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<DIV>Wow, has it really been that long. It's possible I didn't join the
lists until about 2002.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards</DIV>
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<DIV>Daniel</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 09/04/2016 01:24:54 GMT Daylight Time,
spridgets@autox.team.net writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>A few
years back Karen and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary, <BR>our Silver
Anniversary as they call it.<BR><BR>And coming up in just a few days on April
11th is Team.Net's Silver <BR>Anniversary. Yes, on April 11, 1991 the
domain was registered and went <BR>on the air. In truth, it existed
before that in the form of two mailing <BR>lists, british-cars and autox which
were outgrowths of rec.autos Usenet <BR>groups. Murky history
there.<BR><BR>But Team.Net as we know it today has been around for a quarter
of a <BR>century. Of the 60 some lists on the server, most are inactive. I may
<BR>take some time this summer to clean up and remove any lists that have
<BR>not seen any posts for N months, the value of N to be determined.
Some <BR>lists, though, are still going strong, soldiering on from the days
when <BR>Team.Net lists and website were at the leading edge, the only game in
<BR>town. It was estimated that at the 1997 SCCA Solo II Nationals,
their <BR>Silver Anniversary, roughly 2/3 of the 1,000+ participants were on
the <BR>autox list. If you check out http://autox.team.net you will find
many <BR>pages last updated about 24.99 years ago, though, hardly leading edge
<BR>now. One of these days ...<BR><BR>Who could have foreseen how a
simple stream of 1s and 0s could be such a <BR>part of the lives of so many
people, the catalyst for enduring <BR>friendships, a formidable source of
knowledge and inspiration? How many <BR>cars are on the road these days
instead of the scrap heap because of us <BR>and our efforts over
decades?<BR><BR>Happy Birthday to us. and carry
on!<BR><BR>mjb.<BR><BR>ps: I am sending this out a few days early
because on Monday I will be <BR>on the road somewhere between Phoenix and Salt
Lake City. I'll look <BR>into the multi-hour delay in posting when I
return.<BR>------------------------</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>