Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Arrrg - our neighbor just got 6 hens and is threatening to set them loose once they get used to their new home (free range) - wife's plantings will be in jeopardy. She's planted all kinds of flowers, shrubs, veggies, etc. all around the house/yard. You can solve that! "A chicken in every pot!"

Re: [MBZ] WOW, Am I Surprised!

2016-03-31 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Swiveling headlights were a feature on the Cords in the 1930's . . . yeah, that what I was thinking: that the frogs at sit-twone stole the idea from Cord. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
I believe Ortho Ground Clear is supposed to be one of the better non-professional herbicides, if you've got something RoundUp won't cure. The tree care industry has a couple of things they put on stumps to prevent regrowth of trees, but I don't remember what they're called. Its called Di

Re: [MBZ] Ronnie Corbett RIP

2016-03-31 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
Ronnie Barker passed in 2005. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:02 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That's sad! They were great comedians. Is the other Ronnie still alive? > Gerry > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI > > Fred Moir. > > _

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
That's what I told him, if they eat her plants. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:49 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 22:34:25 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Arrrg - our neighbor just got 6 hens and is threatening to set them > > loose once they get used to their new home

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 22:34:25 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > Arrrg - our neighbor just got 6 hens and is threatening to set them > loose once they get used to their new home (free range) - wife's > plantings will be in jeopardy. She's planted all kinds of flowers, > shrubs, veggies, etc. all a

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Arrrg - our neighbor just got 6 hens and is threatening to set them loose once they get used to their new home (free range) - wife's plantings will be in jeopardy. She's planted all kinds of flowers, shrubs, veggies, etc. all around the house/yard. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 5:31 PM, clay via Mercede

Re: [MBZ] Double whammy

2016-03-31 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
That's exactly what I did Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:22 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > No storm cellars - true Okie's go out on the porch and watch . . . > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Nope >>

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Try pounding some bare copper wire into the stumps, roots - should kill it if that part is stall alive. Copper sulfate will also kill green things. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I have am invasive shrub that does not comply. I cut it

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Salt or drained oil. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Fire > > RB > > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are

Re: [MBZ] Double whammy

2016-03-31 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
No storm cellars - true Okie's go out on the porch and watch . . . On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Nope > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 31, 2016, at 1:25 PM, clay via Mercedes > wrote: > > > > Of course you have a storm cella

Re: [MBZ] WOW, Am I Surprised!

2016-03-31 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Swiveling headlights were a feature on the Cords in the 1930's . . . On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > > > > Headlights that swivel with the car’s steering to help see around > > curves are also becoming more widespread. > > Shades of the Citroen! There is nothing n

Re: [MBZ] Ronnie Corbett RIP

2016-03-31 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
That's sad! They were great comedians. Is the other Ronnie still alive? Gerry > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI > Fred Moir. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery opt

Re: [MBZ] OT For those interested in things nautical

2016-03-31 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:25:29 -0500 "M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes" wrote: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:53:18 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes > > wrote: > > > > > Craig, sorry but I think this is mostly if not all fake. > > > > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT For those interested in things nautical

2016-03-31 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:53:18 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Craig, sorry but I think this is mostly if not all fake. > > > > Did you screen it through Snopes? > > There is nothing on Snopes about it that I saw. > You did

Re: [MBZ] OT For those interested in things nautical

2016-03-31 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:53:18 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Craig, sorry but I think this is mostly if not all fake. > > Did you screen it through Snopes? There is nothing on Snopes about it that I saw. Craig > On March 30, 2016 4:56:06 PM EDT, Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > > > >*3

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
I have am invasive shrub that does not comply. I cut it down twice and dug out roots to 24 inches. Thing kept coming back. I have gone down 36" and torch it every month, as there are still sprigs coming up from the crater and roots. That maple may take a year or so to discourageI believe Ortho Gro

Re: [MBZ] Euro becker Jaime?

2016-03-31 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Yes, as long as you're driving in Japan... -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On March 31, 2016 9:52:41 PM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: >Im thinking about buying this, will it work in place of a 1432 for >example? > >http://www.ebay.com/itm/Alpine-Becker-MF2910-Merce

Re: [MBZ] OT For those interested in things nautical

2016-03-31 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Craig, sorry but I think this is mostly if not all fake. Did you screen it through Snopes? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On March 30, 2016 4:56:06 PM EDT, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > >*3 CARRIER GROUPS TOGETHER* > >These pictures represent a very rare occasion when three carr

[MBZ] Euro becker Jaime?

