Re: [MBZ] Perhaps not prepared for cold weather

2022-12-23 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
gt; >>> https://automobilemuseum.org/ >>> >>> https://m.facebook.com/100064706979537/ >>> >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com >>> Sent: December 23, 2022 2:54 PM >>> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >>&

Re: [MBZ] Perhaps not prepared for cold weather

2022-12-23 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
https://m.facebook.com/100064706979537/ >> >> >> Rick >> >> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Sent: December 23, 2022 2:54 PM >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Cc: dsereta...@yahoo.com >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Perhaps

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2022-12-23 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
emuseum.org/ > > https://m.facebook.com/100064706979537/ > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: December 23, 2022 2:54 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: dsereta...@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Perhaps not prepa

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2022-12-23 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
She actually wasn’t there but I did manage to reconnect with lots of friends and the weird thing was that it was like no time had passed. --FT Sent from iFōn > On Dec 23, 2022, at 3:27 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Did you reconnect with the Prom Queen? > >> On Fri, Dec 2

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2022-12-23 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
oy it. > > https://automobilemuseum.org/ > > https://m.facebook.com/100064706979537/ > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: December 23, 2022 2:54 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: dsereta...@yahoo.com > Subjec

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2022-12-23 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
t: Re: [MBZ] Perhaps not prepared for cold weather Are you around? I’ll be here till December 29th. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 23, 2022, at 3:06 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > The Old Fort! My home town! > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > >> On

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2022-12-23 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Are you around? I’ll be here till December 29th. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 23, 2022, at 3:06 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > The Old Fort! My home town! > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > >> On Dec 23, 2022, at 11:25 AM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I’m vi

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2022-12-23 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Did you reconnect with the Prom Queen? On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 3:08 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Grew up (or, rather, spent my first 18yr or so) in FWA. I was back in > September for a high school reunion > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > > > On Dec 23, 2022, at 1

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2022-12-23 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Grew up (or, rather, spent my first 18yr or so) in FWA. I was back in September for a high school reunion --FT Sent from iFōn > On Dec 23, 2022, at 12:18 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > He’s from that area, not Ft. Wayne specifically. > > -D > >> On Dec 23, 2022, at 11:50 AM,

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2022-12-23 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
The Old Fort! My home town! --FT Sent from iFōn > On Dec 23, 2022, at 11:25 AM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > wrote: > > I’m visiting the gf’s family in Fort Wayne and it’s -6 at the moment. Funny > how there are no > potholes here. Red states obviously take pride in infrastructure unlik

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2022-12-23 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Supposed to get down close to freezing here nightly through Sunday. Rear bearing on the pool pump motor is failing. Lousy timing, I’ll just have to turn it off until MondayI guess. -D > On Dec 23, 2022, at 12:48 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > DMV will go from 45 deg. at dawn

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2022-12-23 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
DMV will go from 45 deg. at dawn to 5 at sunset. All time record for Dec 23. On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 12:47 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We had that yesterday. Near 40 yesterday morning, -5 overnight. > > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2022, at 10:44, Curt Raymond via Mercede

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2022-12-23 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
We had that yesterday. Near 40 yesterday morning, -5 overnight. On Fri, Dec 23, 2022, at 10:44, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > We're having really weird weather today. Right now it's 40+F headed for > a daytime high of 50 and raining. Tonight it's supposed to get to a low > of 9F. > > I've

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2022-12-23 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
He’s from that area, not Ft. Wayne specifically. -D > On Dec 23, 2022, at 11:50 AM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > > Wait, Floyd lives in Fort Wayne?! I want to meet up! > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 23, 2022, at 11:28 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Heh. That’s a warm w

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2022-12-23 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Wait, Floyd lives in Fort Wayne?! I want to meet up! Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 23, 2022, at 11:28 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > Heh. That’s a warm winter day in Ft. Wayne, ask Floyd. > > No potholes yet as it hasn’t thawed. Wait for about 2 months and then they’ll > be aro

