Another Annual Boring Post
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Topic: Another Annual Boring Post
Posted By: Bill Long
Subject: Another Annual Boring Post
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:17pm
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Well, it looks like I am going to make another year - I'll be 85 -, so let me make another annual boring post.
I wish to thank Darin for making this site available, and all the members who have made me feel so welcome to be a participant in the Unofficial Allis Chalmers Forum. I have been a member since 1994 and have deeply enjoyed every moment. I have made some outstanding friends and have seen some long standing members pass on. You know, I do not think there is a day that I am on line that I do not visit this site. It has always been and will continue to be my pleasure to share what knowledge and share what stores I can contribute, but I have to say a lot of the experts on this site have well passed me by. Their knowledge is deeper and their tools and equipment so much more up to date. Makes me wish I had the modern tools and technology “back in the day” Again, thanks to all. It will continue to be my pleasure to participate. Good Luck! Bill Long |
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Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:21pm
| I think I can speak for everyone, when I say it's my pleasure to have your presence and participation. It's awesome. GOOD LUCK to you! Hope you keep chugging along and keep participating for many years to come. |
Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:37pm
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Here's to number "86" Bill! Always enjoy reading your post! ------------- D17 Series 1 Allis B- 1939 Allis B- 1945 |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:40pm
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Bill, whenever I see you've replied to a post, I always open it up to see what you've had to say. Your contributions are valued, respected and appreciated. And, as you always say, Good luck! Brian
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Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 2:29pm
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Happy Birthday early to ya Bill, we enjoy you here! ------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB |
Posted By: JoeO(CMO)
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 2:45pm
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Happy Birthday, Bill! Hope you have many more! ------------- |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 2:57pm
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Bill, Like many said I enjoy your posts about your dealership days and when these tractors were new! Wishing you the best and many more years! You are one that brings out the best in this forum! Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 3:04pm
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL! ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 3:48pm
| Happy Birthday Bill ! |
Posted By: Tony.Or
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 3:52pm
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Happy Birthday Bill ! I know you don`t like to be called Mr. Long. Have a great day and many more to come.. Tony ------------- http://www.tonystractors.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.tonystractors.com |
Posted By: Dave in PA
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 4:04pm
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Cher (the singer) said it all in a song. "If we could turn back time" I can speak for others on this, if we could, and have the knowledge that you have / have passed onto us / and been so good to all of us, life would be a walk in the park! Thanks, and many more for you!
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 4:16pm
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Bill, although we have never met, I consider you a great friend and a very important member of this forum. There is the old saying "If I knew then what I know now"...., who knows how our lives would be different. Have a great Birthday, oh and GOOD LUCK!!! ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: FloydKS
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 4:19pm
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Ditto... you are always welcome to post, and it will not be boring. Happy B'day ------------- Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die |
Posted By: Greg (Hillsboro, OH)
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 5:03pm
| Happy Birthday Mr. Long!! Wishing you many more!. As Brian F said, I too, read any post you make, as you don't post often, but when you do, it is ALWAYS worth reading. Enjoy the cake and do something fun. |
Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 5:21pm
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Well Mr Long we have never met but I will say I believe you to be a very honest and sincere Gentleman! Always enjoy your impartial and helpful posts. Enjoy this day and all you have ahead of you young man. Oh I do own 2 of your favorites! ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 5:40pm
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Hey Bill Long,,,Well,,"HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to you young man,,,,  I'm like others here in that if I see Bill Long responding to a post,,it's cause you are fixin to state a fact based on your many years of experience,,,, My little old 73 years still got some learning to do,,,, HOPE YOU HAD YOU A GREAT DAY,,,!!!
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 5:47pm
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Here's to you and here's to me and may we never disagree, but if upon a chance we do. Here's to me and I still want to read many more posts from you. Bill you never bore me!!!! Elliott
------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Lon(MN)
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 6:25pm
| Looking back at the old Forum and how our handle would include the state we live in, and it was a bid deal when we found a way to post pictures and the chat room. Keep up the great posts. Hope to see you at the shows. |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 8:28pm
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Happy Birthday Bill ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 9:15pm
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Bill, its members like you that have given us so much information and the passion for AC. I cannot express to you how valuable your imput has been to me personally. Your positive encouragement and love of AC keeps the rest of us interested and passionate about ALLIS CHALMERS!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!! Oh yeah, Happy Birthday young man. ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: EPALLIS
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 9:45pm
| Have a good one!! |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 10:00pm
| Happy Birthday, Bill! Like others have said, nothing you post is boring, and I thoroughly enjoy reading what you have to share. To mimic what others have already said, if I see you've replied to a post I definitely read it because I enjoy your first-hand accounts! |
Posted By: Auntwayne
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 10:09pm
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Happy Birthday Bill ! ------------- Dad always said," If you have one boy, you have a man. If you have two boys, you have two boys". "ALLIS EXPRESS" |
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 10:18pm
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Happy Birthday Bill! Woo Hoo! Tracy ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
Posted By: Walter(MO)
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2018 at 10:58pm
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Happy Birthday Enjoy reading your posted messages. I really enjoy reading about your favorite, the Allis Chalmers model B. The B is also a very favorite of mine. The B was the first tractor my father taught me to drive. He always used the B to pick up hay by putting the tractor in low gear. He jumped off , loaded bales, and walked beside the tractor to steer the tractor across the field. A one man operation loading the roto bales on the wagon. He had me drive the tractor when I was 10 years old so he didn't have to load bales, drive the tractor, and jump on at the end.
