 PM, Mark J Bradakis via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> April, 1991. Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston had top hits. The Soviet Union is crumbling.
> The Gulf War begins. And on the 11th the domain Team.Net is registered.
> 
> Happy birthday to us, 24 years and still kicking. Formed out of the Usenet rec.autos tree,
> it started with just 2 lists, autox and british-cars. It became large enough and busy enough
> that the officials at the U noticed that a large amount of network traffic was coming from one
> certain machine in my office. That is what prompted the move to a private server, which has been
> in my basement for many years. Well, we are NOT running on the same server from back then, which I
> recall was one of the first 120 Megahertz systems in the valley outside of universities. With the
> CS departments work with Hewlett-Packard, I had a connection.
> 
> A lot has changed over the years, folks have come and gone, some have been hanging out here for
> decades. We've lost a few good ones, but many of us have found lasting friendships from list
> communications. Back in the early days there wasn't much besides Team.Net. I think the 1997
> SCCA Solo II nationals had something like 60% of the entrants being autox list subscribers.
> Those were the days.
> 
> But still here, still providing a valuable service to those who use it.  Thanks to all of us
> for making Team.Net what it is.
> 
> Happy Birthday.
> 
> mjb.
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