[AT] The A.T.I.S. list - Thanks Spencer

[George Willer]

John,

All the good guys have a little curmudgeon in them, but try to keep it
hidden most of the time.

Now here goes Frobl messing with our typing!  I'll never adapt to typing all
the periods when a simple ATIS will do.  We have a good guy on the Cub list
whose signature is "S.H.A.F.T.".  It drives me nuts.  I call him "Chris".

In a little more than 3 months we'll be gathering at TMCOTKU (no periods)
for Cub Fest II.  I haven't heard the Dotson Inferno (XIII?) will be there,
but I'd bet on it.  Come on down... it's just a short hop for you!  I can
hardly wait!

Who knows what special memorable feature will happen next?  I wouldn't have
missed Inferno I for the world.

George Willer

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> You guys are cracking me up with these.  I think I'm the curmudgeon in my
> family :-}
> John Cable
> In Lower Slower Western Michigan
> Grand Rapids, MI
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> From: "Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 11:14 AM
> Subject: [AT] The A.T.I.S. list - Thanks Spencer
>
>
> > It is A.T.I.S. BTW, not atis as a word. Spencer
> > officially settled that for us some time back.   :-)
> > "Some" people tend to miss the best part of this
> > list. I'm on a lot of list and have a bunch of my own.
> > There are some folks on many of those list that I
> > consider to be friends. Somehow though it is not the
> > same as this list. I have never met any of them in
> > person except some that are also on this list. I wish
> > it were possible for every list member to sit around
> > the Dotson Inferno at Portland. I can think of little
> > I would rather do than gather with good friends I have
> > made on this list. I have come to think of distance,
> > time and lack of funds as the enemy. I would highly
> > recommend to anyone shying back from any opportunity
> > to meet with or visit with other list members to "just
> > do it". I have been on here about 8 or 9 years now
> > (dang, where did that time go?) and have "NEVER"
> > regretted meeting a list member.
> > For some reason East Central Indiana is not a hotbed
> > of list members. Except for list member Scott Pike
> > (who was here last night and drives past the farm
> > daily) every visit requires at least a few hours of
> > driving.
> > Like any large family we are prone to bicker and bark
> > when the list runs out of things to talk about and
> > sometimes we see things differently but when meeting
> > in person that all goes away.
> > There are a few list that I only join for the
> > information that I can suck from it but this one is
> > different. I know there are those that wish we would
> > stay straight on topic but I have belonged to a few of
> > those (notice the past tense) and they soon become
> > dull dead things indeed. As I moderate my own batch of
> > list I very often quote to them Spencer's sage advice
> > about subject matter. "If you don't like the topics
> > being discussed start a new topic of your choosing.
> > Ask a question or tell a story about what you are
> > doing." Much of the off topic stuff we get into is
> > just to fill up space and keep communication going
> > with friends. Those of us that have been here for some
> > time have already pretty well discussed the topic of
> > what a steering wheel is for, as an example. That is
> > one of many reasons that it is important for new
> > members and lurkers to jump in and share questions and
> > stories. Don't make us try to fill all of the space
> > while you just read. Tell us what you are doing or
> > just want to do.
> > A lot of new folks get confused by some of the almost
> > shorthand joke references that we use, some of which
> > came from several years of build up. Things like
> > TMCOTKU, TGCOTKU, The World Famous Internationally
> > Traveled Blue Handled Fence Pliers, the Dotson
> > Inferno, Troy and hand clutches, Ricky and his spark
> > plugs and lightning, Skip's "you are not going to win
> > this one farmer" and a host of others. Then more
> > seriously there were the traveling boxes and charity
> > auctions. You can feel free to inquire to the list
> > about them or better yet ask at Portland while
> > camping. While we love meeting with old friends we
> > also love making new ones. Heck even "Evil Dave" is
> > greeted warmly at Portland...   ;-)
> >
> > Thanks Spencer, and this year get that hay in a week
> > earlier. See you at Portland.
> >
> >
> > "farmer"
> >
> >
> > Francis Robinson
> > Central Indiana, USA
> > robinson at svs.net