Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-05-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I saw something like that outside of Dallas some years ago. They had built a whole town and then the market went bust. There were developments all over the place but no body living there. Very light traffic and importantly to me no restaurants.Strangely the only hotel was an extended stay. I do

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-05-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Sounds much the same as I recall. What I found weird was that you could head out to the “suburbs” and would be surrounded by all this developed property that had empty buildings on it. I distinctly recall seeing national chains like Wendy’s all boarded up, yet the buildings and property looked

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-05-01 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
As long as we are talking about off topic and not relevant emails I think this one should be flagged too. YMMV Dwight Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 5:08 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The same boom/bust cycle is going on today. > > While dr

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-05-01 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
The same boom/bust cycle is going on today. While dragging her dog around the neighborhood (walking the dog) I pick up a flyer on a house for sale. No pricing, just the normal realtor gibberish. SWMBA gets home and all excited that we should troll the interwebz to learn more about the six hom

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-05-01 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Going to the GABC is a right of passage for the first visit to ANC. It harkens back to the days of the pipeline and the gold rush mentality of those times. I can recall being up there in the 80s after the pipeline was completed, and how badly the economy crashed. You would drive out into the ‘bu

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-05-01 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
OK Don wrote: > > Another approach that Clay might )or might not) use would be to > > announce > that since he doesn't have an old Mercedes to work on, he's going down to > the local titty bar for a few hours and beers ... .

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-05-01 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Been past, tried to get my now adult child to go see it. The quality of performer on display outside was not much better than the raggedy homeless womyn on the roadways of SEA clay > On Apr 30, 2019, at 3:25 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > That would be the “Great Alaskan Bush C

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-05-01 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I fully appreciate all your advice. I am trying to be as well kempt as allowable. I am supposed to go out to dinner for Wednesday. I inquired as to dress code. She says I will be fine. I want to know the caliber of the establishment, as it will be a meal with another attorney chum of hers.

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
let your hair and beard grow, practice saying  "my name Jose Jimenez"  "No ingles" and asylum, (and acting like you don't understand anything)  and everything will be handed to you on a platter in seattle.   Practice talking in farsi, borg or Klingon or such as a good touch. Buggered Benzmail

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
I would sure like to know what Wilton thinks. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 30, 2019, at 6:55 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Methinks you’re right. > > -D > > >> On Apr 30, 2019, at 7:45 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Coco and Dazzle might be dudes. >> >>>

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Methinks you’re right. -D > On Apr 30, 2019, at 7:45 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Coco and Dazzle might be dudes. > > On 4/30/2019 6:41 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: >> One of the “girls” looks like “she” could be a dude. Just sayin... >> >> --FT >> Sent from

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Coco and Dazzle might be dudes. On 4/30/2019 6:41 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: One of the “girls” looks like “she” could be a dude. Just sayin... --FT Sent from iPhone On Apr 30, 2019, at 7:25 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: That would be the “Great Alaskan Bush Company” fo

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
One of the “girls” looks like “she” could be a dude. Just sayin... --FT Sent from iPhone > On Apr 30, 2019, at 7:25 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > That would be the “Great Alaskan Bush Company” for those familiar with the > area. > > http://www.akbushcompany.com > > BTDT but did n

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
That would probably be a good idea. On 4/30/2019 6:19 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Another approach that Clay might )or might not) use would be to announce that since he doesn't have an old Mercedes to work on, he's going down to the local titty bar for a few hours and beers ... On Tue, Apr 3

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
That would be the “Great Alaskan Bush Company” for those familiar with the area. http://www.akbushcompany.com BTDT but did not get a T-shirt. -D > On Apr 30, 2019, at 7:19 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > Another approach that Clay might )or might not) use would be to announce > that si

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Another approach that Clay might )or might not) use would be to announce that since he doesn't have an old Mercedes to work on, he's going down to the local titty bar for a few hours and beers ... On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 5:35 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Randy, > >

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Randy, Just an observation on my part…. I totally understand where you’re coming from, but the likelihood that Clay’s spouse works in an oak paneled office with associates wearing three piece tailored suits and Italian loafers or Allen Edmonds wingtips is slim, based on my experience working i

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 30/04/2019 3:54 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote: Hers. Played upon her deathly fear of my car collecting. Both ends of the OCD spectrum. I collect, she needs things retentively clean and tucked away. My paranoia tells me she wants to cash out my home and leave me in a rusting out SD o

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
You would be welcomed as homeless in Seattle. Gopher it! --FT Sent from iPhone > On Apr 30, 2019, at 4:54 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes > wrote: > > Hers. > > Played upon her deathly fear of my car collecting. Both ends of the OCD > spectrum. I collect, she needs things retentively clean

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I have been banned from working on the cheep. She accosted me last night because I had the hood up with the battery on the charger. Just trying to keep it functional so #2 boy will be able to find a summer job when he comes back from university in a week. Her crazy plan is to sell the cheep a

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Hers. Played upon her deathly fear of my car collecting. Both ends of the OCD spectrum. I collect, she needs things retentively clean and tucked away. My paranoia tells me she wants to cash out my home and leave me in a rusting out SD on the streets of Seattle. clay > On Apr 30, 2019, at

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
ya only need to explain it was a source for parts for her (POS) Cheep that got ya excited. Dan--- via Mercedes wrote on 4/30/19 2:08 PM: Yours or hers? -D On Apr 30, 2019, at 2:46 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote: I found the CoParts yard in town. That will spell disaster. SWMBA was d

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On April 30, 2019 at 2:46 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes > wrote: > > > I found the CoParts yard in town. I just found out they now let anybody watch the auctions without logging in. https://www.copart.com/auctionDashboard?auctionDetails=113-A ___ http:

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I saw that one.  Might not be too badly damaged for cheap.  Hood, fender bumper might fix it up, though of course those parts are not particularly cheap.  The top is probably not working so it has gotten ratty inside.  Fixed up it might be worth $3k if the top is toast, and no hardtop. --FT

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Yours or hers? -D > On Apr 30, 2019, at 2:46 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes > wrote: > > I found the CoParts yard in town. That will spell disaster. SWMBA was > driving and I saw the sign, I exclaimed in a most happy manner, which caught > her attention. I had to explain what a superb find

Re: [MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
I found the CoParts yard in town. That will spell disaster. SWMBA was driving and I saw the sign, I exclaimed in a most happy manner, which caught her attention. I had to explain what a superb find this was, as I could now find all manner of damaged cars to drag home for a mere pittance. Tha

[MBZ] Copart SL500

2019-04-30 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Wasn't in great condition before the wreck by the looks of it. https://www.copart.com/lot/30005399 ___ 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/m