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On Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 02:39:55 PM CDT, Dave MacKay <dave@mdmackay.ca> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Thank you Dave.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Before seeing your message I was about to unsubscribe (after having been<br></div><div dir="ltr">on the list for >30 years).<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Regards,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Dave MacKay<br></div><div dir="ltr">1960 TR3A s/n 68639L<br></div><div dir="ltr">near Toronto, Canada<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 11:28:43 +0000 (UTC)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>From: DAVID MASSEY <<a href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dave1massey@cs.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>To: "auprichard uprichard.net" <<a href="mailto:auprichard@uprichard.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">auprichard@uprichard.net</a>>,<br></div><div dir="ltr">> John Macartney <<a href="mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">johnbmacartney@gmx.com</a>>,<br></div><div dir="ltr">> dave northrup <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dave@ranteer.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Subject: Re: [TR] Happy Birthday USA<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>There is no place on this list for this kind of arrogant, xenophobic<br></div><div dir="ltr">invective rants.? You do not speak for a majority of Americans and<br></div><div dir="ltr">certainly not me!? Only a small, vocal minority have drunk the koolaid.?<br></div><div dir="ltr">Put a sock in it.<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Dave<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> On Friday, July 3, 2026 at 09:35:16 PM CDT, dave northrup<br></div><div dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dave@ranteer.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Many of us are avid supporters of Donal J Trump, perhaps one of the<br></div><div dir="ltr">greatest presidents this country has ever seen.? Just because you think<br></div><div dir="ltr">socialism works, and you believe the highly prejudiced and liberal leaning<br></div><div dir="ltr">press does not make it true.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> ?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Furthermore, you are not a citizen of this country; you benefited<br></div><div dir="ltr">tremendously from the generosity of us in this country when you were here<br></div><div dir="ltr">(and me in particular who in fact made your journey possible), and you<br></div><div dir="ltr">have no damn business being so critical of a society to which you neither<br></div><div dir="ltr">belong nor are a part.? Stay the hell on your side of the ocean.? This<br></div><div dir="ltr">country is absolutely the greatest country on earth, and if it wasn?t for<br></div><div dir="ltr">us you?d be speaking German.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> ?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Trump has brough greatness to this country instead of the pro gay, pro<br></div><div dir="ltr">trans, and highly negative aspirations of the previous administration.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> ?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">From: Triumphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>>On Behalf Of auprichard<br></div><div dir="ltr">uprichard.net<br></div><div dir="ltr">Sent: Friday, July 3, 2026 6:20 AM<br></div><div dir="ltr">To: John Macartney <<a href="mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">johnbmacartney@gmx.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Re: [TR] Happy Birthday USA<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> ?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Can we please keep this chat page for discussions on our cars?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> ?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">From: Triumphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>>On Behalf Of John<br></div><div dir="ltr">Macartney<br></div><div dir="ltr">Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2026 2:56 PM<br></div><div dir="ltr">To: <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: [TR] Happy Birthday USA<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> ?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Friends, I?m going to be away from a keyboard or tablet pad on 4th July<br></div><div dir="ltr">which is always an important date for all y?all. We?ve seen on the UK news<br></div><div dir="ltr">that a certain person who doesn?t need to be named is trying to focus the<br></div><div dir="ltr">250th celebrations<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> ?<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Friends, ? I?m going to be away from a keyboard or tablet pad on 4th<br></div><div dir="ltr">July which is always an important date for all y?all. We?ve seen on the UK<br></div><div dir="ltr">news that a certain person who doesn?t need to be named is trying to focus<br></div><div dir="ltr">the 250th celebrations on himself. Over the centuries, our two countries<br></div><div dir="ltr">have waxed and waned towards one another which is all part of life and now<br></div><div dir="ltr">we seem to be too far apart. Looking into the future, that situation will<br></div><div dir="ltr">hopefully rectify itself but in the meantime to my many friends on this<br></div><div dir="ltr">list - and elsewhere, Happy Birthday USA on 4th July, 2026. ? Jonmac ?<br></div><div dir="ltr">PS. I have here a skid of letters written by an ancestor, Captain John<br></div><div dir="ltr">Macartney, Royal Navy and Captain of HMS PRINCESS AMELIA to the Mayor of<br></div><div dir="ltr">Norfolk, Virginia in 1776. The correspondence deals with the refusal by<br></div><div dir="ltr">the Mayor to re-victual the seven ships under Captain Mac?s command that<br></div><div dir="ltr">were moored in Norfolk harbour. Payment would be in gold but the mayor<br></div><div dir="ltr">continued to refuse. At that point, the Captain ma de it clear he would<br></div><div dir="ltr">order his squadron to bring their massed guns to bear on the township and<br></div><div dir="ltr">open fire. Fortunately for everyone, the mayor changed his mind and<br></div><div dir="ltr">massacre was averted. I apologise for any distress or hard feeling that<br></div><div dir="ltr">may still exist in Norfolk and anywhere else :) ? JM **<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> ** ? 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