Re: [MBZ] Alleged Tesla battery defects causing "alarming number of car fires"

2020-12-29 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Stretched single row chain?

2020-12-29 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 07:38:34 -0500 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > Apparently those engines have issues. I was looking into this on the > 380SEC I have to go fetch at some point. I was told it had some unknown > problems, I guess it wasn’t running. IIRC, if you change the engine over

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Change your after-shave Kaleb, and you'll be ok. https://youtu.be/_vq94cxeCw8 In other words, you're not careful enough with your Hai Karate. Max Dillon Charleston SC Dec 29, 2020 12:49:32 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes : > Well everywhere I go I always have beautiful women trying to rape

Re: [MBZ] 4X4 Niss-Cedes

2020-12-29 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I've thought about putting an OM617 in my '04 Nissan Frontier. It has a 5-speed manual and the gearing seems about right. But the factory V6 is running perfectly, the biggest issue with the vehicle is rust. Allan Kevin Kraly via Mercedes writes: > Here’s some competition for the Mazcedes > >

Re: [MBZ] Alleged Tesla battery defects causing "alarming number of car fires"

2020-12-29 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
That would never happen in either of my Benzes. At the risk of starting a rant, i think electric cars are a scam. Where does the electricity come from? What is environmental impact of the batteries? Dwight Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 2005 E3204matic Wickford RI On Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 9:39 PM Allan

[MBZ] Alleged Tesla battery defects causing "alarming number of car fires"

2020-12-29 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
The incidents where people were trapped in their burning car because the electronic door latches would not open are quite disturbing. I don't think I'll be getting one of these any time soon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/28/tesla-battery-fire/ Allan

Re: [MBZ] 4X4 Niss-Cedes

2020-12-29 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Here’s some competition for the Mazcedes > https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/d/battle-ground-4x4-nissan-turbo-diesel/7254177424.html > > Much better job, it looks like. It'd better be, for

[MBZ] 4X4 Niss-Cedes

2020-12-29 Thread Kevin Kraly via Mercedes
Here’s some competition for the Mazcedes https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/d/battle-ground-4x4-nissan-turbo-diesel/7254177424.html Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] OT: chestnuts

2020-12-29 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
As a young child in the 50s I ate some roasted chestnuts at a family Christmas gathering. I did NOT like them. But there were many things that young child didn't like that he likes now. -Original Message- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, December

Re: [MBZ] OT: chestnuts

2020-12-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I wonder if those third-generation American Canadian chestnut regrowth are old enough to bear fruits yet. On Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 7:16 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Neat. > Apparently there were once chestnuts on the farm in a section called the > lower pasture

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> The first rule of the internet - you cannot believe everything you read on > the net The second rule of the internet: you cannot believe everything you read on the net. (With apologies to Chuck Palahniuk.) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
You left out all and all of the above. -Curt On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 7:28:38 PM EST, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Well we are trying to repeal the laws of nature. Now you are not born male or female, you can be neither, either, or none. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-12-29 19:59, Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote: At least that allows the rest of us to see who the losers of the genetic lottery are. I was just reading an internet forum discussion of books every young man should know. Caught me by surprise when somebody mentioned Harrison Bergeron.

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
At least that allows the rest of us to see who the losers of the genetic lottery are. Self identify as dead end branch of the human species. They also tend to be the ones wandering the freeway at midnight prior to becoming attractant for Jaguars. There have yet to be images of Tri-Star cars

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Well we are trying to repeal the laws of nature. Now you are not born male or female, you can be neither, either, or none. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2020, at 2:58 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes > wrote: > > I am getting hints from people in the old country that there are attempts to

Re: [MBZ] At the grocery store

2020-12-29 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
When he started the thing it sounded like sh*t, and it took some cranking before it lit off. Is that an M110? The M110 in this 280E I got cheepcheep sounds really sweet once it warms up a bit although it is a bit hard to start if it has been sitting, some of the vac lines are still not

Re: [MBZ] OT: chestnuts

2020-12-29 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Neat. Apparently there were once chestnuts on the farm in a section called the lower pasture which, up until 2016 was grown up in poplar so much I thought it was a ravine. Dad says he remembers playing on the huge stumps of the dead trees. I'd love to be able to plant new ones. Angie and I

Re: [MBZ] OT: chestnuts

2020-12-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
I forget, did anybody mention this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3Ro6yKiZc ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] At the grocery store

2020-12-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I would drive it. -D > On Dec 29, 2020, at 6:05 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > > > There was a very hot chick pulled up in an 645 beemer convertible next to the > SL and we conversed. > > The owner just showed up, we conversed. 68 280SL, it had a crappy respray > though

Re: [MBZ] OT This car wont start for some reason 2011 BMW Series 7 Alpina B7 Sedan 4D, $8, 000

2020-12-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Hayzoos, in all likelihood. On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 4:36 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > JESUS LOVES YOU > > but apparently not your BMW, which appears to be a 750Li, but whatever > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Agreed. I didn’t read this on the net, but got it from someone who is not prone to distributing silly stuff. My bad. As I used to tell my sister in law, who would send out every possible goofy thing she read on the Interwebs, “Did you check it on Snopes.com first? -D >

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
The first rule of the internet - you cannot believe everything you read on the net RB On 29/12/2020 3:37 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Thanks for the fact checking, Jim, I stand corrected for sharing the original content. Here’s the meat of what’s being said: She added: “I filed this

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Thanks for the fact checking, Jim, I stand corrected for sharing the original content. Here’s the meat of what’s being said: She added: “I filed this bill because the castle doctrine as it currently exists emboldens people to take justice into their own hands. While theft is obviously wrong,

[MBZ] OT This car wont start for some reason 2011 BMW Series 7 Alpina B7 Sedan 4D, $8, 000

2020-12-29 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
JESUS LOVES YOU but apparently not your BMW, which appears to be a 750Li, but whatever https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2599934806933885/?ref=search_code=undefined -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] 1999 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 300TD Sedan 4D,$2,500

2020-12-29 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Probably not an unreasonable ask if the interior is decent and maintenance has been kept up https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3624320434317667/?ref=search_code=undefined 1999 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 300TD Sedan 4D $2,500 Vehicles

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Oh heck yeah. I know someone isn't qualified for office merely because they're running. Nobody with any brains wants to hold political office... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 3:55 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote: The longer I live, the more I am

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I am getting hints from people in the old country that there are attempts to repeal the laws of physics. They create an undue burden on the less fortunate. That is not equitable. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Dec 29, 2020, at 9:09 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > >>

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
The longer I live, the more I am thinking that the people who actually do something worthwhile and have a clue are just too busy to waste their lives and passion being elected. The morons and ne’er do wells, on the other hand have nothing of value to contribute to the world and have the time

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
When I lived in Houston I recall an incident not too far from where we lived.  Homeowner observes 2 young gentlemen attempting to steal his car, or stuff from it, on his property in the night. He shoots both of them, one terminated and I think other seriously, perhaps fatally, wounded. Cops

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
German Jews will remember that the same “laws” were enacted for their benefit. I read a story this morning about a church in Poland had been searching for it’s bell, taken by Nazis 75 years ago. It turned up in the Munster abby, where it has been held since 1945. It will eventually make it’s

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
What a loon! Time for somebody to head over to her abode and help themselves to her worldly goods while well armed. Be it garden tools or heavy weapons. This is the logical disconnect taking place between the ears of women elected to office https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvA49N8RQx0=263s

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Things are different now but SWMBO could barely walk, much less run, when she was alive. Run is good if you can, safely. Lethal force plus 911 if you can't. ABC: arm, barricade, and communicate. -Original Message- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Jim Cathey via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I just had someone send it to me, please clarify. There may still be hope… -D > On Dec 29, 2020, at 2:58 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > I checked Reuters, and this is neither what the Bill says, > nor are the Meza quotes real. > >> On Dec 29, 2020, at 11:32 AM, Frederick Moir via

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
I checked Reuters, and this is neither what the Bill says, nor are the Meza quotes real. > On Dec 29, 2020, at 11:32 AM, Frederick Moir via Mercedes > wrote: > > Alles. > Incruckingfedable! The loonies are running the asylum! > This from a New England conservative. > Fred > > On Tue, Dec 29,

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
I checked Reuters and the Bill text, and this is neither what the Bill says, nor are the Meza quotes real. That said, I don't necessarily agree with the proposal, either. I really don't believe that people have a duty to retreat from danger. That should always be an _option_. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Frederick Moir via Mercedes
Alles. Incruckingfedable! The loonies are running the asylum! This from a New England conservative. Fred On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 1:12 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > "We are doomed" make that read "They are doomed" > As a student of human nature for more than 50 decades, I have yet to

Re: [MBZ] Style

2020-12-29 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Sophia Loren? We watched "Scandal in Sorento" on Netflix a few nights ago, with sub-titles.  My wife was cracking up pretty hard, she could follow the Italian dialogue, which mixed in a good bit of Neopolitan dialect, and the English translation in the sub-titles was cleaned up quite a bit. 

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
"We are doomed" make that read "They are doomed" As a student of human nature for more than 50 decades, I have yet to see a society that is subjected to slavery fail to revolt. The only question to be answered in the present case is "Now, or later?" Later defined as "After 70 years of

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Randy - you need to convert your home to a B and rent out rooms so all those hapless yanks can meet their 14 day quarantine obligations. Charge them $100/night. The Aussies charge at least that, maybe more. On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 1:06 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
>My point was to just bring up the bizarreness of the idea that repealing the >castle doctrine helps redistribute wealth. The same way as looting redistributes wealth. With no right to defend one's self, everything is free. Now, those in Clay's old neck of the woods can't get insurance against

