[MBZ] OT: vacuum cleaner

You are absolutely right. The bagless things are POS. They take a lot more time to empty/clean than a regular Hoover with a HEPA bag and they don't clean any better, if as well. They are banking on the fact that many people will use it a few times and throw it out. Then they can sell

Re: [MBZ] OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

While I have no experience with the Dyson "stick" things, I do like our Dyson Ball vacuum. Lightweight and quiet. Look for a sale - the normal prices are really too high for what you get. Take a look at Dyson's cordless, might be spendy but I'll bet it works pretty good. We've got a Swiffer

Re: [MBZ] Pensacola

I shook hands with George Wallace when he was running for president. This was after he had been shot and was in a wheelchair. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Dec 2, 2018, at 10:20 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > I shook hands with two presidents, including George HW Bush at a

Re: [MBZ] OT: The best way to spend black Friday

The muzzle flash on my .357 snubby is awesome. If I ever have to fire it in self defense at night I'm closing my eyes as I press the rigger. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan > Penoff via Mercedes > Sent: Sunday, December 02,

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

Make a police report, with your sheriff. They need to know, you'll get more support if you have evidence of vandalism. If there is further criminal activity in the future, you'll be able to build up pressure for the sheriff to get involved. On December 2, 2018 9:23:40 AM EST, "Kaleb C. Striplin

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

Time for a new starter, methinks... - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 8:30 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Shorting the pins at the terminal block does nothing. I jumped the car > also, and the behavior did not change. I did note that

Re: [MBZ] OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

The thing I really like about our central vacuum is that it exhausts outside the house! It is a bit of a chore dealing with a hose, but I am OK with that. I had an issue where my powerhead clogged up with dog hair that got sucked up behind a napkin which got stuck in the pivot point on the

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

I've experienced starters with "dead spots" or stuck brushes. Try whacking it a couple times with a hammer. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Karl > Wittnebel via Mercedes > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2018 8:30 PM > To:

Re: [MBZ] OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

There ya go! https://www.amazon.com/-Cedar-Angler-Angle-Broom-Dust/dp/B001229JC0?psc=1=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q=duckduckgo-d-20=xm2=2025=165953=B001229JC0 Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes December 2, 2018 at 9:23 PM That is a definite non-starter. I just want a

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

Zoomba!Roomba Zumba! Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes December 2, 2018 at 9:22 PM Keep trying. "Roomba" ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Pensacola

Cool! It is such a shame that now JFK would be thrown out of the D party, branded as a right wing dangerous radical, and vilified by the press. Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes December 2, 2018 at 9:20 PM I shook hands with two presidents, including George HW Bush

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

If this is a diesel did you rule out the glow plug relay and fuse? On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 9:03 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > you need to jump the Big terminal (B+) at the solenoid to the little > terminal on the side of the solenoid. If that does nothing, then

Re: [MBZ] OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

That is a definite non-starter. I just want a lightweight upright that is cordless. On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 8:54 PM Dimitri via Mercedes wrote: > Central vacs are nice but you still have to lug the long bulky hose around. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 2, 2018, at 8:23 PM, Karl Wittnebel

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

Keep trying. On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 8:53 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > Roomba . . . > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 5:24 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Also known as an electric broom. I would love to have an appliance like > > this for quick clean-ups,

Re: [MBZ] Pensacola

I shook hands with two presidents, including George HW Bush at a receiving line at a diplomatic function in NYC in 1973. Very decent guy. 15 years earlier I met JFK in an elevator at my local NY public library when he was a US Senator. He was all alone and looked impressive in his navy blue

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

you need to jump the Big terminal (B+) at the solenoid to the little terminal on the side of the solenoid. If that does nothing, then jump the big B+ one to the bottom one, direct to the windings. If the first does not start the car, and the starter turns (but won't engage) with the

Re: [MBZ] OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

Central vacs are nice but you still have to lug the long bulky hose around. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 2, 2018, at 8:23 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Beg to differ. For $200 you can have a Eufy that will not only pick up all > the stuff but it will do it at a scheduled time

