I'm suspicious that something has infected my home computer. What AV tools do
you guys recommend for cleaning up? I really don't want to reload the OS.
Hard disc has recently become nearly full, 90+ GB used out of 100 available.
Hard drive light was on almost continuously, but computer
Malwarebytes.
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I would also check ebay auctions for them. VW parts cars usually go pretty
high I think.
Mike
On Feb 17, 2013 11:32 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Yeah, sort of forgot about the Samba site. Guess I can list it there as
a complete vehicle, for parts and see what bites I get.
That's a good one. I've also had success with SpyBot and Avast. All
are free or have free versions.
Sometimes you need more than one tool to clean everything up.
If you don't need Java, uninstall it. Or at least disable the Java
plugin in your browsers. It has been a security nightmare
Browser caches can also be surprisingly large. Did you
dump those? I find the best malware preventative to be
Mac OSX.
-- Jim
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| W115 200D | 4.08 | 2970 lb | 81 mph | 61 hp | 4527 |
Odd, then, that mine has a speedo pip at more like 85MPH,
and the car reaches it too. I'll grant that the US-ification
of this obviously grey-market car might have put a 220D speedo
face on it, but why would it be able to reach it?
Microsoft security essentials Free (as a preventative) not sure how
it works after the fact, but should be ok. I agree with Jim Cathey's
comment also.
I'm suspicious that something has infected my home computer. What
AV tools do you guys recommend for cleaning up? I really don't want
About halfway down on the Dealextreme cheapchineecrap page are some
interesting dome light replacement LEDs and some car cams should anyone
have an interest https://dx.com/new-arrivals
--R
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| W115 200D | 4.08 | 2970 lb | 81 mph | 61 hp | 4527 |
Odd, then, that mine has a speedo pip at more like 85MPH,
and the car reaches it too. I'll grant that the US-ification
of this obviously grey-market car might have put a 220D speedo
face on it, but why would it be able to reach it?
Interesting, looks like a 115 220D ought to be real good off the line.
You did manage a funny typo or two too. ;)
-Curt
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:48:26 -0600
From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speeding ticket in a 240D??!!
What are the 4-5-6 positions of the engine number? They should be
different than a US 220D because the displacement is different.
There is an official-looking painted and embossed aluminum tag riveted
to the block, with 616 010 2600 88 on it. The head casting is (I think)
616 011 and the
Rich Thomas wrote:
About halfway down on the Dealextreme cheapchineecrap page are some
interesting dome light replacement LEDs and some car cams should anyone
have an interest https://dx.com/new-arrivals
Will that trip the bulb out indicator in W124 and later cars?
According to wikipedia your car should have:
OM615.940
The OM615.940 was a 2.0 L (1988 cc) engine with an 87 mm bore and
83.6 mm stroke. Power output was 55 hp (41 kW) through 1979 and rose
to 60 hp (45 kW).
Applications:
* 1976-1979 200D, 55 hp (41 kW)
* 1979-1985
Are dome lights covered by the bulb out circuit? I didn't think they were.
Dan
On Feb 18, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Rich Thomas wrote:
About halfway down on the Dealextreme cheapchineecrap page are some
interesting dome light replacement LEDs and some car cams
On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:11:28 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Interesting, looks like a 115 220D ought to be real good off the line.
Having owned one, I can say, yes, it is ... Until you get across the
intersection and have to shift into second. That is guaranteed to get the
616 010 26 00 looks like a part number, and some have suffixes so the
88 could be a suffix. Is it a number for a factory short block? did
someone convert it to a 2.4 L engine?
That number I _am_ sure of, and I could easily believe that
somebody dropped in another engine. The car's engine
On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:51:16 -0600 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
The 220D was 615.941
The '72 220D I had was a 615.912.
Craig
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Are dome lights covered by the bulb out circuit? I didn't think they
were.
They're not. The BO circuit only covers lamps you can't see from
the driver's seat.
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Will give that a try.
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Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Malwarebytes.
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Spybot scanning right now.
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Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
That's a good one. I've also had success with SpyBot and Avast. All
are free or have free versions.
Sometimes you need more than one tool to clean everything
Did dump those using disk clean utility.
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
Browser caches can also be surprisingly large. Did you
dump those? I find the best malware preventative to be
Mac OSX.
-- Jim
Using MSE for about a year, problem occurred in last few months. Switching OS
is not an option.
