Re: [MBZ] My first car

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

First car: '31 Mod A Ford 5 window coupe; summer 1953; I was 19; it
was 22..

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-From: "OK Don via Mercedes" 
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Sent: Tuesday February 2 2021 8:46:23PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] My first car

Yup - mine was a 1951 Beetle, it was mostly black, chipping away to
 reveal
 yellow. green, blue, etc. colors underneath. I don't know what color
 it was
 originally. I think I bought it in 1965. it burned/leaked a quart of
 oil a
 week, so I used the drained 50W oil from Dad's Cessna 195 which held
 5
 gallons of oil that was changed every 25 hours.
 The split rear window had been replaced with one piece of glass,
 though it
 did still have the semaphore turn signal arms in the rear door posts.

 On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 10:58 AM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <
 mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

 > This was my first car. Exactly.
 >
 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=5Y16MhB3zHM
 /> >
 > Sure do miss it.
 >
 > Bob R
 >
 > Sent from my iPhone
 >
 > > On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:51 AM, Bob Rentfro wrote:
 > >
 > > My first car, like many of you I bet, was a Beetle. A 1968,
 Brunswick
 > Blue oddly enough.
 > >
 > > Bob R
 > >
 > > Sent from my iPhone
 > >
 > >> On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:23 AM, Robert Massmann via Mercedes <
 > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
 > >>
 > >> My first car was a 1968 Camaro, looked a lot like this on
 bring a
 > trailer. Mine had 327 V8 with factory four speed. Paint was a light
 > metallic green. It also had the SS detail package with factory
 gauge
 > package. Bought it when I was in the Navy in 1972. It had been
 wrenched at
 > some point. Only sold it for about 2500. Would be worth a lot more
 now, if
 > only I new. Replaced it with Mazda RX-3 wagon, because I was fly
 radio
 > control gliders, which was kind of hard to transport in two door
 coup.
 > >>
 > >> See link below.
 > >>
 > >> (Lot #42,596) (
 >
 
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-chevrolet-camaro-75/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-02-02
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Re: [MBZ] 07 E320 Blutec (92 KMI) sticks in PARK

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

Indy MBtech R/R'd brake light sw coupla days ago. We''ll see.

Thnx.

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Sent: Thursday January 14 2021 1:52:53PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 07 E320 Blutec (92 KMI) sticks in PARK

On 2021-01-14 13:49, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:
 > Glad to see you Wilton!
 > Brake switch malfunction. I had the same issue on my W210. There
 > should be a way to override that. I will post what I find. BTW, the
 > brake light switch was about $20 full price from the dealer for my
 > car.

 Does that mean Mrs Wilton can get out and observe the brake lights
 not
 lighting?
 Mitch.

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[MBZ] 07 E320 Blutec (92 KMI) sticks in PARK

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

Intermittently, we're having trouble getting my 07 E320 Bluetec out
of PARK..

Car not parked on slope. 

So far, we're able to try several times (holding brake, working shift
lever, etc.to get it to work normally). Can NOT feel any binding.

MB tech checked system coupla weeks ago. Unable to find prob.

Suggestions?

Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] Wilton: How are you doing?

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Fairly quiet all night here. Eye came through about 3 AM> 
Moderate rain

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-From: "Craig via Mercedes" 
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Sent: Tuesday August 4 2020 11:07:39AM
Subject: [MBZ] Wilton: How are you doing?

Wilton,

 With all of the rain from Isaias (eye saheee ahs), I would expect you
 have some flooding.

 How are you doing there?

 Craig

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Re: [MBZ] Where is Wilton?

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

Right here watching it with you.

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Sent: Sunday March 29 2020 11:13:42AM
Subject: [MBZ] Where is Wilton?

Anybody heard from him since the world ended?

 Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [MBZ] Oil Extractor

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

See ARCHIVES for description of my "topsider" that I built with items
I'd already owned for many years, 'cept piece of plastic hose/tube.

Yes, I tested on my 123, 124 & 126 and found that sucking the oil via
dipstick tube removed more than draining. 'Have not used it on the
211.

