Re: [MBZ] Saturday funny

2019-10-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Not sure if you're referring to me but I NEVER bet on anything. On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 8:15 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Andy, and others, bet on games. Probly 1:1 odds on OKU. So it > shouldn't matter if they win or lose. > > OK Don via Mercedes wrote on

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:44:41 -0800 Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote: > Much of ANC is pretty darn rural and industrial, ... So what does "ANC" mean? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Much of ANC is pretty darn rural and industrial, as there is a glaring lack of urban planning. I have found a pocket neighborhood between light industrial tracts and some heavy commercial. Things grow like mushrooms on cow patties and very willy nilly. The neighborhood of SWMBA has HOA and

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I represent that remark. I am the only house on my street that is not constrained by CC, so I get a pass on the collection of bottom feeder cars, overly productive garden boxes, welding table on the back patio, improvised spray booth, auto projects in process. The rest of the homes are neat

Re: [MBZ] OT: USA's largest and very old storage battery

2019-10-21 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I take a few of the extending education for olde folke classes. One is renewable energy in the great dark north. The last class had the leader of the Kodiak electric company. Old way they spew electrons was with diesel, then they build a hydro set up with room for three generators, but

[MBZ] Pontoon

2019-10-21 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
1959 Mercedes https://joplin.craigslist.org/cto/d/carterville-1959-mercedes/7004295099.html Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] You guys in the Low Lands, Have you heard about this place?

2019-10-21 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 20:42:28 + (UTC) Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > > Haven't been there either, but I do love coffee. That location is right > in the middle of the tourist trap downtown. Well, if you ever get down there, let us know what you think. Craig > >>

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Kevin Kraly via Mercedes
I also live in an HOA. In the beginning, I wasn’t too happy that the then HOA president was against the design of our patio/deck cover and structure. It goes the entire length of the back of the house and out 15 feet, and is covered with corrugated smoked panels so that light can get through.

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
And not to beat this to death, but I bristle a bit when people start ripping up HOAs, mainly because of the misunderstandings many have about them. There’s no doubt that people abuse their power as board members in some cases, as well as form cabals with other members to control and abuse

Re: [MBZ] Saturday funny

2019-10-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Andy,  and others, bet on games.  Probly 1:1 odds on OKU.   So it shouldn't matter if they win or lose. OK Don via Mercedes wrote on 10/21/19 6:09 PM: It is totally beyond me why anyone other than their parents care about these kids playing their games I didn't when I was a student there,

Re: [MBZ] OT: USA's largest and very old storage battery

2019-10-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Heh. I was in some missile silo support buildings that had these. Ancient technology but extremely reliable and robust. Sort of the 240D of standby power… -D > On Oct 21, 2019, at 7:17 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > The State of OK built a new data center a couple of years before I

Re: [MBZ] OT: USA's largest and very old storage battery

2019-10-21 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
The State of OK built a new data center a couple of years before I retired - and IBM sold them one of these - that would have been around 2010 ... On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 9:06 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That's a neat story. > > Reminds me of an older

Re: [MBZ] Saturday funny

2019-10-21 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
It is totally beyond me why anyone other than their parents care about these kids playing their games I didn't when I was a student there, and certainly don't now. On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 8:22 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > A greater tragedy would have

Re: [MBZ] OT Which website(s) to research "smart" watches

2019-10-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
NEEDS?  Want, perhaps. Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote on 10/21/19 5:19 PM: Daughter unit needs a "smart" watch. Must have capability to read and respond to text messages from the watch, answering a phone call would also be nice. I don't want to pay for junk, and I don't want to pay any

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
We spend winters in the HOA.   I've already related the experience.   If the neighbors were not atypical, I would be fighting it.   "The colonel" used to run it for decades, and would not have wanted to be there when she ran it. Fortunately her retirement coincided with the acquisition.  

