<div dir="ltr">Mark, <div>Thank you for this beautiful list as I have met so many wonderful people face to face or digitally that gave me the confidence to do just about anything. Because of this list and all your hard work I never give up and I never give in to solving many problems.</div><div>Happy Holidays Mark,</div><div>Safety Fast,</div><div>Linda</div><div>62 California Sprite "Pinky"</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM Mark Bradakis via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">There was some discussion on one of the Team Net lists about how things <br>
have changed, This is what I wrote, some of you may find it interesting.<br>
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A lot has changed over the last 35 years or so. When I took over from <br>
Jim Muller, who took over from Dale Cook, back in the late 80s the <br>
"Internet" was still a wet behind the ears baby. These days, wow, <br>
completely different!<br>
<br>
This list is a fragment of the original british-cars list. But one <br>
thing has not changed, and that is my commitment to providing this <br>
content as best I can, free of charge. Sure there were times when I did <br>
*everything* by hand, one request at a time, for email address changes, <br>
additions, deletions. There were times I was belittled for making what <br>
seemed like arbitrary decisions to the unaware observer. There were <br>
times I worked 20 - 30 hours a week on Team dot Net, even before it was <br>
Team dot Net.<br>
<br>
These days my workload is way down, thanks to automated email list <br>
software. But things are always changing when it comes to computers. <br>
These days it is all still running, but who knows for how long.<br>
<br>
Mailman 2, the version I have running on the Team Net server, was <br>
released in April of 2004. It has long since been shuffled off to <br>
inactive status as far as the folks maintaining it are concerned. But <br>
still it chugs along, these days pieced together with chewing gum and <br>
baling wire.<br>
<br>
In case you are wondering:<br>
<br>
[root@autox data]# uptime<br>
15:13:45 up 876 days, 21:00, 1 user, load average: 0.61, 0.55, 0.59<br>
[root@autox data]# uname -a<br>
Linux autox 5.3.11-100.fc29.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 12 20:41:25 UTC 2019 <br>
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br>
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Yes, the server has not been booted for about 2 and a half years. The <br>
fc29 in the uname output is the level of Fedora running, last updated in <br>
2019. My personal computer is at revision 41. A LOT has changed. I <br>
fear that if the server goes down, it may never come back up cleanly on <br>
its own. I am hoping to make it go for at least 1,000 days of <br>
continuous running. But I'll burn that bridge before we cross it, or <br>
however the saying goes.<br>
<br>
For now, there are people who still enjoy these old lists, still finding <br>
them useful, and a lot more appealing than mass market social media <br>
outlets, with advertising you need to wade through to find anything <br>
worthwhile.<br>
<br>
And as long as I am able, I will keep it that way. Enjoy the coming <br>
festive season!<br>
<br>
mjb.<br>
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</blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small">"Pay if forward" in honor of Frank Clarici III, Spritenut</span><br></div></div>