On Jun 24, 2013, at 7:32 PM, Rusty Cullens rustycull...@gmail.com wrote:
Sent a few of my customer's to Gary, God only knows what he'll tell them
about me, but I care more for my customer's than I do about his slander.
That speaks volumes about you as a person AND as a business man. It also
Dieselhead wrote:
That's what you get when you appoint a political activist attorney to
make safety engineering decisions for every automaker in the world.
Mitch.
That's whut ya git wen ya 'lect a compleat moron fur prezzie. Oops,
guess dis in't da firs time fur dat.
Good point. Carter
Thats what I was thinking too. Not sure what all happened Rusty but it sounds
bad and I know you put your life into the business.
What's happening with the business? Will the legened continue?
-Rolf
Sent from my ASUS Pad
Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote:
On Jun 24, 2013, at 7:32 PM,
On Jun 24, 2013, at 5:54 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote:
I hear ya
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On Jun 24, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, its not that far, but I've got some much on my plate right now its
hard to find time to do much of
On Jun 24, 2013, at 5:31 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote:
We'll be closing on a new
house very soon
Congratulations!
Rick
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Hey Dieselhead you still interested in selling me that hub out of
the differential you have? I've tried sending you email off list
2-3 times but no reply.
Let me know.
Manfred
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I still have one of the stickers they sent with the replacement speedos that
says something to the effect of even though this speedo registers up to 120
doesn't mean the car will go that fast.
Dan
On Jun 25, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Dieselhead wrote:
That's
No online shop for me... I'm not crazy! :-)
Jaime
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote:
On Jun 24, 2013, at 5:54 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net
wrote:
I hear ya
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On Jun 24, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Jaime Kopchinski
Re: Sent a few of my customer's to Gary, God only knows what he'll tell them
about me, but I care more for my customer's than I do about his slander.
Was this really necessary?
G. M. Brown
Brevard, NC
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On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 5:04 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
'Mean to say, Have YOU moved in the last month or so?
Yes, or at least I'm in the process of moving. We will be living there
full-time starting Saturday, but I moved everything over the past several
weeks, and have started the
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
As usual I'm glad I'm 700 miles away. As much as I want your 300D my wife
would KILL me. Then she'd probably find and kill you too.
Road trip! The 300D should have no problem; that's only a week of
commuting for you.
Yo butt'll git big jus walkin by
--R
On 6/25/13 9:40 AM, Tim Crone wrote:
In other news I have now seen Mama Dip's. Not the inside, but the
outside at least. I suppose you have to start somewhere.
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G. M. Brown wrote:
Re: Sent a few of my customer's to Gary, God only knows what he'll tell them
about me, but I care more for my customer's than I do about his slander.
Was this really necessary?
You mean the last six words?
Mitch.
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On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
As usual I'm glad I'm 700 miles away. As much as I want your 300D my wife
would KILL me. Then she'd probably find and kill you too.
Road trip! The 300D should have no problem; that's only a week of
Great!
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Yet Another Road Trip (YART), my neck, and job prospects
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:16:22 -0400 Gerry Archer
For some reason I was expecting it to be more complicated than what an
Arduino could handle, so never looked for Arduino/ipod -- thanks for
putting me on to that.
I swapped a CD player radio unit from the 2000 Suburban into my 96
chebbie truck, the Sub had a remote cassette player and some
I was 'bout to say that, too, Rich, but I checked the next post to see if
you'd already responded. (I was gonna say haunches, though.) :)
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent:
Craig wrote:
I applied to a company called Ecolab in Duluth, MN, on 6 June. I had an
initial telephone interview with a representative from HR last Wednesday,
19 June. She said she was interviewing seven people and would know more
about who was to be called back for a technical interview this
On 24/06/2013 8:38 PM, MG wrote:
Randy, You probably know all this but just in case.
I don't know if that outdrive has a water pump with a rubber impeller
in it but if it does be very careful to watch the temp gauge when you
first get it into the water. Run the engine but stay right by the
Randy Bennell wrote:
Yes, with these old OMC drives the motor cannot really be run on a hose
unless one has the adapter doodad that goes on the pivot assembly. I
don't have that so I removed the outdrive and ran the garden hose into
the hose from the intermediate housing into the engine.
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:28:06 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Craig wrote:
Since I had never heard of Duncan, I told him I would check it
out and call him back that evening before he left work (20 minutes
later) or the following day. That's when I posted the question about
William Jackson olesouthern...@gmail.com writes:
Anyone have any experience with Pelican Parts or German Auto Parts. Both are
advertising good prices but I don't know much about the companies?
I always had good luck when I bought from German Auto Parts for my VW.
It's been years though, so I
On 24/06/2013 9:39 PM, Mountain Man wrote:
I read this page and found it disturbing, if it is correct.
