Just sent my &35. Thanks Mark!
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> 1. Re: 35 Years! (DAVID MASSEY)
> 2. Re: 35 Years! (Greg Lemon)
> 3. Re: [Spits] 35 Years! (Larry Griffin)
> 4. Re: 35 Years! (keithstewart@bell.net)
> 5. Re: 35 Years! (Alex&Janet Thomson)
> 6. Re: 35 Years! (keithstewart@bell.net)
> 7. Re: 35 Years! (Dave MacKay)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:56:47 +0000 (UTC)
> From: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com>
> To: "triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@autox.team.net>, Mark
> Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>
> Subject: Re: [TR] 35 Years!
> Message-ID: <180855965.3166653.1776023807062@mail.yahoo.com>
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> 35 years of flawless performance.? Can't beat that.? Good job, Mark.
> Dave
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>
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>
> On Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 04:49:18 AM CDT, Mark Bradakis
> <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
>
> Nearly half my life!? Team dot Net went on the air 35 years ago today,
> April 11th, 1991.? Been through a lot of ups and downs over the years,
> many different computers, different ISPs, but almost always there.? I
> won't go into the times that ISP problems shut it down for days, or even
> weeks at a time.
>
> But it is still here, still on the air, still serving the purpose I have
> always upheld, connecting like minded users to mostly car stuff.? And
> always for free.? I do remember back in the beginning it was pretty
> expensive to run.? Fast, at home internet was not widely available.? And
> the first server, one of the earliest PCs in the valley to run at over
> 100 Mhz ( Yes, MEGA Hertz! ) cost me $2,500 dollars.? Luckily paid for
> by generous contributions from list members.
>
> Time marches on, and so does Team Net.? I'll keep it going as long as I
> can, health permitting.? Who knows, maybe I'll be sending out a 50th
> birthday notice!
>
> mjb.
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> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:19:47 -0500
> From: Greg Lemon <grglmn@gmail.com>
> To: Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>
> Cc: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [TR] 35 Years!
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>>
>> Congrats, slightly more than half my life. I remember discovering
>> team.net and the monster list in the early nineties, was no longer an
>> isolated British car freak, became a connected British car freak.
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>
> Thanks for hosting all these years.
>
> Greg Lemon
> Many Austin Healeys and MGs and Triumphs and a Jaguar
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> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:33:50 -0400
> From: Larry Griffin <larrygriffin.nc@gmail.com>
> To: Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>
> Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] [Spits] 35 Years!
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> Congratulations Mark! I'd bet there are few, if any, email lists that have
> been in existence this long with the original IT Specialist still behind
> the controls. Thanks for all the hard work over the years in maintaining
> the lists. This was the first place I found like-minded car enthusiasts and
> support when I joined the british-cars-digest in 1994. I look forward to
> the 50th year celebration. ???
>
> Larry Griffin
>
>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 6:58?AM Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
>>
>> Nearly half my life! Team dot Net went on the air 35 years ago today,
>> April 11th, 1991. Been through a lot of ups and downs over the years,
>> many different computers, different ISPs, but almost always there. I
>> won't go into the times that ISP problems shut it down for days, or even
>> weeks at a time.
>>
>> But it is still here, still on the air, still serving the purpose I have
>> always upheld, connecting like minded users to mostly car stuff. And
>> always for free. I do remember back in the beginning it was pretty
>> expensive to run. Fast, at home internet was not widely available. And
>> the first server, one of the earliest PCs in the valley to run at over
>> 100 Mhz ( Yes, MEGA Hertz! ) cost me $2,500 dollars. Luckily paid for
>> by generous contributions from list members.
>>
>> Time marches on, and so does Team Net. I'll keep it going as long as I
>> can, health permitting. Who knows, maybe I'll be sending out a 50th
>> birthday notice!
>>
>> mjb.
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:39:35 -0400
> From: <keithstewart@bell.net>
> To: "'Alex&Janet Thomson'" <aljlthomson@charter.net>, "'Mark
> Bradakis'" <mark@bradakis.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [TR] 35 Years!
> Message-ID: <07ab01dccb3a$34256580$9c703080$@bell.net>
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> Was this it?
