<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp99df05b1yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">35 years of flawless performance. Can't beat that. Good job, Mark.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp99df05b1signature"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><font size="4">Dave <br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"><br></span></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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On Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 04:49:18 AM CDT, Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Nearly half my life! Team dot Net went on the air 35 years ago today, <br></div><div dir="ltr">April 11th, 1991. Been through a lot of ups and downs over the years, <br></div><div dir="ltr">many different computers, different ISPs, but almost always there. I <br></div><div dir="ltr">won't go into the times that ISP problems shut it down for days, or even <br></div><div dir="ltr">weeks at a time.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">But it is still here, still on the air, still serving the purpose I have <br></div><div dir="ltr">always upheld, connecting like minded users to mostly car stuff. And <br></div><div dir="ltr">always for free. I do remember back in the beginning it was pretty <br></div><div dir="ltr">expensive to run. Fast, at home internet was not widely available. And <br></div><div dir="ltr">the first server, one of the earliest PCs in the valley to run at over <br></div><div dir="ltr">100 Mhz ( Yes, MEGA Hertz! ) cost me $2,500 dollars. Luckily paid for <br></div><div dir="ltr">by generous contributions from list members.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Time marches on, and so does Team Net. I'll keep it going as long as I <br></div><div dir="ltr">can, health permitting. Who knows, maybe I'll be sending out a 50th <br></div><div dir="ltr">birthday notice!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">mjb.<br></div>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">triumphs@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>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/dave1massey@cs.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/dave1massey@cs.com</a><br></div>
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