Re: [MBZ] OT: X-15 Engineering

2021-04-21 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
after that I made them more refined > to hog even more resources, it got to where they would only run them > overnight and left nasty notes on my printouts. > > --FT > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark

Re: [MBZ] Local Gas and Diesel Tax Breakdown

2021-04-18 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
t; 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause an

Re: [MBZ] Pressure washer funs

2021-04-18 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
;> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http:

Re: [MBZ] 560 SEL

2021-04-14 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
t; > Karl > > > > ___ > 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 >

Re: [MBZ] More insurance

2021-04-14 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
easily like an asphalt shingle roof. Also have heard that they are noisy > when it rains. But I will need a new roof soon and was thinking about > metal. > > Allan > > OK Don via Mercedes writes: > > > We had our roofs replaced by State Farm not long after we moved here. &g

Re: [MBZ] More insurance

2021-04-14 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
e/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m do

Re: [MBZ] OT: Paper Airplane

2021-04-14 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
t; > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > -- > > --FT > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > &g

Re: [MBZ] MGB?

2021-04-13 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
an automatic... > > > https://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/d/unionville-1973-triumph-stag/7306195717.html > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am

Re: [MBZ] I bought this to keep the roads clear of downed trees, but it is is too much machine for me 1987 Mercedes-Benz unimog, $19, 000

2021-04-13 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
elivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Bucket loader?

2021-04-11 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
my 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 > > -- OK Don &qu

Re: [MBZ] Hearse?

2021-04-10 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
LOL !!! On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 4:32 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Collector people are literally dying to get into that car. > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Re: [MBZ] Hearse?

2021-04-10 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
So was my first MB - a '70 220D. On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 1:29 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > " BTW it is Standard shift on the column." > - > Max > Charleston SC > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on

Re: [MBZ] Hearse?

2021-04-10 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
> > > > > ___ > 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 > > --

Re: [MBZ] Latest arrival to Okie Acres, rare options, BAT flip

2021-04-09 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
r a lifetime collector car. > > > > > 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: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/l

Re: [MBZ] [Daveslist] MGB?

2021-04-09 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
_ > 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of th

[MBZ] R107 hits 50 yrs old

2021-04-08 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
https://www.motortrend.com/news/mercedes-benz-sl-class-r107-history-photos/ -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F1

Re: [MBZ] MGB?

2021-04-08 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
subscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know w

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: 1985 944 porsche N/A

2021-04-08 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
ve/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -- > --FT > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://

Re: [MBZ] AS IS NEED HOSE FOR RESERVOIR RUN STRONG NOT SO CLEAN INSIDE 2000 MERCEDES BENZ ML430 - $1, 300 (Charlotte)

2021-04-06 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
___ > 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yours

Re: [MBZ] Blood Tests

2021-04-01 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
p://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okieb

Re: [MBZ] OT the United Nation's has my parcel, can someone pick it up for me plz

2021-04-01 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
> > 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 > > > > > ___________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.o

Re: [MBZ] OT OK who wants to build a cool RV

2021-03-28 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
> 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect

Re: [MBZ] WHAT AM I LOOKING AT HERE??? 2013 Mercedes-Benz E-Class 4dr Sdn E 350 Luxury RWD *Ltd Avail* - $16, 999

2021-03-21 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
ptions go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013

Re: [MBZ] The car does have a salvage title but has been rebuilt -- Mercedes diesel 40 mpg 397 wtq - $4, 700 (Charlotte)

2021-03-20 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I

Re: [MBZ] Why would anybody want to live in CA?

2021-03-20 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
e or change delivery options go to: > >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ___ > >>>>>

Re: [MBZ] Why would anybody want to live in CA?

