Re: [MBZ] Tell lights 200

2019-07-22 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Allan wrote: > It's getting bad. I think in another generation or two, nobody > will know how to write (i.e. longhand), type, or spell. > > The typical high school kid today, when he has to "sign" his > name, prints it like a 2nd grader. In my day (1980s), kids had a > pretty developed signatur

Re: [MBZ] Tell lights 200

2019-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes writes: > It just occurred to me that many of these spelling glitches may be a > result of rampant use of voice recognition, w/o reading the results > before sending. It's getting bad. I think in another generation or two, nobody will know how to write (i.e. longha

Re: [MBZ] Tell lights 200

2019-07-22 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
There loosers --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jul 22, 2019, at 4:04 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > My wife's uncle got an iPhone right about the time voice recognition and Siri > started becoming a thing. I remember at a family gathering I'd mentioned that > Siri didn't understand a w

Re: [MBZ] AC options for 300SD

2019-07-22 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I rescued one from a Chebby truck at PnP. Not bad for the price and had a 12v supply in the tool box to check the clutch would engage. Think I paid $12. Made sure to cut the hoses far from the working bits and stopper them with a duct tape bandage to keep it sanitary clay > On Jul 22, 2019

Re: [MBZ] Storming Area 51

2019-07-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
They need to get some "social workers" to make that place a real destination --FT On 7/22/19 4:40 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: So the guys at Dreamland Resort have monetized the “Storm Area 51” thing big time. This was a real marketing coup by them: https://www.area51ranch.com -D ___

[MBZ] Storming Area 51

2019-07-22 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
So the guys at Dreamland Resort have monetized the “Storm Area 51” thing big time. This was a real marketing coup by them: https://www.area51ranch.com -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] 2006 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 350 4MATIC needs tranny $1500

2019-07-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Well not me.  I was out of town so couldn't get down there until maybe Wed --FT On 7/22/19 4:07 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:35:43 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Sold. To whom? Craig On July 22, 2019 3:19:53 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: Says

Re: [MBZ] 2006 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 350 4MATIC needs tranny $1500

2019-07-22 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:35:43 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Sold. To whom? Craig > On July 22, 2019 3:19:53 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > >Says the 4matics are still 722.6, the 2WD got a 7spd 722.9(? I think) > > > >In any case, this is what the guy says: > > > >

Re: [MBZ] Tell lights 200

2019-07-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
My wife's uncle got an iPhone right about the time voice recognition and Siri started becoming a thing. I remember at a family gathering I'd mentioned that Siri didn't understand a word that I said but Google understood every word. He immediately chimed in that Siri didn't understand him at all

Re: [MBZ] Tell lights 200

2019-07-22 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
It just occurred to me that many of these spelling glitches may be a result of rampant use of voice recognition, w/o reading the results before sending. On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 3:05 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > https://charleston.craigslist.org/pts/d/charlesto

Re: [MBZ] 2006 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 350 4MATIC needs tranny $1500

2019-07-22 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Sold. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC On July 22, 2019 3:19:53 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: >Says the 4matics are still 722.6, the 2WD got a 7spd 722.9(? I think) > >In any case, this is what the guy says: > >Just  stopped pulling all of a sudden it won't moveIt's a nice car >e

[MBZ] $500E300 crash

2019-07-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I downloaded my dashcam vid and watched the segment from crashing into the tree.  I see now why I did not see the tree, some guy with EXTREMELY bright mis-aimed headlights stopped the other side of the tree, and the light blinded me until I got right up on the tree, by the time I actually could

Re: [MBZ] 2006 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 350 4MATIC needs tranny $1500

2019-07-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Says the 4matics are still 722.6, the 2WD got a 7spd 722.9(? I think) In any case, this is what the guy says: Just  stopped pulling all of a sudden it won't moveIt's a nice car everything works except the transmission Were there any other symptoms? One day it just wouldn't go? No n

[MBZ] Running at impact..

2019-07-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2426517650720164/ -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okie

[MBZ] Tell lights 200

2019-07-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://charleston.craigslist.org/pts/d/charleston-2008-mercedes-r320/6937835766.html -- --FT ___ 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/mail

[MBZ] Crack smoking in the FB123 group

2019-07-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
1983 Mercedes-Benz 240D $2,000 Absecon, NJ Sadly, I feel it's time to part with my beloved Benz. The powertrain is solid and it has never failed to start right up in the decade I've had it. The car has rust spots in the typical locations and could use new floor pans. Additionally, there is a l

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Moon Landing: Where Were You?