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxL_5sp9El8
>
> Keith Stewart
> keithstewart@bell.net
> World of Triumph https://keith-stewart.ca/
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex&Janet Thomson <aljlthomson@charter.net>
> Sent: April 12, 2026 8:44 AM
> To: 'Mark Bradakis' <mark@bradakis.com>; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] 35 Years!
>
> Mark - Many thanks. What I enjoy about this time-proven format is that when
> you have a question, you receive answers in less than a day. Some forums
> require that you spent countless hours searching away for a topic that may or
> may not address the question at hand. We enjoy all of the posts, whether or
> not they are relevant to us.
>
> As they say, "a check is in the mail".
>
> On another note, someone sent out a link several years ago for a walking tour
> of the Roadster Factor before the fire. I think it must have been done during
> the Covid era since everyone was wearing a mask. Was that Terri Ann that sent
> that? If anyone still has that link, it would be great to see again. That
> e-mail was lost on my machine when there was an update of some sort. I
> wouldn't know where to start looking for it at the archives.
>
> Thanks to anyone who can help with that.
>
> Alex Thomson
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:39:46 -0400
> From: "Alex&Janet Thomson" <aljlthomson@charter.net>
> To: <keithstewart@bell.net>, "'Mark Bradakis'" <mark@bradakis.com>,
> <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [TR] 35 Years!
> Message-ID: <018a01dccb42$9ce70c60$d6b52520$@charter.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Wow! That was it! I remember seeing the front greeting area years ago when
> TRF hosted a Summer Party along with the VTR convention. It's so sad that all
> of that tremendous inventory and facility disappeared in just a matter of
> hours. But what is truly amazing is how Albert is bringing TRF back. Hats off
> to him and his staff.
>
> Thanks for sending.
>
> Alex Thomson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: keithstewart@bell.net <keithstewart@bell.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2026 7:40 AM
> To: 'Alex&Janet Thomson' <aljlthomson@charter.net>; 'Mark Bradakis'
> <mark@bradakis.com>; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [TR] 35 Years!
>
> Was this it?
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxL_5sp9El8
>
> Keith Stewart
> keithstewart@bell.net
> World of Triumph https://keith-stewart.ca/
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex&Janet Thomson <aljlthomson@charter.net>
> Sent: April 12, 2026 8:44 AM
> To: 'Mark Bradakis' <mark@bradakis.com>; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] 35 Years!
>
> Mark - Many thanks. What I enjoy about this time-proven format is that when
> you have a question, you receive answers in less than a day. Some forums
> require that you spent countless hours searching away for a topic that may or
> may not address the question at hand. We enjoy all of the posts, whether or
> not they are relevant to us.
>
> As they say, "a check is in the mail".
>
> On another note, someone sent out a link several years ago for a walking tour
> of the Roadster Factor before the fire. I think it must have been done during
> the Covid era since everyone was wearing a mask. Was that Terri Ann that sent
> that? If anyone still has that link, it would be great to see again. That
> e-mail was lost on my machine when there was an update of some sort. I
> wouldn't know where to start looking for it at the archives.
>
> Thanks to anyone who can help with that.
>
> Alex Thomson
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:49:20 -0400
> From: <keithstewart@bell.net>
> To: "'Alex&Janet Thomson'" <aljlthomson@charter.net>, "'Mark
> Bradakis'" <mark@bradakis.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [TR] 35 Years!
> Message-ID: <07cb01dccb43$f28b1200$d7a13600$@bell.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> I had been through those buildings many times and one of my most impressive
> memories was back in Dave H.'s corner, looking through his parts books. The
> number and content of his notes would be an incredible asset to historians in
> our hobby. Whenever he would encounter an anomaly with what the "authorities"
> stated, he would make a note in those books. I don't know if Dave took them
> with him when he left, but if not, I would guess that bit of history was lost
> too.
