That is a pretty long history! Not really that surprising as the "older" generations seem to not be part of the throw away generation we are seeing today. I was introduced to this group and encouraged to get involved by Dan and Manfred and in my quest for a seasoned Mercedes W123 wagon, this group will certainly be of benefit to me! I appreciate knowing some of the history behind this effort and I will certainly use the knowledge available for good and not evil!
Change your fuses seems to be pretty solid advice. Is this a frequent problem/occurrence or a once a year type of event? Thanks! Kyle On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Hi there Kyle, welcome to the club. A little about our group here, in > case you weren't informed. Someone please correct me if I am errant in the > facts. > > This email group originally started as a MB diesel list, with servers > based in Canada. That list was incarnated in the late nineteen nineties > (1997?). In about 2006, the server crashed and was never properly brought > back online. When the system went down, Kaleb got a list of the membership > and proceeded to contact everyone and started a new email list, with all of > the old members. Many folks here, have been here since the beginning. > > About the members here. You will find this to be amongst the most august, > well educated, intelligent, and well rounded groups anywhere in the > physical, or cyber world. We have numerous engineers, several commercial > and military pilots (ret), a couple of PhD 's, a couple JD's. Some of us > have no letters after our name, but have been educated by life, and the > passage of time. > > We tend to veer off topic occasionally (a LOT), but most members endure > the off topic excursions without too much complaint. If we stuck to MB > topics only, the list traffic would be sparse, and would eventually fade > away. Any question or topic imaginable can be asked here, and answers will > magically appear in your inbox. Want to know how to fix your dishwasher? > Ask away. What is the best apple for pies? Yep, someone here knows. The > subject of politics is endured, but can get out of hand. Fortunately, most > of us do an adequate job of self policing. Personal attacks, and cursing > will not be tolerated, and will get you moderated or banned. (Somebody else > can explain the origins of the email group "Banned".) A couple of folks use > pseudonyms instead of their given names, I suppose as an attempt to lessen > their Internet footprint. To each his own. > > We have had a few members pass away, most notable among them was A. > Marshall Booth PhD. The man was a genius in several fields, and Mercedes > Benz diesel automobile systems happened to be one of them. I, for one, feel > blessed to have known him digitally. He would USE CAPS for emphasis, and > any electrical malady would usually bring the response from him to CHANGE > YOUR FUSES. It is an iconic phrase around here... > > A few of us can be considered Luddites (kermudgians, refusing to accept > modern amenities). I would say the majority of us put the "C" in "cheap". > We understand the hard work behind the value of a dollar, and wish to > extract the most value we can from each one of those hard earned dollars. > Hence the love of Mercedes Benz automobiles. And that is the reason we are > here. > > Welcome to the club. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtiEkUollnQ&sns=em > > Rick > A link to Marshall's obit. Can't believe it's been nine years. > http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2007/11/30/ > Obituary-Dr-August-M-Booth-Jr-Pitt-pharmacology-researcher- > was-instrumental-in-department-s-growth/stories/200711300171 > > _______________________________________ > http://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 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
