date:20150203

On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 18:32:17 -0600 Mountain Man via Mercedes
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> Craig wrote:
> > ...with the vitrectomies in her left eye and the capsulotomy in her
> > right eye...
> 
> It is great to hear of your recent blessings.

Thank you.

> Tell us about this eye issue.  Did the surgery cause this?

No, her cataract surgery did not cause the additional problems.

She has been a diabetic for 55 years. The retinopathy (leaking blood
vessels in the retina) that required the two vitrectomies was a diabetes
complication.

> I understand cataract surgery is flawless these days, but I still
> hesitate to do it due to concern about this type of problem happening.

I can understand your hesitation. Her cataract surgeries went well.

For some of those who have cataract surgery (particularly diabetics), the
capsule that holds the lens gets cloudy and obscures the vision (which is
what happened to Shirley). A quick surgery with a YAG laser to cut radial
slots in the capsule behind the lens solves the problem. When the pieces
between the slots are freed up by the laser, surface tension causes them
to fold back out of the way, allowing the light to pass and restore
vision.

> Plus, $$ is a problem getting this done.  Any information from anyone
> else?  Tell me surgery is okay and inexpensive.

Cataract surgery is okay, but is not inexpensive. Our local eye doctor
establishment discounts their charges for people without insurance to
$2500 per eye. I don't know how much they would charge for a capsulotomy
without insurance, but they billed our insurance something like $700 for
the procedure.

Craig

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Re: [MBZ] Snowmaggeddon Part Deux

On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 21:20:09 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5uwdWH23ds
> 
> I like how my beard looks in this one.

Yeah, it does look pretty cool -- pun intended.

What make and model of snow blower?

How many horsepower? (I see something in your garage -- your air
compressor, I think -- is 2.5 HP and 21 gallons.)

Why all the backward movement when you are blowing to the side?
Why not turn around, turn the spout, and keep on going?

Craig

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Re: [MBZ] 240D 3 for the price of 1

2015-02-03 Thread G Mann via Mercedes

Marionville is a small town outside of Springfield, Mo.

$3,000 for the set seems a bit much, since none run, one is missing an
engine.

"slight rust" "ran when parked" "AC blows cold" ;))

OTOH, project cars of substance... perhaps..

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Craig via Mercedes 
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> On Tue, 03 Feb 2015 22:59:20 -0500 Michael Esh via Mercedes
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>
> > Where is  Marionville?
> >
> >
> > Michael E. Esh
> > 231 286 2344
>
> If you click the "reply button", you get a drop-down which lists the
> phone number as 4178399367 [417-839-9367]. The 417 area code is
>
>417  MO  -6  SW Missouri: Springfield
>
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Re: [MBZ] (no subject)

Yes, I wasn't receiving my own posts; found the problem and fixed it.  'Enabled 
cookies.
Rcvd my post; ? Answered. 

Wilton

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> On Feb 3, 2015, at 11:45 PM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 22:59:26 -0500 Alice Strickland via Mercedes
>  
>> Yep, works nicely.
> 
> It does work nicely. Did you have any questions?
> 
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Re: [MBZ] 240D 3 for the price of 1

On Tue, 03 Feb 2015 22:59:20 -0500 Michael Esh via Mercedes
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> Where is  Marionville?
> 
> 
> Michael E. Esh
> 231 286 2344

If you click the "reply button", you get a drop-down which lists the
phone number as 4178399367 [417-839-9367]. The 417 area code is

   417  MO  -6  SW Missouri: Springfield

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Re: [MBZ] (no subject)

On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 22:59:26 -0500 Alice Strickland via Mercedes
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> Yep, works nicely.

It does work nicely. Did you have any questions?


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Re: [MBZ] 240D 3 for the price of 1

2015-02-03 Thread Michael Esh via Mercedes

Where is  Marionville?


Michael E. Esh
231 286 2344


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> https://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/4859085777.html
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Re: [MBZ] (no subject)

Yep, works nicely.

Wilton

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Re: [MBZ] elementary school cars

Attempted suicide by taking the Dauphine for a spin?

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 8:52 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Teenage daughters girlfriends father had a Dauphine. He heard about me
> repairing the '67 Mercedes, so he asked via his daughter if I would look at
> his Daughines problem. It was something to do with the left front wheel. I
> had never before seen a design as unnecessarily complicated as it was after
> we got it apart. I don't remember if we got it fixed or not, but I decided
> that if he ever called me again to help him fix the Dauphine I would find
> some excuse not to help him.
> I didn't much care for him anyway since he was an extreme perfectionist
> who looked down on anyone not as "perfect" as he was; including his family
> who were a mess as you can well imagine. (His wife attempted suicide
> several times.)
> Gerry
>
> Rich Thomas via Mercedes  wrote:
>
> > When I was a kid, this would have been like 1960 -62 or so, our neighbor
> > "Jack" (to whom my dad referred, in private, as "Jackleg" which I guess
> > was derogatory in some fashion) had a light blue Renault, I think it was
> > a Dauphine, that was pretty clapped out, as was a succession of his
> > various vehicles.  I remember him spending several late evenings
> > underneath the thing, up on stands in the street in front of his house,
> > doing a bottom-end job on it.  Of course, being a furrin car, this
> > engendered all sorts of remarks amongst the neighbors about what a POS
> > it must be (though at the time I don't think any of them used the S
> > word, at least not where I could hear it).  Jackleg's family, which
> > included 2 chirruns about my age, also had a pet raccoon and a very
> > large black cat, which I thought was pretty cool.  I also thought his
> > mechanical pursuits to be quite interesting but I was not allowed to get
> > near the vehicle while it was being worked on, so never really saw what
> > was actually going on under there.
> >
> > I remember there being a commercial on TV about that time for that car,
> > it had a little jingle that went "Renault 'beepbeep' Dauphine", where
> > the "beepbeep" was the sound of the horn, which was very
> > freench-sounding.  It was quite catchy, since I remember it still.
> >
> > --R
> >
> >
> > On 2/2/15 1:58 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
> > > My sister had a Dauphine. It was one of the "program cars" that GM
> execs got when my Dad was working for GM in the late 60s.
> > >
> > > I was always amazed by the pushbutton transmission it had.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> > >> On Feb 2, 2015, at 1:48 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Renault Dauphine - now there's a blast from the past.  Parts are still
> > >> available:
> > >>
> http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_armrs=1&_dmd=1&_mPrRngCbx=1&_ipg=50&LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0&_from=R14%7CR40&_sacat=0&_nkw=renault+dauphine&LH_PrefLoc=3&_sop=3&rt=nc
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Rick Hawkins Java via Mercedes <
> > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Folks
> > >>>
> > >>> I have come onto many interesting cars. When i was about 15 or 16 i
> bought
> > >>> a Renault 4CV (looks like a morris minor with suicide doors in the
> front)
> > >>> that was sitting behind a house in Aiken SC.
> > >>>
> > >>> I got the title and the car showed only about 20,000 miles.
> > >>>
> > >>> I paid $20. I STILL have the car in a garage here in Athens, GA. We
> > >>> managed to lose the engine along the way, but i do have a dauphene
> engine
> > >>> that fits it.
> > >>>
> > >>> Another project. The car is complete less engine.
> > >>>
> > >>> In about 1976 i bought a VW bug …. an old one, not a split window,
> but i
> > >>> think a 54 or 55. It ran and we drove it around a little and then
> parked it
> > >>> in a garage. It had a replacement engine that was a 36 hp rather
> than the
> > >>> original 20 or whatever it was.
> > >>>
> > >>> I kept it till about 1990 and sold it for $1000 which was good money
> in
> > >>> 1990.
> > >>> thanks,
> > >>>
> > >>> xx rick
> > >>> Rick Hawkins
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Re: [MBZ] 240D 3 for the price of 1

He won't separate the cars because they are litter mates.

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
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> On 03/02/2015 5:09 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> https://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/4859085777.html
>>
>> Don Snook
>>
>>
> Knock them down to $500 each and Kleb will take them home.
>
> RB
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Re: [MBZ] First and subsequent cars

The '34 Chevies; the '33 was probably about the same; were some of the best 
cars Chevy ever built. I had a '35 Chevy which was probably the worst car Chevy 
ever built.

