Re: [MBZ] Green insides

2016-12-06 Thread clay via Mercedes
ive you $499 for each piece! > > >> clay via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> December 6, 2016 at 7:30 PM >> I was at PnP today to find a part for Poos. There was a 280SE, Silber Grun >> with green cloth interior. The trim is near perfect. Knee bols

Re: [MBZ] Green insides

2016-12-06 Thread clay via Mercedes
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 8:46 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Kaleb will give you $499 for each piece! >> >> >> clay via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> December 6, 2016 at 7:30 PM >>>

Re: [MBZ] Excepts from Sierra Club spam

2016-12-06 Thread clay via Mercedes
I have some brown on my skivvies. Does that count? I can make up some news, but my imagination tends to follow the unbelievable sheningans of the local leftists. Truth being stranger than fiction clay > On Dec 6, 2016, at 6:39 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Alt right is

Re: [MBZ] Excepts from Sierra Club spam

2016-12-06 Thread clay via Mercedes
This silliness that the progressives are engaged in would have resulted in massive condemnation had it been unleashed against the boy who won the whitehouse in 08. There would have been screeching from the top of lung that this sort of behavior was so egregious that it would have lasted all of

Re: [MBZ] Excepts from Sierra Club spam

2016-12-06 Thread clay via Mercedes
Surviving local rag is twisting themselves into pretzels with how to present the news in a manner that will still sell papers in this vapid wasteland of liberal utopia. They used to be the more conservative daily, but now it all seems to be written by the media giants of 1984 with double speak

Re: [MBZ] These were men!

2016-12-06 Thread clay via Mercedes
Oddly enough, the Nancy Boys in these parts no longer bear any genetic resemblance to those loggers. On the other hand, the dames around here are about as tough and look as rough as those boys bucking logs 90 years ago. clay > On Dec 6, 2016, at 9:30 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: >

[MBZ] Carpet Color change

2016-12-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
I learned a few interesting tidbits this day. MB carpets are immune to bleach. At least to watered down bleach in a 1:1 solution. Scrubbed it in, allowed it to soak in for a few hours. Rinse it out and all I got was more fine dirt flushed out. This was learned because, tidbit number two, Gr

Re: [MBZ] Excepts from Sierra Club spam

2016-12-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
ou want to barf. Whatever that is may have >> been born a boy, but certainly is not a man, nor a guy. Arnold's >> girlyboy or the buttercup label might fit. >> >> >> Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> December 7, 2016

Re: [MBZ] synthetic v regular gear oil

2016-12-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
You will get a much more magical ride out of the car. It takes a pretty long time for synth to get overly nasty under normal driving. I splurged with Gump, because I was unsure of conditions. I did a few quick changes before I was pleased with the results. She was a daily driver, so it was

Re: [MBZ] Carpet Color change

2016-12-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
Most of the information I found on the interwebz pointed to using a rattle can solution. It gets a bit crispy, and I wanted the flooring to remain soft and supple. The product I used is intended to color unnatural fabric/oil based things. Lack of a light enough starting point has been the big

[MBZ] Bose Amp interchange

2016-12-08 Thread clay via Mercedes
Took the POS W220 to the dealer to get things taken care of. Seems that the body shop did a poor job of sealing the rear window and that allowed water to congregate in the well behind the driver side rear wheel. Enough that it affected the Tele Aid, CD changer and Bose Amp. The body folks did

Re: [MBZ] Bose Amp interchange

2016-12-09 Thread clay via Mercedes
d into while parked? > Mitch > >> On December 8, 2016 at 9:55 PM clay via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> >> Took the POS W220 to the dealer to get things taken care of. Seems that the >> body shop did a poor job of sealing the rear window and that allowed wat

Re: [MBZ] Bose Amp interchange

2016-12-09 Thread clay via Mercedes
at Skylaw set up in the >> Benzworld W220 forum. >> >> http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w220-s-class/1508080- >> w220-s-class-encyclopedia-start-here.html#post4045998 >> >> He also did a bunch of stuff on these cars in the Telematics forum there, >> too. >