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
One of the big ones I remember didn't even involve a HOA, his own government did it to him. https://nypost.com/2015/07/30/pilot-hated-by-neighbors-for-storing-cessna-in-driveway/ > On October 21, 2019 at 6:28 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Quite true. The media likes to blow stuff

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
We’ve always been a “nice” HOA. When our HOA was turned over to the owners, the consensus was that we would be a “nice” HOA. When the economy was crappy we split the assessment payments up into multiple installments ($200/year pad quarterly as opposed to a single payment) to make it easier for

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
As they should. Same thing in Florida, which is why HOA and condo association law is pretty tightly controlled. It gets tighter and tighter every year, which is a good thing. I have to take a class on an annual basis to stay current with state law. We also employ a management company to handle

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Quite true. The media likes to blow stuff like this up way out of proportion as they are wont to do. I would add that condominium associations are a totally different animal and are typically the ones that garner bad press, as they have far more power in a number of areas regarding the

Re: [MBZ] This $500E500 W211

2019-10-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Somehow you can get the state DMV to tell you who is the owner and who holds the lien(s). Might be a good start. If you declare the car abandoned and pay for registered letters to go out to those parties, and they don't respond within some proscribed time-frame, you can claim title to the car.

[MBZ] OT Which website(s) to research "smart" watches

2019-10-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Daughter unit needs a "smart" watch. Must have capability to read and respond to text messages from the watch, answering a phone call would also be nice. I don't want to pay for junk, and I don't want to pay any more than necessary. Which websites have reports / reviews about these?

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Exactly. -D > On Oct 21, 2019, at 5:29 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Hey, if he's happy... Merka! Where we still have choices! > > I'd eat my gun before I would live in a HOA community, but fortunately I can > choose not to do either. > > --FT > > On 10/21/19 5:26 PM, Randy

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
I'm thinking most of the anti-HOA comments come from folks who've only heard or read the horror stories, but never actually owned a home in an HOA. I'm retired Navy, grew up in the country hunting and fishing, and I'd much rather have a vast estate like Floyd and all the freedom that comes

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Hey, if he's happy... Merka!  Where we still have choices! I'd eat my gun before I would live in a HOA community, but fortunately I can choose not to do either. --FT On 10/21/19 5:26 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: uh oh - Dan drank the kool-aide Randy On 21/10/2019 4:21 PM, Dan

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
uh oh - Dan drank the kool-aide Randy On 21/10/2019 4:21 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Our County does have such laws. That is not the purpose of an HOA, and it’s also an oft-repeated misstatement by the uninformed when the subject comes up. There is no straw man argument here. The

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Our County does have such laws. That is not the purpose of an HOA, and it’s also an oft-repeated misstatement by the uninformed when the subject comes up. There is no straw man argument here. The primary purpose of a homeowner association is to maintain and enhance property values. Period.

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Daughter bought a house. No disclosure of HOA.   Lo and behold, there is a HOA.  Got a copy of the bylaws.  Most of it is innocuous, but I am irritated by "no clotheslines" one.   Why should "natural" and "energy saving" be illegal? I'm inclined to claim "no disclosure, no HOA" but most of

Re: [MBZ] You guys in the Low Lands, Have you heard about this place?

2019-10-21 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Haven't been there either, but I do love coffee. That location is right in the middle of the tourist trap downtown. Max Dillon Charleston SC Mon Oct 21 14:08:09 EDT 2019 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes : > I don’t drink the stuff so not in my To Do list. I think I know where that > is,

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Right.  The big reason for HOA regs that I hear most is "you don't want your neighbor to park cars in the yard on cement blocks."   That is a straw man, because most burgs have laws/ordinances against that anyway.   I suspect Dan's city has the regulation.  So it BS as the argument for a HOA.

