I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it
up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in
this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that since they congregated at my
cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we
During my military period, I had a 36hp Beetle that made lots of trips from
L.A to Seattle on leave and L.A to SFO on weekend passes. It's only real
challenge was climbing the Grapevine, either direction at 45mph flat out in 3rd
gear.
I've owned four 36hp VWs, two Beetles and two K-Gs, one a
I preferred The Two Ronnies to Benny Hill.
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On 3/23/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed
it
up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step
in
this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that since they congregated
at my
Hmmm! I admire the trust you have placed in your fellow Benz lovers
on this list...
Oh, by the way, what newspaper covers the area in which you live?
Should provide lots of enjoyment to your fellow residents.
Only kidding! No, I wouldn't do that!
Next time just shoot the deer, because
We burn a good 5-6 cords a winter. I split it all by hand. Keeps me from
getting too lazy.
Mike
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From: Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Wood Splitters
We use cast iron to cook on the woodstove every day..Nothing cooks
better than cast on a woodstove.You guys are slackin'...LOL
Mike
- Original Message -
From: wilton strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 6:05 PM
Subject:
I kept expecting this story should have started out with one redneck saying
to another, Hey, watch this.!
Perhaps, Hold my beer.
;-)
Reminds me of a tape I heard about a drunk hitting a deer, stopped to help
it and seeing it dead put it in his back seat so he could take it home for
future
Deer?
It used to be MOOSE day.
How we get so low.
On 3/23/07, LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I kept expecting this story should have started out with one redneck saying
to another, Hey, watch this.!
Perhaps, Hold my beer.
;-)
Reminds me of a tape I heard about a drunk hitting a deer,
you can power the pump by your unimog pto or a motor the next piece is
a 3
or 4 inch hydraulic cylinder. The rest you can build from scrap.
Was going to build my own, but got employed. There's just not
enough spare time to do this, versus just buying something.
If its good straight wood I
So, Instead of busting the eMac apart to get at the drive, I just use a
Firewire drive (had to use firewire DVD to install to the eMac) and
install to that?
If you have a functioning firewire-equipped machine, and the
deader is so-equipped, just hook a cable between them and use
target disk
the ones I love I do. Looking to ad a few more cars to the fleet in the
very near future. Looking like perhaps a 85 300TD, 87 300TD, 93 300E
4matic. Just not sure yet though
OK Don wrote:
Hey - that was months ago. We didn't think you held onto cars that long! ;-)
On 3/23/07, Kaleb C.
Report Run Date: 03/23/2007
Vehicle Description: WDBCB25D5HA304962
TitleCheck: No Record Reported to AutoCheck
Problem Check: No Record Reported to AutoCheck
Odometer Check: Record(s) Reported to AutoCheck
Vehicle Information: No Record Reported to AutoCheck
Full History: Record(s)
Dear gullible #2:
Hmmm! I admire the trust you have placed in your fellow Benz lovers
on this list...
Oh, by the way, what newspaper covers the area in which you live?
Should provide lots of enjoyment to your fellow residents.
What are you nattering on about here?
RLE
Shame you guys don't have the American Coast Guard to assist with these
situations. :-)
In the winter of '80 (I think it was, might have been '79 or '78) we rescued
the SAME GUY THREE TIMES by helicopter because he tried to walk from Cape
Cod to Nantucket over the frozen water. (You non US- or
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:43:03 -0500 Hans Neureiter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On 3/23/07, LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Reminds me of a tape I heard about a drunk hitting a deer, stopped to
help it and seeing it dead put it in his back seat so he could take it
home for future dinners.
Jim Cathey wrote:
A full pickup load is a cord. Very roughly.
... if you can pile it to an average depth of 4'
http://www.woodheat.org/firewood/cord.htm
Don't know whether you were talking to me or not, but no nattering,
just funnin'! I enjoyed your story. Have you ever considered a
writing career?
Take care,
Chuck
On Mar 23, 2007, at 7:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What are you nattering on about here?
RLE
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:06:03 -0500 LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Shame you guys don't have the American Coast Guard to assist with these
situations. :-)
In the winter of '80 (I think it was, might have been '79 or '78) we
rescued the SAME GUY THREE TIMES by helicopter because he tried
on 3/23/07 19:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I preferred The Two Ronnies to Benny Hill.
The Two Ronnies had brilliant writers and their delivery and timing made up
for any occasional obvious gags.
Benny Hill is straight from the British music hall tradition, what nowadays
on 3/23/07 14:28, Rich Thomas at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think that sh*t killed her. Damn.
Anyone else have anything happen to their animals? Clean out your pantry...
