Re: [MBZ] We can't slow down now.
Have you signed this petition, Dan? Gerry .. Floridians for Solar Choice wrote: > View this email in your web browser. > (http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=945fdd790b&e=e6206efe2f > ) > > ** Giving Floridians a Voice and a Choice on Energy > > Floridians for Solar Choice is full steam ahead collecting solar petitions as > we eagerly await the Attorney General's delivery of the ballot language to > the Florida Supreme Court. From the Panhandle to Miami, volunteers have been > hard at work attending local events to gather petitions and educate about the > solar choice initiative. > > Together, we can win. We are confident of success because polls show > (http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=6cbbdd5247&e=e6206efe2f) > that 74% of Floridians support changing the law to open up the solar market. > The support is there, but we must gather close to a million signatures to > make solar choice a reality in 2016. > > We can't slow down now. > Please join the Florida solar movement today > byhttp://www.flsolarchoice.org/volunteer/signing up to volunteer > (http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=415b16605b&e=e6206efe2f) > , sharing this newsletter with a friend, and contributing to the campaign > (http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=2bd4f299e7&e=e6206efe2f) > to keep us going strong all the way to the ballot! > Attention Volunteers: We will have a table set up at the events below this > Friday and Saturday and we need your help collecting solar petitions! To > RSVP, please email > (mailto:volunte...@flsolarchoice.org?subject=Volunteer%20at%20Event%20for%20FSC%20) > us the event you would like to volunteer with and we will be in touch. > Orlando: April 25 Miami: > April 24 > http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=aad4129324&e=e6206efe2f > > http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=5da6b8f248&e=e6206efe2f > > St. Augustine: April 25 St. Pete: April 25 > http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=445073bab4&e=e6206efe2f > > http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=4523f0205d&e=e6206efe2f > > http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=0b80a2e1f8&e=e6206efe2f > Today, Earth Day, is a perfect time to reflect on why we've all come together > to fight for Floridians right for energy freedom. In honor of today, please > sign the petition > (http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=cea63b09a8&e=e6206efe2f) > and share this newsletter with a friend. > Solar Shout Out for Volunteers in Action! > > This week's solar shout out goes to Maria M. Hernandez for collecting > petitions at the Tamarac Earth Day festival. > Maria's organizations, H&H Design and Construction > (http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=e7cd06adb2&e=e6206efe2f) > and Stewards of Sustainability, have endorsed > (http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=ce5111c408&e=e6206efe2f) > FSC! If your organization would like to join the coalition please send an > inquiry here (mailto:endo...@flsolarchoice.org?subject=FSC%20Endorsement%20) . > > Charged Up On Solar: April Petition Contest > Volunteers across Florida are mobilizing to gather and send in petitions > before the end of the month! Our Charged Up on Solar Petition Contest > (http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=c31698e132&e=e6206efe2f) > is a friendly competition to celebrate the solar volunteer champions of > April. The top petition gatherers will receive awesome prizes and a special > feature in our newsletter. Prizes include a $100 & $50 Visa Gift Card and > small solar chargers for your cell phone! To participate in the contest, > please check out our easy instructions here > (http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=6fafc3d070&e=e6206efe2f) > . Are You Ready to Play? It’s Game on for Solar > (http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=1b4dbb7e71&e=e6206efe2f) > ! > Floridians for Solar Choice in the News: > Did you get a chance to hear Floridians for Solar Choice leaders last week on > WLRN's Topical Currents? C > (http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=06c82c35639488fe9e5537e9e&id=a50d22bfb3&e=e6206efe2f) > heck out the recording here > (http://flsolarchoice.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0
[MBZ] Solar Power Battle Puts Hawaii at Forefront of Worldwide Changes
> HONOLULU — Allan Akamine has looked all around the winding, palm tree-lined > cul-de-sacs of his suburban neighborhood in Mililani here on Oahu and, with > an equal mix of frustration and bemusement, seen roof after roof bearing > solar panels. > Mr. Akamine, 61, a manager for a cable company, has wanted nothing more than > to lower his $600 to $700 monthly electric bill with a solar system of his > own. But for 18 months or so, the state’s biggest utility barred him and > thousands of other customers from getting one, citing concerns that power > generated by rooftop systems was overwhelming its ability to handle it. > Only under strict orders from state energy officials did the utility, the > Hawaiian Electric Company, recently rush to approve the lengthy backlog of > solar applications, including Mr. Akamine’s. > It is the latest chapter in a closely watched battle that has put this state > at the forefront of a global upheaval in the power business. Rooftop systems > now sit atop roughly 12 percent of Hawaii’s homes, according to the federal > Energy Information Administration, by far the highest proportion in the > nation. > “Hawaii is a postcard from the future,” said Adam Browning, executive > director of Vote Solar, a policy and advocacy group based in California.Other > states and countries, including California, Arizona, Japan and Germany, are > struggling to adapt to the growing popularity of making electricity at home, > which puts new pressures on old infrastructure like circuits and power lines > and cuts into electric company revenue. > As a result, many utilities are trying desperately to stem the rise of solar, > either by reducing incentives, adding steep fees or effectively pushing home > solar companies out of the market. In response, those solar companies are > fighting back through regulators, lawmakers and the courts. > The shift in the electric business is no less profound than those that > upended the telecommunications and cable industries in recent decades. It is > already remaking the relationship between power companies and the public > while raising questions about how to pay for maintaining and operating the > nation’s grid. > The issue is not merely academic, electrical engineers say. > In solar-rich areas of California and Arizona, as well as in Hawaii, all that > solar-generated electricity flowing out of houses and into a power grid > designed to carry it in the other direction has caused unanticipated voltage > fluctuations that can overload circuits, burn lines and lead to brownouts or > blackouts. > “Hawaii’s case is not isolated,” said Massoud Amin, a professor of electrical > and computer engineering at the University of Minnesota and chairman of the > smart grid program at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, > a technical association. “When we push year-on-year 30 to 40 percent growth > in this market, with the number of installations doubling, quickly — every > two years or so — there’s going to be problems.” > The economic threat also has electric companies on edge. Over all, demand for > electricity is softening while home solar is rapidly spreading across the > country. There are now about 600,000 installed systems, and the number is > expected to reach 3.3 million by 2020, according to the Solar Energy > Industries Association. > full > story:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/business/energy-environment/solar-power-battle-puts-hawaii-at-forefront-of-worldwide-changes.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] W140 wiper refills
On Sat, 18 Apr 2015 13:10:16 -0400 Mitch Haley wrote: > The good news is my new-to-me 1997 S420 appears to have genuine OE wiper > blades. > They're Bosch made and the part that latches into the wiper arm has the star > on it. > > The bad news is the left insert is bad, and the right one is falling apart. > (the > right one appears to be original to the blade, which probably isn't original > to > the car) > > I know I can get refills at the dealer (140824032701 and 140824012701), but > is > there anything under $10 a side that does the job as well? > > Mitch. > Several years ago I went through the more expensive name brand blades and found them all short-lived. Then I tried Walmarts cheapest, as well as Trico, and found both to last much longer. This Prius uses a 26 inch blade which does more flexing, I suppose, so I wonder if the cheap blades will do as well there? Gerry ___ 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 - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS -- AT HOME
It looks like "alternate meal" is the explanation. This tells the whole store: http://www.purplemartin.org/forumarchives/archive/diurnal.htm . On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:11:53 -0400 "WILTON" wrote: > Well, that's what I understood as a child; 'may hafta re-think it as an > adult. Alternate meal and abundance of 'em may be more reasonable. ;<) > > Martins AND hawks are VERY agile. Could a flock of "aggressive" martins > shoo hawks > away? Overwhelm them? I don't know. > > I understand that a flock of crows can overwhelm a hawk and shoo 'im away. > Not so sure 'bout martins now. > > Hawks likely enjoy an occasional dessert of Martin, including adults, eggs > and young. ;<) > > Wilton > > - Original Message - > From: "Craig" > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 11:42 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS -- AT HOME > > > > On Wed, 15 Apr 2015 21:45:23 -0400 "WILTON" wrote: > > > >> Yep, here we go: > > > > Thank you, Wilton. > > > > > >> Many farmers kept tall poles holding several gourds or Martin houses > >> above their back yards and garden areas. They liked to have Martins > >> around to eat insects and to keep hawks from catching their small > >> chickens. > > > > How did the Martins keep hawks from catching their small chickens? > > By providing an alternate meal? > > > > > > Craig > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4331/9553 - Release Date: 04/16/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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] 1995 E300D Odessy
DaveL wrote: > Looks like Mercedes content is scarce lately, so I'll tell a story. Here's another one: I was coming back empty handed from fishing when I noticed that the A/C in my 08 Prius was not cooling like it should. It was about 4:00 p.m. so I went by the dealer to see if they could top off the freon. The A/C had cooled well enough in cloudy weather, but it couldn't seem to handle the hot Florida sun when it came out. It was two days before the IRS tax deadline, a Monday, and the large Toyota dealership had almost no customers. The shop took my car and I sat down in the service managers room. I had heard that many people were leasing cars, and I had done the numbers which looked pretty good, so I went over to a new girl on one of the service desks and ask her how much leases on standard Prius costs. The head service manager overheard and practically dragged me up to the row of sales offices in the showroom where 5 or 6 salesmen, including the sales manager, descended on me with a massive high pressure sales attack. There I was, an old geezer in smelly fishing clothes, backed into a corner while being assaulted by a half dozen aggressive car salesmen with dollar signs in their eyes. Every time they offered me "the best deal in West Florida" I said, "Give me a written estimate". I must have said it a dozen times. I finally managed to get back to the service department where my car was ready, and just before checking out, the sales crew showed up again and said, "How can we lease you a car" or something like that. I said, "If I decide to lease, I'll request a bid from several dealers and pick the lowest." That really deflated them and they left. I told the girl at the service desk that those clowns ought to start a comedy troupe. She laughed and apologized for their rude behaviour. I like to think my bill was lower than estimated because of it. Gerry PS: The A/C works fine now, so thankfully the shop is much better than the sales department which broke every rule of salesmanship that I know of, and probably some that I don't. ___ 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] Way, way beyond OT: The Secret Language of Doctors
reaching the muscle, writes Goldman, or she might say > the patient is "fluffy." OB-GYNs might talk among themselves about > "harpooning the whale," or inserting an epidural catheter, which provides > pain-relief medication, into an obese woman's spinal canal during the late > stages of labor. Since it can be tough to locate the insertion point > through fat, one hospital even created a "Prince of Whales Award" for the > resident who placed epidurals "in the most tonnage in one shift," Goldman > quotes an anesthesiologist as saying. Some doctors may say they charge a > "beemer code," slang for an additional fee to care for an obese patient, > maybe one who's "two clinic units," or 400 pounds. > > *Hollywood code:* From *Grey's Anatomy* or *ER* you may be familiar with > Code Blue—an emergency code indicating that someone needs immediate > resuscitation. But sometimes doctors might realize there's no way to save > the patient. In that case, they may call a "Hollywood Code," also known as > "Show Code," "Light Blue Code," or "Slow Code." Rather than dropping > everything and sprinting to the patient's bed, they stroll to the scene, > slowly check for a pulse, and begin their intervention, Goldman explains. > "It's a play for time until it's acceptable to pronounce the patient dead," > he writes. > > *Incarceritis: *The condition of a prisoner who fakes an illness to go to > the hospital. If that prisoner is looking for drugs to peddle later to > their cellmates, they may have ADD—not attention deficit disorder, but > "Acute Dilaudid Deficiency," with Dilaudid being one of the strongest > prescription narcotics. He might try to "cheek" his pills, hiding it in his > cheeks while the nurse isn't looking and then saving it for later sale. > Then there are the "swallowers," people with a mental illness who sometimes > swallow objects like forks and nails. > > *SFU 50 dose: *The amount of a sedative or anti-anxiety medication that > causes 50 percent of patients to shut the fuck up. > > *Social injury of the rectum:* A euphemism first used in the *American > Journal of Surgery* in 1977, for people who wind up in the hospital after > inserting candles, billiard balls, and other objects into their anuses for > erotic pleasure. One doctor told Goldman about the time he treated a > patient with a florescent light bulb up his rectum. "It broke inside of > him," the doctor said. > > *Status dramaticus:* In a play on the real medical term "status > asthmaticus," an intense asthma attack that doesn't respond to an inhaler, > doctors have come up with the phrase "status dramaticus" for stressed-out > patients who believe they're extremely sick or dying but actually aren't. > Patients who exaggerate their symptoms, acting like they're in pain to get > a response, are "dying swans," an allusion to a 1905 ballet, *The Dying > Swan*. Or they're "a Camille," like the heroine who passes away with great > drama in her lover's arms during *La Dame Aux Camélias*, by Alexandre Dumas. > > *Whiney primey:* A pregnant woman who keeps returning to the hospital > because she thinks she's in labor but isn't. When the baby comes, she'll be > "frozen" when she receives an epidural for her pain, and if the epidural > stops active labor she'll become an "ice cube." > ___ > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4331/9531 - Release Date: 04/13/15 -- arche...@embarqmail.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] More leaking Mercedes
Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > Clear sealant will do the trick - an easy DIY job. > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: > > My windshield leaks in both lower front corners. > > I am certain I have seen a reference to "flowable silicon" which I assume > > to be thinner so that it will seep into the spots one cannot otherwise get > > to. > > Anyone else heard of it? > > RB I wish you luck if you use the "flowing" sealant. If you don't use just the right amount, which is very hard to do, the excess flows out onto the metal and the rubber; and it is very difficult to remove if at all. Hopefully they have improved the formula since I used it when it first came out. Anymore I use regular silicone or roll up very small diameter strips of the soft bedding rubber that seals the new type windows (FlAPS has it). So far, that has worked the best. Gerry ___ 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 - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS; THE BIKE
On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 22:27:11 -0400 Mitch Haley wrote: > arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: > > Some of those are weird, but they apparently work. I imagine a serious bike > > rider can get a custom seat moulded to fit his/her butt? > > You buy a Brooks leather saddle and ride until it fits. > Mitch. I've worked with leather. It's amazing how much it will stretch; especially when wet. Gerry ___ 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 - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS; THE BIKE
Some of those are weird, but they apparently work. I imagine a serious bike rider can get a custom seat moulded to fit his/her butt? Gerry Rich Thomas wrote: > You have to wear padded trou of some sort to minimize the pressure on > your anatomy. There are some seats that have 2 pads for the cheeks but > those are more for hybrids or standard bikes, really don't work on road > bikes where you have a certain position to get proper power and > comfort. There are some seats for the ladies that feature a particular > arrangement to minimize the pressure on their parts. The support is > actually more on the bone and less on the cheeks. You have to be > careful of padding arrangements too, to minimize chafing as you pedal. > The pads in the trou are usually chamois-covered or something synthetic > that is very soft and low-friction. > > You can sorta see what road bike seats look like with these, which are > decent seats, but everyone sorta has a favorite. I don't remember what > kind I have now, but it is fairly comfortable. These try to accommodate > different anatomies and preferences. > > http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Afizik+seat&keywords=fizik+seat&ie=UTF8&qid=1428871256 > > --R > > > > On 4/12/15 4:22 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: > > I wonder if any bike riders have tried using Alpine leather britches which > > protect the mountaineers tender parts if they fall? > > It would seem like a seat could be designed which supports the cheeks > > separately while still allowing peddling motion; sort of a "floating seat"? > > Gerry > > > > Rich Thomas wrote: > >> You really can't use a wide seat on a road bike, butt there are some that > >> are more comfortable than others and minimize the hurt, though after 50 or > >> 60 miles... > >> --R > >> > >> > >> > >> On 4/12/15 2:36 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: > >>> Rich Thomas wrote: > >>> > >>>> Nothing has changed in nearly 70 years! The seats are still killers! > >>>> (Commonly referred to as "asshatchets") > >>>> > >>>> That is a great story, I might need to share it with some fellow > >>>> cyclistas if you don't mind. > >>>> > >>>> --R > >>>> > >>> Why not use broader seats like the old bicycles had? The seat on my > >>> teenage bike, a Western Auto Flyer, wasn't uncomfortable at all. > >>> Gerry > >>> > >>> ___ > >>> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> - > >> No virus found in this message. > >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4328/9522 - Release Date: 04/12/15 > >> > > > > > ___ > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4328/9522 - Release Date: 04/12/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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 - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS; THE BIKE
