Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

A propos of nothing in particular, who has experience with creating terraced garden beds on fairly steep slopes? On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Someone should check on Clay. We've not heard from him since he made the > post about

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

You could have Trudeau instead. RB On 22/12/2015 9:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Cruz wants to be our first Canadian president. On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Curt wrote: Paul at least knows something about the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf heater fan

So now your fan is a looser --R On 12/23/15 10:10 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Since you guys (other than Loren) seem to have taken off from working on cars I guess I'll relate the latest on the '05 VW Golf. My wife rarely complains so it'd been a couple months before I realized that

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf heater fan

Such bitterness toward your eleected representatives... Have you tried some Valium? BTW, the warm area originates from the PACIFIC off the Mexican coast, being swept up to the NE. On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > OTOH, temperatures

Re: [MBZ] bunch of cheap cars

I hate it when they say "needs tlc" ('84 wagon). On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Rick Hawkins Java via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://savannah.craigslist.org/search/sss?sort=rel=mercedes%20300td > > > thanks, > > xx rick > Rick Hawkins > >

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

Wood risers, the rest dirt. My question related to list people who had actually built these. I did not ask how many years raised beds had been in existence. On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Andrew sez: A propos of nothing in

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Burial Site

The story is that when the airport was expanding for this runway they played the eminent domain card on the property owners, a farming family who had owned the property for many generations. There was a family burial plot on the property and with the owners not wanting to consent to the

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

Doesn't matter anyway, if you're born to an American citizen, you're an American citizen. Think of the children born on US bases around the world. Of course that brings up an interesting argument I had with my dad. He says we shouldn't bring prisoners her from Gitmo since we'd have to admit

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

Someone should check on Clay. We've not heard from him since he made the post about the distress sale of MB parts. Maybe SWMBO took him back to the GWN to freeze him out in darkeness. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf heater fan

OTOH, temperatures will be well above freezing into the New Year... On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Since you guys (other than Loren) seem to have taken off from working on > cars I guess I'll relate the latest on the '05 VW Golf. >

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Burial Site

The Phillie Marriotts also allow pets, or they used to. This was great for the times we traveled with Woby, our sort-of-a-dog (primarily Tibetan Terrier) who looked like an ewok, and barked as loud as a dog weiging 30 pounds more. On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf heater fan

OTOH, temperatures will be well above freezing into the New Year... Nothing but vast quantities of hot air and excrement coming out of the DC area ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Burial Site

A haunted runway!! On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The story is that when the airport was expanding for this runway they > played the eminent domain card on the property owners, a farming family who > had owned the property for many

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Burial Site

US Air is the worst. Want a free night in a hotel in Philadelphia? Book a flight through there on US Air. Every single time I flew through Philadelphia with US Air they stranded me there. On the plus side the Marriot at PHL is very nice at on at least one occasion the bartender allowed me to

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

Andrew sez: A propos of nothing in particular, who has experience with creating terraced garden beds on fairly steep slopes? Well, it has been done for thousands of years. you make a slope with inward drainage or outward drainage. perpendicular to the slope should be level or near level.

Re: [MBZ] Pretty awesome 300TD in rare color

"Curly", I appreciate your "holiday spirit". Unfortunately, the most my agency can come up with is $5 MM for this splendid car. How did you figure out the age of the photos? CO cars don't rust. On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Kleb

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Burial Site

I was in Charlotte trying to fly home on US Air once, of course they were overbooked so they offered a $200 voucher for anybody willing to give up their spot. This was the Wednesday before Memorial Day mind you. The next flight was only like 3 hours later so I asked if it was over booked, of

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

For one thing, only wackos still think that Obama was born outside ths USA. Wackos as defined by the phrase "facts don't matter". On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:00 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Canadian, Kenyan, what difference, at this point, does it make? > > --R

[MBZ] OT: Golf heater fan

Since you guys (other than Loren) seem to have taken off from working on cars I guess I'll relate the latest on the '05 VW Golf. My wife rarely complains so it'd been a couple months before I realized that the heater fan only comes on when using the highest position. A quick Google shows that

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Burial Site

Only airline that ever stranded me in all of my travels. Got stuck in Charlotte overnight due to a maintenance delay. Went to the podium as soon as I got off the plane and asked for my hotel and meal vouchers after I got rebooked. They refused, said it wasn’t their fault. I pointed out that

Re: [MBZ] Do I have enough of these already?

The easiest way to tell is if it has the S/W switch by the shifter it is electronic, if it does not, it is old fashioned. On 12/22/2015 4:58 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: On December 22, 2015 at 4:55 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Yup. The change from the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf heater fan

Well, not everywhere they won't, its a big country remember. Anyway thats actually part of the problem, its so darned rainy and we can only run the defroster on max. Oh wait you have ACC so you've got the same problem except yours is designed in... Zing! -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Burial Site

I was on a puddle jumper from Jackson, MS to Memphis (NWA) on a Saturday morning. I had a 6:00 pm dinner party to attend at home in Wisconsin, so I wasn’t keen on being late or missing it. Someone wanted to get out of Jackson bad that morning. Next flight out would have put me in MKE at like

[MBZ] Year? Type?

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Re: [MBZ] Watch and Live!

On 22/12/2015 4:22 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: RB wrote: One thing that struck me is how different they were. Today, all cars look pretty much the same. +1 mao They all get the spy photos of what MB is doing, and boing! we have cars coming from japan, china, korea, mexico,

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

I'll swap one of your Justins for the entire slate of Republican wannabes, minus Pataki. On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > You could have Trudeau instead. > > RB > > On 22/12/2015 9:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > >>

Re: [MBZ] OT another car

Well, I am happy that it is a Honda and not a Kia or Hyundai. If I decide it is too small for my tastes, then it ought not to be too hard to sell it. RB On 23/12/2015 11:57 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Heh. When my Mom stopped driving she had a late 90s Daiwoo that she bought new. I

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf heater fan

On the VW theme - we drove the Passat to Utica, NY and Boston over the thanksgiving week (or two). The day before we were to leave Boston for home, the check engine light came on. The car was still running fine, so I took it to the local dealer for a diagnosis. Turns out that the "Ad-Blue heater"

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf heater fan

Parts price is about half of that...  http://www.idparts.com/adblue-heater-repair-kit-p-4910.html Doesn't look like too difficult a repair:  https://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=438458 -Curt From: OK Don To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Burial Site

'Nother ATTABOY! Wilt - Original Message - From: "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes List" Cc: "Dan Penoff" Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Interesting Burial Site Only airline that

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

Ohhh Andrew I could give a rats azz about where Oblamo was born, except logic raises it's ugly head and asks, "Why has he not simply produced a certified copy of his birth certificate and put this whole question to immediate rest?" You do realize it was then "Senator" Obama who, in congress,

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Burial Site

Anybody with tales to tell about Spirit Airlines? I hear their customer is the worst becuase they go out of their way to be obnoxious. On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 11:53 AM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: > 'Nother ATTABOY! > > Wilt > > - Original Message - From: "Dan

[MBZ] OT another car

I have acquired my mother's car since she has aged to the point where she really cannot use it. It is a 2008 Honda Civic LX 4Dr. A nice enough little commuter car. Cloth seats and no sunroof, thankfully. Aluminum wheels, AC, power windows etc so most of what one expects today. Dark gray

Re: [MBZ] Interesting Burial Site

So, one has to wonder if they are still there. The noise from a jet on takeoff must be about enough to wake the dead at that range. RB On 23/12/2015 7:35 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: The story is that when the airport was expanding for this runway they played the eminent domain card

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

I think you have a great subject for a PhD thesis. Go for it. I'm sure Fox News will bankroll your effort. On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 1:08 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Ohhh Andrew I could give a rats azz about where Oblamo was born, except > logic raises it's ugly

Re: [MBZ] OT another car

Heh. When my Mom stopped driving she had a late 90s Daiwoo that she bought new. I think it had less than 5,000 miles on it when she retired it. She told my brother to dispose of it however he wished, ideally giving it to one of the grandkids. He called me. I laughed. His kids wouldn’t take

Re: [MBZ] Year? Type?

0 to 60 in a fortnight? From: Mercedes on behalf of archer75--- via Mercedes Sent: 23 December 2015 16:27 To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: arche...@embarqmail.com Subject: [MBZ] Year? Type? >

Re: [MBZ] Year? Type?