2016-03-31 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Im thinking about buying this, will it work in place of a 1432 for example? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Alpine-Becker-MF2910-Mercedes-W140-124-w201-w126-clk-slk-sel-cd-radio-player-/281987027394?hash=item41a7bc91c2:g:5yMAAOSwUuFW1KBP&vxp=mtr ___ http://www.okieben

[MBZ] [ SPAM ] Re: Today's Fun

2016-03-31 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Strong work. Did you sell the S430? --R (sent from my miniPad) On Mar 31, 2016, at 8:39 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Oldest son texts me today that his car (1998 S420) is running rough and is throwing a CEL. Hmm. I get home and he starts it up. Sounds OK, but he points out that there

Re: [MBZ] OT loquats

2016-03-31 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Awesome! Thanks! I'll forward the links to my buddy, maybe he'll try one. --R (sent from my miniPad) On Mar 31, 2016, at 9:46 PM, Russ Williams via Mercedes wrote: The Food Section of our local newspaper has an article on Loquats this morning with two recipes. http://theadvocate.com/featur

Re: [MBZ] OT loquats

2016-03-31 Thread Russ Williams via Mercedes
The Food Section of our local newspaper has an article on Loquats this morning with two recipes. http://theadvocate.com/features/foodandrestaurants/15298065-123/i-eat-la-loquats-are-tasty-little-fruits-excellent-in-jams http://theadvocate.com/features/15320939-123/loquat-marmalade http://theadvoc

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Great suggestions. I wonder where I can get a gallon of the cheapest Brand X vinegar that's never seen a grain of wheat nor an apple. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 9:07 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > Nah, the heat does not get deep enough > > clay > > On Mar 31, 2016, at 3:46 PM, Max Dillon via Merce

Re: [MBZ] The new owner of that 600 I looked at last week has already fixed it up

2016-03-31 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Now you can cruise the main drag and pick up chickies the ones working for you... that is.. Extra seats in the back for your lawyer and bail bondsman? This emai

Re: [MBZ] The new owner of that 600 I looked at last week has already fixed it up

2016-03-31 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Garish, yet curiously tasteful in a way... On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 7:54 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:56:32 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" > wrote: > > > > 1993 MERCEDES Benz > > http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/5516296006.html > > > AKK!! > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread clay via Mercedes
Nah, the heat does not get deep enough clay On Mar 31, 2016, at 3:46 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > What about soaking the ground with gasoline, and lighting that? > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On March 31, 2016 6:40:16 PM EDT, clay via Mercedes > wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread clay via Mercedes
As I stated. about 8 years ago or more. Gravel lot out in the boonies. The car lot had no idea what they had. clay On Mar 31, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > He paid 4K for a 500e? You can never find them under 10k these days. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar

[MBZ] Today's Fun

2016-03-31 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Oldest son texts me today that his car (1998 S420) is running rough and is throwing a CEL. Hmm. I get home and he starts it up. Sounds OK, but he points out that there is some vibration at idle and it seems to be a little sluggish. I pop the DAS computer on it, run a full set of diagnostics, a

Re: [MBZ] The new owner of that 600 I looked at last week has already fixed it up

2016-03-31 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:56:32 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > 1993 MERCEDES Benz > http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/5516296006.html AKK!! Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/ar

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
The yard is alive - with weeds already. Is there a non toxic way to deal with this problem? Or if I must, what's the best commercial product? ___ You could spread salt on your yard. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread Darren Marshall via Mercedes
:/ Darren Marshall Co-Founder http://doejo.com http://bowtruss.com http://spacebydoejo.com http://aquanautbeer.com > On Mar 31, 2016, at 5:44 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Darren, sorry no, I was asking about the 500E (Clay has hijacked your > thread...). > -- > Max Dillon > Char

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Yes that is recent. There was one for sale here that was around 8k that Dave said I needed to grab because it was a steal Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 31, 2016, at 5:48 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Was that recently? > > I ask because there was a guy who sold a really nice 500E o

