Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread Dieselhead
I'd go a little further. If the budget isn't balanced, incumbents are prohibited from running, lose any benefits, and forfeit their pay. I like Warren Buffet's idea, would make a good constitutional amendment; if annual deficit exceeds 3% of GDP, all Senators & and Congressman are exempt fro

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread Dieselhead
That was genius. It looks just like a real DDB Volkswagon ad. One last thing about Ted and Mary Jo, the National Lampoon VW ad: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexdroog70/2701038371/ ___ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread rogerhga
Mitch, I like this lady's story of "what happened". It's sorta like was there a shooter on the grassy knoll in Dallas. It's easy to make a story with the "facts" as you want them to be. Did Officer Look really run Kennedy's car off the road causing the accident? How did officer Look see into th

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread Mitch Haley
Mitch Haley wrote: roger...@comcast.net wrote: Mitch, Your story sounds like something Hollywood would develop for a movie. Here's the whole thing, have at it. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1958212/mary_jo_kopechne_died_40_years_ago.html Oops, that wasn't the version I was thinki

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread Mitch Haley
roger...@comcast.net wrote: Mitch, Your story sounds like something Hollywood would develop for a movie. Here's the whole thing, have at it. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1958212/mary_jo_kopechne_died_40_years_ago.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread rogerhga
Mitch, Your story sounds like something Hollywood would develop for a movie. I love it when people try to protect the Kennedy's, as though they can't afford their own protection. I loved the truncated article headlines on AOL a few years back, "Ted Kennedy has Malignant Brain...". To which I sa

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread andrew strasfogel
that should be "endorse". On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:14 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote: > If you are a Buffet fan, then you must surely endores his idea of the super > rich paying more taxes. > > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Max Dillon wrote: > >> I like Warren Buffet's idea, would make a good

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread andrew strasfogel
If you are a Buffet fan, then you must surely endores his idea of the super rich paying more taxes. On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Max Dillon wrote: > I like Warren Buffet's idea, would make a good constitutional amendment; if > annual deficit exceeds 3% of GDP, all Senators & and Congressman a

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread Max Dillon
I like Warren Buffet's idea, would make a good constitutional amendment; if annual deficit exceeds 3% of GDP, all Senators & and Congressman are exempt from running at the next election. Max -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. G Mann wrote: The time has com

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread Mitch Haley
One last thing about Ted and Mary Jo, the National Lampoon VW ad: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexdroog70/2701038371/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubsc

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread Mitch Haley
Dieselhead wrote: It was lame, but not for the reason you cite. It was lame because the implication was that an MB would have floated longer. That was the LAST thing Teddy wanted. His objective was to eliminate the problem quickly by drowning. For that he needed a car that sinks like a rock

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread Walt Zarnoch
Who was it that said the 2 party system would be the downfall of this country? Hmm, maybe we should have listened to Washington... Walt On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:32 PM, G Mann wrote: > The time has come when calling yourself a R or D has little meaning. Both > are so full of corruption and are

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread Rich Thomas
YEs I know he has been gone. I hear he has also been sober for quite some time now. --R (whose interactions with Teddy a coupla times were quite, uh, interesting) On 8/16/11 11:25 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote: That is so stale. Ted's gone, and a R occupies his place in the Senate (though h

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread Dieselhead
It was lame, but not for the reason you cite. It was lame because the implication was that an MB would have floated longer. That was the LAST thing Teddy wanted. His objective was to eliminate the problem quickly by drowning. For that he needed a car that sinks like a rock. The truth will

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread G Mann
The time has come when calling yourself a R or D has little meaning. Both are so full of corruption and are harming America. Both parties are guilty. Time to "clean house". On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: > Walt Zarnoch wrote: > >> R or D, they all seem to be out of touch wit

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread Mitch Haley
Walt Zarnoch wrote: R or D, they all seem to be out of touch with the general public. Scott Brown is no more R than John McCain. Which is a lot less R than JFK, but very, very R for modern day Massachusetts. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread Walt Zarnoch
R or D, they all seem to be out of touch with the general public. Walt On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:25 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote: > That is so stale. Ted's gone, and a R occupies his place in the Senate > (though hopefully not for long).. > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Rich Thomas < > ric

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-16 Thread andrew strasfogel
That is so stale. Ted's gone, and a R occupies his place in the Senate (though hopefully not for long).. On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > Ted Kennedy should have been driving a Benz then > > --R > > > On 8/15/11 10:18 PM, Allan Streib

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-15 Thread Walt Zarnoch
PPG likely has a paint code for that. :) Walt On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > A very yellow w123 would be so cool nowadays. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 15, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Rich Thomas > wrote: > > Ted Kennedy should have been driving a Benz then > > --R >

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-15 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
A very yellow w123 would be so cool nowadays. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 15, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: Ted Kennedy should have been driving a Benz then --R On 8/15/11 10:18 PM, Allan Streib wrote: Sometimes it floats... Rich Thomas writes: Isn't that what settles to the bottom

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-15 Thread Rich Thomas
Ted Kennedy should have been driving a Benz then --R On 8/15/11 10:18 PM, Allan Streib wrote: Sometimes it floats... Rich Thomas writes: Isn't that what settles to the bottom of the barrel though? --R On 8/15/11 10:08 PM, Hendrik& Fay wrote: I prefer bright colours, had a bright yellow

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-15 Thread Hendrik & Fay
The cream rises to the top.. Anyway, thankfully Oztralians don't like brown coloured cars much and as such we don't have a lot of them, plenty of white ones. Hendrik who has a teal coloured ute Allan Streib wrote: Sometimes it floats... Rich Thomas writes: Isn't that what settles t

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-15 Thread Allan Streib
Sometimes it floats... Rich Thomas writes: > Isn't that what settles to the bottom of the barrel though? > > --R > > On 8/15/11 10:08 PM, Hendrik & Fay wrote: >> I prefer bright colours, had a bright yellow Nissan patrol (with a >> 3.3 turbo Diesel) and looked at a very yellow 123 many years ago

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-15 Thread Rich Thomas
Isn't that what settles to the bottom of the barrel though? --R On 8/15/11 10:08 PM, Hendrik & Fay wrote: I prefer bright colours, had a bright yellow Nissan patrol (with a 3.3 turbo Diesel) and looked at a very yellow 123 many years ago but the missus said no, too yellow :'( However when you

Re: [MBZ] 300SD wanted in POS brown

2011-08-15 Thread Hendrik & Fay
I prefer bright colours, had a bright yellow Nissan patrol (with a 3.3 turbo Diesel) and looked at a very yellow 123 many years ago but the missus said no, too yellow :'( However when you are scraping out the bottom of the barrel you can't be too choosy in what you find. Hendrik who reckons br