Re: [MBZ] Finally decided to take a chance on this (and it is a diesel)

2019-10-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
NICE!  That and the forklift, you can P/u and deliver presses all over the country.   Will the UD carry the forklift and a press? Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes wrote on 10/21/19 12:38 PM: Folks, I was sort of wanting a rollback for moving machinery and cars. I

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
In Arizona, HOA's became so power mad the state had to legislate laws to reign them in. Now, home owners have full legal recourse against HOA's who abuse home owners and try to be self elected neighborhood dictators. [Within the limits of the HOA protection laws in place.] So, it is a two edge

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
I like to have junk around Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 21, 2019, at 2:55 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > While I think that some of you are grossly exaggerating the effect of an HOA, > I fully understand the desire to have no restrictions on the use of your > property. In my case I

Re: [MBZ] OT OK I'm gonna do this

2019-10-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Cute. On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 3:44 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I could use it to go pick up D voters on election day! > > --FT > > On 10/21/19 1:36 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > And I would have no trouble reselling it. People are DYING every

Re: [MBZ] OT OK I'm gonna do this

2019-10-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I could use it to go pick up D voters on election day! --FT On 10/21/19 1:36 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: And I would have no trouble reselling it. People are DYING every day for this vehicle. On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 12:36 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: That Caddy would be

Re: [MBZ] Forget the $500 S55 I'm going for this

2019-10-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
The guy posted the S55 again on CL so I ping him again about when I can come look at it and where.  Response "Today in Summerville". So I ask him about tomorrow morning maybe, no response.  I guess tomorrow morning I will ask again, and when he says "today" maybe he will tell me where to go to

Re: [MBZ] This $500E500 W211

2019-10-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I pulled the aux battery and put it on the charger.  Only got to 8.4V so I guess it is dead.  Managed to jiggle the "key" in the trunk lock and got it to the open position, got a charger on the main battery that came in the car which is probably shot, mostly. Anyway, I'll charge that up, maybe

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Jim’s paranoia about defining who can live in the house is simply misguided > and wrong. Not paranoid. Just sparking a philosophical discussion. What if I can provide statistics that prove that black families' neighborhoods are worth less than whites'? Should I not be able to protect my

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
HOA's are something that we do not have here and it does not appear to create any issues. If you buy in a decent area, most of the neighbours tend to keep their places quite tidy. There are some rules enforced by the city but not to seriously unless there are complaints. Randy On 21/10/2019

Re: [MBZ] OT OK I'm gonna do this

2019-10-21 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
If one were to strip the crappy vinyl top, ditch the landeau bars and paint it bright red, it would not look too bad. Randy On 21/10/2019 11:35 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: That Caddy would be perfect for Andrew. Think of it as a daily commute car.. one that would make a statement. It does

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
While I think that some of you are grossly exaggerating the effect of an HOA, I fully understand the desire to have no restrictions on the use of your property. In my case I prefer to know that my property value will be protected if not enhanced by the presence of an HOA, and in order to

[MBZ] OT: Floating Offshore wind turbines

2019-10-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Floating wind turbine in Europe heralds 'new era' Published: Monday, October 21, 2019[image: Floating wind turbine. Photo credit: Untrakdrover/Wikimedia Commons] A WindFloat Atlantic prototype turbine operating off the coast of Portugal. Untrakdrover/Wikimedia Commons The first floating wind

Re: [MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I've done the POR15 sealing once. Do heed the instructions to blow out all the vent lines and fittings with compressed air before the sealer sets up. Curt Raymond via Mercedes writes: > I've done that on my Cub Cadet tractors. Both of them had tiny pinholes in > the very bottom of the tank.

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> a real j**k could move in next door... I have a friend who _owned_ the property in question, and a real jerk moved in. Couldn't get rid of them, of course. Renters' rights... -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Until somebody steals your dog out of your front yard... I don't like anybody having the right to tell me what I can and cannot do on my own property. Thats what I really like about our place in Maine, when we built the garage dad and I went to pull a building permit, the clerk laughed us out

Re: [MBZ] You guys in the Low Lands, Have you heard about this place?