I wonder if any bike riders have tried using Alpine leather britches which protect the mountaineers tender parts if they fall? It would seem like a seat could be designed which supports the cheeks separately while still allowing peddling motion; sort of a "floating seat"? Gerry Rich Thomas wrote: > You really can't use a wide seat on a road bike, butt there are some that > are more comfortable than others and minimize the hurt, though after 50 or 60 > miles... > --R > > > > On 4/12/15 2:36 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: > > Rich Thomas wrote: > > > >> Nothing has changed in nearly 70 years! The seats are still killers! > >> (Commonly referred to as "asshatchets") > >> > >> That is a great story, I might need to share it with some fellow > >> cyclistas if you don't mind. > >> > >> --R > >> > > Why not use broader seats like the old bicycles had? The seat on my teenage > > bike, a Western Auto Flyer, wasn't uncomfortable at all. > > Gerry > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4328/9522 - Release Date: 04/12/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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 - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS; THE BIKE
Rich Thomas wrote: > Nothing has changed in nearly 70 years! The seats are still killers! > (Commonly referred to as "asshatchets") > > That is a great story, I might need to share it with some fellow > cyclistas if you don't mind. > > --R > Why not use broader seats like the old bicycles had? The seat on my teenage bike, a Western Auto Flyer, wasn't uncomfortable at all. Gerry ___ 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] dies in gear
clay wrote: > It has a TC. The thing would only move under power at L prior to installing > the linkage bushings. Now it is able to find all gears and engages within a > second. Then it dies. Lugging of the engine. The vehicle does move in the > appropriate direction when put into gear. Then it lugs and dies. So, it > engages, spins the drive shaft enough to move wheels. It would probably spin > wheels if it had remained on the jack stands in either direction. It spun > wheels in reverse without lugging on the stands. I have noticed that the > front half shaft is more exposed at the splines. Could it also need a > transmission mount and motor mounts upgrade? Here are some websites: http://www.bing.com/search?q=mercedes+transmissions+stuck+in+gear&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=mercedes+transmissions+stuck+in+gear&sc=0-32&sp=-1&sk=&ghc=1&cvid=c8078fdbc1aa4955a4bc546bddf7e046 or click "mercedes transmissions stuck in gear". Gerry ___ 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 throwback crafts
Curly wrote: > Interesting people making stuff as before the industrial age. > > http://www.blacksmithchic.com/gawk.htm > > http://www.caldwellsaddle.com/index.html/ > > http://www.stonecarver.com/ > > http://www.galloupguitars.com/ > > http://www.fowlingguns.com > > http://www.susanmcdonough.com/Home.html > > http://www.ciccottiartglass.com/recent-and-new > > http://www.deepwoodpress.com/ > - Thanks, Curly. Interesting websites. Gerry ___ 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] Video For Andrew
Sociopaths are sort of a "tamer" type of psychopath although both share many of the same characteristics. Sociopaths tend to be less violent. Serial killers are psychopaths, not sociopaths, for example. Characteristics of sociopaths: Superficial charm and good intelligence Absence of delusions and other signs of irrational thinking Absence of nervousness or neurotic manifestations Unreliability Untruthfulness and insincerity Lack of remorse and shame Inadequately motivated antisocial behavior Poor judgment and failure to learn by experience Pathologic egocentricity and incapacity for love Specific loss of insight Unresponsiveness in general interpersonal relations Fantastic and uninviting behavior with alcohol and sometimes without Suicide threats rarely carried out Sex life impersonal, trivial, and poorly integrated Failure to follow any life plan https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201305/how-spot-sociopath Gerry ... astrasfogel wrote: > How is that different from a sociopath? > -- from "archer > After watching the video, I got the impression that the cop might be a > psychopath. His disciplinary record during his six years in the Coast Gaurd > might be interesting as well as details of his home life. > "Characteristics of the Psychopathic Personality > Updated September 07, 2014. > The study of the psychopath reveals an individual who is incapable of feeling > guilt, remorse or empathy for their actions. They are generally cunning, > manipulative and know the difference between right and wrong but dismiss it > as applying to them. > They are incapable of normal emotions such as love, generally react without > considering the consequences of their actions and show extreme egocentric and > narcissistic behavior...snip > http://crime.about.com/od/serial/a/psychopaths.htm > Gerry > .. > G Mann wrote: > > All good points, however, the cut line between manslaughter and murder can > > be a very fine one. > > > > I expect prosecution will try for murder 1 with manslaughter as the > > fallback position. > > > > The fine points of what happened will have to be displayed to the jury, and > > the judge, at trial. > > > > There appears to be good cause to charge murder1 because the burden of Mens > > Rea can be a very short time span... such as the time the deceased was > > exiting the scene, until the shooter made the decision to shoot him in the > > back multiple times... If there were only one shot, perhaps that could be > > argued as "heat of the moment" action... but logic says multiple shots into > > the retreating party demonstrates good cause for Mens Rae [intent followed > > by the act]. > > > > I retreat to my status as Citizen and pass this to the courts at this > > time.. my TV is resting in 280 feet of water at the bottom of the lake. If > > anything worth watching comes on, I will retrieve it. > > > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Mitch Haley < mi...@mitchellhaley.com > > > wrote: > > > > > Rich Thomas wrote: > > > > > > I have also seen commentary regarding the murder charge -- murder > > >> apparently requires aforethought, which was probably not present here, so > > >> that manslaughter might be the more appropriate charge. i don't know > > >> what > > >> the prosecutor is going to charge him with. > > >> > > > > > > I thought that under the laws of most (maybe all) states, Murder in the > > > First Degree requires malice aforethought, but Murder 2 can happen in the > > > heat of the moment. Manslaughter is when you're criminally responsible but > > > didn't intend to kill. > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > > > > > - > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2015.0.58
Re: [MBZ] Video For Andrew
After watching the video, I got the impression that the cop might be a psychopath. His disciplinary record during his six years in the Coast Gaurd might be interesting as well as details of his home life. "Characteristics of the Psychopathic Personality Updated September 07, 2014. The study of the psychopath reveals an individual who is incapable of feeling guilt, remorse or empathy for their actions. They are generally cunning, manipulative and know the difference between right and wrong but dismiss it as applying to them. They are incapable of normal emotions such as love, generally react without considering the consequences of their actions and show extreme egocentric and narcissistic behavior...snip http://crime.about.com/od/serial/a/psychopaths.htm Gerry .. G Mann wrote: > All good points, however, the cut line between manslaughter and murder can be > a very fine one. > > I expect prosecution will try for murder 1 with manslaughter as the > fallback position. > > The fine points of what happened will have to be displayed to the jury, and > the judge, at trial. > > There appears to be good cause to charge murder1 because the burden of Mens > Rea can be a very short time span... such as the time the deceased was > exiting the scene, until the shooter made the decision to shoot him in the > back multiple times... If there were only one shot, perhaps that could be > argued as "heat of the moment" action... but logic says multiple shots into > the retreating party demonstrates good cause for Mens Rae [intent followed > by the act]. > > I retreat to my status as Citizen and pass this to the courts at this > time.. my TV is resting in 280 feet of water at the bottom of the lake. If > anything worth watching comes on, I will retrieve it. > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Mitch Haley > wrote: > > > Rich Thomas wrote: > > > > I have also seen commentary regarding the murder charge -- murder > >> apparently requires aforethought, which was probably not present here, so > >> that manslaughter might be the more appropriate charge. i don't know what > >> the prosecutor is going to charge him with. > >> > > > > I thought that under the laws of most (maybe all) states, Murder in the > > First Degree requires malice aforethought, but Murder 2 can happen in the > > heat of the moment. Manslaughter is when you're criminally responsible but > > didn't intend to kill. > > > > 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 > > > > > ___ > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4328/9505 - Release Date: 04/10/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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] Thug driving Benz with pimp rims gets ventilated at FLAPS
Armed stand-off in South Carolina, cop barricades himself in home An armed Charleston, South Carolina police officer threatening self-harm barricaded himself in a home following a domestic dispute. More than 50 police officers, including Sheriff's Office Negotiators and a SWAT team, were on scene, local media reported. The Charleston County coroner arrived on the scene around 12:50 p.m. ET after law enforcement began leaving the scene in droves, WCSC reporter Hannah Moseley tweeted. Law enforcement began arriving at the scene after receiving the initial phone call at 7:53 a.m., surrounding the home. The officer was alone inside the home and refusing to come out. The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office tried to contact him via phone and PA, however had not made contact, WCBD reported. Neighbors in the Autumn Chase subdivision were initially put on lockdown, but have since been evacuated, deputies told WCSC. The street in front of the home has been reopened A police chaplain and county forensics services were at the location, the Post and Courier’s Prentiss Findlay tweeted. Police have not released the name of the officer but said he has been on the force since 2003. --- Coincidence or reaction to fellow police officer being charged with murder? Gerry === > I think the state law enforcement division is holding it for "review" > which is BS because it is a public record and should be made available > on request. To be released sometime... > --R > On 4/9/15 11:35 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > There is new video footage from the cruiser itself. Anyone seen it? If so > > please post. ___ 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] This guy is on crack
> Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > > 1996 Mercedes Benz > > http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/4969535615.html > > > $8k and it doesn't even have patina? > Now this is what patina looks like: > http://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/4970665957.html > ROFLMAO!!! I love the bullet holes! Gerry ___ 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 Wilton your call-up is coming
$70 up used at: www.abebooks.com Gerry Jon wrote: > I’ve been searching around in the barn loft looking for my Shelby Foote > trilogy. I;ve read it twice, and I’m thinking now is the time for the third > go around. If any of you have not read this, it’s a masterpiece about the > Civil War. > Jon > > > > On Apr 8, 2015, at 4:14 PM, clay wrote: > > Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse tomorrow. A few days later, > > Lincoln caught a bullet with his head. > > clay ___ 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] 134 mpg Mercedes
134 mpg? I'd buy one of these Mercedes if I had a generous rich uncle. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/mercedes/c-class/c350-plug-in-hybrid/ ___ 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 - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS; SUMMERS WITH RICHARD
rked for him as a carpenter's helper during the summer of '52, > immediately after I graduated from high school. 'Also worked for him in the > warehouse for a couple of months in late '56 while I was waiting to enter > the Air Force. He was exceedingly kind and helpful to me and to others in > many ways. His most profound effect on me, though, was by the excessive > drinking, which solidified my contempt for alcohol. He died suddenly of a > heart attack in 1974. > > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4321/9460 - Release Date: 04/05/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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] the "club"
On Sat, 4 Apr 2015 12:16:04 -0400 Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > This is fun! We need more car (preferably Mercedes)-related antonyms to > "babe magnet." Anyone else? > > > > I looked up "bikini model". > > > At the end was the antonym: > > > "1888 Mercedes Benz" > > > http://ordain.com/history.htm > > > > On Apr 3, 2015, at 10:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I looked up the definition of "chick magnet". At the end was the > > > antonym: > > > > Mercedes 300TD turbodiesel station wagon > > > > > > > >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Tonight I went through a drive through, and the young woman taking > > money > > > >> asked what year my rusty ol SDL is. She said she thought it was an > > > 87. I > > > >> was impressed. She only missed by a year, and the car is older than > > > her. > > > >> I told her then asked if she liked Mercedes. She said she did. I > > told > > > her > > > >> they are safe, and MB invented the crumple zone and patented it in > > 1951, > > > >> and started crash testing long before the US ever thought of it. > > > Hadta go > > > >> then because there was another car behind. > > > >> > > > >> Must be spring... I don't expect my rusty old beater to get positive > > > >> comments. Especially not 2 on two days. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> ___ > > > >> 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4321/9452 - Release Date: 04/04/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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] the "club"
Jim Cathey wrote: > >> [123] dropped the double wishbone front end for > >>> the cheaper McPherson strut, and we all suffered, > > Really? I thought the strut showed up for 124/201. > > -- Jim > Nope, the McPherson strut appeared in the 116, then the 123. The 124/201 > introduced the multi-link rear suspension. My '83 300D and 240D have no McPherson strut. Aren't they 123s? Gerry ___ 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] The Hoax of Global Warming Revealed
Global warming discussions can be dangerous. Two fishermen in a bar got into an argument about it that resulted in a near riot. One said the sea had risen 2 inches because the high water mark on a post in Crystal River had risen exactly 2 inches above the usual high water mark, and therefore he believed in global warming. The other fisherman said the new high water mark was due to all the boats from the marina making waves and that global warming and rising seas was a lot of hooey. After the riot was broken up someone called the government meteorologist in Tampa and ask him about the 2 inch rise in water level. He called Washington, the experts looked at the global warming program on their supercomputer, and said the 2 inch rise in Crystal River was correct even though no one from the government had ever actually measured it in Crystal River. By then the fishermen had sobered up, so they shook hands, became friends again, and their argument was never settled; just like the global warming argument will never be settled. Gerry Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > To all the climate change deniers out there whose opinions I have contested > and disrespected: I apologize! > It turns out you were right - global warming is the biggest hoax ever > perpetuated on the human race. Here's today's news story with the inside > scoop: > > https://nextgenclimate.org/hotseat/ > ___ ___ 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] bridges
Thanks for clearing that up. So many criminals become politicians in Florida, we pay little attention to the details of their crimes. Florida is pretty much like D.C. If you bring enough money to either, you can get about anything you want. In Florida, even the governorship. Gerry . On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 21:47:16 -0400 Dwight Giles wrote: > Rick Scott is a criminal. Technically he was with Columbia health care not > HCA. I lived in Nashville when he was convicted of stealing from the > American taxpayers. HCA bought Columbia. > On Apr 1, 2015 9:42 PM, "arche...@embarqmail.com" > wrote: > > > > > Randy Bennell wrote: > > > Did I mention that the Esplanade Riel is named after Louis Riel. > > > He was hanged for treason but somehow has become an "important leader" > > and founder of our province. > > > We also have a holiday in February now - Louis Riel day - referred by > > some of us as "hang a traitor day". > > > RB > > > > Your province sounds something like Florida which has had many montebanks > > and charlatans for governor. But the one we have now will undoubtedly go > > down in history as the most successful of them all. > > He was the CEO of a huge hospital chain, HCA, when it stole millions of > > dollars from the government, was convicted, and fined millions. > > He successfully claimed he knew nothing about the thefts, retained his > > millions or billions in HCA stock, and went back to Texas. > > A few years later he spent his own millions in a campaign for governor; > > successfully bought the election; and recently did the same for his second > > stint as governor. > > > > During his first term he managed to cancel many of the laws that kept > > environmentally sensitive lands out of the hands of developers as well as > > other laws that restricted fly-by-night investors and big business in > > general. > > > > He will undoubtedly have bridges or building in the capitol, Tallahassee, > > named for him; even if he has to pay for them himself. > > Florida voters seem to have high regard for anyone who brings his/her own > > money to Florida and spends it. > > It's been that way ever since we arrived in Florida in 1946, so we honest > > citizens are used to it and simply go with the flow. > > Gerry > > > > P.S. I have a bridge you can buy cheap. It can carry a lot of traffic, but > > if the maximum is exceeded, it spontaneously blows up. > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4321/9434 - Release Date: 04/02/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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] bridges
Randy Bennell wrote: > Did I mention that the Esplanade Riel is named after Louis Riel. > He was hanged for treason but somehow has become an "important leader" and > founder of our province. > We also have a holiday in February now - Louis Riel day - referred by some of > us as "hang a traitor day". > RB Your province sounds something like Florida which has had many montebanks and charlatans for governor. But the one we have now will undoubtedly go down in history as the most successful of them all. He was the CEO of a huge hospital chain, HCA, when it stole millions of dollars from the government, was convicted, and fined millions. He successfully claimed he knew nothing about the thefts, retained his millions or billions in HCA stock, and went back to Texas. A few years later he spent his own millions in a campaign for governor; successfully bought the election; and recently did the same for his second stint as governor. During his first term he managed to cancel many of the laws that kept environmentally sensitive lands out of the hands of developers as well as other laws that restricted fly-by-night investors and big business in general. He will undoubtedly have bridges or building in the capitol, Tallahassee, named for him; even if he has to pay for them himself. Florida voters seem to have high regard for anyone who brings his/her own money to Florida and spends it. It's been that way ever since we arrived in Florida in 1946, so we honest citizens are used to it and simply go with the flow. Gerry P.S. I have a bridge you can buy cheap. It can carry a lot of traffic, but if the maximum is exceeded, it spontaneously blows up. ___ 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] The Search Continues....