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

Roomba . . . On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 5:24 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Also known as an electric broom. I would love to have an appliance like > this for quick clean-ups, without slogging around with the vacuum cleaner. > Anybody have any recommendations? >

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

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Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

Shorting the pins at the terminal block does nothing. I jumped the car also, and the behavior did not change. I did note that shifting the car into and out of park and neutral while the switch is in the start position caused dimming of all the dash lights, implying a short in the system and also

Re: [MBZ] Wagon Wanted-Will Travel

Reverse goes out. On Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 3:12 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: > It’s 4 matic that does not have the issue > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 2, 2018, at 4:53 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I don’t think the

Re: [MBZ] OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

Beg to differ. For $200 you can have a Eufy that will not only pick up all the stuff but it will do it at a scheduled time every day while you are elsewhere. What the robot lacks in power it will more than make up for in persistence. The area under it's time vs suction curve is huge because it

Re: [MBZ] OT: The best way to spend black Friday

A lot of people don’t realize how much unburnt powder comes out of a gun barrel… -D > On Dec 2, 2018, at 5:57 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Some people wish they didn't go to the range on black Friday. > > https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=CYPSB_1543761936 > >

[MBZ] OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

Had it in my boyhood home in the 60s and 70s and it was horrible, as it was really inefficient. The Hoover Constellation was used instead. I suspect it was either a crappy system or was poorly designed. Put it in the house we built in Wisconsin and it was wonderful. Especially nice for a two

[MBZ] Herr Lamb

If anyone has a direct email address for Herr Lamb, please sed it to me OFFLIST Thanks! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

Agree 100% once you've had central vac you'll never consider anything else.Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 4:11 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Yes: Whole house central vacuum. Huge 5 hp motor mounted in garage wall... tubing runs through the house.. you only

Re: [MBZ] Pensacola

Yep, I have driven by his house a few times. Nice but nothing ostentatious. My niece who worked for A Government Agency came to Houston once to brief him on some issue. He asked her to stay afterwards to show her around his office. She was there an hour or two and had a wonderful time as he

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

Yes: Whole house central vacuum. Huge 5 hp motor mounted in garage wall... tubing runs through the house.. you only plug in the hose... Enough power to suck DC empty. On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 4:24 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Also known as an electric broom.

Re: [MBZ] Pensacola

Nice that the klintons left the white house the same way, Huh? Curt Raymond via Mercedes December 2, 2018 at 5:32 PM NPR had a clip of Clinton reading the note HW Bush left for him, very classy. Curt ___

Re: [MBZ] Pensacola

NPR had a clip of Clinton reading the note HW Bush left for him, very classy. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 2:00 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: I didn't always agree with Bush 41, but I've never thought he was anything but classy.  Hard not to

[MBZ] ***SPAM*** OT: rechargeable stick vacuum cleaner

Also known as an electric broom. I would love to have an appliance like this for quick clean-ups, without slogging around with the vacuum cleaner. Anybody have any recommendations? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Wagon Wanted-Will Travel

It’s 4 matic that does not have the issue Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 2, 2018, at 4:53 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > I don’t think the wagons suffered from the spring perch issue. Or maybe it > was just the 4Matic wagons, I’m not sure. Someone please correct me if I’m >

Re: [MBZ] OT: The best way to spend black Friday

Some people wish they didn't go to the range on black Friday. https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=CYPSB_1543761936 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Wagon Wanted-Will Travel

I don’t think the wagons suffered from the spring perch issue. Or maybe it was just the 4Matic wagons, I’m not sure. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but I never encountered it when I was looking for one. -D > On Dec 2, 2018, at 5:47 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > >

Re: [MBZ] Wagon Wanted-Will Travel

Spring perch season (if it's 2wd)? The other common maladies (transmission electronics, climate control confusion, dead display on climate control or radio) are mostly easy swaps. Mitch. > On December 2, 2018 at 4:26 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > > What's the biggest red

Re: [MBZ] Pensacola

Aviation (even military aviation) is so safe now that it's hard to understand how risky it was during WWII. At my dad's funeral (he was 75), I learned he was the only member of his cadet class to survive the war. He flew P-47s in China. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Pensacola