2021-03-19 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
; > > > > ___ > 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 > > --

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
be going uphill > most of the time.) > > RB > > > On 17/03/2021 3:31 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > At least in the front! > > > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 2:10 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >&g

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
At least in the front! On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 2:10 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It just needs bigger tires! > > RB > > On 15/03/2021 5:41 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > I must be too fat - I still have to jack it up. Might be t

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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 < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > OK Don via Mercedes writes: > > > Does it ever rain in Arizona? > > I was just reading up on the Flags

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
k 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, 2021 at 6:53 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
__ > > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >>>> > > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >>>> > > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >>>> http:/

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
are bloated with the infotainment > and all the stupid steps and gizmos and ge-gaws... > -Curt > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.”

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
il so I've got the jack > out anyway. > > -Curt > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
u don't need to jack it up in order to get under it! > > RB > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
iebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is w

Re: [MBZ] Rounded drain plug!

2021-03-12 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
tions go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > h

Re: [MBZ] Who

2021-03-09 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
gt; 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 > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To

Re: [MBZ] Nothing *issues me off worse...

2021-03-07 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basi

Re: [MBZ] On the Subject of Early MB Slushbox Shifters...

2021-03-07 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
"Speed shifting" is how they explained it. On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 6:38 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On 2021-03-07 18:15, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > Back when I was working in a foreign car shop in college, we frequently > > repl

Re: [MBZ] OT Bathroom Vent Fans - Vent half-bath to attached garage?

2021-03-07 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
- > Max > Charleston SC > ___ > 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_okiebe

Re: [MBZ] On the Subject of Early MB Slushbox Shifters...

2021-03-07 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
at had the dogleg 1st gear? He kept putting it in Reverse to > start off from a stop (though I'm sure that was contrived for the show > for comedic effect). > > Allan > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark

Re: [MBZ] This Has It All

2021-03-05 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
t; > ___ > 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 > > -- OK Don

[MBZ] OT: Car Sales Tanked in 2020, but Dealerships Had Their Most Profitable Year Ever

2021-03-04 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Interesting phenomenon: https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/car-sales-tanked-in-2020-but-dealerships-had-their-most-profitable-year-ever/ar-BB1eeBWx?li=BBnb4R5 Look for the depreciation specials in a few years? -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is

Re: [MBZ] OT: Squirrels in the bird feeder

2021-03-01 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
feeder yet, but I know where all the parts are ... -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 3

Re: [MBZ] OT: Squirrels in the bird feeder

2021-03-01 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
gt; I was going to suggest much the same, only maybe just a .177 pump rifle to > minimize the potential impact on the neighbors and to avoid getting afoul > of the local ordinances regarding the use of firearms within city/county > limits. > > -D > > > On Mar 1, 2021, at 4:31 PM,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Squirrels in the bird feeder

2021-03-01 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
is to open the back door and yell at them, which > works for up to 60 seconds. > > Andrew > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > h

Re: [MBZ] Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die

2021-03-01 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
breakthrough, hydroelectric, geothermal, and nuclear are the only "clean" > reliable options. Hydroelectric and geothermal are only work in regions > with special geographies. Looks like nuclear to me. Let's see if the > greenies are serious. > -- OK Don "Whenever you fi

Re: [MBZ] I guess early 123 diesels did have pull start knobs

2021-02-28 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
never saw one on a 123. My 78 240D did have choke knob but key start. > > > > > > > > Dwight Giles Jr. > > Wickford RI > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubsc

Re: [MBZ] I’m getting tired of every time I leave my house...

2021-02-28 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
g in at 2.80, regular unleaded is $3 > a gallon, and the Fry’s Stations near me are out of diesel and out of > medium grade and premium unleaded. > I filled up all of my vehicles. Shit is getting real. > > AZBob > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majori

Re: [MBZ] Question For Max or Floyd

2021-02-27 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
d to move your plate to a vehicle you just bought, I > think you have 7 days to get to the DMV and move the plate before "big > trouble" ensues. Every pickup truck we've bought we just moved the plate > from the trade in to the new one, worked it out with the DMV in a day or >

Re: [MBZ] where to get seatbelts re-webbed

2021-02-27 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
nz.com > > > > > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.c

Re: [MBZ] W210 - Unlocking steering column without key/fob in ignition

2021-02-26 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
, and then unlock it."* > > These are non-starters IMO - has anyone BTDT and solved this problem > successfully? > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > ht