Where do you get the value ranges? Thanks, Gerry > All things being equal, if I had a choice of a 1996 S320 with 103k, three > owner, well serviced and a 1998 S420 with 61k, one owner, dealer serviced, > I'll buy the S420. > They're both in the high $5k value range, and both are asking $6500 or more. > Dan ___ 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] ON THREAD: Shifter Bushings
On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:26:39 -0500 Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > >While in NYC last week my shifter started rattling and became very > >loose. I stopped at a local indie in Queens to ask a question or > >two about it. Next thing I knew, he had the car on the lift > >explaining how dangerous it was, and that the 123 was the best > >design ever from MB. Out of the shop in 45 minutes with 2 new > >bushings and clips. > > > >No Rattle or loose shifter. Bravo Zulu. > > > >Anyone care to guess the cost? > > > >Jon > > 80 labor 20 parts = $100 ___ 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] Bad week for A-320
This part of the article was funny: " the injured person was taken to a hospital and was undergoing shock trauma,...snip" Undergoing shock. Cattle prod?, Trauma. Injury? At the hospital? The reporter who wrote that story missed his calling. He should be working for the government. I recently spent part of a day trying to figure out how to fill in a government form, sign it, and then submit it via the internet. No sending the "signed copy" via fax, email, or snailmail. It had to be sent over the internet using some kind of weird procedure that "verified" your signature. If you don't have a computer, I suppose the government requires you to go and buy one. Gerry . G Mann wrote: > Andrew, I find the comments section of the article more interesting than > the article. Ha.. people still have humor.. > > Apparently, you folks on the NE coast really are party animals.. cross > dressing, drugs, stolen car, invading NSA... I see a book deal and movie > coming out of this.. where is Hollywood? > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:03 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com < > arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/30/shooting-at-fort-meade-after-driver-tries-to-ram-gate-police-say/ > > > > G Mann wrote: > > > I see that NSA has been attacked by men dressed as women. Reported, shots > > > fired, some injured.. details anyone? > > > > > > As for the aircraft incident.. sounds like a sequence of bad decisions > > > followed by impact with dirt. More details will come, FAA crash > > > investigators are on the scene. > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Randy Bennell > > wrote: > > > > > > > On 29/03/2015 4:59 PM, Peter Frederick wrote: > > > > > > > >> Or the plane slid on an icy runway and either overran the end or > > exited > > > >> off the side (which is what the title implies). Bad things happen > > when the > > > >> landing gear sink into mud! > > > >> > > > >> My guess is that the landing was fairly normal except perhaps for a > > > >> variable cross-wind, and they got in trouble on the ground, just like > > the > > > >> Delta did in Boston or JFK a couple weeks ago. A slick runway without > > > >> warning can get scary fast, especially if it's only slick on one side. > > > >> > > > >> Peter > > > >> > > > >> News this morning says they landed 1100 feet short of the runway, and > > > > took out a power line and an antenna array on the way in, then slid on > > the > > > > belly onto the runway after losing the landing gear and one of the > > engines. > > > > > > > > Pilot error? Or computer error? > > > > Lousy weather at the time. Snowing hard and after midnight so lousy > > > > visibilty. > > > > > > > > RB > > > > > > > > ___ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > No virus found in this message. > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4315/9415 - Release Date: 03/30/15 > > > > > > > > > -- > > arche...@embarqmail.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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4321/9419 - Release Date: 03/30/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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] 124 front seat frustration
No, it popped into my mind so I must have used it, or seen it used somewhere else. Vaguely I remember seeing "pins" in bolt heads or nuts. Gerry Max Dillon wrote: > Thanks Gerry, that is a clever idea. I'll keep it in mind for next time. > Have you used this method with success? > > I was able to grind the head off the bolt and remove the seat and carpet, and > then it was easy to remove the remains of the bolt and captive nut. There is > an access slot just inboard of the hole for the bolt. Now I need new > hardware. > > The carpet is out and hung to dry, water is getting into the car when it > rains. I've got to find and plug that leak before the carpet goes back in. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On March 30, 2015 8:47:34 PM EDT, "arche...@embarqmail.com" > wrote: > >If there is room, possibly using a right angle dremel attachment, drill > >an angled hole in the floorboard next to the widest diameter of the > >bolt head in order to intercept the nut that is spinning. A 1/8" hole > >would be my choice. After the hole is drilled, reverse the drill bit > >and put it in the hole. Then gently try turning the bolt to see if it > >will come out (you don't want to break the drill bit.). If not, shoot > >some penetrant into the hole and around the bolt head, then try turning > >the pinned nut the next day. If the the bolt refuses to turn the next > >day, get some 1/8" "drill rod" at Ace Hardware, a welders shop, Home > >Depot or wherever you can find it, put it in the hole and use more > >pressure while trying to turn the bolt. Mild steel rod is too soft, and > >a drill bit is too brittle. Drill rod would be less likely to break. > >After the bolt comes out, cut a piece of drill rod, or the smooth end > >of a 1/8" drill bit and leave it in the hole with just enough > >projecting to pull it out. Use anti-seize on the wire-brushed threads > >when you put the seat back. > >This is pretty fussy, but if it works it leaves everything close to > >standard. > >Note: Too much angle when drilling the hole can intercept the bolt. > >Eyeball it carefully. > >Note: I assume you have slid the seat in both directions to secure the > >best access to the bolt. > >Gerry > > > > > ___ > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4321/9419 - Release Date: 03/30/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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] Bad week for A-320
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/30/shooting-at-fort-meade-after-driver-tries-to-ram-gate-police-say/ G Mann wrote: > I see that NSA has been attacked by men dressed as women. Reported, shots > fired, some injured.. details anyone? > > As for the aircraft incident.. sounds like a sequence of bad decisions > followed by impact with dirt. More details will come, FAA crash > investigators are on the scene. > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Randy Bennell wrote: > > > On 29/03/2015 4:59 PM, Peter Frederick wrote: > > > >> Or the plane slid on an icy runway and either overran the end or exited > >> off the side (which is what the title implies). Bad things happen when the > >> landing gear sink into mud! > >> > >> My guess is that the landing was fairly normal except perhaps for a > >> variable cross-wind, and they got in trouble on the ground, just like the > >> Delta did in Boston or JFK a couple weeks ago. A slick runway without > >> warning can get scary fast, especially if it's only slick on one side. > >> > >> Peter > >> > >> News this morning says they landed 1100 feet short of the runway, and > > took out a power line and an antenna array on the way in, then slid on the > > belly onto the runway after losing the landing gear and one of the engines. > > > > Pilot error? Or computer error? > > Lousy weather at the time. Snowing hard and after midnight so lousy > > visibilty. > > > > RB > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4315/9415 - Release Date: 03/30/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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] 124 front seat frustration
If there is room, possibly using a right angle dremel attachment, drill an angled hole in the floorboard next to the widest diameter of the bolt head in order to intercept the nut that is spinning. A 1/8" hole would be my choice. After the hole is drilled, reverse the drill bit and put it in the hole. Then gently try turning the bolt to see if it will come out (you don't want to break the drill bit.). If not, shoot some penetrant into the hole and around the bolt head, then try turning the pinned nut the next day. If the the bolt refuses to turn the next day, get some 1/8" "drill rod" at Ace Hardware, a welders shop, Home Depot or wherever you can find it, put it in the hole and use more pressure while trying to turn the bolt. Mild steel rod is too soft, and a drill bit is too brittle. Drill rod would be less likely to break. After the bolt comes out, cut a piece of drill rod, or the smooth end of a 1/8" drill bit and leave it in the hole with just enough projecting to pull it out. Use anti-seize on the wire-brushed threads when you put the seat back. This is pretty fussy, but if it works it leaves everything close to standard. Note: Too much angle when drilling the hole can intercept the bolt. Eyeball it carefully. Note: I assume you have slid the seat in both directions to secure the best access to the bolt. Gerry On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:11:50 -0400 Max Dillon wrote: > Diesel Volk, > > Trying to remove front passenger seat. Three of four mounting bolts removed. > > #4 turns / spins, but acts like the nut on the other side of the floor has > come loose. > > Anyone have any ideas? > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > ___ > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4315/9415 - Release Date: 03/30/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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] Bad week for A-320 -- A Langley Tale
This is a rare type of accident. When the fuss dies down, airlines will go back to their old ways. Student pilots often spend huge amounts of borrowed money before they can go to work for a budget airline where they will be paid only $20,000 or so per year initially. Gerry P.S. Did you ever get christened while looking up a pee tube to see if it was clear, Wilton? That was a WW-2 initiation. "WILTON" wrote: > Or a urinal in the cockpit, or pee tubes as in days of yore - B-47's, for > example. > Wilton > > > Adult diapers could have prevented this whole thing! > > -- > > Max Dillon > > Charleston SC > > '87 300TD > > '95 E300 ___ 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 - HF Bulk Paint Sprayer
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Re: [MBZ] Bad week for A-320 -- A Langley Tale
Fascinating! This group needs more "in person" tales like this, and like Wiltons. Gerry Rich Thomas wrote: > So back when I was in kawledge I had summer internships at NASA > Langley. One summer I was in the Flight Research Division, having > worked the previous summer in the Flight Simulation Division, wherein > the aircraft being simulated I was then working on in the real world. > The primary aircraft was a 737 called the Terminal Configured Vehicle, > which had a replica flight deck in the back cabin, from which the > airplane could be flown "by wire" with the safety pilots up front being > able to manually override the pilots in the back. We did all kinds of > tweaking of the software to allow the plane to take off, fly, and land, > all either automatic or by the "wire" inputs to the flight computer. I > "flew" the simulator quite a bit while we were tweaking things, we would > do a simulation of something then my colleagues would twiddle with the > software (running on CDC Cyber computers, which were about the size of > my 30 cuft refrigerator) and then we would see what happened. If stuff > worked OK then it would be uploaded to the airplane, probably on tapes > or something, I never saw that process. > > As far as I know this airplane and the software was the precursor to > pretty much all the FBW stuff in all the planes today, so it is kinda > fun to think back on that and whatever small role I might have had in > that "progress." > > One day while I was in the Flight Research group someone came to me and > said there was some problem in the autoland algorithms, pull the flight > data and go over to my previous group and see what we could figure out. > The problem was that when the plane was landing on one particular > runway, it would pound in hard. The safety pilots would think it was > descending too rapidly and then try to correct and the result was a hard > landing. Of course the pilots, whose man-equipage needed its own seat, > were never to blame for this. > > So I printed off all the data, made plots, looked at all the control > loops, we put it all in the simulator and "flew" the same landings with > no problems. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out the problem. > One day I was driving to lunch on the other side of the airfield and > noticed there was this big drainage ditch off the end of that runway, > and the runway was 10 or 12 ft above the ditch. H I am thinking, > remembering some radar altimeter data. (Langley sits on the marsh on a > backwater of the Chesapeake, and is about 2ft above sea level, pretty > much like my place is now) > > So I get back and look at all that, and sure enough you could see a big > "altitude" jump right before landing, where the altimeter was sensing > that ditch and commanding the aircraft to go down a bit to compensate. > But in the simulator, once it crossed the threshold and got over the > runway, it would pitch up a bit to maintain proper descent to landing. > At that point it was maybe 30ft above the runway, the ditch made it > think it was like 40+ ft. So I look at the simulator, and quite clearly > the flight computer caught this, and the airplane was responsive enough > to the computer, that it would land properly and smoothly, no drama. > But when the pilots got in the loop, they were of course much slower to > react and command the aircraft, so it would not pitch up to compensate > and would pound in, sooner than the touchdown point the computer would > land it. The pilots basically were the problem. > > So a few days later we had a meeting to go over what was going on, and > my older colleagues say, "Rich how about you go over what you found." > So I do that, we took the data, ran the simulations, no problems, then > hey look at when the pilots took over because they thought it was going > to land short or hard, then BANG it lands short and hard." If you had > let the system do its job, no problems. > > So, the pilots then had a shitfit and start in on me, > whothehellisthiskidwhatdoesheknowblahblah, and I see the guys smirking > at me, they had set me up to deliver the news and catch the flak from > the guys with the big egos. > > So then a coupla days later one of the pilots comes charging in our > space and walks over to me and says, "THOMAS YOU'RE COMING WITH US!" I > of course about evacuated, but followed him and he goes to the airplane, > tells me I am going, and they are going to fly the profile a few times > and see what happens. So I take a seat back behind the aft flight deck > where I can watch what's happening, and after 3 or 4 touch and gos we > come back, nothing is said. So we get back to the office and a couple > of the other guys who were on the plane are all laughing at me and > saying "those guys were pretty damn quiet, huh, looks like you were > right!" So, shonuff, the computer landed the plane fine, the pilots > tr
Re: [MBZ] Bad week for A-320
Flight AC624 from Toronto arrived shortly after midnight (04:00 GMT) and reportedly hit a power pylon after landing. There were stormy conditions at the time, with snow on the ground. Power at Halifax Stanfield International Airport was knocked out but Nova Scotia Power says that it has been restored. Passengers said the plane skidded on its undercarriage before coming to a stop. Randy Hall told Associated Press: "We were just coming in to land and there was a big flash. The plane came down, bang! It jumped up in the air again." http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/international/36329-air-canada-plane-exits-halifax-runway-while-landing.pdf Peter Frederick wrote: > Or the plane slid on an icy runway and either overran the end or > exited off the side (which is what the title implies). Bad things > happen when the landing gear sink into mud! > > My guess is that the landing was fairly normal except perhaps for a > variable cross-wind, and they got in trouble on the ground, just like > the Delta did in Boston or JFK a couple weeks ago. A slick runway > without warning can get scary fast, especially if it's only slick on > one side. > > Peter > > ___ > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4315/9408 - Release Date: 03/29/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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] Bad week for A-320
These are probably the best explanations for the co-pilot going postal: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-03-29/low-cost-airlines-are-high-stress-for-pilots Conclusion: Avoid low cost airlines whenever possible. Gerry ... Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > It'll buff right out. > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Air Canada plane 'exits' Halifax runway while landing > >> 2 passengers seriously injured. Plane severely damaged. > >> > >> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32103971 > >> > >> > >> > > > > Read again GMann's position on flying in airbus... > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4315/9408 - Release Date: 03/29/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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] Martial law?
March to martial law? Undercover Special Forces to sweep US Southwest Operation Jade Helm, which is scheduled to kick off in July and run for eight weeks, will involve the participation of 1,200 troops from the US military’s most elite fighting forces, including Green Berets, Navy SEALS and Special Operations from the Air Force and Marines. The troops will be participating in what has been called Realistic Military Training in towns in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and Utah. In an effort to simulate the type of battlefield conditions soldiers may face in foreign countries, the US military has designated the remote training areas where they will operate as “hostile" territory, a description that has irked some residents. Meanwhile, Texans living in close proximity to the operation will be asked to report any “suspicious activity” during the exercise, a request that seems to contradict the belief laid out in the US military training document, leaked by The Houston Chronicle, that Texans are “historically supportive” of military efforts to “fight the enemies of the United States.” The training exercise, according to Shadow Spear, a publication of USASOC, “will be conducted on private and public land with the permission of the private landowners, and from state and local authorities.” “The most noticeable effect the exercise may have on the local communities is an increase in vehicle and military air traffic and its associated noise,” Shadow Spear said. Army Special Operation Command spokesman Mark Lastoria attempted to allay fears that the training is a actually an effort on the part of the military to practice “covert warfare tactics and martial law.” He said the domestic military operations are designed to develop "emerging concepts in special operations warfare," and were not part of some kind of dark plans to take over the United States. “That notion was proposed by a few individuals who are unfamiliar with how and why USASOC conducts training exercises,” he told Stripes, a US Army publication. “This exercise is routine training to maintain a high level of readiness for Army Special Operations Forces because they must be ready to support potential missions anywhere in the world on a moment’s notice.” Paul Pape, a Bastrop County judge, also downplayed fears that the domestic military training was in reality rehearsal for full-blown martial law on the streets of America following some sort of major catastrophe. “What I see here is an opportunity for a portion of our military to be better prepared and better trained to do work that has to be done to secure America’s interests around the world and here at home,” Pape told KEYE television in Austin, Texas. READ MORE: ‘Take back our tanks’: Police can’t get rid of military gear in Ferguson aftermath The explanations given for the training, however, has not stopped fierce speculation among a number of citizen groups and alternative media sites as to why the entire states of Texas and Utah, as well as a section of southern California, have been declared “hostile,” while portions of the military detachment will be operating in the shadows of communities. “Theyre having Delta Force, Navy SEALS with the Army trained to basically take over,” Info Wars Alex Jones railed Sunday. “Texas is listed as a hostile sector, and of course, we are... here defending the republic.” This is not the first time that American urban areas have served as the training areas for US forces. In December 2014, Americans were unsettled by the spectacle of US Special Forces black helicopters buzzing the skylines of major US cities, including Dallas and Los Angeles, part of what it described as training in “realistic urban sites.” Now, the Special Forces boots will be on the ground in cities and towns across the country, and that has some people asking a lot of questions http://solarwarp.net/listing/News-and-Media/International/march-to-martial-law-undercover-special-forces-to-sweep-us-southwest-653759 ___ 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] Bad week for A-320
Air Canada plane 'exits' Halifax runway while landing 2 passengers seriously injured. Plane severely damaged. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32103971 ___ 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] Final on Germanwings crash
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11502485/Andreas-Lubitz-badgered-pilot-into-leaving-cockpit-of-Germanwings-plane-black-box-reveals.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] Ted Cruz?
