<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well, through the "other" list I spent the anniversary of Frank's passing yesterday helping someone dial in a motor on the dyno. We needed a flywheel unexpectedly and contacted another from that list and had it on the motor in 45 minutes from the time the call was made. Spridget paying it forward is still very much alive and well. <br><br>Ron Soave<br><br></span><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On Apr 12, 2015, at 11:48 AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Happy birthday to the list! <br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I was a member of the big Healey list before this one was started and was really tired of the put-downs from the big Healey snobs and the lack of Spridget stuff on that list. So when Frank asked Mark to creat this list I was hopeful it would work out. Joined this list as soon as possible (October 1997) and couldn't have been happier with the results. We've had years and years of great posts and threads (sorry Jay).<br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Activity has dropped considerably since Frank and Paul left us though. Maybe we're all getting old. I joined the Faceplant Spridget page a few months ago. Not even close to what this list used to be, despite the antics of Tom Colby. C'mon guys, send a message and let everybody know what you're up to. What happened to the plans for another LOTO or Midget 50th type event?<br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Rick<br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sent from my keyboard<br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On Apr 11, 2015, at 2:43 PM, Mark J Bradakis via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">April, 1991. Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston had top hits. The Soviet Union is crumbling.<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Gulf War begins. And on the 11th the domain <a href="http://team.net/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5">Team.Net</a> is registered.<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Happy birthday to us, 24 years and still kicking. Formed out of the Usenet rec.autos tree,<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">it started with just 2 lists, autox and british-cars. It became large enough and busy enough<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">that the officials at the U noticed that a large amount of network traffic was coming from one<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">certain machine in my office. That is what prompted the move to a private server, which has been<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">in my basement for many years. Well, we are NOT running on the same server from back then, which I<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">recall was one of the first 120 Megahertz systems in the valley outside of universities. With the<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">CS departments work with Hewlett-Packard, I had a connection.<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A lot has changed over the years, folks have come and gone, some have been hanging out here for<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">decades. We've lost a few good ones, but many of us have found lasting friendships from list<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">communications. Back in the early days there wasn't much besides <a href="http://team.net/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="6">Team.Net</a>. I think the 1997<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">SCCA Solo II nationals had something like 60% of the entrants being autox list subscribers.<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Those were the days.<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But still here, still providing a valuable service to those who use it. Thanks to all of us<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">for making <a href="http://team.net/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7">Team.Net</a>what it is.<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Happy Birthday.<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">mjb.<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">------------------------<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Suggested annual donation: $12.75<br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="11">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk@chartermi.net" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="13">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk@chartermi.net</a></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">------------------------<br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="14">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="15">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Suggested annual donation: $12.75<br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="17">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="18">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/soavero@yahoo.com" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="19">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/soavero@yahoo.com</a></span></font></blockquote><br>Ron Soave</div><div><br>On Apr 12, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Ron Soave <<a href="mailto:soavero@yahoo.com">soavero@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Well, through the "other" list I spent the anniversary of Frank's passing yesterday helping someone dial in a motor on the dyno. We needed a flywheel unexpectedly and contacted another from that list and had it on the motor in 45 minutes from the time the call was made. Spridget paying it forward is still very much alive and well. </span><br><span></span><br><span>Ron Soave</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Apr 12, 2015, at 11:48 AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Happy birthday to the list! </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I was a member of the big Healey list before this one was started and was really tired of the put-downs from the big Healey snobs and the lack of Spridget stuff on that list. So when Frank asked Mark to creat this list I was hopeful it would work out. Joined this list as soon as possible (October 1997) and couldn't have been happier with the results. We've had years and years of great posts and threads (sorry Jay).</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Activity has dropped considerably since Frank and Paul left us though. Maybe we're all getting old. I joined the Faceplant Spridget page a few months ago. Not even close to what this list used to be, despite the antics of Tom Colby. C'mon guys, send a message and let everybody know what you're up to. What happened to the plans for another LOTO or Midget 50th type event?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Rick</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent from my keyboard</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Apr 11, 2015, at 2:43 PM, Mark J Bradakis via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>April, 1991. Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston had top hits. The Soviet Union is crumbling.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Gulf War begins. And on the 11th the domain <a href="http://Team.Net">Team.Net</a> is registered.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Happy birthday to us, 24 years and still kicking. Formed out of the Usenet rec.autos tree,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>it started with just 2 lists, autox and british-cars. It became large enough and busy enough</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>that the officials at the U noticed that a large amount of network traffic was coming from one</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>certain machine in my office. That is what prompted the move to a private server, which has been</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>in my basement for many years. Well, we are NOT running on the same server from back then, which I</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>recall was one of the first 120 Megahertz systems in the valley outside of universities. With the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>CS departments work with Hewlett-Packard, I had a connection.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>A lot has changed over the years, folks have come and gone, some have been hanging out here for</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>decades. We've lost a few good ones, but many of us have found lasting friendships from list</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>communications. Back in the early days there wasn't much besides <a href="http://Team.Net">Team.Net</a>. I think the 1997</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>SCCA Solo II nationals had something like 60% of the entrants being autox list subscribers.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Those were the days.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>But still here, still providing a valuable service to those who use it. Thanks to all of us</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>for making <a href="http://Team.Net">Team.Net</a> what it is.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Happy Birthday.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>mjb.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>------------------------</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suggested annual donation: $12.75</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk@chartermi.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk@chartermi.net</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>------------------------</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suggested annual donation: $12.75</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/soavero@yahoo.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/soavero@yahoo.com</a></span><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></body></html>