--R wrote:
I was watching some show last night about Haiti, they showed a 123 crushed
under a bunch of fallen building. Sad.
A year later, billions of cash - and the place is still corrupt and broken.
That... is progress.
mao
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
I was watching some show last night about Haiti, they showed a 123 crushed
under a bunch of fallen building. Sad.
Takes more than that to stop a W123!
A.
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So, to start with, I know, I am a lawyer so why am I asking you folks??
I don't know and am wondered if any of you might know is the basic answer.
Anyone actually look at the laws, regulations, whatever, that impose the
fines for use of cell phones in your jurisdiction?
The reason I ask is
I watched an episode of Top Gear last night where they raced cars that
were double-stacked, the car on top steered and the one on the bottom
had the brake and accelerator. 2 300E's with something on top, driven
by Germans, and the Brits had a Jag/Mini and maybe another one like
that. It was
I'm sure all the illegals will get an exemption/
--R
On 1/13/2011 12:40 PM, LarryT wrote:
HUGE California Traffic Tickets Fines Effective 01/06/2011. Please be extremely
careful in your driving and car registration insurance matters. State of
California is broke and they are trying hard to
And I have yet to see any US aid effort for our frriends down under...
Walt
On Jan 13, 2011 12:07 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote:
--R wrote:
I was watching some show last night about Haiti, they showed a 123
crushed
under a bunch of fallen building. Sad.
A year later, billions
As you say, you're the lawyer, but I would imagine the argument could be
made, that any device that distracts you from the task at hand is a no-no.
Texting is not allowed here, and operating a digital cam involves similar
hand movements.
On the flip side, if the law is only against talking on the
They don't get stopped in the first place. Or if an oncifer makes a
mistake and stops them he lets them go. Stopping an illegal alien
would be discrimination. Of course, giving a whole group exemption
from our laws is NOT discrimination!
I'm sure all the illegals will get an exemption/
Not specifically illegal here in SC but the cops can get you for
reckless driving, which can be construed to be about anything they want
it to be. Crash reports have a box to check for cell-phone as a factor,
or inattentive driving, and other things that could be related to
texting, yapping,
Tell us more. How did you get photos and how did you convince the
high Shire Riff?
I take my camera with me sometimes, and have busted 2 deputies for
1) tailgaiting and speeding and 2) speeding (65 in 50 zone). The
Sheriff was not amused at his guys' behavior when I emailed the
photos to
My belief is that any resistance costs them money. If the rewards
are diminished by expenses, they are less likely to seek this revenue
stream. So, My policy is to take every delay, every protest, every
appeal that I can afford in order to discourage the various
constabularies from issuing
Guess it would be pretty hard to tick those boxes on a crash report, unless
the crash was witnessed. Can't imagine anyone saying, oh yeah, I hit the
pole as I was checking my messages. hee hee
I have to say, the cops around here on the whole are pretty decent and
fair. You see the odd one
Rich Thomas wrote:
I take my camera with me sometimes, and have busted 2 deputies for 1)
tailgaiting and speeding and 2) speeding (65 in 50 zone). The Sheriff
was not amused at his guys' behavior when I emailed the photos to him.
I've had a judge tell me, on the record (with a court
Dieselhead wrote:
My belief is that any resistance costs them money. If the rewards are
diminished by expenses, they are less likely to seek this revenue
stream. So, My policy is to take every delay, every protest, every
appeal that I can afford in order to discourage the various
I snapped pics that showed (somewhat out of focus, but readable) my
speedo and the cop car ahead (from which the license plate was
visible). The first one was going about 55 in a 45 zone, about 8ft off
the bumper of the car ahead. I pointed out this guy had passed me (as I
was going the
...it's an incentive for the cops themselves to write the tickets, as they
get paid overtime to sit comfortably in court.
I'm sure their bosses don't like it when they have a high rate of spending
time in court and losing, so they can't do this too often or things will
not go well for them.
I
why ask? because you don't know the laws in every state. fair enough; i
wouldn't expect most people do, or need to!
in California, VC Section 23123 specifies using a wireless
telephone... i doubt you could be held to fault under that section of
the code for using it as a camera any more
Greg Fiorentino wrote:
...it's an incentive for the cops themselves to write the tickets, as they
get paid overtime to sit comfortably in court.
I'm sure their bosses don't like it when they have a high rate of spending
time in court and losing, so they can't do this too often or things will
Having lived for 65 years in what may be the most corrupt state in the U.S.;
(Since 2000 Florida had the most, [729], federal corruption convictions of
any state with second place New York far behind with only 633); we
Floridians don't necessarily obey onerous laws to the letter. We find ways
Well, my car is in the garage for the duration of the cold weather so
not much to do on it for a bit. I did buy a new set of H4 headlights for
it and will install them come spring. May even go the route of relays
and higher wattage bulbs if the H4's that I have are not a significant
I just remembered, my old 300E had a mercedes (dealer installed?) built in
phone when I got it, along with a hands free mic on the A pillar. The hard
wiring for the antenna, and wire that's hidden behind the A pillar remain,
but I yanked out the phone as soon as I got it. I did the same with my
Actually, I think it is the calm before the storm, or it is just too
cold and snowy in most places to even contemplate working on the
car(s) RIght now Global warming and albore has delivered snow in
a lot of the country that never sees snow of this volume.
Gerry
Note: Actually I prefer to
Car phones as opposed to the alternative, Bag phones.
I just remembered, my old 300E had a mercedes (dealer installed?) built in
phone when I got it, along with a hands free mic on the A pillar. The hard
wiring for the antenna, and wire that's hidden behind the A pillar remain,
but I yanked
Dieselhead wrote:
Car phones as opposed to the alternative, Bag phones.
About twenty years ago, I heard about a $10 a month (includes ten free minutes
of talk) deal and wanted them to sell me a used car phone and a used bag phone,
cloning them so I could use whichever one I wanted at any
-12 here today, and I washed the cars with a big 5 gallon bucket of hot
water. Had to work fast to bet the dirt off before the water froze. I'm
not a big fan of washing salty cars too much in the winter, but at the same
time, I can't stand a dirty car either!!
Ed
300E
On 13 January 2011 18:19,
I got a kick out of seeing one of the old bag phones when I was watching The
Big Lebowski the other night
The Dude abides.
Dan
--- On Thu, 1/13/11, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] fines for use of cell phone without hands
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:10 -0500, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote:
-12 here today, and I washed the cars with a big 5 gallon bucket of
hot water. Had to work fast to bet the dirt off before the water
froze. I'm not a big fan of washing salty cars too much in the
winter, but at the same time, I
A friend with an American car said the same thing. It's about 12 years old,
and had only very slight rust last year. But it just took off over the
winter, and he even has a few small perforations!
I give the cars a good soaking in both the regular Rustcheck, and the
thicker farm grade stuff in
Walt wrote:
And I have yet to see any US aid effort for our frriends down under...
Well - I would guess that the difference there is that Haiti is third
world poor nation, whereas Brisbane is quite modern and financially
viable?
mao
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1984 non turbo 300 wagon 4speed transmission. this car is a gray market euro
delivered vehicle. It came from california to the great state of michigan where
I bought it about ten years ago. I used it in my business
Rich,
i understand the problem you're complaining about; some of the LEOs
drive ridiculously, whether on call or not.
i like the approach of using the radar gun to document the problems
in your area, but are you really providing pictures that document
yourself speeding while playing
A number of years ago global cooling was popular. Our
effluents were supposed to block out the sun and turn
the world into a big ice cube.
Beginning to look like the coolers were right and the warmers
were wrong.
Gerry
From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com
Actually, I think it is the calm
In North Carolina, the no-texting law was intentionally designed to
only ban forms of written communication - text messages, e-mail,
instant messages - where there was a recipient on the other end. It
is discussed in the law that it allows other forms of typing that do
not have a communicative
Gerry Archer wrote:
A number of years ago global cooling was popular. Our effluents were
supposed to block out the sun and turn the world into a big ice cube.
Beginning to look like the coolers were right and the warmers
were wrong.
Where I'm sitting was once under a huge glacier, and will
Walt,
Along with other countries the American government have offered to help
in any way they can.
