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

[Dean VP]

Dave,

Rectal Cranial Inversion.

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA 98290

It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. 

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

What is the cure for colon distortion?
	Dave
> 
> -----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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