I spent my Peace Corps years in a former British colony (Fiji) where the ex pats wore knee high socks with their sandals. For PC volunteers, flip flops were *de rigeuer* to distance ourselves from the colonial masters.
On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 7:57 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I ordered some oil for Angie's car the week before last hoping to change > it the weekend before last. FCPEuro was the cheapest but I figured it'd > take awhile. IDParts was $5 more expensive but their cheap shipping ($5) is > usually overnight since they're only about 70 miles away. > Buggers didn't ship the oil until the following Monday. It arrived on > Tuesday as predicted but the delay in handing off to the shipper really > soured me... Next time I'll try FCPEuro. > -Curt > > On Saturday, June 26, 2021, 8:27:37 AM EDT, Buggered Benzmail via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I ordered 2 transmission service kits for the $900E500 and $1200ML500 > Thursday evening. Selected the free shipping option that said it would be > here next Friday. Ok fine. 2-day shipping was a lot. > > Got messages this morning it’s on a fedex truck for delivery today, > shipped out of Milford CT yesterday. Free 2-day shipping, almost as good as > Amazon Prime which delivered a fluid pump yesterday evening late after > ordering it Thursday too. > > Learnings: Don’t pay for expedited shipping. > > Looks like I can try to get the $1200ML500 sorted tomorrow, see if I can > get it transmitting properly. The E I gotta send off for a new conductor > plate ($$$) and get that running. > > If the ML works that’s a quick flip as I don’t particularly care for it. > Even if not I’ll try to unload it. The E is very nice and entertaining to > drive though a quite boring color combo, so I might enjoy it for a little > while and pretend to be a boring old white man. Maybe I should break out > some black knee socks and sandals. > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > _______________________________________ > 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