Somehow my grandmother was friends of George and Barbara. Barbara visited my grandmothers classroom back in the 80's in Tulsa.  She taught special ed at a childrens hospital and help developed a lot of the programs that were used here. On 12/2/2018 2:54 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Pensacola

I didn't always agree with Bush 41, but I've never thought he was anything but classy. Hard not to respect a WWII Navy pilot. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] Pensacola

They lived in the same neighborhood as your attorney buddy. He pointed out their house to me. Wouldn’t have known who lived there unless someone told you. He said he ran into them around the neighborhood regularly, nice people. -D > On Dec 2, 2018, at 4:11 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

I went to HF and got a couple of their solar lights. I was going to install them on the shop but I’m going to need some self taping sheet metal screws, of which I could not find any so that will have to wait until I can get. Heck I guess I could have stuck one up on the light pole though.

Re: [MBZ] Wagon Wanted-Will Travel

What's the biggest red flag with these gas engine wagons? What's the worst case scenario for one of these cars that currently drives okay and has no obvious issues? On Dec 2, 2018 3:53 PM, "M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 2:42 PM Buggered

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

Get a couple of those bright motion-activated solar lights and nail them to the lamp post. That'll scare anybody away. On Dec 2, 2018 3:48 PM, "Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 5W solid state purple laser. Why mess around? > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > > On

Re: [MBZ] Pensacola

A buddy and I were meeting for lunch one day at a pizza joint in Houston. I was waiting outside on a bench for him and noticed a coupla other guys waiting out front too. My buddy gets there, we order from the counter and turn around to find a table. HW and Bar are at a table in back with 2

[MBZ] Pensacola

The Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola is free to visit, and WELL worth the time. It also houses a sizable research library for all things related to Naval Aviation. The Museum has the pilot's log book from on George H.W. Bush, an ordinary Navy pilot. He was the pilot of torpedo bombers.

Re: [MBZ] Wagon Wanted-Will Travel

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 2:42 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/99-e320-wagon/6750639280.html > > Same car on fakebook > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/499253967230458/ > Pretty much the sort of thing I have in

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

5W solid state purple laser. Why mess around? --FT Sent from iPhone > On Dec 2, 2018, at 12:29 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Strongly suggest you add an ultra high intensity flashlight to your "go > armed into the night" kit. > > One that is so bright it blinds who ever you point it

Re: [MBZ] Wagon Wanted-Will Travel

https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/01-mercedes-wagon/6758490073.html https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/99-e320-wagon/6750639280.html Same car on fakebook https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/499253967230458/ --R Sent from iPhone > On Dec 2, 2018, at 1:50 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 12:22 PM Kevin Kraly via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > M. Mitchell Marshall! Good one’ > ^.^ Thankee! I figured a tribute to the late Doktor Booth was in order. -MMM- ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

Trail camera(s) Hide em where the perps won't see em. One of our neighbors had a great video of a guy walking up and stealing the camera! Or some of these: https://evertek.com/Product/DCS-5025L-R I have a wholesale account there and can get them for you for $34, which I think is about

[MBZ] Wagon Wanted-Will Travel

Finally am in (somewhat limited) funds, and I'm in the market for something like this: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/181537042756723 Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? K'leb? -MMM- ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

Have you tried to jump start? On Dec 2, 2018 10:48 AM, "Max Dillon via Mercedes" wrote: > Yes, might simply be a really low battery, worth checking. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On December 2, 2018 10:35:45 AM EST, tyee165 via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

M. Mitchell Marshall! Good one’ Kevin in Hillsboro, OR Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 2, 2018, at 7:46 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yes, might simply be a really low battery, worth checking. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > >> On December 2, 2018 10:35:45

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

> On December 2, 2018 at 12:48 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Correct, criminals hate the idea that they've caused a light to come on and > they _might_ be visible. They left in a hurry when Kaleb turned on a light to go looking for them. The bad news is not all meth heads run

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

Correct, criminals hate the idea that they've caused a light to come on and they _might_ be visible. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On December 2, 2018 12:31:17 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >It’s not so much the brightness of the lights but that something lights >up

