[AT] Happy New Year and state of the list address.

[Dave]

What is the cure for colon distortion?
	Dave
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Alan Nadeau
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2017 1:37 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Happy New Year and state of the list address.
> 
> Amen!!
> 
> Thank you, Spencer, for all that you do for us.
> 
> Happy New Year to all!
> 
> Carl, may this be the year that they find a cure for the color distortion
> problem you are going through with your eyes.  :)
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert" <rholtzer at earthlink.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2017 12:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Happy New Year and state of the list address.
> 
> 
>> Amen.
>> 
>> Bob Holtzer
>> 
>> 
>> On 1/1/2017 6:51 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>>> First off:  Happy New Year!  I wish nothing but health, success, and
>>> happiness for every one of you.
>>> 
>>> This will be an important year for us. I have a huge number of list
>>> friends whom I dearly adore and enjoy being around with at shows
>>> throughout the year. I believe we have built something substantial and
>>> important here over the last 20+ years.  But we are getting older and no
>>> one younger is joining.  One of the ways we can hope to continue being
>>> relevant for younger folks is to realize we are not selling antique
>>> tractors here. We are selling a timeless sense of what is real and good
>>> about human nature, American manhood and rural communities.
>>> 
>>> I cannot do a lot about that as list administrator, but you folks can:
>>> one way is to exercise control of some social media habits that I noticed
>>> have crept onto the list, and one of them is people making whatever
>>> statement they want and making any manner of spurious claims without any
>>> attribution, footnoting or evidence. Recently there was a post claiming
>>> the iPhone batteries were as bad as the Note 7 batteries.   I'm not
>>> defending Apple, as that is not the point of this message. But since it
>>> speaks to the context of my address and a great example of it let me just
>>> say I know a little bit about technology and the statement  is untrue in
>>> many different ways. but trying to paint Apple with the same brush and
>>> false paint simply because one don't like them is a contradiction against
>>> any sense of what's factual or real concerning the technology involved
>>> and is an example of a common social media behavior: say anything and try
>>> to get it to stick.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In short ATIS has always been a place of relevant and authoritative
>>> knowledge. I don't want that to change so I don't want people bringing
>>> really bad social media habits to the list, like fake news or
>>> unsubstantiated accusations.  That's not what we sell here. That is not
>>> the ATIS brand we all have carefully cultivated.
>>> 
>>> May our better angels guide us in the upcoming year. I truly wish that
>>> for the list and the world - Happy New Year!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Spencer Yost
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