[Spridgets] Old guys

[Phil Nase]

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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