Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Gerry Archer
IMO what Gary is looking for describes the majority of casual classical music listeners; those that should be catered to if the U.S. is ever to achieve an interest in classical music on a par wtih Europes. The problem is that American classical music is dominated by those relative few who have a

Re: [MBZ] take 3

2013-08-27 Thread Gerry Archer
Seems like Gary has never had an opportunity to learn how to develop his willpower. The only cheap (actually free) method I know of that really works is something previously called Recovery Inc. and now known as Abraham Low Self Help Systems. It was originally created to help psychiatric

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Mitch Haley
Benz Hogs wrote: Not in Chicago. I'm 10-15 years or more older than the youngest every performance I've seen at the Lyric. I think Gary said 'voluntary' attendance. Mitch ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Rich Thomas
Spoleto in Charleston --R On 8/27/13 5:14 AM, Gerry Archer wrote: IMO what Gary is looking for describes the majority of casual classical music listeners; those that should be catered to if the U.S. is ever to achieve an interest in classical music on a par wtih Europes. The problem is that

Re: [MBZ] 91 350SDL knackers

2013-08-27 Thread Tim Crone
As long as the car is still registered, if you have the #2 plan they will tow anywhere within 100 miles. Cheap plan is 3 miles, plus a few dollars a mile thereafter. I have never towed to their facility. Yes I know this was 4 days ago, but there's the answer at least for NC AAA. :) Thanks, Tim

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Craig
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:18:24 -0400 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: i see no reason at all for anyone to have a toll free number today. the only purpose it could serve is to let you make a free call from a pay phone. are there even pay phones anymore?? I find toll free numbers very

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Aug 27, 2013 7:26 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: I find toll free numbers very helpful. I can make a free call from my home land line. Ditto. Not everyone uses their cell phone for everything--at home I don't get very good reception, so I use the land line. Alex

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
That's not a complete sentence. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Spoleto in Charleston --R On 8/27/13 5:14 AM, Gerry Archer wrote: IMO what Gary is looking for describes the majority of casual classical music listeners; those that

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Rich Thomas
I'm preserving precious bandwidth --R On 8/27/13 10:23 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: That's not a complete sentence. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Spoleto in Charleston --R ___

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Spoken like a natural born bureaucrat. You missed your calling. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I'm preserving precious bandwidth --R On 8/27/13 10:23 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: That's not a complete sentence. On Tue, Aug 27,

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Richard Hattaway
me2 I'm preserving precious bandwidth --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Richard Hattaway
I guess I live under a rock.  What phone company does not supply free long distance service to home phones now?? From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:29 AM

Re: [MBZ] 91 350SDL knackers

2013-08-27 Thread G Mann
Just a thought. Most of the knackers here will pick up a car where it sets. They take a small premium for the service off the scrap value, but it might work for you. A phone call should give you the answer if that is available in your locale. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Tim Crone

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Craig
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:58:17 -0700 (PDT) Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.com wrote: I guess I live under a rock.  What phone company does not supply free long distance service to home phones now?? I never heard of that offer. Which phone companies do offer that? I have CenturyLink (was

Re: [MBZ] 91 350SDL knackers

2013-08-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
He will get $1-200 if he does that, some do not pay anything to pick up. If he hauls it down himself he may get 3-400 depending on what crush value is. As nice a car as it is, he is better off selling it whole and should be able to get 6-1000 I would think. If you start taking parts off it will

Re: [MBZ] 91 350SDL knackers

2013-08-27 Thread Craig
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:14:39 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: He will get $1-200 if he does that, some do not pay anything to pick up. If he hauls it down himself he may get 3-400 depending on what crush value is. As nice a car as it is, he is better off selling it whole and

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Gerry Archer
Ya Even more bandwidth From: Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.com me2 I'm preserving precious bandwidth --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Gerry Archer
You not a bureaucrat? From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com Spoken like a natural born bureaucrat. You missed your calling. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I'm preserving precious bandwidth --R On 8/27/13 10:23 AM, Andrew

Re: [MBZ] 91 350SDL knackers

2013-08-27 Thread Dan Penoff
Too far away for the Klebster, I'll bet. Dan On Aug 27, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:14:39 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: He will get $1-200 if he does that, some do not pay anything to pick up. If he hauls it down

[MBZ] OT: Fw: Fw: Murphy

2013-08-27 Thread Craig
*Murphy's Technology Laws * Murphy's Technology Law #1 -- You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the track. Murphy's Technology Law #2 -- Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence. Murphy's Technology Law #3 -- Technology is

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Rich Thomas
You guys are going to brake the internet with all these bits --R On 8/27/13 11:35 AM, Gerry Archer wrote: Ya Even more bandwidth From: Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.com me2 I'm preserving precious bandwidth --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
i can't get enough of opera. it is so glorious in scale, so fraught with human frailty and stupidity. they explore the same issues of societal madness and the human condition we face today and, at least in the italian ones, have a lot of nice songs to boot. i think opera just has a PR issue and

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Most opera singers are over the top personalities, outgoing and friendly. A couple weeks before he died on stage Leonard Warren was chatting happily with the boys. Great guy, great loss. He and Richard Tucker were inseparable. I also remember Georgio Tozzi and Cesare Siepi. Love those basso

Re: [MBZ] Jabba parts ban

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
he sent the money to milton to pay for me from 4+ years ago. sheesh, wilton, pay attention! On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 6:10 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: 'Course, I've been following it. I helped start it in mid-June when I couldn't get parts (or any response) I ordered 31 May! Now,

[MBZ] 2013-2014 Lyric Opera of Chicago season

2013-08-27 Thread Benz Hogs
Here's what I have to look forward this year, 9 miles from my front door. :) Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 Max (170,xxx mi) Original Message Subject:Our fantastic 2013/14 season—plus a free concert Sept. 7! Date: 26 Aug 2013 15:32:24 -0700 From:

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
there are great composers today. they just aren't played on top 40 radio so few know who they are. thomas ades is one of my all time favorite composer and he is alive and well RIGH NOW. relatively young too. there are advantages to living urban. i have a met theater 3 miles away and and opera

Re: [MBZ] Jabba parts ban

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
i personally know of a lot more than $2,000 that you have stolen. and then you say it has something to do with me and my subaru you really make me angry. i gotta go over to milton's house and try to get calmed down :( On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Buymbparts buymbpa...@gmail.com

Re: [MBZ] Headed to Florida for new truck

2013-08-27 Thread Craig
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:03:08 -0400 Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com wrote: So. Made it home today. The 250 rocks! Congratulations!!! Here is a pic of the 250 with the Chevy hooked up. Will send more details about the trip tomorrow. Kaleb, Can we PLEASE get the handling of large

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Curt Raymond
Uhhh, any of them? I think you're confusing free with unlimited. The first would cost nothing, the second doesn't cost per call although you pay more upfront. -Curt Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:58:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
are you saying you have a land line like old school copper wire ATT exchange like 100 year ago or just that you have some sort of home phone? On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote: On Aug 27, 2013 7:26 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: I

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
i think they are saying that they are still on the ancient and obsolete bell system we all grew up with. outside of that, there is no longer a long distance call and i didn't imagine anyone was still on that system. i guess like amish farmers riding their horse buggies in fast moving automotive

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Craig
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:38:19 -0400 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: are you saying you have a land line like old school copper wire ATT exchange like 100 year ago or just that you have some sort of home phone? land line == copper wire from a central office to the house; it comes

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Dan Penoff
We were benefactors of the Florentine Opera when we lived in Wisconsin. A great opera company that does a nice mix of traditional and modern operas every season. As benefactors we got invited to all sorts of social things which often included the performers. It was at these that I got to

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
yeah, didn't know that still existed. people have home phones but it's usually some kind of deal from the cable company or vonage or something like that (even magicjack!). most i know have just dumped the home phone entirely, as i did 15 years ago. i just use skype now. skype was/is selling

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Dan Penoff
Also know in the industry as POTS. Plain Old Telephone System Sent from my iPad On Aug 27, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:38:19 -0400 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: are you saying you have a land line like old school copper wire

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
do you personally know actual people still using the POTS, dan? any idea how many still exist? On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Also know in the industry as POTS. Plain Old Telephone System Sent from my iPad On Aug 27, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Craig

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Aug 27, 2013 9:45 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:38:19 -0400 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: are you saying you have a land line like old school copper wire ATT exchange like 100 year ago or just that you have some sort of home phone? land

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
i've always lived in very major urban areas so this is all foreign to me. you haven no access to high speed internet? does this mean you are on dialup too? On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote: On Aug 27, 2013 9:45 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net

[MBZ] Telephone service [was: Re: parts site?]

