Given what's happening in "higher education" now, there may soon be a time when
a liberal arts degree is a mark of worthlessness, not achievement. I mean how
worthless do you have to be to go tens of thousands into debt to have your head
poured full of useless crap?
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Three cheers for Mike Rowe. Frankly, I could never afford a house if I had to
pay someone else to do repairs. Fortunately I learned a great deal from my dad
and uncles. Maybe the most important lesson was "figure it out."
Talking real estate and loans, I bought several houses while in the mil
It must only rain in AZ and NM when I'm trying to fly over them .
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 10:50 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
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> OK Don via Mercedes writes:
>
> > Does it ever rain in Arizona?
>
> I was just reading up on the Flagstaff climate, apparently they h
You can order a mostly basic truck, but with all the mandatory safety
things included. However, after driving a car with the back-up camera, and
given my stiff old neck, I installed an aftermarket camera/screen in the
truck - very handy, especially when backing up to connect a trailer. I'm
thinking
If you're thinking of selling, sell now to the suckers fleeing from
Cali. Get your money before the crash.
They are offering tens or hundreds of thousands over ask just to "avoid
negotiations"
Allan
Clay via Mercedes writes:
> Talking with realtors to off load the SEA home. This place has los
Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes writes:
> Much of the offshored work in software and other industries has been
> very poor quality and not as easily offshored as originally
> thought. This is why tech companies fight for immigration visas to
> bring people to the US.
That is true, and I have experie
OK Don via Mercedes writes:
> Does it ever rain in Arizona?
I was just reading up on the Flagstaff climate, apparently they have a
monsoon season of sorts but otherwise it's pretty arid.
Allan
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I was going to ask if one could just order a "work truck" such as would
be sold to a utility company or similar. Though I think the reverse
camera/screen is mandatory now?
Allan
OK Don via Mercedes writes:
> I had to special order ours to get one without all the bloatware.
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2
Talking with realtors to off load the SEA home. This place has lost its mind.
I am being told that inventory is so tight I should expect bidding wars and
escalations of $200-300K over asking. I just got home last week and already
two agents want to tour and give me market analysis. I did not
I think there has already been some discussion on this, but perhaps it was
another forum.
Much of the offshored work in software and other industries has been very
poor quality and not as easily offshored as originally thought. This is why
tech companies fight for immigration visas to bring people
>> Yes telecommuting is making a lot of people realize they could live
>> somewhere cheaper.
>Unfortunately their employers will eventually figure out that telecommuting
>will mean they can hire someone cheaper as well.
Yup. Sooner or later corporations will figure out an employee can telecommu
Flagstaff is at 7,000 feet
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 6:56 PM OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
> Does it ever rain in Arizona?
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 8:21 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > We will join you on the group buy in Flagstaff.
> >
> > On the north end o
Arizona has rain, we just measure it differently.
A 10 inch rain means the raindrops were 10 inches apart.
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 7:12 PM Craig via Mercedes
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> On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:55:55 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> > Does it ever rain in Arizona?
>
> Occasionally, just like
I remember being in Phoenix in February and it was pouring in the streets
were flooded.
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 10:12 PM Craig via Mercedes
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> On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:55:55 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> > Does it ever rain in Arizona?
>
> Occasionally, just like New Mexico ...
>
>
On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:55:55 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes
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> Does it ever rain in Arizona?
Occasionally, just like New Mexico ...
Craig
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 8:21 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <
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> We will join you on the group buy in Flagstaff.
>
> On the north end of the south island in NZ, there is no accessible
> groundwater. Fortunately, they get a lot of rain. Ev
We will join you on the group buy in Flagstaff.
On the north end of the south island in NZ, there is no accessible
groundwater. Fortunately, they get a lot of rain. Every house is built on a
giant concrete foundation which is waterproofed to store the rainwater,
which is filtered a bit and channel
I had to special order ours to get one without all the bloatware.
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 6:53 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
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> I've been very pleased with this truck, I'd like to have another one just
> like it. I hate that so many trucks today are bloated with the
Yabbut I’ve served on a board for many years, I don’t think I want to any more.
I bailed from mine after almost 10 years because I got tired of dealing with
petty stuff and idiots.
Just think - the CC&Rs could require Mercedes ownership!
-D
> On Mar 16, 2021, at 7:50 PM, Bob Rentfro via Merced
I've been very pleased with this truck, I'd like to have another one just like
it. I hate that so many trucks today are bloated with the infotainment and all
the stupid steps and gizmos and ge-gaws...