Wilt 

-From: "Curley McLain via
Mercedes" 
To: "Bob Rentfro via Mercedes"
Cc: "Curley McLain"
Sent: Saturday March 7 2020 12:51:06PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil Extractor

Depends on if you want to spend $80 up or $10. (allowing 2x
 inflation 
 for Wilton's $5 oil extractor.)

 I went in between, with a $10 fire SS Soda water extinguisher and a
 $10 
 HF vacuum device.

 For big bucks, the topsider is it.

 > Bob Rentfro via Mercedes 
 > March 7, 2020 at 11:28 AM
 > Here is something I haven’t seen us discuss in a hot minute: oil 
 > extractors.
 >
 > Which is the best? Seem to remember that Topsiders were lauded at
 some 
 > point in the past.
 >
 > Bob R
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[MBZ] make a key head

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

Mucho simple: cut piece of hardwood of your choice (I had some small
scraps of black walnut from a tree that blew over during a storm at
one of my rental houses 35 years ago.) Shape it with a grinder,
sander, jig saw, Dremmel, etc.; drill out the cavity for the key;
insert key; fill around the key with epoxy, after epoxy cures, file
away excess. Voila! Enjoy! 

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Re: [MBZ] Wilton, have you heard of this guy?

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

No

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Cc: "Craig"
Sent: Sunday September 29 2019 12:55:36AM
Subject: [MBZ] Wilton, have you heard of this guy?

Wilton,

 I just ran across this:

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 /> Flying the Line, An Air Force Pilot's Journey: Pilot Training,
 Vietnam, SAC, 1970-1979
 by Lt Col Jay Lacklen USAFR Retired (Author)

 Do you know of this fellow and his B52 flying?

 Some of the reviews on Amazon are rather scathing.

 Craig

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Re: [MBZ] One for Wilton Comments

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

Weapon not "armed" - not configured for nuke det. Fire may cause
detonation of HE

component, which may scatter radio active material, but not nuke det.


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-From: "Dan Penoff via
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Sent: Saturday September 21 2019 5:46:33PM
Subject: [MBZ] One for Wilton Comments

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Re: [MBZ] test

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

OK, more on aardvark: When I started using new computer (VISTA) 10 or
12 years ago, I was having problem calling up or starting new
documents (blank page, etc.), so I started one with only "aardvark."
For years, then, I'd call up "aardvark," start whatever I wanted to
say and then save it as whatever necessary.

W

-From: "Curley McLain via
Mercedes" 
To: "Wilton Strickland via Mercedes"
Cc: "Curley McLain"
Sent: Saturday August 24 2019 12:18:00PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] test

Awshucks! Using Project Aardvark to confuse the chicoms was more 
 interesting!

 Wilton Strickland via Mercedes wrote on 8/23/19 5:34 PM:
 >
 > After using new email system for coupla months, was not able to
 open
 > attachments. 'Thought I had found the "problem" and changed
 settings
 > to correct it. Sending the "aardvark" attachment was an easy way to
 > check it. It works. Nothing nefarious. No nuke codes passed.
 >
 > W
 >
 > -From: "Curt Raymond via
 > Mercedes"
 > To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
 > Cc: "Curt Raymond"
 > Sent: Thursday August 22 2019 8:42:25PM
 > Subject: Re: [MBZ] test
 >
 > When I was in college I worked for the IT group for one year. This
 was
 > one of the real old school IT groups where you had to kiss the ring
 > of
 > the boss etc.At the end of the school year they laid off my manager
 > which was a shame, the guy was great. The rest of us refused to
 kiss
 > the ring and were not re-hired the next year. Unfortunately for
 them
 > we had already penetrated the network and could do what we wanted.
 > We knew they were monitoring our email so we instituted strict
 > security protocols that included encrypting everything with PGP
 > (Pretty Good Privacy). The encryption scheme would take 1 line of
 > text
 > and turn it into a paragraph or a paragraph into a page etc. So the
 > amount of traffic stayed the same but the volume of each message
 > jumped dramatically.
 > It wasn't long before the 5 ringleaders (of which I was the least
 > technical but most scheming) were hauled in to account for
 ourselves.
 > They rolled out "We know you're up to something, we don't know what
 > but you better tell us or else!" We kept our mouths shut knowing
 > there
 > wasn't anything they could do to us, even if they could decrypt our
 > messages it was all mundane stuff like "What time is dinner?" any
 > actual scheming we did in person, off campus.
 > When I graduated the president of the college shook my hand for a
 > second longer than everybody else "I'm not sad to see you go." We
 > laughed, it was great.
 > -Curt
 >
 > On Thursday, August 22, 2019, 3:02:28 PM EDT, OK Don via Mercedes
 > wrote:
 >
 > No, he is fully aware that they are, and is just giving them
 > something to
 > ponder ...
 >
 > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 1:52 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
 > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
 >
 > > What's the hidden meaning, Wilton? Are you afraid your
 > conversations are
 > > being monitored in Beijing?
 > >
 >
 > --
 > OK Don
 >
 > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time
 > to
 > pause and reflect." Mark Twain
 >
 > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The
 > few who
 > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric
 > fence
 > for themselves."
 >
 > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers*
 > 2013 F150, 18 mpg
 > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
 > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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Re: [MBZ] test

