Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana

2014-02-14 Thread Gary Hurst
all the flutes are made there On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 2:50 AM, Craig wrote: > I have continued to search for jobs and submit applications. None of the > companies nor colleges to which I have applied have been interested. I > did, however, find one organization that is interested in me: the HCJ

[MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana

2014-02-14 Thread Craig
I have continued to search for jobs and submit applications. None of the companies nor colleges to which I have applied have been interested. I did, however, find one organization that is interested in me: the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Indiana. Shirley and I will be traveling there

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread dseretakis
Thanks to Jon's recommendations, I bought an Ariens this winter. I used the crap out of it so far! Best $1000 I've ever spent. Before that, Jon was kind enough to do my driveway, and before that, I would sweat my butt off for two hours and only clear 1/4 of the driveway, park my car at the begin

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Craig
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 21:40:31 -0700 Craig wrote: > http://nepacrossroads.com/kb/anthracite > Description of anthracite and comparisons to other type fuels. > > http://nepacrossroads.com/fuel-comparison-calculator.php > It does the math for you Try also http://riversidecoal.com/bags-of coal/

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Craig
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:23:54 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond wrote: > We've got a Jotul woodstove but wood is kinda spendy and a lot of work > compared to coal. I saw a video on Vimeo about the Chubby > stove http://chubbystove.com/ which looked real good. Unlike my > parent's stove its got an ash pan a

Re: [MBZ] Greensboro, NC

2014-02-14 Thread Richard Hattaway
Walt and I for starters (-: On Friday, February 14, 2014 6:38 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Local news I found interesting.  Doesn't someone live in/around Greensboro? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140211/08444226177/businessman-threatens-to-sue-blogger-defamation-blogger-says-bring-it.shtml D

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Dieselhead
If the pile hand't been built so strong I'd have rolled right over. http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/22D998E9-754E-4552-B343-85FEE3BDC211-619-00385488DF03_zps3238b3f3.jpg Its hard to tell in the pic but the top of the seat is 6' off the ground... Nice job! Glad you got

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Michael Canfield
Hi Curt, Yes we burn coal. I have had an Alaska stoker upstairs for years and an old Fisher Papa Bear wood stove downstairs. I love wood heat but recently stumbled on a deal on a Hitzer hopper stove. I took out the wood stove in favor of the Hitzer. I like it so much I sold my Alaska and boug

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

2014-02-14 Thread Craig
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 22:23:39 -0400 "Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote: > It was Jamaica last year, which was way nicer of a resort > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 14, 2014, at 9:53 PM, OK Don wrote: > > > > Company meeting. IIRC, he went last year as well. So what company are you working for, Ka

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

2014-02-14 Thread Gary Hurst
i hear that down in jamaica they got lots of pretty women who steal you money and then break your heart On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > It was Jamaica last year, which was way nicer of a resort > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 14, 2014, at 9:53 PM, OK Don wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread dseretakis
True but borders DC and is home to the same population of people. I consider it one and the same place. The affluent people in Bethesda are even less likely to do DIY tasks, yet hardware stores and Home Depots exist. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 14, 2014, at 9:47 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.c

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Dieselhead
Oh come on now! I used to live in DC. There was an Ace hardware store one block away! And there is a Home Depot in Bethesda, very close to the District. Strosnider's hardware store in Bethesda is one of the best hardware stores around! With the weird climactic patterns we are seeing, they might

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread dseretakis
Oh come on now! I used to live in DC. There was an Ace hardware store one block away! And there is a Home Depot in Bethesda, very close to the District. Strosnider's hardware store in Bethesda is one of the best hardware stores around! With the weird climactic patterns we are seeing, they might wa

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Curt Raymond
You burn coal? My parents have a very old coal stove from a railroad caboose, I remember Dad pulling it out of the remains of the caboose in the woods behind some guy's house. We've got a Jotul woodstove but wood is kinda spendy and a lot of work compared to coal. I saw a video on Vimeo about t

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

2014-02-14 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
It was Jamaica last year, which was way nicer of a resort Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 14, 2014, at 9:53 PM, OK Don wrote: > > Company meeting. IIRC, he went last year as well. > > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel > wrote: > >> So does anyone have any idea wtf KS is doin

