Re: [MBZ] Ooops!

Yes for some reason they keep mistaking the DEF for prist resulting in double engine failures on small jets. Not sure if it kills the turbine or what. On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 4:25 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Prist is an anti gel material added to Jet A.. > > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:24 AM

Re: [MBZ] W124 E420 Seat Cover

Check Jeff Wong also On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 8:22 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > If not, look here: > > http://penoff.com/1995_E420_photos.html#13 < > http://penoff.com/1995_E420_photos.html#13> > > It’s the center perforated leather that’s torn up. > > -D > > > > > On Jul 25, 2020, at 11:18

Re: [MBZ] W124 E420 Seat Cover

And what about Hendy? On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 3:01 PM Karl Wittnebel wrote: > Check Jeff Wong also > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 8:22 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> If not, look here: >> >> http://penoff.com/1995_E42

Re: [MBZ] W124 E420 Seat Cover

Check ebay they sell lots of old OE seat covers from Germany etc. Sorry is it parchment? On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 12:57 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Beats me. Since the material is perforated, if you put a lot of stress on > it in one area for a while I suspect it wil

Re: [MBZ] Mask wearing

Kaleb that is totally untrue. The masks work through electrostatic charges. They are not a sieve. On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 6:37 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It all comes down to this. What size is the virus? What micron rating is > the mast? > > Sent from my iPhon

Re: [MBZ] Mask wearing

Did anybody watch the video I sent a link to this AM? I get it if people dont have time but it addresses many of these questions. On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 1:29 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The problem is we do not know if they help to contain the virus. They say >

Re: [MBZ] OT Study: Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks

a pain to do all that, sure... but > then, it was a pain to suit up and arm up in the military... I did it > anyway... glad I did.. > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 7:22 AM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > A little perspective from some exp

Re: [MBZ] OT Study: Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks

A little perspective from some experts on mechanisms of spread: https://youtu.be/Cio3rh6ta3w On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 12:53 PM Karl Wittnebel wrote: > Yes as previously mentioned, the evidence is not super high quality. But > neither is the evidence suggesting they do not work. Unfortunat

Re: [MBZ] Other illogical things with masks

a Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > So I guess they can’t eat or drink except in certain areas? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 20, 2020, at 7:06 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Eating in groups

Re: [MBZ] Covid 19 Mystery

He counts for zero unless he tests positive, in which case, 1. On Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 8:05 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Is 'recovered' the same as 'tested negative'? > > If we keep testing until you test negative, and you test positive 3x, are > you one case or t

Re: [MBZ] Other illogical things with masks

Eating in groups is one of the highest risk things you can do right now. Usually close to others for at least 30 min, nobody wearing masks, and everybody typically talks. Disneyland just started telling people they are not allowed to remove masks to drink or eat except in certain areas, as everyone

Re: [MBZ] Covid 19 Mystery

Kaleb we test everyone who comes into the hospital, so they dont give covid to hospital staff or other patients. The trauma patients often go to the OR and get intubated for instance, which generates a lot of aerosols that are infectious. Its a big risk to hospital employees. Sometimes people have

Re: [MBZ] OT Study: Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks

has severely damaged the public's faith in > government. Personally, if I become ill with this disease, I'll ask my > doctor about HCQ and Budesonide as treatment options. Until then, life is > worth living so let's get on with it. > - > Max > Charlest

Re: [MBZ] OT Study: Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks

I'm pretty sure the people who bled and died for the country would be insulted by having the magnitude of their sacrifice equated to the suffering imposed by wearing a facemask. On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 11:18 PM fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > > Karl wrote: > > > I think the imposition to liberty here

Re: [MBZ] OT Study: Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks

I think the imposition to liberty here is very minimal. It's not like they are bringing back the Stamp Act, or requiring vaccination. It's like wearing a seatbelt or something. I will be happy not to wear the masks but we have some work to do as a society to get there. I can see how people with li