I bet someone else here at okiebenz is a better student of history than me.
Is this list accurate in the least?
Does this list sound too familiar?
Let's not get all political on this... this is
On 25/06/2013 10:34 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Randy Bennell wrote:
Yes, with these old OMC drives the motor cannot really be run on a
hose unless one has the adapter doodad that goes on the pivot
assembly. I don't have that so I removed the outdrive and ran the
garden hose into the hose from
Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com writes:
He only owes me maybe $10 or $15, not worth my time. Wilton seems like
he's out the most money although the CC company will do the work for
him.
I would suggest that everyone will be far better served by following
this approach than trying to press
USAA has mine.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Diesel List
mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Going after Trent
Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com writes:
He
Actually it was the other way around, she forced herself into the trip and then
put the kibosh on the car. I'd have bought it as it was to be my car anyway...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:03:26 -0400
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
An update from my local guy:
I have been emailing Sterling, Il police trying to get the an
investigator. I have had a response, just playing email tag
currently. I will let you know what develops.
Sergeant David Owen
Charleston County Sheriff's Office
Commerical Crimes
Allan Streib wrote:
Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com writes:
He only owes me maybe $10 or $15, not worth my time. Wilton seems like
he's out the most money although the CC company will do the work for
him.
Just let the credit card company handle it. The process you want to ask
about is
This is clever, even features a w123
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=r0dkjtQdJzI
--
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http://www.jaimekop.com/
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On Jun 24, 2013 9:07 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
Interesting stuff. I was trying to
figure out how to get some sort of
device to control an ipod,
Not quite the same thing but here's an interesting kit at DealExtreme for
under $20:
http://tinyurl.com/q67338b
Smart thinking. I have a friend who had an A4 2002 Jetta TDI. Doing the timing
belt required removing a good portion of the front of the car, from what he
said.
Rick
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On Jun 24, 2013, at 1:56 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
If I were to buy an older car I'd
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:39:11 -0500
From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca
When I put it in the water and give it a good test run, if I
discover
some expensive problem, I will be hard pressed to continue repairs
unless I can find a cheap used part and the install is not too
I do feel bad about it, but it appears that may be the way I end up
going on this one.
I could swap a Mercruiser into it but it would likely be more work than
it is worth.
Easier to find a similar hull that already has the black motor.
Randy
On 25/06/2013 2:15 PM, Dave wrote:
Date: Mon, 24
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:34:24 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com
wrote:
This is clever, even features a w123
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=r0dkjtQdJzI
Yes, it is clever. One must recognize only the rear of a W123, but it's
there.
Craig
The wabbit was a whole lot easier to change timing belt on than the
frod escort diesel. I am SOO happy to only have MB diesels
again. Changing a timing chain on an MB is easiest of all. (yes,
you have to be meticulous, but any engine work needs to be meticulous)
MB is advertising
On Jun 25, 2013 1:55 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
MB is advertising $199/mo leases for
the cheap class.
Not so cheap anymore. I rode a few days ago in the newest MB I've been in,
a 2011 C350, and I was amazed at the quality of the interior. All the
surfaces felt and looked
I need some ideas from this august group. I man I met in Uganda
while there as a VOCA volunteer has qualified for a shortcourse in
the USA, at NDSU. Once he gets to Fargo, ND, all his expenses are
paid by the sponsoring organizations, USDA, and American Soybean
Association. They do not
Going to install my first set of ceramic pads this weekend. I'm going to do my
due diligence, but I am interested in hearing from the list regarding bedding
in if necessary and any other things related to their use and operation.
TIA.
Dan
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Can you get the ticket any cheaper?
Some of the miles programs can get way more dollars worth of ticket for the
points on international travel.
The last time I sold miles, I sold United miles to a guy who used my account to
book Florida to Australia and Belgium to Las Vegas. He paid 50,000
Call your Congresscritter and see if s/he could spring a $fewk from
USAID -- they do all kinds of things like that.
At the state level there might be some kind of fund for doing
educational things?
ADM, Monsanto, local feed/seed stores, etc. -- they sell all the seed to
the farmers, they
Get ready for refrigerant prices to necessarily skyrocket -- Barry
announced today he is going after stuff that goes into the air, which
means everything that goes into the air is going up up up in cost.
Prices on 134 and such probably started going up today.
Sigh...
Not trying to start a
On Jun 25, 2013 1:55 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
MB is advertising $199/mo leases for
the cheap class.
Not so cheap anymore. I rode a few days ago in the newest MB I've been in,
a 2011 C350, and I was amazed at the quality of the interior. All the
surfaces felt and looked
On 25/06/2013 4:21 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
I need some ideas from this august group. I man I met in Uganda while
there as a VOCA volunteer has qualified for a shortcourse in the USA,
at NDSU. Once he gets to Fargo, ND, all his expenses are paid by the
sponsoring organizations, USDA, and
On 25/06/2013 4:28 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Can you get the ticket any cheaper?
Some of the miles programs can get way more dollars worth of ticket
for the points on international travel.
The last time I sold miles, I sold United miles to a guy who used my
account to book Florida to Australia
Glen, what is your problem? Gary pissed you off when he worked with me, I
pissed you off when he left. Do I see a pattern here? Give it up. When I sold
buyMBparts I had 3000 happy customers, you weren't one of them, sorry.
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Dan wrote:
Going to install my first set of ceramic pads this weekend. I'm
going to do my due diligence, but I am interested in hearing from
the list regarding bedding in if necessary and any other things
related to their use and operation.
As I understand, bedding the pads is necessary
http://charleston.craigslist.org/tls/3892970651.html
--R
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LOL. If I paid a nickel for each Rich Thomas LOL he would earn a freee
beer in no time.
Andrew in D.C.,
Where happy hour drafts on tap are only $3.00
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
On 6/25/2013 4:42 PM, Craig wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:34:24 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski
jaime...@gmail.com wrote:
This is clever, even features a w123
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=r0dkjtQdJzI
Yes, it is clever. One must recognize only the rear of a W123, but
it's
Especially interesting is thats a US spec 300D Turbo diesel (not sold in
europe) with Stuttgart plates on it.
Jaime
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:34:24 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com
wrote:
This is clever, even
I am sure they had those on European delivery cars back then. I bought one and
it did.
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From: Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com
Sender: Mercedes mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:12:40
To:
My oldest called yesterday. Her engine started making a LOT of
noise. Went over and listened to it. Sounds like a bunch of ball
bearings in a pressure cooker being shook real hard. Starts right
up, has oil and oil pressure, nothing seems to be leaking
anywhere, doesn't shake much more then
Chris James wrote:
Not quite as easy to do with the current C parked behind, if it switched
places with the W123.
Poor Smart car, it looked so eager to climb that hill!
Thanks for sharing! :-)
Kind of looked like the smart clipped the C (204?) as it headed for the curb.
Mitch.
Interesting expose of the beginning days of Craig's place of work:
thebulletin.org/multimedia/faces-made-bomb
Interesting personality summaries.
mao
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My uncle worked on the Manhattan Project but not necessarily at Los Alamos.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote:
Interesting expose of the beginning days of Craig's place of work:
thebulletin.org/multimedia/faces-made-bomb
Interesting personality
Not trying to start a Barry-bashing, just to let everyone know.
--R
Why not? it is a target-rich environment. easy pickins.
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On Jun 25, 2013 2:42 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
Get ready for refrigerant prices to
necessarily skyrocket -- Barry
announced today he is going after
stuff that goes into the air, which
means everything that goes into the
air is going up up up in cost.
Good thing I have about 180lb stockpiled
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On Jun 25, 2013, at 6:36 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Jun 25, 2013 2:42 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
Get ready for refrigerant prices to
necessarily skyrocket -- Barry
Re-watching, I see it now! Fail on that parking job!
The ultimate car for the rough tumble city life? Trying to increase
market share I gather.
Have seen more of them (Smart cars) in town lately. Cute little cars! If
it was only me, would probably have one, but need a little more space at
the
I concur. I am going to have to wait out for a long while future purchases
until DBAG reworks the design ethic they have. I am pretty sure I could stick
a star on the hood of SWMBA car and 80% of people would have no idea it was not
German.
clay
On Jun 25, 2013, at 2:40 PM, Dieselhead
Go ahead. I can't stand Manilow.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
Good thing I have about 180lb stockpiled
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wrote:
On Jun 25, 2013 2:42 PM, Rich Thomas
Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
Go ahead. I can't stand Manilow.
Barely Maninov?
Mitch.
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Thanks for the link.
I recall reading this guy's write up a few years back when trying to remember
the proper procedure for bedding pads.
Good stuff.
Dan
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On Jun 25, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Dan wrote:
Going to install my first set of ceramic
HFO-1234yf sounds like its not a done deal yet. Mercedes made news by
rejecting it over safety concerns. They even built cars designed for it,
but charged them with R134a instead.
There is an excellent article about the current state of the refrigerant
debate in the March issue of StarTuned.
Jaime Kopchinski wrote:
But still seems like a good idea to buy some R134a. I bought 12 cans on
Amazon recently for $79.
Ouch.
And I thought $130 for 30lb was steep.
Mitch.
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I suppose a 30lb can is the way to go, but I'd have to invest in a scale
and the appropriate connections to my gauge set. I don't do enough cars to
justify it... I'm much more interested in investing in R12 stuff.
Jaime
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:46 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
On Jun 25, 2013 5:31 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote:
HFO-1234yf sounds like its not a done
deal yet. Mercedes made news by
rejecting it over safety concerns.
