Ohhhh. Well I call 2nd dibs.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 9, 2024, at 4:24 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > The old gal who lives a few blocks away with a 1980 300SD. I first saw it > in 1992 when her husband, a commercial pilot retired from Pan Am, was selling > his 1968 (?) 280SE 3.5. I stopped by to check it out. It was awesome and was > too $$ for me at that point in my journey but we talked at length about his > W116 (since I pulled up in my W123). This is when I learned that both he and > his German wife were flight instructors and they own two aircraft. > Over the next 30 years anytime either of them were out in the yard or sitting > on the porch I’d stop to chat. He passed in 2000, but his Frau keeps plugging > along. The old gal, at 94, still gets in two hours a month in either her 1954 > Beech E35, or her 1961 Mooney M20B and she dutifully drives the 300SD once a > week on a three mile loop. > I talked with her daughter towards the end of last year and she said that she > likely be taking mom’s keys away sometime this year based on the trajectory > of her dementia. I told daughter that if no one in the family wanted the > 300SD I call dibs. > Daughter and I exchanged emails pretty regularly for several months but the > last email I sent a month ago remains unanswered. When I drive by it looks > like she’s been missing her weekly jaunt. > I reckon we’ll see. > > AZBob > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 9, 2024, at 11:15 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> What 116 are you talking about? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Jun 9, 2024, at 12:02 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> <8tb4da.jpg> >>> >>> >>> The slow, methodical search is on. I have a sneaky feeling my W116 is going >>> to fall through; damn heirs who show up when their elders are checking out. >>> >>> AZBob >>> >>> Sent from my 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 > _______________________________________ 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