[MBZ] The new owner of that 600 I looked at last week has already fixed it up

2016-03-31 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
1993 MERCEDES Benz http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/5516296006.html via cPro for Craigslist iOS: http://tinyurl.com/CL-iDevice Android: http://tinyurl.com/CL-Android Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebe

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Was that recently? I ask because there was a guy who sold a really nice 500E on BAT last year for pocket change. People were bugging him so much he stopped answering his phone. I think the owner was on Whidbey Island. Dan > On Mar 31, 2016, at 6:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
What about soaking the ground with gasoline, and lighting that? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On March 31, 2016 6:40:16 PM EDT, clay via Mercedes wrote: >For brambles I just torch the beejeezzus out of the area. Got to cook >the dirt as deep as possible to kill roots. Ivy and

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Darren, sorry no, I was asking about the 500E (Clay has hijacked your thread...). -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread clay via Mercedes
That was ages ago, before K'leb ran the list. I think Dave paid near $4k. Whatever was less than perfect was within his comfort zone for updating. clay On Mar 31, 2016, at 1:42 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Wow, price? > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On M

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread clay via Mercedes
For brambles I just torch the beejeezzus out of the area. Got to cook the dirt as deep as possible to kill roots. Ivy and blackberry need to become carbon to go away. I have am invasive shrub that does not comply. I cut it down twice and dug out roots to 24 inches. Thing kept coming back.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 5:31 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > I forgot the chickens! Chickens will remove all manner of greens. I used > to mow the lawn, then got hens. For 8 years I did not mow, EVER. Then the > chickens went away and I had to get a

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
He paid 4K for a 500e? You can never find them under 10k these days. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 31, 2016, at 5:34 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > That was ages ago, before K'leb ran the list. I think Dave paid near $4k. > Whatever was less than perfect was within his comfort zone for upda

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread clay via Mercedes
I forgot the chickens! Chickens will remove all manner of greens. I used to mow the lawn, then got hens. For 8 years I did not mow, EVER. Then the chickens went away and I had to get a mower again. clay On Mar 31, 2016, at 12:36 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > I am serious, find some

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I wonder if I could use that on the maple beside my garage. Somebody had cut it down but it keeps coming back from the stumps. I was thinking about salting the whole area. I park my snowmobiles there and last summer raspberry bushes came up all around them... -Curt From: clay via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread clay via Mercedes
If there are no plants I would want to save, I go for the flame thrower. Just blast the surface, not crisp, and the thing dies. clay On Mar 31, 2016, at 12:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > Haha. Anybody try white vinegar spray? Supposed to kill weeds. > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2016

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread Darren Marshall via Mercedes
Hey Max, you like? I'm looking for about $3500, am open. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Wow, price? > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On March 31, 2016 2:35:18 PM EDT, clay via Mercedes > wrote: > >Dave from I

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:19:41 -0500 Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > > The yard is alive - with weeds already. Is there a non toxic way to > > deal with this problem? Or if I must, what's the best commercial > > product? > > Fire I recently helped our landlord use a propane-fueled weed burne

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:36:27 -0400 Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > Roundup decays fairly rapidly anyway, so nothing "toxic" (except to the > weeds) to worry about. Roundup has been implicated in the Colony Collapse Disorder of bee hives. Craig ___ http:/

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Wow, price? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On March 31, 2016 2:35:18 PM EDT, clay via Mercedes wrote: >Dave from ID came flew over to pick up a 500E I found for him. I >picked him up, took him home and got him fed and watered. Then took >the trip to the car. It was just what

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Without using poison the best way is to grow strong grass that can crowd out the weeks. Fertilize, apply compost, lime, pull some weeds, think long term. Vinegar will kill most weeks, use a squirt bottle. Reapply after rain. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussi

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 31/03/2016 1:31 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: The yard is alive - with weeds already. Is there a non toxic way to deal with this problem? Or if I must, what's the best commercial product? ___ Fire RB ___

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I'm concerned they would prefer swiss chard and tomatoes to weeds. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I am serious, find somebody around who can rent you a goat for a few days > once a month. I don't think they eat grass but they will clea

