Re: [MBZ] FlightSim laptop

2014-05-16 Thread Mitch Haley
arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Hi Mitch, Finally settled tentatively on a 17.3 HP laptop that meets all the requirements for smooth operation of FlightsimX: HP Pavilion dv7t Quad Edition 17.3 Laptop - 2nd generation Intel Quad Core i7-2670QM (2.2 GHz) / 1GB GDDR5 Radeon Graphics / 8GB DDR3

[MBZ] Check out the photo

2014-05-16 Thread Rich Thomas
Front page of the paper this morning. Looks like my SD but I wasn't down there. http://postandcourier.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge_remote.asp?source=remoteimageid=11141673 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] Dr. Fats's belts

2014-05-16 Thread Rich Thomas
The last coupla days the newish belts on the SD have been squealing so I checked them out last night. Alternator and power steering belts all loose (lose). Either Dr. Fats's belts have stretched from the warm weather, or from settling in to their job, or being crap. I guess I need to get a

Re: [MBZ] Check out the photo

2014-05-16 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I do not see a SD in the photo, I see a 123 though. On 5/16/2014 8:22 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: Front page of the paper this morning. Looks like my SD but I wasn't down there. http://postandcourier.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge_remote.asp?source=remoteimageid=11141673 --R

Re: [MBZ] Dr. Fats's belts

2014-05-16 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Dr fats only sells kwality parts, it must be operator error. On 5/16/2014 8:26 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: The last coupla days the newish belts on the SD have been squealing so I checked them out last night. Alternator and power steering belts all loose (lose). Either Dr. Fats's belts have

Re: [MBZ] Check out the photo

2014-05-16 Thread Rich Thomas
You might be right. I actually did not look too closely, just saw the Benz. --R On 5/16/14 10:12 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I do not see a SD in the photo, I see a 123 though. On 5/16/2014 8:22 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: Front page of the paper this morning. Looks like my SD but I wasn't down

Re: [MBZ] Pepper Jelly

2014-05-16 Thread astrasfogel
What does the distance prize comprise? -- Thursday, 15 May 2014, 10:42PM -0400 from Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.com: Andrew -ChowdahQ is Saturday September 13. We'd love to have you ( your pepper jelly)  you might win the distance prize. Dwight On May 15, 2014 7:17 PM, Andrew Strasfogel

[MBZ] I'm back?

2014-05-16 Thread Jim Cathey
I might be back online, we'll see how it goes. Evil spammers cracked my account a couple of weeks ago, and vomited bile in my name across the internet. The ISP shut it all down, and only yesterday did we get it set back up. My apologies for any crap that looked like it came from me, believe me

Re: [MBZ] Dr. Fats's belts

2014-05-16 Thread Gary Hurst
i guess conti belts are no good anymore . oh well! time to buy chung bung bing belts and be happy On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: Dr fats only sells kwality parts, it must be operator error. On 5/16/2014 8:26 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: The last

Re: [MBZ] I'm back?

2014-05-16 Thread Rich Thomas
Rooshuns! Pootie's boys! I say we take off and nuke the whole site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure! --R On 5/16/14 10:52 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: I might be back online, we'll see how it goes. Evil spammers cracked my account a couple of weeks ago, and vomited bile in my name across

Re: [MBZ] I'm back?

2014-05-16 Thread Dan Penoff
That would explain why it kept bouncing Welcome back. Dan Sent from my iPad On May 16, 2014, at 11:08 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Rooshuns! Pootie's boys! I say we take off and nuke the whole site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure! --R

Re: [MBZ] fingering FlightSim laptop

2014-05-16 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
The hybrids make sense, and I suppose one would find the touch screen useful after getting used to it. Windows 8 and the touchscreen computers received a lot of criticism when they first came out, but that seems to have died down. Gerry . On 5/16/2014 1:41 AM, Hendrik and Fay wrote: That's

Re: [MBZ] fingering FlightSim laptop

2014-05-16 Thread Gary Hurst
the criticism of windoze 8 was that it only wished to accommodate touchscreen users and therefore sucked on typical setups On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 11:31 AM, arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: The hybrids make sense, and I suppose one would find the touch screen useful

Re: [MBZ] fingering FlightSim laptop

2014-05-16 Thread Curt Raymond
Not if you talk to people actually using it. 8.1 is better but still crap. I'm given to understand Win9 is on fast track for 2015 release. I understand what they were trying to do, marry the tablet and PC world, but the implementation is an epic fail. Win8 needs the ability to turn off tiles

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer

2014-05-16 Thread Randy Bennell
I wish I had the room to park one at home. Despite having a truck, there are times when a trailer would be great. Lower would be better though as loading things into the truck is sometimes difficult. Newer trucks are too tall. On 15/05/2014 2:56 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Looks great. I'd love

Re: [MBZ] Check out the photo

2014-05-16 Thread ernest breakfield
isn't that a 300CD? looks like the lower roof. cheers! e On 16/May/14 07:21, Rich Thomas wrote: You might be right. I actually did not look too closely, just saw the Benz. --R On 5/16/14 10:12 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I do not see a SD in the photo, I see a 123 though. On 5/16/2014