-Curt
On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 7:48:59 PM EDT, Jim Cathey
wrote:
Yours is a 3/4
We could be our own HOA.
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> On Mar 16, 2021, at 2:38 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Flagstaff? Holy. The prices there are stupid, just stupid. Even raw land is
> stupid, running around $100k/acre or more if it’s got utilities. I’m in no
> hurry. We’ll bide our
> Yours is a 3/4 ton though right? Live front axle?
Yep. Best I've ever done is 26.2 mpg on the factory tires. Your 23 is pretty
good for a full-size gasser.
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Flagstaff? Holy. The prices there are stupid, just stupid. Even raw land is
stupid, running around $100k/acre or more if it’s got utilities. I’m in no
hurry. We’ll bide our time and wait until the economy tanks and interest rates
start increasing.
I will say that if I could convince Mrs. Dan to
I would have loved to move out of the heat in Phoenix while I’ve been working
from home for the last year, but my job requires me to always be within 90
minutes of the plant site while on duty. Otherwise, I would’ve been out of here
like a scalded dog.
Now I just need all of these California m
If it starts fine cold them I'm in with the people who say an electronic fault.
I wonder if one of the cheap OBD-II doodads would show something? I'm pretty
sure I paid less than $20 for mine and its paid for itself several times over.
-Curt
On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 2:43:55 PM EDT, Dwight
I think those wheels on the car are perfect, as long as you only drive on
perfectly smooth fresh asphalt or golf courses.
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
Mar 16, 2021 11:39:40 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes :
> 220, has original wheels so you can sell the things that are on it and make a
> few $$ bac
I think it starts fine cold.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 11:40 AM Curt Raymond wrote:
> I can't see it being the fuel filter itself if it runs good from cold and
> has plenty of power.
> Maybe a seal at the fuel filter that allows it to suck air when its hot?
> Is it hard
Pretty much — what with working remotely even in high-paying jobs people can
live anywhere with decent broadband and an airport. And it’s warmer and cheaper
here and less gooberment interferences although they seem to want more of that
for reasons unclear.
The winter slow time never happened h
I recall when I was a kid my dad’s good friend he went to college with, they
were both electronics engineers, quit his job and went to HVAC school for a
coupla years. He worked his ass off night and day, eventually had a really big
business with several employees. Got tired of Indiana winters so
My snowmobile trail groomer apprentice is under 30, works in HVAC, owns a
duplex, drives a nice diesel Chevy and buys a new snowmobile every 5 years. Kid
has an excellent debt to income ratio and is doing really well with no student
loans. He's probably going to put in a mini-split for me in a
Or plumber. My eldest kicked around in dead-end jobs for 10 years until we got
on his case and told him he would end his life living in a van down by the
river if he didn’t find a decent means of employment. He looked at plumbing and
electrical, and ended up going to trade school for plumbing.
A good friend's son became a HVAC guy.. he has been doing it for 12 years
and has a solid 6 figure income and all the work he can do every day.
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 9:58 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
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> Or automate them.
> I talked to a kid online a year or so ag
People are fleeing California to Arizona in huge numbers, and have been for
10 years now. They are driving real estate prices to what was considered
insane levels just 10 years ago, because the house they sold to leave CA
buys anything they want in AZ, plus .
Reasons for leaving CA are manifold, h
The F150 has a similar dam. I jack it up from the front cross member, which
is very slow due to the low air dam, so I FINALLY noticed that just two
bolts hold it on - take the dam off and everything is so much easier! The
oil filter is also on the front of the engine facing forward. Even just
reach
Or automate them.
I talked to a kid online a year or so ago who was "Thinking about some kind of
office job." Good luck kid, there aren't any filing or typing jobs anymore. The
secretary is nearly an obsolete job title.I advised going to trade school and
learning how to do something that people
Chasing coronavirus?
-Curt
On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 12:50:38 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes
wrote:
People fleeing lockdown states?
Dan Penoff via Mercedes writes:
> Just looked at some real estate figures for the Tampa St. Pete area last
> night:
>
> 13.4% increase over the
Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes writes:
> Yes telecommuting is making a lot of people realize they could live
> somewhere cheaper.
Unfortunately their employers will eventually figure out that
telecommuting will mean they can hire someone cheaper as well.