Someone in the family clan had one of those gasoline heaters which "were" 
fantastic, but I don't remember them in the late '30s. I remember comments 
about how dangerous they were, but don't remember anyone getting burned.

High school friend Charley had a '34 Chevy during WW-2. The muffler blew out so 
he ran it straight pipe since new parts were unavailable, and there were no 
mufflers in the local junkyard that would fit. He would load up 5 or 6 of us 
high school boys and go roaring through our small town in 2nd gear  right past 
the police station. The town marshall never bothered him since Charley wasn't 
speeding and he knew about the parts shortage.
Several of us learned to fly Civil Air Patrol (CAP) planes and Charley was one 
of them, but he yearned to fly a low wing guy wired army trainer at the airport 
that belonged to a local hatchery owner.
Charley "borrowed" it one evening after the FBO closed and had a great time 
doing acrobatics. He ended his adventure by buzzing his girlfriends farmhouse, 
but something went wrong and he crashed in her daddys corn field. The damage to 
the plane wasn't too severe and Charley wasn't hurt. In restitution, Charley 
had to spend several hours every day after school at the hatchery cleaning 
cages and "shoveling sh*t" as he described it. Since Charley was basically a 
good kid that nearly everyone liked, the hatchery owner finally took mercy on 
him, taught him the fine points of flying the traimer, and let him fly it at 
times since he was a natural pilot.

Charley dropped out of high school and joined the army, thinking he would be 
sent to flying school, but the war was over in Europe soon after and Charley 
unhappily went into the infantry.

Marshall Field wrote:
> My first car was a '33 Chev coupe which I paid 35 bux for.  I used it to
> deliver newspapers and go fishing in the summer.  After my first sub-zero
> Minnesota winter of driving it, my Grandfather sold me his '36 Ford two
> door which had a marvelous gas fired heater which gave you roaring heat
> within a minute of start up.   It was a grand combination which I used for
> the rest of my paper boy career.
> 
> When I came back from VN, I bought two cars at the same time.  The first
> was a '66 Shelby GT350 which I stupidly sold with much regret 5 years
> later.I was living in South NJ at the time and would slink down to the
> deserted road to Atlantic City late at night to open it up full bore and
> keep the plugs from fouling.
> 
> The second car I bought was a '67 Ford Bronco with 289 and limited slip
> front and rear.  I drove that car for the next 44 years and 623,000 miles
> all over Canada, Mexico and the Southwest US.   I was doing a lot of off
> road driving in those days and never once did the Bronco strand me or fail
> to get me home.  I only did one engine rebuild, and that was close to
> 500,000 miles.
> 
> My first MB was a 114 series 280 sedan.   IT was a delight to drive but in
> those days, the MB engineers had to use hot water in an attempt to control
> emissions.  Pipes and hoses ran everywhere under the hood and the car was a
> monster to keep running because of it.
> 
> Of late,  I have been strictly diesel.   I have two 123 diesel sedans, a
> '77 and a California version '85, and a '81 300TD wagon
> 
> I live in a brutal desert climate.   If you break down, you can die in a
> half day from the heat and dehydration.So I keep the cars in tip top
> shade and do not skimp on tires, oil, under hood rubber or scheduled
> maintenance.   My orientation is Aviation, so I maintain the cars as if
> they were aircraft and follow the MB recommendations strictly by the book.
> 
> Marshall Field
> Phoenix, AZ
> 
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Re: [MBZ] elementary school cars

Teenage daughters girlfriends father had a Dauphine. He heard about me 
repairing the '67 Mercedes, so he asked via his daughter if I would look at his 
Daughines problem. It was something to do with the left front wheel. I had 
never before seen a design as unnecessarily complicated as it was after we got 
it apart. I don't remember if we got it fixed or not, but I decided that if he 
ever called me again to help him fix the Dauphine I would find some excuse not 
to help him.
I didn't much care for him anyway since he was an extreme perfectionist who 
looked down on anyone not as "perfect" as he was; including his family who were 
a mess as you can well imagine. (His wife attempted suicide several times.)
Gerry

Rich Thomas via Mercedes  wrote:

> When I was a kid, this would have been like 1960 -62 or so, our neighbor 
> "Jack" (to whom my dad referred, in private, as "Jackleg" which I guess 
> was derogatory in some fashion) had a light blue Renault, I think it was 
> a Dauphine, that was pretty clapped out, as was a succession of his 
> various vehicles.  I remember him spending several late evenings 
> underneath the thing, up on stands in the street in front of his house, 
> doing a bottom-end job on it.  Of course, being a furrin car, this 
> engendered all sorts of remarks amongst the neighbors about what a POS 
> it must be (though at the time I don't think any of them used the S 
> word, at least not where I could hear it).  Jackleg's family, which 
> included 2 chirruns about my age, also had a pet raccoon and a very 
> large black cat, which I thought was pretty cool.  I also thought his 
> mechanical pursuits to be quite interesting but I was not allowed to get 
> near the vehicle while it was being worked on, so never really saw what 
> was actually going on under there.
> 
> I remember there being a commercial on TV about that time for that car, 
> it had a little jingle that went "Renault 'beepbeep' Dauphine", where 
> the "beepbeep" was the sound of the horn, which was very 
> freench-sounding.  It was quite catchy, since I remember it still.
> 
> --R
> 
> 
> On 2/2/15 1:58 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
> > My sister had a Dauphine. It was one of the "program cars" that GM execs 
> > got when my Dad was working for GM in the late 60s.
> >
> > I was always amazed by the pushbutton transmission it had.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On Feb 2, 2015, at 1:48 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
> >>  wrote:
> >>
> >> Renault Dauphine - now there's a blast from the past.  Parts are still
> >> available:
> >> http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_armrs=1&_dmd=1&_mPrRngCbx=1&_ipg=50&LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0&_from=R14%7CR40&_sacat=0&_nkw=renault+dauphine&LH_PrefLoc=3&_sop=3&rt=nc
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Rick Hawkins Java via Mercedes <
> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Folks
> >>>
> >>> I have come onto many interesting cars. When i was about 15 or 16 i bought
> >>> a Renault 4CV (looks like a morris minor with suicide doors in the front)
> >>> that was sitting behind a house in Aiken SC.
> >>>
> >>> I got the title and the car showed only about 20,000 miles.
> >>>
> >>> I paid $20. I STILL have the car in a garage here in Athens, GA. We
> >>> managed to lose the engine along the way, but i do have a dauphene engine
> >>> that fits it.
> >>>
> >>> Another project. The car is complete less engine.
> >>>
> >>> In about 1976 i bought a VW bug …. an old one, not a split window, but i
> >>> think a 54 or 55. It ran and we drove it around a little and then parked 
> >>> it
> >>> in a garage. It had a replacement engine that was a 36 hp rather than the
> >>> original 20 or whatever it was.
> >>>
> >>> I kept it till about 1990 and sold it for $1000 which was good money in
> >>> 1990.
> >>> thanks,
> >>>
> >>> xx rick
> >>> Rick Hawkins
> >>>
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Re: [MBZ] Korean malware UPDATE

That explains the mushroom cloud I saw to the north of me

Dan


> On Feb 3, 2015, at 7:41 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Just now got a pop up that one or more aspects of Malewarebytes have been 
> disabled with a button to push for enable. I pushed the button.
> 
> 
> Gerry
> 
> Been getting message from MS program that I'm low on memory.
> Accessed msconfig, and at the top of the page appeared the word "Korean". The 
> next line had the symbol for "type configuration setting" with the address: 
> C:\users\archer\mydocuments\.
> 
> Right clicking the symbol brought up 29 pages of Korean characters.
> 
> I'm running Malwarebytes (paid for professional program), AVG antivirus, and 
> MS firewall.
> 
> A quick search of Google had nothing specific about this being known malware, 
> and this blog was the only reference I found that might apply:
> 
> http://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertrust/2013/01/16/koreas-malware-infection-rate-increases-six-fold-in-six-months/
> 
> Any and help appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Gerry 
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Re: [MBZ] nice and clean Benz with small front end damage with real bullet proof glasse

2015-02-03 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes

Such a bahgain.
On Feb 3, 2015 3:04 PM, "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" 
wrote:

> https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4873936522.html
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Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

2015-02-03 Thread dseretakis--- via Mercedes

Except that I don't think it's a 220. A 220 wouldn't have double front bumpers 
and a wood dash.

