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 5:05â?¯PM, Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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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