<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp944351fayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Spridgeteers and other references to our Sprite Name Sake!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydp8588b254pasted-link"><div class="ydp8588b254box-pos-label ydp8588b254is-before-box-inflected-form-sets" 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" data-setdir="false"><h2 style="margin: 0px; line-height: 16px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 0.75em;"><div><div class="ydp97ce4e7box-headword-audio-pronunciation" 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;"><div class="ydp97ce4e7box-headword-type" style="position: relative;"><h1 class="ydp97ce4e7hdr-headword" id="ydp97ce4e7hdr-headword-dcom-1" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 48px; font-size: 2.5em; display: inline;">sprite</h1><span class="ydp97ce4e7txt-entry-group-type ydp97ce4e7dcom" 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-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; min-height: 20px;">American </span></div><div class="ydp97ce4e7box-audio-pronunciation"><button class="ydp97ce4e7common-btn-headword-audio ydp97ce4e7js-play-word-audio" data-audiosrc="S08/S0848700/S0848700.mp3" data-audioorigin="https://audio.dictionary.com" 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;"></button><span class="ydp97ce4e7txt-phonetic" style="font-size: 1.125em;">[sprahyt]</span><span class="ydp97ce4e7txt-ipa" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1em;">/ spraɪt /</span></div><div class="ydp97ce4e7box-entry-variant"><em>Or</em> <strong>spright</strong></div></div><div class="ydp97ce4e7box-posb-content" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Figtree, Figtree fallback, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: normal;"><div class="ydp97ce4e7box-posb ydp97ce4e7box-posb-last" style="margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px 0px 32px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: solid;"><div class="ydp97ce4e7box-pos-label ydp97ce4e7is-before-box-inflected-form-sets" style="margin-bottom: 12px;"><h2 style="margin: 0px; line-height: 16px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 0.75em;">noun</h2></div><div class="ydp97ce4e7box-inflected-form-sets" style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: 600; line-height: 32px;"><span class="ydp97ce4e7inflected-form-with-tooltip"><span class="ydp97ce4e7inflected-form-form" style="cursor: default; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(235, 235, 235); font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;">sprites</span></span></div><ol class="ydp97ce4e7list-definition ydp97ce4e7hide-ordinal" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="ydp97ce4e7item-definition" style="margin: 0px; counter-increment: listDefCounter 1; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; position: relative;"><p class="ydp97ce4e7txt-variant-label-short" style="margin: 0px;">(in folklore) an elf, fairy, or goblin.</p></li></ol></div></div></div><div><div class="ydpebd1b42bbox-pos-label" style="margin-bottom: 24px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Figtree, Figtree fallback, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: normal;"><h2 style="margin: 0px; line-height: 16px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 0.75em;">noun</h2></div><ol class="ydpebd1b42blist-definition" 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;"><li class="ydpebd1b42bitem-definition" style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; counter-increment: listDefCounter 1; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.75em; line-height: 24px; position: relative;"><p class="ydpebd1b42btxt-variant-label-short" style="margin: 0px;">(in folklore) a nimble elflike creature, esp one associated with water</p></li><li class="ydpebd1b42bitem-definition" style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; counter-increment: listDefCounter 1; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.75em; line-height: 24px; position: relative;"><p class="ydpebd1b42btxt-variant-label-short" style="margin: 0px;">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 class="ydp8588b254box-inflected-form-sets" 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;">sprightlier, sprightliest</div><ol class="ydp8588b254list-definition ydp8588b254hide-ordinal" 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;"><li class="ydp8588b254item-definition" style="margin: 0px; counter-increment: listDefCounter 1; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; position: relative;"><p class="ydp8588b254txt-variant-label-short" style="margin: 0px;">animated or vivacious; lively.</p><dl class="ydp8588b254box-synonym-antonym" style="margin: 12px 0px 0px;"><dt class="ydp8588b254synant-label" style="margin-right: 0.5em; font-weight: 700;">Synonyms:</dt><dd style="margin: 0px;"><a class="ydp8588b254lk-synonym" href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/spry" style="color: rgb(0, 87, 255); cursor: pointer;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spry</a>, <a class="ydp8588b254lk-synonym" href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/buoyant" style="color: rgb(0, 87, 255); cursor: pointer;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">buoyant</a>, <a class="ydp8588b254lk-synonym" href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/blithe" style="color: rgb(0, 87, 255); cursor: pointer;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blithe</a>, <a class="ydp8588b254lk-synonym" href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/spirited" style="color: rgb(0, 87, 255); cursor: pointer;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spirited</a></dd></dl></li></ol></div><div><div class="ydp7a869501box-item-entry ydp7a869501box-item-entry-last"><div class="ydp7a869501box-posb-content"><div class="ydp7a869501box-posb ydp7a869501box-posb-last" style="margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px 0px 32px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: solid;"><div class="ydp7a869501box-pos-label" style="margin-bottom: 24px;"><h2 style="margin: 0px; line-height: 16px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 0.75em;">adverb</h2></div><ol class="ydp7a869501list-definition ydp7a869501hide-ordinal" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="ydp7a869501item-definition" style="margin: 0px; counter-increment: listDefCounter 1; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; position: relative;"><p class="ydp7a869501txt-variant-label-short" style="margin: 0px;">in a sprightly manner.</p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="ydp7a869501box-item-entry ydp7a869501box-item-entry-last"><div class="ydp7a869501box-headword-audio-pronunciation" style="border-radius: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 24px;"><div class="ydp7a869501box-headword-type" style="position: relative;"><span class="ydp7a869501hdr-headword" id="ydp7a869501hdr-headword-british-1" style="font-size: 2.5em; font-weight: 600; line-height: 48px; display: inline;">sprightly</span><span class="ydp7a869501txt-entry-group-type ydp7a869501british" 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-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; min-height: 20px;">British </span></div><div class="ydp7a869501box-audio-pronunciation"><span class="ydp7a869501txt-ipa" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1em;">/ ˈspraɪtlɪ /</span></div></div><div class="ydp7a869501box-posb-content"><div class="ydp7a869501box-posb" style="margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px 0px 32px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: solid;"><div class="ydp7a869501box-pos-label" style="margin-bottom: 24px;"><h2 style="margin: 0px; line-height: 16px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 0.75em;">adjective</h2></div><ol class="ydp7a869501list-definition ydp7a869501hide-ordinal" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="ydp7a869501item-definition" style="margin: 0px; counter-increment: listDefCounter 1; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; position: relative;"><p class="ydp7a869501txt-variant-label-short" style="margin: 0px;">full of vitality; lively</p></li></ol></div></div></div></div><div class="ydpf1d46521pasted-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 class="ydpf1d46521lk-history-origin-entry" href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sprightly#hdr-headword-dcom-1" style="color: rgb(0, 87, 255); cursor: pointer;" 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" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:a24505ea-37d2-27d0-a3db-4f9bc83bb493@yahoo.com" class="ydp944351fayahoo-inline-image" style="max-width: 720px; 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