[AT] Best of ATIS? -The D8 story, misc

[Larry Goss]

Hey, Herb.  Good to hear from you.  There are some other changes going on in the form of how we communicate electronically that (IMHO) makes a difference in how much we use a particular email list.  Are you on Facebook?  Many of the new lists do more interchange on that than by email.  As for the subject line in email, it's an antiquated item that we have as a hold-over from previous "correct" forms of communication.  Do you remember when every message you wrote had to start with the date and a formal address such as: Dear Sir?  I'm talking about pre-computer days.  When is the last time you wrote anything that started out, "Dear (anything)."  To my way of thinking, it's futile to lament over those changes, but simply to just "Move on..."

Assuming that you had a membership in AAA, do you still have one?  If so, why?  You can get better rates on travel and better maps at any of a bunch of on-line sites.  Your auto insurance probably has emergency road service that is competitive with AAA, and with the smart GPS apps, who needs a map anyway?

I think the last time I communicated with you, I told you I was going to scan the entire series of Allis-G manuals that I gave you a hard copy of many years ago.  That project is done, and I'll put together a special thumb drive for you with those on it.  FWIW, the archive of Power King literature that I have been concentrating on now totals over 33,000 pages.  I'm waiting to receive my order for some Slim Tag USB Thumb Drives which are imprinted with the two most common Power King logos and which come to me from the factory with all 33,000 pages stored on them.  It turns out that I can buy custom-imprinted thumb drives (loaded with all the files) for about half the price of a new thumb drive from any retail source.

Yesterday, I decided to redeem some of the points that have built up on my credit card by purchasing a Kindle Fire.  That is the only electronic reader that is set up to accept privately-generated materials such as slideshows, PDF's, and Power Point presentations.  So I'm going to have a Kindle set up with the entire archive of tractors available with me when I go to tractor shows this year.

Larry

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Herb Metz" <metz-h.b at comcast.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 5, 2012 1:59:23 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Best of ATIS? -The D8 story, misc

Al; agreed.  I spend more time on allischalmers.com because I am looking for 
Allis G or D14 tech info or wanting to share my (limited) knowledge about 
Allis G's with some new enthusiast, or looking for a good deal on a G or 
some G equipment.  Threads are stolen there also.   My opinion is this 
occurs because we do not read the title, but just the text, and when we hit 
"reply", the old title automatically pops up.
Today many of us go to tractor shows to fellowship with long established 
antique tractor friends moreso than to buy/sell or repair tractors.  Similar 
reasoning applies to our internet communications.
Herb

-----Original Message----- 
From: Al Jones
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 8:30 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] Spam> Re: Best of ATIS? ---The D8 story

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>
>When ATIS was created and for several years after, it was virtually the
>ONLY old tractor forum on the internet. Now there are niche lists and
>forums of all kinds, and they tend to attract a good deal of the message
>traffic. I participate on a couple of Cub lists and other Farmall lists,
>as well as Wheelhorse, Struck, Case (garden tractor), etc.

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I think that is the biggest reason.  I myself spend a lot of my free 
internet time on farmallcub.com and redpowermagazine.com.

Al


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