2013-08-27 Thread Craig
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:05:15 -0700 Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 27, 2013 9:45 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: land line == copper wire from a central office to the house; it comes with or without DSL. Yes, exactly. That is my only option for a wired

[MBZ] POTS Telephones [was: Re: parts site?]

2013-08-27 Thread Craig
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:56:18 -0400 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: yeah, didn't know that still existed. people have home phones but it's usually some kind of deal from the cable company or vonage or something like that (even magicjack!). most i know have just dumped the home phone

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Aug 27, 2013 10:08 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: i've always lived in very major urban areas so this is all foreign to me. you haven no access to high speed internet? does this mean you are on dialup too? I have 3 Mbps DSL. It's fast enough for Google or Skype voice-only

Re: [MBZ] Telephone service [was: Re: parts site?]

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
a world without wifi? terrifying! On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:05:15 -0700 Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 27, 2013 9:45 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: land line == copper wire from a

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
the lesson here is not to fall prey to the idea that things are universally one way just because they are that way for you a violin maker had a shop in my old neighborhood in georiga. if that's where you grew up and always lived, it would easy to think that violin makers were everywhere wasn't

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread rogerhga
Gary, Let's see about those kids and pads/phones. They get on blogs and fame each other as they've lost communication/conversation skills. And then let's look at service outages. I live in a valley so my cell is not a home use phone. I have cable which goes out sometimes with bad lightning

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Dan Penoff
Ethernet can be transmitted over power distribution, but only within an area defined by that distribution system. When it hits something like a transformer the signal won't get through, so you're stuck with working within a part of the system only. That's why the Ethernet over power works in

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
oh, man, if you live in monroe, you are just one town past atlanta suburbs. hang on there as 80 meg fibre is probably just a few miles away! i lived in snellville, 2 towns over (unless you count between as a town, which it isn't, but it's just between) and i was on fibre years ago. i'm sure old

Re: [MBZ] OT: Fw: Fw: Murphy

2013-08-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
I particularly loved the very last entry. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: *Murphy's Technology Laws * Murphy's Technology Law #1 -- You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the track. Murphy's Technology Law #2 -- Logic is a

Re: [MBZ] Telephone service [was: Re: parts site?]

2013-08-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Name me even one uS city without wifi. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: a world without wifi? terrifying! On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:05:15 -0700 Alex Chamberlain

Re: [MBZ] 2013-2014 Lyric Opera of Chicago season

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
otello is probably the only verdi opera i didn't like. if you love parsifal, then attend on the 19th to ask jonas kaufmann why to explain why someone told you parsifal at the met sucked so bad but was so good here i chicago On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Benz Hogs benz-n-h...@gulseth.net

Re: [MBZ] Telephone service [was: Re: parts site?]

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
the claim being made is that their wifi is only available through copper line DSL and/or that it is not adequately reliable to trust for phone service. they feel they cannot or ought not become independent from the POTS On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Andrew Strasfogel

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Fmiser
Gary wrote: wasn't there some plan to transmit internet along the electricity wires? A dreadful idea, especially with regard to radio noise. --Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Telephone service [was: Re: parts site?]

2013-08-27 Thread Fmiser
Craig wrote: I know of cities where there is NO cell phone reception. A POTS telephone is the only communication option, besides amateur radio. Andrew wrote, I presum in reply to the above statement : Name me even one uS city without wifi. First, define city. Then, what do you mean

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I live way out in the country. The only option was a wireless radio network service, sat, or dialup. I had the first one for many years only ran 1mb. Then the trees grew up and signal dropped. Switched to exceed abuut a year ago, runs 12mb but I often beat that sometimes by quite a bit. Problem

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
So I could run a network over the power lines in my house instead of having to run cat5? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Ethernet can be transmitted over power distribution, but only within an area defined by that distribution system. When

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Dan Penoff
Absolutely. Most of my house is wired with CAT6 but the back portion doesn't have enough clearance in the attic for me to get to the interior walls. My oldest son likes to game online and often bitched about his wireless connection, despite being about 10 feet away from one of the access

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
i still like to be plugged right into the router On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Absolutely. Most of my house is wired with CAT6 but the back portion doesn't have enough clearance in the attic for me to get to the interior walls. My oldest son likes to

Re: [MBZ] Telephone service [was: Re: parts site?]

