<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>It is 1998 for sure. The rest of the photo album has plenty of pics of ATIS member's and other's tractors, and the exhibit placards provided by the show have the date, which shows up clearly in at least a few of the images as Aug 26-30, 1998. This was the year of the Boxes. It is also the year I flew in and camped (photo evidence of that too). When I attended in 1996, I drove with Jim and Lisa Thomson. and motel'd.</div><div><br></div><div>SO<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 12:40 AM Richard Walker <<a href="mailto:richardwalker@pobox.com">richardwalker@pobox.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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<p><font face="Arial">Spencer,</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">That looks like maybe George Best to the left
in the white T-shirt and fanny pack. If so, that was 1998 when
George, his friend Bill, Don Bowen and I flew back to attend our
first Portland. <br>
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<p><font face="Arial">- Richard<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">Here’s one of the pictures
he’s forwarded. Two important mentions:</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">1 - It can’t possibly be me
because my hair is not gray like it is now (-;</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">2 - Notice my look of
astonishment as the dynamometer melts down (-;</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">The link I followed let me
to believe it was actually a digital photograph. I know
digital photography was in its infancy in the late by
1990s but I think Nikon CoolPix and a couple other cameras
were already gaining in popularity.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">The only reason I ask is
because I was asked an exact year and a digital photo’s
meta-data could possibly lead me to that.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">The badge tag on the fellow
in the foreground is orange. I’ll dig through my Portland
memorabilia and see if I can find an orange badge tag in
the late 1990s.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">Thanks again Steve for the
trip down memory lane. I really do appreciate it.</font></div>
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