They are newbies... A man and his wife moved into our little town in Maine, they had kids and after 20 years started to proclaim themselves "natives". The man got taken aside and told that while he was a welcome, valued member of the community he was NOT a native. He exclaimed that his children whom had lived there their whole lives must certainly be natives. The real native replied "If your cat had kittens in the oven you wouldn't call them biscuits." Eventually after 40 years in town the man died, on his tombstone they put "He was almost one of us".
Maine humor, nothing like it..... thankfully. -Curt Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:37:05 -0500 From: "Werner Fehlauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Washington State (was: rear exhaust hanger question) To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original The folks in the Pacific Northwest are like any others - treat them like you want to be treated, and you'll get along just fine. Living in NE Tacoma for 3 years, we found the "locals" all to be as nice or better than we've seen anywhere in the USA - and we all laughed at the tongue-in-cheek comments about immigrants from other states. There was always the unwritten law though that insisted that "it rains all the time" in Seattle, to discourage too much of an inclination to attract newcomers. In actuality, New York City gets more rainfall every year, although over less days (average). What people don't realize is that Washington has not only high desert that requires irrigation to produce crops, but also has desert and rain forest conditions on the Olympic peninsula. The neat part is that most years, there are flowers and green grass, and little snow to bother with for any long periods. Now if you want a bit of snobbery (flame suit on), take a good look at the old New England states, where if you didn't get your feet wet while climbing off the Mayflower, you are just a "newbie". Werner __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jan 04 17:23:11 2007 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.241]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H2WJ4-0006kd-TZ for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:23:11 +0000 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b6so1899729ana for <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:20:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.133.10 with SMTP id g10mr2649115hud.1167931201934; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:20:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.178.3 with HTTP; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 09:20:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:20:01 -0500 From: "andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9.cp1 Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - lost baggage fiasco X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: </pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:23:12 -0000 Also, if your luggage is likely to be delivered after 11 pm, be sure to tell them explicitly to TELEPHONE or RING THE DOORBELL rather than leaving the pieces outside. The only reason to leave them on a side porch is if you are not at home at the time, and you live in a safe neighborhood. On 1/4/07, BillR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A Veterinarian friend who did international sales for Eli Lilly got so fed > up with baggage problems that after a few months he did all his travel > with > only a briefcase. It ahs been awhile, but IIRC he would go for almost a > week that way. Every night he washed out clothes and hung them to dry. > Worked for him; I'm just glad they put wheels on suitcases. > BillR > Jacksonville FL > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rich Thomas > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 11:52 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - lost baggage fiasco > > > Moral of the experience: carry less impedimenta on your trips. I have > a friend who travels internationally for weeks at a time, she can > survive with one carry-on shoulder bag and her briefcase. I have no > idea how she does it, but she has been doing it for years, and always > looks lovely. I "need" at least 6 times that amount of stuff for > reasons that have never been clear to me. > > Glad to hear things worked out. > > --R > > andrew strasfogel wrote: > > Happy ending! The luggage had been dropped off at the wrong address. > > Curiously, the street NAME was wrong, not the house number. Hats off > > to my brilliant sig. oth, who dragged me to DCA to do battle with the > > courier and the airline baggage people. The courier boss finally > > allowed us to speak directly with the driver. Turns out the faux house > > had a similar side porch to ours, it was dark and late, etc. Thanks, > > Rich - your advice and it emboldened me. > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >
