Yes. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019, 10:19 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I’ll take issue on the scotch aspect > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > > On Aug 11, 2019, at 9:14 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > No stacked diesels. A really nice 240d, a CD, a w115 240. As I said, > old men with cash to burn instead of picking up street walkers and drinking > expensive scotch > > > > > > clay > > > > > > > >> On Aug 11, 2019, at 5:23 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> Were there any diesels with exhaust stacks through the hood? > >> > >> --FT > >> Sent from iPhone > >> > >>> On Aug 11, 2019, at 8:14 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Today was the local section MBCA Show and Shine. Nice selection of > cars on the field. We had a large number (eight) from Canadia come down to > show their rides. The funny thing was the tuner types who I had not seen > before. > >>> > >>> It seems there is a shadow Benz Club in town. Mostly younger people > with newer tuner cars from 2005+. I got to talking with a fellow and he > tells me they are organized online, like with Fakebuuk or other online > dating site, and the oldest guy in their group of seven hundred members is > almost 40. I am astounded. For some reason our leadership is not reaching > out to these people to enlarge and strengthen the club. I was sure these > people were a stealth tribe, so I introduce the fellow and his gal to the > club President. He knew about the group and there were six or seven others > of that clan in attendance. All in hopped up AMG livery. > >>> > >>> For the few decades I have been a member of the local section, I have > thought we need many more younger members so that the club would remain > viable. The bulk of our members are closing in on, if not many years or > decades into retirement. Their cars are of the Collectible sort with trust > funds to keep them running. The number of W113 and R107s there I would > guess to have been at least twenty, if not more. There was nary a scruffy > car on the field. Maybe the worst was the sole 450SLC that had the rear > seating area under construction. Not a Kaleb car to be had. > >>> > >>> The post 2005 cars were, as always, soulless. There were a few SECs > and one W140 coupe. The w129s were out in force. Most of the 1985-2004 > bunch wore AMG badges, when that meant something. > >>> > >>> At least the rain held off. Now I feel like I should head to the > store and get a few bottles of Geritol. > >>> > >>> clay > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > clay monroe > > > >> I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for > what I'm looking for didn't fall out. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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