Repo'd Lambo? On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Fred Moir via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 0 to 60 in a fortnight? > > > From: Mercedes on behalf of archer75--- > via Mercedes > Sent:

Re: [MBZ] OT another car

This is actually a pretty sad commentary on the younger generation. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Dan Penoff via Mercedes > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:58 PM > To: Mercedes List > Cc: Dan

[MBZ] Leno's Garage 600 Kompressor and C-111 Wankel

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Re: [MBZ] Is Mao still looking for a job?

Damn you sidnifyin now! --R On 12/23/15 6:25 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: As is you could modify it for pokechop on a stick. Says $3k in the header but then $5999 POR LOS DOS down in the ad At $3k that would be a pretty good deal POR LOS DOS. Put a lid on the thing and turn it

Re: [MBZ] Craigslist photographer of the day

You could drop a 617 in there and be good to go. Slow, but go... --R On 12/23/15 6:31 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: http://burlington.craigslist.org/pts/5367242961.html Which I happened to find after watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c68L_tieVs -Curt

Re: [MBZ] OT - energy supplies

Very cool - that has to be OK, right? (lucky guess) On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 7:12 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > I saw this while flying this afternoon - one piece of land with both a new > oil well and a new wind generator. > >

Re: [MBZ] OT another car

I worked with a guy who had a Daewoo, this would have been in the early 2000s. It was only a few years old when I came upon him on the side of the road hoofing it back to the office after the thing had failed again. He ditched it and got a Honyota or Toyonda or something but he hated the

Re: [MBZ] Craigslist photographer of the day

In where though? Which end is which? -Curt From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Rich Thomas Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Craigslist photographer of the day You

[MBZ] OT - energy supplies

I saw this while flying this afternoon - one piece of land with both a new oil well and a new wind generator. https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=CA270B3BF023F663!2969=!AIoMWTrFfHCumXw=3=photo%2cjpg or try this link if that one doesn't work: http://1drv.ms/1QMUmxu -- OK Don *“Travel is

Re: [MBZ] OT another car

I think i was more an issue of there being absolutely no name recognition for the brand, therefore scaring the potential recipients due to their lack of knowledge of said vehicle. I may have related the story here about my brother trying to find a battery for it, and no one having any sort of

Re: [MBZ] Is Mao still looking for a job?

"Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > Maybe he can start a business > http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/bfs/5356327968.html > via cPro for Craigslist > iOS: http://tinyurl.com/CL-iDevice > Android: http://tinyurl.com/CL-Android ~ We once used a college student

Re: [MBZ] Is Mao still looking for a job?

On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:57:51 -0600 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > Maybe he can start a business > > > http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/bfs/5356327968.html > > via cPro for Craigslist > iOS: http://tinyurl.com/CL-iDevice > Android:

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

Regardless where he was or wasn't born, BHO has proved in word and deed that he isn't a real American. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 9:23 AM > > For one

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

All that after first sabotaging the Jack Ryan re-election (almost guaranteed) by illegally unsealing court records of the (very ugly) Ryan custody battle. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Mitch Haley via Mercedes > Sent:

Re: [MBZ] OT another car

Was that the highly-desirable "Nubira"? --R On 12/23/15 7:57 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: I think i was more an issue of there being absolutely no name recognition for the brand, therefore scaring the potential recipients due to their lack of knowledge of said vehicle. I may have

Re: [MBZ] OT another car

I think it was. I seem to recall my youngest son having a real aversion to the car. His nickname when he was a baby was “nub” or the “nubbin”, and we pointed out on more than one occasion the similarity of the car’s name to his former nickname. Dan > On Dec 23, 2015, at 8:19 PM, Rich

Re: [MBZ] OT another car

I was already living out of town when she bought the car. I know my brother was pissed about it, as she went off and did it without his help and as a result some puffy shirt dealer sales guy really screwed her over. After all, they sold her a Daewoo! She literally lived across the street

Re: [MBZ] OT another car

> On December 23, 2015 at 1:02 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Well, I am happy that it is a Honda and not a Kia or Hyundai. If I > decide it is too small for my tastes, then it ought not to be too hard > to sell it. > In the USA, which is full of young

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf heater fan

TDIClub is the best place I've found for VW Diesels. Reminds me I need to call my buddy and order parts, need a thermostat for the Golf, never did get to operating temp the other day on a trip to town in mid 20's weather. I also, after 12 years or so, have managed to get the idle mixture

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

> On December 23, 2015 at 3:52 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > > One of my college friends was born on a military base in Germany. His birth > certificate says "American Citizen born abroad". > We used to joke that the sex change operation seemed to have gone

Re: [MBZ] Is Mao still looking for a job?

