Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Gerry Archer]

Son had one take out his windshield.  Fortunately didn't hurt him and he 
made it several hundred miles home in his naturally air conditioned car.

Gerry

From: "Dan Penoff" 

One good thing about Florida - turkey vultures.
Far more efficient than the typical county highway worker.  And cheaper, 
too.

Dan


On Nov 19, 2012, at 10:19 PM, Brian Toscano wrote:


Last one I hit destroyed the front right corner of my vehicle, then it
wrapped itself around a telephone pole guide wire spilling its guts
not even the roadkill hunters would touch it.





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Re: [MBZ] Todo list....

[Hendrik & Fay]

You might get some parts here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06pxDaABIs0&sns=em

Hendrik
who hasn't got that many parts stashed away

On 19/11/12 23:43, Rolf wrote:
New head, timing chain, new turbo, new pump, new flywheel, new rear 
trans mount.


Good times!




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Re: [MBZ] Where is everyone?

[clay monroe]

I like the way you think.

it is a tenant, not SWMBA.  

clay

On Nov 18, 2012, at 6:58 AM, G Mann wrote:

> I so "feel your pain" . Divorce is expensive and worth every penny.
> 
> Grant..
> 
> 
> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 10:50 PM, clay monroe  wrote:
> 
>> I am in the process of evicting a psychopathic dame, so chatting up the
>> attorney and getting her served, then dealing with the fall out
>> 
>> clay
>> 
>> On Nov 15, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Craig wrote:
>> 
>>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:18:58 -0600 Randy Bennell 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
 Unusual to not get any emails on the list for a while.
>>> 
>>> Randy,
>>> 
>>> I have been seeing emails today. Not many, but some.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Craig
>>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Rich Thomas reports

[Rich Thomas]

So the deer was driving a truck?

--R

On 11/19/12 7:39 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:

In the paper today is a little blurb about an airplane that crashed,
caught on fire somehow after hitting a deer that ran across the runway
in front of the plane taking off.  It sounded like a little rural
airport...


172 Hits Truck: Three Killed



  Three people aboard a Cessna 172 were killed after the aircraft hit a
pickup truck on the runway of Knox County Regional Airport near Rockland, Maine,
late Friday. Airport Manager Jeffrey Northgraves told Bangor Daily News


  the 172 was taking off just before 5 p.m. when it hit the front of the
truck, which was crossing the runway. The aircraft crashed in bush about 300
yards beyond the runway and caught fire. Bystanders reached the crash site and
tried to pull occupants from the aircraft but the fire was too intense. The
aircraft was consumed and the registration marks destroyed, complicating
identification of the occupants. It was not a local aircraft, Northgraves
said.

  The driver of the pickup was not injured. He has not been identified, but
Northgraves said he is a pilot and was authorized to drive on the airport.
The vehicle is not owned by the county and the driver is not a county
employee. Northgraves said vehicles operated on airport property have to be
equipped with a radio monitoring the local frequency but he said it's not known
whether there was any radio communication between the aircraft and truck before
the accident. The runway was cleared to allow a scheduled airline flight to
land about two-and-a-half hours after the crash and an FAA investigator
arrived shortly after.

RLE


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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Dan Penoff]

One good thing about Florida - turkey vultures.

Far more efficient than the typical county highway worker.  And cheaper, too.

Dan


On Nov 19, 2012, at 10:19 PM, Brian Toscano wrote:

> Last one I hit destroyed the front right corner of my vehicle, then it
> wrapped itself around a telephone pole guide wire spilling its guts
> not even the roadkill hunters would touch it.
> 
> 


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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Brian Toscano]

Last one I hit destroyed the front right corner of my vehicle, then it
wrapped itself around a telephone pole guide wire spilling its guts
 not even the roadkill hunters would touch it.


On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Peter Frederick wrote:

> I was lucky, I clipped mine on the front leg -- left a hoof mark sliding
> down the hood in the dust.
>
> Spun it around, dented in my driver's door enough to make crease marks
> where the re-enforcing bars are, but missed the mirror.
>
> Deer ran away -- believe me, I checked as soon as I knew the radiator
> wasn't blown.  Venison is good eating, but I don't recommend hunting with
> your vehicle!
>
> Peter
>
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Re: [MBZ] deer

[Brian Toscano]

Deer can be a real headache in farm country.  Drive over them in a tractor,
they get caught  between the double rear axles of a semi...


On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:13 PM, WILTON  wrote:

> 'Had some mighty fine reindeer stew in Greenland.  A nice herd lived in
> hills near base.  I'd occasionally drive up VERY steep ice/packed snow road
> (fine gravel sprinkled on top of it) to plateau and hills above the base to
> view some "countryside" and check on the reindeer.  I'd pull up beside
> several of them 4 or 5 feet away and admire/study the way they scratched
> away snow covering their food (dry grass), take a bite, chew, etc.  None of
> them ever showed any fear of me; 'went up to see them one afternoon, and
> found two reindeer heads lying by the road.  'Few days later, my Danish
> contractor chief engineer invited me to his house one evening for dinner -
> mighty fine meal.
>
> BTW, getting back down the VERY steep road, especially in winter was
> "puckering" - constant pumping of brakes to keep truck from getting too
> fast and careening or slipping on ice off cliff, etc.
>
> Wilton
>
> - Original Message - From: "Max Dillon"  >
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 4:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] deer
>
>
>
>  My wife and I love venison, if you do hit one give me a call.
>> --
>> Max Dillon
>> Charleston SC
>> '95 E300
>> '87 300TD
>>
>> Rich Thomas 
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>>  In the paper today is a little blurb about an airplane that crashed,
>>> caught on fire somehow after hitting a deer that ran across the runway
>>> in front of the plane taking off.  It sounded like a little rural
>>> airport.
>>>
>>> Here where I live it is rural/semi-rural with some developments with
>>> tasty landscaping, though there are some big gators living here and
>>> there too.  A lot of the land is forest or farms, we live in a fairly
>>> large patch of woods around.  A few weeks back I was over at a house on
>>>
>>> Kiawah, which is situated on the Kiawah River looking over to Johns
>>> Island where I live.  I was chatting with this older gent, I say " I
>>> bet
>>> that looks a lot like it did back during the War."  He proceeds to
>>> explain to me that during the War the whole island was pretty much
>>> cleared and given over to farming -- cotton, rice, and such - and it
>>> was
>>> only after things got disrupted that the plantations reverted back to
>>> forest.  It was easy back then for the Yankees to get around in their
>>> various adventures.  Then he tells me that when he was a kid, this old
>>> black man who had been born a slave worked for his dad, and the old man
>>>
>>> was telling him that it was a huge deal back then when the first deer
>>> was spotted on the island in anyone's memory.  I could not believe that
>>>
>>> as the things are thick as squirrels these days (and I have a good crop
>>>
>>> of them too) but he said what with all the farming and no woods, their
>>> habitat was disrupted and they were shot for food, so they were gone
>>> after some period.
>>>
>>> The bobcats around here apparently take quite a few of the young ones,
>>> keep them in check more or less.  One killed a small one in front of
>>> the
>>> house a coupla years back (I think it was a mama with 2 babies from the
>>>
>>> tracks) and left it under the bushes out front.  4 yr ago a black
>>> panther I saw out back killed a big one in the woods next to the house.
>>>
>>> The cars get quite a few too, every coupla months there is one on the
>>> road in front of the house.  I almost hit one a coupla years ago when 3
>>>
>>> or 4 of us were cycling and 2 of them ran across right in front of us,
>>> like "right there."  A guy riding with me who used to live in CT said
>>> there was a guy up there got killed when he hit one on his bike.  YOW!
>>>
>>> I don't particularly like eating the things or I would have a steady
>>> supply of meat.  I have noticed some on the road were gone by
>>> lunchtime,
>>> so I guess someone other than the local clean-up crews (vultures) are
>>> getting them.
>>>
>>> --R
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Re: [MBZ] W123 wheel