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[MBZ] Korean malware UPDATE

Just now got a pop up that one or more aspects of Malewarebytes have been 
disabled with a button to push for enable. I pushed the button.


Gerry

Been getting message from MS program that I'm low on memory.
Accessed msconfig, and at the top of the page appeared the word "Korean". The 
next line had the symbol for "type configuration setting" with the address: 
C:\users\archer\mydocuments\.

Right clicking the symbol brought up 29 pages of Korean characters.

I'm running Malwarebytes (paid for professional program), AVG antivirus, and MS 
firewall.

A quick search of Google had nothing specific about this being known malware, 
and this blog was the only reference I found that might apply:

http://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertrust/2013/01/16/koreas-malware-infection-rate-increases-six-fold-in-six-months/

Any and help appreciated.

Thanks,
Gerry 

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Update XXXIX: SHE CAN READ (and other information)!

2015-02-03 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes

Craig wrote:
> ...with the vitrectomies in her left eye and the capsulotomy in her right 
> eye...

It is great to hear of your recent blessings.
Tell us about this eye issue.  Did the surgery cause this?  I
understand cataract surgery is flawless these days, but I still
hesitate to do it due to concern about this type of problem happening.
Plus, $$ is a problem getting this done.  Any information from anyone
else?  Tell me surgery is okay and inexpensive.
Thanks, Craig.
mao

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[MBZ] Korean malware?


Been getting message from MS program that I'm low on memory.
Accessed msconfig, and at the top of the page appeared the word "Korean". The 
next line had the symbol for "type configuration setting" with the address: 
C:\users\archer\mydocuments\.

Right clicking the symbol brought up 29 pages of Korean characters.

I'm running Malwarebytes (paid for professional program), AVG antivirus, and MS 
firewall.

A quick search of Google had nothing specific about this being known malware, 
and this blog was the only reference I found that might apply:

http://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertrust/2013/01/16/koreas-malware-infection-rate-increases-six-fold-in-six-months/

Any and help appreciated.

Thanks,
Gerry 

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Re: [MBZ] 240D 3 for the price of 1


On 03/02/2015 5:09 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote:

https://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/4859085777.html

Don Snook



Knock them down to $500 each and Kleb will take them home.

RB

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[MBZ] 240D 3 for the price of 1

https://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/4859085777.html

Don Snook
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Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

2015-02-03 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes

Over $18,000,000,000,000 in debt now.  We'll probably be over $20 trillion 
before the next president takes office.  When interest rates normalize (4.5% or 
more), we will pay around $1 trillion / year in interest, maybe more.

I have a hard time seeing how this can continue for the rest of my lifetime 
without drastic measures.  Higher taxes are coming, you can bet on it...

-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston, SC

On February 3, 2015 4:11:23 PM EST, clay via Mercedes  
wrote:
>Budget of $2.9tn in 2009
>
>Jacked up budget to almost $4 trillion for this year
>

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Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

I never thought about it that way.   I have no desire to be abused. But, when 
you see someone like that, it almost makes me want to bother them just because 
they are such a-holes  about it.  

Don Snook 

-Original Message-
From: Randy Bennell [mailto:rbenn...@bennell.ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 4:00 PM
To: Donald Snook; Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

I see ads on the local Kijiji that make me wonder if there is a class of buyer 
out there that likes to be abused.
An example from this morning  goes something like >>> "don't email me, don't 
text me, don't phone me unless you are serious. I am busy enough without you 
wasting my time" etc.
It is like he is saying "I don't know why I bothered to list this because I am 
such a jerk I won't ever manage to sell it anyway".

Or, as I said up top, are there actually people out there that thrive on this 
crap and will call him to see if they can get abused a bit more

RB

On 03/02/2015 3:21 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote:
> I am always amazed by that too.   There was a really nice S Class on ebay 
> last week.  The car was parked outside and it must have snowed -- a lot.  
> They didn't bother to clear the snow off the car.  They just turned on the 
> wipers.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Randy Bennell [mailto:rbenn...@bennell.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 1:39 PM
> To: Donald Snook; Mercedes Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car
>
> On 03/02/2015 1:09 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote:
>> http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/4875525251.html
>>
>> ___
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> I do not understand why, someone who wants to sell a car, does not at least 
> wash it.
> One would think that a lot of the mess one sees on the paint of that car 
> would wash off.
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Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

I see ads on the local Kijiji that make me wonder if there is a class of 
buyer out there that likes to be abused.
An example from this morning  goes something like >>> "don't email me, 
don't text me, don't phone me unless you are serious. I am busy enough 
without you wasting my time" etc.
It is like he is saying "I don't know why I bothered to list this 
because I am such a jerk I won't ever manage to sell it anyway".


Or, as I said up top, are there actually people out there that thrive on 
this crap and will call him to see if they can get abused a bit more


RB

On 03/02/2015 3:21 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote:

I am always amazed by that too.   There was a really nice S Class on ebay last 
week.  The car was parked outside and it must have snowed -- a lot.  They 
didn't bother to clear the snow off the car.  They just turned on the wipers.

-Original Message-
From: Randy Bennell [mailto:rbenn...@bennell.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 1:39 PM
To: Donald Snook; Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

On 03/02/2015 1:09 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote:

http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/4875525251.html

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I do not understand why, someone who wants to sell a car, does not at least 
wash it.
One would think that a lot of the mess one sees on the paint of that car would 
wash off.

RB



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Re: [MBZ] nice and clean Benz with small front end damage with real bullet proof glasse


OR would that relate to this incident?

RB

On 03/02/2015 3:20 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:

Ooops.. left one out:

Title status: Rebuilt...

Which of course tells of a previous wreck damage history extensive enough
to cause re-registration as "rebuilt" ...

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


andrew sez: "Serious buyers only" - that leaves out this entire crowd

since each of us
has a sense of humor.


Andrew, I thought you WERE serious when you said, "How comforting that
Obama can be blamed for everything bad." NOW we find out you were
spoofing us!


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Re: [MBZ] Snowmaggeddon Part Deux


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5uwdWH23ds

I like how my beard looks in this one.
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Does your wife drive the MB or does she drive the truck to work?

RB

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Re: [MBZ] Snowmaggeddon Part Deux


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Hey, that was cool.
I have to say, it is much more fun to watch you play with the blower, 
than it is to do it myself.

I think I could feel the cold when the snow was blowing back into your face.

RB

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Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

When I was in college, I worked a few days a week as a lot boy at a used car 
lot.   In the back lot, they had an old 69 or 70 Buick Electra 225.  A real 
land barge.  I asked one day if I should wash it.  The old man told me he would 
just as soon get rid of the car,  but he said he would sell it for $60.   I 
have no idea how he came up with that number.  But, I called a few friends at 
School and 3 of us put up $20 each and bought the car.   It actually started 
and the tires held air.   So, we bought it just to take it out to one of the 
guys parents farm.  We crashed it into trees, tried to tear out the 
transmission by slamming it into reverse at 40 mph, we just had a demolition 
derby with it.   Finally, we accidentally busted the radiator and our fun was 
over.  We took the D tag off it and left it in the field.  It was definitely 
$20 worth of fun.  I think my friend's dad rescued the car, fixed a few things 
on it and sold it for $400-500.  

-Original Message-
From: clay [mailto:redgh...@comcast.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 3:14 PM
To: Donald Snook; Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

I paid $150 for a something like that and it actually runs

clay

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Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

I bet if somebody really wanted it, the seller would take $500 cash.   If I had 
the room and the time, I might buy it for $250. But, that car could be a money 
pit.  Its probably worth parting it out.  

Don Snook 

-Original Message-
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

If the jack points aren't rusty, it actually looks pretty solid.  Could be a 
decent project car if everything is there.

The strange gray band of paint around the bottom is weird, though.

Price is pretty optimistic considering it's a trailer car.

Dan

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Re: [MBZ] Snowmaggeddon Part Deux

I bet TomBrady's neighbors will offer to do his snow removal for FREE.

