<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">A belated Happy Birthday and here's to many more, John! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">So glad you continue to post here. Your contributions over the years have been invaluable. We all have learned so much history and background of our treasured Triumphs through your input and stories. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Cheers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Larry Griffin</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">70 TR6</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM John Macartney <<a href="mailto:johnBMacartney@gmx.com">johnBMacartney@gmx.com</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"><div class="msg6533256016703871962"><div lang="EN-GB" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_6533256016703871962WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thank you, Bill. It’s been a pleasure for me to read all the posts down the years, even though my contributions these days are few and probably not at all helpful. It seems ‘the list’ these days is a mere shadow of its former self but then so many contributors have died, sold their cars and/or migrated to other forums. I’m a member of two of those others which frankly I find rather boring and over-segmented into different model groups whose adherents/supporters don’t want to cross-polinate on model preferences.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Anyway, keep the posts coming please, everyone. They’re still a source of great pleasure to an ‘oldie’ and a very pleasant reminder of happier days in a less troubled world.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Jonmac<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> bill beecher <<a href="mailto:notakitcar@yahoo.com" target="_blank">notakitcar@yahoo.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> 30 August 2025 03:22<br><b>To:</b> Macartney John <<a href="mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com" target="_blank">johnbmacartney@gmx.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> MASSEY DAVID <<a href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com" target="_blank">dave1massey@cs.com</a>>; List Truimphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Happy Birthday John! <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for staying with all us kids that are still learning our TRs. <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Bill B<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">TS30766L<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">“Obstacles are all you see when you take your eyes off the goal” H. Ford<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><br><br></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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