[MBZ] Planet Hillary
You fans of Hillary Clinton are going to enjoy these pictures of Planet Hillary. [:o) Gerry http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/01/new-york-times-magazines-oddball-hillary-clinton-cover-sparks-photoshop-frenzy.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] shipping from carlsbad ca
what do they want for a modern Imac? On Jan 23, 2014 4:28 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: ATTABOY! 'Hope it goes well. Wilt - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] shipping from carlsbad ca Got an email from the guy in Carlsbad. He's sending me a bunch of pictures to confirm that I know what I'm getting, and will drop it off at a local UPS pack ship on Saturday if it's what I want. Not bad - $200 for a laptop, MUX, cables and software. Plus the shipping, of course. Dan On Jan 22, 2014, at 6:05 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I've been the recipient of a few of those Apple boxes. HP does the same. Dan On Jan 22, 2014, at 5:56 PM, Rick Hawkins Java wrote: send the guy a padded box for the computer etc with a prepaid label could be mail or fedex that's what apple does for repairs they send you the empty box to return a machine in for repair thanks, xx rick Rick Hawkins ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Perspective
Amen. Wilt - Original Message - From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 12:01 AM Subject: [MBZ] OT: Perspective Ever look at a common thing with new eyes from a different view? Perspective on perspective January 23, 2014 at 2:55pm After a day of fine, dry snow and the horrendous wind gusts to blow it around, the park was empty of walkers as I stood on the banks of the Mississippi and observed the texture of its frozen waters. Any slightly raised surface had captured a tuft of snow as the wind carved across the ice. With the light coming from the side, each tiny snowy hillock was illuminated as a white dot or curve marking the surface topography against the gray of the ice. I stood silently taking it in before I realized that today I had remembered to bring my camera with me. I went to work trying capture the scene. A tripod would be best. Any serious photographer would use one in this circumstance. I even had one in the car. Be prepared was the motto. I decided against being a serious photographer and instead made my way down the snow-covered riprap to the icy surface of one of the natural wonders of the world. We don't often think of the river in those terms. Indeed, most of us don't think of the river period unless it is either in our way or up to our back door. Still, we live within a stone's throw of one of the great rivers of the world. It is a rare pleasure (for me, at least) to be able to stand on its surface. I'm literally walking on water. Gingerly. I examined the ice beneath my feet, noting the trapped air bubbles, patterns of lines and cracks. I take a photo, again missing the tripod and softly cursing my unwillingness to grab another cold piece of metal. I muse that no matter what sounds and noises are in the air, a vast expanse of solid ice seems to symbolize silence. The wind howls past my ears, but the ice regards me with a frigid silence-waiting perhaps for a misplaced step or a moment of inattention. I imagine the sound my head might make crashing into the ice, a sickening meeting of the biological and the elemental. I mind my step. My mind begins dialectic on the qualities of ice, while my eyes scan the seemingly uniform surface that extends toward the main channel. I venture further out, considering, as I go, the similarities between ice, water, sand, and soil. They can all protect and preserve or utterly destroy the same item. Ice can entomb. Mammoths, man, or mullets, it makes no difference. All movements cease and the particular silence that is ice predominates. However well preserved the specimen is once freed from its frosty crystalline tomb, the silence has forever altered things. Standing on the river, my perspective is altered. I'm seeing a familiar world in a new way. I'm still perfectly safe, but I feel less safe. Is that it? Perhaps I feel new and am reading it as less safe. I like it. I'm dressed for the weather, although still cold, and am eyeing the ice longingly. I look around to check for people who might be alarmed at the sight of a body stretched out on the Mississippi river ice. Seeing none, I lower myself carefully onto the ice, hindered by the camera around my neck. The difference in perspective is immediate and dramatic. While keeping the exposed skin of my face away from the surface, I release the rest of my body to the frozen river. My mind explodes with imagery. My new perspective puts me into a series of bodies. My view of the bank is exactly the same as the gulls I've photographed from land. I see myself through the gull's eyes, my camera lens centered in the dark window of my car. Other gulls, some throwing their heads back and shrieking surround me. My mind transports me through a series of creatures I've seen or photographed and who saw me from roughly this same perspective-ring-neck ducks, Canada geese, muskrats, pelicans, carp, catfish, and northern water snakes. The cold is starting to sink into the bones of my legs. The shore looks different from down here. From this vantage point I understand why the river cat liked to hunt the riprap. I named her the river cat because that is where I always saw her. She knew this stretch of rocks like the back of her paw. She hunted deliberately, with no wasted motion. The last time I saw the river cat she had a single kitten in tow. Tired of holding my head up, I rest it on my folded arm. Feeling my body pressing against the ice, I inhabit the body of a leopard seal, having hauled myself onto an ice floe to hunt juvenile penguins. I search the ice for bears but seeing none, I close my eyes and bask in the winter sun. My shivering body pulls me back to reality and I slowly work my way to my feet. I cross the ice and scramble up the snow-covered rocks and fall gratefully into my car. I start the engine and crank up the heater. As I warm up, I contemplate what just happened.
Re: [MBZ] OT: Perspective
This content is currently unavailable The page you requested cannot be displayed right now. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may have expired, or you may not have permission to view this page. * Return home https://www.facebook.com/ On 1/24/14 10:55 AM, WILTON wrote: Amen. Wilt - Original Message - From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 12:01 AM Subject: [MBZ] OT: Perspective Not sure if this will work for everybody. https://www.facebook.com/notes/william-windsor/perspective-on-perspective/10152182646034839 There is one picture there. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] remote door locking
On 23/01/2014 9:21 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: It seems to me that it ought not to be too hard to put one on [115]. I thought about doing this on our 450 SL. I believe it would work, if the torque of the existing lock is not too excessive. Grab a boneyard actuator for some Asian car, and put on an aftermarket remote. Assuming they still are selling those. Let the vacuum system run the rest of the car. -- Jim Pretty much what I was thinking. Going to pull the door panel come spring to repair the map pocket anyway, so will have a look and see what might work then. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Wind Chill
Thanks to all who responded. Ya'll are very informative! ;-) -- Sincerely, Larry ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] cold
You folks down south are not very warm these days. I was looking at a US weather map last night to see how far away south one would have to go to warm up and it appeared that only the tip of FL, AZ, part of CA and TX on the gulf coast was warm. Every where else seemed to be reporting cold temps. Was minus 30C here yesterday morning but is now minus 3 this morning. Supposed to be minus 22 by Saturday morning again. Lots of snow (arriving in little bits about daily - no real big dumps lately) and really windy yesteday so some drifting. Need to haul out the blower again. Last time it broke and I fixed it temporarily with a zip tie. Not going to fix it good until it gets warm - like July! Getting to where there is no place to pile snow. Have I told you how tired of winter I am? Oh well, only about 60 to 120 more days of it. Never know here whether spring will come early or late. If my memory is correct it was not too bad by the end of March last year. Snow was only waist deep the first time we went out to the lake on March 30. We want to do a day run to Grand Forks ND but the road conditions have not been all that great and we truly do not NEED to go so we have been holding off and waiting for better times. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] cold
Here in SC it is only in the 30s toady but supposed to be in 50s and 60s (that's F) tomorrow and Sunday. I hate cold now. Time to start looking at Costa Rica! --R On 1/24/14 12:30 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: You folks down south are not very warm these days. I was looking at a US weather map last night to see how far away south one would have to go to warm up and it appeared that only the tip of FL, AZ, part of CA and TX on the gulf coast was warm. Every where else seemed to be reporting cold temps. Was minus 30C here yesterday morning but is now minus 3 this morning. Supposed to be minus 22 by Saturday morning again. Lots of snow (arriving in little bits about daily - no real big dumps lately) and really windy yesteday so some drifting. Need to haul out the blower again. Last time it broke and I fixed it temporarily with a zip tie. Not going to fix it good until it gets warm - like July! Getting to where there is no place to pile snow. Have I told you how tired of winter I am? Oh well, only about 60 to 120 more days of it. Never know here whether spring will come early or late. If my memory is correct it was not too bad by the end of March last year. Snow was only waist deep the first time we went out to the lake on March 30. We want to do a day run to Grand Forks ND but the road conditions have not been all that great and we truly do not NEED to go so we have been holding off and waiting for better times. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Perspective
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Re: [MBZ] cold
Yesterday's high was around 50F, it's been dipping down to freezing at night all this week. It's supposed to get into the 70s this weekend, and I sure hope it does. It's damned cold for Florida, even if it is winter... Dan On Jan 24, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: You folks down south are not very warm these days. I was looking at a US weather map last night to see how far away south one would have to go to warm up and it appeared that only the tip of FL, AZ, part of CA and TX on the gulf coast was warm. Every where else seemed to be reporting cold temps. Was minus 30C here yesterday morning but is now minus 3 this morning. Supposed to be minus 22 by Saturday morning again. Lots of snow (arriving in little bits about daily - no real big dumps lately) and really windy yesteday so some drifting. Need to haul out the blower again. Last time it broke and I fixed it temporarily with a zip tie. Not going to fix it good until it gets warm - like July! Getting to where there is no place to pile snow. Have I told you how tired of winter I am? Oh well, only about 60 to 120 more days of it. Never know here whether spring will come early or late. If my memory is correct it was not too bad by the end of March last year. Snow was only waist deep the first time we went out to the lake on March 30. We want to do a day run to Grand Forks ND but the road conditions have not been all that great and we truly do not NEED to go so we have been holding off and waiting for better times. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Perspective
Dieselhead, thanks, that was awesome! - Original Message - From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 12:01 AM Subject: [MBZ] OT: Perspective Ever look at a common thing with new eyes from a different view? Perspective on perspective January 23, 2014 at 2:55pm After a day of fine, dry snow and the horrendous wind gusts to blow it around, the park was empty of walkers as I stood on the banks of the Mississippi and observed the texture of its frozen waters. Any slightly raised surface had captured a tuft of snow as the wind carved across the ice. With the light coming from the side, each tiny snowy hillock was illuminated as a white dot or curve marking the surface topography against the gray of the ice. I stood silently taking it in before I realized that today I had remembered to bring my camera with me. I went to work trying capture the scene. A tripod would be best. Any serious photographer would use one in this circumstance. I even had one in the car. Be prepared was the motto. I decided against being a serious photographer and instead made my way down the snow-covered riprap to the icy surface of one of the natural wonders of the world. We don't often think of the river in those terms. Indeed, most of us don't think of the river period unless it is either in our way or up to our back door. Still, we live within a stone's throw of one of the great rivers of the world. It is a rare pleasure (for me, at least) to be able to stand on its surface. I'm literally walking on water. Gingerly. I examined the ice beneath my feet, noting the trapped air bubbles, patterns of lines and cracks. I take a photo, again missing the tripod and softly cursing my unwillingness to grab another cold piece of metal. I muse that no matter what sounds and noises are in the air, a vast expanse of solid ice seems to symbolize silence. The wind howls past my ears, but the ice regards me with a frigid silence-waiting perhaps for a misplaced step or a moment of inattention. I imagine the sound my head might make crashing into the ice, a sickening meeting of the biological and the elemental. I mind my step. My mind begins dialectic on the qualities of ice, while my eyes scan the seemingly uniform surface that extends toward the main channel. I venture further out, considering, as I go, the similarities between ice, water, sand, and soil. They can all protect and preserve or utterly destroy the same item. Ice can entomb. Mammoths, man, or mullets, it makes no difference. All movements cease and the particular silence that is ice predominates. However well preserved the specimen is once freed from its frosty crystalline tomb, the silence has forever altered things. Standing on the river, my perspective is altered. I'm seeing a familiar world in a new way. I'm still perfectly safe, but I feel less safe. Is that it? Perhaps I feel new and am reading it as less safe. I like it. I'm dressed for the weather, although still cold, and am eyeing the ice longingly. I look around to check for people who might be alarmed at the sight of a body stretched out on the Mississippi river ice. Seeing none, I lower myself carefully onto the ice, hindered by the camera around my neck. The difference in perspective is immediate and dramatic. While keeping the exposed skin of my face away from the surface, I release the rest of my body to the frozen river. My mind explodes with imagery. My new perspective puts me into a series of bodies. My view of the bank is exactly the same as the gulls I've photographed from land. I see myself through the gull's eyes, my camera lens centered in the dark window of my car. Other gulls, some throwing their heads back and shrieking surround me. My mind transports me through a series of creatures I've seen or photographed and who saw me from roughly this same perspective-ring-neck ducks, Canada geese, muskrats, pelicans, carp, catfish, and northern water snakes. The cold is starting to sink into the bones of my legs. The shore looks different from down here. From this vantage point I understand why the river cat liked to hunt the riprap. I named her the river cat because that is where I always saw her. She knew this stretch of rocks like the back of her paw. She hunted deliberately, with no wasted motion. The last time I saw the river cat she had a single kitten in tow. Tired of holding my head up, I rest it on my folded arm. Feeling my body pressing against the ice, I inhabit the body of a leopard seal, having hauled myself onto an ice floe to hunt juvenile penguins. I search the ice for bears but seeing none, I close my eyes and bask in the winter sun. My shivering body pulls me back to reality and I slowly work my way to my feet. I cross the ice and scramble up the snow-covered rocks and fall gratefully into my car. I start the engine and crank up the heater. As I warm up, I
Re: [MBZ] cold
Something I read on the net recently suggested Panama. Randy who might settle for Florida On 24/01/2014 11:44 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: Here in SC it is only in the 30s toady but supposed to be in 50s and 60s (that's F) tomorrow and Sunday. I hate cold now. Time to start looking at Costa Rica! --R On 1/24/14 12:30 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: You folks down south are not very warm these days. I was looking at a US weather map last night to see how far away south one would have to go to warm up and it appeared that only the tip of FL, AZ, part of CA and TX on the gulf coast was warm. Every where else seemed to be reporting cold temps. Was minus 30C here yesterday morning but is now minus 3 this morning. Supposed to be minus 22 by Saturday morning again. Lots of snow (arriving in little bits about daily - no real big dumps lately) and really windy yesteday so some drifting. Need to haul out the blower again. Last time it broke and I fixed it temporarily with a zip tie. Not going to fix it good until it gets warm - like July! Getting to where there is no place to pile snow. Have I told you how tired of winter I am? Oh well, only about 60 to 120 more days of it. Never know here whether spring will come early or late. If my memory is correct it was not too bad by the end of March last year. Snow was only waist deep the first time we went out to the lake on March 30. We want to do a day run to Grand Forks ND but the road conditions have not been all that great and we truly do not NEED to go so we have been holding off and waiting for better times. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] cold
69 here at present. really nice. i should run off but i actually have stuff to do :( On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Yesterday's high was around 50F, it's been dipping down to freezing at night all this week. It's supposed to get into the 70s this weekend, and I sure hope it does. It's damned cold for Florida, even if it is winter... Dan On Jan 24, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: You folks down south are not very warm these days. I was looking at a US weather map last night to see how far away south one would have to go to warm up and it appeared that only the tip of FL, AZ, part of CA and TX on the gulf coast was warm. Every where else seemed to be reporting cold temps. Was minus 30C here yesterday morning but is now minus 3 this morning. Supposed to be minus 22 by Saturday morning again. Lots of snow (arriving in little bits about daily - no real big dumps lately) and really windy yesteday so some drifting. Need to haul out the blower again. Last time it broke and I fixed it temporarily with a zip tie. Not going to fix it good until it gets warm - like July! Getting to where there is no place to pile snow. Have I told you how tired of winter I am? Oh well, only about 60 to 120 more days of it. Never know here whether spring will come early or late. If my memory is correct it was not too bad by the end of March last year. Snow was only waist deep the first time we went out to the lake on March 30. We want to do a day run to Grand Forks ND but the road conditions have not been all that great and we truly do not NEED to go so we have been holding off and waiting for better times. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] cold
my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Something I read on the net recently suggested Panama. Randy who might settle for Florida On 24/01/2014 11:44 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: Here in SC it is only in the 30s toady but supposed to be in 50s and 60s (that's F) tomorrow and Sunday. I hate cold now. Time to start looking at Costa Rica! --R On 1/24/14 12:30 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: You folks down south are not very warm these days. I was looking at a US weather map last night to see how far away south one would have to go to warm up and it appeared that only the tip of FL, AZ, part of CA and TX on the gulf coast was warm. Every where else seemed to be reporting cold temps. Was minus 30C here yesterday morning but is now minus 3 this morning. Supposed to be minus 22 by Saturday morning again. Lots of snow (arriving in little bits about daily - no real big dumps lately) and really windy yesteday so some drifting. Need to haul out the blower again. Last time it broke and I fixed it temporarily with a zip tie. Not going to fix it good until it gets warm - like July! Getting to where there is no place to pile snow. Have I told you how tired of winter I am? Oh well, only about 60 to 120 more days of it. Never know here whether spring will come early or late. If my memory is correct it was not too bad by the end of March last year. Snow was only waist deep the first time we went out to the lake on March 30. We want to do a day run to Grand Forks ND but the road conditions have not been all that great and we truly do not NEED to go so we have been holding off and waiting for better times. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] cold
On 24/01/2014 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones Cannot really blame them for getting out of Quebec. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Is it just me...yes it is
I like the early fins and all the chrome moulding which I have seen on one black sedan. Black is the only color I would have. R Original Message Subject: Re: [MBZ] Is it just me...yes it is From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com Date: Thu, January 23, 2014 4:14 pm To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com The fins are the same as on the '57 Chevy, Caddy, etc. - pure cosmetic appeal to the masses of the time. I find them ugly and not functional - same as the swept back tails on the Cessna's starting in 1960. Hate them. On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: The 112, with the rounded over fins are beautiful cars. The 110/111 fins may not be endearing, but ahead of the fins, they are a beautiful car. If you don't mind the fins, the rear view of a 220S/230S/SE is very attractive. The early 110s with the trapezoidal tail lights look like they are winking at you. The 200/200D/230 tail lights make a good looking rear view. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] cold