Re: [MBZ] Sprinter breaks itself

2021-02-26 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
> > Xx rick > 72 on tybee island today > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okie

Re: [MBZ] 15 vs 8 hole wheels on w124

2021-02-26 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Phone > > ___ > 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 > > -- OK Don &q

[MBZ] OT: Attn Curt

2021-02-25 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Do you have one of these? If not, you need this one! https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1979-chrysler-sno-runner-4/ -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know

[MBZ] OT - battery capacity testing

2021-02-24 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
like to recommend the idiot answering their tech. support line for a position testing land mines in a war zone." -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t

Re: [MBZ] Rona

2021-02-24 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
; > 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 > > > -- > --FT > > ___________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > >

Re: [MBZ] 1999 Mercedes Benz ML320,$1,000

2021-02-23 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
> 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Mattresses

2021-02-21 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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 > >>> > >> > >>

Re: [MBZ] 606 on the roof?

2021-02-19 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
kiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > 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 > &g

Re: [MBZ] battery charging question

2021-02-18 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
t; > https://www.instructables.com/Battery-Float-Charger/ > > ... but likely yet another project I wouldn't get around to. > > Allan > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is

Re: [MBZ] battery charging question

2021-02-18 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8=1 On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 5:02 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > OK Don via Mercedes writes: > > > Since it can be as much as four weeks between times we drive our > > vehicles now, I keep them both (all three if you count the

Re: [MBZ] battery charging question

2021-02-18 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
ed to test it next month when I do the annual oil change. -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Su

Re: [MBZ] pure ignorance

2021-02-18 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
sed too much, it might be durable. But those are big "ifs" on a > mechanical diesel. For sure it will not have much more power if they do not > add fuel. On the plus side, he has included an intercooler (but no > piping?), which should help keep IAT and EGT down. Poor little wrist pins.

Re: [MBZ] Is this a scam?

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Since the manufacturer wants $1490 for one, yes, that must be a scam. https://www.autoliftproduction.com/en-us/autolift3000 On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:04 PM OK Don wrote: > Buy one and let us know :-) > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 4:58 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > merced

Re: [MBZ] Is this a scam?

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
hange delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher

Re: [MBZ] wood stoves

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
That's a risk you have to be willing to take - don't have a fire caused by a burning wood fire. On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 4:52 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > But, if you have a fire, they will deny coverage . . . > -- OK Don "Whenever

Re: [MBZ] OT: Here Is Why Texas Is Dark

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
a factor in delivering fuel or operating fossil or nuke > plants is kinda strange. > > --FT > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doi

Re: [MBZ] Generator

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
ose to -50F that night which is why we had an issue. I > don't think I had ever seen it that cold before and I have not seen it > that cold since. > > I don't think you would have any problem at -14F. > > Randy > > On 16/02/2021 6:17 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >

Re: [MBZ] Generator

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
ulbs near > my well pump, which is in a below-ground concrete shelter and one in my > barn where the water pipe enters from outside (all on plug-in > thermostats). Back in the day of carbureted cars it was common to run a > drop light under the hood and a blanket on top while parked. >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Here Is Why Texas Is Dark

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
There has been an undercurrent of Texit since the civil war. On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 4:20 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The decisions that limit current Texas power sharing were made long before > anyone heard of TEXIT. > > -- > OK Don &

Re: [MBZ] OT: Here Is Why Texas Is Dark

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
ry options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

Re: [MBZ] OT LG Mini-split head unit inop

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
infinite or zero. > > Maybe there is something else wrong in the unit. hmmm. > > -- > --FT > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery opt

Re: [MBZ] wood stoves

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
er > > insurance charges. > > In my experience insurance is a bit higher if the home has a fireplace > or indoor wood stove but it's not really significant. I've never had an > insurance company ask to inspect anything. > > Allan > I suppose it depends on whether you tell the

Re: [MBZ] More heat pump

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
rch list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >> > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >> > > > > > > _