[Brian Toscano]

you will just need to inspect everything for damage and replace as
necessary.  a noisy bearing should be replaced, but be on the alert for
something other than the bearing.  play at 3 and 9 o'clock is most often
steering linkage as Jaime indicated.  look for steering linkage hopping up
and down when you push and pull.  a small amount of play at 12 and 6 is
acceptable with the tire mounted, but you'll want to look at the ball
joints.  loose ball joints can be felt in the steering.  if grease or water
got on the spindle it can wear out the surface between it and the bearing
and the entire spindle may be need to be replaced.



On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote:

> Tim,
> I've found that some seals you buy on the aftermarket are just wrong... if
> the one you removed is thicker than then one you installed,
> its likely wrong. The larger seals actually have two sealing surfaces and
> meet the spindle in the right places.  The thinner seals have one and end
> up being installed too deep into the hub and don't meet the spindle
> resulting in no seal.
>
> You can see what the correct seal looks here:
> http://www.autohausaz.com/secure/PartImages/1163300051A.jpg
>
> If you didn't go very far, you might be able to just pop in the new seals
> without having to repack or replace the bearings.  But if you already hear
> noise, its too late.
>
> If you have wheel shake left and right but not up and down, then you have
> play in the steering linkage.  Most common point is the idler arm bushings
> on the driver's side.  If you look and feel around carefully while you move
> a wheel left and right, you'll find the play.  Its also possible you have
> play in the tie rods or center link.
>
> Don't worry about the grease... if you wiped off most of it, then it
> probably burned off the first time you stopped from any reasonable speed.
>
> Good luck,
> Jaime
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Tim C  wrote:
>
> > So, I recently redid my driver bearing.  Old bearing was bad.  Used a
> dial
> > indicator, possibly even correctly, to set the tension on the lock nut.
> >
> > I used CarQuest parts, and bring this up because, like the other person
> who
> > did bearings recently (Curt?), my CQ seal was a few mm thinner than the
> > Elring I took out, but in my case the Elring was trashed so I used the
> new
> > one.  Seemed to go together okay but now I am having some trouble, would
> > like to know if it is related or coincidental.  Also of note, I know I
> got
> > some grease spots on the brake rotor, I tried to wipe them off but...
> >
> > Before the job, things pretty much worked, but the bearing started
> grinding
> > loudly and I needed this car running (hence inferior supplier).   Bearing
> > is cool to the touch, unlike the other side.  The wheel itself shakes a
> few
> > mm left and right but not up and down, not sure what that is about but
> the
> > other side does the same thing.
> >
> > I have a definite "clunk" and chatter when I am light on the brake -
> > nothing if I am more forceful.  I felt around and think everything is
> > tightened correctly, at least that I can get to externally.  The other
> note
> > is that I felt/heard the front wheel wobbling a bit when my right rear
> > wheel went through a pothole at speed this morning, so I'm nervous that
> > this is a bigger issue than some grease on a rotor.
> >
> > Is this just the seal, or something else in the front end?  Should I plan
> > to redo the whole bearing if I have to go in for the rear seal?  It is
> > clear I have to do the other side soon also, and if I'm doing something
> > wrong I want to make sure I don't repeat it. :/
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Tim
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Re: [MBZ] Rich Thomas reports

[RELNGSON]

> In the paper today is a little blurb about an airplane that crashed,
> caught on fire somehow after hitting a deer that ran across the runway
> in front of the plane taking off.  It sounded like a little rural 
> airport...
> 
172 Hits Truck: Three Killed



 Three people aboard a Cessna 172 were killed after the aircraft hit a 
pickup truck on the runway of Knox County Regional Airport near Rockland, 
Maine, 
late Friday. Airport Manager Jeffrey Northgraves told Bangor Daily News


 the 172 was taking off just before 5 p.m. when it hit the front of the 
truck, which was crossing the runway. The aircraft crashed in bush about 300 
yards beyond the runway and caught fire. Bystanders reached the crash site and 
tried to pull occupants from the aircraft but the fire was too intense. The 
aircraft was consumed and the registration marks destroyed, complicating 
identification of the occupants. It was not a local aircraft, Northgraves 
said.

 The driver of the pickup was not injured. He has not been identified, but 
Northgraves said he is a pilot and was authorized to drive on the airport. 
The vehicle is not owned by the county and the driver is not a county 
employee. Northgraves said vehicles operated on airport property have to be 
equipped with a radio monitoring the local frequency but he said it's not known 
whether there was any radio communication between the aircraft and truck before 
the accident. The runway was cleared to allow a scheduled airline flight to 
land about two-and-a-half hours after the crash and an FAA investigator 
arrived shortly after.

RLE


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Re: [MBZ] W123 wheel

[Jaime Kopchinski]

Tim,
I've found that some seals you buy on the aftermarket are just wrong... if
the one you removed is thicker than then one you installed,
its likely wrong. The larger seals actually have two sealing surfaces and
meet the spindle in the right places.  The thinner seals have one and end
up being installed too deep into the hub and don't meet the spindle
resulting in no seal.

You can see what the correct seal looks here:
http://www.autohausaz.com/secure/PartImages/1163300051A.jpg

If you didn't go very far, you might be able to just pop in the new seals
without having to repack or replace the bearings.  But if you already hear
noise, its too late.

If you have wheel shake left and right but not up and down, then you have
play in the steering linkage.  Most common point is the idler arm bushings
on the driver's side.  If you look and feel around carefully while you move
a wheel left and right, you'll find the play.  Its also possible you have
play in the tie rods or center link.

Don't worry about the grease... if you wiped off most of it, then it
probably burned off the first time you stopped from any reasonable speed.

