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<p>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.
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Cecil<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/14/2019 7:47 PM,
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<div dir="auto">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.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 14, 2019 8:33 PM, Spencer Yost
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">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. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<blockquote>On Dec 14, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Mike M
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<div dir="ltr"> 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?<br>
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Mike M<br>
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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. </div>
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, 'arial' , sans-serif"> 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) <br>
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Mogrits <a
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<div dir="ltr"> 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.
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<div dir="ltr"> On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at
8:03 AM HERBERT METZ < <a
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<blockquote> Tyler, <br>
Yes, Barbara and I sure enjoyed your
visit. Let us know if you plan another
visit to Georgia. <br>
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) <br>
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> On December 3, 2019 at 4:17 PM
Tyler Juranek < <a
href="mailto:tylerpolkaman@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">tylerpolkaman@gmail.com</a>>
wrote: <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Hi, <br>
> I certainly haven't been here
that long, but the time that I have
been <br>
> on I have really enjoyed. <br>
> Everyone is so friendly, and what
I enjoy most is all of the great <br>
> story telling! <br>
> Farmer deffinately has some good
stories, some of which remind me of <br>
> my grandpa Juranek, who is still
with us, but doesn't really do <br>
> anything with the old tractors
anymore. He still has the oliver 66 <br>
> that he bought when dad was a
senior in high school. <br>
> It is really a shame that many of
my generation don't care about old <br>
> iron. JD A's and B's don't bring
much around here anymore, and most of
<br>
> the people who have them at the
shows are "grandpa to everybody there"
<br>
> guys. :) <br>
> I do remember one time taking a
trip down to Georgia to visit some <br>
> family, and somehow or another, I
found my way to Herb Metz's place! <br>
> He and his wife Barbra are two
amazing people, and the equipment he <br>
> has tells quite a story. <br>
> I still have a picture of Herb
and I standing by his Allis G with a <br>
> loader on it. I came home and
shared it with some relatives of mine,
<br>
> and nobody even knew that Allis
made a loader for a G. <br>
> Would like to meet more folks on
here in person, but I don't do much <br>
> traveling as I cannot get away
from my business very long. Am hoping
<br>
> to get a guide dog by next year
at this time. <br>
> If anyone gets down to the
southwest part of Iowa, speak up.
Always <br>
> good to meet folks on here. <br>
> Take Care, <br>
> Tyler Juranek <br>
> IA <br>
> <br>
> On 12/3/19, Stephen Offiler <
<a href="mailto:soffiler@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">soffiler@gmail.com</a>>
wrote: <br>
> > I was just hunting for some
old photos the other day and came
across a <br>
> > whole photo album from
Portland, I think '98. This was the
year with the <br>
> > passing of the box and
Spencer's Pacer smoking the belt on
the dyno. I <br>
> > need to scan those, I
suppose... <br>
> > <br>
> > SO <br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 10:10
AM Bill Brueck < <a
href="mailto:b2@chooka.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">b2@chooka.net</a>>
wrote: <br>
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> >> For a few seasons I was
able to capture group ATIS pictures at
the spring <br>
> >> swap meet in LeSueur,
MN. This started with the passing of
the ATIS box. <br>
> >> Indeed, lots of folks
missing by now. <br>
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> >> <br>
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> >> <a
href="http://www.apluscomputer.com/atis"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.apluscomputer.com/atis</a>
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> >> <br>
> >> <br>
> >> I also picked up a
couple of the custom ATIS oak battery
boxes that sold <br>
> >> at the annual Christmas
auction. Alas, they are still
awaiting engine <br>
> >> restorations to put them
to service. Beautiful work, included
the ATIS <br>
> >> logo inscribed into the
lids. <br>
> >> <br>
> >> <br>
> >> <br>
> >> Bill Brueck <br>
> >> <br>
> >> Pine Island, MN <br>
> >>
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