Re: [MBZ] More heat pump

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
> > 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: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_oki

Re: [MBZ] Generator

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
ld since. > > I don't think you would have any problem at -14F. > > R -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013

Re: [MBZ] OT: Here Is Why Texas Is Dark

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
e: > I noticed that for Thursday the high temp in Dallas is supposed to be 29F > and the national weather service labels it as "Cold".The high for today > here in Winchendon is 24F and the national weather service labels it > "Sunny"... > -Curt > -- OK Don &

Re: [MBZ] Firewood

2021-02-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
hich pretty much dictated 3-tab roofing which > is equally > 'flexible' and allows for adjustment. > > -- Jim > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know wha

Re: [MBZ] Backup Generators etc

2021-02-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery optio

Re: [MBZ] Generator

2021-02-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Feb 16, 2021, at 5:31 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > > > i've been trying to choose between Diesel and propane for a whole house > > generator, and decided in favor of propane due to this -14°F night. I > have > > doubts that a Diesel genset would have started

Re: [MBZ] Generator

2021-02-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
> heater attached to the block. > > Randy > > On 16/02/2021 5:30 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > i've been trying to choose between Diesel and propane for a whole house > > generator, and decided in favor of propane due to this -14°F night. I > have > > doubts

Re: [MBZ] Generator

2021-02-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Firewood

2021-02-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Heat pump question

2021-02-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Got the hot/cold blasts confused. This one is hot - https://lanternnet.com/product/dietz-10-monarch-hot-blast-lantern/ On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 5:17 PM OK Don wrote: > Like this one? Might keep an 8X8X8 well house above freezing with -10°F > temps? Your like went to a 30W incandescen

Re: [MBZ] Heat pump question

2021-02-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
; 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to paus

Re: [MBZ] OT: Here Is Why Texas Is Dark

2021-02-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Heat pump question

2021-02-16 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Blizzard

2021-02-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
ar vortex due to sunspots > or the lack thereof. Ocean currents, el niño, la niña and such play a role > too. > > > Rick > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m

Re: [MBZ] Heat pump question

2021-02-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
; back up. It is now about an hour later and I notice the outside unit > >>>>> is not running again. I am not sure how long it has not been running > >>>>> but I know its probably be at least 10-15 minutes. Is there some > sort > >>>>> o

Re: [MBZ] OT Texas wind turbines

2021-02-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
things are absolute morons, > controlled by and for lobbiests, and not the good of the citizenry. > > Once in a while the politicians make a mistake in our favor, but not very > often. When they do it gets "corrected" right quick. > > Too cynical? > > Rick -- OK

Re: [MBZ] Blizzard

2021-02-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
ying a tank of Craigslist or > Fakebook is it’s hard to tell if it’s certified or whatever and if a > propane company will fill it. > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I

Re: [MBZ] Blizzard

2021-02-14 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
nd the burner flame/heat output diminishes. This is at far > above -20F, maybe more like +30F or so. > > Allan > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or cha

Re: [MBZ] Blizzard

2021-02-14 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] OT - Carvana & Others

2021-02-14 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
one of the > highest volume dealers in the southeast, has almost nothing new or used. > > Guess I’ll stay on the sidelines for now. Not a big deal, the S320 wagon > and SL500 are chugging away doing yeoman’s work without complaint or > issues. And I have no car payments, too. > > -D &

Re: [MBZ] Happy Birthday!

2021-02-13 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Some of the things you might see on 123 fakebook

2021-02-13 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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[MBZ] OT - it's COLD out there

2021-02-13 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
, used the shop vac to get up the rest. Then it's just a metter fo putting everything back in and plugging the freezer back in, and Bob's your uncle! Nothing thawed even a little bit. -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

Re: [MBZ] Happy Birthday!

2021-02-13 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] OT heat pump aux heat

2021-02-12 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
we stayed there I would have taken him up on it. There was a big > annual property tax credit from the state for having geothermal,too. > > -D > > > On Feb 12, 2021, at 1:17 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > > > Our geothermal heat pump has been doing fine so far -

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