Re: [MBZ] Don’t go to New Mexico

Coronavirus wpidemics are not free either. You pay a cost either way. Ideally people are smart enough to choose the lower cost item On Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 12:04 PM fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > > Karl wrote: > > > Not to beat a dead horse, but this is why testing and tracing is > > so important. >

Re: [MBZ] Don’t go to New Mexico

Anything over 60% alcohol inactivates it pretty well. Rick there has never been a polio outbreak like the ones we are seeing with this virus, where 60 of 80 choir members get infected at a single practice, or a hundred korean aerobics people get it at dance class. It is definitely airborne. Polio

Re: [MBZ] Don’t go to New Mexico

Not to beat a dead horse, but this is why testing and tracing is so important. If you don't know which citizens are "guilty", and who they have been associating with, it is hard to protect the "innocent" (uninfected) from disruptive containment policies. The only sensible path forward is a cont

Re: [MBZ] Plane broke down

Drive through AZ, Utah and NV two days ago. It was still 110F at 6pm when we pitched camp, and 91 at 5am. Now I know why they call it the Valley of Fire. On Mon, Jul 13, 2020, 2:55 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Outside air temps in Phoenix, Arizona today are 117 F. At the same time, > Arizona

Re: [MBZ] The lack of evidence lockdowns actually worked is a world scandal

Yeah. Younger people die less from this. On Wed, Jul 8, 2020, 7:16 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > You don’t hear about this on the news. Actually last night I did. Fauci > was saying don’t be fooled by the drop in the death count. It means > nothing. > > Sent fro

Re: [MBZ] The lack of evidence lockdowns actually worked is a world scandal

My friend Magnus is a doctor there. They have taken more measures than they are given credit for. Very little to suggest they had less economic impact, and they definitely had more death than their neighbors. Not like we are in any position to criticise. On Tue, Jul 7, 2020, 12:09 PM Kaleb Stripli

Re: [MBZ] The lack of evidence lockdowns actually worked is a world scandal

When public health measures work, nothing happens. Thets the nature of prevention. No one has done a study to give you the evidence you seek, for a variety of practical reasons such as being in the middle of a pandemic. But there is an awful lot of emipric evidence pointing in the direction that ma

Re: [MBZ] The lack of evidence lockdowns actually worked is a world scandal

I'm not wearing it to protect me. I'm wearing it to protect you. On Tue, Jul 7, 2020, 11:45 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Then by all means wear a mask. That is the beauty of this country. If it > makes you feel better, wear it. Those that do not want to wear a

Re: [MBZ] The lack of evidence lockdowns actually worked is a world scandal

Kaleb, I agree that this epidemic has been disruptive to the economy. But the economic pain will be far greater if the epidemic continues to affect the US disproportionately to other countries. The article is good. But it makes no mention of CO2 or O2. This is because all that gas exchange concern

Re: [MBZ] So basically it is airborne and anything less than a N95 is a waste of time?

Every country that has managed to reduce covid to bearable levels has a mandatory masking policy in place, including many whose outbreaks were small in large part because they put the policy in place as soon as their first cases occurred. Cloth is not as good as spun polyethylene or propylene or wh

Re: [MBZ] So basically it is airborne and anything less than a N95 is a waste of time?

The question is not so much whether it spreads as an aerosol. We had 120 people from a single bar in Mankato test positive shortly after they reopened. We had about a hundred people infected in South Korean dance classes. 60 of 80 people from a single choir rehearsal in Washington state. It definit

Re: [MBZ] OT - Mini Split and More

Yes insulate the garage door with foam sheet to reduce the heat load. And be sure to seal the air inlet/outlet tightly at the wall or garage door, and seal any gaps tight at the door edge. On Sun, Jul 5, 2020, 9:47 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > On Sun, July 5, 2020 10:19 am, Kaleb Stripli