2019-10-21 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I don’t drink the stuff so not in my To Do list. I think I know where that is, kinda hard to pop in for a cup due to parking issues but it probably gets neighbors and turistas --FT Sent from iPhone > On Oct 21, 2019, at 12:31 PM, Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > > Listening to the radio

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I agree it can get really asinine, but if you want the freedom from interference by officious neighbors then you must accept the chance that a real j**k could move in next door and park his junk (non Mercedes) cars in the front yard for you and any future property buyers to see. Our subdivision

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
I’m not going to get into the discussion over HOAs versus no restrictions, but this is a point well taken and one side of the HOA/deed restrictions discussion that rarely comes to light. An HOA doesn’t “tell you how to live (right)”. Bylaws and covenants outline community standards that have

Re: [MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread MG via Mercedes
I looked at POR-15 tank sealant and thought about it but the leak is due to a crack where a dent slightly folded the metal. I don't think there are any pin holes in the tank, or at least I hope not. Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: My father used to fix things like this with solder. Use a

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Not to be a contrarian, but if you have hocked your financial future to > settle down as a homeowner in suburbia, isn't it in you interest to have > some assurance that a sloppy neighbor won't drag down home values? But where does it stop? If you don't want 'their kind' next to you, can/should

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I agree. HOAs limit both ways and appear to me to only be valuable to the curtain twitching bores of the world. Watch the new Adams Family movie, its got an interesting commentary on homogeneity. I certainly prefer the company of the weirdos and oddballs that have no place in an HOA. -Curt

Re: [MBZ] Finally decided to take a chance on this (and it is a diesel)

2019-10-21 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Up in my near-hood. Looks like a good deal, shouldn’t be too hard to get it sorted. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Oct 21, 2019, at 1:38 PM, Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via > Mercedes wrote: > > Folks, > > I was sort of wanting a rollback for moving machinery and cars. > > I

Re: [MBZ] Finally decided to take a chance on this (and it is a diesel)

2019-10-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Nice!I've been fighting with Angie's 2005 Golf TDI, it'd randomly slip into limp-home mode which doesn't trigger the CEL (check engine light) but results in no power past about 1/4 pedal. I replaced the fuel filter which gave some improvement, I also found a turbo to intercooler pipe to be

Re: [MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread MG via Mercedes
Now there's an idea. Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: just use the putty patch. At least until Floyd scraps his td to provide you a tank. 70s datSUN peekups were notorious for leaking gas tanks. I patched mine with Fruehauf aluminum, sheet metal screws and a generous dosage of some

Re: [MBZ] OT OK I'm gonna do this

2019-10-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
And I would have no trouble reselling it. People are DYING every day for this vehicle. On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 12:36 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > That Caddy would be perfect for Andrew. Think of it as a daily commute > car.. one that would make a statement. It does have "style"... > > On

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Not to be a contrarian, but if you have hocked your financial future to settle down as a homeowner in suburbia, isn't it in you interest to have some assurance that a sloppy neighbor won't drag down home values? On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 12:06 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I've done that on my Cub Cadet tractors. Both of them had tiny pinholes in the very bottom of the tank. I used POR15 gas tank sealer though I suspect any of the magic tank sealers would work adequately. I did screw up one of the tanks and put way too much, it pooled in the bottom and took

Re: [MBZ] OT: USA's largest and very old storage battery

2019-10-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
"As long as we get through this quarter and I get by bonus I don't care." BTDT. -Curt On Monday, October 21, 2019, 11:48:32 AM EDT, Jim Cathey wrote: At my prior workplace we had an inertial UPS.  It would provide many seconds worth of power while the big Cat genset came online. They

Re: [MBZ] OT OK I'm gonna do this

2019-10-21 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
That Caddy would be perfect for Andrew. Think of it as a daily commute car.. one that would make a statement. It does have "style"... On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 7:55 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Maybe it requires the new owner to drop off a very old "package"

[MBZ] You guys in the Low Lands, Have you heard about this place?

