<div dir="auto">A very spritely gathering!</div><div dir="auto">Happy Fourth guys!!<div><img src="cid:19f2fbebc19deb9412c1" style="max-width: 100%;"></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy) <<a href="mailto:crusaderchuck55@aol.com">crusaderchuck55@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<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 <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="m_-113123684480192191ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135"><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px"><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><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"><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"><div><h1 id="m_-113123684480192191ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp97ce4e7hdr-headword-dcom-1" style="margin:0px;line-height:48px;font-size:2.5em;display:inline">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-color:initial;min-height:20px">American </span></div><div><button style="line-height:1.1;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 style="font-size:1.125em">[sprahyt]</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:1em">/ spraɪt /</span></div><div><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"><div style="margin:0px 0px 32px;padding:0px 0px 32px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-style:solid"><div style="margin-bottom:12px"><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"><span><span style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(235,235,235);font-size:20px;line-height:28px">sprites</span></span></div><ol style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style-type:none"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><p style="margin:0px">(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"><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"><li style="margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.75em;line-height:24px"><p style="margin:0px">(in folklore) a nimble elflike creature, esp one associated with water</p></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.75em;line-height:24px"><p 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 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 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 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><p style="margin:0px">animated or vivacious; lively.</p><dl style="margin:12px 0px 0px"><dt style="margin-right:0.5em;font-weight:700">Synonyms:</dt><dd style="margin:0px"><a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/spry" style="color:rgb(0,87,255)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spry</a>, <a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/buoyant" style="color:rgb(0,87,255)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">buoyant</a>, <a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/blithe" style="color:rgb(0,87,255)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blithe</a>, <a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/spirited" style="color:rgb(0,87,255)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spirited</a></dd></dl></li></ol></div><div><div><div><div style="margin:0px 0px 32px;padding:0px 0px 32px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-style:solid"><div style="margin-bottom:24px"><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"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><p style="margin:0px">in a sprightly manner.</p></li></ol></div></div></div><div><div style="border-radius:24px;margin:0px 0px 32px;padding:24px"><div><span id="m_-113123684480192191ydpfae55adeyiv8597758135ydp7a869501hdr-headword-british-1" style="font-size:2.5em;font-weight:600;line-height:48px;display:inline">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-color:initial;min-height:20px">British </span></div><div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:1em">/ ˈspraɪtlɪ /</span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px 0px 32px;padding:0px 0px 32px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-style:solid"><div style="margin-bottom:24px"><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"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><p style="margin:0px">full of vitality; lively</p></li></ol></div></div></div></div><div><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)" 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)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sprite</a> ) + <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ly" style="color:rgb(0,87,255)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">-ly</a></p></div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></div></div></div></div></div><br><span></span><br></div></div></div></div>------------------------<br><br><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation: $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/crusaderchuck55@aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/crusaderchuck55@aol.com</a><br></div>
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