Bill wasn't president very long before Hillary tried to ram through her version of Obamacare. Hillary has too much of that sort of political baggage. If the Dems run her, the outcome is predictable. Warren would have a far better chance since few people know anything about her outside of the northeast and Washington. However, since the Supreme Court has allowed foreign individuals, corporations, and governments to contribute to U.S. political campaigns, the party with the biggest war chest will probably win if they spend it wisely. Gerry...who longs for a middle-of-the-road party. Andrew wrote: > If it's Jeb vs. Hillary a buck says you pull the lever for Jeb. > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > andrew sez: So would you vote for Jeb? > >> > > > > Where's my no bush sticker? Are you working on that?...snip ___ 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 Words to the wise, or not for the wise
> Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > Also, Christians are hardly a minority... > Yes, refusing service to a majority of your customers is not the way to stay > in > business. > OTOH, I'm not sure that Christians represent a 50% majority these days. > Mitch. > ___ As of 2000: Christianity 76% Non-religious/Secular 13% Jewish Less than 2% The rest Less than 1% http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html More detailed survey: http://religions.pewforum.org/reports/ Gerry ___ 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] fun winter project?
> Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > I wonder if there is a part II when the ice gives way. > > In the comments, they say it was about 16" thick, which explains why the > cutting > was going so slow. > Still, the outboard managed to burn a nice hole through the ice. Should have > used a trolling motor. Lots of houses in sight, could have kept an electric > motor going all day with 3 sets of batteries and two chargers and virtually > no > heating of the water. > > Mitch. The (Latvian?) singing group (first link at the top on the right) was also interesting if you like traditional music. Were your ancestors Latvian, Mitch? Gerry ___ 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 Another Airbus bores in
Spiegel, a respected German weekly, reported that investigators had found evidence that the co-pilot was mentally ill. They found several notes from doctors, as recent as the day of the crash, stating (for the benefit of the airline) that he was ill and would be taking a day off. He apparently tore up the notes and did not take days off. Did you ever know of a military pilot or co-pilot developing mental disorders that affected his behavior or flying ability, Wilton? Gerry WILTON wrote: > Co-pilots like to accumulate flight hours and landings. Andrea became curt > during the captain's briefing on the planned landing. 'Spose he wasn't > gonna get the planned landing and decided that he'd "land" it, anyway? > "That'll show 'em." > > 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 > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5751 / Virus Database: 4315/9389 - Release Date: 03/26/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.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] Car rolls back in "park"
I pulled into the drive, put it in park, turned off the engine, and it started to roll back. Fiddled with the gear shift until it managed to start, fiddled some more, and finally got it into gear. Drove it behind the house and into the shop. Very lucky because working on it in the driveway in the hot summer sun wouldn't have been much fun. Thanks, Gerry On 7/10/2014 7:11 AM, LarryT wrote: as others have mentioned, the shifter bushings have fallen out. I believe there are2 or maybe 3 of them. Each is just a hard plastic grommet that snaps into a hole in the linkage. The parts are only a couple of $$s each but accessing them can be difficult especially if laying on a cold concrete floor. There are some designs of tools to help coax the bushings into place - the tools are often a bolt with some washers. If it won't start in Park, try putting it into neutral. Once you have the bushings installed it will shift like a new car - at least the linkage/gear select will seem new. Good luck, Larry On 7/9/2014 10:14 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: A few months ago my '83 300D would occasionally refuse to start. I would move the shift lever out of park, move it back into park, and then it would start. Yesterday the car rolled back when I put it in park. I can't get it to engage. I'm guessing the problem is in the linkage or the shifter mechanism, but I don't know which part I should check first. Has anyone else had that problem? Thanks Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Car rolls back in "park"
Bingo! Googled "Mercedes shift bushing replacement" and got several dozen links; some being Youtube. Thanks, Gerry On 7/10/2014 8:54 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: I changed (or actually put some in) these on my SD a coupla months ago. They were sorta hard to get at, being up above the driveshaft or something, but it worked OK with some contortions and did not take long. Basically it was accomplished with a bolt, nut, and a coupla washers to skweeze them in. There is some sort of special pliers-like tool which I suppose might be easier, but it was some # of $ and the bolt arrangement was like a dollar's worth of stuff, which I probably had around here and there but it was easier just to go to the hardware store and get them. Google "Mercedes shift bushing replacement" and there were a coupla sites with piccies and details. Nothing particularly exotic and the bushings are cheaper than shipping. I got them off Amazon with free shipping but I think Jabba can get them too, probably cheaper for the part but more on shipping. --R On 7/10/14 1:21 AM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Many thanks, folks. I seem to remember that a special tool is needed or one can be assembled out of washers and a (bolt?) I tried to replace those same bushings on the '83 240D stick-shift without success, but still have the bushings which might be the same since both cars are '83 123s. Gerry Fred wrote: Dead and/or missing bushing(s)?Maybe 115 992 03 10?Transmission mount died? .. Peter wrote: Shifter linkage bushings have died and fallen out. .. On 7/10/2014 12:20 AM, Scott Ritchey wrote: There are two sets of plastic bushings. One set at each end of the round rod that connects the shifter to the transmission and another set on the shifter shaft where it pivots fore and aft. With new/good bushings it will be tight and smooth as butter. On the other hand it could be an internal problem (parking pawl) in the transmission. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Car rolls back in "park"
Many thanks, folks. I seem to remember that a special tool is needed or one can be assembled out of washers and a (bolt?) I tried to replace those same bushings on the '83 240D stick-shift without success, but still have the bushings which might be the same since both cars are '83 123s. Gerry Fred wrote: Dead and/or missing bushing(s)?Maybe 115 992 03 10?Transmission mount died? .. Peter wrote: Shifter linkage bushings have died and fallen out. .. On 7/10/2014 12:20 AM, Scott Ritchey wrote: There are two sets of plastic bushings. One set at each end of the round rod that connects the shifter to the transmission and another set on the shifter shaft where it pivots fore and aft. With new/good bushings it will be tight and smooth as butter. On the other hand it could be an internal problem (parking pawl) in the transmission. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Car rolls back in "park"
A few months ago my '83 300D would occasionally refuse to start. I would move the shift lever out of park, move it back into park, and then it would start. Yesterday the car rolled back when I put it in park. I can't get it to engage. I'm guessing the problem is in the linkage or the shifter mechanism, but I don't know which part I should check first. Has anyone else had that problem? Thanks Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Another tire string?
Many thanks to Larry, and to Curt, for his further suggestions. Daughter and SIL have decided to go with Michelin All Season, and they send their thanks to all of you for your very helpful and valuable information and suggestions. Gerry . On 7/8/2014 6:05 PM, LarryT wrote: I agree with Tim - I live near Richmond Va - maybe 100 miles N of Raliegh and our winters are very similar to theirs. Last winter we had several days of snow and the schools closed even before it started falling! one day they closed the next day based on the weatherman prediction - he was off by about 12 hours so the kids had a day in the sunshine - but being a weatherman is like being a baseball player - hit .333 and you're a star! Of course not the predictions are made using 6+ weather predicting programs - and they still miss it! And they want us to believe they can tell us what it's going to do in 100 years? LarryT Curt wrote: Don't get me wrong proper snow tires, even cheap ones are worth their weight in gold when you're seriously in the snow but for somebody who doesn't live in the snowbelt they're probably excessive. I remember one time when it started snowing around noon. At 2pm the state (MA) suggested companies let their employees go home and loads of people did so it was just like evening commute but slowed due to the snow. It was snowing probably an inch an hour which is pretty good and amounting faster than the plows could keep up. My 1 hour commute turned into a 4 hour slog. I had my '85 190D 5spd which had just gotten its first set of snow tires. The guys who have been to my house can tell you about the big S curve on Rt2 that climbs and leans to the left. I found myself on there with a mid '90s Tunderbird in front and a Toyota 4wd pickup beside me. The guy in the Thunderbird was having a tough time, every time he gave it some gas the back end would break free and slam into the barrier between our lane and opposing traffic. The Toyota was having an equally tough time, he'd pointed his truck up the hill and was crabbing sideways up the road. I was having no difficulty at all, I had the 190D in 2nd and was idling up the hill. Finally the Thunderbird spun out, I nudged the go-pedal and navigated around him and just behind the Toyota. As I passed him the Toyota finally lost it and slid down the hill into the Thunderbird effectively blocking the entire road. I gave the 190D a little more go, grabbed third and never saw another vehicle behind me the rest of the way home. I already knew snow tires were worth it but after that I was completely sold. Thats with the cheapest no-name brand snow tires the tire store had, I can only imagine what real good snows are like. -Curt On 7/7/2014 10:12 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Time for another tire string? Very young grandson is working in Raleigh and needs winter tires. Can some of you folks who live in that area suggest a brand, type, etc. that would be best for a 2011 Honda Pilot? Also, I remember from several winters back that nearly "everyone" agreed that a certain tire made in (Sweden?), (Finland?) or another Nordic country was the absolute best snow and ice tire. It was very unusual to see nearly everyone agree on a tire discussion. Thanks, Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Another tire string?
Many thanks to: Curt, Dan, Dwight, Gary, Randy, Tim, Wilton, and anyone I missed. Forwarding your suggestions to daughter and SIL. Will report on what they decide. Gerry ... On 7/7/2014 10:12 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Time for another tire string? Very young grandson is working in Raleigh and needs winter tires. Can some of you folks who live in that area suggest a brand, type, etc. that would be best for a 2011 Honda Pilot? Also, I remember from several winters back that nearly "everyone" agreed that a certain tire made in (Sweden?), (Finland?) or another Nordic country was the absolute best snow and ice tire. It was very unusual to see nearly everyone agree on a tire discussion. Thanks, Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Another tire string?
They are worn out and his mom (my daughter) wants him to get some good winter tires since he's a Florida boy and not experienced with ice/snow driving. On 7/7/2014 11:58 PM, WILTON wrote: Why? What's wrong with the tires he's using now? ;<) Wilton - Original Message - From: To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 10:12 PM Subject: [MBZ] Another tire string? Time for another tire string? Very young grandson is working in Raleigh and needs winter tires. Can some of you folks who live in that area suggest a brand, type, etc. that would be best for a 2011 Honda Pilot? Also, I remember from several winters back that nearly "everyone" agreed that a certain tire made in (Sweden?), (Finland?) or another Nordic country was the absolute best snow and ice tire. It was very unusual to see nearly everyone agree on a tire discussion. Thanks, Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] Another tire string?
Time for another tire string? Very young grandson is working in Raleigh and needs winter tires. Can some of you folks who live in that area suggest a brand, type, etc. that would be best for a 2011 Honda Pilot? Also, I remember from several winters back that nearly "everyone" agreed that a certain tire made in (Sweden?), (Finland?) or another Nordic country was the absolute best snow and ice tire. It was very unusual to see nearly everyone agree on a tire discussion. Thanks, Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Mercedes/Cyberdyne Truck
On 7/6/2014 10:21 PM, Hendrik and Fay wrote: I think Volvo is working on such a system, however the fact remains that the system must be able to cope with things like side winds, blow outs, load shifting, fires, etc Hendrik who hasn't had a blow out for a long time It looks like a typical American thing; on the order of going to the moon or Mars. Pursue an idea that looks impossible on paper. Sometimes, to every ones surprise, it works; but more often it doesn't. Look at all the failed ideas throughout the automotive industries history. On paper there are far too many variables to turn a vehicle loose on nearly any kind of road without a driver. Will driverless trucks keep going when the roads are iced over? Think of how many variables "that" adds to the equation. Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] New web site
How come nobody mentions Kalebs score? Gerry On 7/6/2014 6:09 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: I'm up to 12. Guess I need to get moving Dan On Jul 6, 2014, at 6:01 PM, OK Don wrote: I was a bottom feeder, had 8 over 35 years - most bought near the end of their lives, the rest sent to Kaleb. I'll probably start on them again when I get too old to fly. On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Dwight Giles wrote: Attaboy Wilton. As Mercedes ownership was meant to be. On Jul 6, 2014 4:52 PM, "WILTON" wrote: I'm still a new guy - only 4 in 35 years for me - 1 for 18 years, 1 for 16 years, 1 for 10 years and 1 for 4 years. Wilton -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! "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 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT - Buying An Unlocked/Unsubsidized Cell Phone
I found a Samsung.com (factory?) website that was selling unlocked "Mega" (7.1") Galaxy smart phones for around $400 several months ago, but I can't find it now. I seem to remember that there might have been factory refurbs on that website as well but I could be wrong. Walmart Mailorder is sellikng unlocked Galaxies for around $480. Gerry On 7/5/2014 8:33 PM, Tim Crone wrote: On Jul 5, 2014 7:42 PM, "Dan Penoff" wrote: I'm trying to find a source for a new or refurb Galaxy S4 on Verizon (CDMA) that I can buy outright so I don't have to pay a subsidy to Verizon and/or renew a contract. Subsidy is built into the price of your plan already. Verizon is the sole source of their phones, so there isn't a good way to get a discount off their retail price. Verizon in particular won't let anything (or almost, at least) not branded onto their network, from what I've read. Right now nearly all of our Verizon phones are off-contract, and I like it that way. I've been off contract for many years. I also like it, but to maximize the value you have to be willing to go to a prepaid plan - otherwise you're paying the subsidized costs of your phones in your plan, but aren't getting the subsidy. The new T-Mobile plans are at least honest about this. The major downfall of prepaid, at the moment, is no data roaming, and family plans on GSM carriers are not so great. Verizon data on prepaid has historically been very expensive, though I read a few days ago they are reconfiguring their prepaid plans to include 500MB of LTE at the $45 level. (By comparison, I get 3GB on AT&T through Straight Talk for $45, and paid less than $30 for 1GB on Sprint through Ting, though Sprint data service is unfortunate here so I left.) I found some vendors selling new S4s on Amazon, but I haven't found any other sources unless they're used phones from private parties, something I would like to avoid. These vendors are selling used phones, most likely, for which they have eaten the ETF. They may never have been "used" but from Verizon's and Samsung's perspective they are. At least, that's been my experience buying "new" phones that are carrier branded on Amazon. Why are you avoiding used phones? The big risk is getting a bad ESN, but Amazon is probably pretty safe. There's always the risk someone will report it stolen some months later, but that seems remote if you've paid for it. Suggestions? Drop Verizon? You can order a brand new Nexus 5 for $350, it will work on any GSM carrier or Sprint, including prepaid carriers. You can also look into the Google Play Edition devices, I think they are slightly cheaper than carrier retail and will have full manufacturer warranty. Best, Tim ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT - Buying An Unlocked/Unsubsidized Cell Phone