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Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

I am always amazed by that too.   There was a really nice S Class on ebay last 
week.  The car was parked outside and it must have snowed -- a lot.  They 
didn't bother to clear the snow off the car.  They just turned on the wipers.   

-Original Message-
From: Randy Bennell [mailto:rbenn...@bennell.ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 1:39 PM
To: Donald Snook; Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

On 03/02/2015 1:09 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote:
> http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/4875525251.html
>
> ___
>
I do not understand why, someone who wants to sell a car, does not at least 
wash it.
One would think that a lot of the mess one sees on the paint of that car would 
wash off.

RB

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Re: [MBZ] nice and clean Benz with small front end damage with real bullet proof glasse

2015-02-03 Thread G Mann via Mercedes

Ooops.. left one out:

Title status: Rebuilt...

Which of course tells of a previous wreck damage history extensive enough
to cause re-registration as "rebuilt" ...

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> andrew sez: "Serious buyers only" - that leaves out this entire crowd
>> since each of us
>> has a sense of humor.
>>
>
> Andrew, I thought you WERE serious when you said, "How comforting that
> Obama can be blamed for everything bad." NOW we find out you were
> spoofing us!
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[MBZ] Snowmaggeddon Part Deux

2015-02-03 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5uwdWH23ds

I like how my beard looks in this one.
-Curt
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Re: [MBZ] nice and clean Benz with small front end damage with real bullet proof glasse

2015-02-03 Thread G Mann via Mercedes

"Ran when parked, AC blows cold."  "slight body damage"

I really expected to see some bullet shots in the windshield to support the
"bullet proof glass" claim... ha..

Have to add that to the list:
"It will buff right out"
"Slight rust"
"Ac blows cold"
"Engine seized, but I can get it started"
"Ran when parked"

Classic...

Actually,, I like the model of the car.. I wonder how badly the frame is
tweaked from the front end impact?

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> "Serious buyers only" - that leaves out this entire crowd since each of us
> has a sense of humor.
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Craig via Mercedes 
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:04:42 -0500 Rich Thomas via Mercedes
> >  wrote:
> >
> > > https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4873936522.html
> >
> > I have nice and clean Benz with small front end damage this car is
> > rare and it's loaded with every power options available with real
> > bullet proof glasse on it car runs and drive but need radiator and
> > hood car doesn't need much to be back on the road again serious
> buyers
> > only
> >
> > If it doesn't take much, why doesn't he have the work done. Surely the
> > value of an intact car is much more than $3100.
> >
> > - real bullet proof glasse
> >
> > I really doubt it.
> >
> > - Also needs:   - a hood and possibly hood hinges,
> > - new air bags,
> > - new headlight assembly (which if it's an
> >   arc light will be expensive) and surrounding
> >   sheet metal,
> > - new A/C condenser and system checked out,
> > - all the leaves cleaned out, and,
> > - many other things that aren't apparent from
> >   the pictures with a tarp and the spare tire
> >   sitting on top of the engine.
> >
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Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

2015-02-03 Thread clay via Mercedes

That will not come back.  Bird poop has eaten away at the paint.  Tires are 
rotted.  Better to have hosed it off, put worn out tires on the rims, spray 
armor all 

clay

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> On 03/02/2015 1:09 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote:
>> http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/4875525251.html
>> 
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> I do not understand why, someone who wants to sell a car, does not at least 
> wash it.
> One would think that a lot of the mess one sees on the paint of that car 
> would wash off.
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Re: [MBZ] nice and clean Benz with small front end damage with real bullet proof glasse

2015-02-03 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes

andrew sez: "Serious buyers only" - that leaves out this entire 
crowd since each of us

has a sense of humor.


Andrew, I thought you WERE serious when you said, "How comforting 
that Obama can be blamed for everything bad." NOW we find out you 
were spoofing us!


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Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

2015-02-03 Thread clay via Mercedes

I paid $150 for a something like that and it actually runs

clay

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Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

2015-02-03 Thread clay via Mercedes

Budget of $2.9tn in 2009

Jacked up budget to almost $4 trillion for this year

Millions of citizens still suffering from the economic downfall.  More of them 
feeding the greedy insurance companies.  Fewer doctors available to treat 
patients.  Fewer healthcare facilities able to service the increased demand.  
Appointments going from a week out to six weeks out.  Looks like osamacare is 
canadian healthcare of UK NHS.

Are we better than we were eight years ago?  Not that I can see, nor can those 
I work with.  Unemployment has actually gone up this past quarter.  Taxes are 
going up as well.  

clay



On Feb 3, 2015, at 8:22 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

> It's a reflexive throwaway line that you almost always insert,
> gratuitously, to account for Bad Economic News.
> 
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
>> It was not any sort of blame, just pointing out the concurrency of
>> events.  Every president gets the [president]oconomics label. Reaganomics,
>> Clintonomics, Busheconomonomics, etc.
>> 
>> Interesting though that you see it as blame.  Being closer to it all, I
>> guess you have a better sense of it.
>> 
>> --R
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/3/15 11:05 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>> 
>>> How comforting that Obama can be blamed for everything bad that's
>>> happened in the USA since 1/20/2009.  As Ross Perot would say, "It's just
>>> tthat simple":
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote:
>>> 
>>>There were/are a bunch on Kiawah too, a lot of the swells got a
>>>bit overextended in the Obamaconomy and quit paying the nut on
>>>their $1M+ swankiendas.  Most of them probably didn't actually
>>>spend much time there, these were 1%er trophy casitas, so ejecting
>>>them was not likely a problem.  They also kept all that very
>>>hushhush on the island, not wanting to tarnish the Kiawah brand.
>>> 
>>>But if you need to get them out, a sheriff can help after the
>>>proper notices and such.  In DC, the squatter probably has more
>>>rights than the new owner though, so YMMV.
>>> 
>>>When we bought our house up near Boston, the PO left one of his
>>>loser kids there, we had to encourage him to leave in fairly
>>>emphatic terms, once discerning he was still alive and
>>>semi-functional.
>>> 
>>>--R
>>> 
>>> 
>>>On 2/3/15 10:41 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>>> 
>>>There are lots of foreclosed properties even in affluent parts
>>>of the DC area.  How does this play out if you purchase one of
>>>these homes and need to evict the homeowner/tenant/squatter?
>>> 
>>>On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
>>>mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>>>>>
>>>wrote:
>>> 
>>>I was told by a realtor friend that the banks don't like to
>>>foreclose because then the bad asset moves to some other
>>>category
>>>and it makes the bank look bad in audits or whatever, so
>>>they just
>>>let them ride without moving on the foreclosure.  I don't
>>>know how
>>>that all works, but it sorta makes sense.
>>> 
>>>--R
>>> 
>>> 
>>>On 2/3/15 5:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>>> 
>>>We know a former neighbor who was in her foreclosed
>>>home for
>>>over five years. She moved out and her ex-husband
>>>moved in a
>>>couple of months ago. The bank still hasn't foreclosed
>>>on them.
>>> 
>>>I get giddy thinking of what I could do with five
>>>years of no
>>>house payments.
>>> 
>>>Dan
>>> 
>>>Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>>On Feb 2, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
>>>>> >>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>‎Original Message
>>>From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
>>>Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 4:36 PM
>>>To: Mercedes List
>>>Reply To: Dan Penoff
>>>Subject: Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan
>>> 
>>>Yabbut the worst part is that >things like
>>>mortgage
>>>interest, a >pretty decent deduction, is >trending
>>>down as I pay off my >house.  Yet - as I get
>>>older I
>>>make >more money
>>> 
>>>Almost seems designed that way...‎
>>> 
>>>I’ve got some credit card balances >I’m
>>>thinking about
>>>taking a >second mortgage out

Re: [MBZ] Komputenmachine

2015-02-03 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes

In the 60s when VW could only be bought on a waiting list, someone 
had little stick on signs for the WV switches that were 
metzgereddeutsche .   They were funny.  The only one I remember is 
the wiper switch label was "drizzleflippen"


maybe 15 years ago at the Boone and Scenic Valley RR they had a sign 
in metzgereddeutsche for operating a locomotive.  I bought a couple, 
then put them on the German Henschel locomotive operated by Midwest 
Central RR.  It was hilarious to watch people read the signs.   Wish 
I could remember how that one went.