Re: [MBZ] W116 jack point patch panels

Often if the jack points are thin it is worth doing the whole rocker. But honestly a small patch would be simple to fab. Tricky part is making it disappear; eastwood sells a little bender to make a valley for the weld metal On Sat, Jul 4, 2020, 11:48 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okieben

Re: [MBZ] w123 2.88 diff anyone?

wrote: > > > > You need an MB Technical Data book for the 123. My oldest one covers the > > 107, 124, 126 and 201, from 1985 to 1988, sorry. > > > >> On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 9:46 AM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >

Re: [MBZ] W116 jack point patch panels

Someone posted a good site for the 12e panels within the last week or two. Do a search of the archive and it will come up. It was under w123. On Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 8:01 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Noticing some rust bubbles around the front jack points on my 300S

Re: [MBZ] w123 2.88 diff anyone?

Yes it is from an 85 300td. I think it has a taller diff than other 123 cRs because the 1st gear for 85 is lower. Thanks for checking. Kinda surprised it went but the stethoscooe doesnt lie. On Fri, Jul 3, 2020, 4:25 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > Karl asks: > > >Looks like the diff is gon

[MBZ] w123 2.88 diff anyone?

Hi, Looks like the diff is gone. Anybody have a 2.88 they would part with On Mon, Jun 29, 2020, 4:13 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > So I had a conversation with the so tonight and he’s on board with a > Buick, as he wants something large and a sedan. That effectively eliminates > the Nissa

Re: [MBZ] cv boots

Yes I sent the cores in and they sent rehabbed shafts. I suspect one had been on the shelf a lot longer than the other as the boot on the other shaft is holding up fine. On Sun, Jun 28, 2020, 1:46 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I'm guessing Karl got his here: > http

[MBZ] cv boots

My cvjreman half shaft outer boot is cracked pretty much all the way through in maybe 6 months of around town driving. Who makes good boots? Going to have to reboot myself or send it back and complain. On Sun, Jun 28, 2020, 10:54 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > So

Re: [MBZ] Sheet metal for my W123

Jc whitney has w123 rockers I think. There used to be a website called fixmyrust.com that had all sorts of random patch panels but they stopped selling so either they were purchased or they retired. They had all the little random panels and fender arches etc, so someone must still be making them.

Re: [MBZ] Hmmmm

You should offer to accept the car plus a 50,000 dollar donation from the seller. On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 4:35 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > What's a fair offer, given these issues? > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 6:48 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@ok

Re: [MBZ] W123 wagon rear wheel bearing replacement?

Mercedes wrote: > No, but I suspect that is a bear of a job without the factory tools. > > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > > Jun 21, 2020 7:44:27 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes >: > > > Anybody ever replace a rear wheel bearing on a w123? I seem to have a > > bea

Re: [MBZ] CRACK ALERT: Yes that’s a hood stack

One too many zeros On Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 7:50 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > I can now die a fulfilled person. I have seen a W126 diesel with a hood > stack. > > < facepalm > > > -D > > > On Jun 22, 2020, at 10:47 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > This

Re: [MBZ] Unsafe at any price??

My dad had a corvair at some point. Handled especially well on gravel corners apparently. He said there was a huge plug uner the dash that would come unplugged periodically and that it was exciting at night because the headlight power ran through it. I guess people made experimental airplane motor

[MBZ] W123 wagon rear wheel bearing replacement?

Anybody ever replace a rear wheel bearing on a w123? I seem to have a bearing type noise back there somewhere. Maybe left wheel. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to

Re: [MBZ] Shop lights

Thank you. On Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 6:36 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Costco have the 4ft LED shop lights on sale for $18, $10 off > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http

Re: [MBZ] OT Wuhan Red Death mortality rate study

Coronavirus is far from over. But you are right - there will always be another epidemic. This is a good reason to invest in public health capacity - it comes in handy for subsequent outbreaks. A lot of this response has been driven by the novel nature of the disease. The outbreak is still evolving