Good luck,
Jaime



On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Tim C  wrote:

> So, I recently redid my driver bearing.  Old bearing was bad.  Used a dial
> indicator, possibly even correctly, to set the tension on the lock nut.
>
> I used CarQuest parts, and bring this up because, like the other person who
> did bearings recently (Curt?), my CQ seal was a few mm thinner than the
> Elring I took out, but in my case the Elring was trashed so I used the new
> one.  Seemed to go together okay but now I am having some trouble, would
> like to know if it is related or coincidental.  Also of note, I know I got
> some grease spots on the brake rotor, I tried to wipe them off but...
>
> Before the job, things pretty much worked, but the bearing started grinding
> loudly and I needed this car running (hence inferior supplier).   Bearing
> is cool to the touch, unlike the other side.  The wheel itself shakes a few
> mm left and right but not up and down, not sure what that is about but the
> other side does the same thing.
>
> I have a definite "clunk" and chatter when I am light on the brake -
> nothing if I am more forceful.  I felt around and think everything is
> tightened correctly, at least that I can get to externally.  The other note
> is that I felt/heard the front wheel wobbling a bit when my right rear
> wheel went through a pothole at speed this morning, so I'm nervous that
> this is a bigger issue than some grease on a rotor.
>
> Is this just the seal, or something else in the front end?  Should I plan
> to redo the whole bearing if I have to go in for the rear seal?  It is
> clear I have to do the other side soon also, and if I'm doing something
> wrong I want to make sure I don't repeat it. :/
>
> Thanks,
> -Tim
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Re: [MBZ] W123 wheel

[Randy Bennell]

On 19/11/2012 4:22 PM, Tim C wrote:

So, I recently redid my driver bearing.  Old bearing was bad.  Used a dial
indicator, possibly even correctly, to set the tension on the lock nut.

I used CarQuest parts, and bring this up because, like the other person who
did bearings recently (Curt?), my CQ seal was a few mm thinner than the
Elring I took out, but in my case the Elring was trashed so I used the new
one.  Seemed to go together okay but now I am having some trouble, would
like to know if it is related or coincidental.  Also of note, I know I got
some grease spots on the brake rotor, I tried to wipe them off but...

Before the job, things pretty much worked, but the bearing started grinding
loudly and I needed this car running (hence inferior supplier).   Bearing
is cool to the touch, unlike the other side.  The wheel itself shakes a few
mm left and right but not up and down, not sure what that is about but the
other side does the same thing.

I have a definite "clunk" and chatter when I am light on the brake -
nothing if I am more forceful.  I felt around and think everything is
tightened correctly, at least that I can get to externally.  The other note
is that I felt/heard the front wheel wobbling a bit when my right rear
wheel went through a pothole at speed this morning, so I'm nervous that
this is a bigger issue than some grease on a rotor.

Is this just the seal, or something else in the front end?  Should I plan
to redo the whole bearing if I have to go in for the rear seal?  It is
clear I have to do the other side soon also, and if I'm doing something
wrong I want to make sure I don't repeat it. :/

Thanks,
-Tim

I cannot see how the seal could cause much of an issue unless it is 
leaking grease out onto the brake rotor and that should be visible if so.


If you get grease on a rotor I would suggest you wipe it off and then 
wash it down with brake cleaner.


I assume when you say the seal was thinner, that you mean in depth. If 
so, again I cannot see where that should be a big issue. If you drove it 
in further than the old one, then it might ride on a different spot on 
the spindle and might not last as long etc but the seal is not going to 
make the wheel wobble etc.


I would think you have other issues of some sort.

You might want to check the bearing setup again with your dial indicator 
to make sure it has not loosened up.


Apart from that, I think I would be prying and wiggling other items 
under there to see if there is play in the tie rod ends etc.


Randy who has no experience with MB front ends but lots of experience on 
other brands


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[MBZ] W123 wheel

[Tim C]

So, I recently redid my driver bearing.  Old bearing was bad.  Used a dial
indicator, possibly even correctly, to set the tension on the lock nut.

I used CarQuest parts, and bring this up because, like the other person who
did bearings recently (Curt?), my CQ seal was a few mm thinner than the
Elring I took out, but in my case the Elring was trashed so I used the new
one.  Seemed to go together okay but now I am having some trouble, would
like to know if it is related or coincidental.  Also of note, I know I got
some grease spots on the brake rotor, I tried to wipe them off but...

Before the job, things pretty much worked, but the bearing started grinding
loudly and I needed this car running (hence inferior supplier).   Bearing
is cool to the touch, unlike the other side.  The wheel itself shakes a few
mm left and right but not up and down, not sure what that is about but the
other side does the same thing.

I have a definite "clunk" and chatter when I am light on the brake -
nothing if I am more forceful.  I felt around and think everything is
tightened correctly, at least that I can get to externally.  The other note
is that I felt/heard the front wheel wobbling a bit when my right rear
wheel went through a pothole at speed this morning, so I'm nervous that
this is a bigger issue than some grease on a rotor.

Is this just the seal, or something else in the front end?  Should I plan
to redo the whole bearing if I have to go in for the rear seal?  It is
clear I have to do the other side soon also, and if I'm doing something
wrong I want to make sure I don't repeat it. :/

Thanks,
-Tim
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Re: [MBZ] deer

[WILTON]

'Had some mighty fine reindeer stew in Greenland.  A nice herd lived in 
hills near base.  I'd occasionally drive up VERY steep ice/packed snow road 
(fine gravel sprinkled on top of it) to plateau and hills above the base to 
view some "countryside" and check on the reindeer.  I'd pull up beside 
several of them 4 or 5 feet away and admire/study the way they scratched 
away snow covering their food (dry grass), take a bite, chew, etc.  None of 
them ever showed any fear of me; 'went up to see them one afternoon, and 
found two reindeer heads lying by the road.  'Few days later, my Danish 
contractor chief engineer invited me to his house one evening for dinner - 
mighty fine meal.


BTW, getting back down the VERY steep road, especially in winter was 
"puckering" - constant pumping of brakes to keep truck from getting too fast 
and careening or slipping on ice off cliff, etc.


Wilton

- Original Message - 
From: "Max Dillon" 

To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] deer



My wife and I love venison, if you do hit one give me a call.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300
'87 300TD

Rich Thomas  wrote:


In the paper today is a little blurb about an airplane that crashed,
caught on fire somehow after hitting a deer that ran across the runway
in front of the plane taking off.  It sounded like a little rural
airport.

Here where I live it is rural/semi-rural with some developments with
tasty landscaping, though there are some big gators living here and
there too.  A lot of the land is forest or farms, we live in a fairly
large patch of woods around.  A few weeks back I was over at a house on

Kiawah, which is situated on the Kiawah River looking over to Johns
Island where I live.  I was chatting with this older gent, I say " I
bet
that looks a lot like it did back during the War."  He proceeds to
explain to me that during the War the whole island was pretty much
cleared and given over to farming -- cotton, rice, and such - and it
was
only after things got disrupted that the plantations reverted back to
forest.  It was easy back then for the Yankees to get around in their
various adventures.  Then he tells me that when he was a kid, this old
black man who had been born a slave worked for his dad, and the old man

was telling him that it was a huge deal back then when the first deer
was spotted on the island in anyone's memory.  I could not believe that

as the things are thick as squirrels these days (and I have a good crop

of them too) but he said what with all the farming and no woods, their
habitat was disrupted and they were shot for food, so they were gone
after some period.

The bobcats around here apparently take quite a few of the young ones,
keep them in check more or less.  One killed a small one in front of
the
house a coupla years back (I think it was a mama with 2 babies from the

tracks) and left it under the bushes out front.  4 yr ago a black
panther I saw out back killed a big one in the woods next to the house.

The cars get quite a few too, every coupla months there is one on the
road in front of the house.  I almost hit one a coupla years ago when 3

or 4 of us were cycling and 2 of them ran across right in front of us,
like "right there."  A guy riding with me who used to live in CT said
there was a guy up there got killed when he hit one on his bike.  YOW!