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Re: [MBZ] nice and clean Benz with small front end damage with real bullet proof glasse

"Serious buyers only" - that leaves out this entire crowd since each of us
has a sense of humor.

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Craig via Mercedes 
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> On Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:04:42 -0500 Rich Thomas via Mercedes
>  wrote:
>
> > https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4873936522.html
>
> I have nice and clean Benz with small front end damage this car is
> rare and it's loaded with every power options available with real
> bullet proof glasse on it car runs and drive but need radiator and
> hood car doesn't need much to be back on the road again serious buyers
> only
>
> If it doesn't take much, why doesn't he have the work done. Surely the
> value of an intact car is much more than $3100.
>
> - real bullet proof glasse
>
> I really doubt it.
>
> - Also needs:   - a hood and possibly hood hinges,
> - new air bags,
> - new headlight assembly (which if it's an
>   arc light will be expensive) and surrounding
>   sheet metal,
> - new A/C condenser and system checked out,
> - all the leaves cleaned out, and,
> - many other things that aren't apparent from
>   the pictures with a tarp and the spare tire
>   sitting on top of the engine.
>
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Re: [MBZ] nice and clean Benz with small front end damage with real bullet proof glasse

On Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:04:42 -0500 Rich Thomas via Mercedes
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> https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4873936522.html

I have nice and clean Benz with small front end damage this car is
rare and it's loaded with every power options available with real
bullet proof glasse on it car runs and drive but need radiator and
hood car doesn't need much to be back on the road again serious buyers
only 

If it doesn't take much, why doesn't he have the work done. Surely the
value of an intact car is much more than $3100.

- real bullet proof glasse

I really doubt it.

- Also needs:   - a hood and possibly hood hinges,
- new air bags,
- new headlight assembly (which if it's an
  arc light will be expensive) and surrounding
  sheet metal,
- new A/C condenser and system checked out,
- all the leaves cleaned out, and,
- many other things that aren't apparent from
  the pictures with a tarp and the spare tire
  sitting on top of the engine.

Craig

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Re: [MBZ] Komputenmachine

On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 13:32:45 -0500 Alice Strickland via Mercedes
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> 'Reminds me of a great little article by Art Buchwald probably 40 years
> or so ago.  I kept it as the front page of my B-52 flight checklist for
> many years until I retired in '81.  I still have it here somewhere.
> 'Can't remember it all, but it starts something like this:
> 
> Das Komputenmachine ist nicht fer der dumkopf arbeiten und gefinger
> poken.  Keepen das hands offen, und studieren das buch!
> 
> And so it goes for several paragraphs.

I recall that article, too! Very amusing.


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] nice and clean Benz with small front end damage with real bullet proof glasse

2015-02-03 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes


https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4873936522.html

--R



with real bullet proof glasse
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[MBZ] nice and clean Benz with small front end damage with real bullet proof glasse


https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4873936522.html

--R


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Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

If the jack points aren't rusty, it actually looks pretty solid.  Could be a 
decent project car if everything is there.

The strange gray band of paint around the bottom is weird, though.

Price is pretty optimistic considering it's a trailer car.

Dan

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Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car


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http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/4875525251.html

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I do not understand why, someone who wants to sell a car, does not at 
least wash it.
One would think that a lot of the mess one sees on the paint of that car 
would wash off.


RB

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Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

The first MD I considered buying new in April, '71.  Did not, though; first 
actually an '80 240D in Oct '79.

Wilton

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Re: [MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

It'll buff right out.

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[MBZ] 71 220 Poor car

http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/4875525251.html

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[MBZ] Komputenmachine

'Reminds me of a great little article by Art Buchwald probably 40 years or so 
ago.  I kept it as the front page of my B-52 flight checklist for many years 
until I retired in '81.  I still have it here somewhere.  'Can't remember it 
all, but it starts something like this:

Das Komputenmachine ist nicht fer der dumkopf arbeiten und gefinger poken.  
Keepen das hands offen, und studieren das buch!

And so it goes for several paragraphs.

Wilton

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Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

2015-02-03 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes

It's not just banks.  We have "neighbors" living in a USDA "loan" house who 
haven't made a house payment in years. 

It would be interesting to know just how common this (unexecuted foreclosures) 
is in the US.  I suspect there is a great deal being swept under the rug these 
days.  IMO, this is not unlike the fake financial representations that started 
the mess in 2008.

> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan
> Penoff via Mercedes
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 5:38 AM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan
> 
> We know a former neighbor who was in her foreclosed home for over five
> years. She moved out and her ex-husband moved in a couple of months ago.
> The bank still hasn't foreclosed on them.
> 
> I get giddy thinking of what I could do with five years of no house
> payments.
> 
> Dan
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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Re: [MBZ] elementary school cars

On Tue, 03 Feb 2015 10:50:34 -0500 Rich Thomas via Mercedes
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> I remember there being a commercial on TV about that time for that car, 
> it had a little jingle that went "Renault 'beepbeep' Dauphine", where 
> the "beepbeep" was the sound of the horn, which was very 
> freench-sounding.  It was quite catchy, since I remember it still.

My dad briefly had a Dauphine when I was about 9. I recall it had a
bat-handled switch on the top of the steering column near the steering
wheel that selected between "city" horn and "country" horn.

The Dauphine was a nice, compact car but my dad got rid of it when it
started leaking coolant.

He purchased a 1960 Ford Falcon with the inline 6 and three on the tree.

Craig

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Update XXXIX: SHE CAN READ (and other information)!

On Mon, 2 Feb 2015 23:32:25 -0600 Rick Knoble via Mercedes
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> ‎I am happy for the both of you. Glad tidings are always welcome. 

Thank you, Rick.

> Sure you want to move to Indiana?

Yes.

> We just got whacked with a blizzard... :)

It comes with the territory, doesn't it?

> Rick 
> Who thinks Craig and Shirley will make a wonderful addition to the
> Hoosier state. 

Thank you!

Craig

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Update XXXIX: SHE CAN READ (and other information)!

On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 15:30:33 + Donald Snook via Mercedes
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> That is great Craig! Congratulations!

Thank you very much, Don.


> How is my former 95 E320 doing?

Running OK, but with some niggling problems.

- The rear window defrost switch recently started not latching on like
  it's supposed to. Yesterday, I held the switch in its upper position
  as I was driving to defrost the rear window. After awhile, it decided
  it would stay on when I released the switch, but by that time the
  window was nearly defrosted.

- The four-way emergency flashers stopped working. At one point, pressing
  the switch would cause the bulb-out light to come on. Now, nothing
  happens. I got a new switch from Kaleb, but now I'm not sure that's the
  entire problem. I need to find a schematic of the circuitry.

- The check engine light has been on, with an error code of 23, which is
  the up-shift delay when the engine is cold. That causes the transmission
  to stay in a lower gear, forcing the engine to go to higher RPM to cause
  the catalytic converter to be heated up more quickly. Since it was
  causing the engine to go well over 3000 RPM when it was stone cold, I'm
  just as glad it's not working; I don't want to rev a cold engine that
  high, particularly when the temperature is in the single digits. I did
  some research about it online and think there is some way to have it not
  do that but still have the computer think everything is OK. I haven't
  gotten any further than that, though the CEL has been on for many
  thousands of miles.

- The passenger-side mirror doesn't move horizontally -- a linkage is
  broken as I understand it. I'm still waiting for parts from Kaleb.

- The 205/55-16 Nokian WRG2 tires I had put on our E420 but transferred
  to the E320 when the E420 was wrecked are nearly worn out, so I need to
  buy new tires. I have a complete set of 15" rims, so I am planning on
  putting winter tires on those and a set of summer tires on the 16" rims.
  (And thanks to listers for that decision.)

- The engine is running fine after I replaced the water pump. The car is
  getting 25 - 26 mpg now during the winter here at 7000+ foot elevation.


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Update XXXIX: SHE CAN READ (and other information)!

On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 10:29:08 -0500 Alice Strickland
 wrote:

> Nein.  'Hope to work with it some today.

I wish you success with it.