Re: [MBZ] OT Wuhan Red Death mortality rate study

dant. My recollection of the CDC doctors' role is quite different > from > your description. > > Thanks. > > Scott > > -Original Message- > From: Karl Wittnebel > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 2:04 PM > > At their root level, public health crises

Re: [MBZ] OT Wuhan Red Death mortality rate study

s > dramatically slowed. > > -Curt > > On Monday, June 15, 2020, 2:46:19 PM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > At their root level, public health crises driven by highly infectious > diseases are a national problem. The response

Re: [MBZ] OT Wuhan Red Death mortality rate study

t; before we knew it was here)? > > > Why were/are we (the US) so slow with tests, treatments, etc. > > > How does this all end? Do we all get it eventually? Does it die > out? > > > What are we proles to make of the flip-flop guidance from the experts > >

Re: [MBZ] Holy crack

It's Dave Hendy. He knows what stuff will bring. On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 10:07 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Make an offer if you want it. Seller has 100 percent feedback rating. > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 11:05 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@ok

Re: [MBZ] OT Wuhan Red Death mortality rate study

It isnt really a balance. The shut down was just to buy time, and it worked, but at tremendous cost. The basics of mask wearing, testing and contact tracing to isolate and quarantine positives and their contacts involve relatively minimal cost, and no threat to civil liberties. And this works. Icel

Re: [MBZ] OT Wuhan Red Death mortality rate study

It could. Hospitals can do a lot of things to convert non ICUs to vent floors and redeploy staff. At some point it gets ugly. We are all waiting for the other shoe to drop after a few weeks of loosening lockdown without any coherent tracing system in place. On Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 1:16 PM Andrew Str

Re: [MBZ] OT Wuhan Red Death mortality rate study

Yes the hospitalization rate is lower than what everybody first thought. That is why you didnt see filled mercy ships or whateber they are called. On Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 2:07 PM Clay via Mercedes wrote: > That would be worth trying. AK is all in an uproar about this silly bug. > Daily threat ass

Re: [MBZ] OT: Rules for Flying

This is an excerpt from *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*. How To Fly© by Douglas Adams There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Pick a nice day, [*The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*] suggests, and try

Re: [MBZ] How to get used to progressives

Give it a week. On Mon, Jun 8, 2020, 2:51 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Picked up my new glasses today. I’m not sure if I will be able to get used > to then or not. I picked them up then went on a 3 hour drive to where I > will be working for the week. When in t

Re: [MBZ] OT - Good Story on Waypoints

Yeah that was my fave also. Where is Sylvester when you need him. On Fri, May 29, 2020, 5:56 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > I liked the one on the article about the “I tawt I taw a puddy tat”. That > was pretty funny. I’ve always wondered how they got named. Some are pretty > obvious, as th

Re: [MBZ] OT - Good Story on Waypoints

Cool. Thanks. On Fri, May 29, 2020, 10:03 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > For all of the pilots out there: > > > https://www.npr.org/2020/05/26/862654137/unusual-names-of-waypoints-used-for-airplanes-navigation > < > https://www.npr.org/2020/05/26/862654137/unusual-n

Re: [MBZ] Why are people on fakebook so stupid?

My 123 just did that, but turns out it was the master cylinder locking up both rears, as someone on here correctly surmised. On Mon, May 25, 2020, 4:06 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Guy has a 210 that he says brakes don’t work and rears were smoking. I > explain

Re: [MBZ] OT Wuhan Red Death: Can't trust the numbers

Suffice it to say this is all very complex and a ton of admin expense results from the complexity. Basically hospitals make all their money on outpatient surgery. My hospital loses money on most medicare admissions, so an extra 20% on pneumonia admissions isn't going to go very far when all outpat

Re: [MBZ] OT Wuhan Red Death: Can't trust the numbers

The Abbott machines are point of care and single test bandwidth. Minimal impact on overall case numbers. Most tests go to labs where larger machines run them in batches. That is how we can do 300k/d or whatever we are doing. On Tue, May 26, 2020, 7:44 PM Clay via Mercedes wrote: > Abbott Labs t