2013-08-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
A city to me is 250,000 in population. Someone else can answer the other questions. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: Craig wrote: I know of cities where there is NO cell phone reception. A POTS telephone is the only communication option, besides

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Well now that I have uverse been watching some Netflix steaming and the DVD player with Netflix is always dropping the wifi connection and random and having to buffer a lot, other times it works fine. I have the uverse router upstairs but I do no routing thru it, I have my net gear n router

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Craig
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:19:43 -0400 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: On Aug 27, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: So I could run a network over the power lines in my house instead of having to run cat5? Absolutely. Most of my house is wired with CAT6 but

Re: [MBZ] 2013-2014 Lyric Opera of Chicago season

2013-08-27 Thread Dan Penoff
Sherril Milnes made me a Puccini fanboy. I first saw him in Tosca at the Florentine, and have been hooked on Puccini ever since. Dan On Aug 27, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: I gotta put in a plug for Puccini. For sheer beauty and drama, no opera music

Re: [MBZ] 2013-2014 Lyric Opera of Chicago season

2013-08-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
I gotta put in a plug for Puccini. For sheer beauty and drama, no opera music beats Tosca. The ensemble with Scarpia at the end of Act I of Tosca blows me away every time I listen. The love duet in Boheme Act I seemingly lasts forever, but it's so glorious you never want it to end. On Tue, Aug

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Mitch Haley
Alex Chamberlain wrote: On Aug 27, 2013 7:26 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: I find toll free numbers very helpful. I can make a free call from my home land line. Ditto. Not everyone uses their cell phone for everything--at home I don't get very good reception, so I use the land

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Mitch Haley
Craig wrote: On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:58:17 -0700 (PDT) Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.com wrote: I guess I live under a rock. What phone company does not supply free long distance service to home phones now?? I never heard of that offer. Which phone companies do offer that? I have

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Mitch Haley
Fmiser wrote: Gary wrote: wasn't there some plan to transmit internet along the electricity wires? A dreadful idea, especially with regard to radio noise. Allegedly it wipes out GPS, and that's keeping it from implementation. Mitch. ___

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Mitch Haley
Gary Hurst wrote: do you personally know actual people still using the POTS, dan? any idea how many still exist? There's a digital switch 1/2 mile from me, I think it's about a year old. ATT's web site would sell me either UVERSE phone (overpriced VOIP) or POTS, only TV offerings were from

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Rich Thomas
Plain Old Telephone SERVICE I have it, to get my DSL out here on the fringe of America. I know there is a TV/Net cable running down the road right out in front of my driveway but the local monopoly, whatever it is today, says I can't get it. --R On 8/27/13 1:00 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: do

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Fmiser
Kaleb wrote: So I could run a network over the power lines in my house instead of having to run cat5? Yes - but you spend money on the equipment - and being electronics it has a much higher failure rate than copper wire. So - save time and effort (over power) or money (CATx cable). You

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Gerry Archer
Same here in the West Central Florida backwoods. DSL runs Youtube okay except during peak hours when speed gets down to 700K. Would probably have ditched the telephone service but for the I'vefallenandIcan'tgetup service daughter wants me to have with a company that wants a copper wire

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Richard Hattaway
So why don't you put in a wireless router?  Only cat cable I have in my house is the run from the cable modem to the wireless router.  Almost everything else runs on wi-fi. I say 'almost' because I do have a cell phone system that requires connection to the internet, and it is hard wired to

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Scott Ritchey
Yes. Or do WiFi. The IP over power lines setups I've seen are point-to-point. WiFi is multipoint and addressed by the router. -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 3:14 PM To: Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Scott Ritchey
Me, for one. -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 1:01 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] parts site? do you personally know actual people still using the POTS, dan? any idea