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Microsoft security essentials Free (as a preventative) not sure how
it works after the fact,
Max.
Malwarebytes anti-rootkit is free in beta from their site. Gets rid of hard to
remove infections.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
From: Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, February
On Feb 18, 2013, at 7:36 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
I'm suspicious that something has infected my home computer. What AV tools
do you guys recommend for cleaning up?
Malwarebytes, Avira, Super Antispyware.
I really don't want to reload the OS.
And folks with cancer
You didn't say what OS.
I've been using Microsoft Security Essentials which seems to work pretty well.
Boot into safemode, update and run. Same advice with Malwarebytes.
For extra stuff look for temp directories in the Windows directory.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:36:58 -0500
From: Max
Why do so many people think it's O K to take their dogs to a neighbor's yard to
do their business?
'Was standing at kitchen sink few minutes ago and watched a mommy with coupla
children and a dog (not on a leash - not that it makes any difference in this
case). As they sauntered past the
You should have confronted her.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 18, 2013, at 3:07 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Why do so many people think it's O K to take their dogs to a neighbor's yard
to do their business?
'Was standing at kitchen sink few minutes ago and watched a mommy with coupla
Avira (pay version but free one avail too) and Spybot. I also use System
Mechanic for general maintenance.
Avira has a feature where you can burn an image to CD (or usb stick) and
boot a a Linux version of Avira from the CD (or usb) to scan the PC. This
bypasses any mayware that might be on
Do you know the people? Bag it up and take it to their house I think you
forgot something, its called courtesy.
We always walk our dog on a leash (which is the law 'round these parts) and
thus he doesn't run way up somebody's lawn. I try to get him to do his business
in our yard but sometimes
I'm with you. We are not dog owners, but plenty of our neighbors are. For
years we put up with cleaning up after them, but recently we were fed up and
educated ourselves. Both town law and neighborhood covenants and
restrictions prohibit the behavior, so I started politely confronting folks.
I agree. Around here you better pick up after your animal or it's a $150 fine.
And they will write a ticket if you have photographs of the incident - I have a
neighbor that phoned one in on someone.
Dan
On Feb 18, 2013, at 3:10 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com dsereta...@yahoo.com
wrote:
You should
multiple possibilities,...
1- some people are poo-phobic, and can't bear to pick up even their
own dogs messes. (IMO, people like this should not have dogs. or kids.)
2- some cultures don't pick up after their dogs; it's just not done
(ever been to Pairs? covered in poo... seems that
Not hidden files, thought of that and un-hid them, they only account for a
few percent of the hard drive space in use.
-Max
-Original Message-
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott
Ritchey
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 3:12 PM
To: 'Mercedes Discussion
Sorry, OS is Vista Home Premium.
So now that Spybot SD has found a bunch of minor stuff and cleaned it, no
change to the HD space and now I'm getting pop-up ads when using Firefox.
May be time to save all user data, wipe and re-load the OS, but I am going
to give Malwarebytes a chance first.
What a great comeback to a typical, modern, politically correct idiot
journalist.
Stupid Question... Excellent Answer!
General Cosgrove (Australian Army) was interviewed on the radio recently.
Read his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children.
Regardless of how you
Leash 'law' here, too, but even when the doggie's on a leash, it wander's
about the yard and squats to do business while owner waits and watches at
other end of leash, then my John Deere does a thorough job of finding the
prize.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Curt Raymond
Max Dillon wrote:
Using windows explorer, it appears that I can only account for
about 60 GB on the HD; 35 GB for users and a little over 20
for the windows system.
I have often used a little utility called DirSize that shows a
simple tree with the folders sorted by size. It makes it easy
ATTABOYS for your municipality and for the neighbor who called one in.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - human nature
I agree. Around here
Favorite response to errant unsupervised dog :-
Me, Myself and Irene. Jim Carey.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ]
I knew I'd been seeing that for years, but never looked it up before today.
Mitch.
From Snopes:
Those who support gun rights and believe responsible gun ownership begins with
teaching young people the right way to handle firearms at an early age have a
great fondness for this story. As well
Ok, but it IS still a great comeback!
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Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
I knew I'd been seeing that for years, but never looked it up before
today.
Mitch.
From Snopes:
Those who support gun rights and believe responsible gun
17 minutes into a Malware Bytes quick scan, 10 objects detected, scan still
running.
