Re: [MBZ] Golf and Benz

2012-06-06 Thread Walt Zarnoch
That may work... Just don't tripple-book the shuttle, only airlines and hotels can get away with that nonsense... Walt On Jun 5, 2012 10:32 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: So in a coupla months the Kiawah swells will be putting on some sort of golf tournament. The

Re: [MBZ] Telephone Poles

2012-06-06 Thread Gerry Archer
Railroad telegraph lines; separate system from Postal Telegraph and Western Union. Gerry From: Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com What were the poles along the RR tracks with two cross bars, wires, and the colored glass insulators? Telephone or telegraph? Stop Rick stop Sent from my wireless

Re: [MBZ] OT use number 93 for a dead cat

2012-06-06 Thread Dan Penoff
You have to give them something to scratch, and encourage the behavior. We bred cats for a number of years (Chartreux) and would never consider declawing. We also never had a cat that clawed somewhere they should not. Gotta start them young, give them a post or a piece of carpet on a board, and

Re: [MBZ] Telephone Poles

2012-06-06 Thread Allan Streib
Signal wires? On Tue, Jun 5, 2012, at 11:24 PM, Rick Knoble wrote: What were the poles along the RR tracks with two cross bars, wires, and the colored glass insulators? Telephone or telegraph? Stop Rick stop Sent from my wireless telegraph. Stop ___

[MBZ] LinkedIn warning

2012-06-06 Thread Allan Streib
If you use LinkedIn, you might want to change your password. Rumors are floating this morning that a large number of password hashes from their site were leaked and posted to a Russian website, which undoubtedly means work on cracking them is underway. Allan

Re: [MBZ] OT use number 93 for a dead cat

2012-06-06 Thread G Mann
Still laughing... adds a whole dimension to the phrase put out the cat doesn't it? Can't wait to sent this over to my buddy who is an official with FAA , along with a request for a registration number. Let's see what paper storm comes of that. Grant... [Dogs have owners, cats have servants}

[MBZ] OT - copper thieves

2012-06-06 Thread WILTON
Steel, copper or aluminum? Electric distribution lines on utility poles in front of my house are green in color (oxidized copper color). About 15 years ago, coupla days after Hurricane Fran, I picked up one of the green distribution wires in my front yard ('could clearly see that it was

Re: [MBZ] Coolant question (related to my Jeep cooling system work) beja4a3y

2012-06-06 Thread Brian Toscano
Since the last flush, I'm not getting any heavy deposits. Instead I'm getting lots of fine powered rust. I pulled the heater core hoses and the bright orange rust that was built up on the heater core and inside the hoses is completely gone! :-) Looks like another flush similar to the last one

[MBZ] OT - Rear Suspension Woes me5u1a2u

2012-06-06 Thread Dan Penoff
Just got back from the Ford stealership. Seems that my weird tire wear = and related noise in the left rear of my 2004 Focus wagon is due to a = bent suspension knuckle. According to the tech, the suspension knuckle, which I would call a = trailing arm, must have sustained some sort of road

Re: [MBZ] OT - copper thieves

2012-06-06 Thread Gerry Archer
Copper plated steel or aluminum? http://www.thomasnet.com/illinois/wire-electric-utility-copper-clad-steel-94476009-1.html From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com Steel, copper or aluminum? Electric distribution lines on utility poles in front of my house are green in color (oxidized copper color).

[MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread Dan Penoff
Is it me, or is just about every reply or post I send to the list getting kicked back to me with the stupid scoring thing that asks me to use a code to post the message? Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] OT - copper thieves

2012-06-06 Thread WILTON
Yeah, could be. Wilton - Original Message - From: Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - copper thieves Copper plated steel or aluminum?

