<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Many thanks for all your efforts over the years. Happy BD!</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Will - 382001570 <br><a href="mailto:Tigers@embarqmail.com" target="_blank">Tigers@embarqmail.com</a></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM Jim via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thanks for ALL you’ve done over the years!!!!<br>
The Tiger site was very helpful when I bought my Tiger!!<br>
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> On Apr 11, 2025, at 5:35 PM, Mark Bradakis via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On April 11th, 1991, <a href="http://team.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">team.net</a> became a new domain. 34 years ago, how time flies! Back then it was just two lists, autox and british-cars. My, things have changed. At its peak, there were 77 lists, I think, stemming from splitting the british-cars list into Triumph, MG, Healey, etc lists. And shop-talk and the-local and Datsun roadsters and Bricklin and ... you get the idea.<br>
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> While Team Net is no longer the only show in town as it was back in the early days, there are still just over 30 lists. About half a dozen of these see daily, or almost daily, traffic. Some see hardly any use at all. Back in the mid nineties, the autox list would see like a thousand messages in August, leading up to the Nationals. I think the one and only year I attended, '97, about 2/3rds of the entrants were on Team Net. Lost track of how many stickers I sold. Still have a few somewhere in my office.<br>
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> As I recall, the very first server I set up at home was top of the line, with a 120 MHz processor. Attached is the label for that box. Cost me $2,500. See the photo for the specs :-) Actually, it didn't cost ME much money. Before Team Net came about, I had a fundraiser. Back then, having an internet connection at home was not cheap. I think I raised like $3,000 which got us started down this trail.<br>
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> Still accepting donations, though the semi-annual fund drives are a thing of the past. When folks see fit and have a few bucks to spare, they visit <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a> - donate early, donate often!<br>
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> Yep, it has been over 3 decades I have been doing this, a lot of effort. Back in the day it would take me at least 10 - 15 hours a week dealing with errors, bounced mail, maintaining some of the web pages and so on. All that effort did land me a berth in the British Sports Car Hall of Fame. That was nice.<br>
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> And I plan on keeping it going as long as I am physically able.<br>
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> Anyway, happy birthday Team.Net!<br>
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