Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread clay
They have lived under the reaction to the reaction to the initial offenses of the late 50's. We would have unseated the Saudis had they not been fairly malleable and willing to play as long as we did not mess with them. The Israelis are akin to the persians. They survived the events of Hitler

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread clay
The feud the Irish have with the british is much older than that. I think it goes back at least 600 years. It got a good spooling up in the aught's over labor, then really spun up in the 1919 uprisings, to the point, the Irish were not interested in supporting the english war effort in WWII.

Re: [MBZ] MB factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Ralph Robertson
Where is it located in the '87 SDL? Looked for it everywhere, could not find it. Had a garage in Florida replace it, and they never told me where it was on the car! Sure is nice with it working again. Ralph On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:19 PM, WILTON wrote: > Yes, compared to accessing the cruis

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: Home garage lift (pit?)

2013-09-12 Thread Larry T
You should check local building codes - Pits are not allowed in my county LarryT 78 240D 91 300D On 9/11/2013 12:18 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: Now, indeed, how would you adapt it to modern life, centered on an amateur mechanic too cheap to buy a lift?. Well, for starters and centering on che

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond
WHAT!?!? This is the new golden age of television just none of it is on the big networks. Let me remind you of some of the great shows of the last couple years: Breaking Bad Justified Weeds Mad Men Sherlock Downton Abbey Carol Burnett and Bob Newhart I can see but Green Acres? UGH... I can't be

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond
You're thinking like an American, our conflict with the Iranians goes back to the '30s when the Brits first started raping Iran for oil, then on to where the CIA thought it was a good idea to depose a secular democratically elected government and re-instate a madman intent on killing his own peo

Re: [MBZ] Factoids

2013-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond
I have 2 thoughts on this issue: #1. So? Whoopdy doo, its a fact. A lot like saying theres oxygen in air. Theres nothing you can do about it. #2. It seems like there are too many people who's whole job is to spit out these facts rather than actually doing real work. -Curt Date: Wed, 11 Sep 20

Re: [MBZ] Factoids

2013-09-12 Thread Rich Thomas
your a looser --R On 9/12/13 9:24 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: Same as expecting debate without personal attacks when talking to conservatives... -Curt Well hello Mr. Pot, I'd like to introduce you to Mr. Kettle. Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 19:33:46 -0700 From: "Greg Fiorentino" To: "'Mercedes Dis

Re: [MBZ] My Next Mercedes Diesel

2013-09-12 Thread Rich Thomas
The 79 TD was also excellent in that respect for the two chirruns. --R On 9/12/13 2:54 AM, clay wrote: This was the same thought process I had in acquiring Gump. IT was built like a tank, drove a little better than a tank, and would require the operator to think much further ahead because t

Re: [MBZ] Factoids

2013-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond
Same as expecting debate without personal attacks when talking to conservatives... -Curt Well hello Mr. Pot, I'd like to introduce you to Mr. Kettle. Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 19:33:46 -0700 From: "Greg Fiorentino" To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" Subject: Re: [MBZ] Factoids Message-ID: <021101

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond
The Chinese are already suffering the curse of the Asian Tiger. Remember in the '80s when you (I was too young) were all crapping yourselves about the Japanese? They were going to come over and buy everything and nothing was going to be made here. Then they got a middle class and their kids got

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Rich Thomas
I go shrimping and fishing sometimes too. --R On 9/12/13 9:44 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: What are you doing other than crabbing? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

[MBZ] Garmin demos futuristic sat-nav display inside Mercedes S-Class concept

2013-09-12 Thread Rich Thomas
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/12/garmin-gps-navigation-mercedes-s-class-coupe-concept --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

Re: [MBZ] MB factoid

2013-09-12 Thread WILTON
On my '91 350SDL, it was mounted vertically on a bracket way up under and forward above driver's foot well and just left of the brake pedal (on brake pedal main bracket). Bolt securing the bracket is really hard to access - visible only via mirror. EPC mentions a clip holding "later" models on

Re: [MBZ] Lower door trim on 124 sedan?

