Re: [MBZ] Today's ML500 Abuse

2019-05-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
There is a big ugly black plastic thing where there should be an engine. Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote on 5/21/19 9:32 PM: One more thing… Take a look at this picture of the car and tell me what I *think* is glaringly wrong: If you can’t see the picture, here’s a link to it on my web

Re: [MBZ] Today's ML500 Abuse

2019-05-21 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 21 May 2019 22:32:34 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > Whew! > > Refilled the cooling system with water and closed it up. Moved the > vehicle back into the driveway and called it a night. Whew! is right! > One more thing… > > Take a look at this picture of the car and tell me

Re: [MBZ] Today's ML500 Abuse

2019-05-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Oh, yeah, I’m not messing with the drain valve again, that’s for sure. Lower hose in the future. -D > On May 21, 2019, at 10:41 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Drain? Don't need no Stnking drain! Be a man! Pull off the lower > hose at the radiator.Drain is OK on

Re: [MBZ] Today's ML500 Abuse

2019-05-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Drain?  Don't need no Stnking drain!     Be a man!   Pull off the lower hose at the radiator.    Drain is OK on the 111, but on 123+ where it is a little plastic thing, Pull the hose! Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote on 5/21/19 9:32 PM: Don’t know what it is about this vehicle… it seems to

[MBZ] Today's ML500 Abuse

2019-05-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Don’t know what it is about this vehicle… it seems to want to test me every time I touch it, and while everything seems to end well for the most part, it’s really frustrating. Got my Cardone caliper this afternoon, so I figured I would cool off the garage and put it on along with the new

Re: [MBZ] I think the odo might have rolled over

2019-05-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Maybe not.   Run a carfax.   It HAS been sitting in the sun for 20 years.   Mighta ran when parked. Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote on 5/21/19 8:24 PM: https://www.copart.com/lot/45039118 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Bees

2019-05-21 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Hopefully those bees just moved in and will be easy to get back out. I've had a few cut-outs that turned into nightmares I greatly prefer catching swarms like my brother and I did this year -- leave an old hive out and have the bees move in. Much less hassle. Peter

Re: [MBZ] Bees

2019-05-21 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Oh OK. That’s what he was describing. I’ll be interested to see what he does. --FT Sent from iPhone > On May 21, 2019, at 8:54 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > "Nuc" is short for nucleus. The heart of a full hive. > > -- Jim > > > ___ >

[MBZ] I think the odo might have rolled over

2019-05-21 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Bees

2019-05-21 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
"Nuc" is short for nucleus. The heart of a full hive. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Bees

2019-05-21 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 21 May 2019 19:43:53 -0400 archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: > A bee keeper in a small town near the UF Med School came in to the > clinic and was diagnoses with lymphocytic leukemia. Treatment was > ineffective and he was sent home to die. Probably because of his > declining health, he

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Pull it, plug it, then forget it ... On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 4:52 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I would be worried about sudden catastrophic failure while cruising along > at 75 miles an hour on the interstate. > > On Tue, May 21, 2019, 4:46 PM Curley

[MBZ] Bees

2019-05-21 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
A bee keeper in a small town near the UF Med School came in to the clinic and was diagnoses with lymphocytic leukemia. Treatment was ineffective and he was sent home to die. Probably because of his declining health, he fell or knocked over a bee hive and got bitten so many times the ambulance

Re: [MBZ] Worst beer WUZ:Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I like the sound of that. I love lime juice in almost everything. On Tue, May 21, 2019, 5:36 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Here's something for you beer drinkers to try: > " > Belgian monks resurrect 220-year-old beer after finding recipe > > Grimbergen Abbey brew

Re: [MBZ] OT Bees

2019-05-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
One wonders how the technique of capturing queen bees and moving hives ever developed in the first place. Trial and error? On Tue, May 21, 2019, 5:16 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > If you’re moving bees you use what’s called a “package”, which is nothing > more than a box with open sides

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I would be worried about sudden catastrophic failure while cruising along at 75 miles an hour on the interstate. On Tue, May 21, 2019, 4:46 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > If it hold air, leave it. When it starts leaking, plug it. > > Dan--- via Mercedes wrote

Re: [MBZ] Worst beer WUZ:Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Here's something for you beer drinkers to try: " Belgian monks resurrect 220-year-old beer after finding recipe Grimbergen Abbey brew incorporates methods found in 12th-century books https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/21/belgian-monks-grimbergen-abbey-old-beer

[MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
I agree with Mitch on this. Pull it out and repair. Else it is likely to go flat at an inconvenient (or even unsafe!) time. I'm a lot fussier about tires than I am about paint! Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Mitch Haley via

Re: [MBZ] BAD BEER WUZ: Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Strohs was the favorite of the guys from Da Region. They consumed huge quantities. It was a constant source of argument. Coots was quite exotic. I remember some guys renting a uhaul over thanksgiving, drove straight through from Indiana to Colorado and skied a coupla days then loaded up the