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

Screw it im going to HF to get 2-3 of them to try out. If they work good I may get more. I also need to replace the wall lights that are mounted on either side of the garage on the front of the house. Debating on going motion on those or just the ones that turn on at dusk. Then I need to

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

It’s not so much the brightness of the lights but that something lights up when people go wandering around uninvited. That’s often enough to scare them off. -D > On Dec 2, 2018, at 12:26 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yes I need to do that. As large of an area as I have to

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

I have cameras around my house. We’re not in an area where there’s any crime to speak of, but our neighbors across the street have a rental that was vacant for a few weeks and someone went poking around trying to break into it, so I put some cameras up to make the wife happy. I used some

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

Strongly suggest you add an ultra high intensity flashlight to your "go armed into the night" kit. One that is so bright it blinds who ever you point it at... The intimidation factor is worthwhile, plus, should you see the viable legal need to defend yourself, you have a better sight picture..

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

Yes I need to do that. As large of an area as I have to cover I am not sure the led solar lights will be bright enough. Even though these are much easier to install I keep going back to good old fashioned flood lights. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 2, 2018, at 11:19 AM, Rick Knoble via

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

Hi definition security cameras. Will it prevent you from getting ripped off? No. There will be video evidence though, and that will assist in apprehending the perpetrators. You can set them up to alert you to movement too. Great for seeing when your family and friends are coming and going.

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

It's probably a good way to get your house burned down. A gate across that opening would be a better choice. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 11:59 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: I'd be worried about stepping on that spiked board.  Maybe put up signs that

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

I'd be worried about stepping on that spiked board. Maybe put up signs that face your property to warn / remind? From the road the signs can't be seen. I'm thinking that's a bad idea, liability for injuries etc. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On December 2, 2018 10:38:43 AM

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

Make a police report, with your sheriff. They need to know, you'll get more support if you have evidence of vandalism. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On December 2, 2018 9:23:40 AM EST, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: >Last night about 11:30pm I was in bed waiting for

Re: [MBZ] McDonald's

The Cinco Seniors are also a good choice for a quick chain meal, I get the little bacon burger, the regular burgers are too much. I like that they put an extra measure of fries in the bag too. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 5:47 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

Yes, might simply be a really low battery, worth checking. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On December 2, 2018 10:35:45 AM EST, tyee165 via Mercedes wrote: >Did you ever check the battery voltage? Given that the car sat for a >bit while you worked on it and then  it sounds like

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

No fuse in starter circuit that I'm aware of. IIRC, power goes from battery to key switch, to neutral safety switch, to solenoid (for the start signal). There may be another switch or relay in there, little voice is telling me that I've forgotten something, but I'm sure there is no fuse.

Re: [MBZ] Time for some security updates

How often do you drive there? If you spike a board and put it where it will be driven over, can you and yours remember 100% not to go there without moving the spike board out of the way first? Do you have any dogs? If I spiked my yard, Phoebe would be sure to run over it and rip her paw up.

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

Did you ever check the battery voltage? Given that the car sat for a bit while you worked on it and then  it sounds like you did not run it for long after you started it, maybe the battery is down and needs to be charged. Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Karl

[MBZ] Time for some security updates

Last night about 11:30pm I was in bed waiting for the lights to go out.  Wife comes in as says there is a vehicle in our yard.  I quickly get dressed, grab a .45 and head out the door.  I flip on the porch light and garage lights.  By the time I got out there they were at the street attempting

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

Those starters often fail by locking up completely when energized, at least that's what has happened to all of mine from that era. If you hear the solenoid engage when you turn the key, the starter motor will need to be replaced. Not a terrible job, just get a long breaker bar to get the

Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td

Sounds legit to me. If memory serves, high-draw items like starters tend to have fusible links rather than fuses. It sounds as though you're getting power to the starter. I'm gonna go along with the bad starter/bad connection theory. Have you tried to put 12VDC to the starter itself yet?

Re: [MBZ] McDonald's

McDonald’s and BK are across the street from each other near my house. The McDonald’s has a steady flow of customers through it 24/7. The BK is like a morgue. You can pull up at “peak” times there and get right through. I don’t see how the place stays in business. Given a choice when it