[SEL] New Club OT

[John Mathieson]

Your right Patrick about there being a place for tractors as well as 
engines. It seems to me that most of the engines that I see at rallies date 
from aprox. 1910- 1940. The tractors that I see seem to date from about 
1940 - 1980. I guess that is why I can't get wrapped up in them.  The 
tractor folk in our club enjoy a lot of tractor treks, travelling up to 100 
km per day. That must be great fun. Some tractor owners in our club also 
have engines but we are seeing less and less of them. Cheers John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Livingstone" <patrick.livingstone at gmail.com>
To: "ATIS" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] New Club OT


> Most clubs seem to wax and wane. Some recover others do not. Some really
> good clubs have faded away over the years and others have almost gone and
> then made a remarkable recovery. A lot of engine rallies go through the 
> same
> thing.
> There is always politics in a club and sadly people often forget it is a
> hobby.
> We are lucky that (at the moment) our club has enthusiastic members on 
> both
> the tractor and engine sides and all can see that the club needs the
> engines, tractors, cars, trucks etc. to survive & thrive. If things change
> we have sufficient numbers of engine guys around here to form our own club
> but I cannot see that being needed for a long time.
> I can rarely get to club meetings (as it can almost be guaranteed that I
> will have to work on meeting nights) but I try and help out with our club
> when I can.
> Patrick
>
>
> On 19/6/10 9:39 AM, "John Mathieson" <mathjr at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Great to hear Cam. Our club here seems to be dying. We have a majority of
>> tractor folk and stationary engines have taken a real back seat. Luckily 
>> the
>> Bombala club is only an hour away .  John Mathieson
>
>
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