2013-09-12 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Larry T wrote: > Alex -- > I need a lower panel for the rear drivers side door - I can paint it to > match -- got one? If so, How Much? > Larry, are you talking about the plastic cladding that covers the lower third of the door, below the beltline? If so I'm afr

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Jim Cathey
Carol Burnett and Bob Newhart I can see but Green Acres? UGH... Have watched some of S1 of Green Acres. Surprisingly funny, and has held up very well. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubsc

[MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna

2013-09-12 Thread Frederick Moir
Folks. Has anyone here figured out how to put a new mast in an Hirschmann electric antenna? Other that an Olympic grade sprinter. It times out before I can get around the car to insinuate the rack into the tube. Frustrating!   Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred. __

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
The only episode that sticks in my memory is the one where they used the pancake cutouts to fix a blown head gasket. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 12, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: >> Carol Burnett and Bob Newhart I can see but Green Acres? UGH... > > Have watched some of S1 of Green Acres

Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna

2013-09-12 Thread Gary Hurst
this would not work? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiE1PTJHEJM On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > Do you mean getting the toothed plastic thingie engaged to the innards? I > replaced a mast I got from someone on the list, had to take

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I am almost certain most of those reality shows are fabricated. I do not much care for them at all. About the only reality shows I watch and I am sure they are all fabricated is undercover boss sometimes, the pawn and picker shows on the history channel, and restaurant impossible sometimes. Se

Re: [MBZ] MBZ factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Rick Knoble
On Sep 12, 2013, at 11:33 AM, "Benz Hogs" wrote: > This list is suppose to be free of politics. Please stop and move them to > Banned. Or Banned Lite (Light?). Rick Wondering if Lite is correct... ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Dan Penoff
Down here in Florida my in laws went crabbing by just tossing a line with a raw chicken leg tied to the end into the water. 2-3 sips of beer and pull the line up with the crab attached. Remove and repeat. Dan Sent from my iPad On Sep 12, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > Which reminds

Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna

2013-09-12 Thread Gary Hurst
well, i'd enlist an assistant before i started taking everything apart as the standard method seems efficient and effective On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Frederick Moir wrote: > Gary, et alia. > That is the prescribed method. > I, however, am not fast enough hobbling around the 300TD to inser

Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna

2013-09-12 Thread mlh
> Gary, et alia. > That is the prescribed method. > I, however, am not fast enough hobbling around the 300TD to insert the > antenna into the tube and engage the gears before it times out. > Get it? > I thought it was a function of the spousal unit to throw the switch when you were ready to insert

Re: [MBZ] Crab pots

2013-09-12 Thread Rich Thomas
Yeah that is a different kind of crab trap, but not like the baited lobstah-type pots you sit on the bottom with a float. THe crab pots have smaller openings. --R On 9/12/13 5:10 PM, Gerry Archer wrote: In the late 1940s we went crabbing and mullet snatching on the Clearwater Causeway. (Da

Re: [MBZ] Crab pots

2013-09-12 Thread mlh
> In the late 1940s we went crabbing and mullet snatching on the Clearwater > Causeway. (Dan knows where it is.) Clam traps would be more useful in Clearwater these days. http://www.xenu.net/clam_faq.html Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list a

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
A lot of shows are on netflix too if you have an account with them, and now that I have real high speed internet I have been doing a lot of streaming. For example another good show now is Hell on Wheels, I watched the 1st season on AMC but when the 2nd season came out Dish was not carrying tha

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
A lady I used to work with at Autotrader was cousins with Gene Autry. On 9/12/2013 11:53 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: i haven't seen green acres in ages but remember being amused by it. it has a decent premise . it also has gene autry's old sidekick, pat butram. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Cur

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
That seems to happen in real life all the time On 9/12/2013 12:23 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Which reminds me, have any of you ever actually gone crabbing? My wife told me this "crab pot theory" where if a crab manages to climb to the top of the pot and hook a claw over to climb out all the othe

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Since we are speaking about I dream of Jeannie, Dallas was one hell of a show. The reboot is OK I suppose but nothing like the old days. Now that Hagman is dead, I do not know how it will be, if it comes back. On 9/12/2013 12:27 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: it's very well structured. it reflects

Re: [MBZ] Crab pots

2013-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
You must be old as dirt Sent from my iPhone On Sep 12, 2013, at 4:10 PM, "Gerry Archer" wrote: > In the late 1940s we went crabbing and mullet snatching on the Clearwater > Causeway. (Dan knows where it is.) We dropped our crab traps off low > seawalls. The four wire mesh sides of the traps,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel
At 2:34 PM -0700 9/11/13, clay wrote: Raymond Burr had gravitas, this Ironside is a punk from the 'hood. Being able to contrast the two, shows just how far our great nation has fallen. Oh, I dunno. Watched the preview last night. Brown does have the proper rumbly Burr tone to him; might wi

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel
At 11:33 AM -0500 9/12/13, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: The only episode that sticks in my memory is the one where they used the pancake cutouts to fix a blown head gasket. Wasn't that the same one where a bear eats one of the hotscakes and runs off into the woods, screaming? -MMM-

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Not sure Sent from my iPhone On Sep 12, 2013, at 6:37 PM, "M. Mitchell Marmel" wrote: > At 11:33 AM -0500 9/12/13, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: >> The only episode that sticks in my memory is the one where they used the >> pancake cutouts to fix a blown head gasket. > > Wasn't that the same one w

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Sep 12, 2013 4:37 PM, "M. Mitchell Marmel" wrote: > > At 2:34 PM -0700 9/11/13, clay wrote: > >> Raymond Burr had gravitas, this Ironside is a punk from the 'hood. Being able to contrast the two, shows just how far our great nation has fallen. > > > Oh, I dunno. Watched the preview last night.

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC is here!

2013-09-12 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Sep 12, 2013 2:57 PM, "Larry T" wrote: > > If the MB quality hadn't dropped so > far, so fast, By all reports it's bounced back since '06. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change d

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond
VHS and broadcast quality never go together. Betacam SP (not Betamax) is/was broadcast quality. VHS is 1/2 to 1/4 broadcast quality. -Curt Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:21:40 -0400 From: Dan Penoff To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr Message-ID: Co

Re: [MBZ] Crab pots

2013-09-12 Thread Dan Penoff
Yeah, we've got those, too. Dan not a Thetan Sent from my iPad On Sep 12, 2013, at 5:38 PM, m...@voyager.net wrote: >> In the late 1940s we went crabbing and mullet snatching on the Clearwater >> Causeway. (Dan knows where it is.) > > Clam traps would be more useful in Clearwater these days.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Dan Penoff
No. It's where Mr. Douglas is going to get everyone to pitch in to get their apples to market early so they can get the best price. "Oliver will make considerably more on his apple crop if he gets it to market first. He hires local high schoolers to pick the fruit and uses their old truck to h

Re: [MBZ] Crab pots

2013-09-12 Thread Dwight Giles
Well this sure takes the meaning of clams way beyond the 6 dozen I dug for chowdah & clam cakes for ChowdaQ VI on Saturday. And I used to have crab traps, for eastern shore vacations. Dwight ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebe

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Sep 12, 2013 6:04 PM, "Curt Raymond" wrote: > > You see this a lot if you ride a motorcycle, everybody has to tell you about somebody they know that got hurt or "its not if you'll go down, its when you'll go down" as if you had no idea it was dangerous... > > - Also in the context of conceale

Re: [MBZ] The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC is here!

2013-09-12 Thread OK Don
Sounds like my Passat - On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Chris James wrote: > > The '14 E250 BlueTEC's are finally arriving at dealers! > > It's 2.1L 4cyl turbo diesel is rated at 28/45 MPG! Amazing! You could go > nearly 1000 miles on a single tank! Glad MB finally brought over a > smaller

Re: [MBZ] The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC is here!

2013-09-12 Thread Chris James
Lunar Blue is nice. I must say, that I much prefer the luxury package over the sport package with the huge star on the grill on the new E. '14 E350 luxury in Lunar Blue http://www.autobase.com/cgi/showphoto.exe?bc=12092720&photo=-1&size=1024 On 9/12/2013 9:02 PM, mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com w

Re: [MBZ] The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC is here!