[MBZ] free WiFi WAS: Telephone service

2013-08-27 Thread Dieselhead
Name me even one uS city without wifi. AFIK, NO city in the usa provides WiFi. Wireless internet hotspots are available in lots of places, even in the city but they are provided at the expense of private citizens or companies, not by the city. ___

[MBZ] 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Michael Esh
The ac compressor in my 300D just failed again. I put a new unit in 2 years ago with new dryer and expansion valve. This was done by a professional. not me. Is there a specific brand compressor I should be purchasing? Jabba, can you supply me with a quality compressor, dryer and expansion

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Benz Hogs
I got that :) Most of the college age kids aren't being forced :) Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 Max (170,xxx mi) On 8/27/2013 7:43 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: Benz Hogs wrote: Not in Chicago. I'm 10-15 years or more older than the youngest every performance I've seen at the Lyric.

Re: [MBZ] 2013-2014 Lyric Opera of Chicago season

2013-08-27 Thread Benz Hogs
Puccini is also the best to sing. Gorgeous melodies, tons of emotion, and he knows what vowel to give us when high or low, long or pitterpatter. Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 Max (170,xxx mi) On 8/27/2013 2:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I gotta put in a plug for Puccini.

Re: [MBZ] 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
i think i can manage that. you maybe have been put into clown parts or maybe just bad like or maybe something else going on. without speculating on that, i'll send you some info privately On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Michael Esh michael...@mac.com wrote: The ac compressor in my 300D just

Re: [MBZ] 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Scott Ritchey
The scuttlebutt a couple years ago was that reman R4 compressors weren't worth the trouble. Are you running R12 or R134A? R-12 uses mineral oil, which is benign. There is an issue with one type of oil used with 134 which kills AC systems fast. As I recall, it generates acid when it meets H2O.

Re: [MBZ] Wifi in a city - was: Telephone service

2013-08-27 Thread Fmiser
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: Craig wrote: I know of cities where there is NO cell phone reception. A POTS telephone is the only communication option, besides amateur radio. Andrew wrote, presumably in reply to the above statement:

Re: [MBZ] free WiFi WAS: Telephone service

2013-08-27 Thread Fmiser
Dieselhead wrote: Name me even one uS city without wifi. AFIK, NO city in the usa provides WiFi. Wireless internet hotspots are available in lots of places, even in the city but they are provided at the expense of private citizens or companies, not by the city. There is a city in the

Re: [MBZ] wifi vs wired - was: parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Fmiser
Richard wrote: So why don't you put in a wireless router?  Only cat cable I have in my house is the run from the cable modem to the wireless router.  Almost everything else runs on wi-fi. Wifi is slow and unreliable compared to copper wire. But it can be convenient. Wifi is typically

[MBZ] Pearl Fishers Duet

2013-08-27 Thread Gerry Archer
Agreed, Milnes has a great voice but Domingos is better IMO. Gerry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psz_KxTLbxY ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
So does it run faster, slower, or the same as cat5? On 8/27/2013 2:28 PM, Craig wrote: On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:19:43 -0400 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: On Aug 27, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: So I could run a network over the power lines in my house

Re: [MBZ] 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
You want a brand new one not rebuilt when dealing with the r4 compressor. On 8/27/2013 5:04 PM, Michael Esh wrote: The ac compressor in my 300D just failed again. I put a new unit in 2 years ago with new dryer and expansion valve. This was done by a professional. not me. Is there a

Re: [MBZ] 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Gerry Archer
What's your opinion on the R-4 clones made in Dallas/FW? Bought one from Rusty last year and it seems to do better than the GM R-4 compressor bought about the same time. Gerry.in Florida where compressors get a workout From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com i think i can manage that.