I don't particularly like eating the things or I would have a steady
supply of meat.  I have noticed some on the road were gone by
lunchtime,
so I guess someone other than the local clean-up crews (vultures) are
getting them.

--R

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Re: [MBZ] deer

[Rich Thomas]

I am told that the dead deer pickers have exactly that in mind, though 
I'm sure a lot of my neighbors might be interested in feeding themselves 
too.


Next bobcat kill I'll give you a ring.  The one out front was nice and 
fresh, only marks I could see were the claw marks on its rear legs.  Not 
sure how it was killed.  It was small, not a lot bigger than my dogs so 
not sure how much you would get off it, but it was probably tender.


--R

On 11/19/12 4:26 PM, Max Dillon wrote:

I'll bet your dogs would like a taste!



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Re: [MBZ] W210 rims

[Craig]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:02:46 -0500 Mitch Haley  wrote:

> Are 2104010602 made of aluminum? I'm assuming nothing newer than a
> bundt is magnesium.
> I just found out I've got a cracked bead seat and I'm wondering if I
> should try to TIG it so it'll hold air.

So older Benz "mags" are really made out of magnesium? One certainly
doesn't want to weld on those ... don't even need a magnesium fire.


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] deer

[Max Dillon]

I'll bet your dogs would like a taste!
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300
'87 300TD

Max Dillon  wrote:

>My wife and I love venison, if you do hit one give me a call.
>-- 
>Max Dillon
>Charleston SC
>'95 E300
>'87 300TD
>
>Rich Thomas  wrote:
>
>>In the paper today is a little blurb about an airplane that crashed, 
>>caught on fire somehow after hitting a deer that ran across the runway
>
>>in front of the plane taking off.  It sounded like a little rural
>>airport.
>>
>>Here where I live it is rural/semi-rural with some developments with 
>>tasty landscaping, though there are some big gators living here and 
>>there too.  A lot of the land is forest or farms, we live in a fairly 
>>large patch of woods around.  A few weeks back I was over at a house
>on
>>
>>Kiawah, which is situated on the Kiawah River looking over to Johns 
>>Island where I live.  I was chatting with this older gent, I say " I
>>bet 
>>that looks a lot like it did back during the War."  He proceeds to 
>>explain to me that during the War the whole island was pretty much 
>>cleared and given over to farming -- cotton, rice, and such - and it
>>was 
>>only after things got disrupted that the plantations reverted back to 
>>forest.  It was easy back then for the Yankees to get around in their 
>>various adventures.  Then he tells me that when he was a kid, this old
>
>>black man who had been born a slave worked for his dad, and the old
>man
>>
>>was telling him that it was a huge deal back then when the first deer 
>>was spotted on the island in anyone's memory.  I could not believe
>that
>>
>>as the things are thick as squirrels these days (and I have a good
>crop
>>
>>of them too) but he said what with all the farming and no woods, their
>
>>habitat was disrupted and they were shot for food, so they were gone 
>>after some period.
>>
>>The bobcats around here apparently take quite a few of the young ones,
>
>>keep them in check more or less.  One killed a small one in front of
>>the 
>>house a coupla years back (I think it was a mama with 2 babies from
>the
>>
>>tracks) and left it under the bushes out front.  4 yr ago a black 
>>panther I saw out back killed a big one in the woods next to the
>house.
>> 
>>The cars get quite a few too, every coupla months there is one on the 
>>road in front of the house.  I almost hit one a coupla years ago when
>3
>>
>>or 4 of us were cycling and 2 of them ran across right in front of us,
>
>>like "right there."  A guy riding with me who used to live in CT said 
>>there was a guy up there got killed when he hit one on his bike.  YOW!
>>
>>I don't particularly like eating the things or I would have a steady 
>>supply of meat.  I have noticed some on the road were gone by
>>lunchtime, 
>>so I guess someone other than the local clean-up crews (vultures) are 
>>getting them.
>>
>>--R
>>
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Re: [MBZ] W210 rims

[Max Dillon]

Doesn't sound like a good idea, unless you can x-ray or somehow verify your 
weld.  Failure of that weld could mean death.
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300
'87 300TD

Mitch Haley  wrote:

>Are 2104010602 made of aluminum? I'm assuming nothing newer than a
>bundt is 
>magnesium.
>I just found out I've got a cracked bead seat and I'm wondering if I
>should try 
>to TIG it so it'll hold air.
>
>Mitch.
>
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Re: [MBZ] deer

[Max Dillon]

My wife and I love venison, if you do hit one give me a call.
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300
'87 300TD

Rich Thomas  wrote:

>In the paper today is a little blurb about an airplane that crashed, 
>caught on fire somehow after hitting a deer that ran across the runway 
>in front of the plane taking off.  It sounded like a little rural
>airport.
>
>Here where I live it is rural/semi-rural with some developments with 
>tasty landscaping, though there are some big gators living here and 
>there too.  A lot of the land is forest or farms, we live in a fairly 
>large patch of woods around.  A few weeks back I was over at a house on
>
>Kiawah, which is situated on the Kiawah River looking over to Johns 
>Island where I live.  I was chatting with this older gent, I say " I
>bet 
>that looks a lot like it did back during the War."  He proceeds to 
>explain to me that during the War the whole island was pretty much 
>cleared and given over to farming -- cotton, rice, and such - and it
>was 
>only after things got disrupted that the plantations reverted back to 
>forest.  It was easy back then for the Yankees to get around in their 
>various adventures.  Then he tells me that when he was a kid, this old 
>black man who had been born a slave worked for his dad, and the old man
>
>was telling him that it was a huge deal back then when the first deer 
>was spotted on the island in anyone's memory.  I could not believe that
>
>as the things are thick as squirrels these days (and I have a good crop
>
>of them too) but he said what with all the farming and no woods, their 
>habitat was disrupted and they were shot for food, so they were gone 
>after some period.
>
>The bobcats around here apparently take quite a few of the young ones, 
>keep them in check more or less.  One killed a small one in front of
>the 
>house a coupla years back (I think it was a mama with 2 babies from the
>
>tracks) and left it under the bushes out front.  4 yr ago a black 
>panther I saw out back killed a big one in the woods next to the house.
> 
>The cars get quite a few too, every coupla months there is one on the 
>road in front of the house.  I almost hit one a coupla years ago when 3
>
>or 4 of us were cycling and 2 of them ran across right in front of us, 
>like "right there."  A guy riding with me who used to live in CT said 
>there was a guy up there got killed when he hit one on his bike.  YOW!
>
>I don't particularly like eating the things or I would have a steady 
>supply of meat.  I have noticed some on the road were gone by
>lunchtime, 
>so I guess someone other than the local clean-up crews (vultures) are 
>getting them.
>
>--R
>
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Re: [MBZ] Housing etc

[Peter Frederick]

Botany.

Peter

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Re: [MBZ] deer

[Peter Frederick]

Deer were extinct in Indiana from the late 1890s to 1954, when they  
were re-introduced.  I can remember it being a big deal to see one  
since they'd been gone out of living memory for some time.


Lots more now than there were back in Lincoln's time, too -- the live  
along the edge of the forest, and in those days there was solid  
forest.  Now we have little isolated bits, and people grow lots of  
deer food, so we have plenty.  More than plenty.