[MBZ] M104 block heater

2016-12-09 Thread clay via Mercedes
Overheat disaster in ND! #1 boy took the w140 300SE to work this morning in -16f temps. May have had too much water in the system and we think his radiator was frozen up. Work is only 3 miles away and he made it half way there before the top hose blew off the block.He got the car home eve

Re: [MBZ] M104 block heater

2016-12-10 Thread clay via Mercedes
> Follow the chart on the bottle! Its there for a reason. When you get to > these extremes the specs and recommendations are important. > > A block heater is always a nice addition, but shouldn't be a requirement. > > Jaime > > > On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 1

Re: [MBZ] M104 block heater

2016-12-10 Thread clay via Mercedes
That was the advice given. He just wanted to fire up the car and walk away while the engine warmed up after putting coolant in. I told him he needs to remain on site, watch for bubbles to rise (burp) and to keep filling as the level in the overflow tank drops. Also to remove the belly pan and

Re: [MBZ] M104 block heater

2016-12-10 Thread clay via Mercedes
He never got it above 180 or so according to his report. The car sits outside and probably froze very well with only enough fluid to fill the block getting superheated, such that when it hit the ice, it would sublimate and expend 600 calories turning ice into steam to the point the hose burst.

Re: [MBZ] M104 block heater

2016-12-10 Thread clay via Mercedes
erything thawed BEFORE starting the > hose/coolant change. You might ask them if they can put in the block heater. > >> clay via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> December 10, 2016 at 1:16 PM >> That was the advice given. He just wanted to fire up the car

Re: [MBZ] M104 block heater

2016-12-10 Thread clay via Mercedes
$$ is always an issue. Kid needs to get back into school and find a program that allows him to afford to do stupid things. We will see how the oil industry gets on. SWMBA and #1 both depend on that industry for economic sustenance clay > On Dec 10, 2016, at 11:54 AM, Max Dillon via Me

Re: [MBZ] M104 block heater

2016-12-10 Thread clay via Mercedes
$$ is always an issue. Kid needs to get back into school and find a program that allows him to afford to do stupid things. We will see how the oil industry gets on. SWMBA and #1 both depend on that industry for economic sustenance clay > On Dec 10, 2016, at 11:54 AM, Max Dillon via Me

Re: [MBZ] M104 block heater

2016-12-10 Thread clay via Mercedes
Given the temps the car lives in, I told him to warm it up really well and put a shroud over the front of the rad. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei retired models- 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D

Re: [MBZ] SDL continued

2016-12-12 Thread clay via Mercedes
We are bottom feeders with delusions of grandeur. We are Max, and salvageable Mercedes are our Steve Austin. You are spot on Roger about the new cars being junk though. clay . > On Dec 12, 2016, at 5:14 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Roger, you're still in the early stages of

Re: [MBZ] Latest idiot

2016-12-12 Thread clay via Mercedes
Maybe he put too many zeros on the price clay > On Dec 12, 2016, at 10:29 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > $11,500 for a W115 240D? > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/1976-Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-/222337372285?forcerrptr=true&hash=item33c457107d:g:hZ0AAOSwal5YKMdU&item=222337372285 >

[MBZ] Decent Camper

2016-12-12 Thread clay via Mercedes
http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/2011/April/mercedes_benz_hunter_x6.htm I wonder if it could haul a double deck enclosed trailer clay ___ http:

[MBZ] slow light off

2016-12-16 Thread clay via Mercedes
When I got Polei, she would light off, but it was like the flywheel was just a bit too heavy. As the months got colder, that flywheel seemed to gain density and was harder to get to spin. I got to thinking it may be really bad glow plugs, as if at least one was not heating up, if not more. Or

Re: [MBZ] slow light off

2016-12-18 Thread clay via Mercedes
born 10/16 > On Dec 17, 2016, at 6:16 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > > You paid for a brand new battery and got one that had been stored at zero > charge? > I've run batteries flat before, but never left them flat longer than > overnight. > Usually takes me about three flattenings

Re: [MBZ] slow light off

2016-12-18 Thread clay via Mercedes
gt; it won’t carry water. Same thing happened to me in 2013. I bought an Optima > red top and have never looked back. The only time it as not started is when > it went to -10F and I forgot to put in the Diesel 911. > > >> On Dec 17, 2016, at 12:18 AM, clay via Mercedes &g

