Re: [MBZ] More OT - Christmas presents

2014-12-17 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
I just gave out presents today that were homemade. Apple champagne. High pressure bubbly! Vintage 2007 from 2005 crop year. It keeps getting more mellow.Mm! Apricot Jam made from tree ripened apricots from the last crop on my mom's tree. Venison pastrami, made from venison given to

Re: [MBZ] Gas prices

2014-12-17 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Diesel 3.09 to 3.29 today. Benzin at 2.19 most places. ___ 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 All p

[MBZ] Gas prices

2014-12-17 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
> From: Andrew Strasfogel > Flash!  River Road Valero dropped another dime to $3.19!!  I feel like > taking the day off and just driving around aimlessly, saving money with > every mile... G: These low prices bring back the joy of driving to many people. I've been running the wheels off my P

Re: [MBZ] More OT - Christmas presents

2014-12-17 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Fantastic! Let us see them. Wilton - Original Message - From: "archer75--- via Mercedes" To: "Randy Bennell" ; "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 9:17 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] More OT - Christmas presents Randy Bennell wrote: Wilton's hand carved car a

Re: [MBZ] More OT - Christmas presents

2014-12-17 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Randy Bennell wrote: > Wilton's hand carved car and my little ship carved by my grandfather > have made me think about other home made items - especially Christmas > presents. > > So, how about it? Have you folks made presents for family and friends > and are you prepared to share them with u

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Vamos a' Cuba

2014-12-17 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Looks like the picture of an old benz was stripped. On Dec 17, 2014 9:10 PM, "Dwight Giles Jr. via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone. > > Original > Subject: Vamos a' Cuba > > deg > ___ > h

[MBZ] Fwd: Vamos a' Cuba

2014-12-17 Thread Dwight Giles Jr. via Mercedes
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone.  Original Subject: Vamos a' Cuba deg ___ 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/m

Re: [MBZ] Classic 1975 Mercedes 240d - $8800 (Chester County,Pa.)

2014-12-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
It's nice but they are on crack Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 17, 2014, at 8:08 PM, Bob via Mercedes wrote: > > http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/4775083709.html > > For you BROWN aficionados > > Bob > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list

Re: [MBZ] Classic 1975 Mercedes 240d - $8800 (Chester County,Pa.)

2014-12-17 Thread Bob via Mercedes
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/4775083709.html For you BROWN aficionados Bob ___ 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/lis

Re: [MBZ] Gas prices

2014-12-17 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Curt wrote: > > Gas has been inching down here but diesel is holding rock steady, This is the off-season for gasoline, but because diesel is similar to heating oil this is the on-season. So I have heard. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] More OT - Christmas presents

2014-12-17 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Wilton's hand carved car and my little ship carved by my grandfather have made me think about other home made items - especially Christmas presents. So, how about it? Have you folks made presents for family and friends and are you prepared to share them with us? I have made a few things ove

Re: [MBZ] OT - Model car - and Ship

2014-12-17 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
BTW, I assume, that if you look at the photos on photobucket of the little ship model, you can see the rest of my "album" by clicking the arrows left and right. Feel free to do so. Some of the photos may make sense based on things I have posted on before - like my old MB. Some won't and some are

Re: [MBZ] Gas prices

2014-12-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Gas has been inching down here but diesel is holding rock steady, was $3.29 when I went to work. The highest priced place came down to $3.31 yesterday so I'm predicting a drop at the cheaper places by the end of the week. I seem to remember reading Wednesday was the day most places dropped their

Re: [MBZ] FW: 1980 Mercedes 300TD wagon(parts/restore)

2014-12-17 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
It is only about 50 miles from me but I don't have the space. On Dec 17, 2014 3:35 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I have 20 acres of space but it's too far away > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 17, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mer

Re: [MBZ] FW: 1980 Mercedes 300TD wagon(parts/restore)

2014-12-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I have 20 acres of space but it's too far away Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 17, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > That is an absolute STEAL for someone with the space... SICK!! > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Fred Moir via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] FW: 1980 Mercedes 300TD wagon(parts/restore)

2014-12-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
That is an absolute STEAL for someone with the space... SICK!! On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Fred Moir via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Still for sale. > > Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred. > > From: ro...@craigslist.org > To: fredh.s...@hotmail.com > Subject: 1980 Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Gas prices

2014-12-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Flash! River Road Valero dropped another dime to $3.19!! I feel like taking the day off and just driving around aimlessly, saving money with every mile... On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 12:31 AM, Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 3.19 to 3.49 here now for Diesel > > Benzin is mostly 2.39 no

Re: [MBZ] Anyone Near PHL Looking for a Project?

2014-12-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I think they meant "At least 5 working cylinders" On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:47 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > > > Dan wrote: > > > > > > Hey! It's even listed as "5 cylinder"! > > I'd call this a knowledgeable and trustworthy listing!!