2019-10-21 Thread Craig via Mercedes
Listening to the radio today, I heard of Bitty and Beau's Coffee. https://www.bittyandbeauscoffee.com Their original location is in Wilmington, NC, but they have a location in your neck of the woods: 159 Church Street Charleston, SC 28403 (843) 609-0455 Open

Re: [MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
My father used to fix things like this with solder. Use a soldering iron rather than a torch. Much safer without flame. I wonder also about getting the liquid sealing stuff that you pour into the tank and slosh around in case there are more pin holes about to appear. Didn't we have a thread on

Re: [MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
It lacked the NBC(BS) rocket engines to majikly ignite the gas to make "news" Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote on 10/21/19 9:32 AM: I had a pinhole in the bottom of the tank on my 75 Grand Prix back in college, I stopped by a shop one day and an old mech told me to rub a bar of soap on the

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
The self-righteous, who want to be able to tell others how to "live right," want HOAs. Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote on 10/21/19 9:19 AM: I can’t imagine anyone wanting to live somewhere with a HOA. Sure you can: all the asshats are prime examples. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
just use the putty patch. At least until Floyd scraps his td to provide you a tank. 70s datSUN peekups were notorious for leaking gas tanks.   I patched mine with Fruehauf aluminum, sheet metal screws and a generous dosage of some sealant in a caulking tube.  (sorry, I forgot what it was.  

Re: [MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
JB water weld works great Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 21, 2019, at 9:32 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > I had a pinhole in the bottom of the tank on my 75 Grand Prix back in > college, I stopped by a shop one day and an old mech told me to rub a bar of > soap on the hole to

Re: [MBZ] OT: USA's largest and very old storage battery

2019-10-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Yeah like all that power from E WA that gets sent to CA must be cheaper, somehow... I recall my former colleagues at Enron had some role in that power too... --FT On 10/21/19 11:48 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: At my prior workplace we had an inertial UPS. It would provide many seconds

Re: [MBZ] OT: USA's largest and very old storage battery

2019-10-21 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
At my prior workplace we had an inertial UPS. It would provide many seconds worth of power while the big Cat genset came online. They spent a _lot_ of money on infrastructure here, which they discarded like used Kleenex once they decided to move all the servers to San Jose, where everybody knows

Re: [MBZ] Braun LED Work Light

2019-10-21 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Those are awesome. I recently bought a similar one from Eastwood. First experience with a cordless/magnetic LED work light and I was really happy with it. Best work light I have ever owned. https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-cob-led-rechargeable-work-light-57671.html Allan Dan Penoff via

Re: [MBZ] OT: USA's largest and very old storage battery

2019-10-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I went to a facility once that had one of those, they called it an "inertial UPS". Had a huge generator attached that could run the whole place for like 2 minutes. It'd been in place since the '60s or so. Apparently much cheaper to maintain than batteries but very expensive to build new. -Curt

Re: [MBZ] OT: USA's largest and very old storage battery

2019-10-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
To store excess windpower when not in use direct the spinning turbines to skim milk into 100 percent free renewable energy BUTTER. On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 10:41 AM Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > None of this technology is outdated and much of it is still in use. > > Nickel-cadmium battery banks

Re: [MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Try contacting Tom at the Classic Center - ask for an MBCA discount thomas.han...@mbusa.com On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 10:33 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I had a pinhole in the bottom of the tank on my 75 Grand Prix back in > college, I stopped by a shop one day

Re: [MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread MG via Mercedes
May give that a try or some of that two part putty. Just for a temp fix. Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: I had a pinhole in the bottom of the tank on my 75 Grand Prix back in college, I stopped by a shop one day and an old mech told me to rub a bar of soap on the hole to stop the leak, deal

Re: [MBZ] OT OK I'm gonna do this

2019-10-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Maybe it requires the new owner to drop off a very old "package" at the cemetery? On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 9:46 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2395017320816865/ > > 1995 Cadillac Fleetwood > Sumter, SC· 23 hours ago > < >

Re: [MBZ] OT: USA's largest and very old storage battery

2019-10-21 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
None of this technology is outdated and much of it is still in use. Nickel-cadmium battery banks are still in use in the communications and standby power industries. Motor generators, also known as “MG sets” are still in service for mainframe computers. In fact, IBM was one of the largest

Re: [MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I had a pinhole in the bottom of the tank on my 75 Grand Prix back in college, I stopped by a shop one day and an old mech told me to rub a bar of soap on the hole to stop the leak, deal with it later.  I'd do that every now and then and it worked for quite awhile.  I finally took it to a shop