Allan
People fleeing lockdown states?
Dan Penoff via Mercedes writes:
> Just looked at some real estate figures for the Tampa St. Pete area last
> night:
>
> 13.4% increase over the last year in closed sales
>
> -58.6% change in inventory in the last year
>
> 15.4% increase in median sale price in t
We've talked about airbnb. We're pretty close to the snowmobile trails so that
would be our real market. Not much tourism in Caribou in the summer. Maybe
being so close to the river we could bring in fisherman. Last summer the
Arostook got so low I could walk across with knee high boots on...
T
Yours is a 3/4 ton though right? Live front axle?
At one point, with the factory tires, I got 23mpg out of this full size, 4
door, 5.7l v8 4wd truck. I'm pretty sure the low air dam helped get it there.
These days with more aggressive tires the best I've done on the highway is
19mpg which is th
You could open an Airbnb and offer Starbucks to guests in order to attract
some rifraf.
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 11:38 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> LOL, its near a big city where the snowbirds go...
> We paid $95k for 72 acres, a house (well not much of one) and
Lost my last kitty so the pepper plants are struggling.
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 11:38 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> You won't be the first or the last. I'll sell you my vast estate, you
> can raise cat poop peppers.
>
> Pack your baggage in carpet bags, that wil
> My 2010 Dodge RAM 4x4 has a plastic air dam along the bottom of the bumper
> that's only maybe 5" off the ground, I can't quite sneak under it.
My 1997 (4x4 club cab diesel) is sufficiently tall that I roll in from the
door side on a creeper!
No jacking, ramps, etc. necessary.
-- Jim
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I can't see it being the fuel filter itself if it runs good from cold and has
plenty of power.Maybe a seal at the fuel filter that allows it to suck air when
its hot? Is it hard to start cold but still manages to get going?
-Curt
On Monday, March 15, 2021, 6:04:49 PM EDT, Dwight Giles via M
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make a few $$ back
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LOL, its near a big city where the snowbirds go...
We paid $95k for 72 acres, a house (well not much of one) and barn. Granted we
got a deal but he was probably only going to end up around $100k if he'd used a
realtor.
The closest big city to us is either Bangor or Fredrickton. 3 hours drive to
You won't be the first or the last. I'll sell you my vast estate, you
can raise cat poop peppers.
Pack your baggage in carpet bags, that will go over well with the natives
--FT
On 3/16/21 11:25 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
/Lotsa Yankees moving down here getting out of their northern
hellhol
My 2010 Dodge RAM 4x4 has a plastic air dam along the bottom of the bumper
that's only maybe 5" off the ground, I can't quite sneak under it. I usually
jack up the driver side and put a couple pieces of 2x10 under the tire which
gives enough space. Actually now that I think about it I might do
*Lotsa Yankees moving down here getting out of their northern hellholes.
Unfortunately they bring their same attitudes with them with the same
results. I don’t know where they’ll move on to after screwing this place up*.
We are planning on moving down to Charleston - with trucks full of northern
Yes telecommuting is making a lot of people realize they could live
somewhere cheaper. Then they all show up there together with all the money
they got from selling their old places, and bid against each other in the
new place. Even so, it ends up being lots cheaper for them. I view it as a
long ov
I just ordered 2 of these to put in the cars I drive most, plus with the
suction cups they are easy to move around. This is a pretty good deal.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0895D965Z
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Yeah BAT all the way on that if it presents well on the interior etc. The
buyers seem oblivious to mechanical stuff but if there are any repair
records they will at least list them in the description. You need a good
detail person, then contact one of those pro photographers who do BAT ads
and have
As some of yall may have seen there is an 87 300sdl in the Charlotte LKQ. I
went last weekend to attempt to pull the head but I didnt manage to get it
off, I think I missed a bolt or something. Either way, it has a 14 head and
has a fresh radiator so I suspect it maybe cracked but I could be mistak
It’s like that around here too. Lotsa Yankees moving down here getting out of
their northern hellholes. Unfortunately they bring their same attitudes with
them with the same results. I don’t know where they’ll move on to after
screwing this place up.
I need to get my place on the market.
Yan
Just looked at some real estate figures for the Tampa St. Pete area last night:
13.4% increase over the last year in closed sales
-58.6% change in inventory in the last year
15.4% increase in median sale price in the last year
It’s crazy. We’re seeing home prices in our neighborhood skyrocket.
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