Wolves, who keep the deer in check, have been gone much longer than  
the deer.


Peter

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[MBZ] W210 rims

[Mitch Haley]

Are 2104010602 made of aluminum? I'm assuming nothing newer than a bundt is 
magnesium.
I just found out I've got a cracked bead seat and I'm wondering if I should try 
to TIG it so it'll hold air.


Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] Housing etc

[Rick Knoble]

On Nov 19, 2012, at 11:49 AM, "Peter Frederick"  wrote:

> Carbondale, eh?  Spent seven years there twenty years ago getting my PhD!


In?

Rick
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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[TE]

Isn't that what an OM616 or OM617 is for?

-Original Message-
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On Behalf Of Scott Ritchey
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 3:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

Actually, the nerdy whistle things allegedly alert the deer to your approach
so they don't get startled into doing something dumb.


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Re: [MBZ] Appliance Wheels

[Tim C]

Please tell me those are aftermarket knockoffs.  Does Big Benz really sell
such a thing?
-Tim


On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:01 PM, clay monroe  wrote:

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> -- next part --
>
> On Nov 7, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
>
> > On Nov 5, 2012 3:05 PM, "clay monroe"  wrote:
> >>
> >> I scored an incomplete set of Fine
> >> Wire or Double Basket rims with
> >> three arm spinners that have the
> >> tri-star logo.
> >
> > Pictures?
> >
> > The only kind of Benz I can see wire wheels looking nice on is an SL.
>  I've
> > seen them on tricked-out 116s and 126s on old TV shows (Miami Vice for
> > instance) and been horrified.
> >
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Re: [MBZ] deer

[Rich Thomas]

In the paper today is a little blurb about an airplane that crashed, 
caught on fire somehow after hitting a deer that ran across the runway 
in front of the plane taking off.  It sounded like a little rural airport.


Here where I live it is rural/semi-rural with some developments with 
tasty landscaping, though there are some big gators living here and 
there too.  A lot of the land is forest or farms, we live in a fairly 
large patch of woods around.  A few weeks back I was over at a house on 
Kiawah, which is situated on the Kiawah River looking over to Johns 
Island where I live.  I was chatting with this older gent, I say " I bet 
that looks a lot like it did back during the War."  He proceeds to 
explain to me that during the War the whole island was pretty much 
cleared and given over to farming -- cotton, rice, and such - and it was 
only after things got disrupted that the plantations reverted back to 
forest.  It was easy back then for the Yankees to get around in their 
various adventures.  Then he tells me that when he was a kid, this old 
black man who had been born a slave worked for his dad, and the old man 
was telling him that it was a huge deal back then when the first deer 
was spotted on the island in anyone's memory.  I could not believe that 
as the things are thick as squirrels these days (and I have a good crop 
of them too) but he said what with all the farming and no woods, their 
habitat was disrupted and they were shot for food, so they were gone 
after some period.


The bobcats around here apparently take quite a few of the young ones, 
keep them in check more or less.  One killed a small one in front of the 
house a coupla years back (I think it was a mama with 2 babies from the 
tracks) and left it under the bushes out front.  4 yr ago a black 
panther I saw out back killed a big one in the woods next to the house.  
The cars get quite a few too, every coupla months there is one on the 
road in front of the house.  I almost hit one a coupla years ago when 3 
or 4 of us were cycling and 2 of them ran across right in front of us, 
like "right there."  A guy riding with me who used to live in CT said 
there was a guy up there got killed when he hit one on his bike.  YOW!


I don't particularly like eating the things or I would have a steady 
supply of meat.  I have noticed some on the road were gone by lunchtime, 
so I guess someone other than the local clean-up crews (vultures) are 
getting them.


--R

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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Scott Ritchey]

Actually, the nerdy whistle things allegedly alert the deer to your approach
so they don't get startled into doing something dumb.

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On Behalf Of Hendrik & Fay
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 1:02 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

oh dear (pun intended), you need a deer bar.
Some people have those type of whistle things to shoo roos away but 
truckies prefer the traditional method.

Hendrik
who nearly hit a roo a while back

On 19/11/12 09:17, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
> I have seen those on cars but they are so nerdy looking
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 18, 2012, at 1:43 PM, "Scott Ritchey"  wrote:
>
>> I installed those little ram-air driven deer whistles on all my vehicles
>> years ago and have had no problems with deer since.  Maybe I'm just lucky
>> but it seems to work for me. Similar to these:
>> http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bell-Black-Deer-Warning/14324180
>>
>>
>>



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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Benz Hogs]

Wow, that's too much anal

Luther   KB5QHUForest Park, IL
'98 ML320 "Max" (158,xxx mi)

On 11/19/2012 12:24 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:

They are protected in the sense that they are only in season certain times of 
the year, and depending on how you take one, there might be other issues with 
discharging a firearm inside city limits, etc.  You also have to get it tagged 
once you kill it.  I think there might be exceptions if it's on private land.

Believe it or not, there is a "road kill tag" for someone who wants to keep a 
carcass from a road kill.  That's why the cops were in such a tizzy about the kids who 
took the one I hit.  They were more worried about getting the tag than filing an accident 
 report.

Dan

On Nov 19, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Benz Hogs wrote:


Are they protected from killing, or just shooting?  If their that friendly, 
slit a throat and have a tasty dinner.


Luther   KB5QHUForest Park, IL
'98 ML320 "Max" (158,xxx mi)





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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Dan Penoff]

They are protected in the sense that they are only in season certain times of 
the year, and depending on how you take one, there might be other issues with 
discharging a firearm inside city limits, etc.  You also have to get it tagged 
once you kill it.  I think there might be exceptions if it's on private land.

Believe it or not, there is a "road kill tag" for someone who wants to keep a 
carcass from a road kill.  That's why the cops were in such a tizzy about the 
kids who took the one I hit.  They were more worried about getting the tag than 
filing an accident  report.

Dan

On Nov 19, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Benz Hogs wrote:

> Are they protected from killing, or just shooting?  If their that friendly, 
> slit a throat and have a tasty dinner.
> 
> 
> Luther   KB5QHUForest Park, IL
> '98 ML320 "Max" (158,xxx mi)
> 


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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Benz Hogs]

Are they protected from killing, or just shooting?  If their that 
friendly, slit a throat and have a tasty dinner.



Luther   KB5QHUForest Park, IL
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On 11/19/2012 11:48 AM, Dieselhead wrote:

Shoot, in N wisconsin, you don't even have to do that.  Just walk out
the door and try to shoo the vermin away.   The long legged rats are so
thick that there is no underbrush left.  They know they are protected,
so they will often stand their ground and won't move away when you try
to shoo them away.  Wave and yell at them and they just stand there and
pretend they are invisible.




In Wisconsin, start up a chainsaw and cut down a tree, and soon the
deer appear...
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Charleston SC
'95 E300

'87 300TD



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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Dan Penoff]

It was that way in suburban Wisconsin.  When I lived in Port Washington they 
were all over the gardens, chewed up the ornamentals, etc., especially if there 
was a lot of snow cover.

We had a small heard that lived somewhere in the neighborhood.  You could set 
your clock at night by there trek down the middle of the street, around 11:00 
pm.  They would start at one end and "peel off" a few at a time into different 
yards based on what they felt like eating that night.