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
But, I won't know which are the friendly sorts and which are the crazies. Wasn't a problem however. We drove across Indiana to Ohio and back and I don't recall stopping unless it was for food or fuel. RB On 29/12/2020 12:04 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: Randy says: So, what you are

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Andrew is right. Or you'll have a divorce attorney raping you, lol. Rick From: Mercedes on behalf of Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 11:52 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Andrew Strasfogel Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT -

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Randy says: >So, what you are saying, is "if your car breaks down, don't go knocking >on doors looking for assistance as you may well be shot and the >homeowner will not be charged because he didn't know you and felt >threatened by your sudden appearance on his doorstep". Not at all. Just don't

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
The Robin Hood Doctrine. Bob R Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2020, at 10:52 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Hard to say, but I'm not getting into a political discussion. > > My point was to just bring up the bizarreness of the idea that repealing the > castle doctrine helps

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Hey Randy - are your borders still sealed? On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 12:53 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On 29/12/2020 11:47 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > > As a side note, Indiana has the dichotomy of arguably the strongest > castle doctrine laws in the

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 29/12/2020 11:47 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: As a side note, Indiana has the dichotomy of arguably the strongest castle doctrine laws in the country, with so called "Red Flag" laws. Go figure. Rick ___ So, what you are saying, is "if your

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Don't fight them off - RUN AWAY. On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 12:49 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Well everywhere I go I always have beautiful women trying to rape me. I > have to fight them off. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 29, 2020, at 11:43 AM, Randy

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Hard to say, but I'm not getting into a political discussion. My point was to just bring up the bizarreness of the idea that repealing the castle doctrine helps redistribute wealth. I can’t fathom how someone would consider that as a part of a logical thought process. -D > On Dec 29, 2020, at

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Well everywhere I go I always have beautiful women trying to rape me. I have to fight them off. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2020, at 11:43 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > On 29/12/2020 11:34 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> Yea right. But with as many west coast

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
And, how the he** did she get elected? RB On 29/12/2020 11:46 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: More importantly, I wonder what this representative has done to redistribute her wealth? -D On Dec 29, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Yea right. But with as many west

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
It seems like such a thing would go against the protections of the constitution. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2020, at 11:43 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > I just found the whole concept, politics aside, to be pretty ludicrous. Even > more so in a place like Texas. > > -D >

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
As a side note, Indiana has the dichotomy of arguably the strongest castle doctrine laws in the country, with so called "Red Flag" laws. Go figure. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
More importantly, I wonder what this representative has done to redistribute her wealth? -D > On Dec 29, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yea right. But with as many west coast folks moving in who knows. What if the > person breaking in does not want to rob you

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
LOL > On Dec 29, 2020, at 12:42 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > On 29/12/2020 11:34 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> Yea right. But with as many west coast folks moving in who knows. What if >> the person breaking in does not want to rob you but wants to rape and murder

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 29/12/2020 11:34 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Yea right. But with as many west coast folks moving in who knows. What if the person breaking in does not want to rob you but wants to rape and murder you? Are you just supposed to cooperate with being murdered or risk getting sued?

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I just found the whole concept, politics aside, to be pretty ludicrous. Even more so in a place like Texas. -D > On Dec 29, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yea right. But with as many west coast folks moving in who knows. What if the > person breaking in does not

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Yea right. But with as many west coast folks moving in who knows. What if the person breaking in does not want to rob you but wants to rape and murder you? Are you just supposed to cooperate with being murdered or risk getting sued? You can’t make this stuff up. We are doomed. Sent from my

Re: [MBZ] Looks really nice 2006 Mercedes Benz E320 CDI - $3, 400 (Gastonia)

2020-12-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
That is a very good deal. A 2006 CDI in maroon is for sale around here that has 186K miles. Asking $6500. It has an undiagnosed CEL that they will "take care of" if you buy the car. These are awesome cars with lots of features and options. I did a 20 minutes test drive while listening to

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Kind of losing the plot a bit On Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 7:31 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > This is an interesting approach, especially in Texas: > > In Texas, State Representative Terry Meza (D-Irving) has introduced HB196. > Her bill would repeal the state's "castle doctrine." This doctrine

Re: [MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Californian's are migrating to Texas, and other states. So are Illinoisians. These are typically blue states (D). They are migrating to typically red states (R). They are leaving because of the conditions their voting preferences have caused. Unfortunately, most of the tax refugees are utterly

[MBZ] OT - Redistribution of Wealth

2020-12-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
This is an interesting approach, especially in Texas: In Texas, State Representative Terry Meza (D-Irving) has introduced HB196. Her bill would repeal the state's "castle doctrine." This doctrine allows a homeowner to use deadly force against an armed intruder who breaks into his home. Now

[MBZ] Looks really nice 2006 Mercedes Benz E320 CDI - $3, 400 (Gastonia)

2020-12-29 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
This could be a really good deal https://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/d/gastonia-2006-mercedes-benz-e320-cdi/7253733809.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

[MBZ] Style

2020-12-29 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
--FT Sent from iPhone___ 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_okiebenz.com