[MBZ] RARE!! MUST SELL!! 1971 Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3 6K EVER MADE!!

2012-06-08 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
This looks nice http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/3066582449.html -- Sent from Craigslist Pro for iPhone and iPod Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Linux is where it's at

2012-06-08 Thread Rick Knoble
On Jun 8, 2012, at 10:00 PM, "Gerry Archer" wrote: > After a malware attack on the Air Force's Windows-based drone-control system > last year, there has been a wholesale move to Linux for security reasons. Which sucks because now the Chinese, Russians, and anyone else that writes virii will b

[MBZ] Linux is where it's at

2012-06-08 Thread Gerry Archer
The US Navy has signed off on a $27,883,883 contract from military contractor Raytheon to install Linux ground control software for its fleet of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drones. While the US military has been a growing user of Linux, the contract might also have something to do wit

Re: [MBZ] This list could certainly use some drama...

2012-06-08 Thread Hendrik & Fay
So you'll be the one to dress in some lingerie and ride a bike around? Hendrik who is a drama queen On 08/06/12 14:25, relng...@aol.com wrote: http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/316AzLYfAzw%26autoplay=1%26rel=0 RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and u

Re: [MBZ] 92 300E Lamp Out Indicator

2012-06-08 Thread Hendrik & Fay
You know if an indicator is not working, ya know instead of blink.blink...blink it's blink..blink..blink. Pretty sure it would not be the fog lights but the little park lights in the headlights do like to play up now and then. Hendrik who has all lights working On 08/06/12 07:22, C

Re: [MBZ] No More Tappets

2012-06-08 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Everybody is retiring. Boortz is retiring too Sent from my iPhone On Jun 8, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: > The Tappet Brothers are retiring! No more Click and Clack after October of > this year! > > Poo. > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > Fo

Re: [MBZ] No More Tappets

2012-06-08 Thread Dieselhead
YAY! But i never listen to them. never any intelligence concerning MB. Often wrong about DEETriot arn. The Tappet Brothers are retiring! No more Click and Clack after October of this year! Poo. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go

Re: [MBZ] No More Tappets

2012-06-08 Thread Brian Toscano
They will be recycling their old content though. I read earlier today its NPR's most popular program. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: > The Tappet Brothers are retiring! No more Click and Clack after October > of this year! > > Poo. > > > > ___

[MBZ] No More Tappets

2012-06-08 Thread Dan Penoff
The Tappet Brothers are retiring! No more Click and Clack after October of this year! Poo. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] OT: In praise of misfits

2012-06-08 Thread Rick Knoble
On Jun 8, 2012, at 4:59 AM, "Walt Zarnoch" wrote: > The procrastination, I could live without though... Hopefully you don't end up with projects that are over 30 years old, sitting, waiting to be completed. (like some of mine) Rick Who is working on becoming an EX-procrastinator. Sent from my

Re: [MBZ] yellow torpedo

2012-06-08 Thread RELNGSON
> ...I found one of those things that I think must have been some sort of > voltage or current detector -- it looked like a little torpedo about 6in > long, was yellow.  It had no buttons or anything else so I was never > sure what it was.  I probably have it tucked in a box somewhere... > It's an

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Telephone poles

2012-06-08 Thread G Mann
Thanks !! On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Craig wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:18:19 -0700 G Mann wrote: > > > Question: When the pole climber set his spikes and the big leather > > belt at the top of the pole and leaned back into it to work, was that > > the basis of the term "Tip & Ring"...

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Telephone poles

2012-06-08 Thread Craig
On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:18:19 -0700 G Mann wrote: > Question: When the pole climber set his spikes and the big leather > belt at the top of the pole and leaned back into it to work, was that > the basis of the term "Tip & Ring" since that is what he did at > that point to find the broken circu

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Telephone poles

2012-06-08 Thread G Mann
Note of interest.. Each pole had a set of spikes with special heads on them... One for the date the pole was installed [age of pole item] one had the pole number on it [problem area identification] some of them had brass plates that gave pole ownership info. There is a group of "special people" w

[MBZ] Fwd: Telephone poles

2012-06-08 Thread Striplin Admin account
Original Message Subject:Telephone poles Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 15:44:26 -0700 (PDT) From: burton anderson To: mercedes-ow...@okiebenz.com Telephone poles were called that because they were the only utility on them at the time. When the power companies expa

Re: [MBZ] OT: In praise of misfits

2012-06-08 Thread Walt Zarnoch
Yep, not being able to concentrate can be a good thing. As can the hyper-focusing when you need to get things done. The procrastination, I could live without though... It's who I am though, and I don't feel like changing it at all. Walt On Jun 8, 2012 5:46 AM, "Gerry Archer" wrote: > > Why bus

[MBZ] OT: In praise of misfits

2012-06-08 Thread Gerry Archer
Why business needs people with Asperger's syndrome, attention-deficit disorder and dyslexia IN 1956 William Whyte argued in his bestseller, "The Organisation Man", that companies were so in love with "well-rounded" executives that they fought a "fight against genius". Today many suffer from t