I think it's a bit hypocritical for anyone to reject a flammable
refrigerant on safety grounds when the carmakers and
Its not so much thats its just flammable, its that it produces hydrogen
fluoride gas when it burns, which is very toxic.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Alex Chamberlain
apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote:
On Jun 25, 2013 5:31 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote:
HFO-1234yf sounds
Heck, I guess I am going to buy a couple more 30lb drums this week while they
are on sale. Already bought 4.
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On Jun 25, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote:
HFO-1234yf sounds like its not a done deal yet. Mercedes made news by
rejecting it over
I don't think its that important, I didn't do it on either my Ranger or 190D
and both have been just fine.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:27:55 -0400
From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com
To: Okie Benz mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] Ceramic Brake Pads
Message-ID:
I have an commercial grade ac machine, actually 2 one for r12 one for r134
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On Jun 25, 2013, at 7:50 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote:
I suppose a 30lb can is the way to go, but I'd have to invest in a scale
and the appropriate connections to my gauge set. I
Randy wrote:
The fascists got to the link and won't let me look at it.
I don't think what we have today is much different and I cannot figure
a decent knowable replacement. Perhaps Fascism ain't that bad. Why
fight what we know?
Google The 14 points of Fascism to find a number of sites that
Hi Gang,
With the hot humid days with us again in Va., we are seeing
condensation forming on the lower outside of the windshield - just in
the sight line. we end up wiping the glass over and over with the
wipers just to be able to see. I worry that the wiper rubber might not
be made
Duct tape over the defroster vents - roll one end so yiou remove it when
you need to defrost.
:-)
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net wrote:
Hi Gang,
With the hot humid days with us again in Va., we are seeing
condensation forming on the lower outside of the
From: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com
MB is advertising $199/mo leases for the cheap class. What happened to
the bowtie guys thinking that the US market is ONLY FOR luxury cars did
they change their mind?
Article said MB profits are 'way down since the Chinese economy went into
recession
..The real problem for a male porcupine is not getting intimate with the
female but surviving the bar fights with his male rivals beforehand.
Researcher Roze reports coming upon the scene of an interporcupine slugfest
where three males had fought it out for the favors of one female. The
Bad vac pod, seal (or both) on the defroster flap? Never encountered
this issue on the W124's I had.
If your running the A/C on the coldest setting, try raising the temp for
now, so the air hitting the glass isn't so cold. RainX isn't going to do
anything for condensation.
On 6/25/2013
But careful ya don't stick something on there that gets baked on permanently
while sitting in hot sun all day. ;)
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ]
The cold ac air seems to be the culprit. But there's no way to
prevent it that I can see. There's no setting that doesn't put at
least a little air on the vents at the base of the glass
The windshield vents have three settings: open, closed, and leak.
Are you sure all three settings
I filled three knee high compression sox with great northern (Navy) beans,
tied the tops, and layed them over the vents. This is the second season
with the bean sox which work pretty well except around the big knots at the
top of the sox' which lets a little condensate form. Meant to get rid
On Jun 25, 2013 5:31 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote:
HFO-1234yf sounds like its not a done
deal yet. Mercedes made news by
rejecting it over safety concerns.
I think it's a bit hypocritical for anyone to reject a flammable
refrigerant on safety grounds when the carmakers
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:13:58 -0400 MG trainpain2...@aol.com wrote:
My oldest called yesterday. Her engine started making a LOT of
noise. Went over and listened to it. Sounds like a bunch of ball
bearings in a pressure cooker being shook real hard. Starts right
up, has oil and oil pressure,
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:07:22 -0600 Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:13:58 -0400 MG trainpain2...@aol.com wrote:
My oldest called yesterday. Her engine started making a LOT of
noise. Went over and listened to it. Sounds like a bunch of ball
bearings in a
Curt wrote:
I don't think its that important, I didn't do it on either my
Ranger or 190D and both have been just fine.
It is.
You might get lucky - but the only way to be sure to avoid problems
is to bed the pads.
--Philip
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Good ideas, All. Thanks!
Call your Congresscritter and see if s/he could spring a $fewk from
USAID -- they do all kinds of things like that.
At the state level there might be some kind of fund for doing
educational things?
ADM, Monsanto, local feed/seed stores, etc. -- they sell all the
Can you get the ticket any cheaper?
Some of the miles programs can get way more dollars worth of ticket
for the points on international travel.
The last time I sold miles, I sold United miles to a guy who used my
account to book Florida to Australia and Belgium to Las Vegas. He
paid 50,000
I concur. I am going to have to wait out for a long while future
purchases until DBAG reworks the design ethic they have. I am
pretty sure I could stick a star on the hood of SWMBA car and 80% of
people would have no idea it was not German.
clay
Parked my heap next to a SL550 today at the
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