[Spridgets] Old guys

Tue Mar 20 20:53:12 MDT 2018

I agree, Phil.

Good to see all those "old" names.

Herb

On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 12:37 PM, Phil Nase via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> It’s great to see all the familiar names lately.
>
> Phil Nase
>
> > On Mar 20, 2018, at 12:01 PM, brian via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> >
> > 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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