I wish you many more years of posting on this site.
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Posted By: Bob D. (La)
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 6:03am
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Happy Birthday Mr. Long. We all look forward to many more of your boring posts. May God continue holding you in His hands. God Bless. ------------- When you find yourself in a hole,PUT DOWN THE SHOVEL!!! |
Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 6:14am
| Happy birthday Bill, it is a honor for me to call you a friend !! Mark |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 9:14am
| Happy Birthday Bill, and hope and pray you have many more! I sure enjoy your posts and your knowledge! |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 10:23am
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Happy Birthday Bill! ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: Harvey/pa
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 10:35am
| Congrats on another year Bill, have not seen you for awhile but hope that will change in 2019...Harvey |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 10:41am
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Happy Birthday, Bill. Hope you have many more. I too, always look forward to your posts on the forum. They're never boring!! |
Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 11:04am
 Here is a picture of U and Uncle Bill at one of the Club Meeting u held here in My Allis Showroom. ------------- He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless ,still dead. If all else fails ,Read all that is PRINTED. Just because you do not have the tools for job , it dose not make it a bad design. |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 12:13pm
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I've never met you Bill, but I always enjoy reading your posts. My impression is that you are a true gentleman! Happy birthday and I hope you are posting your annual post for many more years!!!
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Posted By: Jacob (WI,ND)
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 2:49pm
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Happy Birthday Bill! I also always enjoy your posts. Always positive and helpful, as well as the best source of first hand knowledge, being you were there when these tractors were new! Keep your knowledge and stories coming for many more years! ------------- Jacob Swanson 1920 6-12; 1925,1926 20-35 longfenders; 1925,1926 15-25's; 1927,1929 20-35 shortfenders; C; B's; IB; WC's; WD; WD45 |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 2:58pm
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Bill, hope you have a great "Number 85" and many more to follow. Being that you are one of the more wiser and senior members on here I always read your posts to see what information and memories you have to share. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 3:47pm
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Happy Birthday Bill! It is in my bucket list to get to visit with you in person. My bucket list is full of hopes and dreams but this is one I would like to click off. I like the rest here take great pleasure reading your posts. 85 is just a number and not something to take to seriously or to dwell on. At 80 I did have to give up my dream of becoming a world famous river dancer. Come to think of it to waltz I would have to be standing on the feet of seven foot, 400 pound amazon of a gal with size 17 feet. Computer took a crap last week and I am just getting sites up and running on a new hard drive. About as hard for me as river dancing. If I was one to swear the room would have been blue. |
Posted By: JimIA
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 3:54pm
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I always enjoy your annual boring post! Happy Birthday! I will look forward to seeing next years! ------------- An open eye is much more observant than an open mouth |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 4:35pm
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Happy Birthday Mr. William Long. We ALL look with relish to many more of your boring posts. It has been quite some time since I've written you and I am getting lax at that. I'll try better this year. HAPPY Birthday YOUNG man!! ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 6:00pm
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Happy birthday Bill and thanks for all the information you give to us.🎂🎂🎂🎂 ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 9:06pm
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Fred, Thank you so much for posting the picture of Uncle Bill. You know, I met him at our first Mid Atlantic Allis Chalmers Club formative meeting at Dave's in Lineboro. He was a proud member of our "Greatest Generation". A person I always looked forward to seeing. I was so sorry when he passed but treasure the time we had together. Miss all at the Mid Atlantic Allis Chalmers Club. Loved attending the meetings. Perhaps, if I make it that long, I can see the Gathering of the Orange co-sponsored by Mid Atlantic Allis Chalmers Club - when it comes to Westminster. Great Memories. Great Man!Good Luck! Bill Long
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