Dan


On Nov 19, 2012, at 12:48 PM, Dieselhead wrote:

> Shoot, in N wisconsin, you don't even have to do that.  Just walk out the 
> door and try to shoo the vermin away.   The long legged rats are so thick 
> that there is no underbrush left.  They know they are protected, so they will 
> often stand their ground and won't move away when you try to shoo them away.  
> Wave and yell at them and they just stand there and pretend they are 
> invisible.
> 
> 
> 
>> In Wisconsin, start up a chainsaw and cut down a tree, and soon the deer 
>> appear...
>> --
>> Max Dillon
>> Charleston SC
>> '95 E300
> '87 300TD
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Housing etc

[Peter Hertzing]

It was underlisted at 68K It was in great shape - but not in a good
neighborhood for sure.

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Randy Bennell  wrote:

> How can a bidding war result in a sale at only $73K?
>
> I think the value of a home around here is driven by the cost of building
> a new one.
> At something approaching $200 per square foot, even a modest sized home
> will run close to $300 with the lot.
>
> Randy
>
>
>
> On 19/11/2012 11:24 AM, Peter Hertzing wrote:
>
>> It is amazing what a few miles can do.  I grew up in Rockford, IL and my
>> wife grew up in Chicago.  My parents and her parents bought very much
>> alike
>> bungalows in the late 70s for about 30K.  My parents sold their impecably
>> maintained and upgreaded bungalow 30 years later in Rockford in a bidding
>> war for 73K.  My wife's parents still live in their house and it is worth
>> upwards of 300K, with few upgrades.
>>
>> Odly enough, my home in Carbondale, IL has doubled in value in 12 years
>> with relativly few upgrades and has dropped maybe 5% in the "great MBA
>> recession".
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Randy Bennell 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I think I commented in an earlier post about visiting my wife's uncle and
>>> family in Chicago back in the 70's when we were enroute to visit her
>>> grandparents in Ohio.
>>>
>>> I google searched to see what their house looked like now and was
>>> surprised to see that it sold in 2010 for $90K.
>>> This is a basic 3 BR raised bungalow with a developed basement and a 2
>>> car
>>> garage in a reasonably decent part of town.
>>>
>>> If that were here where I am, it would sell for something in excess of
>>> $300K.
>>>
>>> I know things are / were bad in the USA in many areas but "wow".
>>>
>>> I also know that areas like Phoenix seemed to take a big hit as I know a
>>> bunch of folks who have bought places down there to enjoy in the winter
>>> sort of like having a cottage.
>>>
>>> So, how widespread is this?
>>>
>>> Another of my wife's uncles was here a couple of years back from New
>>> Hampshire and he said at that time, that he did not think the housing
>>> value
>>> had been affected much where they were.
>>>
>>> Randy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Housing etc

[Peter Frederick]

Carbondale, eh?  Spent seven years there twenty years ago getting my  
PhD!


Housing prices are insane in many areas -- there is a huge  
concentration of population in the metro areas compounded by  
suburbanization, hence shortages of places for people to actually  
live, and the "shadow" banking system provided unbelievably large  
amounts of money to drive prices up.


This is one of the causes of the current economic problems -- housing  
prices are way out of line in many places (the cost to build a house  
in Chicago isn't significantly different than it is in Carbondale  
other than a small amount more for labor) and the debt load is huge.


Housing prices are actually driven by what people can afford to pay  
for housing, not what some speculator can drive the price up to.   
Making up the difference with debt destroys the currency, and here we  
are.


Peter

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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Dieselhead]

Shoot, in N wisconsin, you don't even have to do that.  Just walk out 
the door and try to shoo the vermin away.   The long legged rats are 
so thick that there is no underbrush left.  They know they are 
protected, so they will often stand their ground and won't move away 
when you try to shoo them away.  Wave and yell at them and they just 
stand there and pretend they are invisible.




In Wisconsin, start up a chainsaw and cut down a tree, and soon the 
deer appear...

--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300

'87 300TD

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Re: [MBZ] Where is everyone?

[Mitch Haley]

andrew strasfogel wrote:

Might also want to cap the mortgage interest deduction to dampen the
escalation in housing prices.


It is.
Interest on $1 Million of purchase money mortgages is deductible, $100,000 for 
home equity loans IIRC.


Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Max Dillon]

In Wisconsin, start up a chainsaw and cut down a tree, and soon the deer 
appear...
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300
'87 300TD

Randy Bennell  wrote:

>On 18/11/2012 4:54 PM, G Mann wrote:
>> To bad they don't make whistles to call the deer. Would come in handy
>at
>> hunting season.
>>
>>
>Who knows?
>
>I had a client who claimed that the turbo on a Volvo highway tractor of
>
>a certain vintage appeared to call deer at certain rpm's.
>
>Randy
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Re: [MBZ] Where is everyone?

[andrew strasfogel]

Might also want to cap the mortgage interest deduction to dampen the
escalation in housing prices.


On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Peter Frederick  wrote:
> I've seen some situations where landlords were pretty bad, too, but your
> point on housing is well taken.
>
> Cincinnatti is a perfect example -- the Over The Rhine area is now a slum,
> it was quite prosperous and well populated back in the horse and buggy days,
> but when the buggy factorys turned Henry Ford down and subsequently died
> off, there was little or no employment and the area declined slowly into a
> real mess.
>
> The new "plan" to revive it is to buy up the dilapidated turn of the last
> century housing and replace it with million dollar and up condos.
> Naturally, this displaces the severely disadvantaged people who lived there
> because they were born there and never could find a decent job, so the city
> is buying up housing in other places and putting in Section Eight housing.
>
> Flat stupid, the real problem is not dilapidated housing, it's no
> employment.  Get some decent jobs in there (after all, Cincinnatti was the
> industrial hub of the Midwest for nearly a century) and most of the trouble
> will solve itself.  People with incomes fix up their houses (and buy them
> instead of paying slumlords), but when there is no money, guess what
> happens.
>
> Great Britain "solved" it's unemployment problem in the 1700's by convicting
> people for being in debt and shipping them off to American and Australia.
> That didn't work to well either.
>
> Peter
>
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Re: [MBZ] Housing etc

[Randy Bennell]

How can a bidding war result in a sale at only $73K?

I think the value of a home around here is driven by the cost of 
building a new one.
At something approaching $200 per square foot, even a modest sized home 
will run close to $300 with the lot.


Randy


On 19/11/2012 11:24 AM, Peter Hertzing wrote:

It is amazing what a few miles can do.  I grew up in Rockford, IL and my
wife grew up in Chicago.  My parents and her parents bought very much alike
bungalows in the late 70s for about 30K.  My parents sold their impecably
maintained and upgreaded bungalow 30 years later in Rockford in a bidding
war for 73K.  My wife's parents still live in their house and it is worth
upwards of 300K, with few upgrades.

Odly enough, my home in Carbondale, IL has doubled in value in 12 years
with relativly few upgrades and has dropped maybe 5% in the "great MBA
recession".

Peter

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Randy Bennell  wrote:


I think I commented in an earlier post about visiting my wife's uncle and
family in Chicago back in the 70's when we were enroute to visit her
grandparents in Ohio.

