my mom's friend lives in this place where every time there is a complaint,
they old person is on an ambulance to hollywood memorial hospital for a
week stay on the government dime . i go visit these people and ask them why
they are there. they say things like i had a little heartburn and now
they
we are alone here in our perspective, gordon. we wear the snowy river hat
and walk the snowy river walk.
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.comwrote:
Gary wrote:
more money grab in the last days of a broken society on its deathbed
+1
Does anyone else see
if you quit eating garbage and spent an hour a day in some sort of
movement, you'd never have a need for a doctor. or you can choose a life
of dependency on big pharma instead
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 11:48 PM, clay redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
The group is independent of insurance programs,
dan is out of the school biz. the public schools are an absolute and total
loss. we need to go back to the old way, where the dumb kids were at work
at 14 and the really bright ones went to princeton. instead we fund
another stupid government scam and spout buzzwords to confuse the idiotic
My 73 Land Rover was positive earth.
On Mar 31, 2014 9:41 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
how am I supposed to know this? [positive vs negative ground]
You look, or use a meter. The last positive ground vehicle
I can think of is, I _think_, a VW beetle. Old one, 6V.
It's just
Where's the spinners? You can't pimp out a car without spinners.
Also, why buy the whole wheel if you aren't going to have spinners.
Walmart has genuine imitation Testerossa hub cabs for less than $20 per
set. I have them on my 240D and they look cool.
Gerry
On 3/31/2014 10:30 PM, Rich
Average annual physicians salaries in U.S. after 21 to 25 years of
education at a cost of thousands of dollars. Wealthy? No, just in the
upper middle class along with lawyers and many small businessmen.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm
Gerry
I did not read that
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mao
We need someone to bring our country back from the broken society / deathbed.
Some may disagree, and personally I don't care, but Ronald Reagan brought us
back from Jimmy Carter. Now we need someone to bring us back from this equally
worthless Barack Obama. I don't know who it will be,
No I'm not, I wil check me stash first and see what I have. Never heard from
jabba so I will order from az I guess
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On Mar 31, 2014, at 10:50 PM, clay redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
I have front check straps in good condition, if you are not put off by used
parts
clay
Attaboy
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On Mar 31, 2014, at 11:03 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Finally had the first decent weekend weather in 6 months. (so much for
global warming. The new ice age is here!) Took off the passenger door
handle and got it to work, put it back. It was
Dead battery, but the alternator is putting out 13.5 V
Bad diode can still result in good (-ish) voltage, but still
have other ills. Or you have a leak.
-- Jim
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I fixed one of the regulators on the TD with a small bolt but I had to
grind the top and nut off a bit to get it to clear the other bits.
--R
On 4/1/14 12:13 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Pushed the rivet in the hole, and it popped right out.
Anvil, cold chisel, BFH. I used the point of the
ATTABOY!
Wilton
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Subject: [MBZ] weekend projects
Finally had the first decent weekend weather in 6
months. (so much for global warming.
Yep, 'nother ATTABOY!
Wilton
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I finally got my antenna up, wire strung from the hangar roof (ground plane
'Nother ATTABOY!
Wilton
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Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] weekend projects
I fixed one of the regulators on the TD with a small bolt
On 31/03/2014 8:41 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
how am I supposed to know this? [positive vs negative ground]
You look, or use a meter. The last positive ground vehicle
I can think of is, I _think_, a VW beetle. Old one, 6V.
It's just a convention, and there's little technical reason
to have it
What age group are you taking about? High school level?
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On Apr 1, 2014, at 12:47 PM, G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote:
First, for the record, I'm old, kids are out of college and I'm out of the
kids in school business. However, I belong to a group of people who have
First, for the record, I'm old, kids are out of college and I'm out of the
kids in school business. However, I belong to a group of people who have
taken the time to actually read the books which are to be used to teach the
common core classrooms.
If you were educated any time before 1990 you
Just an interesting fact you all might find disturbing:
The entire US high school population is outnumbered in both India and
China by the top 10% (in achievement, etc.) of their students.
From what little I know about the CC, it does not appear it will
address the fact above very well.
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
In order to even see your listings on Facebook, I am required to JOIN
facebook. Immediately upon joining facebook my entire contact with the
internet is suddenly overwhelmed with popups and trash generated by my
I
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
Just an interesting fact you all might find disturbing:
The entire US high school population is outnumbered in both India and
China by the top 10% (in achievement, etc.) of their students.
Also
https://www.google.ca/#q=england+adopts+sharia+law
This scares the you know what out of me.
Canada is so mamby pamby on this sort of thing that it will probably
come to us too.