Uh-oh. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold On 24/01/2014 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones Cannot really blame them for getting out of Quebec. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] cold
they are a strange lot. no one knows anything about them. they are outwardly friendly but will not engage in anything more than the most superficial contact with anyone from another group. they even bring down their own tradesman with them for the 5 1/2 months they live here. it's like some kind of gypsy caravan that has been coming here for 40 years. every year i will try a little to break through with them but never succeed. they are harder to get close to than the russians even and that is saying something! on the plus side, they are affluent and spend money locally, causing no trouble and demanding little beyond a little gravy and cheese on their french fries and maybe some good quality olives On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 24/01/2014 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones Cannot really blame them for getting out of Quebec. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Panama seems to be welcoming too, have not been there but was close in CR. A buddy of mine spent a coupla weeks there back a few months ago, he really loved it. Some years ago CR had a very attractive program for gringos to come and bring money to buy property, etc. and get tax breaks. I think they discontinued that, but money goes pretty far there, and you don't need much in the way of heat and AC or clothing! Property values have gone up considerably in the last 10 years or so, pressure I guess from people discovering it is a great place. I was talking to a friend about CR the other day, it is only 4hr from Houston if some significant medical care is needed, though apparently the docs and hospitals there are pretty good from what I have heard. Wifey and I have sorta discussed it in an offhand way, she could do some doctoring, I could set something up for furniture or lumber or something to export. Or just have a few acres with some gardens and live like the locals in the countryside. We stayed in a place in Ocatal some years ago, the guy who owned it had moved there to retire, was going to build a sizable house on some property he had bought under that program, then this hotel came on the market. Seems 2 guys had built it (it was very nice, about 20 suites on the beach) but had no clue as to marketing, so it was going bust. He figured that would be a good place for his kids and fam to stay if they visited, and would give him something useful to do, so instead of building a big house he bought it and started advertising in Houston, Phoenix, LA and SFO, and was keeping it about 80-90% full and having a great time. Sounded like a great deal. --R On 1/24/14 2:46 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: Something I read on the net recently suggested Panama. Randy who might settle for Florida On 24/01/2014 11:44 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: Here in SC it is only in the 30s toady but supposed to be in 50s and 60s (that's F) tomorrow and Sunday. I hate cold now. Time to start looking at Costa Rica! --R On 1/24/14 12:30 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: You folks down south are not very warm these days. I was looking at a US weather map last night to see how far away south one would have to go to warm up and it appeared that only the tip of FL, AZ, part of CA and TX on the gulf coast was warm. Every where else seemed to be reporting cold temps. Was minus 30C here yesterday morning but is now minus 3 this morning. Supposed to be minus 22 by Saturday morning again. Lots of snow (arriving in little bits about daily - no real big dumps lately) and really windy yesteday so some drifting. Need to haul out the blower again. Last time it broke and I fixed it temporarily with a zip tie. Not going to fix it good until it gets warm - like July! Getting to where there is no place to pile snow. Have I told you how tired of winter I am? Oh well, only about 60 to 120 more days of it. Never know here whether spring will come early or late. If my memory is correct it was not too bad by the end of March last year. Snow was only waist deep the first time we went out to the lake on March 30. We want to do a day run to Grand Forks ND but the road conditions have not been all that great and we truly do not NEED to go so we have been holding off and waiting for better times. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Some may not know enough English to speak with you at any length. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:01 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: they are a strange lot. no one knows anything about them. they are outwardly friendly but will not engage in anything more than the most superficial contact with anyone from another group. they even bring down their own tradesman with them for the 5 1/2 months they live here. it's like some kind of gypsy caravan that has been coming here for 40 years. every year i will try a little to break through with them but never succeed. they are harder to get close to than the russians even and that is saying something! on the plus side, they are affluent and spend money locally, causing no trouble and demanding little beyond a little gravy and cheese on their french fries and maybe some good quality olives On 24/01/2014 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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it's always hard to tell when someone really does not speak the language or they just want you to think they don't speak. hungarian is my native language but i have a habit of letting people speak freely and not let on that i understand anything they are saying On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Some may not know enough English to speak with you at any length. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:01 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: they are a strange lot. no one knows anything about them. they are outwardly friendly but will not engage in anything more than the most superficial contact with anyone from another group. they even bring down their own tradesman with them for the 5 1/2 months they live here. it's like some kind of gypsy caravan that has been coming here for 40 years. every year i will try a little to break through with them but never succeed. they are harder to get close to than the russians even and that is saying something! on the plus side, they are affluent and spend money locally, causing no trouble and demanding little beyond a little gravy and cheese on their french fries and maybe some good quality olives On 24/01/2014 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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That doesn't stop Jabba, he speaks New Joisey or Lawnguyland --R On 1/24/14 3:04 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: Some may not know enough English to speak with you at any length. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:01 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: they are a strange lot. no one knows anything about them. they are outwardly friendly but will not engage in anything more than the most superficial contact with anyone from another group. they even bring down their own tradesman with them for the 5 1/2 months they live here. it's like some kind of gypsy caravan that has been coming here for 40 years. every year i will try a little to break through with them but never succeed. they are harder to get close to than the russians even and that is saying something! on the plus side, they are affluent and spend money locally, causing no trouble and demanding little beyond a little gravy and cheese on their french fries and maybe some good quality olives On 24/01/2014 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Is it just me...yes it is
