It should be noted that I was still a teenager then. Kaleb too? And don't forget about Davide. Lots of young folks.
It makes you wonder how we looked then compared to the kids on the W123 facebook group now. Afterall, we were doing the same kind of work. Trying to adjust valves on a 240D and figure out why the engine wouldn't shut off. But the cars were less than 20 years old then. Like a W211 today. Jaime On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 8:43 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I joined the MBCA list in 96 or 97 when it started followed by the Her > Hitler list. By 98 I was banned from there when Dickarde started his lists. > I was running several of those lists when they went dark and moved over to > the current list in 05. The first list person I met in person was Knutson. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 4, 2019, at 6:53 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I joined in 1998 I think also... thats when I bought my first 240D. > > > > Not long after that I met MMM and CTH in person on various adventures > with > > old Mercedes around NY, NJ, and PA. And went to the some Rusty Qs. > > > > And yes, the lists were run by Dickarde in Canada around that time... not > > sure when that started. But something about servers running in a hidden > > closet in a basement parking garage on a stolen internet connection. And > > then one day it all went dark and everyone lost everything... remember > > that? He was hosting my website at the time. I changed to a > professional > > after that! > > > > Jaime > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 8:45 PM OK Don via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > >> I had to think back - I joined the Joe Amelia SL list in 1998 when I > bought > >> the SLC, then migrated here when Joe sold his SL for a sailboat and gave > >> his list to Kaleb. Been here ever since. > >> I guess that since I traded the Mercedes addiction for an airplane > >> addiction, I should leave, but you guys are just too entertaining ... > >> > >> -- > >> OK Don > >> > >> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > >> pause and reflect." Mark Twain > >> > >> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > who > >> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > >> for themselves." > >> > >> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > >> 2013 F150, 18 mpg > >> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > >> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://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 > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Jaime Kopchinski > > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > > _______________________________________ > > http://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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ http://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