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

After using new email system for coupla months, was not able to open
attachments. 'Thought I had found the "problem" and changed settings
to correct it. Sending the "aardvark" attachment was an easy way to
check it. It works. Nothing nefarious. No nuke codes passed.

W 

-From: "Curt Raymond via
Mercedes" 
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Cc: "Curt Raymond"
Sent: Thursday August 22 2019 8:42:25PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] test

When I was in college I worked for the IT group for one year. This was
 one of the real old school IT groups where you had to kiss the ring
of
 the boss etc.At the end of the school year they laid off my manager
 which was a shame, the guy was great. The rest of us refused to kiss
 the ring and were not re-hired the next year. Unfortunately for them
 we had already penetrated the network and could do what we wanted.
 We knew they were monitoring our email so we instituted strict
 security protocols that included encrypting everything with PGP
 (Pretty Good Privacy). The encryption scheme would take 1 line of
text
 and turn it into a paragraph or a paragraph into a page etc. So the
 amount of traffic stayed the same but the volume of each message
 jumped dramatically.
 It wasn't long before the 5 ringleaders (of which I was the least
 technical but most scheming) were hauled in to account for ourselves.
 They rolled out "We know you're up to something, we don't know what
 but you better tell us or else!" We kept our mouths shut knowing
there
 wasn't anything they could do to us, even if they could decrypt our
 messages it was all mundane stuff like "What time is dinner?" any
 actual scheming we did in person, off campus.
 When I graduated the president of the college shook my hand for a
 second longer than everybody else "I'm not sad to see you go." We
 laughed, it was great.
 -Curt

 On Thursday, August 22, 2019, 3:02:28 PM EDT, OK Don via Mercedes 
 wrote: 

 No, he is fully aware that they are, and is just giving them
 something to
 ponder ...

 On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 1:52 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
 mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

 > What's the hidden meaning, Wilton? Are you afraid your
 conversations are
 > being monitored in Beijing?
 >

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 "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time
 to
 pause and reflect." Mark Twain

 "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The
 few who
 learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric
 fence
 for themselves."

 WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers*
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 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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Re: [MBZ] test

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

Yep, & I got it.

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Re: [MBZ] test

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

Passed

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To: "mercedes@okiebenz.com"
Cc: "Wilton Strickland"
Sent: Thursday August 22 2019 2:35:24PM
Subject: [MBZ] test

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[MBZ] test

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[MBZ] 211 maintenance records

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

How can I check maintenance records at MB Hq to find when my '07 320
(85k miles) tranny fluid was (if ever) changed?

Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] Secret Message For Wilton WUZ ?

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

Beautiful summers in the UP!

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-From: "Curley McLain via
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To: "Wilton Strickland via Mercedes"
Cc: "Curley McLain"
Sent: Sunday July 28 2019 4:55:09PM
Subject: [MBZ] Secret Message For Wilton WUZ ?

Wilton.

 Went through Kinchloe MI on Friday. Looks like the old AFB is now the

 county International Airport.

 Wilton Strickland via Mercedes wrote on 7/28/19 11:24 AM:

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[MBZ] ?