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> I can’t imagine anyone wanting to live somewhere with a HOA. Sure you can: all the asshats are prime examples. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> unless I can find a good [tank] pretty soon in a local U-pull. Here the fuel tanks are all destroyed, via drilling them full of holes. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] OT: USA's largest and very old storage battery

2019-10-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Back ages ago I did an analysis of a Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage System (SMESS).  It was an interesting concept that relied on a supercooled magnetic torus into which electrons were injected and they kept spinning around until some were extracted and used again.  It probably would

Re: [MBZ] OT: USA's largest and very old storage battery

2019-10-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
That's a neat story. Reminds me of an older technology, which I have only heard about but I've never seen, which is using a large flywheel as a storage device. Hook that up to a motor-generator, so when the utility power is available, the flywheel gets brought up to speed, and then when the

[MBZ] Fuel tank

2019-10-21 Thread MG via Mercedes
Found a small leak in my fuel tank on the 83 300TD yesterday. Called just now and MB wants over a thousand for a new one. Looks like I will be draining it and brazing the hole in the not too distant future unless I can find a good one pretty soon in a local U-pull. MG

[MBZ] OT OK I'm gonna do this

2019-10-21 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2395017320816865/ 1995 Cadillac Fleetwood Sumter, SC· 23 hours ago · $2,000 * About This Vehicle * o o Driven 300 miles * o o Automatic

Re: [MBZ] This is the car that was for sale from somebody else for $700 a while back.

2019-10-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
How do you even give away a car w/o a radiator, let alone sell it for $2k? On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 6:47 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Shows up for me. > > This guy's been drinking from the BaT cup if he thinks he's going to get > $2200 for that 190D. > > Max

[MBZ] OT: USA's largest and very old storage battery

2019-10-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Quite surprising. TECHNOLOGYBig batteries are all the rage, but this one's 16 years oldPublished: Monday, October 21, 2019 New York City dove headlong into the race to build bigger and bigger batteries this week, as regulators approved plans for a massive system

Re: [MBZ] Saturday funny

2019-10-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
A greater tragedy would have been if the football team had LOST. On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 5:02 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Reminds me of Blazing Saddles when Cleavon Little’s family circled their > wagon(s). > > -D > > > > On Oct 21, 2019, at 12:26 AM, Curley

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Does it also work for line cutting, for instance at the grocery check out? Max Dillon Charleston SC Mon Oct 21 05:07:10 EDT 2019 Dan Penoff via Mercedes : > I did. It was much the same as the others that were offered in the same price > range. However, it did not smell of Chinesium when I

Re: [MBZ] This is the car that was for sale from somebody else for $700 a while back.

2019-10-21 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Shows up for me. This guy's been drinking from the BaT cup if he thinks he's going to get $2200 for that 190D. Max Dillon Charleston SC Sun Oct 20 22:35:58 EDT 2019 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes : > Deleted > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > >> On Oct 20, 2019, at 10:27 PM, Kaleb

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I did. It was much the same as the others that were offered in the same price range. However, it did not smell of Chinesium when I got it, so that was a good thing. And it’s a floor polish and desert topping, too! -D > On Oct 21, 2019, at 3:41 AM, fmiser via Mercedes > wrote: > >> Dan

Re: [MBZ] buying parts is starting to suck

2019-10-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
He’s dead, I tell you. Not only that, parts from him were rarely a deal. That was why I quit buying from him. Between the minor difference in price from other, more reliable and established firms and having to listen to his 30 minute rants when I called, it wasn’t worth it. -D > On Oct 20,

Re: [MBZ] Saturday funny

2019-10-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Reminds me of Blazing Saddles when Cleavon Little’s family circled their wagon(s). -D > On Oct 21, 2019, at 12:26 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Did y'all see this? Flyin Okies! > >

Re: [MBZ] I Am Living Right

2019-10-21 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Dan wrote: > You use a seat cutting tool like this: > Whaa? Did you read the description? FUNCTION - One end is a seatbelt cutter for cutting seatbelt, and the other end is the window breaker tool with two hardened sharp and heavy