Re: [MBZ] Very nice low miles E300

A lot of car for the money, transportation wise. On Fri, May 22, 2020, 1:42 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/698093957625469 > > 1999 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 300TD Sedan 4D > $4,500 > Vehicles

Re: [MBZ] Nice E320 CDI

gt; On Mon, May 25, 2020 12:21 pm, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > > They are getting pretty good at hacking the ecus for the 613 and 648 > > though. That is what all the Europeans are doing. Hard to make really big > > power with it as the head does not flow as much air as the

Re: [MBZ] OT Wuhan Red Death: Can't trust the numbers

or reducing > nursing home and prison numbers and for increasing the general population > numbers. > > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > Sent: Monday, May 25, 2020 12:40 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Karl Wittne

Re: [MBZ] OT: Now it's the washing machine

How many scoops per load? And how much goes in the radiator? On Mon, May 25, 2020, 9:52 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > I buy generic “Kool-Aid” lemonade and use it to run cleaning cycles on the > dishwasher and washing machine. > > -D > > > On May 25, 2020, at 12:49 P

Re: [MBZ] OT: Now it's the washing machine

Running those Affresh packets through the machine periodically and leaving the door ajar when not in use seem to fix the smell issue for us. On Mon, May 25, 2020, 6:07 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > We struggled with this on a GE front loader bought in the early 2000s. > Unfortunately, it w

Re: [MBZ] OT Wuhan Red Death: Can't trust the numbers

What should it be recorded as? The person died in the hospital. There will always be data irregularities but the idea the hospitals are somehow systematically having doctors enter fraudulent codes on death certificates is pure BS. 1) it's a felony, with no benefit to a doctor to do that, 2) we tes

Re: [MBZ] Nice E320 CDI

Yeah you put the mechanical 603 pump onto the 606. I have that motor in my 87 wagon. Works great. If you get greedy with element sizes then they get a bit smoky off idle. The EDC pump on the turbo 606 is pretty basic but it is electronic to some degree. If you put a bigger turbo and intercooler o

Re: [MBZ] OT Study says: face masks are bad for you, don't protect you.

Our supplies are still restricted but we can at least get a mask that we reuse. In the beginning even surgical masks were really scarce. On Thu, May 21, 2020, 6:54 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I read today that there are still shortages of PPE for health car

Re: [MBZ] OT Pre-existing immunity to WRD?

ing to clues ... > > > https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/early-coronavirus-immunity-data-fuel-promise-for-a-vaccine/ > > > > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 7:07 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Yes there has to be some e

Re: [MBZ] OT: cure worse than disease

That temporal arteritis stuff would all happen currently if anyone thought to check the labs for it. Pretty urgent. The other side is a lot of people are not seeking care because they dont want to go places like ERs or doctors offices due to fear of contracking coronavirus. Heart attack diagnoses

Re: [MBZ] OT Pre-existing immunity to WRD?

Yes there has to be some explanation for why some people in each age group are severely affected, but most people in each age group seem to have mild illness. Genetics have also been implicated as a possible explanation. On Sun, May 24, 2020, 12:42 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.co

Re: [MBZ] OT Study says: face masks are bad for you, don't protect you.

Brosseau is very knowledgable in terms of the science behind masks. She is much less of an expert in the science of how viruses are transmitted, and she and many others have been caught with their pants down by covid 19. In March, CIDRAP published this piece by her, which was essentially saying tha

Re: [MBZ] OT Study says: face masks are bad for you, don't protect you.

made is lam coverings. THe > oxygen deprivation and/or CO2 accumulation is unknown for these, and is > probably in line with the results of the study you want to trash outright. > > > Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > May 20, 2020 at 4:33 PM >

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

Teslas are likely to do very well in terms of safety due to the mass of the vehicle but I am curious to know if they actually get in fewer accidents with all their autopilot doodads as well. On Wed, May 20, 2020, 7:25 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > > They didn't show statistics for an S cl

Re: [MBZ] OT Study says: face masks are bad for you, don't protect you.

e outside hospitals wear or have access to surgical > masks. Most people are wearing home made is lam coverings. THe > oxygen deprivation and/or CO2 accumulation is unknown for these, and is > probably in line with the results of the study you want to trash outright. > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT Study says: face masks are bad for you, don't protect you.

