[Spridgets] Old guys

Wed Mar 21 04:00:26 MDT 2018

Still here.  My 50th HS reunion is coming up this year and this thread
(somebody hates that word) seems kind of like a reunion as well.  Still
have my bugeye and a BJ7 Nasty Boy with no interest in giving either one
up.  But I'm fighting a pitched battle with SWMBO who would like to move
into a condo and I say "Sure, as soon as you find one with a four-car
garage." There's a cure for lack of list activity ..... "Post more."

Rick Neville

On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 5:47 AM WFO Herb via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> 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
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ------------------------
>> >>
>> >> spridgets at autox.team.net
>> >>
>> >> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
>> >> Suggested annual donation: $12.75
>> >>
>> >> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
>> >> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
>> >> Unsubscribe/Manage:
>> >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/daredelvis@gmail.com
>> >>
>> > ------------------------
>> >
>> > spridgets at autox.team.net
>> >
>> > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
>> > Suggested annual donation: $12.75
>> >
>> > Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
>> > Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
>> > Unsubscribe/Manage:
>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/nases@verizon.net
>>
>> ------------------------
>>
>> spridgets at autox.team.net
>>
>> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
>> Suggested annual donation: $12.75
>>
>> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
>> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
>> Unsubscribe/Manage:
>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/froggi60@gmail.com
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *'In God We Trust'  *Will be on every e-mail I send out from now on
> because, I don't want to lose our right to say it!.
>
>
> The only people worth getting even with are those who have helped you. *-
>  Anonymous*
>
> Here is an Important Message for anyone who receives this email:  If you
> forward this correspondence, PLEASE DELETE THE FORWARDING HISTORY, which
> includes my email address!  It is a courtesy to me and others who may not
> wish to have their email addresses sent all over the world!  Erasing the
> history helps prevent Spammers from mining addresses and viruses from being
> propagated!  IT ALSO PROTECTS YOU.
>
> No trees were harmed in the creation of this email, though numerous
> electrons were horribly inconvenienced.
>
> NOTICE: It is okay to print this email. Paper is a plentiful,
> biodegradable, renewable, recyclable, sustainable product made from trees
> that supports our economy by providing jobs and income for millions of
> Americans. Thanks to improved forest management, we have more trees in
> America today than we had 100 years ago.
> ------------------------
>
> spridgets at autox.team.net
>
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation: $12.75
>
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/healeyrik@gmail.com
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/spridgets/attachments/20180321/ff048ec2/attachment.html>