[AT] I got to meet Herb Metz today!

[Herb Metz]

It is always a "good day" when one has the opportunity of meeting another 
ATIS member; I have never been disappointed. Yesterday was another example 
of above, when Warren (Mogrits) took time from his busy schedule and stopped 
in.
Looking forward to a tractor show, etc, to have an established time reason 
to visit Warren.
Glad you didn't put a date on that "shop organizing"<grins>.
Herb(GA)

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mogrits
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 7:40 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] I got to meet Herb Metz today!

Work and the possibility of purchasing a PTO 3 pt buzz saw brought me to
Herb Metz's neck of the woods this afternoon. He knew I would likely visit
but didn't know exactly when. Turned out he was closer to where I was
working than I thought and on very short notice he graciously accepted my
visit. I am so glad I stopped.

Despite the threat of rain (which held off) he gave me a tour of his
gardens and grounds, which really show a lot of time and TLC invested by
Herb and family. It's a little early here yet for gardens to be showing so
it appeared to me he was growing implements! He has a great assortment of
implements and tells a great story about most every one that he came to
have. By the time we finished the grounds tour I was beginning to think he
had TOO many implements for the one AC D-14 tractor I'd seen. (I know, such
a thing is not possible- to have too many).

Then, he opened up his shop building and the ratio of implements to tractor
balanced out immediately. I lost count but he has an amazing stash of AC
G's. I am sure his miniature (appeared about half-sized) replica G is a
show stopper when he brings it out. His shop also let me know that I am not
alone in having a lot of "good stuff" stored away in my shop building. I am
younger than Herb but we share the same goal. We are both going to
"organize" our shops one day!

Herb's Daylily garden is beautiful and I learned a lot about them in a very
short time period, too.

The buzz saw deal did not work out due to no fault of Herbs and when I
mentioned that it was okay, because I only "wanted it and didn't really
need it", he got a familiar twinkle in his eyes and said "when does that
have anything to do with it?". I really got a chuckle out of that because
it is so true.

Anyway, Herb, thank you for your gracious, generous hospitality and thanks
again to Spencer (and all the other members)  for keeping this group
together for so long. If anyone is ever near Cumming, GA I recommend you
treat yourself to a visit with Herb Metz. I try to learn one new thing
every day and I learned about three weeks worth in my visit to the Metz
place.

Warren Smith
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