[AT] How had the group changed
Cecil Bearden
crbearden at copper.net
Sat Dec 14 17:56:19 PST 2019
I don't remember when I joined, but I was working for the State at the
time, and I would come in at night and look up what was going on at ATIS
just to have some intelligent folks to talk with... If not for ATIS I
probably would have been a raving lunatic. I don't get around to
working on my antique tractors, I have a bunch of them to try to farm
with. I got behind this year and had to buy 150 bales of hay to get
through the winter. $7500, so I have to get some tractors running and
do some work in 2020.
Cecil
On 12/14/2019 7:47 PM, Louis at kellnet.com wrote:
> I remember joining in the early days. It had to be 93 or 94. I
> remember seeing something about ATIS in an antique tractor magazine.
> Unfortunately, I'm not as active on the site as I used to be. I am
> still actively restoring tractors.
>
> Louis Spiegelberg
>
> On Dec 14, 2019 8:33 PM, Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> The list started in 1993 as an offshoot of misc.rural Usenet
> group. Just too many homesteaders and chicken folks there on
> misc.rural to get anything good about antique tractors. A gopher
> server followed in early 1994 with the web site in late 1994.
>
> In 1994, Brice started the engine list at Indiana University. It
> folded into ATIS a few years later. Both lists got kicked off
> the Forsyth county government servers in 1997 and we’ve been on
> own since then.
>
> I was the first member obviously but about 125 people signed up
> within the first several weeks so there is probably 126 people who
> rightfully can call themselves the oldest. I’ll bet a dozen or
> two of them are still with us. Brice Adams and Steve Sewell come
> to mind. Herb Metz, Farmer, Steve Offlier, John Thompson, Richard
> walker, and one or more of the Dotson brothers (“wagon master”
> Gene is still here). The Waugh brothers were pretty early too and
> Gene Waugh is still with us.
>
> In August 1994 we had 25-30 people at the first ATIS gathering.
> Considering a participation rate of only a few percent we had
> already become quite large by then.
>
> I use to have backups that could answer this question but about
> 2002 I realized I’d never have a tape drive again and had to chuck
> them (-; Even then, I’m not sure analytics could help. Many of
> those earliest members have switched ISPs three or four times and
> I’m not sure we could trace addresses.
>
> There are still 250-350 list members. I use pretty aggressive
> bounce processing rules so they are all good addresses receiving
> mail. Even if a third of them forward our mail to the trash
> folder instead of actually unsubscribing I’ll bet at least
> 150-200 folks read our posts fairly regularly.
>
> Spencer
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 14, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>
> What amazes me is how long the list has been around. I
> joined in 1996 and i know their are members that are more
> senior than myself. How long has ATIS been around?
>
> Mike M
>
>
> On 12/14/2019 8:29 AM, HERBERT METZ wrote:
>
> One of the many benefits of this group is the exceptional
> fellowship. We sure enjoyed Warrens visit. Warren told us
> of the program that Clemson had for participating in the
> lunar eclipse. Barbara and I really enjoyed participating.
> One of the perks of visiting the Clemson Campus, as one
> approached the campus, was a nice sign, IIRC, Clemson
> Campus is a smoke free campus. Herb(GA)
>
> On December 14, 2019 at 3:49 AM Mogrits
> <mogrits at gmail.com> <mailto:mogrits at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sadly, Herb Metz is the only member I ever met in
> person, but have sure corresponded with many more-
> some departed. My visit with Herb was delightful and I
> know meeting more of our group would be more of the same.
>
> Warren
>
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 8:03 AM HERBERT METZ <
> metz-h.b at comcast.net <mailto:metz-h.b at comcast.net>>
> wrote:
>
> Tyler,
> Yes, Barbara and I sure enjoyed your visit. Let us
> know if you plan another visit to Georgia.
> We bought the G with end loader in southeast IA
> and have been to several tractor shows in north
> central IA. You were probably 'knee high to a
> grasshopper' about that time. But never to south
> west IA; would be great to reciprocate if we ever
> get in your area. Herb(GA)
>
> > On December 3, 2019 at 4:17 PM Tyler Juranek <
> tylerpolkaman at gmail.com
> <mailto:tylerpolkaman at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > I certainly haven't been here that long, but the
> time that I have been
> > on I have really enjoyed.
> > Everyone is so friendly, and what I enjoy most
> is all of the great
> > story telling!
> > Farmer deffinately has some good stories, some
> of which remind me of
> > my grandpa Juranek, who is still with us, but
> doesn't really do
> > anything with the old tractors anymore. He still
> has the oliver 66
> > that he bought when dad was a senior in high
> school.
> > It is really a shame that many of my generation
> don't care about old
> > iron. JD A's and B's don't bring much around
> here anymore, and most of
> > the people who have them at the shows are
> "grandpa to everybody there"
> > guys. :)
> > I do remember one time taking a trip down to
> Georgia to visit some
> > family, and somehow or another, I found my way
> to Herb Metz's place!
> > He and his wife Barbra are two amazing people,
> and the equipment he
> > has tells quite a story.
> > I still have a picture of Herb and I standing by
> his Allis G with a
> > loader on it. I came home and shared it with
> some relatives of mine,
> > and nobody even knew that Allis made a loader
> for a G.
> > Would like to meet more folks on here in person,
> but I don't do much
> > traveling as I cannot get away from my business
> very long. Am hoping
> > to get a guide dog by next year at this time.
> > If anyone gets down to the southwest part of
> Iowa, speak up. Always
> > good to meet folks on here.
> > Take Care,
> > Tyler Juranek
> > IA
> >
> > On 12/3/19, Stephen Offiler < soffiler at gmail.com
> <mailto:soffiler at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > I was just hunting for some old photos the
> other day and came across a
> > > whole photo album from Portland, I think '98.
> This was the year with the
> > > passing of the box and Spencer's Pacer smoking
> the belt on the dyno. I
> > > need to scan those, I suppose...
> > >
> > > SO
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 10:10 AM Bill Brueck <
> b2 at chooka.net <mailto:b2 at chooka.net>> wrote:
> > >
> > >> For a few seasons I was able to capture group
> ATIS pictures at the spring
> > >> swap meet in LeSueur, MN. This started with
> the passing of the ATIS box.
> > >> Indeed, lots of folks missing by now.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> www.apluscomputer.com/atis
> <http://www.apluscomputer.com/atis>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I also picked up a couple of the custom ATIS
> oak battery boxes that sold
> > >> at the annual Christmas auction. Alas, they
> are still awaiting engine
> > >> restorations to put them to service.
> Beautiful work, included the ATIS
> > >> logo inscribed into the lids.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Bill Brueck
> > >>
> > >> Pine Island, MN
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