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<div>Minor oversight?</div><div>"Things go better with Sprite"!</div><div>Chuck</div><div>Be happy be safe!</div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 05:30:56 PM EDT, stanbmason--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135"><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp944351fayahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr">Spridgeteers and other references to our Sprite Name Sake!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Happy 4th to all my Spritely friends. In the past I have had a lot of fun making up alternative names on the base root "Sprite" from the creation of Donald and Geoffrey Healey. I thought I would share what the dictionary/internet says about Sprite and share a tribute to Donald Healey's Birth:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254pasted-link"><div style="margin-bottom:12px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Figtree, Figtree fallback, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:medium;letter-spacing:normal;" dir="ltr" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254box-pos-label ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254is-before-box-inflected-form-sets"><h2 style="margin:0px;line-height:16px;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:0.75em;"><div><div style="border-radius:24px;margin:0px 0px 32px;padding:24px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Figtree, Figtree fallback, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:medium;letter-spacing:normal;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7box-headword-audio-pronunciation"><div style="position:relative;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7box-headword-type"><h1 id="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7hdr-headword-dcom-1" style="margin:0px;line-height:48px;font-size:2.5em;display:inline;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7hdr-headword">sprite</h1><span style="font-size:0.75em;font-weight:600;line-height:20px;text-transform:uppercase;width:auto;margin-left:auto;padding:0px 20px 0px 0px;display:inline-block;background-size:20px 20px;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;min-height:20px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7txt-entry-group-type ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7dcom">American </span></div><div class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7box-audio-pronunciation"><button style="line-height:1.1;cursor:pointer;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;background-color:rgb(0, 87, 255);width:24px;min-height:24px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7common-btn-headword-audio ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7js-play-word-audio"></button><span style="font-size:1.125em;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7txt-phonetic">[sprahyt]</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:1em;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7txt-ipa">/ spraɪt /</span></div><div class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7box-entry-variant"><em>Or</em> <strong>spright</strong></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Figtree, Figtree fallback, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:medium;letter-spacing:normal;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7box-posb-content"><div style="margin:0px 0px 32px;padding:0px 0px 32px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-style:solid;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7box-posb ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7box-posb-last"><div style="margin-bottom:12px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7box-pos-label ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7is-before-box-inflected-form-sets"><h2 style="margin:0px;line-height:16px;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:0.75em;">noun</h2></div><div style="margin:0px 0px 24px;font-size:1.5em;font-weight:600;line-height:32px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7box-inflected-form-sets"><span class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7inflected-form-with-tooltip"><span style="cursor:default;border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(235, 235, 235);font-size:20px;line-height:28px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7inflected-form-form">sprites</span></span></div><ol style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7list-definition ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7hide-ordinal"><li style="margin:0px;counter-increment:listDefCounter 1;padding:0px;line-height:24px;position:relative;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7item-definition"><p style="margin:0px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7txt-variant-label-short">(in folklore) an elf, fairy, or goblin.</p></li></ol></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom:24px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Figtree, Figtree fallback, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:medium;letter-spacing:normal;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydpebd1b42bbox-pos-label"><h2 style="margin:0px;line-height:16px;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:0.75em;">noun</h2></div><ol style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Figtree, Figtree fallback, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:medium;letter-spacing:normal;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydpebd1b42blist-definition"><li style="margin:0px 0px 24px;counter-increment:listDefCounter 1;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.75em;line-height:24px;position:relative;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydpebd1b42bitem-definition"><p style="margin:0px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydpebd1b42btxt-variant-label-short">(in folklore) a nimble elflike creature, esp one associated with water</p></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 24px;counter-increment:listDefCounter 1;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.75em;line-height:24px;position:relative;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydpebd1b42bitem-definition"><p style="margin:0px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydpebd1b42btxt-variant-label-short">a small dainty person</p></li></ol></div>I Guess I used "Have a Spritely life" as a corruption of sprightly life, which I think our favorite ride is more than ever knowing it's advance age of 68 years old (younger than many of it's owners / Racers)</h2><h2 style="margin:0px;line-height:16px;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:0.75em;"><br></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;line-height:16px;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:0.75em;">adjective</h2></div><div style="margin:0px 0px 24px;font-size:1.5em;font-weight:600;line-height:32px;font-family:Figtree, Figtree fallback, verdana, sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254box-inflected-form-sets">sprightlier, sprightliest</div><ol style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Figtree, Figtree fallback, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:medium;letter-spacing:normal;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254list-definition ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254hide-ordinal"><li style="margin:0px;counter-increment:listDefCounter 1;padding:0px;line-height:24px;position:relative;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254item-definition"><p style="margin:0px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254txt-variant-label-short">animated or vivacious; lively.