[MBZ] I used Shoe Goo tonight...

2011-09-21 Thread Allan Streib
... to repair a shoe. Allan -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/ma

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2011-09-21 Thread Rich Thomas
NO NO NO You use Shoe Goo on cars, and old mikanave metal on shoes!!! What is wrong with you --R On 9/21/11 9:49 PM, Allan Streib wrote: ... to repair a shoe. Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To sea

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2011-09-21 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
A little old lady uses it to repair her house. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 21, 2011, at 10:15 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: NO NO NO You use Shoe Goo on cars, and old mikanave metal on shoes!!! What is wrong with you --R On 9/21/11 9:49 PM, Allan Streib wrote: ... to repair a shoe. Allan

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2011-09-22 Thread John Reames
I used weatherstrip adhesive to repair a "walking boot" the heathen b-- was losing it's sole! -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Sep 21, 2011, at 21:49, Allan Streib wrote: > ... to repair a shoe. > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > 1979 300SD > >

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2011-09-22 Thread Rich Thomas
I used Shoe Goo to repair the soles on some hiking boots. Took them on vacation, got about 100yd down the trail and both soles peeled off. Went the rest of the way just walking on the pads. Fun. --R On 9/22/11 5:49 AM, John Reames wrote: I used weatherstrip adhesive to repair a "walking bo

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2011-09-22 Thread Jim Cathey
... to repair a shoe. Heresy! I just used a dot of it to glue a chad of white paper over that wretched @#$%^ laser-bright blue power LED on my wife's phone charger. (She has just broken it for the third time. I also soldered a new connector on the end, from the same phone's non-functional hous

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2011-09-22 Thread Dan Penoff
You would like the green ones on the NIC ports of my Xserve RAID controllers. They are like high beam Xenon lamps. I swear you can read from their light ten feet away in a dark room. Dan Sent from my iPhone On Sep 22, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: >> ... to repair a shoe. > > Heresy!

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2011-09-22 Thread Michael Canfield
I do the same thing on car chargers. That ridiculous, kids will buy me cuz I make the car look blue inside, blue light is so bright it gives me headaches and makes driving a bit more dangerous from the glare on the windshield. Mike On Sep 22, 2011 9:41 AM, "Jim Cathey" wrote: >> ... to repair a

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2011-09-22 Thread Allan Streib
On Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:42 AM, "Jim Cathey" wrote: > I hate blue LED's, and I particularly hate overbright ones. The other night I passed a state trooper who had a car pulled over. The red and blue LED lights they are using now are so bright they are nearly blinding at night and the

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2011-09-22 Thread Mitch Haley
Allan Streib wrote: On Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:42 AM, "Jim Cathey" wrote: I hate blue LED's, and I particularly hate overbright ones. The other night I passed a state trooper who had a car pulled over. The red and blue LED lights they are using now are so bright they are nearly blin

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2011-09-22 Thread Randy Bennell
On 22/09/2011 10:10 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: Allan Streib wrote: On Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:42 AM, "Jim Cathey" wrote: I hate blue LED's, and I particularly hate overbright ones. The other night I passed a state trooper who had a car pulled over. The red and blue LED lights they are

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2011-09-22 Thread Randy Bennell
On 22/09/2011 8:55 AM, Michael Canfield wrote: I do the same thing on car chargers. That ridiculous, kids will buy me cuz I make the car look blue inside, blue light is so bright it gives me headaches and makes driving a bit more dangerous from the glare on the windshield. Mike On Sep 22, 2011

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2011-09-22 Thread Dieselhead
The other night I passed a state trooper who had a car pulled over. The red and blue LED lights they are using now are so bright they are nearly blinding at night and the blinking pattern is so chaotic it is intensely distracting. There's a need for visibility, no argument, but I think they've

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2011-09-22 Thread Randy Bennell
There is a story in the Drivers ed circuits about calling attention to something on the side of the road. DE instructor: "Watch out for the police car on the shoulder." Student proceeds to run into the police car because attention was diverted form the road to the car, and we tend to go wh

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2011-09-22 Thread WILTON
e straight through the middle of it. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I used Shoe Goo tonight... There is a story in the Drivers ed circuits about

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2011-09-22 Thread Curt Raymond
e one that is particularly annoying is a ring around the volume knob. -Curt Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:55:49 -0400 From: Michael Canfield To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] I used Shoe Goo tonight... Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I do the same th

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2011-09-22 Thread LWB250
ime.  It's amazingly simple and works quite well. Dan From: Randy Bennell To: Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I used Shoe Goo tonight... > > There is a story in the Drivers ed circuits about

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2011-09-22 Thread Allan Streib
LWB250 writes: > Motorcycle training teaches you to pick an "end point", that is, the > spot where you want to end up at, and focus on that.  It is applied > primarily as a means to make turns and not under or over steer, as new > riders are oft to do. > > If you ride, or for that matter, drive,

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2011-09-22 Thread Jim Cathey
The radio in my 190D is like that, it was one of the complaints on Amazon and I should have paid better attention. I've installed a little flap of cloth over it until I have time to investigate ways to cut down the brightness. A lot of aftermarket units don't tie the brightness to the dash lig

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2011-09-22 Thread OK Don
I have a collection of sample books of lighting gells (Colortron?) that include neutral density filters - cut off bits of them and apply as needed. You can also use the opposite color on a colored LED that's too bright to tame it. We have one over the face of an alarm clock that is just too bright.