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread dseretakis
Yeah but I thought it was funny anyway! They got 15 inches in DC. Jon and I got less than a foot in Brunswick, Maine which is a good 600 miles north! Sent from my iPhone On Feb 14, 2014, at 7:21 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I hear you Dimitri! >> >> Ariens all the way! Still

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Curt Raymond
I had to clean the driveway which included moving the Jetta which Angie hadn't done in last week's storm. It started right up and moved good but the coolant leak appears to be worse than I'd hoped. Going to dolly it to the mechanic on Monday. Got in a real good snowmobile ride, headed over to t

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Curt Raymond
We've got one too, probably from the late '90s. Its going to need a new drive clutch this year but other than sheer pins and oil its needed nothing in our 7 years of ownership. -Curt Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:01:42 -0500 From: Jon Agne To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Snowpocal

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Curt Raymond
Not much of a roll is it? In any given 10-20 year period you're pretty much guaranteed a severe hurricane. We'll get one too but the amount of destruction here pales by comparison. Your snowmobiling sucks too. :) -Curt Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:28:07 -0500 From: Dan Penoff To: Mercedes Discu

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Curt Raymond
Our short dead end street is great, the plow guy drives a big front end loader and swipes slightly to the right away from our driveway to the pile at the end. We rarely have much of a lump at the end of the driveway to deal with... -Curt Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:13:48 -0600 From: Randy Bennell

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

2014-02-14 Thread OK Don
Company meeting. IIRC, he went last year as well. On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > So does anyone have any idea wtf KS is doing in the DR? > > -- OK Don "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Re: [MBZ] OT - Prog Rock

2014-02-14 Thread Dan Penoff
This morning's drive to work playlist: Todd Rundgren - "We Gotta Get You A Woman" Badfinger - "No Matter What" Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" Squeeze - "Tempted" Lloyd Williams - "Shama Lama Ding Dong" (from Animal House) Steve Winwood - "Arc Of A Diver" The Who - "Eminence Front" Joe Coc

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

2014-02-14 Thread Gary Hurst
not sure but he just sent me a comment about some guy called chico that read "good glove. no hit" On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > So does anyone have any idea wtf KS is doing in the DR? > > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Randy Bennell > wrote: > > > On 13/02/20

Re: [MBZ] OT - Prog Rock

2014-02-14 Thread Gary Hurst
it's fairly famous and massively well regarded king crimson is guitarist robert fripp and whoever he happens to be hanging around with at the moment this is the original version with greg lake, who later pushed the limits of prog with less success in emerson, lake and palmer maybe teh best of it

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Jon Agne
Dieselhead…..if I lived in DC, I would not have a snowblower….I would hire a guy. Much cheaper in the long run. On Feb 14, 2014, at 7:07 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Time to buy a snowblower:) >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > They don't sell snowblowers in DC. No hardware sto

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Michael Canfield
I figure there should be enough hot air there that there really is no need for one. Mike On Feb 14, 2014 7:32 PM, "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hear you Dimitri! >> >> Ariens all the way! Still proudly using the 1969 model I bought in 1985. >> So it needs oil once in awhile. >>

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Dieselhead
I hear you Dimitri! Ariens all the way! Still proudly using the 1969 model I bought in 1985. So it needs oil once in awhile. Jon For a snowblower, Ariens is the way to go. Avoid the MTD stuff under most other labels! Mine is only 10 yrs old, but like new. But andrew is in DC, and they

Re: [MBZ] OT - Prog Rock

2014-02-14 Thread Dieselhead
Don't remember the lyrics, but that was one of my favorite albums in 71/72. King Krimson! Somehow I ended up here today and just... stayed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9P3ugzmmis In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) Does anyone else know this music? Did anyone else know this in earl

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Michael Canfield
Blizzards and ice storms used to be the norm here. We don't worry. Small generator will run the pump and fridge. Coal stoves will burn as long as we can shovel a path to the coal pile just outside the back door. Just a day off with the kids. Mike On Feb 14, 2014 6:33 PM, "Dan Penoff" wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Mountain Man
Dieselhead wrote: > No hardware stores because nobody does > anything constructive there. The fate of all mankind I see Is in the hands of fools. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or chang

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Mountain Man
Dieselhead wrote: > No hardware stores because nobody does > anything constructive there. I talk to the wind My words are all carried away I talk to the wind The wind does not hear The wind cannot hear. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