Re: [MBZ] Double whammy

2016-03-31 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Nope Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 31, 2016, at 1:25 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > Maybe it is a good time to get padded car covers to reduce hail damage. > > Glad you survived unscathed > > Of course you have a storm cellar to hide in, right? > > clay > >> On Mar 30, 2016, at 6:40 PM,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I am serious, find somebody around who can rent you a goat for a few days once a month. I don't think they eat grass but they will clean up everything within reach (which could be fairly high). Roundup decays fairly rapidly anyway, so nothing "toxic" (except to the weeds) to worry about. --

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Haha. Anybody try white vinegar spray? Supposed to kill weeds. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Goat > > -R > > On 3/31/16 2:31 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > >> The yard is alive - with weeds already. Is there a non toxi

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Goat -R On 3/31/16 2:31 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: The yard is alive - with weeds already. Is there a non toxic way to deal with this problem? Or if I must, what's the best commercial product? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archi

Re: [MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread clay via Mercedes
corn meal is a good weed preventer. Seems to make the dirt unhappy for seeds clay On Mar 31, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > The yard is alive - with weeds already. Is there a non toxic way to deal > with this problem? Or if I must, what's the best commercial produc

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread clay via Mercedes
Dave from ID came flew over to pick up a 500E I found for him. I picked him up, took him home and got him fed and watered. Then took the trip to the car. It was just what he wanted, and he took it home. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread clay via Mercedes
Ed, I have a few that may work well for you. The list is not supportive of them, but I will attest to their quality. Pretty sure you need a 450SL. If not, there is C280 in excellent shape that needs a new owner clay On Mar 31, 2016, at 4:16 AM, Ed Booher via Mercedes wrote: > However, I'

[MBZ] OT: Desperately ISO weed killer

2016-03-31 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
The yard is alive - with weeds already. Is there a non toxic way to deal with this problem? Or if I must, what's the best commercial product? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change deliver

Re: [MBZ] Double whammy

2016-03-31 Thread clay via Mercedes
Maybe it is a good time to get padded car covers to reduce hail damage. Glad you survived unscathed Of course you have a storm cellar to hide in, right? clay On Mar 30, 2016, at 6:40 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > Wow - glad you didn't get hit. The storms missed us entirely this time - >

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Re: [MBZ] WOW, Am I Surprised!

2016-03-31 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Yes perhaps Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:03 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > We could swap for a couple of radios and possibly a BOSE amp for a W140 > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:33 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I have s

[MBZ] Ronnie Corbett RIP

2016-03-31 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI Fred Moir. Lynn MA. Diesel preferred. ___ 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/

Re: [MBZ] WOW, Am I Surprised!

2016-03-31 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:00:07 -0600 Craig via Mercedes wrote: > If you are interested in safety ratings, they are at > http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings Mercedes does rank favorably in this: http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/mercedes/e-class-4-door-sedan/2016 Craig __

Re: [MBZ] WOW, Am I Surprised!

2016-03-31 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 05:24:33 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > Not really. > > http://www.tbo.com/health-lifestyles/ratings-show-most-headlights-putting-drivers-in-the-dark-20160330/ I heard about this on the radio early yesterday. It explains some things I have been noticing, particularly

Re: [MBZ] Great opportunity

2016-03-31 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Auction ended. Did they sell or did listing just end? $9,000 each for two desert damaged cars... so complete interior, complete to the bare metal strip and repaint.. what ever 54 year old mechanical issues they have... Hmmm only $50,000 ++ each ... Does a 200 Coupe of that era command such a

Re: [MBZ] OT loquats

2016-03-31 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I was more interested in the fruit anyway. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It is illegal to ship spiritous likka > > --R > > On 3/31/16 10:10 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > >> Are you shipping samples to loyal list members? >> >> On Thu

Re: [MBZ] OT loquats

2016-03-31 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
It is illegal to ship spiritous likka --R On 3/31/16 10:10 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Are you shipping samples to loyal list members? On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: This is the first year since we have lived here for 8

Re: [MBZ] Ran when parked 6 years ago - $500

2016-03-31 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You gonna buy it? --R On 3/30/16 11:27 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: http://frederick.craigslist.org/pts/5469108020.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery optio

Re: [MBZ] WOW, Am I Surprised!