2013-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Except 10 times the car because its a Benz Sent from my iPhone On Sep 12, 2013, at 8:33 PM, OK Don wrote: > Sounds like my Passat - > > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Chris James wrote: > >> >> The '14 E250 BlueTEC's are finally arriving at dealers! >> >> It's 2.1L 4cyl turbo dies

Re: [MBZ] The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC is here!

2013-09-12 Thread OK Don
For the price difference, I hope so! Given what I experienced driving the 2012 model Benz cars, I doubt it. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > Except 10 times the car because its a Benz > On Sep 12, 2013, at 8:33 PM, OK Don wrote: > > > Sounds like my Passat - > >

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread OK Don
I received my first order of grown in the USA tea yesterday - it's pretty good. Tea party, anyone? (Boston style) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > I've been buying "Made in America" more and more lately. What are you > doing other than crabbing? > > -Curt > -- OK Don "

[MBZ] OTea Re: Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Rich Thomas
http://woobox.com/s69k2t Charleston Tea Plantation Sweet Tea Trip To Charleston, SC! Win a trip for two to Historic Charleston including a VIP Tour of the Charleston Tea Plantation (America's Tea Garden), a Culinary Tour of downtown Charleston by Bulldog Tours, and two night accommodations for

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Greg Fiorentino
When I was a kid Grandpa took me crabbing for blue crabs. We used the traps with the side doors that pulled up and shut. We only usually caught 1 or 2 at a time, so there was no way to test this theory. Those crabs made the most delicious pasta sauce! Greg -Original Message- From: Merc

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond
Which reminds me, have any of you ever actually gone crabbing? My wife told me this "crab pot theory" where if a crab manages to climb to the top of the pot and hook a claw over to climb out all the other crabs will grab on to it in an attempt to also climb out thus dooming the whole lot to the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond
With 1000 channels broadcasting 24 hours a day you can't have 'em all be winners. Good TV is expensive, cheap TV is almost never good... -Curt Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:03:12 -0400 From: Dan Penoff To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr Message-ID:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Dan Penoff
Pawn is definitely fabricated. They did one with a pinball machine who's value was grossly overstated, and everyone in my pinball forum went nuts over it. Some knew the guy they used and he allegedly was in on it as well. Did not do good things for his reputation in the pinball community. Dan

Re: [MBZ] Use it up etc

2013-09-12 Thread Greg Fiorentino
My wheelbarrow doesn't provide such DIY opportunities. It is the wooden type with the removable sides and steel wheels, probably at least 60 years old. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Randy Bennell Sent: Thursday, September 12,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Dan Penoff
Exactly my point. It's amusing and requires little in the way of constructs. Just go along for the ride and enjoy the humor of Eddie Albert always being the straight man. Dan Sent from my iPad On Sep 12, 2013, at 12:53 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: > i haven't seen green acres in ages but remember b

[MBZ] Factoid-China

2013-09-12 Thread Gerry Archer
China since Mao-Tze-Tung died: http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/124.200702.lardy.chinaseconomy.html From: "Curt Raymond" The Chinese are already suffering the curse of the Asian Tiger. Remember in the '80s when you (I was too young) were all crapping yourselves about the Japanese? They were going

Re: [MBZ] The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC is here!

2013-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I might have to buy one of those On 9/12/2013 3:12 PM, Chris James wrote: The '14 E250 BlueTEC's are finally arriving at dealers! http://www.benzblogger.com/2013/09/2014-mercedes-benz-e250-bluetec-arrives-at-atlanta-classic-cars.html http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2014-mercedes-benz-e

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond
Why bother? Its on Amazon for $20 a season, on Hulu for free but you get commercials. I haven't bothered to convert anything in years, its too easy to find it done already. I didn't like Green Acres 20 years ago, can't see me linking it now. That said I'll give it a shot... -Curt Date: Thu,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Dan Penoff
"The Price of Apples". And those were "hotscakes", not pancakes. Got a digital copy on my computer. One of my favorites. Dan Sent from my iPad On Sep 12, 2013, at 12:33 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote: > The only episode that sticks in my memory is the one where they used the > pancake cutout

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Rich Thomas
You can do it two ways. One way is fun for kids, you get some chicken necks and tie a string to them, toss them out and wait for a crab to come around and grab it. They don't want to let go so you can slowly pull in the bait and the crab will stick with it. You have a net on about a 10ft pol