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Re: [MBZ] AC success

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

ATTABOY!
W

-From: "Meade Dillon via
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To: "Mercedes"
Cc: "Meade Dillon"
Sent: Monday June 24 2019 9:22:46AM
Subject: [MBZ] AC success

Saturday and yesterday I finished the reseal of the compressor,
installed
 that, vacuumed the system for 30 minutes, and then put a small amount
of
 propane / butane blend and then pressurized up to 150 psi with CO2.
 Checked around with the sniffer for leaks, and noted a leak at the
 compressor shaft seal and small leak (still) from the evaporator.

 The shaft seal leaking was expected, typically they need to run-in a
bit to
 fully seat. I had one more can of leak sealer to address the
evaporator.

 Bled off the test charge, installed a new receiver / dryer, vacuum
again
 for thirty minutes, then attempted to charge the system with r134.
First
 can goes in liquid, engine off, once that is mostly into the system,
right
 the can and then start the engine so compressor can suck in more
juice.
 Now I've got intermittent compressor engagement. KLIMA finally
decided it
 was done playing. I'm not sure if the relay is bad, or an input is
bad.
 Spent some time futzing with it, no joy, so I took the bypass relay
and
 wiring that I made up for The White Whale KLIMA and installed that
into
 this '95 E300. Lost more time, I was too hasty and pulled out the
pins
 from the White Whale KLIMA socket before I noted which went where
(only
 three pins are used), so I had to search around for that info. Found
it on
 Peach Parts.

 Finally got the KLIMA bypass going, and proceeded with charging the
system,
 then installed the leak sealer. Ran the AC for another 20 plus
minutes per
 the leak sealer instructions, and then checked again for leaks with
my
 sniffer. No leaks detected anywhere, so I think I've finally got this
one
 sorted. I do need to set up the transmission kick-down jumper, to
restore
 that function.
 -
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 Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] White Whale AC already dead

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

Don't you have a good evap from my salvaged sedan?

Wilt

-From: "Meade Dillon via
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To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
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Sent: Thursday June 20 2019 9:55:59AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] White Whale AC already dead

I have a $30 Ebay sniffer, works pretty good. With the AC running and
fan
 blowing air, I get sniffer alarm at both center and side vents, and
also
 very low alarm at the expansion valve which is right at the end of
the
 evaporator so might be gas coming up that way from leaking evap
instead of
 o-rings at the expansion valve.

 I know the evap is leaking, that is why I tried the sealer. Maybe
other
 leaks like old hoses, I'm going to fix what I know to be wrong now
and then
 see if there are any other leaks.
 -
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 Charleston SC

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 > Time to buy a sniffer.
 > Mitch.
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Re: [MBZ] 124 Evaporator Replacement

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

-From: "Meade Dillon via
Mercedes" 
To: "Mercedes"
Cc: "Meade Dillon"
Sent: Wednesday June 19 2019 2:17:14PM
Subject: [MBZ] 124 Evaporator Replacement

 Anyone have an opinion on Nissens evaporator for ~$120 or a
Hella/Behr
 (OEM) for $70? Larry? Wilton?
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Re: [MBZ] Test

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"RTFQ," Rich.  ;<)

Wilton at 1209  8 May

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
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> Looks like a young Susan Sarandon.
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg-vgGuTD8A
> >
> > --R
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/8/15 10:26 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
> >
> >> Heads will roll!
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>  We time warped
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>>  On May 8, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
> >>>>
> >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Wow, the server is really screwed up, I don't think they even had
> email
> >>>>
> >>> in 1805
> >>>
> >>>> --R
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>  On 5/7/15 6:13 PM, Wilton Strickland via Mercedes wrote:
> >>>>> I got it at 1805 7 May.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Wilton
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Craig via Mercedes<
> >>>>>
> >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> >>>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  I saw some emails that I had posted, but they included a CC: entry
> to
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> me,
> >>>
> >>>> so I don't know if the rest of the listers saw them.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Does anyone else see this email?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] Test

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I got it at 1805 7 May.

Wilton

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Craig via Mercedes 
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> I saw some emails that I had posted, but they included a CC: entry to me,
> so I don't know if the rest of the listers saw them.
>
> Does anyone else see this email?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Craig
>
> --
> Present: '82 240D/3.0   Bluebell   267 kmi (Still need to fix leaking
> oil pressure gauge and do
> something about the failed
> hood paint)
>  '89 Chevrolet G20 Beauville Van (affectionately dubbed the BRV,
>  the Big Red Van)
> Past:'95 E320   Sebastian  135 kmi   RIP
>  '94 E420   Oskar  127 kmi   RIP
>  '86 190E/2.3
>  '72 220/8
>  '64 190Dc  Emma
>  '72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi
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Re: [MBZ] Anyone near Bellaire, Mi?

