<div dir="ltr">I came aboard in the late 90's but I think it might have been after Forsyth. All I remember for sure was Ray Crispen flaming my introductory message but I didn't realize it until several others basically told me privately that he was special. It's always been a great group and about 10 years ago I finally made it to Portland, got my "plow the net" pin and got to see the spectacular show and met a couple of the Dotson brothers there. <div>I recall the world traveled Blue Handle Fence Pliers, the updates on the boxes among other epic escapades (like Cecil and the Firetruck). I found out that I had a neighbor (Larry Molitor) that lived about 1/4 mile away as a fellow list member. <div><br></div><div>I made it to Tulare before that and got to meet Karl Olmstead who "knew a guy" that got me a "parts" tractor. Turns out it was Case DV which was somewhat rare and I decided to see if it was salvageable. Well, I backed it off the trailer, fixed the bad bearing on the bevel shaft and had to look for other "parts" tractors since that one was suddenly a runner. I did finally get the DH running but still haven't gotten it painted. My son likes these old tractors so I'm trying to raise a future "list member". :)</div><div><br></div><div>Dean VP visited me and I also had one of the Waugh brothers visit. Every one I've met from this august list has been great and I would like to meet more so I guess I need to get back to Portland again. :) </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again Spencer for all your ongoing efforts!</div><div><br></div><div>Ken in AZ</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 12:56 PM Indiana Robinson <<a href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com">robinson46176@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dave Merchant was an early regular I believe as was Blake Malkamackie (sp???) the Cletrac guy. I think I met Don Bowen fairly early at Portland. Was the lady in New Zealand Dorothy Parsons? She and a group of ladies she was traveling with visited the farm here one time.</div><div>With only a couple of exceptions this list has always been amazing and I was honored to have some pictures of a few of my old tractors in one of Spencer's books. That involved a very nice visit.</div><div>Every good memory stirs up several more...</div><div>******<br></div><div>I think one of the things that hurt us as a group more than about anything was when the Portland club quit letting us show all of our tractors all in the one busy place and shoved us over "behind the shed" at the far corner away from about everything. That was when the show lost much of its magic for me...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 10:46 PM Mike M <<a href="mailto:meulenms@gmx.com" target="_blank">meulenms@gmx.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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