The W112 had all the fancy moulding. That's the easy way to pick one out in a crowd. Dan On Jan 24, 2014, at 2:54 PM, r...@rhonald.me wrote: I like the early fins and all the chrome moulding which I have seen on one black sedan. Black is the only color I would have. R Original Message Subject: Re: [MBZ] Is it just me...yes it is From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com Date: Thu, January 23, 2014 4:14 pm To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com The fins are the same as on the '57 Chevy, Caddy, etc. - pure cosmetic appeal to the masses of the time. I find them ugly and not functional - same as the swept back tails on the Cessna's starting in 1960. Hate them. On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: The 112, with the rounded over fins are beautiful cars. The 110/111 fins may not be endearing, but ahead of the fins, they are a beautiful car. If you don't mind the fins, the rear view of a 220S/230S/SE is very attractive. The early 110s with the trapezoidal tail lights look like they are winking at you. The 200/200D/230 tail lights make a good looking rear view. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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i am fluent in both when i was a kid, fran drescher was one of the girls who worked at the local movie theater, but i don't remember her as they all sounded that way! (actually, i'd think her voice isn't real so she never did and doesn't sound that way, but i felt the line fit the moment) On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: That doesn't stop Jabba, he speaks New Joisey or Lawnguyland --R On 1/24/14 3:04 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: Some may not know enough English to speak with you at any length. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:01 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: they are a strange lot. no one knows anything about them. they are outwardly friendly but will not engage in anything more than the most superficial contact with anyone from another group. they even bring down their own tradesman with them for the 5 1/2 months they live here. it's like some kind of gypsy caravan that has been coming here for 40 years. every year i will try a little to break through with them but never succeed. they are harder to get close to than the russians even and that is saying something! on the plus side, they are affluent and spend money locally, causing no trouble and demanding little beyond a little gravy and cheese on their french fries and maybe some good quality olives On 24/01/2014 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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True. If you go into rural Quebec you may find the folks refuse to speak English even if they do know it. I would think it less likely that they would do that when in Florida. And, I do believe there are people in Quebec who truly do not speak English. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:11 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: it's always hard to tell when someone really does not speak the language or they just want you to think they don't speak. hungarian is my native language but i have a habit of letting people speak freely and not let on that i understand anything they are saying On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Some may not know enough English to speak with you at any length. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:01 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: they are a strange lot. no one knows anything about them. they are outwardly friendly but will not engage in anything more than the most superficial contact with anyone from another group. they even bring down their own tradesman with them for the 5 1/2 months they live here. it's like some kind of gypsy caravan that has been coming here for 40 years. every year i will try a little to break through with them but never succeed. they are harder to get close to than the russians even and that is saying something! on the plus side, they are affluent and spend money locally, causing no trouble and demanding little beyond a little gravy and cheese on their french fries and maybe some good quality olives On 24/01/2014 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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sure, but these are not them. these are rich folk from montreal. (nearly every car seems to have been purchased in a city called laval, which i believe to either part of montreal or a suburb). they function quite well and seem able to speak english well enough to make their wishes known. they just want to be apart everyone here is happy to let them be apart, except the canadians from ontario, who hate the quebecois with a fanatical passion and try to get full timers down her to join them. but we don't as we just don't care. On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: True. If you go into rural Quebec you may find the folks refuse to speak English even if they do know it. I would think it less likely that they would do that when in Florida. And, I do believe there are people in Quebec who truly do not speak English. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:11 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: it's always hard to tell when someone really does not speak the language or they just want you to think they don't speak. hungarian is my native language but i have a habit of letting people speak freely and not let on that i understand anything they are saying On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Some may not know enough English to speak with you at any length. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:01 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: they are a strange lot. no one knows anything about them. they are outwardly friendly but will not engage in anything more than the most superficial contact with anyone from another group. they even bring down their own tradesman with them for the 5 1/2 months they live here. it's like some kind of gypsy caravan that has been coming here for 40 years. every year i will try a little to break through with them but never succeed. they are harder to get close to than the russians even and that is saying something! on the plus side, they are affluent and spend money locally, causing no trouble and demanding little beyond a little gravy and cheese on their french fries and maybe some good quality olives On 24/01/2014 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Randy Bennell wrote: True. If you go into rural Quebec you may find the folks refuse to speak English even if they do know it. I would think it less likely that they would do that when in Florida. And, I do believe there are people in Quebec who truly do not speak English. Met a group of Kaybecker college students at a campground in Ontario in the 1970s. Not a one of them knew how to start a fire. They were holding matches to a log and wondering why it didn't reach combustion temp. They were quite friendly after my brother and dad split a log into kindling and showed them how to start a fire. One of the males and none of the females spoke English, or maybe (but unlikely) some of the others were hiding it. French was a mandatory class in Ontario elementary schools, but maybe English isn't mandatory in Quebec? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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On 24/01/2014 2:40 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: Randy Bennell wrote: True. If you go into rural Quebec you may find the folks refuse to speak English even if they do know it. I would think it less likely that they would do that when in Florida. And, I do believe there are people in Quebec who truly do not speak English. Met a group of Kaybecker college students at a campground in Ontario in the 1970s. Not a one of them knew how to start a fire. They were holding matches to a log and wondering why it didn't reach combustion temp. They were quite friendly after my brother and dad split a log into kindling and showed them how to start a fire. One of the males and none of the females spoke English, or maybe (but unlikely) some of the others were hiding it. French was a mandatory class in Ontario elementary schools, but maybe English isn't mandatory in Quebec? Mitch. ___ No, I am afraid it is the other way. English is almost forbidden in Quebec in the schools. A client moved to Montreal a number of years ago and I saw him a year or two later. I asked how he was doing in terms of learning French and he said not good. Part of the problem was that as soon as the people in the city knew that he spoke English, they wanted to speak to him in English so that they could practise their English and try to learn. (maybe so they could get out of Quebed?). He said he could practise his French in the rural areas. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Vraiment? Wilt - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold Some may not know enough English to speak with you at any length. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:01 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: they are a strange lot. no one knows anything about them. they are outwardly friendly but will not engage in anything more than the most superficial contact with anyone from another group. they even bring down their own tradesman with them for the 5 1/2 months they live here. it's like some kind of gypsy caravan that has been coming here for 40 years. every year i will try a little to break through with them but never succeed. they are harder to get close to than the russians even and that is saying something! on the plus side, they are affluent and spend money locally, causing no trouble and demanding little beyond a little gravy and cheese on their french fries and maybe some good quality olives On 24/01/2014 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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On a business trip to Canada (well east of Montreal, probably about 1968) I couldn't find anyone who would speak with me until I mentioned I was from the US. It seems it was unforgivable if a Canadian didn't speak French but much less was expected from an ignorant foreigner. In fact, the fellow was delighted for an opportunity to practice his English but he would not consider such a conversation with a non-French-speaking Canadian. Scott -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 3:12 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold it's always hard to tell when someone really does not speak the language or they just want you to think they don't speak. hungarian is my native language but i have a habit of letting people speak freely and not let on that i understand anything they are saying ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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On my first visit to Montreal in the 80's the conference organizers recommended we have an American flag in our lapel so they didn't think we were english canadians. On Jan 24, 2014 6:08 PM, Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: On a business trip to Canada (well east of Montreal, probably about 1968) I couldn't find anyone who would speak with me until I mentioned I was from the US. It seems it was unforgivable if a Canadian didn't speak French but much less was expected from an ignorant foreigner. In fact, the fellow was delighted for an opportunity to practice his English but he would not consider such a conversation with a non-French-speaking Canadian. Scott -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 3:12 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold it's always hard to tell when someone really does not speak the language or they just want you to think they don't speak. hungarian is my native language but i have a habit of letting people speak freely and not let on that i understand anything they are saying ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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When I was a kid we did a driving vacation from Indianapolis, across Niagara and up the St. Lawrence, going up and over the Gaspe to Halifax and then across the Bay of Fundy on the ferry to Maine and back to Indy. We stayed at a couple of BBs that were literally nothing more than people renting out spare bedrooms. They spoke French but little English, however, they were very accommodating and made an effort to communicate. One of the stops was at a resort at St. Jean-Port Joli Quebec. The place was huge, located right on the shores of the St. Lawrence, but it was cold as heck (August?) I recall how the asshat servers in the restaurant pretended not to understand English, yet you could hear them speaking both English and French in the kitchen. They made fun of my Dad trying to order a beer - we heard them. Dad, who is mightly pissed by now, walks back into the kitchen and tells thefrogs they better get him his f-ing beer before he walks out and refuses to pay the bill. They weren't pleasant after that but I did recall there was no problem with our ordering in English. Dan On Jan 24, 2014, at 6:21 PM, Dwight Giles wrote: On my first visit to Montreal in the 80's the conference organizers recommended we have an American flag in our lapel so they didn't think we were english canadians. On Jan 24, 2014 6:08 PM, Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: On a business trip to Canada (well east of Montreal, probably about 1968) I couldn't find anyone who would speak with me until I mentioned I was from the US. It seems it was unforgivable if a Canadian didn't speak French but much less was expected from an ignorant foreigner. In fact, the fellow was delighted for an opportunity to practice his English but he would not consider such a conversation with a non-French-speaking Canadian. Scott -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 3:12 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold it's always hard to tell when someone really does not speak the language or they just want you to think they don't speak. hungarian is my native language but i have a habit of letting people speak freely and not let on that i understand anything they are saying ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] cold
There must be quite a few Anglos in Quebec. Otherwise why would they put on an Anglo show like Bowser nd Bloom? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxoOvj9XngM Gerry . On 1/24/2014 3:30 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: True. If you go into rural Quebec you may find the folks refuse to speak English even if they do know it. I would think it less likely that they would do that when in Florida. And, I do believe there are people in Quebec who truly do not speak English. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:11 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: it's always hard to tell when someone really does not speak the language or they just want you to think they don't speak. hungarian is my native language but i have a habit of letting people speak freely and not let on that i understand anything they are saying On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Some may not know enough English to speak with you at any length. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:01 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: they are a strange lot. no one knows anything about them. they are outwardly friendly but will not engage in anything more than the most superficial contact with anyone from another group. they even bring down their own tradesman with them for the 5 1/2 months they live here. it's like some kind of gypsy caravan that has been coming here for 40 years. every year i will try a little to break through with them but never succeed. they are harder to get close to than the russians even and that is saying something! on the plus side, they are affluent and spend money locally, causing no trouble and demanding little beyond a little gravy and cheese on their french fries and maybe some good quality olives On 24/01/2014 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] I'm actually half way interested in this
It's either this or a 99 e300 turbo Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Date: January 24, 2014 at 6:12:06 PM CST To: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Subject: 91 Mercedes 350 SDL Turbo Diesel (update) 6500 http://fayar.craigslist.org/cto/4278045138.html -- Sent from cPRO for iPhone, iPod and iPad Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Alpine CD Player
Hi Ya'll, I've been using an Alpine S600 6 disc CD Player mounted in the truck of my 91 300D. It has worked fine for 7 or 8 years but today it stopped working. Each of the 6 CDs will load and unload and the cartridge will eject but once a CD loads it does not start spinning playing. My particular W124 has the optional factory upscale stereo with the tuner and amp in the trunk. This makes installaton of a modern Stereo CD player a little more complicated because all the wiring (6 or 8 speakers) is presently run into the trunk as is the aerial wiring. The weird part is I also have an Alpine S601 as a spare but it does the same thing. I don't know if I have 2 bad CD Units, a bad tuner or a bad amplifier. Any ideas? does anyone have an Alpine S6XX I can buy perhaps? I have the MB/Becker/Alpine interface in the truck and it has worked as it should. It works with both CD Players. I noticed the Alpine Audio Head Units are guaranteed for life so if that's a possibility I can find a Alpine Shop, but I somehow doubt that. Thanks Guys - -- Sincerely, Larry 91 300D 2.5 Turbo ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] cold