Incidentally, reading their FAQ I learned that running the scan from safe mode
is not recommended, as some infections will not be found.
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Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Curt
Not to be a smart*** but one well known winders author and tech said
it best. Wissta IS a virus. Only he pronounced it the way BillG
does.
I figgered that should be good for a laugh although its not very
funny to you right now.
Sorry, OS is Vista Home Premium.
-Max
Good one Philip. I have not seen that one before.
Max Dillon wrote:
Using windows explorer, it appears that I can only account for
about 60 GB on the HD; 35 GB for users and a little over 20
for the windows system.
I have often used a little utility called DirSize that shows a
simple
Firefox (and any add-ins) might be the problem. I watch FF system usage
on my Mac, when I first start it the memory usage is like 400MB, after
restarting a coupla hours ago it is now up to 784.5MB, in a while it
will be over 1GB with not a lot going on. Sometimes it starts using
over 100% of
Why do so many people think it's O K to take their dogs to a
neighbor's yard to do their business?
Ever been to a stadium? Why do people think its ok to drop whatever
they have in the stadium and just leave it? Or worse, have you been
to restrooms in a stadium? People do stuff there that
Someone is into these. This set is a bit out of my price range but look
cool.
http://charleston.craigslist.org/ele/3623679171.html
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Full Scan
On 2/18/2013 14:42, Max Dillon wrote:
Sorry, OS is Vista Home Premium.
So now that Spybot SD has found a bunch of minor stuff and cleaned it, no
change to the HD space and now I'm getting pop-up ads when using
The baseball crowd are a breed of their own. Manners never seemed to have been
their forte.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 18, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Why do so many people think it's O K to take their dogs to a neighbor's yard
to do their business?
Ever been
126 is behind the front license plate, top center.
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Mobile: +14437915905
On Feb 16, 2013, at 20:22, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
I can take a picture
Max Dillon wrote:
Ok, but it IS still a great comeback!
I was surprised that Snopes would say this, given the owners' usually obvious
left bias:
...this anecdote illustrates in a humorous way the difference between having
the ability to do something and allowing that ability to dictate
Max Dillon wrote:
17 minutes into a Malware Bytes quick scan, 10 objects detected, scan still
running.
Malwarebytes finds everything, including relatively innocuous tracking cookies.
Try a full scan which looks at every file on the hard drive.
How cluttered is your system? I'm used to
Like I said, people just don't seem to give a damned - no consideration at
all for anybody else.
'Reminds me: One thing I've tried to teach my children and grandchildren -
be considerate of others. Out in public walking, driving or whatever, if I
do such and such, how will it affect others?
Yes, may look for a copy of XP pro, or Vista Pro, if I need to reload the OS.
This mid-price HP laptop has performed faithful service for almost five years,
one of those while I was deployed to Iraq. If I finally need to reload the OS
now, really can't complain.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
What do you recommend in place of FF?
--
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
Firefox (and any add-ins) might be the problem. I watch FF system
usage
on my Mac, when I first start it the memory usage is like 400MB,
May try that after normal mode, but their FAQ says normal mode scan will find
more than safe mode.
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Russ Williams rawil...@eatel.net wrote:
Max for best results with Malwarebytes run it in the Safe Mode and do a
Full Scan
On
Everyone has their favorite protective programs. Here's mine:
Crapcleaner: Run it daily. Solves many problems
Zonealarm: Firewall catches most viruses and malware
Avg Free Antivirus: Catches viruses/malware that get past Zonealarm
Malwarebytes: Run it occasionally
Tried Security
I've uncluttered as much as I can, shed about 7GB yesterday, problem is
something keeps filling up the HD. Knocked it down from 90+ GB to about 83 GB,
this morning something had filled it back up to 93 GB.
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Mitch Haley
Gerry, that is a great idea, I completely forgot about system restore.
Definitely worth a try.
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Everyone has their favorite protective programs. Here's mine:
Crapcleaner: Run it
It might be worth checking to see if you can get a copy of Win7 cheap on eBay.
I made images of identical machines at work, Vista made a 28GB image (using
clonezilla), Win7 took 8GB...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:33:05 -0600
From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Now who can come up with an alternative to the dead digital readout
on the dash? $300 does not cut it on most of our budgets. Or, a
thermometer's value does not equal the cost of parts and labor to put
in a factory replacement.