Have you considered Consumers Celllular? https://www.consumercellular.com/savings Gerry On 7/5/2014 9:22 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:33 PM, Tim Crone wrote: Subsidy is built into the price of your plan already. Verizon is the sole source of their phones, so there isn't a good way to get a discount off their retail price. Verizon in particular won't let anything (or almost, at least) not branded onto their network, from what I've read. That may be, but my family plan is now almost seven years old. I have never upgraded or changed my plan, and my data plans are mostly still unlimited as they are grandfathered. I've been off contract for many years. I also like it, but to maximize the value you have to be willing to go to a prepaid plan - otherwise you're paying the subsidized costs of your phones in your plan, but aren't getting the subsidy. The new T-Mobile plans are at least honest about this. The major downfall of prepaid, at the moment, is no data roaming, and family plans on GSM carriers are not so great. Verizon data on prepaid has historically been very expensive, though I read a few days ago they are reconfiguring their prepaid plans to include 500MB of LTE at the $45 level. (By comparison, I get 3GB on AT&T through Straight Talk for $45, and paid less than $30 for 1GB on Sprint through Ting, though Sprint data service is unfortunate here so I left.) Prepaid isn't an option for me for a lot of reasons, one of which is the 19% discount I get as a County employee. These vendors are selling used phones, most likely, for which they have eaten the ETF. They may never have been "used" but from Verizon's and Samsung's perspective they are. At least, that's been my experience buying "new" phones that are carrier branded on Amazon. I looked at several Samsung S4 models that were new, in the box, Verizon branded phones. Here's one for example: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00CY6U990/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new&m=A1AYA2LE3BV7SY Maybe they have eaten the ETF, but they are sold as new and carry full warranty. Why are you avoiding used phones? The big risk is getting a bad ESN, but Amazon is probably pretty safe. There's always the risk someone will report it stolen some months later, but that seems remote if you've paid for it. I'm not necessarily, but I'm reluctant to for lack of a "safe" place to buy them and not get scammed or ripped off. I already know a couple of people who have bought used phones that weren't clean. If you know of someplace good and reputable I would like to hear about it. Drop Verizon? You can order a brand new Nexus 5 for $350, it will work on any GSM carrier or Sprint, including prepaid carriers. You can also look into the Google Play Edition devices, I think they are slightly cheaper than carrier retail and will have full manufacturer warranty. The boy wants a Samsung Galaxy phone. Yes, I know they're both Android phones, but that's what he wants. As for dropping Verizon, that's a very real possibility. I currently have a family plan with five lines, and it's costing me around $265/month. AT&T has cheaper plans, but they use pooled data which I have concerns about. Verizon's pooled data plan ins't any cheaper for us with the mix of phones we have and the data we currently use. AT&T has good deals on refurbs that they sell outright. Verizon wants you to sign a contract even if the refurb is "free" or relatively cheap. I'm going to hit both Verizon's and AT&T's factory stores here next week and see what the latest is. I gotta do something about this phone bill. Ouch. Thanks! Dan ___ ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT flood insurance
Father-in-law sold his farm to the Amish when he retired. It was pretty well automated with the milk from the milking machines piped straight to the holding tanks, automatic refrigeration, etc. When the Amish moved in they dismantled the milking system and installed some sort of diesel refrigeration system in order to cool the milk so they could sell it. We went and visited them after they had lived there a while. They were very interested in my 1967 Mercedes Diesel. Wife and FIL were critical of the Amish. Wife said the young unmarried Amish girls would come in to the ER where she worked with "bad bellyaches" which usually turned out to be pregnancy. Pretty soon there would be a marriage of the girl with the bellyache to an Amish boy with little being said about it. FIL said the Amish were "sloppy" but I think that was just the reaction of a super-neat Pennsylvania Dutch farmer. We often ate at a fantastically good Amish restaurant that could totally destroy the best planned diet in just one sitting. Like many cultures that practice inbreeding, the Amish, Mennonites, and related offshoot sects, have developed severe genetic diseases. While they shun modern methods of many kinds, they are all supportive of state-of-the-art clinics which treat these often deadly diseases. http://www.nature.com/news/rare-diseases-genomics-plain-and-simple-1.10125 Gerry On 7/4/2014 2:18 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: We got a lot of Amish around here. They have several restaurants that have electricity etc. some of them even have power in their houses. They don't drive cars only tractors, I figure so they do not have to pay for tags and insurance. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 4, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: The amish will use diesel engines and gas engines to drive stuff, The issue with electricity seems to be that they think the devil can get into the house or wherever through the wires. (They might be right) I think it took my granddaddy about 50 years to get past that thought, but he still went to bed at dark. Same thing with phones, though some have a community phone in a booth. Cell phones seem to be making inroads, I guess the devil cannot leap through the ether. Some of them can drive tractors but not cars, and they will set them up to run fast and drag enclosed trailers with all the fam. They don't have refrigeration, eat fresh and home-canned stuff. They don't figure big on running water, but some I know in KY had a big old milk truck tank alongside the house which I guess they filled with water somehow and used that. They aren't big on bathing either, once a week on Sat night I think, before church on Sunday. So water from a pump well serves OK. They are very nice people, the ones I know always have time to chat, and seem to know a lot about what is going on in the world and are full of questions about various things. They stop school at 8th grade but keep reading and such. I learned the children are actually taught English in school, they grow up learning the deutsche. Lots of other stuff about them, some things seem to vary with the community. They are cutthroat business people though so if you start to bargain with them, be aware... --R On 7/4/14 1:31 PM, Craig wrote: On Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:03:21 -0400 Dan Penoff wrote: You'll have some competition from the Amish community for land around there. I used to do a lot of business up there some years back. Yes, land runs around $10k/acre -- much higher than I expected. Not like the 80 acres we bought in Colorado for $400/acre (but then that was in 1983). Somewhere I have an email of yours describing internal combustion engines outside a building driving a jack-shaft inside the building. I'd be interested in hearing what living among the Amish is like. What do they do for refrigeration for food? for cooling in the summer? Do they have pressurized water system for running water? Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.ok
Re: [MBZ] OT war birds
WW-2 fighter pilot friend bought a P-51 and flew it out of Miami. He headed for Jacksonville one day, didn't take on enough fuel (50+ gph), and had to land on a highway about 30 miles short of destination. Soon after he sold it and bought an Aero Commander twin. He would take friends up and do acrobatics. Unfortunately I never had an opportunity to go up with him before he retired and sold the plane. Gerry On 6/30/2014 11:39 PM, G Mann wrote: At the close of WW2 there were acres of warbirds, and new spare parts, some of the airplanes only had ferry time on them from the factory to the storage facility. They were sold for scrap. One of the fellows I flew charter with was of that era, upon discharge he bought a P 51 to fly in the Bendix air race for $1,500 dollars. Being a hotshot WW2 fighter pilot he ran the whole race at military power until the engine blew, made an emergency landing somewhere in the wilds of Kansas and sold it for scrap. He crashed, raced, ruined, and wore out several other fighters of the era.. all because they were scrap anyway and cheap. Had he kept them all they would be worth millions now. Standard military procedure at that time was to always fuel up an airplane upon landing, so the airplanes setting in depot were full of fuel. One scrap dealer bought up all the "scrap" he could get, drained the tanks and started "Whiting Gas Stations" which were an Icon along Route 66 for a long time. He then crushed and sold all the airplanes for scrap aluminum. They had onsite smelters at Kingman AZ for example. You can google "Kingman ww2 airplanes" and should find pictures of acres of fighters and bombers flown there and "stored".. to be sold. Goodyear AZ also had a huge depot, as well as Davis Monthan in Tucson AZ [still active storage site]. On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Meade Dillon wrote: The Carolina Wing is not too far from you Wilton, Southern Pines NC. Often in the summer I see a few fly over the beach here in Charleston. No acrobatics, just a nice slow pass, a few thousand feet up. Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: Yellow jacket nest in the roof soffit
All of us WASPS don't belong to country clubs. Some of us; especially DIYers with old Mercedes; don't have time. [:o). Gerry On 6/29/2014 10:19 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: I can see where the country club set could get ugly, especially if you wore dark soles on the yacht, or failed to wear tennis whites on the courts. Those valets can get uppity, too. Dan never had to use WASP spray to-date On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:27 AM, G Mann wrote: Side note: I carry a can of wasp spray, rather than mace, when in unsavory neighborhoods. The 20 ft reach and solid stream spray is an effective deterrent to people about to make bad decisions. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 123 300D fuel sender source?
Since you didn't want to clean yours (which is pretty simple), I thought you were rich. (grin) Gerry hi Gerry! saw that, thanks; that's the record for the worst price so far. cheers! e On 30/Jun/14 08:28, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=m570.l3201&_nkw= 1983+300D+mercedes+fuel+sender&_sacat=0 Scroll down. Gerry ... On 6/29/2014 11:44 AM, ernest breakfield wrote: hi Kaleb! i've sent him an e-mail directly, even though it didn't appear on the website. i've tried taking it apart to clean it up, to no avail. can't imagine it's just a matter of being dead from being dirty anyway, since it's run almost nothing but commercial B99 through it for most of the last ~115K+ miles. next time i mess with pull the thing out into the nice clean interior, i just want to put in one that's going to work. (fuel gauges that read Empty freak out the wife, and i want her to drive the thing more; i can't get her to understand that using the trip odometer to track miles traveled works just fine.) cheers! e On 29/Jun/14 06:22, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Did you try jabba the hurst? Why are you needing a new one anyway? Most of the time all you have to do is clean the old one Sent from my iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 2:46 AM, ernest breakfield wrote: hi all! any tips on where to start looking for a Fuel Sender? local Indy says they showed up back-ordered,... i tried the Europarts website, but it didn't seem to be available,.. cheers! e ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] 123 300D fuel sender source?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=m570.l3201&_nkw=1983+300D+mercedes+fuel+sender&_sacat=0 Scroll down. Gerry ... On 6/29/2014 11:44 AM, ernest breakfield wrote: hi Kaleb! i've sent him an e-mail directly, even though it didn't appear on the website. i've tried taking it apart to clean it up, to no avail. can't imagine it's just a matter of being dead from being dirty anyway, since it's run almost nothing but commercial B99 through it for most of the last ~115K+ miles. next time i mess with pull the thing out into the nice clean interior, i just want to put in one that's going to work. (fuel gauges that read Empty freak out the wife, and i want her to drive the thing more; i can't get her to understand that using the trip odometer to track miles traveled works just fine.) cheers! e On 29/Jun/14 06:22, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Did you try jabba the hurst? Why are you needing a new one anyway? Most of the time all you have to do is clean the old one Sent from my iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 2:46 AM, ernest breakfield wrote: hi all! any tips on where to start looking for a Fuel Sender? local Indy says they showed up back-ordered,... i tried the Europarts website, but it didn't seem to be available,.. cheers! e ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Pride
That seems kinda insensitive. A man should do the sharpenin' so long as his wife does the choppin'. Gerry On 6/28/2014 10:57 AM, G Mann wrote: "A man ain't worth a flip if he can't teach his wife how to sharpen her own axe" Ancient wisdom from our ancestors who survived no matter what.. On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Peter Frederick wrote: Haha, reminds me of some stories my Mother tells about our semi-famous weather "girl" on one of the local TV stations. No fake car breakdowns for her! Congrats on raising a capable daughter, she should do well! Peter ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Pride
You mean she maybe oughta run a BF WANTED ad on Pelican Parts for a DIYer? Gerry On 6/28/2014 12:53 PM, ernest breakfield wrote: heh,... congrats on the handy girl. i'm lucky enough to have a bunch in my family (and to have married another), and it's always cool to see. but, "he" runs over a deer, in "his" car, and "she" fixes it at "his" house? (at the risk of touching a sensitive point,) it sounds like her taste in BFs should be as good as her repair skills...;-) cheers! e On 28/Jun/14 07:41, Rich Thomas wrote: No, not that kind... Last night my daughter and her boyfriend were coming home from a concert late and he ran over a dead deer in his Crown Vic. Car quits, they get a tow. Tow truck driver said it looked like fuel filter was hit, fuel was dripping. He dropped the car off in front of the BF's house. 8 this morning my daughter calls asking how to fix it, I told her, they went and got a filter, and SHE got under the car and had it replaced by 10AM. I dun raised that girl good. --R ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT has anyone used click-lock vinyl flooring?
At Lowes today, looked at Regency Gunstock 516564 and Franklin Hickory 516563 wood pattern finish all vinyl interlocking float planking. Clerk and literature said it was waterproof. $2/sq.ft. and in stock at a "big" Lowes store. Other patterns can be ordered. http://www.lowes.com/pd_516563-60080-LX90100705_0__ Gerry On 6/27/2014 11:48 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: It's called Sport Court I believe. We used it in our squash club steam and shower rooms. It interlocks and is quite durable, as well as affordable. Comes in gray and perhaps other colors as well. On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:32 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com < arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: I used some on a concrete slab that had no plastic sheet under it. After a few months ground moisture came up through the slab and discolored the interlocking vinyl tile. The seller made it good, I put plastic sheeting down over the concrete and the new interlocking tile on top of it, and it was fine after that. This was in a trailer cabana. Just by coincidence, yesterday I order some interlocking garage tile for the shop. According to the literature it is supposed to be impervious to water, oil, etc. Home Depot has a variety of interlocking tile online with free delivery to a store, but none in the store here. Gerry On 6/26/2014 12:25 PM, Allan Streib wrote: I'm needing a new floor covering for a below grade application, a couple of rooms, about 750 sq ft total. No water problems now, but you can never rule it out. I'm considering using vinyl click lock planks. These go down like a floating laminate floor but are made of vinyl and are waterproof. I've installed glueless laminate before so that's not my worry, just never tried the vinyl variety. Any experiences? Allan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT has anyone used click-lock vinyl flooring?
