[AT] Subject line now changed :-)& list subjects.

[charliehill]

Well said Travis.

Charlie
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Subject: Re: [AT] Subject line now changed :-)& list subjects.


> Charlie Hill Wrote:
> "Think of this list
> like a place of business or a library or a charity.  When there is 
> business
> to do the folks take care of business.  When there is nothing going on 
> they
> don't sit around and talk about work.  They talk about what is going on in
> their lives."
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>   I look at this list like the country store we had here in Turkey when I 
> was growing up.  It had everything in it you could want from
> fresh peanuts to plow points and bolts and a nice cold Pepsi, Mt Dew, or 
> RC and a nab or moonpie if you were a real good boy. Some even
> put salted peanuts in their pepsi...  It was also the neighborhood 
> gathering spot for the farmers. Around that old heater in the winter,
> you could get advice, find out if the fish were bitin, gossip on the 
> neighbors, and hear some of the tallest tales ever told for
> entertainment.  We were all friends and neighbors who sometimes disagreed 
> but when you were in need, these people were the first ones
> there... well most of em.
>  I don't post a lot here, I don't have the time, but I do read selected 
> subjects on here when I have a minute and especially when I need
> a diversion, much like my dad catching up with old friends at the country 
> store.  I made the original post about the new computer
> controlled systems.  If I was out of line, I apologize to the list,If I 
> remember the post correctly, in was in the context that today's
> machines wouldn't last like the old ones we all know and love from the 
> past and discuss here. It was not intended to start a thread on
> newer machines, or technicians, but even then I learned a few things.
>  I, for one, am grateful for this forum and for the opportunity it allows 
> all of us to get to know each other,  discuss old tractors,
> old times, and all things tractor related, and even the occaisional 
> wizzing contest if it is kept civil and I thank Spencer and those who
> provide us the opportunity!!
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