> I've gotten so I don't like the hassle of learning neukomputensystem
> every several years. Wilton

I understand that completely! I wish you success in learning the new
system, too.

Craig

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Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

It's a reflexive throwaway line that you almost always insert,
gratuitously, to account for Bad Economic News.

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> It was not any sort of blame, just pointing out the concurrency of
> events.  Every president gets the [president]oconomics label. Reaganomics,
> Clintonomics, Busheconomonomics, etc.
>
> Interesting though that you see it as blame.  Being closer to it all, I
> guess you have a better sense of it.
>
> --R
>
>
> On 2/3/15 11:05 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>
>> How comforting that Obama can be blamed for everything bad that's
>> happened in the USA since 1/20/2009.  As Ross Perot would say, "It's just
>> tthat simple":
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote:
>>
>> There were/are a bunch on Kiawah too, a lot of the swells got a
>> bit overextended in the Obamaconomy and quit paying the nut on
>> their $1M+ swankiendas.  Most of them probably didn't actually
>> spend much time there, these were 1%er trophy casitas, so ejecting
>> them was not likely a problem.  They also kept all that very
>> hushhush on the island, not wanting to tarnish the Kiawah brand.
>>
>> But if you need to get them out, a sheriff can help after the
>> proper notices and such.  In DC, the squatter probably has more
>> rights than the new owner though, so YMMV.
>>
>> When we bought our house up near Boston, the PO left one of his
>> loser kids there, we had to encourage him to leave in fairly
>> emphatic terms, once discerning he was still alive and
>> semi-functional.
>>
>> --R
>>
>>
>> On 2/3/15 10:41 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>>
>> There are lots of foreclosed properties even in affluent parts
>> of the DC area.  How does this play out if you purchase one of
>> these homes and need to evict the homeowner/tenant/squatter?
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
>> mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>> >>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I was told by a realtor friend that the banks don't like to
>> foreclose because then the bad asset moves to some other
>> category
>> and it makes the bank look bad in audits or whatever, so
>> they just
>> let them ride without moving on the foreclosure.  I don't
>> know how
>> that all works, but it sorta makes sense.
>>
>> --R
>>
>>
>> On 2/3/15 5:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>>
>> We know a former neighbor who was in her foreclosed
>> home for
>> over five years. She moved out and her ex-husband
>> moved in a
>> couple of months ago. The bank still hasn't foreclosed
>> on them.
>>
>> I get giddy thinking of what I could do with five
>> years of no
>> house payments.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Feb 2, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
>> >  > >> wrote:
>>
>> ‎Original Message
>> From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
>> Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 4:36 PM
>> To: Mercedes List
>> Reply To: Dan Penoff
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan
>>
>> Yabbut the worst part is that >things like
>> mortgage
>> interest, a >pretty decent deduction, is >trending
>> down as I pay off my >house.  Yet - as I get
>> older I
>> make >more money
>>
>> Almost seems designed that way...‎
>>
>> I’ve got some credit card balances >I’m
>> thinking about
>> taking a >second mortgage out for to cut >the
>> interest
>> cost and make the >interest deductible….
>>
>>
>> Mortgage interest deduction is a scam. On every
>> dollar in
>> interest you pay, you deduct 28 cents from your
>> tax bill.
>> The only ones making out are the banks.
>>
>> Spend a dollar, get 28 cents back. Better odds at
>> a casino.
>>
>> Pay the house off, and be done.
>>
>> OR
>>
>> Rent it out, buy a multi-million dollar mansion, don't
>> make a payment, and wait to see if the bank ever
>> throws
>> you out. I have read a

Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

It was not any sort of blame, just pointing out the concurrency of 
events.  Every president gets the [president]oconomics label. 
Reaganomics, Clintonomics, Busheconomonomics, etc.


Interesting though that you see it as blame.  Being closer to it all, I 
guess you have a better sense of it.


--R


On 2/3/15 11:05 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
How comforting that Obama can be blamed for everything bad that's 
happened in the USA since 1/20/2009.  As Ross Perot would say, "It's 
just tthat simple":


On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes 
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:


There were/are a bunch on Kiawah too, a lot of the swells got a
bit overextended in the Obamaconomy and quit paying the nut on
their $1M+ swankiendas.  Most of them probably didn't actually
spend much time there, these were 1%er trophy casitas, so ejecting
them was not likely a problem.  They also kept all that very
hushhush on the island, not wanting to tarnish the Kiawah brand.

But if you need to get them out, a sheriff can help after the
proper notices and such.  In DC, the squatter probably has more
rights than the new owner though, so YMMV.

When we bought our house up near Boston, the PO left one of his
loser kids there, we had to encourage him to leave in fairly
emphatic terms, once discerning he was still alive and
semi-functional.

--R


On 2/3/15 10:41 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:

There are lots of foreclosed properties even in affluent parts
of the DC area.  How does this play out if you purchase one of
these homes and need to evict the homeowner/tenant/squatter?

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>>
wrote:

I was told by a realtor friend that the banks don't like to
foreclose because then the bad asset moves to some other
category
and it makes the bank look bad in audits or whatever, so
they just
let them ride without moving on the foreclosure.  I don't
know how
that all works, but it sorta makes sense.

--R


On 2/3/15 5:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

We know a former neighbor who was in her foreclosed
home for
over five years. She moved out and her ex-husband
moved in a
couple of months ago. The bank still hasn't foreclosed
on them.

I get giddy thinking of what I could do with five
years of no
house payments.

Dan

Sent from my iPad

On Feb 2, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote:

‎Original Message
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 4:36 PM
To: Mercedes List
Reply To: Dan Penoff
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

Yabbut the worst part is that >things like
mortgage
interest, a >pretty decent deduction, is >trending
down as I pay off my >house.  Yet - as I get
older I
make >more money

Almost seems designed that way...‎

I’ve got some credit card balances >I’m
thinking about
taking a >second mortgage out for to cut >the
interest
cost and make the >interest deductible….


Mortgage interest deduction is a scam. On every
dollar in
interest you pay, you deduct 28 cents from your
tax bill.
The only ones making out are the banks.

Spend a dollar, get 28 cents back. Better odds at
a casino.

Pay the house off, and be done.

OR

Rent it out, buy a multi-million dollar mansion, don't
make a payment, and wait to see if the bank ever
throws
you out. I have read a lot of stories about banks not
foreclosing for various reasons.

Rick
Sent from my BlackBerry Z10


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Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

How comforting that Obama can be blamed for everything bad that's happened
in the USA since 1/20/2009.  As Ross Perot would say, "It's just tthat
simple":

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> There were/are a bunch on Kiawah too, a lot of the swells got a bit
> overextended in the Obamaconomy and quit paying the nut on their $1M+
> swankiendas.  Most of them probably didn't actually spend much time there,
> these were 1%er trophy casitas, so ejecting them was not likely a problem.
> They also kept all that very hushhush on the island, not wanting to tarnish
> the Kiawah brand.
>
> But if you need to get them out, a sheriff can help after the proper
> notices and such.  In DC, the squatter probably has more rights than the
> new owner though, so YMMV.
>
> When we bought our house up near Boston, the PO left one of his loser kids
> there, we had to encourage him to leave in fairly emphatic terms, once
> discerning he was still alive and semi-functional.
>
> --R
>
>
> On 2/3/15 10:41 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>
>> There are lots of foreclosed properties even in affluent parts of the DC
>> area.  How does this play out if you purchase one of these homes and need
>> to evict the homeowner/tenant/squatter?
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote:
>>
>> I was told by a realtor friend that the banks don't like to
>> foreclose because then the bad asset moves to some other category
>> and it makes the bank look bad in audits or whatever, so they just
>> let them ride without moving on the foreclosure.  I don't know how
>> that all works, but it sorta makes sense.
>>
>> --R
>>
>>
>> On 2/3/15 5:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>>
>> We know a former neighbor who was in her foreclosed home for
>> over five years. She moved out and her ex-husband moved in a
>> couple of months ago. The bank still hasn't foreclosed on them.
>>
>> I get giddy thinking of what I could do with five years of no
>> house payments.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Feb 2, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
>> mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
>>
>> ‎Original Message
>> From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
>> Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 4:36 PM
>> To: Mercedes List
>> Reply To: Dan Penoff
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan
>>
>> Yabbut the worst part is that >things like mortgage
>> interest, a >pretty decent deduction, is >trending
>> down as I pay off my >house.  Yet - as I get older I
>> make >more money
>>
>> Almost seems designed that way...‎
>>
>> I’ve got some credit card balances >I’m thinking about
>> taking a >second mortgage out for to cut >the interest
>> cost and make the >interest deductible….
>>
>>
>> Mortgage interest deduction is a scam. On every dollar in
>> interest you pay, you deduct 28 cents from your tax bill.
>> The only ones making out are the banks.
>>
>> Spend a dollar, get 28 cents back. Better odds at a casino.
>>
>> Pay the house off, and be done.
>>
>> OR
>>
>> Rent it out, buy a multi-million dollar mansion, don't
>> make a payment, and wait to see if the bank ever throws
>> you out. I have read a lot of stories about banks not
>> foreclosing for various reasons.
>>
>> Rick
>> Sent from my BlackBerry Z10
>>
>>
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Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