I used some on a concrete slab that had no plastic sheet under it. After a few months ground moisture came up through the slab and discolored the interlocking vinyl tile. The seller made it good, I put plastic sheeting down over the concrete and the new interlocking tile on top of it, and it was fine after that. This was in a trailer cabana. Just by coincidence, yesterday I order some interlocking garage tile for the shop. According to the literature it is supposed to be impervious to water, oil, etc. Home Depot has a variety of interlocking tile online with free delivery to a store, but none in the store here. Gerry On 6/26/2014 12:25 PM, Allan Streib wrote: I'm needing a new floor covering for a below grade application, a couple of rooms, about 750 sq ft total. No water problems now, but you can never rule it out. I'm considering using vinyl click lock planks. These go down like a floating laminate floor but are made of vinyl and are waterproof. I've installed glueless laminate before so that's not my worry, just never tried the vinyl variety. Any experiences? Allan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT - Local tale - Panhanding at Sam's
No one is obligated to talk to anyone in a parking lot. When we see a panhandler coming, we retirees here in Citrus County lock the car doors, roll up the windows, and sit there until the panhandler goes away. If he doesn't go away, we take out our cell phone, call 911 (or pretend to), and explain the situation. Usually when they see the cell phone, they leave quickly. If we get accosted while walking to the car, we move out into the middle of a lane which blocks traffic and provides a witness if the panhandler should become physically aggressive. The panhandler usually leaves first. Gerry P.S.: There are all kinds of Walmarts. Those in this retirement area are pretty tame. Gary might have a point about shopping elsewhere if yours is typical of big city Walmarts. . PAN HANDLING AT SAM'S By Wilton Strickland During the last three or four months I've been approached or confronted by panhandlers in the parking lot of the local Sam's Club Store three times. Yesterday at about 3 PM, I had finished my shopping there, stowed my electric mobility scooter in the trunk of the '87 Mercedes 300D and hobbled slowly and carefully to the driver's door. While getting in the car, I noticed an open, cross-hatched area in front of it that could serve well as a way to go forward out of my parking space through the line of parked cars in front of me if I were impeded by traffic or pedestrians when backing out of my space in the normal manner. I got in, secured the seat belt, started the car, punched the flasher switch and started easing backward out of the space. Meanwhile, the area behind me quickly became congested with pedestrians and a couple of cars. As I looked back forward and shifted the gear lever into DRIVE, a black male 25 to 30 years old was coming toward me in front of the car, blocking my way forward and motioning to speak to me. I quickly thought, "He's gonna ask for money," but I also thought, "Maybe he's trying to tell me about a problem with the car - leaking coolant or a flat tire on the right front." As he approached the driver's window, I eased it about half down. With his face up very close into the opening, he also stuck a hand, significantly bigger and stronger than mine, through the window. Remembering my auto immune system problem, I thought, "I don't want to shake his hand; I have no idea where that hand has been." Because of Mama's Southern raisin', though, I didn't want to seem rude, so I took his hand for what I thought would be a typical quick and firm greeting. After the usual second or two, I released, but he would not release my hand. I tried to withdraw my hand three or four times, but he held on with a very firm grip on my smaller hand. Meanwhile, he was saying, "Today's my birthday, can ya let me have a coupla dollars?" I replied, "Congratulations; happy birthday; 'had a birthday a few days ago, myself, but nobody gave me anything. I'm sorry, but I don't have any money to give ya." He continued, "Aw, come on, Man, surely you can spare a coupla dollars." Meanwhile, he still had a firm grip on my right hand as I said, "Please, I need to go; please let me go." I eased pressure on the brake so the car would roll a bit just slightly at idle. "I'm sorry, I don't have any money for you." I tried again to withdraw my hand from his firm grip. To me, this had already become a possible case of unlawful restraint - a felony. Again, I released pressure on the brake to let the car roll ever so slightly as a silent warning, "If you continue to restrain me, I may just drag you with the car." I also kept thinking, though, "I don't want to hurt 'im. If I drive forward, I may run over his toes with the left rear wheel." He finally said, "I'm gonna turn your hand loose." I replied, "Good; you should do that." He finally released my hand, and I immediately bumped the window up just slightly (maybe ¼" or less) to make him withdraw his face and head from the half-open window. I then noticed that three pedestrians were now immediately by the right, front fender and were going to pass across in front of the car, so now I could not go forward. I put my hand on the gear shift lever to go to REVERSE, but I realized I couldn't back up because the left, front corner of the car would sweep to the left as I backed to the right and possibly catch 'im under the left front wheel. Meanwhile, he had removed his hand and face from the window, but he was standing very close to the car with his hands and arms lying up on top of the car. He was so close that I was still afraid I would run over his toes going forward. I quickly put the window full up, and said again, firmly, "Let me go. Get out of the way. I hafta go. Step back; I'm going, now." I released the brake and applied a little bit of power; he moved back far enough that I thought the le
Re: [MBZ] Urinals
Wives would probably appreciate it. While many of us can put a reasonable number of bullets in the bullseye on a target range, few of us aim very well at a standard toilet; even with the seat up; and especially after a few drinks. The weapon we were born with is seldom accurate anywhere but in the target. Gerry On Jun 22, 2014, at 2:03 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I was out viewing a villa yesterday that may be the new okie acres as it features a lot of secluded land and a large shop. One think I had never seen in a private house is a urinal. Yep this house has one. The owner is a plumber and I guess he decided to put one it. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Monitor vs. TV
I bought a 32" Samsung "Smart" LED TV (1080dpi) for around $340 from Walmart mailorder, but took it back because my old daily computer didn't have HDMI and the TV didn't have a VGA port. http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_query=32%20In%20Samsung%20TV&adid=224211023522&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=3535473487&wl1=e&wl2=32%22%20samsung%20tv%20walmart&wl3=15083401146&veh=sem Gerry On 6/21/2014 6:10 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: I'm trying to decide whether I should go with a high end monitor (27" Apple Cinema Display) or an HDMI TV, both of which my graphics card can drive. I can get a nice 2011 27" Apple Cinema Display for around $500. I'm thinking I could get a larger, maybe 32" 1080p TV for less. I haven't had a chance to research this in detail, but I know there are some video production folks (Clay?) on the list who might have direct experience with both and opinions. ?? Dan ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] washing under the hood of a 76 115 300D?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=m570.l1313.TR4.TRC2.A0.H0.Xsteam+pressure+washer&_nkw=steam+pressure+washer&_sacat=0&_from=R40 $399 From: ka...@striplin.net OK, so I am now interested in steam cleaning of parts and engines, where can I get a steam cleaning machine and how much might one cost? Craig's List and a lot. https://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4481196955.html https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/hvo/4522569787.html https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/hvd/4479206030.html https://wichitafalls.craigslist.org/bfs/4507833310.html This one isn't too bad, but it would have to be a permanent fixture. It doesn't look real portable. https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/hvd/4479206030.html New stuff. http://www.hydrotek.us/ http://www.hotsy.com/index.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 http://www.steamjenny.com/ http://www.ultimatewasher.com/power-steam-cleaners.htm http://www.ultimatewasher.com/power-steam-cleaners.htm Rick ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] washing under the hood of a 76 115 300D?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=steam+jenny&_sacat=0&_from=R40 $350 From: ka...@striplin.net OK, so I am now interested in steam cleaning of parts and engines, where can I get a steam cleaning machine and how much might one cost? Craig's List and a lot. https://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4481196955.html https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/hvo/4522569787.html https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/hvd/4479206030.html https://wichitafalls.craigslist.org/bfs/4507833310.html This one isn't too bad, but it would have to be a permanent fixture. It doesn't look real portable. https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/hvd/4479206030.html New stuff. http://www.hydrotek.us/ http://www.hotsy.com/index.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 http://www.steamjenny.com/ http://www.ultimatewasher.com/power-steam-cleaners.htm http://www.ultimatewasher.com/power-steam-cleaners.htm Rick ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] W124 Overheated
I have one that was installed five years ago and used every day since. No problems. Gerry On 6/17/2014 5:50 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote: Larry, I have been happy with the Nissens radiator in my 126 SD, but that radiator was made a couple decades ago. As Gary points out, maybe different now.\ Scott -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Larry Turner Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 6:48 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] W124 Overheated HI Scott - Thanks for the info - I ordered a Nissens replacement radiator and hope it will arrive tomorrow. Have you been happy with yours? Thx larry On 6/17/2014 12:45 AM, Scott Ritchey wrote: Hey Larry: Copy all. Must just have been an old age/heat failure. My 126 SD has similar miles but I replaced that radiator (maybe 15 years ago) with a Nissens (sp?) when it seemed to be running hot. My old 123 TD had 100K more miles but PO almost certainly replaced that radiator after a road debris encounter. Looks like these plastic and alum radiators are consumables. Thanks for the additional longevity data point. Cheers Scott -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Larry Turner Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 8:46 PM Hey Scott, As long as I have owned this car, since Feb 2006, I have used the proper antifreeze bought from the MB dealer. No clue about before that, but it was leased by a oil company executive in Mass.He said it was always serviced by their local dealer. That's all I know about the car's history -- presently has 234,500 miles on it. I always used full synthetic oil and changed it between 6000 and 8000 miles. The engine is in great shape AFAIF - never uses/urns/drips any oil - at least it never did prior to the overheating event. when I test drove it last week - before the radiator neck completely failed it ran perfectly. The T'Stat opened and closed - also, the engine heated and cooled as the fans came on and turned off. Larry T On 6/15/2014 5:33 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote: Larry: Do you know if non MB-spec antifreeze was ever run in that radiator? Rumor has it that certain non-spec antifreeze types are MBZ radiator plastic. Scott -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Larry Turner Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 1:57 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] W124 Overheated Thanks for those comments Marshall. FYI - and I am not sure why this happened, but I pried the broken nozzle piece from the hose and when it hit the garage floor it broke into several pieces.It was a surprise as I would have thought it would have bounced. it dropped from a height of approx 3' BTW -- When I examined it it seemed to be pretty fragile. I assume it had broken down due to heat cycling. Larryt ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of
Re: [MBZ] OT - VW and Krupp woes --- SD rubber bits
Agreed. I need to replace motor, transmission, and differential mounts; as well as rear suspension mounts on my '83 300D if I can find something besides those made in China. Replacing mounts every year or two is a bummer. Gerry On 6/17/2014 12:47 AM, Scott Ritchey wrote: Hey Jabba: Can you comment on the quality/longevity of currently-available rubber suspension parts? For example, lower control arm bushings, flex disks, center bearing carrier, etc.? Thanks. Scott -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 10:09 AM I rebuilt the front suspension of one of my SDs a coupla years ago, I don't know about the quality of the rubber but it all seemed OK. --R On 6/15/14 9:14 AM, Scott Ritchey wrote: On a semi-related note, is good-quality rubber still available for rebuilding suspensions or have the Chinese and environmentalists eliminated that? I seem to recall replacing some MBZ OEM rubber bits with new and the new parts degraded quickly. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT - VW and Krupp woes ---
Tell me about it. Replaced all the driveline support rubber from Rusty on '83 300TD just before he closed shop. Now I can "feel" every piston fire when car idles; shakes the whole car. Never had that happen with previous rubber; even after years of driving with it. Gerry Scott Ritchey wrote: On a semi-related note, is good-quality rubber still available for rebuilding suspensions or have the Chinese and environmentalists eliminated that? I seem to recall replacing some MBZ OEM rubber bits with new and the new degraded quickly. What were the new, Uro, Febi, Boge/Sachs, OE? 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] W124 Overheated
That sounds like *Permatex* High-Temp *Red* Silicone Gasket Maker. I seem to remember some red Aircraft Permatex from years ago but I don't think it was silicone based. Gerry On 6/12/2014 10:15 PM, OK Don wrote: I have a can of a red permatex product that does seal gaskets, and though sticky enough to hold a gasket while you install it, doesn't get hard and is easy to remove after a year in operation - doesn't even tear the gasket on disassembly. I can get the name/number in the morning if you're interested. On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Larry Turner wrote: Thanks Kaleb - I was trying to think of something I could use that would not do any damage or be next to impossible if I ever have to do this again.. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] The accident that could have changed history
Wilton wrote:
"...Soon after the accident, SECDEF McNamara commented that all of
the switches in the arming, fusing and firing systems but one had
failed, and AND ONLY THAT ONE SWITCH HAD PREVENTED A NUCLEAR
DETONATION. (At least twelve switches, timers and devices, actually,
easily counted in declassified Official Observer’s Report, Air Force
Accident, February 16, 1961. Two of the twelve were not “called” to act
because of their position in the sequence.)
(Wilton wrote:) IT'S TRUE THAT ONLY ONE SWITCH IN ONE OF THE BOMBS HAD
PREVENTED A NUCLEAR DETONATION, but let’s discuss for a minute whether
or not any switches or devices failed.." (snip)
Gerry wrote
So in spite of all the false details from writers and journalists that
have come out since the accident, it's true that only one switch
prevented a nuclear explosion, and if that switch had also become
inoperative, there would have been a nuclear explosion?
Obviously the fault did not lie with the Air Force but with Boeing which
made changes in the original design of the plane that caused the wing to
fail, and the designers of the bombs which did not design a fail-proof
safety system. Good essay, Wilton.
Gerry
..
Tim Crone wrote:
-- Forwarded message --
From: WILTON
Date: Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Bombing Goldsboro
To: Mercedes Discussion List
'Nother case of an author filling in gaps in his "knowledge" with his
imagination. No release lever was "triggered," and there was no such
lever. Bombs were wrenched out by extremely unusual centrifugal forces.
'Even had to make up prevailing winds and crossing wires.
Mattocks flung himself in desperation toward co-pilot's open hatch on
the
right; again, extremely unusual centrifugal/rotational forces redirected
him accidently through pilot's hatch on the left. Aircraft likely
inverted
when mattocks exited.
Pilot landed in swamp; one bomb landed in edge of field with
parachute in
tree; second bomb landed in farmer's field and made deep impact crater.
"Optimum blast altitude" was not a factor; both were "ground contact."
Wilt
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 2:49 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com <
arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
Nuclear bomb nearly detonated after falling on North Carolina -
declassified report
In a scenario that could've been extremely devastating, the United
States
narrowly averted a nuclear disaster in 1961 when an atomic bomb nearly
detonated after falling out of a B-52 bomber that broke up in the sky.
According to the Washington Post, the incident took place on January
21,
1961 - less than 20 years after nuclear bombs were dropped on
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki - and is explained further in a recently declassified report
published by the National Security Archives.
When the US Air Force aircraft went into a tailspin and broke up,
the two
bombs fell towards Goldsboro, North Carolina. The parachute for one
of the
weapons failed to deploy, and the plane crash had actually pushed
the bomb
into "armed" mode by the time it hit the ground. Luckily for North
Carolina, the plane's destruction also damaged the switch necessary to
trigger detonation
/"The report implied that because Weapon 2 landed in a free-fall,
without
the parachute operating, the timer did not initiate the bomb's high
voltage
battery ("trajectory arming"), a step in the arming sequence,"/
wrote Bill
Burr of the National Security Archives.
/"For Weapon 2, the Arm/Safe switch was in the "safe" position, yet
it was
virtually armed because the impact shock had rotated the indicator
drum to
the "armed" position. But the shock also damaged the switch
contacts, which
had to be intact for the weapon to detonate."/
Burr noted in his report just how fine the line was and is between
safety
and destruction.
/"Perhaps this is what Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara had in
mind, a
few years later, when he observed that, 'by the slightest margin of
chance,
literally the failure of two wires to cross, a nuclear explosion was
averted,"/ he wrote.
These details are just the latest to surface about the incident,
which was
first revealed by nuclear weapons expert Eric Schlosser last year in
a book
titled, "Command and Control." Through a Freedom of Information Act
request, Schlosser was able to obtain documentation regarding the
incident
for the first time, and helped shed light on just how close the Air
Force
came to witnessing an atomic bomb explode on US soil.
The documents revealed that three of the four safety switches on the
other
bomb failed to work properly, meaning, as Schlosser noted, that only
"one
simple, dynamo-technology, low voltage switch stood between the United
States and a majo
[MBZ] The accident that could have changed history
Nuclear bomb nearly detonated after falling on North Carolina – declassified report In a scenario that could’ve been extremely devastating, the United States narrowly averted a nuclear disaster in 1961 when an atomic bomb nearly detonated after falling out of a B-52 bomber that broke up in the sky. According to the Washington Post, the incident took place on January 21, 1961 – less than 20 years after nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki – and is explained further in a recently declassified report published by the National Security Archives. When the US Air Force aircraft went into a tailspin and broke up, the two bombs fell towards Goldsboro, North Carolina. The parachute for one of the weapons failed to deploy, and the plane crash had actually pushed the bomb into “armed” mode by the time it hit the ground. Luckily for North Carolina, the plane’s destruction also damaged the switch necessary to trigger detonation /“The report implied that because Weapon 2 landed in a free-fall, without the parachute operating, the timer did not initiate the bomb’s high voltage battery (“trajectory arming”), a step in the arming sequence,”/ wrote Bill Burr of the National Security Archives. /“For Weapon 2, the Arm/Safe switch was in the “safe” position, yet it was virtually armed because the impact shock had rotated the indicator drum to the “armed” position. But the shock also damaged the switch contacts, which had to be intact for the weapon to detonate.”/ Burr noted in his report just how fine the line was and is between safety and destruction. /“Perhaps this is what Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara had in mind, a few years later, when he observed that, ‘by the slightest margin of chance, literally the failure of two wires to cross, a nuclear explosion was averted,”/ he wrote. These details are just the latest to surface about the incident, which was first revealed by nuclear weapons expert Eric Schlosser last year in a book titled, “Command and Control.” Through a Freedom of Information Act request, Schlosser was able to obtain documentation regarding the incident for the first time, and helped shed light on just how close the Air Force came to witnessing an atomic bomb explode on US soil. The documents revealed that three of the four safety switches on the other bomb failed to work properly, meaning, as Schlosser noted, that only "one simple, dynamo-technology, low voltage switch stood between the United States and a major catastrophe.” The parachute on this one deployed, but when the bomb struck the ground the final firing signal triggered, only to be halted by that fourth safety switch. The bombs contained a payload of four megatons each and could have generated explosions 260 times more powerful than the one that occurred in Hiroshima. Before the documents related to the Goldsboro incident surfaced, the US government had denied that its nuclear weapons stockpile had ever put the nation at risk. *www.digitaljournal.com*/article/358759 or Google: Goldboro Incident ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT - VW woes ---
That seems to be a common problem with several imports. Widowed neighbor lady asked me to look at her Volvo. I bought a book on the car and soon diagnosed the problem for which several parts were needed. There were none in the U.S., so we waited for them to be shipped from Sweden, and we waited and waited and waited. Finally the lady asked me to recommend a reliable car for which parts were obtainable in the U.S. I suggested a Camry. She bought one and has been happy ever since. (Mercedes content: After seeing me continually working on my MBs she did not want a Mercedes.) Gerry On 6/11/2014 5:48 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: This sounds exactly like the issues my brother had when he had an early 2000s Passat. Apparently they were known to have window regulators fail, which would cause the window to drop down and he only way to keep it in place was with rubber wedges. He had several replaced, and every time it happened there wasn't a regulator to be had in the US and often not even in Germany. I know at least one time he had to wait almost two months before they got one. Thank goodness for MB and their wonderful parts distribution system! Dan On Jun 11, 2014, at 1:11 PM, OK Don wrote: I took the Passat in for it's two year check-up, free oil change, and a re-call for the head light connector yesterday. While they were mucking about in the engine compartment, they managed to break something somehow, but don't yet know what they did. The check engine light stays one, and relay near the engine is buzzing constantly. They gave up trying to figure it out themselves and called VW tech support today, and were told that they had fried the main engine computer and need to replace it. The parts man reports that there are no new main engine computers in the US nor in Germany at this time. They are continuing to search for one however. I told them that since the car is assembled in Tennessee, that there are indeed new parts in the US - get one. Then is occurred to me that they have new TDIs on the lot - if the part number is the same for the 2012 and the 2014, they can just pull one and let their car sit waiting for a new part! Dr. Fatty, can you look up part numbers for a 2012 VW Passat TDI SE, the main engine computer, and the same part for a 2014??? -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! "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 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Good tool
That's the cheapest I've ever seen. I had an old tube type o'scope that weighed a ton and worked fine. It had a limited frequency range; never used it for much of anything; and it took up space on the bench, so I dumped it; partly because some of the tubes were no place to be found. I still lust after one of the new portables. Gerry On 6/11/2014 12:54 PM, OK Don wrote: Real o'scopes glow in the dark. That having been said, Drool, drool On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: Cheap pocket oscope https://www.adafruit.com/products/468 --R ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: file server
Thanks, Kaleb. Not much can be done about it then, I suppose. Seems to be more and more "in your face" popups and advertising on various websites. I wonder if such popups are a problem on other OSs; Linux, BSD, etc.; or on email clients other than Mozilla Thunderbird? Gerry On 6/10/2014 12:45 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: It's probably the website Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2014, at 10:15 AM,"arche...@embarqmail.com" wrote: I took everything related to Adobe Flash I could find off my computer when I read that it had several unfixed holes in its security, but its invitations to be downloaded still keep popping up on various websites. Are the websites the source or is there still some Adobe Flash program on my computer that's doing it? I'm using Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird which someone mentioned in relation to Adobe Flash. I'm also using Adobe Reader. Thanks, Gerry On 6/10/2014 10:24 AM, Peter Frederick wrote: Adobe Flash, the original CPU killer. There is a reason that Jobs refused to allow it on his newer stuff. CPU usage goes to 100% when you start Flash, even though it is doing nothing. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: file server
I took everything related to Adobe Flash I could find off my computer when I read that it had several unfixed holes in its security, but its invitations to be downloaded still keep popping up on various websites. Are the websites the source or is there still some Adobe Flash program on my computer that's doing it? I'm using Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird which someone mentioned in relation to Adobe Flash. I'm also using Adobe Reader. Thanks, Gerry On 6/10/2014 10:24 AM, Peter Frederick wrote: Adobe Flash, the original CPU killer. There is a reason that Jobs refused to allow it on his newer stuff. CPU usage goes to 100% when you start Flash, even though it is doing nothing. Peter ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Anybody there?