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2022-12-23 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Well in Mass the roads are beyond repair. Might as well be in the Ukraine after a Russian missile strike. A patch here and there will not fix these roads. It really makes me angry. I pay 30K per years in real estate taxes in this state. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 23, 2022, at 11:28 AM, dan p

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2022-12-23 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I saw 2 guys out filling potholes yesterday. The day before it rains and goes into a cold snap. They didn't even have a compactor. I'm betting that all those patches will be back out by Saturday... -Curt On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 11:28:16 AM EST, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote:

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2022-12-23 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Heh. That’s a warm winter day in Ft. Wayne, ask Floyd. No potholes yet as it hasn’t thawed. Wait for about 2 months and then they’ll be around, for sure. They just get them filled before winter, that’s the difference. -D > On Dec 23, 2022, at 11:24 AM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > wrote:

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2022-12-23 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
I’m visiting the gf’s family in Fort Wayne and it’s -6 at the moment. Funny how there are no potholes here. Red states obviously take pride in infrastructure unlike Massachusetts where the potholes will rattle your car to bits. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 22, 2022, at 1:07 PM, Kaleb Striplin v

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2022-12-23 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Yup. I use mine often when I'm teaching. My "office" is our enclosed porch which we don't heat. We have hydronic heat and while there are radiators out there they're shut off. I don't want to heat it all the time and don't want them full of water that freezes so I just keep them empty. The days

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2022-12-23 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
They're definitely more fussy than a pressure lamp, that's for sure. But they're quiet and don't need all that pumping. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go t

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2022-12-23 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I was already all Volkswagen by that point. I suspect the VE engine in my old Jetta would have tolerated some gasoline. I was considering kerosene as an additive but the Power Service was handy. Angie's Golf is a pump duse engine which wants no gasoline. My current (2015) Jetta is a common rail

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2022-12-23 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I've got one Aladdin that will maybe match a 40w bulb for a little while. Running them on high always gets me a carboned mantle. If I really want to read I've got a kerosene Coleman lamp (model 152) ready to go. They're a little annoying to live with in a house that doesn't have a real porch. Y

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2022-12-23 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Very quickly there was no anti-gel to be had in the state. Your old MB diesels were rated for up to 25% gasoline in the fuel, for just such an occasion. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubs

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2022-12-23 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Having an Aladdin or two around is pretty handy. You can read without eyestrain with one of those, for example. IIRC it's about like a 60W bulb. I have two. One to use, and a backup in case the primary fails. (Mantle break, refill time, etc.) Not the stupidest thing in the world to have a spa

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2022-12-23 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Several years ago, maybe 2016, we had a really cold snap in December or January and apparently they hadn't been treating the diesel as well as they should. Everybody I know was having trouble with gelled fuel. Fortunately I had a half gallon of power service in the grooming machine so I snagged

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2022-12-23 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
We're having really weird weather today. Right now it's 40+F headed for a daytime high of 50 and raining. Tonight it's supposed to get to a low of 9F. I've got a pot roast in the slow cooker, in a little bit I'll go start the woodstove. I've got about a 4 day supply of wood in the house. I like

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2022-12-22 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
I had a gelling incident once. Not Fun. Fuel purchased in Tacoma, and driven east of the mountains. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okie

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2022-12-22 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Not sure if ours is treated or not. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 22, 2022, at 12:15 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Diesel is winterized at the distributor starting in about October I think. > > I don't know how cold it's good for but I've never had gelling with > recently-purch

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2022-12-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Diesel is winterized at the distributor starting in about October I think. I don't know how cold it's good for but I've never had gelling with recently-purchased fuel at similar temps. Cars aren't affected by wind chill. Real ambient temp is what matters. On Thu, Dec 22, 2022, at 13:07, Kaleb

[MBZ] Perhaps not prepared for cold weather

2022-12-22 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
We are having sudden unprecedented cold here. It’s currently 1 and will be about 2-3 all night till tomorrow. It’s -20 with windchill. Wife took the truck to town a little while ago but it’s so cold I’m wondering if the diesels should have received does diesel treatment, or if there is a danger