Re: [MBZ] OT Bees

2019-05-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
If you’re moving bees you use what’s called a “package”, which is nothing more than a box with open sides and screen over the openings. You put a feeding can in the box with sugar syrup so the bees have something to eat while in transport. A queen and some of the workers are put in a little

Re: [MBZ] Worst beer WUZ:Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Not the end. Bud Light Lime. You cannot go further in the story. --FT Sent from iPhone > On May 21, 2019, at 3:33 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Bud Light. End of story. > > On Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:14 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>

Re: [MBZ] OT Bees

2019-05-21 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Yeah I’m leaving it to this guy, he seemed to know his stuff. He said the ones around here are generally docile but if they worked up and one stings you that one releases a pheromone that sets others off then it’s time to run. He said a bunch of them chased him once, he had to run about 100yd

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
If it hold air, leave it.   When it starts leaking, plug it. Dan--- via Mercedes wrote on 5/21/19 3:16 PM: I’m torn because this is clearly a roofing nail that’s been in the tire for some miles, as the head is well worn. The question is, do I pull it out and plug the hole, or just leave it

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
In my new nokian, I think one of the regular plugs would have been fine, but they spooked me by saying it could not be fixed.   So I ordered the mushroom patch/plug to be sure something would hold.   But it was about 1/4 of the way in from the shoulder, so a plug would have worked just fine.

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On May 21, 2019 at 4:16 PM Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > > > I’m torn because this is clearly a roofing nail that’s been in the tire for > some miles, as the head is well worn. Nails don't fly out, philips screwdrivers don't even fly out, but once the head is gone they can get pushed in.

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
I’m torn because this is clearly a roofing nail that’s been in the tire for some miles, as the head is well worn. The question is, do I pull it out and plug the hole, or just leave it alone? After all, as the head wears off I would expect it’s even less likely to come out, as less mass would

Re: [MBZ] OT Bees

2019-05-21 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
good one. milk and honey Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 3:44 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The little country church my mom went to, when she was young, had honey > bees in the roof/eaves between the rafters.When it got hot in the >

Re: [MBZ] OT Bees

2019-05-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Big difference north to south I guess. No sign of extra aggressive bees up here. This is why I live where it gets cold... -Curt On Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 3:57:40 PM EDT, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Use great care around bees. Almost all bee colony's are now invaded with Africanized

Re: [MBZ] Worst beer WUZ:Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I can't stand the smell of any of them. If the only option is a domestic mass produced beer I'll have iced tea please... -Curt On Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 3:53:08 PM EDT, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: I agree that Bud Light is not good, but I don't put it in the category of

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread MG via Mercedes
I carry one of those gooey cord plug sets in the car all the time. it has helped more than once or twice over the years. No problems, just does the job and lasts till the tire gets replaced because it's worn out. MG ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] OT Bees

2019-05-21 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Use great care around bees. Almost all bee colony's are now invaded with Africanized bees, well known as "killer bees". They are VERY aggressive when messed with, and quite aggressive when not messed with. >From personal experience I can tell you their stings are WAY more toxic than "regular

Re: [MBZ] Worst beer WUZ:Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
I agree that Bud Light is not good, but I don't put it in the category of terrible beers. And Coors Light is worse than Bud. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 12:33 PM

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
>Worse than Old Milwaukee or Meisterbrau? Those >were my grandmother’s >favorites.-D YES Rick   Original Message   ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] ML500 Marthamania!

2019-05-21 Thread MG via Mercedes
If you want one of the smaller battery minders they are on sale right now at Northern Hydraulics for $15.99. MG ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] BAD BEER WUZ: Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
They've limited to the two basic styles of beer. Every beer you've ever had is fundamentally a lager or ale, those two are the basic styles of brewing. To oversimplify a lager is cold brewed (lagered) while an ale is warm brewed. My preferred porters and stouts are ales, pilsners are an

Re: [MBZ] OT Bees

2019-05-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
The little country church my mom went to, when she was young, had honey bees in the roof/eaves between the rafters.    When it got hot in the summer, a new pastor came to the church, and it got so hot the honey ran down into the sanctuary. So the new preach gets up, introduces himself, notes

Re: [MBZ] BAD BEER WUZ: Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I knew of a nun in KY who loved Stroh's Bohemian beer.   Anyone who headed that way from MI was expected to bring her some Stroh's.   Not a bad beer. When I was in kolledge we made runs to KS or CO to get Coors.   Nothing exceptional about it, but if you had some you were "cool."   rocky

[MBZ] OT Bees

2019-05-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Yesterday I noticed a bunch of bees buzzing around, looked up and see a whole mess of them, honeybees, at an opening at the end of an eave, which was on my roundtuit list...  I posted my dilemma on a coupla of our local FB groups, and a guy from up the road jumped on the opportunity to come

