[Spridgets] Old guys

[brian]

I think that it is still useful for someone seeking technical advice.
I may be wrong, but most of the active members have been around so
long, many of the obvious questions have been answered. New blood
would change that, but mailing lists seem to be a thing of the past,
and sadly many of the good forums seem to be going the same way.  It's
too bad, because the technical knowledge seems to be diluted
elsewhere. I recently found a nice gearbox reassembly on one of the
Morris lists, but it took quite a bit of searching.

Brian




On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 6:22 AM, Glen Byrns via Spridgets
<spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> The list has certainly changed over the years. Finding my first 5 speed from
> "Crash" Ramsey, advice from Frank, Buster Cluster, Holy Sprite.  I even
> remember taking a bit of crap from Ed for adding a dab of solder insurance
> on my taillight bullet connectors. More accurately, "getting" crap from Ed,
> I didn't take it and soldered away.  My lights have never failed.
>   The Morris woody that delivered the home brew to Bustercluster is still
> our beloved grocery-getter.  The oil spots next to the driveway where the
> Holy Sprite began its journey from California have long since faded. The
> Austin A35 has moved on and a 62 Mk1 Mini and a 59 Morris stake-side flatbed
> now have joined the fleet.
>     Bugsy, the turbo'ed 1275 I drove to Lake of the Ozarks is still cooling
> off after yesterday's flogging.
>      The list was once a thriving and valuable resource.  I miss it.
>
> Glen Byrns
>
> On Mar 19, 2018, at 8:53 PM, daredelvis--- via Spridgets
> <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Like.
>
> On Mar 19, 2018, at 4:23 PM, Paul Van Wig via Spridgets
> <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Yea the old days. When we actually typed something not just clicked Like!
> 59 Metropolitan
> 68 Morris Woody
> 60 Bugeye
>
> Paul Van Wig
>
> Big Bear/Lakewood, CA
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 12:09 PM, JohnD via Spridgets
> <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> Reading through all of the sad recollections of interactions with Just Ed
>> Kaler and then seeing The World's Largest Spridget Driver's comments, showed
>> me how many "old guys" are still hanging around team-dot-net. Way before
>> web-based forums and FakeBook groupies, this was the place I would pilfer
>> government time on the email server and develop my earliest spridget
>> friendships. Just seeing all your names was a trip down memory lane. And
>> Chuck, you don't actually SIT on an Aeromacchi, do you?!
>> John Deikis
>> Chelsea, MI
>>
>> Driving in the past lane!
>> JohnsfollyVintageRacing
>>
>> > On Mar 6, 2018, at 10:14 PM, crusaderchuck55 at aol.com via Spridgets
>> > <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > I had the pleasure of being in New Jersey on Sunday spending some time
>> > rummaging through his fathers parts collection.   We spent some time
>> > discussing the lack of spirited list conversations compared to 20 years ago.
>> > A number of noteable names were discussed.  I'm now realising why the list
>> > seems so quiet.  Quite a few of the people we discussed have passed away.
>> > Frankie reads things posted here .  I told him I miss rants like "donkey
>> > dung fired Chinese forges making moss repros".  Or "crap harbor freight
>> > knock off tools that fail in a day at a job site" !   That and i remembered
>> > Montana Bob...who could forget those blistering exchanges?  The Valentine's
>> > LBC rallies.  And the moving of people's cars they bought across the country
>> > from one trailer to another until the car got to it's New owner.  Following
>> > these events and participating brought us together tighter than some
>> > families.  Even sprite sprees were well attended. That was then.
>> > Hey Robert? Still have the midget that almost would not cross the
>> > border?  My son lost his first tooth sitting unavoidably detained by
>> > Canadian border authorities on that trip...my son turned 22 last December.
>> > Well we have all grown older.  Some of us have "left the building".
>> > Others just moved on.
>> > I do not do any social media stuff.  I'm on the vintage Saab yahoo list
>> > and spridgets list and the aermacchi ( Italian Harley Davidson) list.  Those
>> > are my media.
>> > So if ya wanna find me....I'm still here.   And I'm still ferrying
>> > around cars , fiddling with saab's and spridgets, locating missing bits I
>> > need and slowly working my way back onto a race track near you!
>> > ( some stuff just does not change....)
>> > Chuck
>
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