Fupa- a nasty abbreviation I won't elaborate on:) Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 2, 2012, at 9:57 AM, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks, Wilton. Until you came to my defense Rich had nearly convinced me that I had made a grammatical foe pah. On 4/1/12, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: I was just bustin on Andrew --R On 4/1/12 7:51 PM, WILTON wrote: Yes, but "lent" is also the past tense and past participle of the infinitive, to lend. That's the way it was taught in my 1940s and 50s English classes (even listed as such by Mr. Webster) and the way I've always used it, 'cept for the biblical/Easter sense, of course. 'Seems that "loaned" has in the past few/several years moved into more common usage in place of "lent" when referring to a loan in the past. 'Don't remember hearing "loaned" so much when referring to a loan in the past until several years ago, even though it was evidently also acceptable even in my long-ago youth - we NC boys just didn't (I still don't) use it. ;<) Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Losing power - 1983 300TD "Loaned" Lent is something for which you give up something. If not the filter(s) I would check the boost signal tube going from the back of the intake manifold to the ALDA -- take it off at the intake manifold and see if there is gunk or goo or crud or schmutz in there. --R On 4/1/12 1:14 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote: I lent the 1983 300TD to my son while his Subaru was getting overhauled. _______________________________________ 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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
