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<div dir="auto">Thank you for all your dedicated work Mark.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Jean</div>
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<div id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature" dir="auto">Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada’s largest network.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Mark Bradakis via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 11, 2025 5:14:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net <healeys@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Happy Birthday!</font>
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<div class="PlainText">On April 11th, 1991, team.net became a new domain. 34 years ago, how
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time flies! Back then it was just two lists, autox and british-cars. <br>
My, things have changed. At its peak, there were 77 lists, I think, <br>
stemming from splitting the british-cars list into Triumph, MG, Healey, <br>
etc lists. And shop-talk and the-local and Datsun roadsters and <br>
Bricklin and ... you get the idea.<br>
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While Team Net is no longer the only show in town as it was back in the <br>
early days, there are still just over 30 lists. About half a dozen of <br>
these see daily, or almost daily, traffic. Some see hardly any use at <br>
all. Back in the mid nineties, the autox list would see like a thousand <br>
messages in August, leading up to the Nationals. I think the one and <br>
only year I attended, '97, about 2/3rds of the entrants were on Team <br>
Net. Lost track of how many stickers I sold. Still have a few <br>
somewhere in my office.<br>
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As I recall, the very first server I set up at home was top of the line, <br>
with a 120 MHz processor. Attached is the label for that box. Cost me <br>
$2,500. See the photo for the specs :-) Actually, it didn't cost ME <br>
much money. Before Team Net came about, I had a fundraiser. Back then, <br>
having an internet connection at home was not cheap. I think I raised <br>
like $3,000 which got us started down this trail.<br>
<br>
Still accepting donations, though the semi-annual fund drives are a <br>
thing of the past. When folks see fit and have a few bucks to spare, <br>
they visit <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.team.net%2Fdonate.html&data=05%7C02%7C%7C1ab443c794734ab7e9e808dd7956e670%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638800136368163889%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fZkMNMMHSiSKK9HgrPvwgNEWj9x60HXg1HBpEaOmxJY%3D&reserved=0</a>
- donate early, donate often!<br>
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Yep, it has been over 3 decades I have been doing this, a lot of effort. <br>
Back in the day it would take me at least 10 - 15 hours a week dealing <br>
with errors, bounced mail, maintaining some of the web pages and so on. <br>
All that effort did land me a berth in the British Sports Car Hall of <br>
Fame. That was nice.<br>
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And I plan on keeping it going as long as I am physically able.<br>
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Anyway, happy birthday Team.Net!<br>
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mjb.</div>
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