There were/are a bunch on Kiawah too, a lot of the swells got a bit 
overextended in the Obamaconomy and quit paying the nut on their $1M+ 
swankiendas.  Most of them probably didn't actually spend much time 
there, these were 1%er trophy casitas, so ejecting them was not likely a 
problem.  They also kept all that very hushhush on the island, not 
wanting to tarnish the Kiawah brand.


But if you need to get them out, a sheriff can help after the proper 
notices and such.  In DC, the squatter probably has more rights than the 
new owner though, so YMMV.


When we bought our house up near Boston, the PO left one of his loser 
kids there, we had to encourage him to leave in fairly emphatic terms, 
once discerning he was still alive and semi-functional.


--R


On 2/3/15 10:41 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
There are lots of foreclosed properties even in affluent parts of the 
DC area.  How does this play out if you purchase one of these homes 
and need to evict the homeowner/tenant/squatter?


On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes 
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:


I was told by a realtor friend that the banks don't like to
foreclose because then the bad asset moves to some other category
and it makes the bank look bad in audits or whatever, so they just
let them ride without moving on the foreclosure.  I don't know how
that all works, but it sorta makes sense.

--R


On 2/3/15 5:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

We know a former neighbor who was in her foreclosed home for
over five years. She moved out and her ex-husband moved in a
couple of months ago. The bank still hasn't foreclosed on them.

I get giddy thinking of what I could do with five years of no
house payments.

Dan

Sent from my iPad

On Feb 2, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:

‎Original Message
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 4:36 PM
To: Mercedes List
Reply To: Dan Penoff
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

Yabbut the worst part is that >things like mortgage
interest, a >pretty decent deduction, is >trending
down as I pay off my >house.  Yet - as I get older I
make >more money

Almost seems designed that way...‎

I’ve got some credit card balances >I’m thinking about
taking a >second mortgage out for to cut >the interest
cost and make the >interest deductible….


Mortgage interest deduction is a scam. On every dollar in
interest you pay, you deduct 28 cents from your tax bill.
The only ones making out are the banks.

Spend a dollar, get 28 cents back. Better odds at a casino.

Pay the house off, and be done.

OR

Rent it out, buy a multi-million dollar mansion, don't
make a payment, and wait to see if the bank ever throws
you out. I have read a lot of stories about banks not
foreclosing for various reasons.

Rick
Sent from my BlackBerry Z10

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Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

In Florida if the property is foreclosed on and there are residents the sheriff 
will evict them.

Dan

Sent from my iPad

> On Feb 3, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> There are lots of foreclosed properties even in affluent parts of the DC
> area.  How does this play out if you purchase one of these homes and need
> to evict the homeowner/tenant/squatter?
> 

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Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

I have heard similar stories in that if the properties are foreclosed the true 
value will appear on their balance sheet, devaluing their assets significantly.

There are also procedural issues in some states, Florida being one of those.

This isn't the first multi-year foreclosure we know of. There was one in our 
old neighborhood (as was the original one I mentioned) two doors down from our 
old house that was in foreclosure for over four years.  We contacted the lender 
about purchasing it and they were totally noncommittal about selling, closing 
it out, etc.

Dan

Sent from my iPad

> On Feb 3, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I was told by a realtor friend that the banks don't like to foreclose because 
> then the bad asset moves to some other category and it makes the bank look 
> bad in audits or whatever, so they just let them ride without moving on the 
> foreclosure.  I don't know how that all works, but it sorta makes sense.
> 
> --R

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Re: [MBZ] elementary school cars

When I was a kid, this would have been like 1960 -62 or so, our neighbor
"Jack" (to whom my dad referred, in private, as "Jackleg" which I guess
was derogatory in some fashion) had a light blue Renault, I think it was
a Dauphine, that was pretty clapped out, as was a succession of his
various vehicles. I remember him spending several late evenings
underneath the thing, up on stands in the street in front of his house,
doing a bottom-end job on it. Of course, being a furrin car, this
engendered all sorts of remarks amongst the neighbors about what a POS
it must be (though at the time I don't think any of them used the S
word, at least not where I could hear it). Jackleg's family, which
included 2 chirruns about my age, also had a pet raccoon and a very
large black cat, which I thought was pretty cool. I also thought his
mechanical pursuits to be quite interesting but I was not allowed to get
near the vehicle while it was being worked on, so never really saw what
was actually going on under there.

I remember there being a commercial on TV about that time for that car,
it had a little jingle that went "Renault 'beepbeep' Dauphine", where
the "beepbeep" was the sound of the horn, which was very
freench-sounding. It was quite catchy, since I remember it still.

--R

On 2/2/15 1:58 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

My sister had a Dauphine. It was one of the "program cars" that GM execs got
when my Dad was working for GM in the late 60s.

I was always amazed by the pushbutton transmission it had.

Dan

Sent from my iPad

On Feb 2, 2015, at 1:48 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
wrote:

Renault Dauphine - now there's a blast from the past. Parts are still
available:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_armrs=1&_dmd=1&_mPrRngCbx=1&_ipg=50&LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0&_from=R14%7CR40&_sacat=0&_nkw=renault+dauphine&LH_PrefLoc=3&_sop=3&rt=nc

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Rick Hawkins Java via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

Folks

I have come onto many interesting cars. When i was about 15 or 16 i bought
a Renault 4CV (looks like a morris minor with suicide doors in the front)
that was sitting behind a house in Aiken SC.

I got the title and the car showed only about 20,000 miles.

I paid $20. I STILL have the car in a garage here in Athens, GA. We
managed to lose the engine along the way, but i do have a dauphene engine
that fits it.

Another project. The car is complete less engine.

In about 1976 i bought a VW bug …. an old one, not a split window, but i
think a 54 or 55. It ran and we drove it around a little and then parked it
in a garage. It had a replacement engine that was a 36 hp rather than the
original 20 or whatever it was.

I kept it till about 1990 and sold it for $1000 which was good money in
1990.
thanks,

xx rick
Rick Hawkins

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Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

There are lots of foreclosed properties even in affluent parts of the DC
area.  How does this play out if you purchase one of these homes and need
to evict the homeowner/tenant/squatter?

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I was told by a realtor friend that the banks don't like to foreclose
> because then the bad asset moves to some other category and it makes the
> bank look bad in audits or whatever, so they just let them ride without
> moving on the foreclosure.  I don't know how that all works, but it sorta
> makes sense.
>
> --R
>
>
> On 2/3/15 5:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> We know a former neighbor who was in her foreclosed home for over five
>> years. She moved out and her ex-husband moved in a couple of months ago.
>> The bank still hasn't foreclosed on them.
>>
>> I get giddy thinking of what I could do with five years of no house
>> payments.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>  On Feb 2, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> ‎Original Message
>>> From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
>>> Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 4:36 PM
>>> To: Mercedes List
>>> Reply To: Dan Penoff
>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan
>>>
>>>  Yabbut the worst part is that >things like mortgage interest, a >pretty
 decent deduction, is >trending down as I pay off my >house.  Yet - as I get
 older I make >more money

>>> Almost seems designed that way...‎
>>>
>>>  I’ve got some credit card balances >I’m thinking about taking a >second
 mortgage out for to cut >the interest cost and make the >interest
 deductible….

