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I have enjoyed the lost since I bought my first BJ7 in '74. Thank you so
much for keeping it viable.
On Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 6:18=E2=80=AFAM Mark Bradakis via Spridgets <
spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
> There was some discussion on one of the Team Net lists about how things
> have changed, This is what I wrote, some of you may find it interesting.
>
> =3D=3D=3D=3D
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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@autox data]# uptime
> 15:13:45 up 876 days, 21:00, 1 user, load average: 0.61, 0.55, 0.59
> [root@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.
>
> 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.
> ------------------------
>
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<div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto"><div>I have enjoyed the lost since I bo=
ught my first BJ7 in '74.=C2=A0 Thank you so much for keeping it viable=
.</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail=
_attr">On Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 6:18=E2=80=AFAM Mark Bradakis via Spridgets &l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nore=
ferrer">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">There was some discussion on one of the Team Net lists about =
how things <br>
have changed,=C2=A0 This is what I wrote, some of you may find it interesti=
ng.<br>
<br>
=3D=3D=3D=3D<br>
<br>
<br>
A lot has changed over the last 35 years or so.=C2=A0 When I took over from=
<br>
Jim Muller, who took over from Dale Cook, back in the late 80s the <br>
"Internet" was still a wet behind the ears baby.=C2=A0 These days=
, wow, <br>
completely different!<br>
<br>
This list is a fragment of the original british-cars list.=C2=A0 But one <b=
r>
thing has not changed, and that is my commitment to providing this <br>
content as best I can, free of charge.=C2=A0 Sure there were times when I d=
id <br>
*everything* by hand, one request at a time, for email address changes, <br=
>
additions, deletions.=C2=A0 There were times I was belittled for making wha=
t <br>
seemed like arbitrary decisions to the unaware observer. There were <br>
times I worked 20 - 30 hours a week on Team dot Net, even before it was <br=
>
Team dot Net.<br>
<br>
These days my workload is way down, thanks to automated email list <br>
software.=C2=A0 But things are always changing when it comes to computers. =
<br>
These days it is all still running, but who knows for how long.<br>
<br>
Mailman 2, the version I have running on the Team Net server, was <br>
released in April of 2004.=C2=A0 It has long since been shuffled off to <br=
>
inactive status as far as the folks maintaining it are concerned.=C2=A0 But=
<br>
still it chugs along, these days pieced together with chewing gum and <br>
baling wire.<br>
<br>
In case you are wondering:<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 [root@autox data]# uptime<br>
=C2=A0 15:13:45 up 876 days, 21:00,=C2=A0 1 user,=C2=A0 load average: 0.61,=
0.55, 0.59<br>
=C2=A0 [root@autox data]# uname -a<br>
=C2=A0 Linux autox 5.3.11-100.fc29.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 12 20:41:25 UTC 20=
19 <br>
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br>
<br>
Yes, the server has not been booted for about 2 and a half years.=C2=A0 The=
<br>
fc29 in the uname output is the level of Fedora running, last updated in <b=
r>
2019.=C2=A0 My personal computer is at revision 41.=C2=A0 A LOT has changed=
.=C2=A0 I <br>
fear that if the server goes down, it may never come back up cleanly on <br=
>
its own.=C2=A0 I am hoping to make it go for at least 1,000 days of <br>
continuous running.=C2=A0 But I'll burn that bridge before we cross it,=
or <br>
however the saying goes.<br>
<br>
For now, there are people who still enjoy these old lists, still finding <b=
r>
them useful, and a lot more appealing than mass market social media <br>
outlets, with advertising you need to wade through to find anything <br>
worthwhile.<br>
<br>
And as long as I am able, I will keep it that way.=C2=A0 Enjoy the coming <=
br>
festive season!<br>
<br>
mjb.<br>
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</blockquote></div><div data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"=
><p style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;co=
lor:navy">Jim Ryan<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style=3D"font-size:12.8000001=
907349px">=C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC</p></div></div></div>
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