I google searched to see what their house looked like now and was
surprised to see that it sold in 2010 for $90K.
This is a basic 3 BR raised bungalow with a developed basement and a 2 car
garage in a reasonably decent part of town.

If that were here where I am, it would sell for something in excess of
$300K.

I know things are / were bad in the USA in many areas but "wow".

I also know that areas like Phoenix seemed to take a big hit as I know a
bunch of folks who have bought places down there to enjoy in the winter
sort of like having a cottage.

So, how widespread is this?

Another of my wife's uncles was here a couple of years back from New
Hampshire and he said at that time, that he did not think the housing value
had been affected much where they were.

Randy





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Re: [MBZ] Housing etc

[Peter Hertzing]

It is amazing what a few miles can do.  I grew up in Rockford, IL and my
wife grew up in Chicago.  My parents and her parents bought very much alike
bungalows in the late 70s for about 30K.  My parents sold their impecably
maintained and upgreaded bungalow 30 years later in Rockford in a bidding
war for 73K.  My wife's parents still live in their house and it is worth
upwards of 300K, with few upgrades.

Odly enough, my home in Carbondale, IL has doubled in value in 12 years
with relativly few upgrades and has dropped maybe 5% in the "great MBA
recession".

Peter

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Randy Bennell  wrote:

> I think I commented in an earlier post about visiting my wife's uncle and
> family in Chicago back in the 70's when we were enroute to visit her
> grandparents in Ohio.
>
> I google searched to see what their house looked like now and was
> surprised to see that it sold in 2010 for $90K.
> This is a basic 3 BR raised bungalow with a developed basement and a 2 car
> garage in a reasonably decent part of town.
>
> If that were here where I am, it would sell for something in excess of
> $300K.
>
> I know things are / were bad in the USA in many areas but "wow".
>
> I also know that areas like Phoenix seemed to take a big hit as I know a
> bunch of folks who have bought places down there to enjoy in the winter
> sort of like having a cottage.
>
> So, how widespread is this?
>
> Another of my wife's uncles was here a couple of years back from New
> Hampshire and he said at that time, that he did not think the housing value
> had been affected much where they were.
>
> Randy
>
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[MBZ] Housing etc

[Randy Bennell]

I think I commented in an earlier post about visiting my wife's uncle 
and family in Chicago back in the 70's when we were enroute to visit her 
grandparents in Ohio.


I google searched to see what their house looked like now and was 
surprised to see that it sold in 2010 for $90K.
This is a basic 3 BR raised bungalow with a developed basement and a 2 
car garage in a reasonably decent part of town.


If that were here where I am, it would sell for something in excess of 
$300K.


I know things are / were bad in the USA in many areas but "wow".

I also know that areas like Phoenix seemed to take a big hit as I know a 
bunch of folks who have bought places down there to enjoy in the winter 
sort of like having a cottage.


So, how widespread is this?

Another of my wife's uncles was here a couple of years back from New 
Hampshire and he said at that time, that he did not think the housing 
value had been affected much where they were.


Randy

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Re: [MBZ] Where is everyone?

[Peter Frederick]

I've seen some situations where landlords were pretty bad, too, but  
your point on housing is well taken.


Cincinnatti is a perfect example -- the Over The Rhine area is now a  
slum, it was quite prosperous and well populated back in the horse and  
buggy days, but when the buggy factorys turned Henry Ford down and  
subsequently died off, there was little or no employment and the area  
declined slowly into a real mess.


The new "plan" to revive it is to buy up the dilapidated turn of the  
last century housing and replace it with million dollar and up  
condos.  Naturally, this displaces the severely disadvantaged people  
who lived there because they were born there and never could find a  
decent job, so the city is buying up housing in other places and  
putting in Section Eight housing.


Flat stupid, the real problem is not dilapidated housing, it's no  
employment.  Get some decent jobs in there (after all, Cincinnatti was  
the industrial hub of the Midwest for nearly a century) and most of  
the trouble will solve itself.  People with incomes fix up their  
houses (and buy them instead of paying slumlords), but when there is  
no money, guess what happens.


Great Britain "solved" it's unemployment problem in the 1700's by  
convicting people for being in debt and shipping them off to American  
and Australia.  That didn't work to well either.


Peter

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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Randy Bennell]

On 18/11/2012 4:54 PM, G Mann wrote:

To bad they don't make whistles to call the deer. Would come in handy at
hunting season.



Who knows?

I had a client who claimed that the turbo on a Volvo highway tractor of 
a certain vintage appeared to call deer at certain rpm's.


Randy

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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Randy Bennell]

Isn't that what Tiger said after his wife bashed the vehicle with a golf 
club . . . . .?


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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Peter Frederick]

I was lucky, I clipped mine on the front leg -- left a hoof mark  
sliding down the hood in the dust.


Spun it around, dented in my driver's door enough to make crease marks  
where the re-enforcing bars are, but missed the mirror.


Deer ran away -- believe me, I checked as soon as I knew the radiator  
wasn't blown.  Venison is good eating, but I don't recommend hunting  
with your vehicle!


Peter

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Re: [MBZ] Where is everyone?

[Randy Bennell]

Be happy that you can still do that.

Here, our nice socialist govenrment decided that tenants were being 
abused by the system and set up a board to handle all landlord and 
tenant issues.

You no longer take the matters to a court.
You have to deal with a board of people who feel sorry for the poor 
abused tenant.
No wonder it is becoming more difficult to find a place to rent and not 
much new multi-family housing is coming on-line except for condos. Many 
of our apartment buildings are being converted to condos too.


Randy

On 17/11/2012 11:50 PM, clay monroe wrote:

I am in the process of evicting a psychopathic dame, so chatting up the 
attorney and getting her served, then dealing with the fall out

clay

On Nov 15, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Craig wrote:


On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:18:58 -0600 Randy Bennell 
wrote:


Unusual to not get any emails on the list for a while.

Randy,

I have been seeing emails today. Not many, but some.


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[WILTON]

My deer impact in '96 was left headlight into deer's right front shoulder; 
'destroyed headlight; damage to hood left front corner; deer's body spun 
around and destroyed left front fender; deer's right hip and rear legs did 
extensive damage to left front door.


Wilton

- Original Message - 
From: "Jim Cathey" 

To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: my GL after wife hit a deer this morning


how did ya get the dent in the rear door, was it like a meteor shower of 
deer?


They spin when you hit 'em.  Like a quintain.
"Double the damage, double the fun!"

-- Jim



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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Frederick Moir]

Hopefully doesn't hit you in the back of the head.
 
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.


>
> From: Jim Cathey 
>To: Mercedes Discussion List  
>Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 10:27 AM
>Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re:  my GL after wife hit a deer this morning
> 
>> how did ya get the dent in the rear door, was it like a meteor shower of 
>> deer?
>
>They spin when you hit 'em.  Like a quintain.
>"Double the damage, double the fun!"
>
>-- Jim
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Jim Cathey]

how did ya get the dent in the rear door, was it like a meteor shower 
of deer?


They spin when you hit 'em.  Like a quintain.
"Double the damage, double the fun!"

