I totally get that.... Time is always the bottleneck.. On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
