i never considered the mbca stuff parallel as i guess i never accepted the losers list as cannon
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:24 PM, LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dang, Jabba, I had totally forgotten about cookies. Wow, that does go back > a long time. > > Don't forget Kathy and the MBCA list, too - there was some parallel action > that took place as a result of that debacle as well... > > Dan > > --- On Thu, 8/13/09, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From: Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] bye bye Marshall > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 4:20 PM > > i'd guess 98 or 99, but someone like > > little tommy would remember such a > > thing. > > > > to sum it up briefly as i understand it: in the > > beginning, there was dave > > realtime and esa ahola. figure about 95ish. a > > dominant figure on the list > > was cookies and he really pissed off a ton of people > > everyday. ritter and > > easley then started their own list to be "kinder and > > gentler" and cookies > > free, maybe about 96 or 97. one stuart steele was > > doing the "listmom" thing > > for ritter/easley and he and ritter undertook basically > > what amounted to > > purges of all dissidents. the mbz.org lists began as > > a reaction to those > > purges, beginning with "banned" as a safe haven for > > mercedesphiles who had > > been purged from ritter/easley. as ritter/easley > > purported to be kinder and > > gentler, banned went out of its way to be exactly the > > opposite so while it > > did contain tech information, it was not a fit forum for > > many who wished to > > participate in an alternative tech list. so richard > > sexton and i decided > > that if dr booth as willing to participate in the proposed > > diesel list, we'd > > run out a bunch of more democratic and open lists via > > mbz.org > > > > then richard and mbz.org had one final nuclear meltdown and > > lists > > disappeared, but kaleb took the initiative and stepped up > > to keep them alive > > (originally while richard brought the lists back up, but > > now permanently) > > and that is where we are today. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Peter Merle <merle.pe...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > When did the list actually start? I have been on /off > > over many years . > > > Marshall always helped out and made sense of many > > things than perflexed one > > > Peter > > > > > > 2009/8/13 Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > > > > > > > But we have you now. > > > > > > > > --R > > > > > > > > Gary Hurst wrote: > > > > > > > >> marshall is historically the only reason this > > list exists. the whole > > > >> mbz.org list system (apart from banned) was > > contingent upon marshall's > > > >> agreed participation. had marhall said > > "no", the plan was to never > > > start > > > >> the diesel list. > > > >> > > > >> just a bit of old school trivia for those of > > you who might still care > > > >> > > > >> = > > > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > > URL: < > > > > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090813/c1fcdb2a/attachment.html > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090813/db48a92c/attachment.html > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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