Our young Mr. Trudeau wants to be PM and hangs out with this crowd
telling them how he can fix things for them.
On 01/04/2014 8:22 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Dead battery, but the alternator is putting out 13.5 V
Bad diode can still result in good (-ish) voltage, but still
have other ills. Or you have a leak.
-- Jim
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Shouldn't the alternator put out about 14.2V?
Oh please, quit whining. Move to Canada.
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:44 AM, roger...@comcast.net wrote:
-2
mao
We need someone to bring our country back from the broken society /
deathbed. Some may disagree, and personally I don't care, but Ronald Reagan
brought us back from Jimmy Carter.
where it's at not is that the good student are better than ever, the middle
ground is disappearing and the vast majority have no reason to be there and
stand simply to be slaves forever to the top kids
i judge debate. the top kids are GREAT . much better than in my day
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at
Do some more research. That is not what it is all about. With Common Core
there is no time to teach. Each lesson is provided on a daily basis and on
to the next the very next day with no time for the teacher to pass on the
info. How can every student learn every lesson in 1 hour or less?
Come on up.
We might let Andrew in too.
Randy
On 01/04/2014 3:22 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
Oh please, quit whining. Move to Canada.
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:44 AM, roger...@comcast.net wrote:
-2
mao
We need someone to bring our country back from the broken society /
deathbed. Some may
We need someone to bring our country back from the broken society / deathbed.
Some may disagree, and personally I don't care, but Ronald Reagan brought us
back from Jimmy Carter. Now we need someone to bring us back from this equally
worthless Barack Obama. I don't know who it will be, but we
I would point out that Carter is the only president in current history to not
have a shot fired during his presidency.
Watch him on Bill Maher this week, it's worth seeing.
Dan
On Apr 1, 2014, at 5:36 PM, Van Knutson wrote:
The market always self corrects, with or
Ford had some shots fired at him.
Thinking about buying this, what do you think?
http://fayar.craigslist.org/cto/4399075777.html
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Dunno. Would have to see it in person.
Some things I would definitely ask:
Service records?
Check top hydraulics (look for leaks and check the pump/reservoir under the
spare tire)
97 and later are the better years, as they have the better tranny and no issues
with evaporators and wiring
SINCE WHEN DID THIS LIST'S EMPHASIS CHANGE TO POLITICS? WHY NOT DETERIORATE
FURTHER TO ARGUMENTS REGARDING RELIGION?
G. M. Brown
Brevard, NC
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The biggest problem with all this educational garbage is that no one will stick
with anything long enough to determine if it's effective. Floriduh is all
about the bright shiny educational theory, and in doing so, doesn't have enough
consistency to have collected enough data for any sort of
Amen brother
On Apr 1, 2014 6:22 PM, G. M. Brown g_010...@hotmail.com wrote:
SINCE WHEN DID THIS LIST'S EMPHASIS CHANGE TO POLITICS? WHY NOT
DETERIORATE FURTHER TO ARGUMENTS REGARDING RELIGION?
G. M. Brown
Brevard, NC
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U... Iran Embassy takeover.. hostages held for the entire duration of
Carters office? And no shots fired.. yes .. that was a success, wasn't
it? {All Embassy holdings are considered by all nations as Sovereign Soil
of the Nation Embassy} ...
Sorry... I can't count that as a score for the
Gary wrote:
we are alone here in our perspective, gordon. we wear the snowy river hat
and walk the snowy river walk.
Okay, we can do that - it's good company.
Anyone else? Tell us this is not the american way?
I say it is part of the JFK ask what you can do for your country.
mao
Kaleb wrote:
Thinking about buying this, what do you think?
Kaleb joins geezer clan.
Another 'stang.
mao
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Amen brother
Holy...
mao
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All posts are the
Grant wrote:
...perhaps we should argue religion...
Again, holy...
Yeah, lets do religion.
Or, perhaps we hack okiebenz to broke and then bring it back after a
month and we can all tell what wonderful things we are doing now that
our benz is broke and thrown away. I bet my 3-pedal benz will
One of the great things about wrenching on my 300TD and 300SD and reading
this list is the Diesel knowledge I gained. Probably like most, all my
previous experience was with gassers. Since I owned two Diesel sail boats
and nor a Diesel tractor (plus the 300SD) and this Diesel knowledge had
IMO, it's time (well, long past time) to bust the trusts of the education
monopoly. The question is how? Abolishing the US Depart of Education
would be a good start.
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Tis a good idea to connect the battery charger to the terminals and THEN
switch on the charger, more importantly switch off battery charger and
then remove the clips from battery.
