Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-25 Thread John Berryman
On May 24, 2006, at 6:11 PM, John Ervine wrote: What method did you employ? C-4? Thermite. -- John L. Ervine Ahh! Johnny B. I Mac Therefore I am

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-25 Thread Sunil Hari
Sure, that's a easy 30 minute fix: 1) Find someone with a working blower motor in a better-than-yours condition 108/114/115. 2) Buy said car at whatever price they ask. 3) Throw away your POS. That can't possibly take more than 30 minutes. On 5/24/06, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-25 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Yea, too bad nobody wants to talk about it anymore though. John Ervine wrote: Donald Snook wrote: I am sure I missed ... a few new ideas for fixing some common problem... Yeah, we figured out how to R&R a 108/114/115 blower motor in less than

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-24 Thread John Ervine
John Berryman wrote: What method did you employ? C-4? Thermite. -- John L. Ervine 1981 240D 4-spd 270+kmi 1980 300TD 180+kmi 1980 300SD 277+kmi 1977 280S 4-spd 81+kmi 1976 350SE 4-spd 163+kmi 1972 220 278+kmi

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-24 Thread John Berryman
On May 24, 2006, at 3:15 PM, John Ervine wrote: Donald Snook wrote: I am sure I missed ... a few new ideas for fixing some common problem... Yeah, we figured out how to R&R a 108/114/115 blower motor in less than 30 minutes - without cutting through the firewall. What method di

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-24 Thread John Ervine
Donald Snook wrote: I am sure I missed ... a few new ideas for fixing some common problem... Yeah, we figured out how to R&R a 108/114/115 blower motor in less than 30 minutes - without cutting through the firewall. In retrospect, it was all so easy... -- John L. Ervine 1981 240D 4-spd 270

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-24 Thread Donald Snook
I must admit that I did not use the word scrofulous. I was however pleased to learn that word and used it recently in a brief. The judge asked me later what it meant. I bet he will use it in his next published opinion. I don't know what has been happening on the list lately. I was gone fo

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-24 Thread redghost
Sorry for incorrect attribution. please continue to regale us with more high faluting words. I like to see where they pop up On Monday, May 22, 2006, at 08:32 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: Give credit where credit is due. The lawyer learnt sumpin from me, which is OK as I learn from him occasional

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-23 Thread Mike Canfield
ay 22, 2006 11:41 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous scrofula is a term describing tuberculosis lesions. What the hell is happening here? On 5/22/06, Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Give credit where credit is due. The lawyer learnt sumpin from me, which is OK as I learn from him occas

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-23 Thread Rich Thomas
I used the term to describe an old Yugo or something I saw, per usage that has come to evoke the symptomatic ravages of the disease as relates to other objects or situations (e.g., the aforementioned Yugo). I think it conveys a quite apt and fitting word picture when one describes something ak

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-23 Thread Sunil Hari
scrofula is a term describing tuberculosis lesions. What the hell is happening here? On 5/22/06, Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Give credit where credit is due. The lawyer learnt sumpin from me, which is OK as I learn from him occasionally. --R redghost wrote: >Seems somebody on th

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-23 Thread Rich Thomas
Give credit where credit is due. The lawyer learnt sumpin from me, which is OK as I learn from him occasionally. --R redghost wrote: Seems somebody on the list writes for Discover Magazine. Article about fire prevention and how keeping wildfires out has led to the above word used to descri

[MBZ] Scrofulous

2006-05-23 Thread redghost
Seems somebody on the list writes for Discover Magazine. Article about fire prevention and how keeping wildfires out has led to the above word used to describe the landscape. I think it was Don Snook, esq. used the word here -- Clay Seattle Bioburner 1972 220D - Gump 1995 E300D - Cleo 1987

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous/Receive

2005-12-09 Thread Lee Levitt
Donald wrote: > > Lee wrote: > >> "Now look up the word "recieve". Just google it..." > > You know I have sent thousands (probably tens of thousands of > emails) from this account. Unless I purposefully remove my > email signature, it is always there and you are the first > person to notice t

[MBZ] Scrofulous/Receive

2005-12-09 Thread Donald Snook
Lee wrote: "Now look up the word "recieve". Just google it..." You know I have sent thousands (probably tens of thousands of emails) from this account. Unless I purposefully remove my email signature, it is always there and you are the first person to notice that I misspelled receive. I di

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2005-12-09 Thread Bob Rentfro
Tom noted: "Now there's a term I haven't heard in a while. Were you a seaman?" I wasn't but, working at the old nuke plant, I work with a butt load of 'em. Bob Rentfro '77 300D 144K Litchfield Patk, AZ

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2005-12-09 Thread Tom Reynolds
"Definition of character?" LOL. At 09:25 AM 12/08/2005 -0500, you wrote: > >Tom Reynolds wrote: >> >> Hmm, morally degenerate...OTOH, what's he gonna do, sue you? > >There are plenty of people who will sue for definition of character. >The less character they have, they more likely they are to s

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2005-12-09 Thread Jim Cathey
There are plenty of people who will sue for definition of character. Umm, _defamation_? Of course, lawsuits _do_ also help define character, as a side-effect. I doubt that's why they sue, though! -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2005-12-08 Thread Rich Thomas
Execrable is another one you can work in there. --R Donald Snook wrote: I used the word scrofulous in a legal brief yesterday. I was very proud of myself and the new word. Although, if the attorney on the other side looks up the word, he might not like having his legal reasoning described th

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2005-12-08 Thread Zeitgeist
I still like my totally made up definition for scrofulous: the scientific term for "blue balls", which, within the context of a legal brief would be pretty damn funny, indeed. Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state" '87 300TD intercooler (211k) '84 300D (207k) Gashu

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2005-12-08 Thread Mitch Haley
Tom Reynolds wrote: > > Hmm, morally degenerate...OTOH, what's he gonna do, sue you? There are plenty of people who will sue for definition of character. The less character they have, they more likely they are to sue anybody who points it out.

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2005-12-08 Thread Potter, Tom E
Now there's a term I haven't heard in a while. Were you a seaman? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Rentfro Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 4:02 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous I sometimes used wo

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2005-12-08 Thread George Gregory
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?scrofu02.wav=scrofulous

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2005-12-08 Thread Lee Levitt
Thursday, December 08, 2005 4:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [MBZ] Scrofulous > > I used the word scrofulous in a legal brief yesterday. I was > very proud of myself and the new word. Although, if the > attorney on the other side looks up the word, he might not >

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2005-12-08 Thread Bob Rentfro
I sometimes used words others have to look up when I try to be a sea lawyer... Bob Rentfro Dewey, Fleecem, and Howe - Original Message - From: "Donald Snook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 2:46 PM Subject: [MBZ] Sc

Re: [MBZ] Scrofulous

2005-12-08 Thread Tom Reynolds
Hmm, morally degenerate...OTOH, what's he gonna do, sue you? Tom Reynolds Sand Springs, OK At 03:46 PM 12/08/2005 -0600, you wrote: > >I used the word scrofulous in a legal brief yesterday. I was very proud >of myself and the new word. Although, if the attorney on the other side >looks up the w

[MBZ] Scrofulous

2005-12-08 Thread Donald Snook
I used the word scrofulous in a legal brief yesterday. I was very proud of myself and the new word. Although, if the attorney on the other side looks up the word, he might not like having his legal reasoning described that way. Donald H. Snook McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, P.