Even their French is pretty strange. The rurals there use a lot of archaic language and expressions. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Randy Bennell Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 12:31 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold True. If you go into rural Quebec you may find the folks refuse to speak English even if they do know it. I would think it less likely that they would do that when in Florida. And, I do believe there are people in Quebec who truly do not speak English. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:11 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: it's always hard to tell when someone really does not speak the language or they just want you to think they don't speak. hungarian is my native language but i have a habit of letting people speak freely and not let on that i understand anything they are saying On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Some may not know enough English to speak with you at any length. Randy On 24/01/2014 2:01 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: they are a strange lot. no one knows anything about them. they are outwardly friendly but will not engage in anything more than the most superficial contact with anyone from another group. they even bring down their own tradesman with them for the 5 1/2 months they live here. it's like some kind of gypsy caravan that has been coming here for 40 years. every year i will try a little to break through with them but never succeed. they are harder to get close to than the russians even and that is saying something! on the plus side, they are affluent and spend money locally, causing no trouble and demanding little beyond a little gravy and cheese on their french fries and maybe some good quality olives On 24/01/2014 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: my city is mostly canadian as far as the part time residents go, but they are the francophone ones ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Alpine CD Player
Call up Ed Ebel at Becker Auto Sound on Monday and he'll help you to troubleshoot it. Dan On Jan 24, 2014, at 7:19 PM, Larry T wrote: Hi Ya'll, I've been using an Alpine S600 6 disc CD Player mounted in the truck of my 91 300D. It has worked fine for 7 or 8 years but today it stopped working. Each of the 6 CDs will load and unload and the cartridge will eject but once a CD loads it does not start spinning playing. My particular W124 has the optional factory upscale stereo with the tuner and amp in the trunk. This makes installaton of a modern Stereo CD player a little more complicated because all the wiring (6 or 8 speakers) is presently run into the trunk as is the aerial wiring. The weird part is I also have an Alpine S601 as a spare but it does the same thing. I don't know if I have 2 bad CD Units, a bad tuner or a bad amplifier. Any ideas? does anyone have an Alpine S6XX I can buy perhaps? I have the MB/Becker/Alpine interface in the truck and it has worked as it should. It works with both CD Players. I noticed the Alpine Audio Head Units are guaranteed for life so if that's a possibility I can find a Alpine Shop, but I somehow doubt that. Thanks Guys - -- Sincerely, Larry 91 300D 2.5 Turbo ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I'm actually half way interested in this
It's either this or a 99 e300 turbo Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Date: January 24, 2014 at 6:12:06 PM CST To: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Subject: 91 Mercedes 350 SDL Turbo Diesel (update) 6500 http://fayar.craigslist.org/cto/4278045138.html Is Schuler Autohaus the same clowns that put the rebuilt IP in the SDL I got from you? The one that they could not even get the the IP timing close to right? The car had a schuler autohaus front license thing on it when I got it. I sure would not trust them to install a long block unless I can find out for sure who fixed the other SDL. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I'm actually half way interested in this
A '91 SDL, in Wilton's favorite color! (not kidding, it isn't black) Mitch. Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: It's either this or a 99 e300 turbo Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Date: January 24, 2014 at 6:12:06 PM CST To: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Subject: 91 Mercedes 350 SDL Turbo Diesel (update) 6500 http://fayar.craigslist.org/cto/4278045138.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] cold
You cross the border at Vermont and English STOPS. You'd think the little cafes and such just over the border would be bi-lingual but either they don't want to or unable to speak English. -Curt Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:30:30 -0600 From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold Message-ID: 52e2cd66.1060...@bennell.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed True. If you go into rural Quebec you may find the folks refuse to speak English even if they do know it. I would think it less likely that they would do that when in Florida. And, I do believe there are people in Quebec who truly do not speak English. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Is it just me...yes it is
OTOH, the W111 coupes are among the most beautiful cars ever designed. On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: The W112 had all the fancy moulding. That's the easy way to pick one out in a crowd. Dan On Jan 24, 2014, at 2:54 PM, r...@rhonald.me wrote: I like the early fins and all the chrome moulding which I have seen on one black sedan. Black is the only color I would have. R Original Message Subject: Re: [MBZ] Is it just me...yes it is From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com Date: Thu, January 23, 2014 4:14 pm To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com The fins are the same as on the '57 Chevy, Caddy, etc. - pure cosmetic appeal to the masses of the time. I find them ugly and not functional - same as the swept back tails on the Cessna's starting in 1960. Hate them. On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: The 112, with the rounded over fins are beautiful cars. The 110/111 fins may not be endearing, but ahead of the fins, they are a beautiful car. If you don't mind the fins, the rear view of a 220S/230S/SE is very attractive. The early 110s with the trapezoidal tail lights look like they are winking at you. The 200/200D/230 tail lights make a good looking rear view. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Old Aladdin Lamp
That kinda beats my when I was your age whine at the kids. I do try and make out I had to walk barefoot to school in the snow but they don't believe me anymore. Hendrik who did not actually walk barefoot through the snow On 18/01/14 14:10, WILTON wrote: As a child before 1946 (moved to a house with electricity in Jan '46), I did my school homework by the light of a nickel-plated brass Aladdin lamp. My sister has it now. We still have SWMBO's family's identical lamp here in the house. Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Is it just me...yes it is
Well IMHO a 123 coupe has beautiful lines as well.
On Jan 24, 2014 8:38 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
OTOH, the W111 coupes are among the most beautiful cars ever designed.
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
The W112 had all the fancy moulding. That's the easy way to pick one out
in a crowd.
Dan
On Jan 24, 2014, at 2:54 PM, r...@rhonald.me wrote:
I like the early fins and all the chrome moulding which I have seen on
one black sedan. Black is the only color I would have.
R
Original Message
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Is it just me...yes it is
From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, January 23, 2014 4:14 pm
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
The fins are the same as on the '57 Chevy, Caddy, etc. - pure cosmetic
appeal to the masses of the time. I find them ugly and not functional -
same as the swept back tails on the Cessna's starting in 1960. Hate
them.
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com
wrote:
The 112, with the rounded over fins are beautiful cars. The 110/111
fins
may not be endearing, but ahead of the fins, they are a beautiful car.
If
you don't mind the fins, the rear view of a 220S/230S/SE is very
attractive. The early 110s with the trapezoidal tail lights look like
they are winking at you. The 200/200D/230 tail lights make a good
looking
rear view.
--
OK Don
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775
in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and
taxes.
