[AT] OT if you ever wondered what to do for friendwho has itall when his 60th birthday is coming.

Al Jones farmallsupera at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 19 17:16:55 PDT 2010 

Charlie I agree and I have enjoyed this and other stories of yours 
immensely.  I guess it wouldn't hurt for all of us to try to put in a little 
more tractor content--seems like when something does come through it's about 
a bless-ed ford or ferguson!  :)

Al

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From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 11:22 AM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] OT if you ever wondered what to do for friendwho	has	itall 
when his 60th birthday is coming.

> charlie hill wrote:
>> For the record,  If you notice the message below is not complete.  That 
>> is
>> because I wrote it to blow off a little steam and intended to delete it.
>> This #$%^$%^^ mail program that Windows 7 uses is the biggest piece of 
>> junk
>> Microsoft ever created.  I tried to delete the message and it put it
>> in my drafts folder.  When I tried to delete it from the drafts folder it
>> sent it.
>>
>> I guess it's just as well it got sent anyway.  I hope it didn't offend
>> anyone but there are a handful of us that try to keep the old original 
>> ATIS
>> list alive.
>> It's hard to do when no one ever asks a tractor question.  If Spencer or
>> those of you in the inner circle are opposed to an off topic thread here,
>> why don't
>> you talk about it around the camp fire at Portland and decide if you want
>> this list to continue.  I like to hear from my friend Mattias.   I
>> appreciate him
>> posting the link to that video and don't apologize for starting an off 
>> topic
>> dynamite conversation on a nearly dead list.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 7:09 AM
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT if you ever wondered what to do for friendwho has 
>> itall
>> when his 60th birthday is coming.
>>
>>
>>> With all due respect to my good list friends it seems some of you think 
>>> we
>>> are doing something wrong by having an off topic discussion.  This list,
>>> the
>>> old original list, has been mainly
>>> an off topic list for years.  It became so when different brands of
>>> tractors
>>> were segregated away from the main list.   I'd like to remind you that
>>> just
>>> a few days ago there was almost no traffic on this list.  In fact it
>>> sometimes goes a few days at a time without any postings at all.  It 
>>> seems
>>> to me that when someone does speak up and start a conversation that some
>>> of
>>> you are complaining or at least making light of the off topic content.
>>> Gene,   I don't use the new lists.  When I've tried, at first, I was
>>> unable
>>> to
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:10 AM
>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT if you ever wondered what to do for friend who
>>> hasitallwhen his 60th birthday is coming.
>>>
>>>
>>>> So could I, Gene.  It's one of those things where once you get us
>>>> started,
>>>> this thread could go on until next week.  You guys at Portland will 
>>>> spend
>>>> half of every night making shim stock and trading stories.
>>>>
>>>> I wish I could join you at Portland, but I have to draw the line
>>>> somewhere, and I still have three major trips planned for this fall.
>>>>
>>>> Larry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
>>>> Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 22:53
>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT if you ever wondered what to do for friend who has
>>>> itall when his 60th birthday is coming.
>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
>>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>     Larry;
>>>>>
>>>>>     This sounds like a good topic for the new
>>>>> list on the "Round the Pot
>>>>> Belly Stove" forum. I could tell a couple of my own.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.atis.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?14-round-the-pot-
>>>>> bellied-stove
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Gene
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
>>>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:59 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT if you ever wondered what to do for friend
>>>>> who has
>>>>> itall when his 60th birthday is coming.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> LOL!  Good story, Mark.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I may paraphrase a fairly recent SNL skit -- "Please don't
>>>>>>
>>>>> make me tell
>>>>>
>>>>>> a dynamite story.  You really don't want me to tell a
>>>>>>
>>>>> dynamite story."
>>>>>
>>>>>> "No one's asking you to tell a dynamite story."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME TELL A DYNAMITE STORY."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Larry
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: Mark Greer <markagreer at embarqmail.com>
>>>>>> Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 21:23
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT if you ever wondered what to do for
>>>>>>
>>>>> friend who has
>>>>>
>>>>>> itall when his 60th birthday is coming.
>>>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>>>>
>>>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've probably told this here before, but my neighbor up the
>>>>>>> street tells a
>>>>>>> story about dynamite that would NEVER happen today. Lawrence is
>>>>>>> 70-something
>>>>>>> and has farmed all his life. When he was in high school his
>>>>>>> father called in
>>>>>>> to town and ordered a case of dynamite from the local hardware
>>>>>>> to blast some
>>>>>>> stumps out with. Larry G knows who they are (Johnson's in
>>>>>>> Orrville).
>>>>>>> Lawrence walked over to the hardware after school and picked up
>>>>>>> the case of
>>>>>>> dynamite and then got on the school bus and took it home. If you
>>>>>>> tried that
>>>>>>> today you'd be on the national news in no time flat.
>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>>> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>>>>>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>>>>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:47 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT if you ever wondered what to do for friend
>>>>>>> who has
>>>>>>> itall when his 60th birthday is coming.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So much for the land of the free.  Can you imagine what
>>>>>>> would happen if we
>>>>>>> did that in the US these days?  Growing up I had a friend
>>>>>>> who's grandmother
>>>>>>> gave him a case of dynamite for Christmas every
>>>>>>> year.   He rode around the
>>>>>>> country setting off dynamite like most of us did fire
>>>>>>> crackers.   Don't mean
>>>>>>> to be political by this but things sure have changed more here
>>>>>>> than they
>>>>>>> apparently have in other places.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Charlie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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> I personally like the off topic posts, as there is a wealth of knowledge
> within the list members.   I have a lot of old tractors and lets get
> real.  There are not a lot of really high tech or rocket scientist
> problems that erupt with them.  The most complicated thing is the
> hydraulics and those problems are usually a leak or not leaking as it
> should.  These things wre made simple so they would last 4 lifetimes.
> Right now I am trying to work with some fairly sophisticated surveying
> equipment tat is less than 10 years old, but cannot get the data out of
> it because the medias have changed in the last few years so that when my
> old computer died, I now have no way of inputting the data into the
> computer to plot it on autocad.  Also my auto cad program is now
> obsolete (2004) so I cannot call anyone and get any tech assistance.
> Their solution is to upgrade for $5000  My Nikon 2006 total station has
> been bought out by Trimble and to get any tech assistance, I have to
> send Trimble $1000 each year. only to be referred to a tech support
> grunt in India who learned how to speak english by a correspondence
> course. My Topcon GPS (2004) survey system is obsolete and the salesman
> who knew how to figure out the problem left the company to go to
> Florida.  He has not been replaced.
>
> At least the guys on this list have done enough varied occupations that
> they can relate to what I am talking about and can offer suggestions.  I
> also believe that just because we have the technology to ad a bunch of
> bells and whistles, it doesn't mean we should.
>
> I don't like the format of those other types of lists, I like this one.
> I read it religiously.  I seldom read a newspaper, but I open up my
> email list several times a day.
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
> I personally enjoyed the dynamite story.   And I, too,  think the
> country has changed way way too much
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