"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:1tUee.52$N_5.11@trndny09...
Uh .... Just where do you fly that has an ATIS and *doesn't* have a tower?

I think his point is that one can receive an altimeter setting from ATC at
times other than dealing with an arrival in or flight through airspace
related to a towered airport (and thus at times other than when an ATIS is
available to provide the altimeter setting).

Pete