Message: 7 Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:48:22 -0800 Hi Kevin, Yes, that is a deliberate alternate spelling of 'Marlene Diederich'. As I explain in the blog: "A word about the name:
I have owned the car for 12 years now, and I have never been able to successfully arrive at a name that really fits. If I was going to choose a name, which I have never done for any of my cars, I wanted something Germanic, something meaningful, and something... catchy. My wife likes the car, so I wanted to include her in the selection... and I suggested "Diederich", a family name. She thought the name should be feminine, which I couldn't argue with.... having come up with several male names that just didn't make it. So.... a feminine name... to be combined with the Diederich family name.... Hmmm. What about Marlene, my wife asked? BINGO! Marlene Diederich it is!!" :) http://mercedesdieselrebuildingdiederich.blogspot.com/ In the case of my no-show buyer... I had arranged my afternoon to accomodate him... I had spoken to him around 10 am Saturday, arranging for a 2:30 pm appointment... 4 1/2 hours away. He doesn't show up, pissing me off. No phone call, nothing. Then, about 24 hours later, on Sunday, a truck with three strange guys arrives in my driveway around 2pm. I am thinking.... what the hell is this? Well, it's my no show buyer. I told him the appointment was yesterday and he missed it, and that the car was no longer for sale. He blamed the confusion on his 'new medication'.... I am thinking it was his 'self-medication'. The whole experience was just kinda creepy... and I was left with the feeling that he wasn't so much interested in buying the car as he was in.... 'casing the joint". Good grief, who needs that? Tom SE Connecticut 1975 W115 300D and all those BMWs From: "Kevin Kraly" <kr...@comcast.net> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Change of plans: restoring "Marlene Diederich"... a new blog Message-ID: <2C3AD47B57474523B294FB0CB0D9C985@kdogPC> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original That's great, one less W115 rusting away and going to the crusher! I hate no show buyers, or those who come out and spend 20 minutes driving it around and poking under the hood only to say "That isn't really what I wanted. I had this happen a few days ago with an RC car I had for sale, and it looks like I'll be keeping that one too. Did you spell it "Diederich" rather than Dietrich on purpose? Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon _______________________________________ 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/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