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Gary Hurst
i haven't seen green acres in ages but remember being amused by it. it has a decent premise . it also has gene autry's old sidekick, pat butram. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > Why bother? Its on Amazon for $20 a season, on Hulu for free but you get > commercials. > > I

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Mountain Man
Curt wrote: > I've been buying "Made in America" more and more lately. What are you doing > other than crabbing? > I've been doing that since you were a kid and didn't remember those days. Walmart used to tout their made in usa stuff so I would try to shop that stuff. I had to watch carefully,

Re: [MBZ] Factoids

2013-09-12 Thread Dan Penoff
Hey! Give him a brake! Dan On Sep 12, 2013, at 9:35 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: > your a looser > > --R > > > On 9/12/13 9:24 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: >> Same as expecting debate without personal attacks when talking to >> conservatives... >> >> >> -Curt >> >> Well hello Mr. Pot, I'd like to

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond
With crabs you mean, or people? My wife likes to allow it to people. There are plenty of people out there who, as soon as they hear you have something good going, try to tear it down, tell you all the reasons it won't work. You see this a lot if you ride a motorcycle, everybody has to tell you a

Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna

2013-09-12 Thread Frederick Moir
Groan.   Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred. > > From: "m...@voyager.net" >To: Mercedes Discussion List >Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 5:31 PM >Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna > > >> Gary, et alia. >> That is the prescribed method. >> I, however, am

Re: [MBZ] Factoids

2013-09-12 Thread Scott Ritchey
Maybe I should have used the more generic term "reward" vs "income". But it's the same principle. Your DIY work gives you a reward. With greater skill and better tools you can produce an even greater reward for yourself. Best of all, the government doesn't get a piece of your reward. If they d

Re: [MBZ] Factoids

2013-09-12 Thread OK Don
Or conservatives - both sides adhere to their dogma, regardless of reality. "43% of all statistics are made up on the spot". On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Greg Fiorentino wrote: > Asking for facts is an unfair rhetorical device when debating with > liberals. > > Greg -- OK Don "They who

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Dan Penoff
I have a set of first generation VHS broadcast quality tapes of a couple of seasons. I won't reveal where I got them, suffice to say I would like to have digitized copies of them for ease of viewing as well as archival purposes. Dan Sent from my iPad On Sep 12, 2013, at 12:49 PM, Curt Raymond

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Randy Bennell
On 12/09/2013 12:44 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Down here in Florida my in laws went crabbing by just tossing a line with a raw chicken leg tied to the end into the water. 2-3 sips of beer and pull the line up with the crab attached. Remove and repeat. Dan My kids and their cousins used to catch l

Re: [MBZ] MB factoid

2013-09-12 Thread WILTON
Ralph, what was your bill for R & R of the cruise cont. amp? $300+? Wilton - Original Message - From: "Ralph Robertson" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 6:42 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] MB factoid Where is it located in the '87 SDL? Looked for it ever

Re: [MBZ] My Next Mercedes Diesel

2013-09-12 Thread Kevin Slater
OK On Sep 11, 2013 10:09 PM, "OK Don" wrote: > Our youngest two kids learned to drive in a 240D (passed down from their > great-grandfather), and drove it through highschool. I think it's the > perfect car for a new driver, not too fast (harder to get into > speed/acceleration related trouble) an

Re: [MBZ] Use it up etc

2013-09-12 Thread Randy Bennell
I would guess one like that to be closer to 100 years old. Randy On 12/09/2013 4:10 PM, Greg Fiorentino wrote: My wheelbarrow doesn't provide such DIY opportunities. It is the wooden type with the removable sides and steel wheels, probably at least 60 years old. Greg -Original Message---

[MBZ] Crab pots

2013-09-12 Thread Gerry Archer
In the late 1940s we went crabbing and mullet snatching on the Clearwater Causeway. (Dan knows where it is.) We dropped our crab traps off low seawalls. The four wire mesh sides of the traps, which were connected to a rope, dropped open and the crabs simply walked in and started eating the fish

Re: [MBZ] Factoids

2013-09-12 Thread Greg Fiorentino
That was not a personal attack, rather an attack on a class of people, based on the FACT that much (if not ALL) of the arguments by liberals are appeals to emotion rather than reason. Greg, some of whose best friends (and family members) are liberals -Original Message- From: Mercedes [m

Re: [MBZ] The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC is here!