Masks could be helpful. The evidence is not great as Max alludes, but they definitely do not increase transmission and look increasingly like they provide benefit in preventing transmission. There are no harmful effects; whoever wrote the O2 thing is full of BS. This was a recent summary, with ref

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

Count me among the nostalgic model car guys. I used to dream about that stuff growing up overseas and pored over the few RC magazines available to me. Never had the funds to buy one though. Recently a guy at a local model shop built up an old aluminum plate chassis 2wd off road car with a 0.15 OSM

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

700 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > wrote: > > > I keep waiting for someone to publish some Tesla data. If that autopilot > > stuff is any good, they should be better than a lot of other cars. > > Well, the last two deaths I heard of were because the driver had the > aut

Re: [MBZ] Sticking my neck out - an Antipodean perspective

Euan just set a filter on your Inbox to quarantine all the messages. That will allow you to retrieve the 2% rather than delete the 98%. What, you mean everybody in the world doesnt hang on the collective oracle that is the MBZ diesel list for advice about how to run their countries? They are missi

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

I keep waiting for someone to publish some Tesla data. If that autopilot stuff is any good, they should be better than a lot of other cars. On Fri, May 15, 2020, 8:58 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yet Ford has way lower accident rates. It's a proven fact.* >

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

Clay you make a good point: we should have been using those centers to isolate exposed contacts of known cases. For example, this is what happens when they detect a case in South Korea: they hunt everyone down and isolate them for a bit, and the epidemic dies. Fitness instructors infected 83 peopl

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

The shutdown definitely helped slow the virus down where it was implemented. Iowa vs Illinois border counties are quite similar and infection rates diverged nicely after Illinois shut down and Iowa did not. But it is too draconian to sustain. Testing and tracing does not cost nearly as much as sh

Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

there and relocated) is having free testing this week for > the 1%ers so they will see if they got da bug. > > > > On 5/18/20 1:49 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > >> Looking at excess deaths for this time of year compared to other years > is > >

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

orse, flu. Get used to the idea now. This who are waiting for a > vaccine ignore the fact that the record for a vaccine release is 4 years. > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 7:52 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes< > mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

elieve the numbers coming out of China? I find > them > > so low as to be a joke... > > I'm with Rick, we're all going to get this eventually, it's essentially a > > new, much worse, flu. Get used to the idea now. This who are waiting for > a > > vaccine i

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

gt; vaccine ignore the fact that the record for a vaccine release is 4 years. > > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGro

Re: [MBZ] Covid. was: THe Bug

Very few transmission events from infected people after two weeks following symptom onset. Very ill people may be able to shed live virus longer. On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 7:45 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This is a very good writeup IMO. > > Do you or anyone else k

Re: [MBZ] Covid. was: THe Bug

The repeat tests being positive do not mean the sailors were necessarily reinfected, or infectious. It is a PCR. Cases like this have been described in China also, but no documented transmission has occurred from these individuals to others and they may simply still be shedding viral RNA without be

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Bug was Re: Sticking my neck out

Rick I won't tell either of them that you said they were fat or unhealthy :-) Picture very fit, active, healthy moms in their 40s and you will have the idea. My point is exactly that: many people (including me) want to minimize this thing by thinking that all the people getting sick are somehow no

Re: [MBZ] Guy on 129 FB group

Yeah if you dont have to pay health insurance, retirement or kids college expenses, you can afford to pay a lot of taxes. It's only when you pay all 3 that paying 51% income tax over the top starts to seem a bit excessive. On Fri, May 15, 2020, 10:56 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebe

Re: [MBZ] 396-hp twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6

Only thing faster is the depreciation. I followed one of these home the other day and yeah they are quick. But so is a c300. On Fri, May 15, 2020, 11:35 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I guess this would be plenty fast > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/

Re: [MBZ] Sticking my neck out

Yeah when I see the drug jokes I think to myself "these dudes really don't deal with drug addicts very much". But I find some of the ad typos highly entertaining. OT speaking of list decline I will contribute a bit in the interests of the health of group members. There was some talk about how covi

Re: [MBZ] Speaking of flying...

