I tend not to make political statements, they're all just tools and machines in my eyes. How you choose to use them is up to you. To seperate out the those who use guns for sport from the other mentioned hobbyist, may be more of a political statement than linking them all together. :-)
Ed 300E On 19/08/07, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > watch guys, car guys, camera guys -- tons of overlap. watch guys and pen > guys for reasons i can't fathom. watch guys tend to be car guys. gun > guys might be more a political statement than linking o the rest, at > least > it is with me. > > On 8/19/07, E M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think most companies that were able, made some supplies for the > > war. Many > > made the .45, including Singer, the sewing machine company. I also > helped > > work on restoring a plane that had V12 Merlins made by Maytag, the > washing > > machine company. hee hee. I think Packard made them too, and the word > > was, > > the Packards were better. > > > > I would like to add one quick word on guns. Up here in the north, we > are > > not allowed to keep guns for home or personal defence. However, most > ppl > > here that do belong to handgun clubs, you will find "in general" have an > > interest in mechanical things, and it's not unusual to talk to those in > > clubs and they also have an interest in other mechanical > things. Another > > very commom interest for those into handguns here are cameras, the older > > pre > > digital ones. I have always enjoyed guns for their craftsmanship and > fine > > mechanical engineering. It is amazing to think that a gun, will shoot > > thousands of rounds, under huge pressures, and will do so for decades, > > with > > very very few failures. Ofcourse, this is very different to the > > discussion > > on weapons for self and home defence, of which I also have opinions, but > > I'm > > sure no one really cares about one way or the other. :-) > > > > Ed > > 300E > > > > On 18/08/07, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I believe that if you do your research that you will find that > Mercedes > > > did make fire arms during WW2. > > > > > > Thanks, Tom > > > 256-656-1924 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: "Hendrik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > Sent: 8/18/07 9:18 PM > > > Subject: [MBZ] Now: Mobil 1 gun oil > > > > > > Ooooh goody, here come 200 posts about what oil is best for your > killing > > > > > > machine, I can hardly wait. > > > Don't the National Rambo Association have any forums for this kind of > > > stuff? Do we really have to have 2000+ posts about guns on a Mercedes > > > forum, when MB don't even make firearms? > > > I don't mind the odd off topic discussion but as always when the > chatter > > > > > > comes around to guns in goes on and on and on and it is always the > same > > > discussion, just a different way around. > > > I do not make a habit of jumping on people if posts are off topic but > > > enough is enough. I know those of you who have a 44 lying next to the > > > keyboard, in case someone invades your home, don't understand that > there > > > > > > are people in the world who actually hate guns and find talk about > these > > > > > > machines of death offensive. Yeah I spose you do know that and are > just > > > waiting your chance to cull the herd to make it stronger but hate > breeds > > > > > > hate. > > > I wouldn't mind a discussion of why the US has this culture of > violence > > > but that might not be what people want to get into and this may not be > > > the place for that. > > > > > > Rich Thomas wrote: > > > > What kind of oil do you use on your, wait, make that, in your, uh, > > > > car!!? Yeah, that's the ticket! > > > > > > > > --Rr > > > > > > > > Wonko the Sane wrote: > > > > > > > >> I was trying to start a new oil thread so we could talk about > > > something > > > >> other than guns and penis size. > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