2014-02-14 Thread Mountain Man
Randy wrote: > Do you watch Ice Pilots? I watched a few episodes at youtube. I would guess these guys know what the airframe is capable of doing, definitely. Totally steam gauge. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Dieselhead
Time to buy a snowblower:) Sent from my iPhone They don't sell snowblowers in DC. No hardware stores because nobody does anything constructive there. No Lowes/Despot either ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/arch

[MBZ] OT - Prog Rock

2014-02-14 Thread Mountain Man
Somehow I ended up here today and just... stayed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9P3ugzmmis In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) Does anyone else know this music? Did anyone else know this in early '70's? Lyrics for the album: http://lyrics.rockmagic.net/lyrics/king_crimson/in_the_court_of_th

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Jon Agne
I hear you Dimitri! Ariens all the way! Still proudly using the 1969 model I bought in 1985. So it needs oil once in awhile. Jon On Feb 14, 2014, at 6:48 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: > Time to buy a snowblower:) > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 14, 2014, at 3:58 PM, Andrew Strasfoge

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Dieselhead
Sorry. Dan \ You SHOULD be sorry! ___ 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] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread dseretakis
Time to buy a snowblower:) Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 14, 2014, at 3:58 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > I shoveled the driveway yesterday, then the snowplow came early this > morning. leaving in its wake an indurated ridge of driveway blocking > snow/ice that took me as long to remove as I s

[MBZ] Greensboro, NC

2014-02-14 Thread Dan Penoff
Local news I found interesting. Doesn't someone live in/around Greensboro? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140211/08444226177/businessman-threatens-to-sue-blogger-defamation-blogger-says-bring-it.shtml Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archi

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Dan Penoff
I've been through a number of them. I'll take a hurricane over a blizzard, ice storm or tornado any day. Dan On Feb 14, 2014, at 6:30 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: > > That hurricane might just roll you. > > Randy > > On 14/02/2014 5:28 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: >> Thanks, Gerry, but I've done my ti

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Randy Bennell
That hurricane might just roll you. Randy On 14/02/2014 5:28 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Thanks, Gerry, but I've done my time. Twice. Much as I enjoy four seasons, I don't miss the lack of sunlight or the cold. As for hurricanes, I'll roll the dice. Dan On Feb 14, 2014, at 6:03 PM, arche...@emb

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Dan Penoff
Thanks, Gerry, but I've done my time. Twice. Much as I enjoy four seasons, I don't miss the lack of sunlight or the cold. As for hurricanes, I'll roll the dice. Dan On Feb 14, 2014, at 6:03 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: > Tch! Florida weather is so boring, nothing like exciting northern

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Craig
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:13:48 -0600 Randy Bennell wrote: > On 14/02/2014 3:27 PM, Craig wrote: > > The trick is to clear the snow from the area through which the > > snowplow will approach your driveway. > > > > That way the plow will unload before it gets to your driveway and not > > push snow ac

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
Tch! Florida weather is so boring, nothing like exciting northern weather. And last year we had no hurricanes to break the monotony. Maybe we ought to move to someplace like Michigan or New England or even Canada, Dan. Gerry On 2/14/2014 3:04 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: On 14/02/2014 1:58 PM,

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Randy Bennell
On 14/02/2014 3:27 PM, Craig wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:58:36 -0500 Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I shoveled the driveway yesterday, then the snowplow came early this morning. leaving in its wake an indurated ridge of driveway blocking snow/ice that took me as long to remove as I spent yesterday

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

2014-02-14 Thread Rich Thomas
He's scouting out a few Domenicos to bring back to deal with his back yard resources. He'll get some small ones to put in his checked bags. --R On 2/14/14 3:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: So does anyone have any idea wtf KS is doing in the DR? On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Randy Benne

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Craig
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:58:36 -0500 Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > I shoveled the driveway yesterday, then the snowplow came early this > morning. leaving in its wake an indurated ridge of driveway blocking > snow/ice that took me as long to remove as I spent yesterday. The trick is to clear the snow

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

2014-02-14 Thread Randy Bennell
On 14/02/2014 2:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: So does anyone have any idea wtf KS is doing in the DR? I believe he said it was business and booked by the company he works for, so must be meetings - company convention of some sort. Randy ___ http://w

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
I shoveled the driveway yesterday, then the snowplow came early this morning. leaving in its wake an indurated ridge of driveway blocking snow/ice that took me as long to remove as I spent yesterday. On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 3:19 PM, OK Don wrote: > My wife is less likely to enjoy it. She likes