Cathay Pacific. But Singapore Airlines was probably consistently the best airline we ever flew. Havent flown either since the early 80s, so I can say they were "past" airlines. On Wed, May 13, 2020, 3:28 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Speaking of Toronto, the coup

Re: [MBZ] Built for the Audubon

Some of these ads are really entertaining I must admit. On Mon, May 11, 2020, 10:34 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/254615968926749 > > 2000 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 320 Sedan 4D > $2,100 > Vehicles

Re: [MBZ] I found Jaime’s next project

We took a drive up the coast last Spring. Someone in my kid's class had donated the full day private tour of Hearst Castle to the school fundraising auction and we won it, so we spent all morning and afternoon with a really nice tour guide who grew up in Cairo with her missionary parents and scoote

Re: [MBZ] idiot neighbors

Far better to get that stuff taken before you close on a new property than afterward. On Sat, May 9, 2020, 4:10 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > That or it allows them to use an existing survey of one is on the books. > > They did this with my former house. I didn’t bother mentioning that sin

Re: [MBZ] idiot neighbors

Have it staked by the surveyor. If on your side, you can do what you like with it, demo or whatever. Might want to start by building a fence a few inches on your side of the actual line to clearly delineate what is what. If your fence is to code and has whatever permits are required, then there is

Re: [MBZ] Nice looking 124

Yes I think the v8 124 cars can be a good deal. I have seen many of them go for a lot less than I paid in great shape with 100k or so. The wiring harness etc seems to scare people off, but they are high quality and mostly fixable. On Sun, May 3, 2020, 5:53 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes

Re: [MBZ] FB photog and sales guy of the year

worth something but that interior would be costly to rehab. On Fri, May 1, 2020, 8:54 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Floyd has a red wagon rusty, could use his drive-train as donor. > - > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Fri, M

Re: [MBZ] FB photog and sales guy of the year

Oh nvr mind. No engine. Could make a decent parts car. On Fri, May 1, 2020, 7:26 AM Karl Wittnebel wrote: > Single photo, but the price could be ok > > > https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1097590603929262/?ref=browse_tab&tracking=%7B%22qid%22%3A%226821881481181300649%22%2

Re: [MBZ] FB photog and sales guy of the year

Single photo, but the price could be ok https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1097590603929262/?ref=browse_tab&tracking=%7B%22qid%22%3A%226821881481181300649%22%2C%22mf_story_key%22%3A%222872777992841443%22%2C%22commerce_rank_obj%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22target_id%5C%22%3A2872777992841443%2C%5C%22target

Re: [MBZ] 1995 E420

Yeah that 420 was a great buy Dan. 2.5 is a great rate. We just did 3.1 on a 30 yr fixed. It is a jumbo so I think that bumps it up a bit also. There are some arguments for staying liquid but they all involve making more than you are paying in interest on the mortgage. We wanted out of pocket to

Re: [MBZ] Racism

One should respect a person's potential wish to keep some personal information private, and choose what to divulge. People can be sensitive for all sorts of reasons- you never know what kind of race-based crap they might have had to deal with in their life. So it is understandable that many people

Re: [MBZ] Racism

My standard question is "Where did you grow up?" Most people don't mind talking about their childhood and what it was like growing up wherever they did. On Wed, Apr 29, 2020, 12:47 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This. > > Maybe racism was a poor choice of descriptors

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