[Spridgets] Happy Birthday!

[Rick Fisk]

Mark, 34 years is incredible!  Thank you!  This list and the people on it have meant a bunch to me over the years.  I just wish the list was more active these days.  Faceplant is a joke.  The car forums I frequent are fine and enjoyable, but don't have the feeling of community like the list used to have.  Guess we're getting old and too busy with other things.  

> On Apr 11, 2025, at 10:54 PM, Mark Bradakis via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> On April 11th, 1991, team.net became a new domain.  34 years ago, how time flies!  Back then it was just two lists, autox and british-cars. My, things have changed.  At its peak, there were 77 lists, I think, stemming from splitting the british-cars list into Triumph, MG, Healey, etc lists.  And shop-talk and the-local and Datsun roadsters and Bricklin and ... you get the idea.
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> While Team Net is no longer the only show in town as it was back in the early days, there are still just over 30 lists.  About half a dozen of these see daily, or almost daily, traffic.  Some see hardly any use at all.  Back in the mid nineties, the autox list would see like a thousand messages in August, leading up to the Nationals.  I think the one and only year I attended, '97, about 2/3rds of the entrants were on Team Net.  Lost track of how many stickers I sold.  Still have a few somewhere in my office.
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> As I recall, the very first server I set up at home was top of the line, with a 120 MHz processor.  Attached is the label for that box.  Cost me $2,500.  See the photo for the specs :-)    Actually, it didn't cost ME much money.  Before Team Net came about, I had a fundraiser.  Back then, having an internet connection at home was not cheap.  I think I raised like $3,000 which got us started down this trail.
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> Still accepting donations, though the semi-annual fund drives are a thing of the past.  When folks see fit and have a few bucks to spare, they visit http://www.team.net/donate.html - donate early, donate often!
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> Yep, it has been over 3 decades I have been doing this, a lot of effort.  Back in the day it would take me at least 10 - 15 hours a week dealing with errors, bounced mail, maintaining some of the web pages and so on. All that effort did land me a berth in the British Sports Car Hall of Fame.  That was nice.
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> And I plan on keeping it going as long as I am physically able.
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> Anyway, happy birthday Team.Net!
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> mjb.
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