The media coverage around here (at least this AM) was misleading as it never
mentioned the long list of names this stuff
I don't think Rodger is the famous deer roper, only a complete moron would
tie himself to an deer.
- Original Message -
From: Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Roping a
In 2007, we have a word to describe that: Banned.
On 3/23/07, Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Benny Hill is straight from the British music hall tradition, what nowadays
we would call lowest common denominator.
--
I'm a man but I can change if I have to ... I guess.
BMW means Brings Me Women!
According to a new German car magazine survey, BMW drivers have all the
luck.
BMW drivers have more sex than owners of any other cars and are much more
active than Porsche drivers. The German magazine Men's Car found in a
survey of 2,253 motorists aged 20 to 50
The ice was maple-hardwood-floor solid -- about three feet thick.
Except Magellan never thought to take a compass (dumb-ass!) so once he
lost the horizon, he wandered around as lost as Stevie Wonder in a blizzard
white-out. Once, my bad. Twice, you're an idiot. Three times, we will drop
bread
1954 was a good year, Wilton. I turned TWO on Christmas Eve. :-)
Don
On 3/23/07, wilton strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wife used a cast iron griddle/pan couple days ago to fix a grilled
cheese
for me. I made it and a couple of frying pans in foundry lab at NC State
College in 1954
Reminds me of visitin' the mother-in-law during marriage #1 (rural Maine).
Those were the good old days (Maine, not wife).
On 3/23/07, Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We use cast iron to cook on the woodstove every day..Nothing cooks
better than cast on a woodstove.You guys
I'll give you $100 cash for any of them that still run.
On 3/23/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
During my military period, I had a 36hp Beetle that made lots of trips
from
L.A to Seattle on leave and L.A to SFO on weekend passes. It's only real
challenge was climbing the
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:57:17 -0500 LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The ice was maple-hardwood-floor solid -- about three feet thick.
Must have been really COLD!
There were actually some folks who successfully walked from Cape Cod to
Nantucket that winter -- a once in several lifetimes
I am getting really good at tearing apart the eMac. Already have two
machines up on Tiger. Might have to purchase a few 5 gig drives and
snag some cheap eMac tiger disks to sell as a set on eBay.
On Mar 23, 2007, at 5:15 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
So, Instead of busting the eMac apart to get
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:19:31 -0500 Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim Cathey wrote:
A full pickup load is a cord. Very roughly.
... if you can pile it to an average depth of 4'
http://www.woodheat.org/firewood/cord.htm
But since a piece of plywood (4' x 8') can lie flat between the
Don,
Was that maybe '77? I lived near Annapolis at the time and the
entire froze rock solid. Folks were building fires on the ice.
There was no Frostbite Sunday series that year.
Take care,
Chuck
On Mar 23, 2007, at 9:26 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:57:17 -0500 LT
Have you ever heard of the book called The Grasshopper Trap? I forget the
author's name. I just finished reading it and if you enjoyed this story
half as much as I did you must read it. Very funny stuff Roger. I, Toni
and my neighbor were all rolling with laughter!!!
Mike
- Original
Might have been '77. The late 70s are sort of a SAR blur to me. Get up, go
to work, fly for eight hours, go to bed, get up, repair avionics, ... er,
repeat for a tour.
I know that the entire northeast was one solid block of ice, probably
touched Maryland during the process.
A co-worker lived at
Have you ever heard of the book called The Grasshopper Trap?
I forget the author's name.
That deer lashing story does sound exactly like other stuff I've
heard from Patrick F. McManus. (A Spokane resident!)
-- Jim
And one VERY funny author!
Mike
- Original Message -
From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Roping a deer, a learning experience
Have you ever heard of the book called The
Any and all,
We installed Vista Home Premium on one of our home computers, and it won't
let us install security software...it just erases it...suggestions? Do we need
to be logged into an admin account or something?
Thanks,
Bruce
82 300CD 348kmi 'His'
85 300CD 253kmi 'Hers'
75
Yes. Send me your address off-list and I will send you a Linux CD.
D.
On 3/24/07, B Dike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any and all,
We installed Vista Home Premium on one of our home computers, and it
won't let us install security software...it just erases
it...suggestions? Do we need to be
I don't think Rodger is the famous deer roper, only a complete moron
would
tie himself to an deer.
What do you mean, complete?
RLE
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We installed Vista Home Premium on one of our home computers, and it
won't let us install security software...it just erases
it...suggestions?
Did you tell the annoying guy in the glasses Allow?
-- Jim
Surely Microsoft wouldn't hamper and delete competitor products,
certainly not ones they want to crush and destroy so they can take over
those $100 a year update fees? No, I mean they were convicted once
already by the USA Govt for such nonsense... Surely not again.
I guess you could start
Hey Rich,
I don't want to make you tired of the same wishes, but honestly, as someone
whose four-legged buddy was just about his only buddy for several years,
it's hard to imagine how hard this must be for you. Wish you the best.
I have a rather spacey friend - somewhat older lady who is into
Glen -
I had the glass come out of the guide shoe on my 107 and the folks that had
previously installed my windshield sold me a glue kit to effect a repair.
I think it was basically some sort of epoxy. These were the folks that come
out to replace your windshield wherever your car is parked. About
Jim Cathey wrote:
A full pickup load is a cord. Very roughly.
I believe that's what they call a face cord - it has the width and height
of a cord but not the depth.
The depth only goes as far as one stick of wood - about 25 long. where a
full cord is 3 X's that deep.
IIRC - YMMV
;-)
Back in the early part of 20th century, the Chesapeake Bay would freeze
(perhaps almost) completely over. The area between Norfolk and Hampton -
about 4 miles wide - and people would build shacks to sell sandwichs and
coffee to people walking across.
Hasn't done that in a while although
Just found this on AOL news..Mercedes is building a bike
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/02/28/mercedes-benz-rolls-out-new-line-of-bicycles/
Harry
69 280 SEL 135,000 Miles
72 350SL 118,000 Miles
2004 VW Passat 4 Motion
1999 Mazda Miata
Well, when you consider that nine reindeer can make a sled, with a fat guy
in a suit (plus a load of toys), fly. Then one deer should have a fair bit
of power, I certainly wouldn't entertain the idea of tying myself to a deer.
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Tom,
Did you get what you needed on this? I did mine last spring and printed off
the pages from the CD-let me know. It was not a bad job-worst part was the
little white plastic spacer that had broken and wedged-I had to destroy it
to get window out. Also hadn't thought to order a new one, so
Might be in a full sized 3/4 ton pickup... 1/2 ton you can't go full height or
you'll be draggin the rear end too low to get out of the woods. Ask me how I
know this, I've got a great story about leaving a muffler in the bush.
I however have a Dodge Dakota which is narrower and only has a 6'
that's some pretty sound advice!
On 3/24/07, Redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sell the winbox and get a mac. Seems there are a number of people
getting rid of Vista because it is screwing up their machines. At
least in Seattle.
I just sold my B/W G3 to a fellow at M$. Said he wanted a
Rich,
I'm real sorry to hear about your dogs. I hope somebody nails the b*st*rds
that are responsible. This is Texas, man, you don't mess with our dawgs.
Royce
Message: 8
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:28:34 -0600
From: Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] OT Dog food warning
To: Mercedes
It seems like they offered one several years ago...it was in the back of
that fancy-schmancy mag they used to send out periodically to people who
either bought parts or who were on some kind of mailing list. Seems like it
was around $3K.
Bob R
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From: [EMAIL
A full pickup load is a cord. Very roughly.
And by full, I mean FULL. Mounded up above the roof height
in the center, all the way back. The guys that deliver
commercially usually have plywood sides on the truck. They
way to do that is to make a reference stack (or ten) then
load the truck.
That winter the Sound was frozen solid for several weeks, they were
having to fly heating oil over to the island to keep the winter folk
from freezing. The big blizzard was in 78 (THAT was lots of fun!) but I
think you are right, the freeze was a year or two later.
--R
--R
LT Don wrote:
A face cord is a stack 4' high X 8' long by whatever length you ordered the
wood cut. Wood peddlers around here sell a face cord as a cord and a face
cord is usually an over filled pickup truck load. They will load the truck
from a pre-measured stack.
Also, a face cord normally sells for the same
For when you are too busy working on the car to go inside and eat.
--R
http://www.everythingcarz.com/shop/Tool-Silverware-m158.html
And I am searching for an acceptable vulgar euphemism to describe which
sort of driver is the biggest.
--R(Rich not Dick)
Hendrik Riessen wrote:
BMW means Brings Me Women!
According to a new German car magazine survey, BMW drivers have all the
luck.
BMW drivers have more sex than owners
Did you ever figure out the auction process? Did you win? If so did
you actually acquire the goods?
--R
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
so I went ahead and decided to try bidding on a couple of cars online.
So how does this work, people bid sort of like ebay before the real
auction then people at
http://columbus.craigslist.org/car/299571457.html
anyone want me to inquire?
--
Sunil Hari
1992 300D 2.5T - 290Kmi - for sale
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
513-205-7474
I have not been able to isolate the grating kind of noise my 1970 280S has .
I have replaced the most suspected parts , drive shaft centre bearing and
the wheel bearings -all four wheels, still the noise continues .
Could it be the bearing at the dirrerential end near the drive shaft?
Or, to be more precise, Todd and Kaleb on Banned.
Mac
on 3/23/07 23:46, LT Don at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In 2007, we have a word to describe that: Banned.
On 3/23/07, Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Benny Hill is straight from the British music hall tradition, what nowadays
we
I know that there has been a bike made that bore the MB name across the top
tube. In fact, I remember an episode of Cops where they set out on the
street as bait and then busted the thieves. I love that.
Funny side note: I realized recently that I could dispose of a bike I
didn't want by leaving
I was going to say this some time ago, but knew it would just be joke
fodder.
Aside from falling on its face after the clutch gets let out completely, my
240D accelerates as fast as I normally accelerate.
I am not delusional though - I realize that I prefer to accelerate much
slower than most
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-1990-mercedes-300e_W0QQitemZ300094553122QQcategoryZ6330QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Kalep I noticed a few weeks back our Walmart in State College PA was
carrying the 15-50 m1 non extended again with th 15-50 extended also on
the shelf.
Wish they would make up their minds/Tom
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From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mercedes Mailing List
. Most peoples' default mode is to mash the gas
Could that be why some only get 30K out of a tranny???
pedal every time they get the chance
- Original Message -
From: Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:07
To be exact a face cord measures 4' x 8' x 18 and a full cord is 4' x 4' x
8'.
Mike
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From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Wood Splitters
Jim Cathey wrote:
Could be the first Benz donk in pleasant prairie, WI.
--R
Kaleb C. Striplin, Cox Auto Trader wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-1990-mercedes-300e_W0QQitemZ300094553122QQcategoryZ6330QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
___
interesting story about that. i bought a wagon from my watchmaker
with the warning that it goes through transmissions, as do all
mercedes. he'd replaced the transmission twice in 150k miles and the
current one was about to go as well. he also had to replace trannies
on his 300SD and his 126
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:46:56 -0400 Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
That deer lashing story does sound exactly like other stuff I've
heard from Patrick F. McManus. (A Spokane resident!)
And one VERY funny author!
So, you're saying that the deer experience didn't happen to Roger
I dont know if I won or not, nobody every contacted me. I will probably
abandon the texas cars for kids deal, seems to be to big a hassle.
Rich Thomas wrote:
Did you ever figure out the auction process? Did you win? If so did
you actually acquire the goods?
--R
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
That's some really messed up wood sellin' goin' on there.
Mike
- Original Message -
From: Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Wood Splitters
A face cord is a stack 4' high
The universal joint can go bad in those cars, it's user replaceable, I
think, held in place with circlips. they can grind when dry.
Diff noises change with load and speed -- a steady tram car sound
that changes pitch with speed unrelated to engine speed is likely a
diff noise, it will appear
Yeah well...
It tows good, http://home.gwi.net/~craymond/tractor/part4/rollingout.jpg 4500#
tractor on about a 1000# trailer...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:42:05 -0700
From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Wood Splitters
To: Mercedes Discussion List
That's one reason I cut my own. But I'll also value shop at the end of
the heating season. The local wood peddlers will have quite a few cords
left I'll go make an offer for a couple of cords at the end of the
heating season. The price 'can' drop dramatically.
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
I've had the tremendous *displeasure* to ride with some people who only had
2 speeds - on off.
My elderly F-I-L took that one step farther - whenever he approached an
intersection - even in the suburbs - he was hard on the brakes then he road
the brakes as he passed the roads that
Dieselvolk,
I finally tracked down the hard starting problem with our brand new 74 240D.
It was starting fine, then one morning it suddenly took excessive cranking and
barely started. It had all the hallmarks of a bad GP as so often happens with
the W123s, so I immediately swapped all of
At 10:42 AM 3/24/2007, Jim wrote:
A full pickup load is a cord. Very roughly.
And by full, I mean FULL. Mounded up above the roof height
in the center, all the way back.
{snip)
A thrown cord of 18 long wood is about 180 cubic ft, of
24 length about 195, and when
Darn - a little farther than 10 mi. I'm near Richmond, Va.
;-(
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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I guess the Krauts have not heartd of HD.
A guy sitting next to me just sold his Fatboy to some other guy.
A stacked chick walkes across the room and he says Oh man
The guy on my other side says to hiom:If you had a Harley, you could get her.
On 3/24/07, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And
We have had them over here for quite some time, complete with auto
transmission and other fancy stuff but like everything else in the
stealership, very expensive.
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