Re: [MBZ] Worst beer WUZ:Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Bud Light. End of story. On Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:14 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Worst beer I ever had was some rotgut called Cold Spring, made in Cold > Spring Minnesota. > > Burgomeister used to have a bad reputation. Made in Warsaw, Il. A > friend of

Re: [MBZ] BAD BEER WUZ: Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
There were guys from Pittsburg in my dorm who loved that stuff, would bring back cases of it when they went home on holidays --FT On 5/21/19 2:34 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: My worst beer was Iron City. We used to call it "iron ti**y skunk water". Greg -Original Message-

Re: [MBZ] BAD BEER WUZ: Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Bah!  Nothing about Pilseners   Nothing about Weissbier, Nothing about any of the hundreds of great German beers. (Belgian, Holland, Etc) Nothing about St Pauli Girl.   Nothing even about Heiny.   Nothing about Canuck, Aussie, Chinee, Japanee Biers, or any other regions. They need to do a

Re: [MBZ] BAD BEER WUZ: Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
https://www.studyfinds.org/type-of-beer-you-drink-reveals-much-about-personality/ You are what you drink? - Max, shaken not stirred Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] BAD BEER WUZ: Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
My worst beer was Iron City. We used to call it "iron ti**y skunk water". Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curley McLain via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 11:02 AM To: Dan--- via Mercedes Cc: Curley McLain Subject: [MBZ]

Re: [MBZ] BAD BEER WUZ: Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://www.ratebeer.com/forums/fox-deluxe-new-beer-line-in-illinois-anybody-know-more-about-it_87246.htm --FT On 5/21/19 2:01 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: Old Mil and Meister were about 10 steps UP from Cold Springs.   Can't comment on Fox.  Was Fox the bottom of the barrel at

[MBZ] BAD BEER WUZ: Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Old Mil  and Meister were about 10 steps UP from Cold Springs.   Can't comment on Fox.  Was Fox the bottom of the barrel at LaCrosse?   Or was it made somewhere else. Dan--- via Mercedes wrote on 5/21/19 12:54 PM: Worse than Old Milwaukee or Meisterbrau? Those were my grandmother’s favorites.

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Worse than Old Milwaukee or Meisterbrau? Those were my grandmother’s favorites. -D > On May 21, 2019, at 1:40 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Fox Deluxe -- "It's the Water" > > Bad memories of FD, what I can remember. Buck 9 a six, go to brew after > getting there on Budweiser

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Fox Deluxe -- "It's the Water" Bad memories of FD, what I can remember.  Buck 9 a six, go to brew after getting there on Budweiser which was like $2 a 6... --FT On 5/21/19 1:25 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: Maybe it *was* “fox”. Yum. -D On May 21, 2019, at 1:03 PM, Rick Knoble via

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Maybe it *was* “fox”. Yum. -D On May 21, 2019, at 1:03 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: >>> You wasted good beer on a tire? > >> Who said it was GOOD beer? > > My two favorite beers were "cold" and "free"... > > Worst beer I ever drank was warm Fox Deluxe. > > Rick >

[MBZ] Worst beer WUZ:Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Worst beer I ever had was some rotgut called Cold Spring, made in Cold Spring Minnesota. Burgomeister used to have a bad reputation.   Made in Warsaw, Il.   A friend of mine's dad worked there a while.   He reported rats in the vats. Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote on 5/21/19 12:03 PM: My

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
>> You wasted good beer on a tire? >Who said it was GOOD beer? My two favorite beers were "cold" and "free"... Worst beer I ever drank was warm Fox Deluxe. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 6:00 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > You wasted good beer on a tire? > Who said it was GOOD beer? -MMM- > > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Gender Roles

2019-05-21 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
I guess I'm not politically incorrect enough not to have appreciated that. Too bad I have only been blessed with grandsons (4) or I would certainly buy one of those for my granddaughter! BTW, I have a niece who races and is an automotive parts professional. She used to do ice racing up in AK.

[MBZ] OT Movie

2019-05-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://jalopnik.com/behold-the-probably-tear-inducing-first-trailer-for-the-1834898148 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Gender Roles

2019-05-21 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Apparently Matchbox are selling 123 models at El Mercado de Wal. I have not been there to check them out though. --FT Sent from iPhone > On May 21, 2019, at 5:15 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Say what you want, but this is cool: > >

Re: [MBZ] Plugging Tires

2019-05-21 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On May 20, 2019 at 11:13 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > When I had a tire repaired on our '90 E300D in North Carolina a year ago, > the guy lit the glue on fire ... I've seen pics of old Monkey Grip kits that included a hot clamp. IIRC, you put fuel in the clamp and lit it. I can remember

[MBZ] Gender Roles

2019-05-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Say what you want, but this is cool: https://www.motor1.com/news/350543/mercedes-benz-mattel-partnership-video/ -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: