Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often

2009-12-15 Thread OK Don
My dad took flying lessons when I was 1 or so. He thought the seat belts in the airplanes were such a good idea, that he bought some at the airport nad installed them in the family Dodge. I grew up thinking that the neighbors cars without seatbelts were wierd. I installed surplus 3" wide military s

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2009-12-15 Thread Mountain Man
Ed wrote: > I don't think the occassional cigar in the garden does any harm at all. I > also think teaching young ppl to enjoy a drink with a meal or socially would > do much more good than painting it as something that is evil and should be > avoided at all costs. It seems that the current gener

Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often

2009-12-15 Thread Mountain Man
pm7088 wrote: > Smokin, Drinken, Driving with out seat belts. Yep - I was taught to drive without seat belts, until I took driver's ed. However, my thin wallet taught me real quick to drive with seat belt, as I hate to pay the local police their fines. mao ___

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2009-12-15 Thread E M
I used to think that way too, but now I want less stuff, and better quality. Maybe that's not the right wording, but I want to spend the time I devote to cars in a different way now. The thought of having to wash and wax 10 cars poops me out. lol Ed 300E 2009/12/15 Alex Chamberlain > On Tue,

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2009-12-15 Thread E M
gt; > > do a pack of Marlborough Reds tomorrow. > > > > > > BTDT > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Peter Arnold > > > > > > Windsor, CT > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "E M&qu

Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often

2009-12-15 Thread R A Bennell
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:12 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: > there is a Maybach in the local stealership with a > tag of $350k or so. Anybody else read Peter Egan's

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2009-12-15 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: > there is a Maybach in the local stealership with a > tag of $350k or so. Anybody else read Peter Egan's writing in Road & Track? He wrote a column a few years ago about how it was hard for him to justify buying a new car when he could buy se

Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often

2009-12-15 Thread Bob Rentfro
- Original Message - > > From: "E M" > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:42:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often > > > > I think what&#

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2009-12-15 Thread E M
gh Reds tomorrow. > > BTDT > > > -- > > Peter Arnold > > Windsor, CT > > - Original Message - > From: "E M" > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:42:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subje

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2009-12-15 Thread E M
; > Windsor, CT > > - Original Message - > From: "E M" < pokiebaron @ gmail .com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" < mercedes @ okiebenz .com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:42:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [ MBZ ] You d

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2009-12-15 Thread pm7088
2009 11:42:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often I think what's lacking today, is moderation. Because of societies lack of moderation and self control, things have become very black and white and polorized in many peoples eyes. I don

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2009-12-15 Thread Bob Rentfro
Peter Arnold > > Windsor, CT > > - Original Message - > From: "E M" < pokiebaron @ gmail .com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" < mercedes @ okiebenz .com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:42:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [

Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often

2009-12-15 Thread pm7088
om> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" < mercedes @ okiebenz .com> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:42:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [ MBZ ] You don't see these very often I think what's lacking today, is moderation. Because of societies lack of moder

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2009-12-15 Thread E M
> From: "E M" > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 10:55:18 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often > > I love the odd good Cuban cigar too. A good cigar with friends, in the >

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2009-12-15 Thread pm7088
enabled my lungs to keep me just barely going during a few critical hours. Windsor, CT - Original Message - From: "E M" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 10:55:18 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] You don't see

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2009-12-15 Thread E M
I've seen a few spy shots of the next generation Maybach, well, a test mule really, wearing current S Class panels. There was talk of killing the car off, as sales are so soft compared to others in it's class, like the RR, which was a big success for them. Also talk of a smaller Maybach, kind of

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2009-12-15 Thread E M
I love the odd good Cuban cigar too. A good cigar with friends, in the garden over the summer months, and a glass or two of scotch, doesn't get much better. Ed 300E 2009/12/15 Donald Snook > Rich wrote: "You smoke? Why? Fer a lawyer you ain't very smart." > > I am smart enough to know that cig

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2009-12-15 Thread Dwight E. Giles, Jr
' Subject: Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often Dwight wrote: "Hurry Donald-go sign them up as your estate planning clients. I have never seen one on the road either -only at the NY auto show and at a dealer once." I don't do any estate planning. I did watch to see w

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2009-12-15 Thread Bob Rentfro
maybe, the colors were JUST right. > ;< > > Wilton > > - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" < > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:46 AM > Subject: R

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2009-12-15 Thread WILTON
Yeah, I wouldn't buy it either, 'less, maybe, the colors were JUST right. ;< Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] You don't see th

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2009-12-15 Thread Rich Thomas
The problem is not so much that they kill, it's the rather unpleasant (and expensive) process of getting you to that point. My cousin recently died of lung cancer, smoked for many many years but had quit for maybe 8 years. It was not something one would want to experience. His young daughter

Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often

2009-12-15 Thread Bob Rentfro
I smoked a pipe when I worked at the wastewater treatment plant. It gave me a kind of portable cloud of good smell to fight the smell of the plant. Sometimes, I see the pipes stowed away and think about busting them out again. I still enjoy a nice cigar when golfing. Only time I burn a butt if I r

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2009-12-15 Thread Donald Snook
Bob R. wrote: "Probably "Dewey, Fleecem, and Howe" cards." I wish we did have a shorter name: McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn and Herrington is quite a mouthful. But, "Herrington is still alive (and practicing law), so we have to keep the whole name. Once he dies, it will just be McDonald, Tin

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2009-12-15 Thread Donald Snook
Rich wrote: "You smoke? Why? Fer a lawyer you ain't very smart." I am smart enough to know that cigarettes kill. I was not smart enough to know that when I was 19 and thought it was a good idea to start. I don't discriminate when it comes to Tobacco use. I smoke cigars, pipes, and cigarettes

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2009-12-15 Thread Donald Snook
Mitch wrote: "Did you chase them down and give them a MTSQ&H business card?" I didn't, maybe I should have. But, I bet if they are driving a Maybach, they already have a lawyer - probably one that charges a whole more per hour than I do. Donald H. Snook ___

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2009-12-15 Thread Donald Snook
Dwight wrote: "Hurry Donald-go sign them up as your estate planning clients. I have never seen one on the road either -only at the NY auto show and at a dealer once." I don't do any estate planning. I did watch to see where they went. They were going to the accountant's office on the first floo

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2009-12-15 Thread Donald Snook
Ed wrote: "They are a good size when you stand next to one, aren't they!!" I thought my car was long and even the new S Class and 7 series seem very long, but the Maybach is HUGE. In fact, my car is 202 inches in length, the new S Class is 205 inches (that's the long wheel base) and the Maybach

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2009-12-15 Thread pm7088
Peter Arnold Windsor, CT - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 7:36:42 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often You smoke? Why? Fer a lawyer you ain&

Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often

2009-12-14 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Though it was Dewey Cheetam and Howe Sent from my iPhone On Dec 14, 2009, at 7:57 PM, Bob Rentfro wrote: Probably "Dewey, Fleecem, and Howe" cards. Bob R On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: Donald Snook wrote: It was a Maybach. I don't think I have seen any of those drivi

Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often

2009-12-14 Thread Bob Rentfro
Probably "Dewey, Fleecem, and Howe" cards. Bob R On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > Donald Snook wrote: > >> It was a Maybach. I don't think I have seen any of those driving around >> Wichita. It really was a beautiful car. An old couple climbed out of it >> and walked i

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2009-12-14 Thread WILTON
Amen on the smoking. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] You don't see these very often You smoke? Why? Fer a lawyer you ain't very smart.

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2009-12-14 Thread Rich Thomas
You smoke? Why? Fer a lawyer you ain't very smart. --R Donald Snook wrote: I was standing outside our office building having a smoke in the freezing cold when a big beautiful car drove up and tried to find a parking space. It was far away when I noticed it and I couldn't tell if it is was

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2009-12-14 Thread Mitch Haley
Donald Snook wrote: It was a Maybach. I don't think I have seen any of those driving around Wichita. It really was a beautiful car. An old couple climbed out of it and walked into our building. Did you chase them down and give them a MTSQ&H business card? Mitch. __

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2009-12-14 Thread Dwight E. Giles, Jr
: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Donald Snook Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 5:35 PM To: 'Mercedes@okiebenz.com' Subject: [MBZ] You don't see these very often I was standing outside our office building having a smoke in the freezing

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2009-12-14 Thread E M
I was beside one just the other day. The guy driving it was enjoying a BigGulp from 7-11. lol. They are a good size when you stand next to one, aren't they!! Ed with a tiny little 300E 2009/12/14 Donald Snook > I was standing outside our office building having a smoke in the freezing > cold

[MBZ] You don't see these very often

2009-12-14 Thread Donald Snook
I was standing outside our office building having a smoke in the freezing cold when a big beautiful car drove up and tried to find a parking space. It was far away when I noticed it and I couldn't tell if it is was a new S Class or even a new BMW 7 series. As it got closer, I realized just how