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

2014-02-14 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
So does anyone have any idea wtf KS is doing in the DR? On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Randy Bennell wrote: > On 13/02/2014 9:23 PM, Mountain Man wrote: > >> OK Don wrote: >> > >> I think you have it reversed. the "older smaller steam gauge rigs" > >> don't have much "computer control that p

Re: [MBZ] atl storm

2014-02-14 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
But it all balances out. I've been there in a July heat wave that would have put D.C. in its place. On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Randy Bennell wrote: > On 13/02/2014 8:45 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > >> Randy, I don't mean to sound like Eeyore but my guess is mid-April at the >> earlies

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread OK Don
It's 60 here now, with the wind at 30 mph, debating whether it will be too turbulent to take the wife flying . . . On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: > I'm shoveling sunshine. A little cool (60s) today, but bright and sunny. > > Sorry. > > Dan > > > On Feb 14, 2014, at 2:45 PM,

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread OK Don
My wife is less likely to enjoy it. She likes smooth air - I don't mind a bit of a challenge. One report says moderate turbulence from field level to 3000', the other says moderate turbulence from the surface to 18,000'. On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: > Does that statemen

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Randy Bennell
Does that statement mean you are not sure it is a good time to fly or that your wife is less likely to enjoy the flight if it is a bit rougher than normal? Randy On 14/02/2014 2:14 PM, OK Don wrote: It's 60 here now, with the wind at 30 mph, debating whether it will be too turbulent to take t

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Randy Bennell
On 14/02/2014 1:58 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: I'm shoveling sunshine. A little cool (60s) today, but bright and sunny. Sorry. Dan On Feb 14, 2014, at 2:45 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: So where is everyone? Buried in snow, out shovelling, or in Curt's case, playing with old snowmobiles? Randy _

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Dan Penoff
I'm shoveling sunshine. A little cool (60s) today, but bright and sunny. Sorry. Dan > On Feb 14, 2014, at 2:45 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: > > So where is everyone? > Buried in snow, out shovelling, or in Curt's case, playing with old > snowmobiles? > > Randy > > __

Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014

2014-02-14 Thread Randy Bennell
So where is everyone? Buried in snow, out shovelling, or in Curt's case, playing with old snowmobiles? Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.o

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

2014-02-14 Thread Randy Bennell
On 13/02/2014 9:23 PM, Mountain Man wrote: OK Don wrote: >> I think you have it reversed. the "older smaller steam gauge rigs" >> don't have much "computer control that pilots depend upon ". > > Thanks for the clarify. Yes, the steam gauge rigs require greater > knowledge and experience of airfr

Re: [MBZ] atl storm

2014-02-14 Thread Randy Bennell
On 13/02/2014 8:45 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Randy, I don't mean to sound like Eeyore but my guess is mid-April at the earliest due to the severity of your winter, even by Winnipeg standards.. At this point in time, your guess is as good as mine. Sometimes April is lovely and sometimes not

Re: [MBZ] Curt's Birthday

2014-02-14 Thread Curt Raymond
Aww you guys... It was weird to be away for my birthday. I'd gotten a cake for my class but they came through with pie and cronuts (combination of a croissant and a donut) plus Angie sent me an Edible Arrangement. I had a great day and was in bed by nine. Heaven... -Curt Date: Thu, 13 Feb 201

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

2014-02-14 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
No, I wish I was. As it stands I was supposed to have arrived at 2 on Wednesday but instead it was 8 pm on Thursday so basically missed almost 2 days Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 13, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: > > i think you are putting us on at this point > > > On Thu, Feb 13, 201

Re: [MBZ] OT - Bitcoin

2014-02-14 Thread Gary Hurst
so how old are you anyway? On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 6:10 AM, Tim Crone wrote: > On Feb 14, 2014 1:57 AM, "Fmiser" wrote: > > > > > Tim wrote: > > > > > > To respond to Mao, I don't think the government is necessary for > > > a currency > > > - that's Philip's contention, and he presumably only

Re: [MBZ] OT - Bitcoin

2014-02-14 Thread Tim Crone
On Feb 14, 2014 1:57 AM, "Fmiser" wrote: > > > Tim wrote: > > > > To respond to Mao, I don't think the government is necessary for > > a currency > > - that's Philip's contention, and he presumably only meant for > > What are you attributing to me? I've not been following this > Bitcoin thread -