[Spridgets] Old guys

Wed Mar 21 01:11:21 MDT 2018

This “thread” (calling it such used to really piss off some folks) has made me aware how much time has elapses since the days of PDLJMPR, late night thursday chats on there, and how many long term acquaintances i have made from this list.  There are days i miss Iris, but life has a way of leading one on to other endeavors and pleasures ( not to mention stopping driving due to vision issues).  Im still lurking away...  A public service note for those who might need to reach me is that my 35 year old e-mail ( 60bugeye at cebridge.net) will soon be relegated to history as im tossing that provider to the curb. To hell with worthless customer service!  My new e-mail is lspeichinger2006 at gmail.com

Anyways... glad to be one of the “old ones” on this list.  Catch ya on the sunny side😊😊

Leo 
> On Mar 20, 2018, at 10:55 AM, brian via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> I'm glad you appreciated that Guy. I've been around since before
> Montana Bob, I just don't chat as much. I used to post from my grad
> school .edu email back in the 90's, and at 50, I may be one on the
> younger side.
> 
> In honor of Montana Bob, here is my obligatory spridget content. The
> Bugeye was my first car. I purchased it back in 1983, and I still
> drive it to work about once every two weeks. I put disk brakes and a
> factory sway bar in a couple of months ago, and I'm in the process of
> building a 1275 for it.  The block has been at the machinist for 3
> moths now (reminds me that I need to make my weekly call to hear him
> say it will be one more week). I added a Riely Elf to the garage a
> couple of years back (found it on this list, thank you Billy Zoom).
> Replacing the tired 998 with a 1275 convinced me that it is worth the
> effort.  At first, I was underwhelmed with the whole Mini experience,
> but with the warm 1275, that has turned into a real fun car to drive.
> I always was going for originality in the Bugeye, but I've decided
> that it will never be a show car, and I should make it the way I want
> it.
> 
> Brian James
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 1:28 AM, GUY DAY <grday at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> We have just received a message from Daredelvis (and I fully agree with it's
>> sentiments) that typifies the messages of today.  One word succinctly and
>> successfully entraps all we need to feel.  In the days when I first joined
>> in with the Spridgets list, messages went on a little longer, were more
>> verbose, were more inflammatory, more argumentative, more amusing.  There
>> were jokes posted, ethnic minority ones at that!  Now, the PC police have
>> ground the corners off, say what you feel now and wait for a visit from The
>> Man who tells you that you can no longer say that as he escorts you to the
>> Court Room.  What do you call a building full of wimps? - The Police
>> Station.   Well I'll wait for my visit - explosives, bomb, gassing, kill the
>> infidel, how to make a pipe bomb or a lock pick - buzz words for the
>> automated searcher.  But most of all, I'll still be free in my heart and
>> mind, as they were in theirs, as my little Austin Healey Sprite starts up
>> and drives around (gun and alcohol free!).
>> 
>> All the best to all,
>> 
>> Guy R Day
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 7:59, 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
>>> Sent from my LG Mobile
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