Re: [MBZ] OT: Worst rental car in awhile

2016-12-19 Thread clay via Mercedes
SWMBA had a hyundaia’eh. The thing the Gyn-assist replaced. Compared to the W220, it had better features and fewer expensive things to go bonkers. Build quality would be much the same. Only real difference was the badge. --- clay > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the

Re: [MBZ] M104 block heater

2016-12-19 Thread clay via Mercedes
original hose, RTV the seam at the split, RTV both sides of the hose, and slip the hose over, then clamp it all up. Install properly, fill it all up, and be on the way. clay > On Dec 10, 2016, at 11:11 AM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > Yeah, This is his first car and being under 25, h

Re: [MBZ] M104 block heater

2016-12-20 Thread clay via Mercedes
I gave that some thought, but expected that most of it would be smeared around by the patch hose and seal the patch long enough for the replacement hose to arrive before the weekend > On Dec 20, 2016, at 11:39 AM, MG via Mercedes wrote: > > I don't know if I would have told him to RTV the end

Re: [MBZ] Oh Andrew! Was: Welcome New Member

2016-12-20 Thread clay via Mercedes
Welcome Kyle. If you want a car you do not need to screw with for a decade, you may need to up the buy in. The W123 is rather bullet proof, but the 85 TD is over 30 years old. Were I in the market with the parameters you lay out, I think I would want a very recently refreshed example with al

[MBZ] Kars For Kyle

2016-12-21 Thread clay via Mercedes
Not as perfect as I would like, but could be very good starting points for a long term DD. clay https://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/5860013232.html https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/5895164881.html https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/5924964266.html _

Re: [MBZ] Welcome New Member

2016-12-21 Thread clay via Mercedes
Fuse change is a panacea that is invoked at any mention of electrically possible issues. Also to be accomplished prior to discussion of your recent acquisition of fresh Benz and any issues it has. This way you can head off the ritualistic incantation of “CHANGE YOUR FUSES” by averring that you

Re: [MBZ] Welcome New Member

2016-12-21 Thread clay via Mercedes
I vote to keep it. Never know when it may come in handy. I expect he will return with great founts of Diesel Wisdom. clay > On Dec 21, 2016, at 7:51 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > While sorting out a subscription issue for Randy yesterday, I happened to > notice that Herr Booth's ema

Re: [MBZ] GP Light in Dash

2016-12-21 Thread clay via Mercedes
I seem to recall that the light remaining on (in the 603/602/606) was that there was a dead GP or two happening. The E300D went to the shop to get that dealt with, as well as the BioD damage to seals and hoses clay > On Dec 21, 2016, at 5:22 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes > wrote: > >A f

Re: [MBZ] Droolworthy 280SE 4.5 on BAT

2016-12-21 Thread clay via Mercedes
I read the manual on my 450SL (D-jet) and it said that a drop to half bar at idle was standard (when new). AS long as pressure returns to 3 bar when you drive, all is well. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei retire

Re: [MBZ] Kars For Kyle

2016-12-22 Thread clay via Mercedes
wrote: > >> The '84 looks nice but has obviously been sadly neglected. Left the hood >> open long enough to crack the washer fluid reservoir? Not safe to drive >> with current wiper blades? C'mon, man! >> >> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 9:59 PM, clay via Me

Re: [MBZ] Kars For Kyle

2016-12-22 Thread clay via Mercedes
I am aware of his desires. I was sharing the current state of affairs near me and showing the best that could be had. I would not expect Kyle of being a bottom feeder like the rest of us. clay > On Dec 22, 2016, at 5:16 AM, MG via Mercedes wrote: > > I think you are slightly missing the poi

Re: [MBZ] Overpriced 560 SL on BAT - ends today

2016-12-22 Thread clay via Mercedes
That is a pretty low price for a car in that condition. Must be something greatly wrong to only pull in 9500. clay > On Dec 22, 2016, at 9:45 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Bidding frenzy has sent the price toward five figures. What do people see > in these utterly boring