-- Jim



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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Rich Thomas]

I only see Mipsie driving her G around while yapping on her phone on her 
way to the pedicure and lunch then to pick up Dakota and Carlton after 
the soccer practice.  She probably wouldn't even notice running over a 
roo, a deer, a cyclist, or a pedestrian.


--R

On 11/19/12 10:06 AM, Benz Hogs wrote:
That would only look good on the G, NOT the preppy looking GL.  Gs are 
a real man's vehicle :)


Hendrik, have you ever made a was-a-roo?


Luther   KB5QHUForest Park, IL
'98 ML320 "Max" (158,xxx mi)

On 11/19/2012 12:02 AM, Hendrik & Fay wrote:

oh dear (pun intended), you need a deer bar.
Some people have those type of whistle things to shoo roos away but
truckies prefer the traditional method.

Hendrik
who nearly hit a roo a while back

On 19/11/12 09:17, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:

I have seen those on cars but they are so nerdy looking

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 18, 2012, at 1:43 PM, "Scott Ritchey"  
wrote:


I installed those little ram-air driven deer whistles on all my 
vehicles

years ago and have had no problems with deer since.  Maybe I'm just
lucky
but it seems to work for me. Similar to these:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bell-Black-Deer-Warning/14324180







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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Benz Hogs]

That would only look good on the G, NOT the preppy looking GL.  Gs are a 
real man's vehicle :)


Hendrik, have you ever made a was-a-roo?


Luther   KB5QHUForest Park, IL
'98 ML320 "Max" (158,xxx mi)

On 11/19/2012 12:02 AM, Hendrik & Fay wrote:

oh dear (pun intended), you need a deer bar.
Some people have those type of whistle things to shoo roos away but
truckies prefer the traditional method.

Hendrik
who nearly hit a roo a while back

On 19/11/12 09:17, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:

I have seen those on cars but they are so nerdy looking

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 18, 2012, at 1:43 PM, "Scott Ritchey"  wrote:


I installed those little ram-air driven deer whistles on all my vehicles
years ago and have had no problems with deer since.  Maybe I'm just
lucky
but it seems to work for me. Similar to these:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bell-Black-Deer-Warning/14324180







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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Rich Thomas]

your a looser

--R

On 11/19/12 4:51 AM, Max Dillon wrote:

because I would loose my license!



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[MBZ] Todo list....

[Rolf]

New head, timing chain, new turbo, new pump, new flywheel, new rear 
trans mount.


Good times!

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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Dan Penoff]

I hit a deer with my brand new Suburban in broad daylight on the start of a 
long road trip.  Made for a crappy Thanksgiving in 1988.

Did the same thing on the left side.  I saw the deer start to bolt (across an 
interstate highway) and immediately tried to slow down without making things go 
airborne in the vehicle.  The deer tripped and lost its footing, which kept it 
from getting in front of the truck, but the passenger side rear view mirror hit 
it in the head, spinning it around into the back passenger side door, caving it 
in.

It then spun around behind my Suburban and ended up in the windshield of an 
elderly couple's Dodge K car behind me.

Two kids pulled over behind up, possibly to offer assistance, or so I thought.  
They grabbed the deer, tossed it in their trunk, and took off.

When the sheriff came to make the accident report, all he cared about was 
ID'ing the car that took the deer, since that is apparently illegal in 
Wisconsin.

An hour later we were back under way, and now because of the delay, entered the 
massive three state holiday parking lot known as the TriState Tollway.

Dan




On Nov 19, 2012, at 7:47 AM, MG wrote:

> Probably the same way it happened to my wife. The deer jumped from the left 
> side then tried to jump back, right rear leg got caught under the front tire 
> just as the bumper hit the body which, anchored by the leg got slung around 
> and hit the side of the truck. Broke the leg and dented the side of the truck 
> as well as killed the deer. There was even hair still stuck between the rim 
> and tire when I looked at it later. Deer tasted real good though.
> 
> Manfred
> 
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:44:27 +1030
> From: Hendrik & Fay 
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning
> 
> Ok I'm dumb, how did ya get the dent in the rear door, was it like a meteor 
> shower of deer?
> The deer got angry and abusive after being hit and proceeded to bash the car 
> and abuse Regy?
> 
> Hendrik
> who never hit a deer
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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Hans Neureiter]

Friend of mine hit a deer with his Gold Wing. We bought him a pair of deer
whistles.
A year or so later one asked him how how they work. He replied: "Real good.
Haven't seen a deer in my garage jet".

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Scott Ritchey  wrote:

> I installed those little ram-air driven deer whistles on all my vehicles
> years ago and have had no problems with deer since.  Maybe I'm just lucky
> but it seems to work for me. Similar to these:
> http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bell-Black-Deer-Warning/14324180
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]
> On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 12:39 PM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Subject: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning
>
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[MG]

Probably the same way it happened to my wife. The deer jumped 
from the left side then tried to jump back, right rear leg got 
caught under the front tire just as the bumper hit the body 
which, anchored by the leg got slung around and hit the side of 
the truck. Broke the leg and dented the side of the truck as well 
as killed the deer. There was even hair still stuck between the 
rim and tire when I looked at it later. Deer tasted real good though.


Manfred

Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:44:27 +1030
From: Hendrik & Fay 
Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

Ok I'm dumb, how did ya get the dent in the rear door, was it 
like a meteor shower of deer?
The deer got angry and abusive after being hit and proceeded to 
bash the car and abuse Regy?


Hendrik
who never hit a deer

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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Max Dillon]

Regy was probably turning right to avoid, after deer hit front it was spinning 
and legs or head spun and hit presented door.  Looks like car was driving 
pretty fast when it happened.
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300
'87 300TD

Hendrik & Fay  wrote:

>Ok I'm dumb, how did ya get the dent in the rear door, was it like a 
>meteor shower of deer?
>The deer got angry and abusive after being hit and proceeded to bash
>the 
>car and abuse Regy?
>
>Hendrik
>who never hit a deer
>
>On 19/11/12 04:08, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
>>
>
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Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning

[Max Dillon]

Hah!  I had to learn to drive like a Neopolitan, when I was stationed there for 
three years.  If I drove like that here (running red lights, ignoring speed 
limits, driving on the shoulder, driving backwards when the jam in front is too 
much) I would never hit a deer because I would loose my license!
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300
'87 300TD

Brian Toscano  wrote:

>If you get the deer in the headlights look its all over.
>
>Drive like an Italian and you'll never hit a deer. ;)
>
>
>On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 8:19 PM, WILTON  wrote:
>
>> The one I hit in June, '96 suddenly was in mid-jump immediately in
>front
>> of my left headlight - no warning.
>>
>> Wilton
>>
>> - Original Message - From: "Fmiser" 
>> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
>> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] my GL after wife hit a deer this morning
>>
>>
>>
>>  WILTON wrote:

>>>
>>>  In 46 years of driving I had not hit a deer until early one
 evening in June, '96

>>>
>>> I've hit 5 or so.
>>>
>>> What I do now is lay on the horn as soon as I see one and don't
>>> let up until it's well aft.  Usually, the sound of the horn
>>> makes 'em scurry away - which is what I want.  I can't say it
>>> has prevented any contact, but seeing them in a hurry to depart
>>> makes me feel good.
>>>
>>> --Philip
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