You gotta have a reason. No tail lights on his walker, perhaps? No muffler on his motorized wheel chair? Gerry On 6/9/2014 11:21 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: i am shunning you Am I being shunned again? 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Idjit no start problems
On 6/9/2014 6:16 PM, G Mann wrote: Electric fence charger, powered by the car battery through a remote switch, Fence charger is a one wire connection to anywhere on the car body [underhood fender bolt for example]. The tires insulate the body from the ground, the car thief closes the connection upon touching the car.. something on the order of 20,000 volt charge [totally non lethal] sends message "don't touch this". Also discourages dogs that pee on the tires... a lot.. Just a thought.. it works well on my motor home. On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Dude, you need to move or get a fence with barbed wire or something We have had about five thefts of things from cars in our immediate area of late, and they were all thefts of opportunity, as the cars weren't locked. Dan On Jun 9, 2014, at 5:37 PM, clay wrote: I was going to take Frosch to Griot's Caffeine and Gasoline with #2 boy this weekend. Ended up in the W220 instead. There has been an influx of less savory and domicile restricted gents invading my neighborhood. I notice a few wandering the street this past week in broad daylight. I assumed they might be workers on home construction sites. Benefit of the doubt, and all. Friday Night I am outside in my yard putting away tools kids left out, when a fellow inquires if I have $3 I can provide him. Quite brazen, out of the dark, making that request of a homeowner, in an upstanding neighborhood. I assured him that I did not have that upon my person. There have been car prowls regularly, and I do not lock up the SL when parked on the street over night. I figure it is better to save on replacing windows and soft tops and let them rummage about. Trunk remains locked. Most of the scum have figured out there is nothing in the car, after a few had riffled about in the glove box and ash tray. Unless they are really really hard up for 8 track tapes. Early Saturday, I got in the SL and turned the key, to no avail, but the antenna went up. Sort of sickly buzz when the key was in the ignition. I assumed the battery had bled down charge and I needed a boost. I fired up the S430 and plopped wires from battery to battery. Gave it enough time to deposit electrons in hopes I could encourage enough energy to activate the starter. No love. Since the S was running, I took that. I completely forgot to look at the shifter, and notice it was in the R position. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. Had a trailer park neighbor in college who had his Spartan all aluminum trailer wired for 110v with warning signs posted. He had some way of turning it on and off from the outside when he was gone. He came back from a party one night feeling no pain and forgot to turn the 110v off. It knocked him down and bruised him up, but he was most upset about the three bottles of whiskey he was carrying that broke. Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] finally & VA
of 2013 the 100 year charter of the "Federal Reserve" [a private corporation, not federal, not a reserve] is finished [1913 federal reserve act, google it, read it]. The value of your savings and FRN dollars you hold will be "reset" sometime during this GCR. Early scuttlebutt said FRN's would be valued at 50% of face value.. later scuttlebutt says no, it will be held at higher value above my pay grade in any case.. it is and will be a closely held and guarded secret until "released" to keep currency traders in check. The good news is: Through it all, my Mercedes continue to function as built and I expect to continue to afford to buy parts for them as needed. Grant... On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Domestically you may be right, but I am looking at Americas position among the nations of the world. All nations eventually decline. The problem is that we have no way of knowing when our nation will do so. Looking at the data link on my email to Scott: It may be difficult to impossible to predict, but now that it's happening, it's easy enough to see. Remember when the British Pound was the world's reserve currency? (well, I doubt anybody alive has a personal memory, but you know what I mean) That was when jolly old England was the predominate world power. Remember when the US Dollar was the world's reserve currency? That was before about 2008. The transition isn't complete because we don't have a replacement world monetary standard yet. Will it be the Yuan, the Euro, or maybe we'll have different commodities priced in different dominate currencies? 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] AC gauges
HFs works well. Amazon is a crapshoot since they'll sell anything from any mfg without testing. Gerry On 6/6/2014 4:46 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: I hate to break up the fiat currency discussion but I do have an automotive type question. I need to buy a set of R134a AC gauges and since my local purveyor of cheap made in China crap seems to have gone out of business I'm thinking about the Harbor Freight set. As often the reviews are really good but I'm considering this other set from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Mountain-8205-R-134a-Manifold-Couplers/dp/B000JFHNG0/ref=zg_bs_15707001_2 the words "American made hose" in one review please me... Looks like I'll also need a can tap but I'd guess you'd need that in most cases. I wonder if thats a FLAPS buy or should I order one from Amazon while I'm at it? I've got a can tap/gauge set that I *think* could be used as I think the gauge unscrews from the can tap but I'm in California and can't check... Thoughts? -Curt ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Deep water adventure, now dead starter?
Did you check/clean the frame to engine ground cable? Gerry On 6/6/2014 8:41 AM, Meade Dillon wrote: Still not fixed. Got it all back together, "bench" tested (actually it was on the cement driveway under my foot) and it worked several times in a row just fine. Runs much cooler now too! Installed and attempted to start numerous times, and about 1/3 of the time the solenoid fails to engage. I can hear a click, but it is still not working. So, replace entire unit with a Bosch rebuilt by someone else with a "lifetime" warranty for $95, or try to buy just the solenoid and replace that? I still have not tested the neutral safety switch (NSS). Didn't take the time to research a test procedure for that. In my mind, the fact that the solenoid does click (or something is clicking) tells me that the NSS is not the issue. Testing the NSS: Would a voltage test at the "S" terminal on the solenoid (which is the ignition signal wire connection, which I assume comes from the ignition switch via the NSS) be satisfactory, or should I measure the current flow at the "S" terminal? Is there some other test? Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] finally & VA
Here is more information on the Global Currency Reset, Reserve Currencies, national asset rankings, etc. IMO it's interesting that the U.S. dollar and the Euro comprise 90% of the allocated reserves worldwide. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_currency http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/cofer/eng/glossary.htm Gerry On 6/6/2014 10:47 AM, G Mann wrote: Great questions. Not so great answers. Under Basal III agreement [by all the controlling bankers] there is to be a Global Currency Reset this summer. 198 of the 204 currencies of the world are to be revalued with each currency backed by "asset" rather than "fiat" [current federal reserve "dollars" are "fiat currency" backed the the paper it's printed on and "full faith and credit of the USA" [which has been now downgraded twice under current administration]. This has now started, but far from completion. BRIC is making a strong play to become the world reserve currency, and the US Dollar as the petro dollar is fading fast. [to buy oil, you must pay in USD, which means you take your Yuan, buy dollars [at exchange rate of the day] then pay Russia, or Saudi, or Iran, or whoever has oil, in USD.. The world isn't happy with that arrangement presently. The FRN [Federal Reserve Note, fiat currency "dollar"] is now being phased out and replaced with TRN [Treasury Reserve Note] which is "asset backed" as required by Basal III agreement. As of 2013 the 100 year charter of the "Federal Reserve" [a private corporation, not federal, not a reserve] is finished [1913 federal reserve act, google it, read it]. The value of your savings and FRN dollars you hold will be "reset" sometime during this GCR. Early scuttlebutt said FRN's would be valued at 50% of face value.. later scuttlebutt says no, it will be held at higher value above my pay grade in any case.. it is and will be a closely held and guarded secret until "released" to keep currency traders in check. The good news is: Through it all, my Mercedes continue to function as built and I expect to continue to afford to buy parts for them as needed. Grant... On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Domestically you may be right, but I am looking at Americas position among the nations of the world. All nations eventually decline. The problem is that we have no way of knowing when our nation will do so. Looking at the data link on my email to Scott: It may be difficult to impossible to predict, but now that it's happening, it's easy enough to see. Remember when the British Pound was the world's reserve currency? (well, I doubt anybody alive has a personal memory, but you know what I mean) That was when jolly old England was the predominate world power. Remember when the US Dollar was the world's reserve currency? That was before about 2008. The transition isn't complete because we don't have a replacement world monetary standard yet. Will it be the Yuan, the Euro, or maybe we'll have different commodities priced in different dominate currencies? 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] finally & VA
On 6/4/2014 10:58 PM, Mountain Man wrote: Gerry wrote: If you look at Americas position among the nations of the world, I don't think you can say the U.S. is unsuccessful. If we want to be seriously realistic, I think we should be saying this to each other. Yes, the U.S. is unsuccessful. Really. Once we can own up to this reality, we can chart a path to proper and effective solutions. Until then, the slide to total depravity that we are suffering these days will continue until failure is exceptional, as all national failures are exceptional. Shall we join Greece and Rome in the list of exceptional failures of the eons? Let's be man enough to get our heads out of the sand and own up our unsuccessfulness so that we can get on with success. Please. mao ___ Domestically you may be right, but I am looking at Americas position among the nations of the world. All nations eventually decline. The problem is that we have no way of knowing when our nation will do so. Looking at the data link on my email to Scott: http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-worldwide-network-of-us-military-bases/5564 it doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon. Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] finally & VA
On 6/4/2014 11:53 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote: Really? G: Compared to other nations of similar size, I would put the U.S. at the top; militarily, economically, and even domestically although it doesn't seem that way to those of us who have seen our standard of living go down due to lost jobs, etc. It appears to me that Al Qaeda has accomplished their objective of repelling the US from the Middle East. G: If we look only at the Middle East it's a mixed bag. We still have troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, and smaller ME nations. The only ME nation challenging us with anything besides guerrilla warfare is Iran, and their bombastic leaders have given way to more reasonable leaders. We failed in pacifying A'stan sufficiently such that a pipeline could be built from the other -stans to an ocean accessible port, but we "have" secured the traditional ME oil supply. The domination of A'stan has frustrated many world powers. We are in good company. (grin) China and Russia, the other big kids on the block, seem unconcerned about potential US intervention. G: It may seem that way, but China is still reticent about declaring their domination of the South China Sea, and Russia is no longer militarily belligerent about American presence in and support of Ukraine. (They have withdrawn their troops from the border.) Meanwhile, China is buying up the US (piecemeal) G: They are simply investing in land and property rather than treasuries which currently pay little interest. If they get too aggressive militarily or otherwise, land and property can be confiscated much more easily than treasuries which can be sold very rapidly electronically. There was much concern about Japanese investments during the 1980s, but their supposed ill effects have not materialized. The following gives some idea of foreign investment in the U.S. and vice-versa: http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/ForeignInvestmentintheUnitedStates.html while Europe is blackmailed by Russian energy. G: True, but it offers U.S. and European oil/gas corporations an opportunity to sell more of their product to Europe which will contribute to Americas balance of payments. From where I stand it seems delusional to believe the US still has great influence in the world. I would be interested in views of some of our non-US members. G: When the U.S. has had a serious disagreement with other nations since the demise of Soviet Russia, which nation usually backs down? My humble opinion is that the U.S. is following the dictum of President Teddy Roosevelt: "Walk softly but carry a big stick." This sometimes confuses other nations, but U.S. "gunboat/economic diplomacy has usually brought them around; "so far!" Gerry PS: It's difficult to find a published estimate of Americas worldwide power, but critics do offer such data even though it often comes with much "anti-Americanism" such as the following from Canada: http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-worldwide-network-of-us-military-bases/5564 Gerry -Original Message- From: arche...@embarqmail.com ... If you look at Americas position among the nations of the world, I don't think you can say the U.S. is unsuccessful. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] finally & VA
Years ago I read a report on Navy bureaucracy that described the same problems being discussed here. The conclusion was that not much could be done about the bureaucracy but that the Navies ships and crews were not affected and remained a potent fighting force. The report was written in the 19th century about the British Navy. The conclusion was that as long as bureaucracies are staffed by human beings they will forever be inefficient but the organizations they direct can still function satisfactorily. I wonder if we could say the same thing about the Washington bureaucracy and the nation it directs? If you look at Americas position among the nations of the world, I don't think you can say the U.S. is unsuccessful. Gerry . On 6/4/2014 2:30 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: On 04/06/2014 10:51 AM, G Mann wrote: I formulated some time ago that I work by the job for profit... all government workers work for retirement. Any act that can delay their actual work, or production of work, at minimum effort, moves them further toward their goal of retirement at full pension benefits. The only caveat to that effort is the question: "If I do this, will it bring promotion to a higher pay thus greater retirement income." In the alternative the question: " If I do this, will it attract negative attention to me, and if it does, how will I cover my now exposed ass so it does not hold back promotion and retirement." This "federal culture mindset" permeates every government agency and , history indicates, can not be overcome by peaceful means. And, you need to get promoted high enough that you don't actually do anything. Your job is to "supervise" people who are supposed to do the work. Since no one expects much and those above you are trusting that you are doing your job and don't bother to check, all is well. It also helps if you get promoted high enough to have a private office. A friend who once worked for the feds said that his boss sat in his private office and ran a chain of Chinese restaurants via his cell phone. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] finally & VA
That takes care of fraudulent employees. What about deadbeat employees? Gerry On 6/4/2014 2:39 PM, WILTON wrote: ATTABOY! Wilton - Original Message - From: "Andrew Strasfogel" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] finally & VA There is a myth that it is hard to terminate deadbeat or fraudulent Fed employees. I once took action against a young lady who was doing Amway business from her desk on government time. I went through the agency's personnel office to prepare the evidence in compliance with OPM regulations, and then presented the wrongdoer with this information. She resigned within days when it was clear that we had her dead to rights. Piece of cake. On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: On 04/06/2014 10:51 AM, G Mann wrote: I formulated some time ago that I work by the job for profit... all government workers work for retirement. Any act that can delay their actual work, or production of work, at minimum effort, moves them further toward their goal of retirement at full pension benefits. The only caveat to that effort is the question: "If I do this, will it bring promotion to a higher pay thus greater retirement income." In the alternative the question: " If I do this, will it attract negative attention to me, and if it does, how will I cover my now exposed ass so it does not hold back promotion and retirement." This "federal culture mindset" permeates every government agency and , history indicates, can not be overcome by peaceful means.>>> And, you need to get promoted high enough that you don't actually do anything. Your job is to "supervise" people who are supposed to do the work. Since no one expects much and those above you are trusting that you are doing your job and don't bother to check, all is well. It also helps if you get promoted high enough to have a private office. A friend who once worked for the feds said that his boss sat in his private office and ran a chain of Chinese restaurants via his cell phone. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] FEMA Fun - OT
Actually I did live in Lakeland for a couple of years. It was socially conservative back in the '80s; not a bad place to live. Gerry On 6/4/2014 11:46 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: well, at least you didn't live in lakeland like penoff! also, for the sake of full disclosure, i may be moving to lakeland myself soon On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 11:42 AM, arche...@embarqmail.com < arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: I remember wrestling at Fort Homer Hesterly during the late 1940s because girlfriend loved it. Never paid any attention to wrestling after that. Gerry On 6/4/2014 9:20 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: and who can forget championship wrestling from florida from the tampa sportatorium? dan is senstive about lakeland, btw On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:12 AM, arche...@embarqmail.com < arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: I thought you were east of Tampa; toward Lakeland. You must be south of Tampa from what you write. As far as flood lines and elevation are concerned, just keep a rowboat in your backyard and you'll be fine. (Just kidding) Gerry.who once lived near Palm River in a house on piers when the area was rural and headed north when hurricanes came our way. P.S. When we first arrived in Tampa from Indiana and lived in an apartment in Hyde Park, we were concerned about Old Tampa Bay flooding us out when a hurricane hit the area. Instead of that happening a hurricane stalled in the Gulf opposite the Tampa Bay area and "sucked" all the water out of Old Tampa Bay around Davis Islands and along Bayshore Drive. You could see thousands of crabs squirming around on the bay bottom, and the police later retrieved several bodies set in concrete that became visible. Tampa was a fun town back then! .. On 6/4/2014 7:21 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: My house is roughly 1/4 mile from a small river that leads to the bay and ultimately the Gulf. While it is a small tributary, in the event of a major hurricane the storm surge could push a significant amount of water inland. With this in mind, before we agreed to purchase our house we looked at the FEMA flood maps. Lo and behold, our house shows up right on the edge in a flood zone (AE, 100 year flood). Not good, we say, no deal. The owner tells us that they have never been required to purchase flood insurance. Strange. We contact our insurer and ask them to check it out with their underwriters. Insurance company comes back and says "You're good, no flood insurance required." Hmm. Note that our property is built on fill that raised the original elevation a good 10 feet or more from the baseline flood elevation of 29 feet, and at the south end of the property there is what is referred to as a "sea wall" to contain the fill. From the top of this wall, which is at ground level for my property, it's a good four to five feet down to the original elevation. Looking at current USGS topo maps and FEMA flood maps, there is nothing that indicates the presence of the fill or sea wall. So I am thinking about this disparity in the records and wondering how I can get it corrected. I can file a LOMA with FEMA to get the change made, but that requires a survey with an elevation certificate. So the other day it occurs to me that I work right next to our GIS guys, so I go over and talk to them. They point me at our flood zone person down in Real Estate. I talk to her. Within minutes she comes back with a LOMA that was filed when the property was developed back in 1998 that exempts my house along with three others from the flood zone. ? I asked why the maps, while were redone in 2008, don't reflect the development or change in elevation, as any citizen who looked up our property would immediately assume it is in a flood zone? "Oh, they never change the maps, I don't know why. They just issue LOMAs if the property is reclassified." How's that for bureaucracy? Dan above the waterline Man Sent from my iPad ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okie