Re: [MBZ] fingering FlightSim laptop

2014-05-16 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
That's good to know. I'll wait for Win9 and see if it's any better. Thanks, Gerry On 5/16/2014 11:50 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: Not if you talk to people actually using it. 8.1 is better but still crap. I'm given to understand Win9 is on fast track for 2015 release. I understand what they were

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer

2014-05-16 Thread Craig
On Fri, 16 May 2014 11:14:18 -0500 Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Despite having a truck, there are times when a trailer would be great. Lower would be better though as loading things into the truck is sometimes difficult. Newer trucks are too tall. I have noticed that, though I

Re: [MBZ] fingering FlightSim laptop

2014-05-16 Thread OK Don
I disagree - I'm using W8.1 on a desktop. I do have a touch screen monitor, and find it useful sometimes, but I just go immediately to the desktop, and never look back. I don't find the tiles annoying because I ignore them and rarely even see them. I've had no problems with 8.1, using it for

Re: [MBZ] fingering FlightSim laptop

2014-05-16 Thread Dan Penoff
I ran W8.1 on my desktop at the school district due to the need for it to administer the MS virtual server product. I hated it. That tile crap was annoying eye candy, while I could see it might have value on a touch enabled device. It was worthless for a normal workstation. Dan back on Windows

Re: [MBZ] fingering FlightSim laptop

2014-05-16 Thread Gary Hurst
i think i like 7 best of all windoze. i'm also quite fond of android now that i've seen it. been using OS X forever now, so that really is home to me On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I ran W8.1 on my desktop at the school district due to the need for it to

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer

2014-05-16 Thread Randy Bennell
On 16/05/2014 12:20 PM, Craig wrote: On Fri, 16 May 2014 11:14:18 -0500 Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Despite having a truck, there are times when a trailer would be great. Lower would be better though as loading things into the truck is sometimes difficult. Newer trucks are too

Re: [MBZ] Pepper Jelly

2014-05-16 Thread Dwight Giles
Probably a jar of pepper jelly. On May 16, 2014 10:37 AM, astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: What does the distance prize comprise? -- Thursday, 15 May 2014, 10:42PM -0400 from Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.com: Andrew -ChowdahQ is Saturday September 13. We'd love to have you ( your pepper

Re: [MBZ] 123 wheel cover

2014-05-16 Thread rawil...@eatel.net
Wilt send me your address off list. Planning to put it in mail tomorrow Russ Sent from my Android-Powered Device - Reply message - From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] 123 wheel cover Date: Wed, May 14, 2014 18:00 Only need

Re: [MBZ] Subject: Subject: Re:Picture 0f 240dVacuum setup

2014-05-16 Thread Craig
On Thu, 15 May 2014 17:21:19 -0400 (EDT) rdeaf...@aol.com wrote: Bob, I'm sending you my ZIP file of vacuum-system-related information off list. Craig This is great but can anyone send me a camera picture of your 240D automatic setup ??The color code is unreadable

Re: [MBZ] DIY NAS with FreeNAS

2014-05-16 Thread Craig
On Thu, 15 May 2014 22:46:55 -0600 Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: From the information I saw on the 'Net, making hashes of everything and then checking and rechecking them on read, it would be very CPU and RAM intensive. A fanless processor might make data access rather slow. For some

Re: [MBZ] Pepper Jelly

2014-05-16 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
ROFLMAO, On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.comwrote: Probably a jar of pepper jelly. On May 16, 2014 10:37 AM, astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: What does the distance prize comprise? -- Thursday, 15 May 2014, 10:42PM -0400 from Dwight Giles

Re: [MBZ] Pepper Jelly

2014-05-16 Thread Dwight Giles
Actually we can do better than that. You get first pick to rummage Fred's parts box.and I am sure Curt can cone up with something. Besides I think the pepper jelly should go to shortest distance- me. On May 16, 2014 7:38 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: ROFLMAO, On Fri, May

Re: [MBZ] Dr. Fats's belts

2014-05-16 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
I wonder what kind belt tension measuring device he used? Gerry On 5/16/2014 11:03 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: i guess conti belts are no good anymore . oh well! time to buy chung bung bing belts and be happy On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: Dr fats

Re: [MBZ] Dr. Fats's belts

2014-05-16 Thread Rich Thomas
My finger --R On 5/16/14 9:06 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: I wonder what kind belt tension measuring device he used? Gerry On 5/16/2014 11:03 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: i guess conti belts are no good anymore . oh well! time to buy chung bung bing belts and be happy On Fri, May 16, 2014

Re: [MBZ] FlightSim laptop

2014-05-16 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
On 5/16/2014 9:14 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Hi Mitch, Finally settled tentatively on a 17.3 HP laptop that meets all the requirements for smooth operation of FlightsimX: HP Pavilion dv7t Quad Edition 17.3 Laptop - 2nd generation Intel Quad Core i7-2670QM (2.2

Re: [MBZ] Dr. Fats's belts

2014-05-16 Thread Gary Hurst
i think it's been like 17 years since i've been messing with selling parts and you are the absolutely first person who has found continental belts to be a problem. On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: My finger --R On 5/16/14 9:06 PM,