- Benjamin Franklin 1789
2013 F150, 18 mpg
2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg
1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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Re: [MBZ] I'm actually half way interested in this
If you went to nw Arkansas I suppose, that is where they are located. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 24, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: It's either this or a 99 e300 turbo Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Date: January 24, 2014 at 6:12:06 PM CST To: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Subject: 91 Mercedes 350 SDL Turbo Diesel (update) 6500 http://fayar.craigslist.org/cto/4278045138.html Is Schuler Autohaus the same clowns that put the rebuilt IP in the SDL I got from you? The one that they could not even get the the IP timing close to right? The car had a schuler autohaus front license thing on it when I got it. I sure would not trust them to install a long block unless I can find out for sure who fixed the other SDL. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Aladdin Lamp presents
So my Chrissy gift is still in the mail? Hendrik who is a greedy bugger On 18/01/14 12:19, Frederick Moir wrote: Gee. That lamp sat in my basement, unloved, for 20+ years. Enjoy! Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred. From: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 8:25 PM Subject: [MBZ] OT: Aladdin Lamp Fred gave me an Aladdin lamp for Christmas. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Old Aladdin Lamp
That kinda beats my when I was your age whine at the kids. I do try and make out I had to walk barefoot to school in the snow but they don't believe me anymore. Hendrik who did not actually walk barefoot through the snow I didn't, but we had a neighbor who walked a mile or so through timber in the snow and cold to bring Christmas presents to us every year, even in his 60s and 70s. The last few years, he wore shoes. Some times my Dad took him home, but mostly he walked home. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Is it just me...yes it is
Not bad, but not all that great either. On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.comwrote: Well IMHO a 123 coupe has beautiful lines as well. On Jan 24, 2014 8:38 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: OTOH, the W111 coupes are among the most beautiful cars ever designed. On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: The W112 had all the fancy moulding. That's the easy way to pick one out in a crowd. Dan On Jan 24, 2014, at 2:54 PM, r...@rhonald.me wrote: I like the early fins and all the chrome moulding which I have seen on one black sedan. Black is the only color I would have. R Original Message Subject: Re: [MBZ] Is it just me...yes it is From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com Date: Thu, January 23, 2014 4:14 pm To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com The fins are the same as on the '57 Chevy, Caddy, etc. - pure cosmetic appeal to the masses of the time. I find them ugly and not functional - same as the swept back tails on the Cessna's starting in 1960. Hate them. On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: The 112, with the rounded over fins are beautiful cars. The 110/111 fins may not be endearing, but ahead of the fins, they are a beautiful car. If you don't mind the fins, the rear view of a 220S/230S/SE is very attractive. The early 110s with the trapezoidal tail lights look like they are winking at you. The 200/200D/230 tail lights make a good looking rear view. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Is it just me...yes it is
Well not up there with w111 for sure. My favorite driver is my w124 but I think it is almost ugly compared to earlier setues. No offense to Bruno Saco. On Jan 24, 2014 9:20 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Not bad, but not all that great either. On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.com wrote: Well IMHO a 123 coupe has beautiful lines as well. On Jan 24, 2014 8:38 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: OTOH, the W111 coupes are among the most beautiful cars ever designed. On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: The W112 had all the fancy moulding. That's the easy way to pick one out in a crowd. Dan On Jan 24, 2014, at 2:54 PM, r...@rhonald.me wrote: I like the early fins and all the chrome moulding which I have seen on one black sedan. Black is the only color I would have. R Original Message Subject: Re: [MBZ] Is it just me...yes it is From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com Date: Thu, January 23, 2014 4:14 pm To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com The fins are the same as on the '57 Chevy, Caddy, etc. - pure cosmetic appeal to the masses of the time. I find them ugly and not functional - same as the swept back tails on the Cessna's starting in 1960. Hate them. On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: The 112, with the rounded over fins are beautiful cars. The 110/111 fins may not be endearing, but ahead of the fins, they are a beautiful car. If you don't mind the fins, the rear view of a 220S/230S/SE is very attractive. The early 110s with the trapezoidal tail lights look like they are winking at you. The 200/200D/230 tail lights make a good looking rear view. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I'm actually half way interested in this
Yep; looks mighty interesting. BTW, 'didn't like white at all until I had a blackun. Wilton - Original Message - From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm actually half way interested in this A '91 SDL, in Wilton's favorite color! (not kidding, it isn't black) Mitch. Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: It's either this or a 99 e300 turbo Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Date: January 24, 2014 at 6:12:06 PM CST To: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Subject: 91 Mercedes 350 SDL Turbo Diesel (update) 6500 http://fayar.craigslist.org/cto/4278045138.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Old Aladdin Lamp
Well, I really did walk nearly 2 miles to school on freezing and/or rainy mornings (no raincoat, either) from late Aug through Dec 1940; moved first week of Jan to 'nother house where I had to walk only 'bout a mile and wait in snow/rain, etc., for school bus. Wilton Original Message - From: Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Old Aladdin Lamp That kinda beats my when I was your age whine at the kids. I do try and make out I had to walk barefoot to school in the snow but they don't believe me anymore. Hendrik who did not actually walk barefoot through the snow On 18/01/14 14:10, WILTON wrote: As a child before 1946 (moved to a house with electricity in Jan '46), I did my school homework by the light of a nickel-plated brass Aladdin lamp. My sister has it now. We still have SWMBO's family's identical lamp here in the house. Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I'm actually half way interested in this
If it's legit, 'wouldn't mind driving it home from NW Arkansas. Wilton - Original Message - From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm actually half way interested in this If you went to nw Arkansas I suppose, that is where they are located. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 24, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: It's either this or a 99 e300 turbo Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Date: January 24, 2014 at 6:12:06 PM CST To: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net Subject: 91 Mercedes 350 SDL Turbo Diesel (update) 6500 http://fayar.craigslist.org/cto/4278045138.html Is Schuler Autohaus the same clowns that put the rebuilt IP in the SDL I got from you? The one that they could not even get the the IP timing close to right? The car had a schuler autohaus front license thing on it when I got it. I sure would not trust them to install a long block unless I can find out for sure who fixed the other SDL. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Old Aladdin Lamp
Hendrik, you have to get it all down right to impress the kiddies.. It's Barefoot in the snow, 8 miles uphill both ways, after I chopped all the wood for the house, milked the cows, fed the pigs and horses. Then I did my homework by the old Aladdin lamp until midnight. It builds character mate. On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com wrote: That kinda beats my when I was your age whine at the kids. I do try and make out I had to walk barefoot to school in the snow but they don't believe me anymore. Hendrik who did not actually walk barefoot through the snow On 18/01/14 14:10, WILTON wrote: As a child before 1946 (moved to a house with electricity in Jan '46), I did my school homework by the light of a nickel-plated brass Aladdin lamp. My sister has it now. We still have SWMBO's family's identical lamp here in the house. Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Aladdin Lamp presents
H F. Yup! Still in the mail. Probably held up by your version of Homeland Insecurity. I tried to silence it, but the ticking is still audible to a blind white cat in a snow storm driving a W111. It holds a Genie..(..us?), Aladdin y'know. It might get there in time for your birthday, or not. How is the man behind the curtain, down there in OZ? Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred. From: Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Aladdin Lamp presents So my Chrissy gift is still in the mail? Hendrik who is a greedy bugger On 18/01/14 12:19, Frederick Moir wrote: Gee. That lamp sat in my basement, unloved, for 20+ years. Enjoy! Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