Re: [MBZ] FEMA Fun - OT
I remember wrestling at Fort Homer Hesterly during the late 1940s because girlfriend loved it. Never paid any attention to wrestling after that. Gerry On 6/4/2014 9:20 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: and who can forget championship wrestling from florida from the tampa sportatorium? dan is senstive about lakeland, btw On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:12 AM, arche...@embarqmail.com < arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: I thought you were east of Tampa; toward Lakeland. You must be south of Tampa from what you write. As far as flood lines and elevation are concerned, just keep a rowboat in your backyard and you'll be fine. (Just kidding) Gerry.who once lived near Palm River in a house on piers when the area was rural and headed north when hurricanes came our way. P.S. When we first arrived in Tampa from Indiana and lived in an apartment in Hyde Park, we were concerned about Old Tampa Bay flooding us out when a hurricane hit the area. Instead of that happening a hurricane stalled in the Gulf opposite the Tampa Bay area and "sucked" all the water out of Old Tampa Bay around Davis Islands and along Bayshore Drive. You could see thousands of crabs squirming around on the bay bottom, and the police later retrieved several bodies set in concrete that became visible. Tampa was a fun town back then! .. On 6/4/2014 7:21 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: My house is roughly 1/4 mile from a small river that leads to the bay and ultimately the Gulf. While it is a small tributary, in the event of a major hurricane the storm surge could push a significant amount of water inland. With this in mind, before we agreed to purchase our house we looked at the FEMA flood maps. Lo and behold, our house shows up right on the edge in a flood zone (AE, 100 year flood). Not good, we say, no deal. The owner tells us that they have never been required to purchase flood insurance. Strange. We contact our insurer and ask them to check it out with their underwriters. Insurance company comes back and says "You're good, no flood insurance required." Hmm. Note that our property is built on fill that raised the original elevation a good 10 feet or more from the baseline flood elevation of 29 feet, and at the south end of the property there is what is referred to as a "sea wall" to contain the fill. From the top of this wall, which is at ground level for my property, it's a good four to five feet down to the original elevation. Looking at current USGS topo maps and FEMA flood maps, there is nothing that indicates the presence of the fill or sea wall. So I am thinking about this disparity in the records and wondering how I can get it corrected. I can file a LOMA with FEMA to get the change made, but that requires a survey with an elevation certificate. So the other day it occurs to me that I work right next to our GIS guys, so I go over and talk to them. They point me at our flood zone person down in Real Estate. I talk to her. Within minutes she comes back with a LOMA that was filed when the property was developed back in 1998 that exempts my house along with three others from the flood zone. ? I asked why the maps, while were redone in 2008, don't reflect the development or change in elevation, as any citizen who looked up our property would immediately assume it is in a flood zone? "Oh, they never change the maps, I don't know why. They just issue LOMAs if the property is reclassified." How's that for bureaucracy? Dan above the waterline Man Sent from my iPad ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Boiled heads
Cheapest citric acid is sold as canning additive. http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=citric+acid+bulk&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=44722634265&hvpos=1t2&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5904205757530498362&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_3h28iu62bj_b .or Google "canning supplies citric acid" Gerry .. On 6/4/2014 10:28 AM, Craig wrote: On Wed, 4 Jun 2014 08:46:38 -0400 Meade Dillon wrote: I'll follow this plan. Need to purchase enough citric acid to dissolve 500g/liter, not sure how many liters of water my tank holds, so I'll swag it and over-purchase so I'll have some extra left over. The in-car spec is 10%, 100g/liter. Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] FEMA Fun - OT
I thought you were east of Tampa; toward Lakeland. You must be south of Tampa from what you write. As far as flood lines and elevation are concerned, just keep a rowboat in your backyard and you'll be fine. (Just kidding) Gerry.who once lived near Palm River in a house on piers when the area was rural and headed north when hurricanes came our way. P.S. When we first arrived in Tampa from Indiana and lived in an apartment in Hyde Park, we were concerned about Old Tampa Bay flooding us out when a hurricane hit the area. Instead of that happening a hurricane stalled in the Gulf opposite the Tampa Bay area and "sucked" all the water out of Old Tampa Bay around Davis Islands and along Bayshore Drive. You could see thousands of crabs squirming around on the bay bottom, and the police later retrieved several bodies set in concrete that became visible. Tampa was a fun town back then! .. On 6/4/2014 7:21 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: My house is roughly 1/4 mile from a small river that leads to the bay and ultimately the Gulf. While it is a small tributary, in the event of a major hurricane the storm surge could push a significant amount of water inland. With this in mind, before we agreed to purchase our house we looked at the FEMA flood maps. Lo and behold, our house shows up right on the edge in a flood zone (AE, 100 year flood). Not good, we say, no deal. The owner tells us that they have never been required to purchase flood insurance. Strange. We contact our insurer and ask them to check it out with their underwriters. Insurance company comes back and says "You're good, no flood insurance required." Hmm. Note that our property is built on fill that raised the original elevation a good 10 feet or more from the baseline flood elevation of 29 feet, and at the south end of the property there is what is referred to as a "sea wall" to contain the fill. From the top of this wall, which is at ground level for my property, it's a good four to five feet down to the original elevation. Looking at current USGS topo maps and FEMA flood maps, there is nothing that indicates the presence of the fill or sea wall. So I am thinking about this disparity in the records and wondering how I can get it corrected. I can file a LOMA with FEMA to get the change made, but that requires a survey with an elevation certificate. So the other day it occurs to me that I work right next to our GIS guys, so I go over and talk to them. They point me at our flood zone person down in Real Estate. I talk to her. Within minutes she comes back with a LOMA that was filed when the property was developed back in 1998 that exempts my house along with three others from the flood zone. ? I asked why the maps, while were redone in 2008, don't reflect the development or change in elevation, as any citizen who looked up our property would immediately assume it is in a flood zone? "Oh, they never change the maps, I don't know why. They just issue LOMAs if the property is reclassified." How's that for bureaucracy? Dan above the waterline Man Sent from my iPad ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Very OT: My phone took a swim
That's what they put in some of the little bags you find in medicine bottles and such. Calcium chloride will pull the humidity 'way down and dry out the cellphone. Since water was able to get into the innards, water vapor should have no trouble getting out. At least that was my experience. Of course, if the water shorted out something (he got it wet in a swimming pool which probably had chlorine in it) because the water/chlorine was conductive, the cellphone might not be fixable. Gerry On 6/3/2014 10:31 PM, Hendrik and Fay wrote: Isn't that what they use in those little bags that they put into stuff they want to keep dry? Yeah if the phone can't be opened it will be harder to dry out. Am pretty sure that every phone has a battery that can be taken out, some are harder than others, Apple don't want you to open the phone or heaven forbid change the battery but people do anyway. Well stuff apple, what happens if you give the phone a bath and can't open it up to try and dry? Go and buy another overpriced piece of junk from us. I have a el cheapo Huawei android phone, sure it's not as good as more expensive ones but does everything I want and is quite sturdy, although I have not taken it for a skinny dip yet. Although my sons samsung beats it hands down in a speaker face off. Hendrik who has the tools to get into apple phones et al On 04/06/14 08:07, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: I've saved a cellphone and two hearing aids doing the following: 1. Buy a box of calcium chloride. Most supermarkets/drug stores have it. Ask for "Closet Dry" but buy the bigger boxes of calcium chloride if available. Put a cupful of calcium chloride granules in a plastic zipper bag with the cellphone. Don't get the calcium chloride on the cellphone. Lay it on a piece of cardboard or something else. Lay the bag on a shelf, zip it shut, and leave it for several days. If cellphone still doesn't work, leave it a few more days. The calcium chloride sucks all the water out of the cellphone. Whether this will work or not since you can't remove the battery is the question, but it's a simple fix if it works. Gerry On 6/3/2014 4:05 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Has no removable battery. Ohh. Swift battery removal is step one in the usual use of the rice trick. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Very OT: My phone took a swim
I've saved a cellphone and two hearing aids doing the following: 1. Buy a box of calcium chloride. Most supermarkets/drug stores have it. Ask for "Closet Dry" but buy the bigger boxes of calcium chloride if available. Put a cupful of calcium chloride granules in a plastic zipper bag with the cellphone. Don't get the calcium chloride on the cellphone. Lay it on a piece of cardboard or something else. Lay the bag on a shelf, zip it shut, and leave it for several days. If cellphone still doesn't work, leave it a few more days. The calcium chloride sucks all the water out of the cellphone. Whether this will work or not since you can't remove the battery is the question, but it's a simple fix if it works. Gerry On 6/3/2014 4:05 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Has no removable battery. Ohh. Swift battery removal is step one in the usual use of the rice trick. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania
Your Albanian relative are Sunni Muslim, then? During the 1970s I could pick up Radio Tirana on my shortwave when no other European stations were accessible except those with repeaters in the West Indies. The same lady announcer would read the news every time, and she sounded like the grim reaper. She was not a good cheerleader for communism. Gerry On 6/2/2014 10:13 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Albania was probably the country who came the closest to pure socialism in its day. My grandfather would get letter from my cousins which inferred that we were all rich beyond belief and the streets were paved with gold, so to speak. The things they told the people about the West were really outrageous, at least from what we could see. One of the last letters I saw from them before the government collapsed and the Hoxhaist state was more or less dismantled had them asking for several thousand dollars so they could buy motorbikes for everyone in the family to help them to be able to get around. This was in the early 1980s, I recall. In 1966 or 67, I traveled with my Dad to NYC to visit the Albanian representatives at the UN. We had gotten word that one of the relatives was very sick, and my grandfather wanted my Dad to travel to Albania to deliver medicine to the family under the auspices of a Red Cross visit. I recall the men from the consul or whatever the diplomatic entity they were being very skeptical and not so nice. They would, however, grant my father and any other member of our family a visa to enter the country if we liked. The next day we took the train down to D.C. where we met with some people from the State Department. I remember was the State Department person telling us that we were welcome to go to Albania if they issued a visa, but once we crossed their border we would, for all intents and purposes, vanish off the face of the Earth, as the US had no diplomatic relations with the country. Needless to say, my Dad said "The hell with it!" and more or less told my grandfather they wouldn't let us in the country. Dan On Jun 2, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: Just like in Washington DC (and probably Ottawa too). On 02/06/2014 4:12 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Commie socialist capitalists? On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: I understand a lot of them are stolen elsewhere and taken there and sold, a fairly lawless place. The commie socialists embraced capitalism very quickly. --R On 6/2/14 3:34 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: That's pretty interesting, as before they opened the borders to the outside world they were lucky to have horse drawn carts. My Dad's family is from Albania and I supposedly still have relatives there... Dan Sent from my iPad On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "WILTON" wrote: @ 1 grandson (grad student in Paris) is on a summer job in Tirana, Albania; 'says most of the cars there seem to be MB's; lotsa 124's and newer; I'll ask about 123's. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Boiled heads
On 6/2/2014 10:38 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: i prefer boiling cabbage On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Meade Dillon wrote: Yesterday I boiled (well not quite boiling, up to 85 degrees C) one OM603 head, this one had been installed but the cooling system stayed pressurized overnight, classic symptom of a cracked head. I used the plate I made with an air hose quick-connect fitting in the middle, bolted over the exhaust manifold exhaust pipe connection, with a little RTV for good measure. I sent a picture of this a few weeks ago. The concept is to pressurize the exhaust passages in the head, 15 psi, to see if any air will leak out the coolant passage. This is my version of the test described in the factory service manual, which calls for a special plate bolted to the face of the head, which has an air fitting which allows the coolant passages to be pressurized, to see if air leaks out the exhaust side (or I suppose the intake side). The head is then submerged in water, and heated. Yesterday I used 15 psi, according to the pressure regulator on my cheapo air pump. Today I used 20. Sunday's head failed. It passed air from exhaust side to coolant side, cold or hot. Darn! I'd invested about $500 in that head. Today I tested the other used head. It passed, with some strange behavior. No air passed when cold, so I began heating the tank. Test was going great - no air from the coolant side - until 78 deg c. Then it let out a few bubbles. No bubbles for ten seconds or more, then a few bubbles. My heart sank. I left the heat on to see if it got worse. It continued to issue bubbles every five or ten seconds. I ran the temp up to 85, then shut off the heat, resigned to purchasing yet another head. Funny, as soon as the heat was off, the bubbles from the coolant side stopped. I let the temp drop to 79, then turned on the heat. No bubbles, until the temperature passed 85 again, and then back to passing a few bubbles every five or ten or fifteen seconds. I noticed the water was getting cloudy, bit of a yellow color to it. The bubbles continued as I ran the temp up to 92 deg. I shut off the heat, the bubbles stopped. Let the tank cool to 78, then turned on the heat again. I'm beginning to think that some deposit inside the cooling passages is releasing gas when heated. As the temperature climbs through 80 degrees and up, no bubbles. All the way back to 91, nothing. Water is very cloudy now. I increase the air pressure to 30 psi. No bubbles. I say the head is good! Wishful thinking? Boil out the water passages with citric acid solution until solution is clear. Then test it. You'll "know" the head is okay then. Besides that, the heat rejection capability of the head will be like that of a new head. Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: Trying to collect first Attaboy
Both were polarized. This is a solid state monitor. Fixed a friends fairly new solid state TV which had the same problem. Seems like manufacturers would use higher quality or heavier duty caps. Thanks for the reminder. Gerrywho can happily go to his reward now that he has an Attaboy. On 6/1/2014 3:23 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: found a 330 mfd 15 volt capacitor had a slightly rounded top. Was this one polarized, or non-polarized? The distinction is, as they say, tres important. As I recall there is often a non-polarized cap in a tube monitor, and you _cannot_ replace it with a polarized one. NP's are not usually found in the junk box. If you put a polarized 50V one in place of a 15V non-polarized one it might survive for awhile, but could choose to fail catastrophically. I'm not saying this is the case, but you should be _sure_ before doing any laurel-resting. If both are polarized, then you are indeed done, substituting a higher-voltage cap is perfectly OK. (Polarized electrolytics, the far-most-common type, usually have a big black stripe identifying the negative lead.) -- Jim ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: Trying to collect first Attaboy
Mitchell wrote: Well done! WILTON wrote: ATTABOY! My 5 year old 19" Dell monitor used every day gradually expanded the image horizontally making it unusablesnip (fixed it.) Gerry..patting self on back for undeserved good guess. Thank, guys. Gerry ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] OT: Trying to collect first Attaboy
My 5 year old 19" Dell monitor used every day gradually expanded the image horizontally making it unusable. I took the monitor apart and found a 330 mfd 15 volt capacitor had a slightly rounded top. That was the only problem I could find. Radio Shack had no 330 mfd capacitors but I did have a 330 mfd "50 volt" in the pc parts bag which was much bigger than the questionable cap and wouldn't fit in the same place as the one it was replacing. Fortunately the bigger cap had long leads, so I layed it over on top of several other components that were unlikely to run hot on the logic board. Put everything back together twice since I always forget something (this time the insulation sheet for the power supply), plugged it in and: Voila!, good as new!. It's been running for about an hour, so it looks like the fix might stay fixed. Gerry..patting self on back for undeserved good guess. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
