[AJD] Fwd: Re: [JDAT] Re: ebay # 280197269334

[J.R. Hobbs]

  Frank,
   
  If you knew anything about the economics of the publishing business, you'd know that what you propose simply isn't possible. The rest of this year will be far more TC than NG, but there will be some NG this, and will be for the foreseeable future. You have to realize that people like Jack and myself, no matter what our personal preferences might be, have to try to please over 18K subscribers per issue, which simply isn't possible. 
   
  As for the cover photo, I thought it was great, no matter who it was taken for. But everybody likes different stuff. We get people who are PO'ed we won't put a photo of their chrome-plated butchered-up pulling tractor on the cover (not gonna happen, EVER) ,so it's a no-win situation.
   
  I'm sorry, I don't think we're out of balance. How many more times would you like us to go over every fact and re-run (for the 4th or 5th time) every photo we have on, say, early Model "D" Tractors?  There's no interest in them. We've not had a spoker D at Expo for 3 years!!  If we covered what's popular right now, it would be "20" and "30" Series tractors. I think you'd get sick of those in short orderl
   
  I'm sorry you feel the way you do. I hope that someday you'll see that we're doing what we think is necessary for the hobby to continue. Jack is 65, I'm 55, disabled, with a possibly terminal illness, and there's nobody coming up to take our places.We're trying to recruit people and getting nowhere, because you have to devote your life to this, and young people don't want to do that. What's gonna happen when Jack says "Enough", or if I die?  If we don't get this info out while we're alive, it may never get out at all. Chew on that for a while.
   
  JR

Frank <gremaux at midrivers.com> wrote:
  
JR

still think you should put NG in their own mag.......then you will say put
implements in one too........
I am only interested in two cylinder and don't read about NG.......I do
agree with you that there is a place just don't think it is this
mag........I also agree that it is a tractor that is becoming collectable
but.......

The picture is a great picture and I imagine Mr Cherry was proud of it as
his son and future family should be....

could be some sort of balance in your mag but ...........

Frank
gremaux at midrivers.com
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