Re: [MBZ] 18V dewalt batteries

2016-12-26 Thread clay via Mercedes
I picked up a Dewalt recip saw a few weeks ago. It had a battery that worked but not enough power to do the job I needed at one time. I found some used batteries on FleaBay that work. I could have picked up Chinee fresh ones for around $30 ea. If you have a Batteries + (plus) store, you migh

[MBZ] No Go w140 300SE

2016-12-28 Thread clay via Mercedes
The adventures of #1 boy grow. I got a call today that the car will not start/run. Spins up with the starter, battery is good, tried to jump it a few times. Even AAA tried a jump. He heard a “POP” driving to work, and then steam from maybe the bottom end of the top hose. When it cooled eno

Re: [MBZ] Where's Kyle? Was Strasfogel pepper jelly

2016-12-28 Thread clay via Mercedes
Well Done! clay > On Dec 28, 2016, at 3:14 PM, Kyle Arola via Mercedes > wrote: > > So my message is too big and is awaiting moderation again! I attached a > photo... Here is the details without it.. > > I got a 1985 300TD! Diamond Blue with blue interior. Super nice car!!! > Drove 800 miles

Re: [MBZ] OT fried receiver and sound y8anetu3

2015-02-10 Thread clay via Mercedes
Local Waldorf school has a 40% non-vac. populace. All these overpaid liberals are willing to gamble on the health of their own kids for the ability to feel morally superior. That will be about 200 kids becoming vectors of infection at parties, malls, museums, concerts, and public transport. I

Re: [MBZ] Why the French banned some diesels in Paris. AP story

2015-02-10 Thread clay via Mercedes
Allowing public access to hygiene facilities reduces the filth. Fewer people excreting on the streets will reduce the stench, pestilence, and disease. Sports fans and homeless folks piddling in allies and parking lots can keep rat populations down. Prompt garbage removal and intact separated

Re: [MBZ] Why the French banned some diesels in Paris. AP story

2015-02-10 Thread clay via Mercedes
The soviet socialist republic of seattle did attempt public toilets. Real high tech, self cleaning. They broke and were removed. All two of them. Local merchants do not provide access to services unless you are a client. Purchase a krispy kreme and you get to stand in line for 20 minutes t

Re: [MBZ] OT fried receiver and sound y8anetu3

2015-02-12 Thread clay via Mercedes
I do find it odd that the no Vax folks are pretty free with cash to support all manner of disease eradication efforts for the third world. Heaven forbid their own babies be protected. Make sure the slum dogs and trogs do not die from malaria, polio, small pox, dengue, the runs, STD. When the

Re: [MBZ] Greenest and Meanest for 2015 Model year from Greencars.org

2015-02-12 Thread clay via Mercedes
The cars are very popular with the "I don't own a car" group. Local dealer has a contract to keep the 150 Car2Go models on the road. They just got the city leaders to approve another 300 to add to the fleet. Pretty good for urban traffic. They are not allowed to go out of the urban area.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Where to dump the snow in Boston? Same place as British tea!

2015-02-12 Thread clay via Mercedes
Personally, people can piddle around all they want, I doubt all the handwringing will have any impact on climate change. This stuff has been going on for eons, and humans have not had an impact on it in the past 4.5 billion years. For 15 thousand years people probably have been dancing about,

Re: [MBZ] Best oil trader says oil prices may plunge some more

2015-02-12 Thread clay via Mercedes
Shell oil just got ok to base their AK drilling/exploration rig gear in Seattle. That means three years of investment to find off shore oil in Chukchi sea and off ANWAR. The easy to cycle flows are being pulled back to mitigate in the short term, but long view is that oil goes back once Obama

Re: [MBZ] OT: Where to dump the snow in Boston? Same place as British tea!

2015-02-12 Thread clay via Mercedes
This was one of the ploys Dame Margaret came up with to punish the coal miners in 1984. They are going to destroy the world!!! Hark, the coming ice age we all feared just a few years ago is bunk! The Demon Carbon will destroy the earth in brimstone and flame! Let us dispense with its use for

Re: [MBZ] No More AMEX @ Costco

2015-02-13 Thread clay via Mercedes
AMEX has had an exclusive deal for years. The deal goes south in 2016 unless they re-up. You can use a debit card. Amex has taken a hit for this turn of events, since so much cash is generated by the costco agreement. Even with the reduced fee to process the payments, the money was massive.

