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

[charlie hill]

Larry, on one of the occasions when ATIS went down and we feared something 
permanent or long term had happened I went so far as to set up a Facebook 
page for Antique tractors but about the time
I finished setting it up ATIS popped back to life and I've never done 
anything with it.   I think Facebook might actually make a good format for 
this type of communication.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Larry Goss
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 3:53 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Best of ATIS? -The D8 story, misc

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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