2019-07-22 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Says who? On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > US astronauts! > > But these cisgendered heteronormative patriarchal white male oppressors > were totally exclusionary, there was no diversity in the astronaut corps > or in the Apollo crews. S

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Moon Landing: Where Were You?

2019-07-22 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
16 July 1969 puts me on special assignment in Hunza Valley and the surrounding region. Electric there is two D cells in your flashlight, which are likely dead. A mutton fat lamp will not power a TV... so I did not hear of the moon landing for some months on my return to Ft Meade. On Mon, Jul 22, 2

Re: [MBZ] AC options for 300SD

2019-07-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes writes: > In terms of the compressor, I'll be using a genuine MB R4, which isn't > cheap. But I don't plan to do this again for the next 10-20 years. But > there are cheaper options. Where does one buy this genuine compressor? Dealer? Unfortunately there isn't one

Re: [MBZ] The 123 list today

2019-07-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I tell them to take it to an indy with the MB press, pay the man his $20 and they will be very happy.  Do they listen? --FT On 7/21/19 9:07 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: So folks are trying to do 123 ball joints using cheap parts and can’t get them to fit. Jaime advises they buy the

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Moon Landing: Where Were You?

2019-07-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
US astronauts! But these cisgendered heteronormative patriarchal white male oppressors were totally exclusionary, there was no diversity in the astronaut corps or in the Apollo crews.  Shameful period of our history. On 7/22/19 2:03 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: You mean other than the

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Moon Landing: Where Were You?

2019-07-22 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Not to get off topic, but I can recall the nightly news with Walter Cronkite and the black and white film footage of the Vietnam war. Nasty stuff. -D > On Jul 22, 2019, at 2:06 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > I was only a couple months old when Neil walked on the moon, no memory. I

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Moon Landing: Where Were You?

2019-07-22 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
I was only a couple months old when Neil walked on the moon, no memory. I do remember watching a splash down, must have been one of the last flights. I also remember news stories from the waning days of the Vietnam war. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC On July 22, 2019 9:49:10 AM EDT, Curt Raymond

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Moon Landing: Where Were You?

2019-07-22 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
You mean other than the rooskies. ;) -- Max Dillon Charleston SC On July 22, 2019 10:00:19 AM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: [snip] >of Apollo astronauts doing stuff, and one brief segment had a friend of > >mine checking out his T-38 getting ready to go for a flight!  So cool!  > >He

[MBZ] 207K '82 300D selling strongly

2019-07-22 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
My theory is that the navy blue color is worth at least an additional $2k vs. beige or related tan-grayish shades of blah.. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1982-mercedes-benz-300d-turbo-7/?utm_source=dailymail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019-07-22 ___ http:

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Moon Landing: Where Were You?

2019-07-22 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Me too! I was visiting my cousin over the weekend and she had NASATV playing as sorta background decoration.  They were showing various stuff, old films of Apollo astronauts doing stuff, and one brief segment had a friend of mine checking out his T-38 getting ready to go for a flight!  So cool

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Moon Landing: Where Were You?

2019-07-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I wouldn't be born for 7 more years... -Curt On Monday, July 22, 2019, 8:23:53 AM EDT, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: Sitting on the floor in our family room watching it on our Sears Silvertone black and white TV. I probably had some of my Apollo models with me. -D > On Jul 21, 2019, at

Re: [MBZ] The 123 list

2019-07-22 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Beats me. Never looked into it. That ship has sailed anyway -D > On Jul 22, 2019, at 9:06 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > If your kids are 1/16, does that make it easier to pay for college? > Mitch > > >>> On July 22, 2019 at 8:37 AM Dan--- via Mercedes >>> wrote: >> >> Wife

Re: [MBZ] The 123 list

2019-07-22 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
If your kids are 1/16, does that make it easier to pay for college? Mitch > On July 22, 2019 at 8:37 AM Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > Wife is 1/8 First Nation. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscri

Re: [MBZ] The 123 list

2019-07-22 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Yeah, that’s something I learned working Down Under. They were not nice at all when it came to the “Abos”. “Rule 2 - no member of the faculty is to maltreat the abos in any way whatsoever if there's anyone watching.” There’s more truth in that than the locals would probably acknowledge based on

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Moon Landing: Where Were You?

2019-07-22 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Sitting on the floor in our family room watching it on our Sears Silvertone black and white TV. I probably had some of my Apollo models with me. -D > On Jul 21, 2019, at 11:35 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > > I was laying on the floor of my grandparents house watching. > > Bob R >