The people of Queensland will be grateful for any help they can get -
last reports were that the 70 cities towns have been affected, there
have been 15 deaths, 61 people are still unaccounted
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/2159336159.html
This is interesting:
it has good thread
the AC is merely cold
it is capable of 2,800,000 miles
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On 1/13/2011 8:36 PM, Bob Rentfro wrote:
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/2159336159.html
This is interesting:
it has good thread
the AC is merely cold
it is capable of 2,800,000 miles
Actually, although my life seems to have fallen off the rails (I have gout, my
laptop died, due to snowmageddon I didn't work yesterday so my class took extra
time Tuesday night and tonight, and all the fools trying to commute at a
million miles an hour and miss the road make commuting a
Nope, the data shows roughly 30 year heating and cooling cycles. We
are about 10 years into the cooling cycle. Dr. Deming always said
to never confuse normal variation with special cause variation.
Albore never heard that lesson.
A number of years ago global cooling was popular. Our
Strange comment about the headlight. If I had my car in the shop and they
broke a headlight, they'd darn well replace it.
Allan
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:20 -0500, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
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1984 non turbo 300 wagon
Ever notice the coolers always proclaim the loudest that they were right,
during Jan. and Feb, and the warmers are fully convinced it is they who are
right, and tell you most often during July. hee hee
Ed
300E
On 13 January 2011 21:09, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
A number of
Hmmm, 10 years in, that tells me now is when the smart money will start
looking at used G Wagons. That would also explain why the SL market is
sliding downhill. Another 20 years, you'll only be able to take the top off
2 weeks a year. hee hee. Mercedes is going to clean up with their new air
H Don't tell them, they have not yet figured that out!
--R
On 1/13/2011 8:16 PM, ernest breakfield wrote:
Rich,
i understand the problem you're complaining about; some of the
LEOs drive ridiculously, whether on call or not.
i like the approach of using the radar gun to
I saw this clip on the news last night, a guy, his wife, and their child
in a shelter. I was sorta amazed in that they looked like a typical
merkin goober couple these days, she quite hefty, he somewhat skinny
like a heavy smoker or meth head (or both). The woman did all the
speaking, the
When I was a kid my dad bought this little transistor radio that had cop
frequencies on it along with AM and FM. It also picked up mobile
phones, which at that time were these huge affairs that took up about 3
cuft and had a full-size corded handset. I recall there was this one
guy I would
I realize there is a difference in world status, but the media was all
over the donate anything you can! angle with Haiti, and it just seems odd
that I've not heard a peep in regards to this.
I'm glad that there is an offer on the table though, it strengthens my small
belife that we as a country
You summed that up well, in outback Queensland there are a lot of
backwoods redneck crackas!
Rich Thomas wrote:
I saw this clip on the news last night, a guy, his wife, and their
child in a shelter. I was sorta amazed in that they looked like a
typical merkin goober couple these days, she
Just wanted to let you know Walt that your country does still get it
we sure appreciate it.
The offer of help came from Hilary Clinton just before Christmas when
the flood situation got bad was starting to spread through the state.
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
I realize there is a difference
They were lucky, I being reading/seeing reports of people being trapped
in there houses as the flood waters carried the house downstream and all
eyewitness could do was stand listen to the screams.
Rich Thomas wrote:
I saw this clip on the news last night, a guy, his wife, and their
child in
I hope someone can help me with a Windoze machine -- it's my
brother's HP, about 6 years old or so. Put another used (supposedly
working) board in because the original was suffering from overheat
shudowns in spite of cleaning the heat sink, replacing the fan, and
using Arctic Sliver
Try booting into windows repair mode off the CD?
I say go Linux! ;)
Walt, who converted to penguin processing power in 2K5 :)
On Jan 13, 2011 11:48 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
I hope someone can help me with a Windoze machine -- it's my
brother's HP, about 6 years old or so.
Wretched POS! My wife came to pick me up at lunch, and just before
she got there she called me saying there were banging noises coming
from the car. She rolled up, and there was steam rising from the
hood. I popped it and had a look, and washer tank was boiling.
Weird! I'd guessed that the
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