To Mark,
Thank you. You do such a great job. I, for one...and I know there are
thousands
of others like me, sincerely appreciate all of your hard work and dedication to
such a random bunch of goofy, gearheads. There has to be some special place in
digital nirvana reserved just for you..
Best wishes (and the check is in the mail).
Guy
67.6 SPL Stroker
Tempe
Mark J Bradakis wrote:
> [Warning: Long, rambling fund drive request ahead. mjb.]
>
> Six A.M.
> Sat down on excavation gravel
> by juniper and desert S.P. tracks
> interstate 80 not far off
> between trucks
> Coyotes - maybe three
> howling and yapping from a rise.
>
> Magpie on a bough
> Tipped his head and said,
>
> "Here in the mind, brother
> turquoise blue.
> I wouldn't fool you.
> Smell the breeze
> It came through all the trees
> No need to fear
> What's ahead
> Snow up on the hills west
> Will be there every year
> be at rest.
> A feather on the ground -
> The wind sound -
>
> Here in the mind, brother,
> turquoise blue.
>
> "Magpie's Song" by Gary Snyder
>
> ====
>
> October 9th, 2001. It has been a long, dry summer here in Salt Lake City,
> with record heat stretching into October. But last night a storm snuck in
> on the heels of a cold front, and this morning I was pleased to see the
> white dusting on the mountains above town. October 12th is coming right
> up, the day that was traditionally celebrated as Columbus Day here in the
> United States. Those of you who have been subscribed for a few years may
> remember my "New World" message of October '99 referencing the voyages
> sailing off into unknown territory - like me, when I started moving the
> Team.Net services away from the U of Utah and to a machine here at home.
>
> And it has worked out well. Some glitches here and there, but nothing too
> serious. Well, some folks might think a whole weekend without their email
> fix is quite serious, but in general there has been little downtime. And
> I'd like to keep it that way, so here it is time for the semi-annual fund
> drive.
>
> But I must confess I feel a bit odd about asking for donations at the moment.
> A lot of you here in the US of A have been bombarded with requests for money
> from all directions for various relief funds. Some of you have already given,
> perhaps not only your money, but your blood as well. One list member gave all
> there was to give, crashing in a Pennsylvania field with Flight 93. Some of
> you may be wondering if local shelters will be able to serve up those
> Thanksgiving turkeys, if everyone gives what they have available to relief
> funds for New York. What will this Christmas hold in store for those who
> celebrate it - a time of joy and peace, or a time of loss and mourning?
>
> No need to fear
> What's ahead
> Snow up on the hills west
> Will be there every year
> be at rest.
>
> Life goes on. The sun is rising somewhere on the planet as you read this, a
> new day dawning. Hmmm, with subscribers all over the world, can one say
> the sun never sets on Team.Net? Earlier this year, I was thinking that this
> fall fund drive would be a good chance to try and raise some extra dollars
> above and beyond what is needed to cover the daily costs of operation. The
> plan was to enhance the web server, perhaps getting another machine so that
> the mail server could just do mail, and the web server could do web service,
> and the FTP service as well, hopefully providing a bit better response with
> the distributed load.
>
> Some of the thinking behind that was to enhance the web service, including
> making searchable archives for all the various lists available. The archives
> at Listquest have basically been worthless for the last year, looks like
> another dot com going belly dot up. So I was planning on making something
> available for all the 80+ lists currently served here, as autox.team.net
> or a few other domains. For an example of what I have in mind, check out
>
> http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/wilma/british-cars
>
> But getting such archives for all the lists in place would require more
> disk space, more backup facilities, perhaps faster machines, and so on.
> Maybe it will happen this fall, maybe it won't, we'll see. Boy, keeping
> this Team.Net stuff going could drive me to drink!
>
> Speaking of which, there's some new lists out there. A while back I set up
> wtc@autox.team.net as a list for discussions about the World Trade Center and
> Pentagon attacks. It has maybe half a dozen subscribers at the moment, not
> one of the more popular lists. But it got me to thinking about how there
> might be a use in having a list for general, sort of maybe automotive related
> stuff, maybe just random blather about whatever. In the past I've mentioned
> how some of the busier lists are a lot like going down to the local pub with
> a thousand or so of your closest friends for a pint and some chat. So, I set
> up a new list called the-local@autox.team.net. And on a whim there's also a
> new list called single-malt@autox.team.net. These new lists are not under
> the control of majordomo, but a different list manager, Mailman. If you've
> got web access, go to
>
> http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo
>
> Maybe someday I'll move all the lists to Mailman, or whatever's next, we shall
> see.
>
> That's the state of the autox.team.net world. Here's the request -
>contribute.
> Contribute to the American Red Cross, contribute to the United Way of New
>York,
> contribute to the local charities in your area that may be getting less than
> they planned on, as folks give to national relief organisations. Make sure
> you are contributing to a reputable group, there are numerous scams popping
>up,
> I imagine.
>
> And if you have 1, 5, 10, 20 or whatever dollars left over, consider sending
> in some to support the continued existence of Team.Net. You can do this in
> various ways:
>
> Paypal - Send your contributions to team_fat@uswestmail.net
>
> Checks - Send a check, payable to Fat Chance Garage, in US funds, to
>
> Fat Chance Garage
> PO Box 58333
> Salt Lake City, UT 84158
>
> The foreign currency request from the spring fund drive was quite successful,
> I got Dollars, Pounds, Francs, Marks, Rupies, even an Australian Loonie. I
> need to take a photo and get it on a web page. Thanks, everyone.
>
> Visa, Mastercard: You can send the info to the Fat Chance address above, or
> send a fax to 801-355-5438. Perhaps someday my parts business will have
>online
> credit card processing. Maybe if I weren't spending so much time keeping the
> lists running. No Discover or American Express at the moment.
>
> If you can contribute, great, if you can't swing it this time around, no
>sweat.
> We will survive.
>
> mjb.
>
> ps: Okay, maybe next time I'll have the scripts working so each subscriber
> gets only one copy of this begging blather, rather than one copy for
> each list they are on.
>
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