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread buymbparts
Are you winning or losing? Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com Sender: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 13:24:18 To: Mercedes Listmercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread Dan Penoff
At this point I think I might be slightly ahead of the game. For now. Dan On Jun 6, 2012, at 1:27 PM, buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote: Are you winning or losing? Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com Sender:

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread Gerry Archer
DNSChanger Malware or other malware on pc or server? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401227,00.asp Is it me, or is just about every reply or post I send to the list getting kicked back to me with the stupid scoring thing that asks me to use a code to post the message? Dan

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread Rich Thomas
Yeah I get that too on at least one every day. It's like it decides at some point that the mail I just sent was OK but this one is not, but the next one is OK. --R On 6/6/12 2:20 PM, Gerry Archer wrote: DNSChanger Malware or other malware on pc or server?

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread Dieselhead
your jisa loser Is it me, or is just about every reply or post I send to the list getting kicked back to me with the stupid scoring thing that asks me to use a code to post the message? Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to

Re: [MBZ] OT - copper thieves

2012-06-06 Thread Fmiser
Gerry Archer wrote: Copper plated steel or aluminum? Pure copper is not strong enough to survive the tension necessary to string between polls. But steel is a poor conductor. So by combining them the steel can carry the tensile load and the copper the electrical load. -- Philip

[MBZ] Re; Rear Differential Oil

2012-06-06 Thread RDeafBoy
I'm doing my rear axles on my 83 240D this weekend with the help of a friend who has done this twice already.on a lift too !! Should I stay with 80-90 oil or should I use synthetic 75-90 ?? If I use synthetic do you have completely clean out the old oil ?? Any special tricks on removing

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread Dan Penoff
That's looser. On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Dieselhead wrote: your jisa loser Is it me, or is just about every reply or post I send to the list getting kicked back to me with the stupid scoring thing that asks me to use a code to post the message? Dan

Re: [MBZ] OT - copper thieves

2012-06-06 Thread WILTON
My thoughts, too. Wilton - Original Message - From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - copper thieves Gerry Archer wrote: Copper plated steel or aluminum? Pure copper is not

Re: [MBZ] Re; Rear Differential Oil

2012-06-06 Thread WILTON
Too late. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: rdeaf...@aol.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 4:12 PM Subject: [MBZ] Re; Rear Differential Oil I'm doing my rear axles on my 83 240D this weekend with the help of a friend who has done this twice

Re: [MBZ] Re; Rear Differential Oil

2012-06-06 Thread Brian Toscano
Using synthetic would probably loosen up stuff in the differential. If you use synthetic, I would think in terms of changing again much sooner than if you just used conventional. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:12 PM, rdeaf...@aol.com wrote: I'm doing my rear axles on my 83 240D this weekend with

Re: [MBZ] Re; Rear Differential Oil

2012-06-06 Thread Gerry Archer
I used synthetic and wish I'd stayed with dino oil. The differential is making more noise since then. Noisy differentials can last a long time. From: rdeaf...@aol.com I'm doing my rear axles on my 83 240D this weekend with the help of a friend who has done this twice already.on a lift

Re: [MBZ] poles, poles and more poles

2012-06-06 Thread RELNGSON
...What were the poles along the RR tracks with two cross bars, wires, and the colored glass insulators? Telephone or telegraph? Stop... There was a time when railroad communication was by telegraph key so they had to have their own facilities. And then there was Western Union sending

Re: [MBZ] poles, poles and more poles

2012-06-06 Thread Dan Penoff
And the railroads had their own signaling system, which ran on aerial wires on their right of way. Dan On Jun 6, 2012, at 7:28 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: ...What were the poles along the RR tracks with two cross bars, wires, and the colored glass insulators? Telephone or telegraph? Stop...

