I didn't know about that, didn't even know he had a 560. That's a gas hog anyway, he should turn it in for cash for clunkers and move on into a smart car ... <ducking>
Richard --- On Mon, 8/17/09, Rusty Cullens <ru...@buymbparts.com> wrote: > From: Rusty Cullens <ru...@buymbparts.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hursty's list history > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Monday, August 17, 2009, 3:13 PM > He's not so happy that he totaled his > 560SL! > > Rusty Cullens > BuyMBparts, Inc. > Tel 1-800-741-5252 > Fax 770-454-9745 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Hattaway" <rhatta...@rocketmail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 8:21 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hursty's list history > > > Len's on the ponton list, happy as a clam, living here on > the coast in NC > > --- On Mon, 8/17/09, Loren Faeth <lfa...@leadingchange.com> > wrote: > > > From: Loren Faeth <lfa...@leadingchange.com> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hursty's list history > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Date: Monday, August 17, 2009, 3:42 AM > > RIchard, thanks for reminding me of > > some of the other guys form the old > > list. MMM was there. I just can't > > remember everyone. WHo was the Ponton guy? oh! > > Len Sokolof. anyone know what happened to him? > > > > At 10:16 PM 8/16/2009, you wrote: > > > Nobody is gonna mention Eric Via? > > > > > > I miss ole David Frada, as well as many of the > other > > characters on the older lists. I was a member of most > > of them, one time or another, still see the ponton > list and > > what's left of the R/E list as well as this group > today. > > > > > > And pooferator Hank is my buddy. He's seen me > > thru thick and thin, I really enjoy the guy. > > > > > > And my buddy Don B. We went to a few nascar > > races together, he was pretty outspoken about the Viet > Nam > > war ( as a veteran of it ) as well as a few other > things > > that got him in hot water a few times on R/E. I have > > not heard from him in a while, but he's still > floating > > around up there in the mountains. I am going up there > > in a few weeks, may look him up. > > > > > > Yep, thanks kleb for the list service. It is a > > lot of fun, and some good people. > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Mon, 8/17/09, Loren Faeth <lfa...@leadingchange.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > From: Loren Faeth <lfa...@leadingchange.com> > > > > Subject: [MBZ] Hursty's list history WAS: > bye bye > > Marshall > > > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > > Date: Monday, August 17, 2009, 2:40 AM > > > > Dickarde definitely was running the > > > > veterans list before the "Diesel" > > > > list was started. Hursty, you have given me > > the > > > > timeline I was > > > > missing or unsure about. > > > > > > > > So Hursty, I propose changing your statement > a > > > > little. This list > > > > would not have existed without Alex Gabbard, > and > > Herr > > > > Doktor and the > > > > Diesel list would not have started without > Dr. > > Booth. > > > > > > > > You might want to add: You would have been > > > > money ahead without > > > > meeting dickarde. > > > > > > > > Most of the charter members of the Okiebenz > list > > were > > > > members of the > > > > Diesel list. After dickarde was successful > > in > > > > starting the Diesel > > > > list, it siphoned off members like me and OK > Don, > > who was > > > > then known > > > > by his real name, from the veterans list. > > THe 108 > > > > list siphoned off > > > > more members of the veterans list. each > > subsequent > > > > list siphoned off > > > > members from the veterans list. > > > > > > > > After dickarde smoked a few too many and > melted > > down, Kaleb > > > > picked up > > > > the pieces he found, and put together one > list, > > much like > > > > the > > > > original veterans list, but without most of > the > > > > international > > > > members. (Yes, we have Bennell, whom I > > appreciate > > > > even if he is a > > > > lawyer and one errant lost Aussie, but the > > Veterans had a > > > > whole raft > > > > of Aussies, including Greene, who was no > slouch > > on > > > > technical stuff, > > > > and Frada, who was a hoot) Then there were > > Gabbard > > > > and others from > > > > Europe, an occasional Indonesian and a few > South > > Africans, > > > > so it gave > > > > us a perspective of "Air, Land and Sea, the > world > > around" > > > > > > > > I still miss the veterans list, but I > consider > > the > > > > character of this > > > > list to be essentially the same as the > original > > > > Mascedes-veterans list. > > > > > > > > Thanks Kaleb, for running a fun list! > > > > > > > > > > > > At 03:20 PM 8/13/2009, you wrote: > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > Loren Faeth > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > Loren Faeth > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
