[AT] Best of ATIS? ---The D8 story, Really what happened to ATIS

[Cecil R Bearden]

I will have to say that you hit the nail on the head there..  I remember 
a couple of years back that I needed some help and someone hijacked the 
thread and even when I tried to pose the question again I was 
ignored....    I thought for a while that if I answer a question  
everyone would run away from the thread.  The subject just died when I 
posted anything.   I also will admit to hijacking a thread, probably 
this one right now...

cecil in OKla


On 5/5/2012 8:39 AM, Charlie V wrote:
> I am going to poke my head in the lion's mouth here, but understand
> that I am not pointing any fingers or applying any criticism.  This is
> purely an observation.
>
> This thread is a good example of what I wish to point out.  Mark
> posted a very interesting post to this list.  Now it has become a
> whole other topic to the point that when Mark returned with part two
> he found it necessary to amend the subject line to differentiate part
> two from the new topic his original post has evolved into.  O.K..  It
> sure looks like Mike can deal with that, and he did.
>
> Now let us suppose for a minute that this is a post with a how do I
> fix my tractor question and started by a new subscriber who may have a
> lot of experience at posting to a list or forum.  The first reply post
> says something like:  I don't know much about the brakes on that
> particular tractor, but it sure has rained a lot here in my neck of
> the woods. Reply two comes back with:  You got too much rain?? It is
> so dry here in the North that we can't even get a plow point in the
> ground. And on and on.
>
> At some fifteen or twenty posts later, we have had a great
> conversation but the guy with the brake problem and not a single
> helpful answer is scratching his head and thinking what a waste of
> time it was to pose the question.  He will probably shop elsewhere
> from now on.
>
> Do not misunderstand me.  I enjoy off topic conversations as much or
> more than some of the on topic tractor material and have no problem
> with it being here.  The various personalities are a big draw and it
> becomes like a family over time.  I simply feel that we may be so self
> engrossed at times that we are slightly rude and without thinking
> about it, hijack topics.
>
> Having said that, we do have some real experts here that totally know
> their stuff and are always willing to help out.  For that I say
> "THANKS".
>
> Charlie V.
>
> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Mike Sloane<mikesloane at verizon.net>  wrote:
>> I don't know if I am "typical" of the membership, but I know my messages
>> to the list have fallen off over the last several years. I can give you
>> several reasons:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> When I retired ten years ago, my "disposable income" was reduced, and,
>> while I had plenty of time to spend on old machinery, the money just
>> wasn't there to buy more "project tractors".
>>
>> At the same time, I found that I had more than enough tractors and no
>> more room to store them. I now have at least one or more tractors for
>> every chore I need to do and a few that just sit in the back of the barn
>> and collect dirt. (Fortunately, my neighbor's cats have been keeping the
>> mouse population in check, so I don't mind that they call the tractor
>> seats their bedrooms.) I would sell some of the "lawn ornaments" (Ford
>> 2N, a couple of Cubs, a Farmall Super M, for instance), but the market
>> just isn't there these days. Maybe when the market picks up...
>>
>> Speaking of markets, there just don't seem to be many old tractors for
>> sale around here these days, except for some really sorry "ran when
>> parked" hulks that have to be dug up. I don't know why that is.
>>
>> My main towing (and snow plowing) vehicle, an older Ford F350 mason
>> dump, finally gave up the ghost and was replaced by a brand new half ton
>> Toyota Tundra (my first brand new truck!). And while I love the truck,
>> it really isn't suitable for hauling larger tractors. I sold my old
>> trailer to a friend. So, unless I hire someone to haul for me, my
>> fetching and delivering tractors is no more. (Cecil Monson and I used to
>> go on a lot of "road trips, but that ended with his passing.)
>>
>> So, except for periodic mysterious problems with my existing machines, I
>> really don't have much to contribute to the list. But I still very much
>> enjoy reading others' messages about their tractor activities.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On 5/5/2012 7:39 AM, john hall wrote:
>>> Charlie, the lists were already split when I joined up and we still got more
>>> traffic than one had time to read. I subscribed to Farmall and ATIS and
>>> could barely keep up. We had a great mix of Q&A , restoration stories as
>>> well as stories from back in the day when our old iron was new.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately it seems no one here restores anything and rare is it any of
>>> us need mechanical help.
>>>
>>> John
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