Re: [MBZ] Best oil trader says oil prices may plunge some more

2015-02-13 Thread clay via Mercedes
Petro merchants wield more power than some over educated fool holding political office. Lame ducks have little power, and the current congress may be inclined to keep this issue alive longer than the quacker holds power. He was incapable of action for the past seven years on the project. Keep

Re: [MBZ] Best oil trader says oil prices may plunge some more

2015-02-13 Thread clay via Mercedes
Tar sands are going to be mined. At the moment, the sands are on the high end of the cost scale, but in time will become the most abundant oil source. The high prices the tar sand oil requires to extract provide a massive profit for the sweet crude that is being pumped. We can produce far mor

Re: [MBZ] Best oil trader says oil prices may plunge some more

2015-02-13 Thread clay via Mercedes
The Fraser Valley line is currently held up with First Nations concerns. It will be resolved through action from Alberta and BC. The Keystone issue involves leases for land owners, much as those given for wind farms and other energy siting. The oil flows to the ports on the Gulf and those loc

Re: [MBZ] OT: Global none-warming. was: Where to dump the snow in Boston?

2015-02-13 Thread clay via Mercedes
Used to be the current Carolina lowlands were 150 miles from the ocean. Very populated lands with hundreds of villages are now underwater. Did the natives think they caused the seas to sweep into their lands because they had done some ignoble thing to the environment? What did the people in

[MBZ] CL idiot of the week

2015-02-13 Thread clay via Mercedes
http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/4872763799.html M117 that needs no attention until it clocks 700k miles! clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save

Re: [MBZ] Wilton's computer [was: Re: Schnee]

2015-02-17 Thread clay via Mercedes
Have you tried the Dragon app to keep from having to use hand? I have it on my ancient iPad. It must have advanced beyond the early abilities. clay On Feb 16, 2015, at 12:57 PM, Alice Strickland via Mercedes wrote: > Loss of peace of mind is worst of all of it. Been in bad shape for over a

Re: [MBZ] This baffles me

2015-02-17 Thread clay via Mercedes
Imma think that portable is related to being able to have a number of spots with big old bolts in the cement you can swap it around to. No hydraulics buried in the flooring or pits. Pour a thick old slab with honking long lag bolts and you can bypass the idiots at the counter of local planning

Re: [MBZ] Wilton's computer [was: Re: Schnee]

2015-02-17 Thread clay via Mercedes
My understanding was that with every birthday you increase your chances of becoming dead. clay On Feb 16, 2015, at 5:56 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: > Addison wrote: >> I also heard it said that "If there is no solution there is no problem." >> > > I heard that having birthdays is goo

Re: [MBZ] OT: Global none-warming. was: Where to dump the snow in Boston?

2015-02-17 Thread clay via Mercedes
I had been brought up understanding that schooling was to learn how to think. The new schooling is to find out what to think. The more ivory tower, the gooder you are schooled. If you have to think, then you have failed. Just be able to recite the mantra, and all your peers will believe you

Re: [MBZ] iCoulomb ?

2015-02-17 Thread clay via Mercedes
Dealerships and marketing are driving engineering. I have one of those "no service" transmissions. Since the dealerships make no money from sales of old cars, the "service items" are minimal and can be used as a sales tool for initial leases and CPO promotions. The "owner" will feel good ab

Re: [MBZ] iCoulomb ?

2015-02-17 Thread clay via Mercedes
I am not sure I want to run Yosemite on my macpro. It sort of messed up the mac mini that is actually able to run it. What did you have to do to make the Macpro 1,1 able to handle more than 10.7? clay On Feb 17, 2015, at 3:58 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > My last "new" Mac was a 2006

Re: [MBZ] Wx

2015-02-17 Thread clay via Mercedes
Having another record breaking warm day in Seattle. S430 said it was 17c outside before noon. My garden is doing things it should not be until March. clay On Feb 17, 2015, at 6:35 AM, Alice Strickland via Mercedes wrote: > Mighty quiet here in Goldsboro, NC, this morning; 27F, quarter inch o

[MBZ] Bad Cat!