Re: [MBZ] LinkedIn warning

2012-06-06 Thread Tim C
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: If you use LinkedIn, you might want to change your password.  Rumors are floating this morning that a large number of password hashes from their site were leaked and posted to a Russian website, which undoubtedly means

[MBZ] Speedtest.net Mobile Result

2012-06-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Test Date: Jun 6, 2012 7:59 PM Connection Type: Wifi Server: Bixby, OK Download: 14.06 Mbps Upload: 3.08 Mbps Ping: 794 ms External IP: 184.63.20.146 Internal IP: 192.168.1.7 Latitude: 36.2550 Longitude: -95.5797 A detailed image for this result can be found here:

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Anybody else? Should be whitelisted and not even go thru the filters. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 6, 2012, at 2:28 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Yeah I get that too on at least one every day. It's like it decides at some point that the mail I just sent was OK

Re: [MBZ] Speedtest.net Mobile Result

2012-06-06 Thread Tim C
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Download: 14.06 Mbps Sending a 1PB SAN across country will get you at least 2x that. Best, -Tim of course you could always send several ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread Rick Knoble
Yeah. Me too. Rick Sent from my iPhone On Jun 6, 2012, at 8:01 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Anybody else? Should be whitelisted and not even go thru the filters. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 6, 2012, at 2:28 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Golf and Benz

2012-06-06 Thread Tim C
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: So in a coupla months the Kiawah swells will be putting on some sort of golf tournament.  The only road in/out is my road, 30k people per day coming in and out, they are figuring maybe 10k or 12k cars per

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread Dieselhead
Yeah, I get that crap too. I though all subscribers would be whotelisted. But not so. If you were not so good looking, (Or if you got paid for this) we should fire y'all. But since you do this out of the goodness of your cotton-pickin lil heart, we'll just say Thanks Kaleb! Anybody

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread OK Don
Not me - yet, knopcking on wood, etc. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: Anybody else? Should be whitelisted and not even go thru the filters. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 6, 2012, at 2:28 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread Rick Knoble
On Jun 6, 2012, at 9:15 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: But since you do this out of the goodness of your cotton-pickin lil heart, we'll just say Thanks Kaleb! What he said. Except less curmudgeonly. :-) Rick Who works midnights and is a curmudgeon. Sent from my iPhone

Re: [MBZ] LinkedIn warning

2012-06-06 Thread Allan Streib
Tim C bb...@crone.us writes: Infosec at my work said possibly as much as 10% of the user DB was lost. So yes, definitely expire those passwords. And if you use the same password on other sites, change it on those too. -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD ___

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread Dieselhead
What he said. Except less curmudgeonly. :-) Rick Who works midnights and is a curmudgeon. Sent from my iPhone Thank you! I am trying to learn the art of curmugeoness. I figure as time goes by it could be fin at times. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new

Re: [MBZ] Speedtest.net Mobile Result

2012-06-06 Thread Rich Thomas
I used to tell people that FedEx had near unlimited bandwidth, and was in many cases faster than any network. They looked at me like I was some kind of weirdo. They might have been right about that aspect, but I was right about FedEx. --R On 6/6/12 9:23 PM, Tim C wrote: On Wed, Jun 6,

Re: [MBZ] Speedtest.net Mobile Result

2012-06-06 Thread Rich Thomas
That is some fast speed, but if I have to wait 3/4sec to have something respond I could get annoyed pretty quickly. How does it work in the rain? My DSL gets wonky every time it rains, like this morning. Rain stopped, DSL working fine now. ATT circuits are crap. OTA must be affected by

Re: [MBZ] Total Score?

2012-06-06 Thread Rich Thomas
It must be because I'm Asian then. --R On 6/6/12 9:02 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Anybody else? Should be whitelisted and not even go thru the filters. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 6, 2012, at 2:28 PM, Rich Thomasrichthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Yeah I get that too on at least

Re: [MBZ] Speedtest.net Mobile Result

2012-06-06 Thread Craig
On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:17:17 -0400 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I used to tell people that FedEx had near unlimited bandwidth, and was in many cases faster than any network. They looked at me like I was some kind of weirdo. They might have been right about that

Re: [MBZ] Speedtest.net Mobile Result

2012-06-06 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: How does it work in the rain?  My DSL gets wonky every time it rains, like this morning.  Rain stopped, DSL working fine now.  ATT circuits are crap.  OTA must be affected by rain too? We have Dish Network