2013-09-12 Thread WILTON
Me, too; wonder if they gonna paint anything besides black, white or silver? Wilton - Original Message - From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC is here! I might have

Re: [MBZ] A video about URO parts

2013-09-12 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=15F0w4o_9-I LOL. ___ 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/

Re: [MBZ] Use it up etc

2013-09-12 Thread Randy Bennell
On 12/09/2013 11:50 AM, Mountain Man wrote: I call straw man. I also encourage us to DIY. There is satisfaction in DIY, regardless of income. Be happy. Income disparity is a ploy to foment discontent. Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without. Income? - yep, I am doing without... so that

Re: [MBZ] Use it up etc

2013-09-12 Thread Richard Hattaway
Use part of the old tube to make an inner liner to protect the new tube.  Beat the concrete off with a rubber mallet.  Most of it will exit. Then you can paint it. Don't store iris bulbs from that nice old lady over the winter.  They have some kind of acid inside that makes them eat  holes in

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Dan Penoff
I have a couple of seasons on VHS. I need a VCR to transfer it to digital. Dan On Sep 12, 2013, at 10:43 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: >> Carol Burnett and Bob Newhart I can see but Green Acres? UGH... > > Have watched some of S1 of Green Acres. Surprisingly funny, > and has held up very well. > > -

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Mountain Man
clay wrote: > What NSA did was outside and beyond the bounds of its charter. > Yes, that is correct. The issue still remains, however. You can't do anything about NSA mission creep. Also, the collection of data and use of data is and has been out in the public sphere for a very looong time. We rem

[MBZ] Factoid-Iran

2013-09-12 Thread Gerry Archer
Here is a view of Irans history; especially its relationships with Western nations. http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1426.200909.bakhash.usiranhistorical.html ... From: "Curt Raymond" You're thinking like an American, our conflict with the Iranians goes back to th

[MBZ] MBZ factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Benz Hogs
This list is suppose to be free of politics. Please stop and move them to Banned. -- Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 "Max" (170,xxx mi) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or cha

Re: [MBZ] My Next Mercedes Diesel

2013-09-12 Thread Kevin Slater
OK Don, I couldn'r On Sep 11, 2013 10:09 PM, "OK Don" wrote: > Our youngest two kids learned to drive in a 240D (passed down from their > great-grandfather), and drove it through highschool. I think it's the > perfect car for a new driver, not too fast (harder to get into > speed/acceleration re

Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna

2013-09-12 Thread MG
First turn the key and the radio on and set the antenna switch to full. Two, go to the trunk and unplug the antenna motor plug after it quites running. That puts the drive to fully extended. Three turn off the key. the motor won't run to retract because the plug is disconnected. Four start the

Re: [MBZ] Lower door trim on 124 sedan?

2013-09-12 Thread WILTON
-- With a gray or black plastic strip horizontally along very bottom edge of door and another one several inches above that. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Alex Chamberlain" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Lower door

Re: [MBZ] Factoid

2013-09-12 Thread Scott Ritchey
We used fish heads, same method. The trick was to raise the string slowly and smoothly or the crab would bolt. Same with the net. -Original Message- Rich Thomas Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 1:49 PM "You can do it two ways. One way is fun for kids, you get some chicken necks and

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Dan Penoff
Sons of Anarchy, too. Yes, I would agree that there are finally some well written shows on now, but they are surrounded by 1000s of others that are totally dreck. Case in point: neighbor's daughter recently starred in a reality show called "Below Deck", purportedly about the crew on a for-hire

Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna

2013-09-12 Thread Frederick Moir
Gary, et alia. That is the prescribed method. I, however, am not fast enough hobbling around the 300TD to insert the antenna into the tube and engage the gears before it times out. Get it?   Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred. > > From: Gary Hurst >To: Mercedes

[MBZ] Fwd: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC is here!