>>>
>>> Mortgage interest deduction is a scam. On every dollar in interest you
>>> pay, you deduct 28 cents from your tax bill. The only ones making out are
>>> the banks.
>>>
>>> Spend a dollar, get 28 cents back. Better odds at a casino.
>>>
>>> Pay the house off, and be done.
>>>
>>> OR
>>>
>>> Rent it out, buy a multi-million dollar mansion, don't make a payment,
>>> and wait to see if the bank ever throws you out. I have read a lot of
>>> stories about banks not foreclosing for various reasons.
>>>
>>> Rick
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry Z10
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Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

I was told by a realtor friend that the banks don't like to foreclose 
because then the bad asset moves to some other category and it makes the 
bank look bad in audits or whatever, so they just let them ride without 
moving on the foreclosure.  I don't know how that all works, but it 
sorta makes sense.


--R


On 2/3/15 5:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

We know a former neighbor who was in her foreclosed home for over five years. 
She moved out and her ex-husband moved in a couple of months ago. The bank 
still hasn't foreclosed on them.

I get giddy thinking of what I could do with five years of no house payments.

Dan

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On Feb 2, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
wrote:

‎Original Message
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 4:36 PM
To: Mercedes List
Reply To: Dan Penoff
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan


Yabbut the worst part is that >things like mortgage interest, a >pretty decent 
deduction, is >trending down as I pay off my >house.  Yet - as I get older I make 
>more money

Almost seems designed that way...‎


I’ve got some credit card balances >I’m thinking about taking a >second mortgage out 
for to cut >the interest cost and make the >interest deductible….


Mortgage interest deduction is a scam. On every dollar in interest you pay, you 
deduct 28 cents from your tax bill. The only ones making out are the banks.

Spend a dollar, get 28 cents back. Better odds at a casino.

Pay the house off, and be done.

OR

Rent it out, buy a multi-million dollar mansion, don't make a payment, and wait 
to see if the bank ever throws you out. I have read a lot of stories about 
banks not foreclosing for various reasons.

Rick
Sent from my BlackBerry Z10

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Update XXXIX: SHE CAN READ (and other information)!

That is great Craig! Congratulations!   How is my former 95 E320 doing? 

-Original Message-
From: Craig [mailto:diese...@pisquared.net] 
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 6:21 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: [MBZ] OT: Update XXXIX: SHE CAN READ (and other information)!

After a year of problems with her eyes, Shirley can finally read!

She got new lenses after her cataract surgeries last summer, but with the 
vitrectomies in her left eye and the capsulotomy in her right eye, her eyes 
changed enough to make those lenses useless for reading. At her final visit at 
Eye Associates in Santa Fe with the retinologist on 13 January, we asked about 
her reading problems. The technician had done a refraction at the beginning of 
her appointment; the doctor said that the new prescription just generated would 
solve her reading problems.

Shirley then went to Eye Associates Optical in Los Alamos (affiliated with the 
medical section of Eye Associates) with the new prescription. We were expecting 
to pay for new lenses, but when the lady there looked at her record, she said 
that since it was so soon after she got her previous lenses, they would cover 
the cost of the new lenses! Praise the Lord!

I was somewhat apprehensive that the new lenses would really solve the problem, 
but when Shirley got the lenses, she said she could read. She has packed away 
the large magnifying glass she had been using and is reading well. She may have 
to have a capsulotomy on her left eye in the future, but she is functioning 
well now.

In other news :-), WE HAVE A CONTRACT ON OUR HOUSE!!! Another Praise the Lord! 
The contract is with a young man named Peter and his wife Sarah, who are 
currently residing in Houston, Texas. Peter grew up in Albuquerque and Sarah 
grew up here in Los Alamos. Sarah had seen our home on zillow.com and had asked 
her parents, who live not too far from us here on Barranca Mesa, to come and 
look at the house. They came on
24 January and were impressed by the house. After they reported back to her, I 
received an email from and called Peter and later received a call from Sarah. 
In our conversation, Peter said he had received his official offer from the Lab 
here and was planning on coming out for a house-hunting trip on 14 February. 
After talking with his new supervisor at the Lab, Peter found they wanted him 
to start work on 06 April! He moved up his trip to this past weekend, with us 
showing the house to him and his mother-in-law on Saturday, 31 January. Late 
yesterday afternoon he called us and said he wanted to come over to talk about 
an offer.
After he made a reasonable offer, we hashed out the details and agreed to meet 
at Los Alamos National Bank (LANB) at 0900 this morning. One detail that 
concerned me is that the house will have to close on 01 April, with them 
getting posession then, 8-1/2 weeks from now.

After praying about our meeting, I met Peter in the lobby of LANB. We wondered 
whether we should go to the title company in the lobby, or to the bank's loan 
officers on the second floor. We decided to go to the title company, which 
proved to be the correct choice.

The lady with whom we spoke at the title company, Patti, was, as Peter said, 
"Awesome!" We went into the office and I said, "This young man wants to buy my 
house." Peter said that we were wondering whether we should see them or the 
loan officer first. Patti said we had come to the correct place and that they 
did this every day. She said we didn't need a realtor and would be happy to 
guide us through the process. She then took us into their conference room where 
we discussed the transaction.
She then got copies of a contract form for the three of us and went through 
each item, telling us what it meant and suggesting how we should handle it. 
Peter and I then went about filling out the contract form, discussing how we 
would handle closing costs, inspections, and other things. After filling it 
out, the president of the title company reviewed it and said things were OK.

We then went across the lobby to the bank where Peter transferred the earnest 
money to the title company's escrow account. After a brief trip back to the 
title company to find telephone numbers for inspectors, we shook hands and 
departed.

So, praise the Lord, we are progressing on the sale of the house!
Things to pray about now include,

 - Getting a high-enough appraisal for Peter to be able to
   get the loan from LANB,

 - Timely processing and funding of the loan,

 - Timely inspections and survey,

 - Wisdom, health, strength, and help for Shirley and me to get
   all things done we need to to be able to move out on 01 April
   and head for Indiana. (I'm in the middle of refurbishing our
   utility trailer and our vehicles need some work -- not the least
   of which is cleaning the mice which recently took up residence
   and their smelly, potentially disease-laden detritus out of the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Update XXXIX: SHE CAN READ (and other information)!

Nein.  'Hope to work with it some today.  I've gotten so I don't like the 
hassle of learning neukomputensystem every several years.
 
Wilton

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> On Feb 3, 2015, at 12:05 AM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2015 19:31:08 -0500 Alice Strickland
>  wrote:
> 
>> 'Hope it continues to go well with Shirley's sight and the house sale.
> 
> Thank you, Wilton.
> 
> Any progress on your neues computenmachine?
> 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan

We know a former neighbor who was in her foreclosed home for over five years. 
She moved out and her ex-husband moved in a couple of months ago. The bank 
still hasn't foreclosed on them.

I get giddy thinking of what I could do with five years of no house payments.

Dan

Sent from my iPad

> On Feb 2, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> ‎Original Message  
> From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 4:36 PM
> To: Mercedes List
> Reply To: Dan Penoff
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan
> 
>> Yabbut the worst part is that >things like mortgage interest, a >pretty 
>> decent deduction, is >trending down as I pay off my >house.  Yet - as I get 
>> older I make >more money
> 
> Almost seems designed that way...‎
> 
>> I’ve got some credit card balances >I’m thinking about taking a >second 
>> mortgage out for to cut >the interest cost and make the >interest 
>> deductible….
> 
> 
> Mortgage interest deduction is a scam. On every dollar in interest you pay, 
> you deduct 28 cents from your tax bill. The only ones making out are the 
> banks. 
> 
> Spend a dollar, get 28 cents back. Better odds at a casino. 
> 
> Pay the house off, and be done. 
> 
> OR
> 
> Rent it out, buy a multi-million dollar mansion, don't make a payment, and 
> wait to see if the bank ever throws you out. I have read a lot of stories 
> about banks not foreclosing for various reasons.  
> 
> Rick 
> Sent from my BlackBerry Z10
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Re: [MBZ] Secret message for Dan