Hendrik
who has an el cheapo charger
On 01/04/14 05:45, Rich Thomas wrote:
It is a negative ground. I just clip
I do not play with big pharma
I like my Doc, so it is worth the fee to retain access. He understands my
choice to only seek the least amount of care
clay
On Mar 31, 2014, at 8:51 PM, Gary Hurst wrote:
if you quit eating garbage and spent an hour a day in some sort of
movement, you'd never
Humor a plea.
On Apr 1, 2014 7:27 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote:
Dwight wrote:
Amen brother
Holy...
mao
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James Carter had lust in his heart and was afeared of swimming rabbits. There
was not enough spine in that man to deal with world issues. He did have a nice
gathering at Camp David that had no impact, other than good press. We had 440
days of very embarrassing cowardice under his watch.
Not to pick a fight, but isn't that exactly how the world really works?
Companies and countries rise and fall on the decisions and actions of a few
leaders and other key people even if everyone else is doing good work. I
recall several cases when my company lost money because of the actions of a
Mark Steyn (a Canadian) has a lot to say on this subject if you care to
watch his videos (e.g.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mark+steynislam or read his
books (e.g.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooksfield
-keywords=mark+steyn. The demographic
I should clarify this:
My ability to get an increase in pay and keep my job is not determined by how
well the students I teach directly perform, but how well students whom I never
have contact with do. To add to this, a percentage of those student may be
special ed kids who get tested like
Yes for me too on my two 240D's, my 300D 2.5t my 300CD. I hope the list
can maintain some of this diesel wrenching tradition even as it overhauls
education health care.
On Apr 1, 2014 7:59 PM, Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote:
One of the great things about wrenching on my 300TD and
The market always self corrects, with or without the intervention of
the next president. Sometimes you have to correct hard, like in
1929, and then rebuild the country. One way or the other, we will
see the solution to this.
DBV
THe french society in the late 1700s corrected after the
I would point out that Carter is the only president in current
history to not have a shot fired during his presidency.
Watch him on Bill Maher this week, it's worth seeing.
Dan
that doesn't save him from being the second worst president in
history, and the second weakest president in
Hmmm. Diesel driven health care and education? I think we may be on to
something...
Klatta-klatta
We need to be sure to CHECK THE FUSES, though.
Dan
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On Apr 1, 2014, at 9:40 PM, Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes for me too on my two 240D's, my 300D 2.5t my
That's exactly how I did it!
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com wrote:
Tis a good idea to connect the battery charger to the terminals and THEN
switch on the charger, more importantly switch off battery charger and then
remove the clips from battery.
Hendrik
Yes for me too on my two 240D's, my 300D 2.5t my 300CD. I hope the list
can maintain some of this diesel wrenching tradition even as it overhauls
education health care.
On Apr 1, 2014 7:59 PM, Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote:
One of the great things about wrenching on my 300TD and
Did you get the offlist messages I sent you about the wheels?
Re-sent yesterday again since I never got any response. Are you mad
at me?
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but it appears to have much rust, and what the heck happened to the door
panels. Still interesting.
Dwight wrote:
I hope the list
can maintain some of this diesel wrenching tradition even as it overhauls
education health care.
We need to define terms.
Education as fedgov indoctrinates is not practical, essentially.
Health care as fedgov speaks is insco, not care. Care is eating and
What should mech. and I look for on my 124 ('87 300D w/135 kmi) rear suspension
tomorrow afternoon? Loose or worn stuff, that is. Car has felt squirrelly
recently; pumped up tires a bit; 'found rt. rear slightly low. 'Drives a
little better.
Wilt
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What should mech. and I look for on my 124 ('87 300D w/135 kmi) rear
suspension tomorrow afternoon? Loose or worn stuff, that is. Car
has felt squirrelly recently; pumped up tires a bit; 'found rt. rear
slightly low. 'Drives a little better.
Wilt
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If the links on each side are not
Here's the drill:
ANY link with a displaced center or shreds of rubber needs to be
replaced. Symptoms of bad links are torque steer (especially on
acceleration) and excessive sensitivity to crosswinds.
Check for uneven wear on rear tires -- droopy shocks will cause them
to wear on the
Yep, it's excessively sensitive to crosswinds, but haven't noticed any need
to hold left or right rudder during acceleration. ;) 'Even felt
dangerous enough to scare me, though, several days ago at 70 mph in
crosswind. Was much better after inflating tires (rt. rear was low) to
proper
Yep, if it needs repair, I'll have the mech/tech do it.
Wilton
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What should mech. and I look for on
Even felt dangerous enough to scare me,
Worst handling car I've ever driven was our 190D with _slightly_
bad rear links.
-- Jim
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