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'Reminds me:  I/we used to ski in the Boyne area - Moyne "Mountain," etc.

Wilton

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> That's ski country, most of the way up to Boyne.
> A bit far north for me, and I suspect for Mike Esh.
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> Mitch.
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Re: [MBZ] Undelivered mail

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Mine are on gmail right now.  On rr.com were held/delayed.

Wilton

On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Craig via Mercedes 
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> On Sun, 03 May 2015 13:05:13 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes
>  wrote:
>
> > This a.m. I received about 22 emails, some of them over a week old, I
> > guess we're back to normal operations?
>
> I was getting time outs, too.
>
> So if the list gets this, and since it has gotten Wilton's, I guess we
> could say things are back to normal.
>
> I agree with you, Curt, a week is way too long for a server migration.
>
>
> Craig
>
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>  paint on the hood)
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>  '72 220/8
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Re: [MBZ] Test msg from nc.rr.com

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Did you have mail delayed or rejected?

Willton

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Wilton Strickland 
wrote:

> I got it.
>
> Wilton
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
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>> Just checking.  Sent 5/7/15 @ 12:22
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Re: [MBZ] Test msg from nc.rr.com

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I got it.

Wilton

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> Just checking.  Sent 5/7/15 @ 12:22
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[MBZ] OT - A CAROLINA COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - THE PIE DIPPER

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

Yep, another one - not many more:

THE PIE DIPPER

By Wilton Strickland

My brother, W. B., immediately after graduating from high school at 18 in
January 1946, went to work full time to support the family, including
himself, Daddy, Mama, Joyce, Jake (a cousin living with us) and me. He
provided this major support for several years. His first job was at
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Shops in Rocky Mount. He worked there only
about a week cutting up old steam locomotives with an acetylene torch. He
then went to Rocky Mount Mills, where he worked for many years as a carding
machine operator.

An early evening in late November of ‘47, W. B. asked me, then 13, to go to
Rocky Mount with him and help him tow home a car that he had bought. He had
paid about $100 for the car, a 1929 or 30 Model A Ford that would not run.
We attached a tow chain without a “stiffener” bar between the two vehicles
and off we went - W. B. driving the tow vehicle, the family’s ’37 Ford, and
I, driving the Model A. Most of the floor in the Model A was missing.
Temperature that night was in the mid to high 20’s F. Needless to say, I
got VERY cold during the 14-mile tow. I was quite proud of my ability to
brake (using what little there was) at the appropriate time to keep the tow
chain reasonably taut and not hit the rear of the tow vehicle. I began to
worry about possible frostbite, though I’m not sure I knew the term then -
I just knew that I felt that I was freezing! I was extremely glad to get
home, “thawed-out” by the heater in the living room, did my school homework
& finally went to bed.

About 1 AM, however, W. B. awakened me to inform me that we were taking the
car back to the seller. By then the outside temperature was even lower. I
put on additional clothing, including two pairs of socks, two pairs of
pants, gloves, wrapped something around my head & face, etc., but the
return trip in the “airy” Model A was still a test of cold endurance and an
excellent training capsule for “chill factor,” another term that I’m sure I
did not know then. We arrived at the seller’s home about 2 AM. I waited,
shivering in the cold tow car, also with no heater but at least an intact
floor, while W. B. convinced the seller to return the money he had paid for
the car. I could hear them arguing - not loudly - in the dark, but I could
not see them. Finally, W. B. returned to the car with his money, unhooked
the tow chain, and we returned home, both much wiser about buying cars and
I much wiser about driving and about being cold and preparing for it.
(Years later, I put this “cold weather” knowledge to good use in Nebraska,
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, California mountains and in Greenland.)