</p><dl style="margin:12px 0px 0px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254box-synonym-antonym"><dt style="margin-right:0.5em;font-weight:700;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254synant-label">Synonyms:</dt><dd style="margin:0px;"><a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/spry" style="color:rgb(0, 87, 255);cursor:pointer;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254lk-synonym" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spry</a>, <a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/buoyant" style="color:rgb(0, 87, 255);cursor:pointer;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254lk-synonym" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">buoyant</a>, <a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/blithe" style="color:rgb(0, 87, 255);cursor:pointer;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254lk-synonym" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blithe</a>, <a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/spirited" style="color:rgb(0, 87, 255);cursor:pointer;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp8588b254lk-synonym" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spirited</a></dd></dl></li></ol></div><div><div class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-item-entry ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-item-entry-last"><div class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-posb-content"><div style="margin:0px 0px 32px;padding:0px 0px 32px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-style:solid;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-posb ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-posb-last"><div style="margin-bottom:24px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-pos-label"><h2 style="margin:0px;line-height:16px;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:0.75em;">adverb</h2></div><ol style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501list-definition ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501hide-ordinal"><li style="margin:0px;counter-increment:listDefCounter 1;padding:0px;line-height:24px;position:relative;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501item-definition"><p style="margin:0px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501txt-variant-label-short">in a sprightly manner.</p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-item-entry ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-item-entry-last"><div style="border-radius:24px;margin:0px 0px 32px;padding:24px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-headword-audio-pronunciation"><div style="position:relative;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-headword-type"><span id="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501hdr-headword-british-1" style="font-size:2.5em;font-weight:600;line-height:48px;display:inline;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501hdr-headword">sprightly</span><span style="font-size:0.75em;font-weight:600;line-height:20px;text-transform:uppercase;width:auto;margin-left:auto;padding:0px 20px 0px 0px;display:inline-block;background-size:20px 20px;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;min-height:20px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501txt-entry-group-type ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501british">British </span></div><div class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-audio-pronunciation"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:1em;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501txt-ipa">/ ˈspraɪtlɪ /</span></div></div><div class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-posb-content"><div style="margin:0px 0px 32px;padding:0px 0px 32px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-style:solid;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-posb"><div style="margin-bottom:24px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501box-pos-label"><h2 style="margin:0px;line-height:16px;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:0.75em;">adjective</h2></div><ol style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501list-definition ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501hide-ordinal"><li style="margin:0px;counter-increment:listDefCounter 1;padding:0px;line-height:24px;position:relative;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501item-definition"><p style="margin:0px;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501txt-variant-label-short">full of vitality; lively</p></li></ol></div></div></div></div><div class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydpf1d46521pasted-link"><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:32px;font-family:Figtree, Figtree fallback, verdana, sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;">Etymology</h2><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:28px;font-size:1.25em;font-family:Figtree, Figtree fallback, verdana, sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;">Origin of <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sprightly#hdr-headword-dcom-1" style="color:rgb(0, 87, 255);cursor:pointer;" class="ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydpf1d46521lk-history-origin-entry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sprightly</a></h3><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Figtree, Figtree fallback, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:medium;letter-spacing:normal;">1590–1600; <em>spright</em> (spelling variant of <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sprite" style="color:rgb(0, 87, 255);cursor:pointer;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sprite</a> ) + <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ly" style="color:rgb(0, 87, 255);cursor:pointer;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">-ly</a></p></div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div 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