Maybe he can start a business http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/bfs/5356327968.html Its hard to buy Hawaiian white chickens in HI, and impossible on the mainland. I suppose on the mainland you can pawn off yellow skin chickens as Huli huli to the haoles. If I wuz in Lost vegans or lost

Re: [MBZ] Is Mao still looking for a job?

As is you could modify it for pokechop on a stick. Says $3k in the header but then $5999 POR LOS DOS down in the ad At $3k that would be a pretty good deal POR LOS DOS. Put a lid on the thing and turn it into a Q cooker and you'd be set. --R ___

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

> On December 23, 2015 at 10:04 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Doesn't matter anyway, if you're born to an American citizen, you're an > American citizen. The birthers claimed, and nobody has disputed that I've noticed, that there were limits on who that

Re: [MBZ] OT another car

On 23/12/2015 2:07 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: On December 23, 2015 at 1:02 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: Well, I am happy that it is a Honda and not a Kia or Hyundai. If I decide it is too small for my tastes, then it ought not to be too hard to sell

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

One of my college friends was born on a military base in Germany. His birth certificate says "American Citizen born abroad". We used to joke that the sex change operation seemed to have gone well. -Curt Born a broad, get it? From: Greg Fiorentino To:

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

> On December 23, 2015 at 1:08 PM G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > You do realize it was then "Senator" Obama who, in congress, demanded that > John McCain, who had just filed for President, prove he was a US Citizen, > because he was born in Panama. Mr. McCain immediately

[MBZ] Is Mao still looking for a job?

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[MBZ] Craigslist photographer of the day

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Re: [MBZ] Is Mao still looking for a job?

Says $3k in the header but then $5999 POR LOS DOS down in the ad At $3k that would be a pretty good deal POR LOS DOS. Put a lid on the thing and turn it into a Q cooker and you'd be set. --R On 12/23/15 5:57 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Maybe he can start a business

Re: [MBZ] Is Mao still looking for a job?

He would have to change his name to Huli. RB On 23/12/2015 5:06 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: Says $3k in the header but then $5999 POR LOS DOS down in the ad At $3k that would be a pretty good deal POR LOS DOS. Put a lid on the thing and turn it into a Q cooker and you'd be set.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf heater fan

Thanks - guess I need to join the TDI forum and start working on the car myself - though it takes time away from the Tailwind build :-( On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Parts price is about half of that... >

Re: [MBZ] OT another car

Pfff, you're aiming low, 200% would be the minimum I'd expect. People seem to think Honda's and Toyotas are made out of gold. When I started to look for a replacement for my rusty old Ranger, I found a Toyota T100, I don't remember the year, 90something, with 260,000+ miles, bad rocker rust,

Re: [MBZ] OT another car

Do a little research and see what the going prices are, then list it for 25%-50% more and see if you get any bites. Of course, if it’s a ways away and you don’t have anywhere to store it in the interim, that could be troublesome... Dan >>> In the USA, which is full of young ignorant

Re: [MBZ] Merry Holiday, just divested myself of used MB parts

An embassy is considered US soil, military bases not. As far as citizenship at birth, IDK about an embassy (has anyone ever been born at an embassy?) but being born at a US military base does not (itself) provide citizenship. Birth at sea on a US military vessel does provide citizenship. The

Re: [MBZ] OT: Golf heater fan

The TDI forum is great, for the older cars just about every problem that has happened has been figured out, except for the weird exceptions I have ;) I pretty much use IDParts and FixmyVW.com for all my parts, IDParts is in MA so the shipping is quick and cheap. I can buy the stuff for an oil

Re: [MBZ] Is Mao still looking for a job?

“Roach coach” or “Cucaracha Coach”? Mmm. > On Dec 23, 2015, at 6:18 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > He would have to change his name to Huli. > > RB > > On 23/12/2015 5:06 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: >> Says $3k in the header but then $5999 POR LOS