If somebody wants to build a new site and email me the files I will gladly upload them. Otherwise I need to get off my ass and do something about it I guess.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 21, 2016, at 9:09 AM, Kyle Arola <kylearola1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I did notice the super vintage Java.... Had to add all sorts of exceptions to > run the main website! hahaha! > > Kyle > >> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> A few clarification. I ran the mbz.org lists for Dickarde when they crashed >> for good in 2005 and moved the list here. The okie website was thrown >> together by me then and has not been updated since. One of these days maybe >> I will tackle that. >> >> Speaking of Marshall, he was also involved in the movie business for a short >> while and was the sound guy or something for a little movie you may have >> heard of that started it all called Night of the Living Dead. >> >> http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/fullcredits/sound_department?ref_=m_ttfc_10 >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Dec 21, 2016, at 8:15 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 >> > _______________________________________ 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