2016-03-31 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
We could swap for a couple of radios and possibly a BOSE amp for a W140 Sent from my iPad > On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:33 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I have several sets of 126 euros on the shelf > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 31, 2016, at 7:50 AM, Dan Penoff via Mer

Re: [MBZ] WOW, Am I Surprised!

2016-03-31 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I have several sets of 126 euros on the shelf Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 31, 2016, at 7:50 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > I'm saving my pennies for some Euro headlights for the W126. I've been trying > to get Euros for the R129, as its headlights aren't much better than > flashli

Re: [MBZ] OT loquats

2016-03-31 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Are you shipping samples to loyal list members? On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This is the first year since we have lived here for 8 years that out > loquat trees have produced any fruit to speak of. Mostly they have just > shriveled

Re: [MBZ] Double whammy

2016-03-31 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
You had me going there for a moment. Very witty. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > NPR reported this morning there were injuries but a large collection of > classic Mercedes-Benzes was spared damage from the storm > > --R > > > On 3/31/1

[MBZ] Great opportunity

2016-03-31 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
For someone with unlimited time and money. No affiliation, etc. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-200-Series-/201548123764?forcerrptr=true&hash=item2eed344e74:g:a2IAAOSwxp9W8x4K&item=201548123764&autorefresh=true ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] Double whammy

2016-03-31 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
NPR reported this morning there were injuries but a large collection of classic Mercedes-Benzes was spared damage from the storm --R On 3/31/16 12:13 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/weather/9-hurt-damage-reported-after-tornado-touchdowns-in-oklahoma/ar-BBr9UMr?li=B

[MBZ] OT loquats

2016-03-31 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
This is the first year since we have lived here for 8 years that out loquat trees have produced any fruit to speak of. Mostly they have just shriveled up, what few there were. The other day I picked about a gallon of fruits off one tree, just what I could reach from the ground. Cooked them u

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 07:16:05 -0400 Ed Booher via Mercedes wrote: > However, I'm currently completely without car, so would have to Uber my > way to Chicago to buy it out from under you. Probably not worth the > trouble to me. You could do what I did when I bought the '95 E320 from Don Snook: I

Re: [MBZ] WOW, Am I Surprised!

2016-03-31 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Its a throw away car. Throw it this way. My daughter would take it off your hands! She'll promise to only drive it in the daytime on US 90. (along the beach) 'm saving my pennies for some Euro headlights for the W126. I've been trying to get Euros for the R129, as its headlights aren't mu

Re: [MBZ] WOW, Am I Surprised!

2016-03-31 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I'm saving my pennies for some Euro headlights for the W126. I've been trying to get Euros for the R129, as its headlights aren't much better than flashlights or candles. They are truly the height of bad headlights on MBs that I have found. Problem is, Marti-Marelli or whoever the OEM is for the

Re: [MBZ] WOW, Am I Surprised!

2016-03-31 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Not really. http://www.tbo.com/health-lifestyles/ratings-show-most-headlights-putting-drivers-in-the-dark-20160330/ Dan My 110 with big round headlights using Hella H4 headllights is pretty hard to beat. Certainly none of these 1990+ cars with prastic lenses don't light up the road well. E

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread Ed Booher via Mercedes
However, I'm currently completely without car, so would have to Uber my way to Chicago to buy it out from under you. Probably not worth the trouble to me. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 7:14 AM, Ed Booher wrote: > Yes, but I called dibs second and I'm closer to Chicago than you are. > > On Wed, Mar 30,

Re: [MBZ] Letting go of the '77 240D

2016-03-31 Thread Ed Booher via Mercedes
Yes, but I called dibs second and I'm closer to Chicago than you are. On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I called dibs first > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 30, 2016, at 7:41 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < > mercedes@okieben

[MBZ] WOW, Am I Surprised!

2016-03-31 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Not really. http://www.tbo.com/health-lifestyles/ratings-show-most-headlights-putting-drivers-in-the-dark-20160330/ Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http:

Re: [MBZ] Double whammy

2016-03-31 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
This is unusual for Okiehoma? When I worked on the NEXRAD radar site commissioning, the first locations were in Oklahoma since it was a “target rich environment”. Dan avoiding Tornado Alley > On Mar 30, 2016, at 9:31 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > We had a double whammy in