2015-02-17 Thread clay via Mercedes
Found that the down stream cat (pass. side) has crumbled inside. Now the S430 (2002) sounds like it is being powered by a giant pepper grinder. Is it possible to just replace the misbehaving cat or do I need to do the whole dual cat pipe? If I can do single cat, will generic cat work, or must

Re: [MBZ] Wilton's computer [was: Re: Schnee]

2015-02-17 Thread clay via Mercedes
I do have a Newton, but find it hard to keep up with the newer hardware like wifi on it. clay On Feb 17, 2015, at 1:54 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: > > >> Have you tried the Dragon app to keep from having to use hand? I have it on >> my ancient iPad. It must have advanced beyond th

Re: [MBZ] Bad Cat!

2015-02-18 Thread clay via Mercedes
Phone > >> On Feb 17, 2015, at 8:22 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: >> >> Found that the down stream cat (pass. side) has crumbled inside. Now the >> S430 (2002) sounds like it is being powered by a giant pepper grinder. Is >> it possible to just replace the misbeh

Re: [MBZ] iCoulomb ?

2015-02-18 Thread clay via Mercedes
Standard wifi screw up issue. It also ate ethernet. I had to do the dance to change parameter and then take four days to have the updates slowly trickle in when wifi would work. Eventually Apple got their act together on the update and wifi and ethernet came back semi consistently.I just

Re: [MBZ] OT: iTunes Q

2015-02-19 Thread clay via Mercedes
The songs he got from iTunes will be living in the cloud and able to be sucked down to the new computer. The MP3 files he ripped are going to go missing and need to be ripped again. If he has the old drive, he could transfer the library to the new machine, or the last back up of the ipod clay

Re: [MBZ] OK What do you think?

2015-02-23 Thread clay via Mercedes
How attached is swmba to the lux of having a kraut car over the generic interior a frod offers? I would guess that the top end appointments on an exploder would rival the benz and come to the same costs. I would also think the repair costs are fairly comparable. Toss up clay On Feb 23, 20

Re: [MBZ] freecycle [was: Re: ISO decent used W123 RF turn signal lens]

2015-02-23 Thread clay via Mercedes
we have a pretty good balance of offer to wants. All manner of cool stuff comes up, but not as good a deal as Andrew got. I push excess plants to willing adopters. IT is not so good for waste concrete. clay On Feb 23, 2015, at 10:02 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > The ratio of

Re: [MBZ] OT "Global warming" (aka climate change), linked to frigid winter

2015-02-23 Thread clay via Mercedes
Bunk It is climate variability. Been going on for billions of years. Solar weather has greater impact than anthropologic. The Mongol hordes came about because their land got too hot, not because they used coal. Weather change made the Pueblo leave their cities.Hohokia crashed, but had

Re: [MBZ] OT "Global warming" (aka climate change), linked to frigid winter

2015-02-23 Thread clay via Mercedes
Beer is a prophylactic for cholera. Drink beer and you do not get sick. London found that out long ago. clay On Feb 23, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > On 23/02/2015 4:18 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: >>> Climate change may be to blame for frigid NortheastPublishe

Re: [MBZ] OT "Global warming" (aka climate change), linked to frigid winter

2015-02-23 Thread clay via Mercedes
homeostasis The system will balance out, so it was a lie to call it global warming. Climate change is a more honest term, as some places will get less rain, others more, some will be colder, others warmer. My garden blooms two weeks early, Boston is under six feet of snow. clay On Feb 23,

Re: [MBZ] OT "Global warming" (aka climate change), linked to frigid winter

2015-02-25 Thread clay via Mercedes
Couple I purchased my home from in PNW did that. Lived in HI from nov. to April. I thought that quite extravagant until I got the first winter's electric bill. They probably got that going in the 1970's and leased out their island home for summer tourist season. The winter I upgraded to gas

Re: [MBZ] OT "Global warming" (aka climate change), linked to frigid winter

2015-02-25 Thread clay via Mercedes
the chloroflorocarbons were eating the ozone over the penguins. If we had not stopped with the hair spray and freon, we would never have been able to watch all these disturbing penguin movies. clay On Feb 23, 2015, at 9:23 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: > > 40 years ago we had to give

Re: [MBZ] OK What do you think?