Re: [MBZ] 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Michael Esh
R134a On Aug 27, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote: The scuttlebutt a couple years ago was that reman R4 compressors weren't worth the trouble. Are you running R12 or R134A? R-12 uses mineral oil, which is benign. There is an issue with one type of oil used with 134 which kills AC

[MBZ] OT power line ethernet

2013-08-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
So on this discussion of this power line home ethernet deal, what I am wanting to do is have a line from my upstairs office down to the main TV area in the living room and have a router there to then connect the TV, sat box, and DVD to it, in addition to having a wifi access point there. So

[MBZ] NSR Re: 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Dieselhead
The ac compressor in my 300D just failed again. I put a new unit in 2 years ago with new dryer and expansion valve. This was done by a professional. not me. Is there a specific brand compressor I should be purchasing? Thanks, Mike The noise to signal ratio on here is quite bad. It

Re: [MBZ] OT power line ethernet

2013-08-27 Thread Craig
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 18:00:41 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: So does it run faster, slower, or the same as cat5? Ordinary Cat-5 runs 100 megabits/second (Mbps -- note bits not bytes). Most of the ones listed on Newegg say 200 Mbps; some say 500 Mbps. On Tue, 27 Aug 2013

Re: [MBZ] NSR Re: 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Aug 27, 2013 4:23 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: The ac compressor in my 300D just failed again. I put a new unit in 2 years ago with new dryer and expansion valve. This was done by a professional. not me. Isn't this usually indicative of crud in the system from a dead

Re: [MBZ] 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
the rebuilts are awful and ubiquitous behr unit is crappy. i tend to sell the ones that are made by the guys who bought the delco tooling On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: The scuttlebutt a couple years ago was that reman R4 compressors weren't worth

Re: [MBZ] OT power line ethernet

2013-08-27 Thread Greg Fiorentino
I use one of the 100 mb/s units, and it works fine for browsing. I would suggest a faster one for streaming video. It works just like a piece of cable, so you can connect whatever to it (router, switch etc.) Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]

Re: [MBZ] OT Louie Louie

2013-08-27 Thread Mitch Haley
Benz Hogs wrote: I got that :) Most of the college age kids aren't being forced :) Sorry, Zippy. I guess it's hard to think of you as 15 years older than a college kid. That's the category I put Curt in. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
those e are the ones to get , gerry. they are arguably the real delcos, at least i would argue so. nobody really sells them on the online front end catalogs as az sells the sort of OK behr's for 250 and you can't sell these for that price as they cost about that wholesale. just anotehr example

Re: [MBZ] NSR Re: 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Michael Esh
I did have the system cleaned and flushed with last install. I do not believe I had a quality compressor On Aug 27, 2013, at 7:40 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: On Aug 27, 2013 4:23 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: The ac compressor in my 300D just failed again. I put a new unit in

Re: [MBZ] Internet power parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Hendrik and Fay
Our federal government is spending a shipload of money on upgrading the infrastructure http://www.nbn.gov.au/ My worry is that by the time it's done, there will be technology available that is much cheaper and as good, such as internet via power lines or super wi-fi. It does amaze me when I

Re: [MBZ] 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
i don't even know if anyone is even selling rebuilt R4s anymore as those ALL failed in a hurry On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: You want a brand new one not rebuilt when dealing with the r4 compressor. On 8/27/2013 5:04 PM, Michael Esh wrote: The

Re: [MBZ] NSR Re: 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Gary Hurst
it is possible, but alex is correct that there can't be any crap in the system from the old compressor blowing up i had an old york once blow up pretty impressively! On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Michael Esh michael...@mac.com wrote: I did have the system cleaned and flushed with last

Re: [MBZ] Telephone service [was: Re: parts site?]

2013-08-27 Thread OK Don
A few years ago when we were rolling out wireless connectivity across Oklahoma, we found a couple of communities in the S.E. corner that did not have POTS yet. They relied on CB radio to call from one ridge to the next one, where someone would use thier POTS to make the call. I don't remember if

Re: [MBZ] wifi vs wired - was: parts site?

2013-08-27 Thread Hendrik and Fay
Yes it is convenient, when you got kids you can't go without it, phones, tablets, laptops, gaming consoles, even the printer, all on wi-fi. The only things plugged into the net are my ancient desktop and the pay TV, which is hooked up via net over power. Speaking of this internet over power

Re: [MBZ] 1984 300D Air conditioning

2013-08-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
How much are they? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the rebuilts are awful and ubiquitous behr unit is crappy. i tend to sell the ones that are made by the guys who bought the delco tooling On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Scott

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