[TR] The List is Less Busy These Days

[Randy and Valerie DeRuiter]

I am a relative newby with about 20 years of team.net under my belt but have always found it so very useful - people as well as the treasure trove of net wisdom Mark has kept up.

Thanks so much for this Mark and I hope many more years to come.

Randy
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> On Dec 14, 2025, at 5:05 PM, Mark Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:
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> On 12/12/25 2:10 PM, Will Daehler wrote:
>> Certainly the volume is down.
>> But I am still here, and read the digest most days, for about 28 years.
>> During this time, I learned so much from all of you, and early on developed friends who helped me immensely. They shared parts, knowledge, and tools.
>> Without you guys and Mark's early computer skills,  all would have been lost.
>> Recently we have sort of re-assmbled on various Facebook sites.
>> Will Daehler
>> 63 TR4
>
> A lot has changed over the last 35 years or so.  When I took over from Jim Muller, who took over from Dale Cook, back in the late 80s the "Internet" was still a wet behind the ears baby.  These days, wow, completely different!
>
> This list is a fragment of the original british-cars list.  But one thing has not changed, and that is my commitment to providing this content as best I can, free of charge.  Sure there were times when I did *everything* by hand, one request at a time, for email address changes, additions, deletions.  There were times I was belittled for making what seemed like arbitrary decisions to the unaware observer. There were times I worked 20 - 30 hours a week on Team dot Net, even before it was Team dot Net.
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> These days my workload is way down, thanks to automated email list software.  But things are always changing when it comes to computers. These days it is all still running, but who knows for how long.
>
> Mailman 2, the version I have running on the Team Net server, was released in April of 2004.  It has long since been shuffled off to inactive status as far as the folks maintaining it are concerned.  But still it chugs along, these days pieced together with chewing gum and baling wire.
>
> In case you are wondering:
>
> [root at autox data]# uptime
> 15:13:45 up 876 days, 21:00,  1 user,  load average: 0.61, 0.55, 0.59
> [root at autox data]# uname -a
> Linux autox 5.3.11-100.fc29.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 12 20:41:25 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Yes, the server has not been booted for about 2 and a half years.  The fc29 in the uname output is the level of Fedora running, last updated in 2019.  My personal computer is at revision 41.  A LOT has changed.  I fear that if the server goes down, it may never come back up cleanly on its own.  I am hoping to make it go for at least 1,000 days of continuous running.  But I'll burn that bridge before we cross it, or however the saying goes.
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> For now, there are people who still enjoy these old lists, still finding them useful, and a lot more appealing than mass market social media outlets, with advertising you need to wade through to find anything worthwhile.
>
> And as long as I am able, I will keep it that way.  Enjoy the coming festive season!
>
> mjb.
>
> ps:  A week before the winter solstice, and I just got back from a top down drive with the British Motor Club of Utah.  Sunny, mid 50s here in the Salt Lake area.  Unreal!
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