2015-02-25 Thread clay via Mercedes
an elliptical can be folded to fit into a car with fold down seat and pass through. I did it once. Never again. Give me lots of space to haul and easy access to it. With either of the options available, you are not going to save on fuel, so go for best hauling ability and what keeps SWMBA e

Re: [MBZ] OK What do you think?

2015-02-25 Thread clay via Mercedes
panzerwagon owners are seriously deluded about the value of their roadsters. Those cars are not going to rise in price for ages. There are too many beat to crap examples and too few set up like new to get the prices asked. Nobody will be willing to throw the money needed to restore them to #1

Re: [MBZ] OT: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-02-26 Thread clay via Mercedes
I am nothing but a plus size model, but it always amazes me how aged the vegans and "healthy" eaters look. Bad hair, bad skin, scrawny, looking as if they had just been liberated by allied forces in the spring of 1945. They are gobbling up supplements and biotics to attempt to keep at bay the

Re: [MBZ] OT: FCC & Net Neutrality

2015-03-02 Thread clay via Mercedes
Osamacare is turning into a flaming turd in secondary ways for many of the people who can not afford mistakes. Seems the Washington Healthplan finder system in destroying families. There have been multitudes of issues with the computer not paying, or not showing the policy has been paid regu

Re: [MBZ] W140 - 1999 S320 Opinions

2015-03-02 Thread clay via Mercedes
They are underpowered for the chassis. #1 boy drives the early w140 version, which gets terrible mileage. May as well get a V8 and power, since you are not saving cash at the pump. That said, you will save on valve related things and heads, since there is but one. The '99 will have good wire

Re: [MBZ] Fat and Diet. was: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-03-02 Thread clay via Mercedes
Mom was on the veggie bandwagon for a number of years, and ended up with pernicious anemia. Now she has severe neuropathy, needs meds, B12 shots, and occasionally eats red meat. The damage is done, and after seeing the results on her and on my sister, you would be hard pressed to convince me a

Re: [MBZ] Fat and Diet. was: Deadliest cars for drivers

2015-03-02 Thread clay via Mercedes
Seattle is huge on the current bone soup craze. There was a full page in the paper dedicated to recipes and the latest thoughts on its goodness. Reminded me of Granny having a pot on the stove each week where she was drowning bones. That stuff smelled so good. No idea what all she used

Re: [MBZ] Guns and such, was ML

2015-03-02 Thread clay via Mercedes
The fellow at the little people school was doing what childhood illness used to take care of. Now the no vax people are helping to solve the problem. More little kids get to be damaged and die. Too much cleanliness and do gooder thinking. Let the goobermunt take care of them. Call the cops.

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread clay via Mercedes
Our faithless and hopey leader, Neville obama Chamberlain, knows that appeasing the bad actors will result in a peace and love utopia for all. Meanwhile the rest of us know that nukes and ICMBs are going to be flying, with the bullets and all manner of religious extremism. Adolph Putin is on

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread clay via Mercedes
Well, at least he is now opposed to political killings. He is being twice as Transparent as our faithless leader himself. No need for FOIA with Pooter, he will disclose it all. There are no soviet troops in Ukraine, Crimea wanted to become part of the new USSR in a bloodless coup that did not

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread clay via Mercedes
And all the Federal criminals who are toking up left and right. Why is the drug gestapo not out rounding them up? All the middle schools are "drug free zones" but have the most active drug scene in neighborhoods. Maybe the recent move to restrict the sale of 5.56mm or .223 rounds will save

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread clay via Mercedes
Kip Kinkel, Oregon youth, boy scout shooting medal, had mental issues as well as behavioral. Kip showed an interest in guns, so his folks thought it would help to support his hobby. Might draw him out and make him more sociable. clay On Mar 4, 2015, at 8:56 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread clay via Mercedes
http://murphyauction.com/Auction/Details/4674 I am thinking of getting a heater and a stove at this place. The Kriss Vector .45 looks sleek clay On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:09 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > On 04/03/2015 10:19 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >> DId those mass murd

Re: [MBZ] Computenmachine ?