Late one afternoon in 1948, as W. B arrived home from work, I was sitting
at my usual place at one end of the dining room table doing my school
homework. Near the other end of the table was a beautiful chocolate pie
that Mama had removed from the oven and placed there only a few minutes
before. As W. B. came through the dining room, he saw the pie and rushed to
get a plate and a knife to cut himself a piece of it before Mama could
return to the room from elsewhere in the house. I saw what he was about to
do and said to him, “You’d better not - it’s still hot - she’ll be upset.”
There was no stopping him, though, and he quickly made two cuts through the
meringue to outline a “normal” slice or wedge of pie. When he tried to lift
the slice out, however, it did not come out intact. The knife he was using
to lift the wedge was not being very effective at removing the entire
piece. He quickly got a large spoon (a tablespoon) to improve the
efficiency of his “slice” lifting. With each dip of the spoon, I could see
the meringue on the rest of the pie settle slightly as the still hot
filling flowed from the rest of the pie into the cavity where his slice had
been. He had made several dips and was still trying to remove “his” entire
slice when Mama returned.

She jumped him, “Well, I do declare, W. B., can’t you wait a little while
for supper? The pie is not even cool - it’s not ready, yet! If you’re going
to dip it all out in the space of one slice, you may as well take the whole
pie! Can’t you leave some for somebody else? Besides, if you’re not
careful, you’ll “ruin” your supper!” (She always said that to us when she
thought we were getting a snack too close to mealtime, especially if it
were a desert-type snack. ‘Don't know of a supper that I ever ruined,
though.)

W. B. proceeded to enjoy his early “piece” of pie as I laughed at how he
was unable to clean out the space where his slice had been. It must not
have ruined his supper, though, ‘cause I noticed that he not only enjoyed
that, but when the time came, he also enjoyed another piece of the somewhat
thinner pie with the rest of us.

When the ‘49 Ford was introduced in June 1948, the dealers had a drawing to
attract viewers. First prize in the drawing was a chance to purchase the
first car of the winner’s choice 

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Delivery status notification

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

'Sounds 'zackly like the problem I had with wilt...@nc.rr.com .

Wilton

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Craig via Mercedes 
wrote:

> On Wed, 6 May 2015 07:25:01 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes
>  wrote:
>
> > In order to fix it, the bounce messages need to be sent to k'leb so
> > he can send them on to the hosting company.
>
> Technically, they are not bounces, since they never get through.
>
> I have forwarded to Kaleb a message from my ISP's email server saying it
> was giving up sending my email after 5 days. I have gotten no response.
>
>
> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] "ignition" switch

[Wilton Strickland via Mercedes]

Yep, ATTABOY for not giving up and congratulations for achieving "pioneer"
status.  Continue to take and pass along good
notes.

Wilton

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <
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> I had a bit of an adventure a couple days ago.  I was driving the
>> '81 240 and after a stop I got in to start the car and the key
>> would not turn.
>>
>> Yeah, I know all about the failing tumblers.  I even carry an
>> appropriate wire on a keyring.  But this one had given me no
>> warning.  It had been turning fine every time - until this time.
>>
>> After about 20 minutes of shaking, wiggling, and twisting the
>> key I finally got it to turn after tapping on the end of the
>> key.  "Hah!", I though, "I've got it now!"  I promptly removed
>> the tumbler and got a pair of long nose pliers from the
>> trunk to turn the mechanism.
>>
>> At my next stop, I didn't even hesitate to turn the "key"
>> off.  Much to my surprise, when I tried to start the car, the
>> "key" wouldn't turn!!  Huh?  In the base of the rotating
>> assembly is a little lever that is supposed to move toward the
>> center.  It was getting hung up.  With the aid of my small
>> pocket screwdriver I was able to easily encourage it to move -
>> and then the "key" turned easily.
>>
>> I haven't yet determined the cause of the problem - but
>> wondered if any of you have had a similar problem.  Or am I
>> yet again finding new and creative failures...
>>
>> 
>>
>
> I'd call that the Philip failure.  It is a new and creative way to have a
> switch problem!  Congratulations and I'll let WS send the attaboy for all
> of us!
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[MBZ] Subscription as wilton...@gmail.com

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[MBZ] Komputer kaput

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Mein komputer ist kaput.  Trying to set up neu one.

Wilton

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[MBZ] OT - 'nother grad (grndma, grandad, grad , dad)

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