I liked the $2 stickon digital clocks as a clock replacement
I suspect you'll actually want to run it twice, once from SafeMode (where many
nasties will be disabled) and again in normal mode where some of the nasties
that were invisible in safemode reappear.
The problem in running it just from normal mode is the nasties that target
Malwarebytes
If you pop open the digital display so you can see the board, more often than
not it's dead only because one of their crappy electrolytic caps failed.
There's only one that's a standard radial cap (4.7 uf, I think) on the board.
replace that and the display may come back to life.
Dan
On
I agree with you, Snopes is still right though. If somebody came right out and
said that there would be hell to pay. Maybe not publicly but they'd be at best
ostracized...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:00:15 -0500
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Thought about that, not sure if SWMBO would survive the upgrade. Going from XP
to Vista was tough, would have to approach that one carefully.
--
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Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
It might be worth checking to see if you can
Good info though, thanks.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
It might be worth checking to see if you can get a copy of Win7 cheap
on eBay. I made images of identical machines at work, Vista made a 28GB
image (using
Look like some sort of planar speaker.
I can't imagine any speaker being worth $2k. At least not in my world.
Dan former Magnepan owner
On Feb 18, 2013, at 4:59 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
Someone is into these. This set is a bit out of my price range but look cool.
Reading this makes me want to be a better person:)
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 18, 2013, at 6:11 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Like I said, people just don't seem to give a damned - no consideration at
all for anybody else.
'Reminds me: One thing I've tried to teach my children and
I wish that was the problem with mine -- mine have turned black, I
suspect from the liquid crystal fluid leaking out.
Pete
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On the recommendation of Rusty, I called up Milwaukee hydraulics and bought one
of theirs. It's definitely built to last (and rebuild!)
There are spots to grease all of the wheels, and it rolls silkily! (I've had it
for several years, and it works as well as the day that I got it)
It wasn't
On Feb 18, 2013, at 2:08 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Why do so many people think it's O K to take their dogs to a neighbor's yard
to do their business?
So, why? Cause they usually get away with it, or is it the usual People
just don't give a damned? Same as throwing trash on the
On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:33:58 -0500 John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
wrote:
On the recommendation of Rusty, I called up Milwaukee hydraulics and
bought one of theirs. It's definitely built to last (and rebuild!)
Which model did you get?
Craig
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I believe that's another common failure mode. Never seen one like it but I
have heard about them.
When they start to peg the scale all of the time it's usually the thermistor.
If the display is intermittent or swinging wildly up and down it's usually the
capacitor.
Dan
On Feb 18, 2013, at
Rick wrote:
As society strays from moral upbringing from one generation to the next,
decay sets in and becomes entrenched, and becomes the new normal.
If I were to guess, we are there - at the new normal. I don't want
new normal, but... it might work out. It just takes a different mind
to
Wow! I didn't think there were many left that worked without
infusions of bens for new factory hardware. All of mine that failed
(all but the rustbucket SDL) failed by going black or were black when
I got the car.
I believe that's another common failure mode. Never seen one like
it but I
I thought the part black part silver (or normal) was irreparable
except with an in fusion of ben franklins
If you pop open the digital display so you can see the board, more
often than not it's dead only because one of their crappy
electrolytic caps failed. There's only one that's a standard
True. When the display goes black you're pretty much done with it.
I was referring to the other failure modes, either pegging the digits or a
wandering display.
Dan
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 18, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I thought the part black part silver (or
Here is a good thread with some background on the various displays MB used:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/289232-exploring-vdo-outside-temperature-display-w124.html
Dan
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 18, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I thought the
So did you buy it directly from them or through a local dealer?
I ask because I may be interested, and I saw they have a local rep in Tampa.
Dan
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 18, 2013, at 7:33 PM, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote:
On the recommendation of Rusty, I called up Milwaukee
'Nother Sondrestrom tale.
DANISH THIEF
By Wilton Strickland
In 1978, while I was Director of Engineering at Sondrestrom Air Base,
Greenland, I stopped by the vehicle refueling station one day to refuel my
Air Force Ford crew cab truck. The Danish attendant, Per, and I always
carried on a
Exactly how mine was.
On Monday, February 18, 2013, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:11:28 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Interesting, looks like a 115 220D ought to be real good off the line.
Having owned one, I can say, yes, it is ... Until
It's like when I worked at the elementary school my youngest son attended.
