I don't think that is my old car. Mine had excellent paint and more miles. IIRC. I have said this before, that of all the cars that I have had, that is one of the very few I wish I still had.
Don Snook -----Original Message----- From: Kaleb C. Striplin [mailto:ka...@striplin.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 1:12 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Old house projects You mean this car that is currently for sale? http://okiebenz.com/sale/1990%20300D/ Sent from my iPhone > On May 31, 2017, at 12:20 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I remember that house - it was more impressive than the 300D 2.5T I > was there to look at/buy. I was really surprised to hear that you'd > moved, though I can understand that it was built for little people, not you. > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Donald Snook via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> My former house was built in 1929 and had amazing wood details and >> lots of craftsmanship. Of course, being an old house, it had very >> little insulation, weird wiring, nothing was standard like today, and I >> loved it. >> When we remodeled the kitchen we also took down a small wall that >> lead to a breakfast nook. The contractor wore out several sawzall blades >> trying to >> cut through the studs. The wood was super dense and hard. The difficult >> things about the house were dealing with lath and plaster, wiring >> that had been updated 3-4 times over 80 years, and small rooms. It >> wasn't a huge house. But, it was good size, but back then they built >> houses with small rooms. I did love all the character of an old house. >> >> Don Snook >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kaleb C. Striplin [mailto:ka...@striplin.net] >> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 6:26 PM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Old house projects >> >> I love old and big, I really love the wood work and details in this house. >> It's amazing how well built old houses are. Do you think a house >> built today will be standing in 70 years? 100 years? Hell a little >> wind blows such as a baby f0 tornado and they are toast. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 30, 2017, at 2:33 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Old and big. Likely not well insulated. Old Windows as noted by Kaleb. >> Expensive to heat and cool which may be why it has been abandoned by >> its owners. >>> >>> RB >>> >>>> On 30/05/2017 2:29 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote: >>>> Could be a fantastic beautiful home or a moneypit. One thing I'm >> sure you know is houses of this age used REAL WOOD. Slow growth >> trees that are as hard as iron. The bones of the house are probably >> still good. A foundation issue would scare me a little. It would >> definitely be a long term project. Would you try to restore and flip? Or >> turn it into a rental? >> Or several apartments? >>>> >>>> Don Snook >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Kaleb C. Striplin [mailto:ka...@striplin.net] >>>> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 6:06 PM >>>> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> Subject: [MBZ] OT Old house projects >>>> >>>> I was scrolling thru local listings the other day out of curiosity >>>> on >> the wifes MLS login. Anyway, I saw this house in town and it looked >> interesting. I had her show it to me today. It is going to need a >> LOT of work but it has a lot of potential. It is really a neat old >> house with impressive wood work and detail you do not see anymore. >> Alot or most of the wood along the edge of the roof which attaches to >> the ends of the roof studs (not sure what you call it) as well as >> sofet (sp) is rotted and will require replacement. Floors are uneven >> in some spots as you would expect in an old house and that does not >> really concern me much. All of the windows in the house are the old >> original wood framed windows and have storm windows installed on the >> outside. These are these big old windows you dont see in houses >> anymore. Wife says they all need to be replaced but I told her these >> unlike new windows can be repaired, or so I think. Just need to to >> have all the old paint scraped out, remove the old putty that holds >> the glass in and replace. No they are probably not as efficient as >> new windows. On one side of the house they have 2 or 3 huge concrete >> pillars/supports of some sort which butt up against the foundation, >> almost sort of like buttresses on a cathedral. The only thing I can >> figure is the foundation started pushing out like it does on old >> houses and these were installed to hold it in. I have seen other old >> houses where they have drilled holes in the header plate or >> foundation with cables stretched across from one side of the house to >> the other attached to metal plates on the outside of the house which >> can then be tightened as needed to adjust the foundation. The other >> side of the house looks like its going to need attention as there is a >> section above the concrete/brick foundation that is starting to move out. >> Obviously will need a lot of cosmetics as well. >> Since its a forclosure in need of a lot of work I thought about >> offering no more than $15k, and turning it into a long term project. >>>> Crazy probably but interesting yes. >>>> >>>> https://www.zillow.com/homes/350-s-cedar-nowata-ok_rb/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and > many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The > few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the > electric fence for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > 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