2015-03-04 Thread clay via Mercedes
KVM will do that. An A/B system that hooks keyboard, mouse, video between two systems so they share. Depending upon age of the machines, you would need ps2 ports and VGA or USB and DVI, maybe monitor port. clay On Mar 4, 2015, at 11:20 AM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: > For the computenmachi

Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread clay via Mercedes
What is the tool/thing sexual violators can be deprived of? We lock them up, but they come out and do it again. No need to source a weapon illegally. Burglars and robbers keep doing the same things as well. Bankers and embezzlers keep screwing people over. Maybe we need to deprive the perp

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 112, Issue 30

2015-03-04 Thread clay via Mercedes
We have short circuited Darwinian evolution. Shoes have messed with our feet so we have daintier toes and less ability to walk long distances. This may be a first world thing. We impregnate the couples or singles who are genetically incapable of producing a child naturally. We pump people f

[MBZ] OMG!! We almost died!

2015-03-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
Months ago, #1 boy and I installed new rotors on his w140. We had already done the pads long before. About three weeks ago, the driver side front wheel began groaning when he would shift from reverse to drive. Around the same time the boy had been doing 50 work weeks on the 0400-1400 shift.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware

2015-03-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
These solutions end up being a complete mess a bunch of the time. Kids are much smarter than humans and will find a way to bypass your lock downs. They hack it or find some other way to get what they want. Then the adults will want to access sites that are not "appropriate" according to the

Re: [MBZ] OMG!! We almost died!

2015-03-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
per and the wheel as far as the > wheel's position. > > Please elaborate. > > Dan > > > > >> On Mar 7, 2015, at 8:47 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: >> >> Months ago, #1 boy and I installed new rotors on his w140. We had already >> do

Re: [MBZ] OT: The force behind early daylight savings time.

2015-03-11 Thread clay via Mercedes
For giggles Alaska has one time zone. They used to have four, but that made for issues doing business.Now it is all based on SE. Sun up in Juneau is the same time as the last island in the Aleutian chain. Sun will not get up for four more hours. And to make it all even stupider, they do

Re: [MBZ] List Issues

2015-03-12 Thread clay via Mercedes
Secret service seems not really interested in protecting POTUS. They drive drunk, pick up hookers, do not stop intruders, allow armed civilians to ride with him, rape, pillage and plunder. The new wag the dog report of agents crashing into the white house is another attempt to obfuscate the em

Re: [MBZ] Subject: Re: another oddball experience with W123 heat

2015-03-12 Thread clay via Mercedes
That is now enshrined in club doctrine. Club tech event last weekend at a local indy, I told the owner of the '99 S600 that he had to change all his fuses. Bunch of guys all chimed in about the Booth Rule. clay On Mar 12, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: > It doesn't ma

Re: [MBZ] Should I look at this?

2015-03-12 Thread clay via Mercedes
The w220 is not an upgrade to a very nice condition w140. The fit and finish is on a par with a late model korean car. The value for a very low mile w220 is much under $19k. The w222 is a bit closer to the $20k mark. I can pick up the 2000-2005 S series hovering around $10k or less all d

Re: [MBZ] Play Taps for a W124

2015-03-13 Thread clay via Mercedes
The goons at Liberty mutual would not play ball when my e300d got hit. That is a very rare model compared to the e320. They had to do a national search and only found two comparable. They took three months to get to the $9500, after trying to low ball at 4200 (based on a 320) Hold out for

Re: [MBZ] Should I look at this?

2015-03-13 Thread clay via Mercedes
I looked at the w210 as a replacement for the e300d and found them to be half the car a w124 is. IF it were in superb shape, they came out feeling the same caliber as a very nice w220. Same compromises in quality and build. For me, I would really really have to be burning in love to look at a

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