Every once in a while one of my fellow faculty members would remark, Stuart is
so polite, he opens doors for me and always says Please and Thank you.
My response: Thank you for the compliment. If you ever see him acting
The FAQ may be right BUT I've done 100's of disinfection's with it and
found running it in
Safe Mode first then in Normal mode gets the job done better.
If you got infected with Malware don't blame your Anti Virus program
they aren't programed
to remove them Most do an excellent job of stopping
Never upgrade your OS, format and reinstall.
As for SWMBO, don't tell her and she might not notice. Win7 is Vista but good...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:15:53 -0500
From: Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT infected
No, indeed, it's not snobbery. It's a matter of doing what is right - for
you, your family, and for society as a whole. My parents never had much in
the way of monetary or material things, but they gave me something much more
valuable - a set of proper manners and to treat others with respect
Dan wrote:
It's all environmental. If that's the way things are at home and you as a
parent model the behaviors and make your expectations known, your kids should
be just fine.
Probably.
But... a dark side sometimes might exist?
Interview today on NPR with author Koch - good german
The one in my '85 190D was silver, no display except once in awhile if it felt
like it.
The one in my '84 190D surprised me today, it was about 10F outside and it went
all the way down to 54C, usually it sits at 59C.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:46:58 -0600
From: Dieselhead
Another one we use is called Windirstat.
Great tool for identifying what is taking up your hard drive space.
Dan
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 18, 2013, at 3:51 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Max Dillon wrote:
Using windows explorer, it appears that I can only account for
about 60 GB on
Ambient temp displays on my 87 300D and 91 350 SDL started to become
unreliable several years ago, but I quickly re-learned to just stick my hand
out the window or check my iPhone. ;) They've both been mostly black for
several years, and I don't think I'm concerned about 'em any more. ;)
Here is a good one for the quotes page:
Originally Posted by gsxr
Turning your nose up at the OM603 due to the head issue is like
snubbing Cindy Crawford because of her mole.
Wish I'd thought of that, but I'd have used an older woman. Only one
I can think of with a mole is Miss Kitty.
Women used to paint a mole on with eyebrow pencil, etc. - a so-called
beauty mole.
BTW, I have one on my lower, left chin where sister's Scottie dog scratched
me when I was 11. No, I've ever thought of it as a beauty mole, though.
Maybe, I was already handsome, enough, anyway. ;)
Wilton
Hello-
1983 Mercedes 300d - recently resurrected with a new rear right lower
control arm and new shocks all around - rides pretty nice -
New problem. The wipers only work on high - and stop where ever you turn
them off. Today I noticed switching the brights on and off - they start to
work on
Dan Penoff wrote:
I believe that's another common failure mode. Never seen one like it but I
have heard about them.
When they start to peg the scale all of the time it's usually the thermistor.
If the display is intermittent or swinging wildly up and down it's usually the
capacitor.
When
Sounds like the stalk (aka multi-switch). It can probably be fixed with an
electronics cleaning spray like Deoxit. You don't need to remove it, but the
job is easier if you do. The end of the stalk is a cap that can be pried off
carefully (so you don't mar the plastic) and then it comes
Don't have to remove the steering wheel, there are screws at the base of the
stalk, but fishing the connector out and back in again is a pain. Once you get
the multi-pin connector loose (underside of dash, remove kick panel), tie a
string or wire to it before you pull the stalk off and the
Vista to W7 is a fraction of the trauma that XP to Vista was --- my SWMBO
barely noticed.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.netwrote:
Thought about that, not sure if SWMBO would survive the upgrade. Going
from XP to Vista was tough, would have to approach that
I think you can still set W7 to the classic(winders 2000) or
bubblegum interface. I set everything to classic. Not as annoying
as bubblegum or imitation Mac.
Vista to W7 is a fraction of the trauma that XP to Vista was --- my SWMBO
barely noticed.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Max
BTW Micro$ofts rating from
Excellent in Oct to Poor in Nov and hasn't been recommended since
then. This comes from AV-Test.org.
You can see their latest report from Dec here:
http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home-user/windows-7/novdec-2012/
Russ W.
Hmmm. Interesting. How the mighty
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Vista to W7 is a fraction of the trauma that XP to Vista was --- my SWMBO
barely noticed.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.netwrote:
Thought about that, not sure if SWMBO would survive the upgrade. Going
from XP to Vista was tough, would have to approach
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