Re: [MBZ] OT - Model car - and Ship

2014-12-17 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Yep, a great piece; likely pine. BTW, my car is 6½ inches long, 2 inches wide. I should have included something for scale. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] O

Re: [MBZ] OT - Model car - and Ship

2014-12-17 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Ruler added to illustrate size - about 7 or 8 cm = about 3 inches long. Wood is fairly soft - not heavy. Maybe pine? Stained brown - bottom is lighter as I wore the stain off sliding it around on the floors when I was a fair bit younger than I am now. RB http://s131.photobucket.com/user/oldsu

[MBZ] OT - Model car

2014-12-17 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
We'd love to see it. As I've said before, I never had any store-bought toys, except a very small and flimsy tricycle and a small wagon of equally poor quality at Christmas in 1940, when I was six. The tricycle and the wagon were way too small for me and were broken and unusable less than an

Re: [MBZ] My 123 Ran Into Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer

2014-12-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] OT - Model car

2014-12-17 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Hey Wilton My grandfather carved boats out of an old table leg when he was a young fellow. I don't recall how old he was at the time but he had a collection of them. He lived in southern Ontario as a child and watched the ships go by from the shore. He carved copies of some that he saw. In his

Re: [MBZ] My 123 Ran Into Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer

2014-12-17 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
My daughter got a star wreath form the local stealership. Little green one that went around the outside of the star. Se gave it to my SWMBO, her mom Especially the little star wreath. On Dec 17, 2014 11:24 AM, "Mitch Haley via Mercedes" wrote: Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Let's tr

Re: [MBZ] My 123 Ran Into Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer

2014-12-17 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] My 123 Ran Into Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer

2014-12-17 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Especially the little star wreath. On Dec 17, 2014 11:24 AM, "Mitch Haley via Mercedes" wrote: > Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > >> Let's try this again... >> > > Cute. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archi

Re: [MBZ] My 123 Ran Into Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer

2014-12-17 Thread Tim Crone via Mercedes
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > >> Let's try this again... >> > > Cute. When the moderator can't get an attachment through... Speaking of winter deer, I had three run out in front of the van on Monday

[MBZ] FW: 1980 Mercedes 300TD wagon(parts/restore)

2014-12-17 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
Still for sale. Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred. From: ro...@craigslist.org To: fredh.s...@hotmail.com Subject: 1980 Mercedes 300TD wagon(parts/restore) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 08:21:25 -0800 fred.s...@yahoo.com forwarded you this from craigslist: 1980 Mercedes 300TD wagon(parts/restore)

Re: [MBZ] My 123 Ran Into Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer

2014-12-17 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Let's try this again... Cute. ___ 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.c

[MBZ] My 123 Ran Into Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer

2014-12-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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[MBZ] Fwd: RE : My 123 Ran Into Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer !!

2014-12-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: rdeaf...@aol.com > Date: December 16, 2014 at 7:44:37 PM EST > To: mercedes-ow...@okiebenz.com > Subject: RE : My 123 Ran Into Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer !! > > Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments:

Re: [MBZ] OT - Model car

2014-12-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Done. Thanks for the heads up. Just reminder to all, if you get a hold notice from the list please drop me a note so I know it's there and can approve it. I generally check the queue twice a day, but if I get caught up with something I can (and do!) forget sometimes. Dan Sent from my iPad >

[MBZ] OT - Model car

2014-12-17 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] OT - Model car

2014-12-17 Thread dseretakis--- via Mercedes
Funny, a Folk Art was the first thing that came to my mind as well! Nice piece! Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 16, 2014, at 7:05 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Cool. > > That’s worth a small fortune, Wilton - it’s “folk art”! > > Time to head for the Antiques Roadshow guys…… > > All

[MBZ] OT - Model car

2014-12-17 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
More photos awaiting approval by List Mom. Wilton ___ 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 All posts a

Re: [MBZ] OT - Computer question

2014-12-17 Thread LarryT via Mercedes
Thanks Guys - Lots of great suggestions. IMO the restore is the biggest concern - I was happy with Carbonite until I had to restore my email - then it was not so easy. Thanks Guys - Larry On 12/16/2014 10:03 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: I use Time Machine, but I have not had to resto

Re: [MBZ] Here's One for Jaime!

2014-12-17 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
Doesn't look bad! It's pretty rare to find these early cars in good shape. I just bought a 79 240D with 100k miles that's in pretty good shape. Looks to have been garaged it's whole life, has its original radio and even the original license plate frames and screws. I'll probabaly pass it along

Re: [MBZ] ROM BIOS is a wirus you get when you open an email

2014-12-17 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:09:39 -0600 Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > On 16/12/2014 2:13 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: > > > > Sure they are indian and not Paki? NSA only gets interested if you > > use the words Jihad, terror, Islam, Allah Mohammed etc. Or so they > > tell us.