>
> Cheers,
> Keith
>
> Keith Stewart
> keithstewart@bell.net
> World of Triumph https://keith-stewart.ca/
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex&Janet Thomson <aljlthomson@charter.net>
> Sent: April 13, 2026 8:40 AM
> To: keithstewart@bell.net; 'Mark Bradakis' <mark@bradakis.com>;
> triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [TR] 35 Years!
>
> Wow! That was it! I remember seeing the front greeting area years ago when
> TRF hosted a Summer Party along with the VTR convention. It's so sad that all
> of that tremendous inventory and facility disappeared in just a matter of
> hours. But what is truly amazing is how Albert is bringing TRF back. Hats off
> to him and his staff.
>
> Thanks for sending.
>
> Alex Thomson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: keithstewart@bell.net <keithstewart@bell.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2026 7:40 AM
> To: 'Alex&Janet Thomson' <aljlthomson@charter.net>; 'Mark Bradakis'
> <mark@bradakis.com>; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [TR] 35 Years!
>
> Was this it?
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxL_5sp9El8
>
> Keith Stewart
> keithstewart@bell.net
> World of Triumph https://keith-stewart.ca/
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex&Janet Thomson <aljlthomson@charter.net>
> Sent: April 12, 2026 8:44 AM
> To: 'Mark Bradakis' <mark@bradakis.com>; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] 35 Years!
>
> Mark - Many thanks. What I enjoy about this time-proven format is that when
> you have a question, you receive answers in less than a day. Some forums
> require that you spent countless hours searching away for a topic that may or
> may not address the question at hand. We enjoy all of the posts, whether or
> not they are relevant to us.
>
> As they say, "a check is in the mail".
>
> On another note, someone sent out a link several years ago for a walking tour
> of the Roadster Factor before the fire. I think it must have been done during
> the Covid era since everyone was wearing a mask. Was that Terri Ann that sent
> that? If anyone still has that link, it would be great to see again. That
> e-mail was lost on my machine when there was an update of some sort. I
> wouldn't know where to start looking for it at the archives.
>
> Thanks to anyone who can help with that.
>
> Alex Thomson
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:18:43 -0400
> From: Dave MacKay <dave@mdmackay.ca>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] 35 Years!
> Message-ID: <9ea45efba35b2884405ebfbb2fc39a80@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> Congratulations Mark!
>
> Thank you for guiding this list (and others) through 35 years. The list
> has been a wonderful resource throughout that time and it wouldn't have
> been possible without all of your efforts.
>
> I don't recall when I joined the Triumphs list but I've been on the list
> for at least 30 of those years. The earliest message that I can find that
> I saved from the list is dated 2001, but I know I was on the list before
> then (via a computer at work). The list has shared supplier information,
> tips, improvements, resources ... all of which has been helpful in keeping
> my car on the road, and making it slightly better year after year. Without
> the help and information I've had from the members who participate on this
> list, I'd have likely thrown in the towel on my car years ago.
>
> Mark's message prompted me to make a donation to contribute to keeping the
> list going. I'd encourage others to do the same. Here's the link:
> http://www.team.net/donate.html
>
> Congratulations and thank you.
>
> Dave MacKay
> 1960 TR3A s/n 68639L
> near Toronto, Canada
>
>> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:04:07 -0600
>> From: Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>
>> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
>> Subject: [TR] 35 Years!
>>
>> Nearly half my life! Team dot Net went on the air 35 years ago today,
> April 11th, 1991. Been through a lot of ups and downs over the years,
> many different computers, different ISPs, but almost always there. I
> won't go into the times that ISP >problems shut it down for days, or even
> weeks at a time.
>>
>> But it is still here, still on the air, still serving the purpose I have
> always upheld, connecting like minded users to mostly car stuff. And
> always for free. I do remember back in the beginning it was pretty
> expensive to run. Fast, at home internet was >not widely available. And
> the first server, one of the earliest PCs in the valley to run at over 100
> Mhz ( Yes, MEGA Hertz! ) cost me $2,500 dollars. Luckily paid for by
> generous contributions from list members.
>>
>> Time marches on, and so does Team Net. I'll keep it going as long as I
> can, health permitting. Who knows, maybe I'll be sending out a 50th
> birthday notice!
>>
>> mjb.
>
>
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