2013-09-12 Thread Larry T
If the MB quality hadn't dropped so far, so fast, this would be a nice car to consider!But it did, so it's not... ;-) Larryt Original Message Subject:[MBZ] The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC is here! Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:12:04 -0400 From: Chris James Rep

Re: [MBZ] My Next Mercedes Diesel

2013-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond
I expect any of the non-turbo models to be good in that regard. The only thing about a TD is that theres lots of space in the back for chillens to work on making more chillens. Theres one across the street, he's maybe 14 or 15 now and his girlfriend comes over pretty much every day. I predict s

Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna

2013-09-12 Thread Rich Thomas
Do you mean getting the toothed plastic thingie engaged to the innards? I replaced a mast I got from someone on the list, had to take the housing apart to get the whole deal organized. It has a spring-loaded pressure plate sort of thing to grab the coiled plastic shaft to push/pull it. You h

Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna

2013-09-12 Thread Jim Cathey
Other that an Olympic grade sprinter. No, that's it. I lean into the car to hit the radio button, than dash right back. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna

2013-09-12 Thread Curt Raymond
Really? I think I started it into the tube (not engaged), laid the rest on the trunk lid or roof, then hit the key and popped back to feed it in. Bring it to ChowdaQ, lots of helpers there.. -Curt Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:43:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Frederick Moir To: Mercedes Discussion List Su

Re: [MBZ] Use it up etc

2013-09-12 Thread Randy Bennell
I have used a wheel thing that looks a bit like a heavy duty scrubbie thing to remove concrete from the housing on my concrete mixer. It worked fairly well for that purpose. Not sure how well banging with a hammer would work, as most of this stuff has been on there for eternity. Using the old t

Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna

2013-09-12 Thread Frederick Moir
Rich. Thanks for the info.   Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred. > > From: Rich Thomas >To: Mercedes Discussion List >Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:16 AM >Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna > > >Do you mean getting the toothed plastic thingie engage

[MBZ] The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC is here!

2013-09-12 Thread Chris James
The '14 E250 BlueTEC's are finally arriving at dealers! http://www.benzblogger.com/2013/09/2014-mercedes-benz-e250-bluetec-arrives-at-atlanta-classic-cars.html http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2014-mercedes-benz-e250-bluetec-diesel-first-drive-review It's 2.1L 4cyl turbo diesel is rated at

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Dan Penoff
I understand that. They are first generation off of beta masters. Dan Sent from my iPad On Sep 12, 2013, at 8:52 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > VHS and broadcast quality never go together. Betacam SP (not Betamax) is/was > broadcast quality. VHS is 1/2 to 1/4 broadcast quality. > > -Curt > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr

2013-09-12 Thread Gary Hurst
it's very well structured. it reflects what happens to a lot of people who are city folk who leave for country life only to discover that the idyllic country they imagined is simply and literally an urban legend. i'd rate it much more highly than the more popular gilligan's island, probably more

Re: [MBZ] Factoids

2013-09-12 Thread Mountain Man
Scott wrote: > ...earn the same as a drunk who shows up occasionally > to stock shelves? If so, where is the incentive to produce things of value? > I call straw man. I also encourage us to DIY. There is satisfaction in DIY, regardless of income. Be happy. Income disparity is a ploy to foment dis

Re: [MBZ] Hirschmann Antenna

2013-09-12 Thread Frederick Moir
Jim. Thanks. About what I figured. Maybe I can coax my wife into pushing a button, instead of mine.   Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred. > > From: Jim Cathey >To: Mercedes Discussion List >Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:48 AM >Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hirschm

[MBZ] wow this looks nice

2013-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-300SD-Sedan-1979-mercedes-300-sd-diesel-records-immaculate-runs-looks-/141060499614?forcerrptr=true&hash=item20d7dc689e&item=141060499614&pt=US_Cars_Trucks ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives h

Re: [MBZ] wow this looks nice

2013-09-12 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Sep 12, 2013 7:30 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-300SD-Sedan-1979-mercedes-300-sd-diesel-records-immaculate-runs-looks-/141060499614?forcerrptr=true&hash=item20d7dc689e&item=141060499614&pt=US_Cars_Trucks > I can't imagine what anyone sees i

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