Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana
I worked on their generator years ago. Weren't they somehow involved with the people who developed Crown International, the old wire recorder and audio amplifier guys? Dan On Feb 15, 2014, at 2:50 AM, Craig wrote: I have continued to search for jobs and submit applications. None of the companies nor colleges to which I have applied have been interested. I did, however, find one organization that is interested in me: the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Indiana. Shirley and I will be traveling there in March for them to meet me and me to meet them and do some work with them. We will be flying in and out of Grand Rapids. Rick Knoble asked me off-list when I said in response to the discussion of Kaleb's travel problems that I was making travel reservations. He suggested a meet-up with Mitch Haley and Michael Esh while we are there. Anyone interested? Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Greensboro, NC
I was thinking that Wilton was in that neighborhood. Couldn't recall if you were there or not Dan On Feb 14, 2014, at 10:47 PM, Richard Hattaway wrote: Walt and I for starters (-: On Friday, February 14, 2014 6:38 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Local news I found interesting. Doesn't someone live in/around Greensboro? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140211/08444226177/businessman-threatens-to-sue-blogger-defamation-blogger-says-bring-it.shtml Dan ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Greensboro, NC
On Feb 15, 2014 7:04 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I was thinking that Wilton was in that neighborhood. Couldn't recall if you were there or not Rich's daughter is in school in Greensboro. And several of my in-laws but I don't believe you knew that before. :) Wilton is 2.5h ESE or so (Goldsboro, I can see that confusion). I'm in Chapel Hill, 1.2h east. I think Glenn is west a couple hours. There are also several other NC participants whose location I haven't seen disclosed on list. Maybe it's time for a CarolinaQ. We can use proper pig-based materials, but everyone will have to bring his own sauce... I've eaten at Ham's many times, I think they are down to just the Greensboro location now. Too bad the fellow didn't use his mafia connections to make his business profitable. Best, Tim ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT - Bitcoin
On Feb 14, 2014 9:01 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: so how old are you anyway? Old enough that people no longer say, oh! I thought you were older. Between Curt and Frada, basically. I was prematurely bald so I haven't ever been carded. Strange but true. Best, Tim ___ 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
[MBZ] Today's Time Suck
Cool. http://vizual-statistix.tumblr.com Dan ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Greensboro, NC
I'm up for a CarolinaQ anytime anybody wants to get together. I'm west of Denton. Little berg in the country known as Pooletown. On Saturday, February 15, 2014 7:40 AM, Tim Crone bb...@crone.us wrote: On Feb 15, 2014 7:04 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I was thinking that Wilton was in that neighborhood. Couldn't recall if you were there or not Rich's daughter is in school in Greensboro. And several of my in-laws but I don't believe you knew that before. :) Wilton is 2.5h ESE or so (Goldsboro, I can see that confusion). I'm in Chapel Hill, 1.2h east. I think Glenn is west a couple hours. There are also several other NC participants whose location I haven't seen disclosed on list. Maybe it's time for a CarolinaQ. We can use proper pig-based materials, but everyone will have to bring his own sauce... I've eaten at Ham's many times, I think they are down to just the Greensboro location now. Too bad the fellow didn't use his mafia connections to make his business profitable. Best, Tim ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Greensboro, NC
Yes the girl child is in Gboro. I believe she has graduated as we went to graduation in December (though I got a bill for tuition the other day, so far she has not responded to my question about that). She might know this goombah as she seems to know a lot about the goings-on in town. --R On 2/15/14 7:40 AM, Tim Crone wrote: On Feb 15, 2014 7:04 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I was thinking that Wilton was in that neighborhood. Couldn't recall if you were there or not Rich's daughter is in school in Greensboro. And several of my in-laws but I don't believe you knew that before. :) Wilton is 2.5h ESE or so (Goldsboro, I can see that confusion). I'm in Chapel Hill, 1.2h east. I think Glenn is west a couple hours. There are also several other NC participants whose location I haven't seen disclosed on list. Maybe it's time for a CarolinaQ. We can use proper pig-based materials, but everyone will have to bring his own sauce... I've eaten at Ham's many times, I think they are down to just the Greensboro location now. Too bad the fellow didn't use his mafia connections to make his business profitable. Best, Tim ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT - Prog Rock
I have KC on my pod, listen to it occasionally. If you like prog rock you can find a channel on itunes radio, which will play quite a bit of fairly obscure stuff, or you can pick KC as a favorite and set up your own custom channel that will play stuff deemed sufficiently similar by some algorithm. It is quite interesting what it comes up with. You can do this free, about every 15 min or so it will play a short advert for something. --R On 2/14/14 8:04 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: it's fairly famous and massively well regarded king crimson is guitarist robert fripp and whoever he happens to be hanging around with at the moment this is the original version with greg lake, who later pushed the limits of prog with less success in emerson, lake and palmer maybe teh best of its kind On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Somehow I ended up here today and just... stayed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9P3ugzmmis In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) Does anyone else know this music? Did anyone else know this in early '70's? Lyrics for the album: http://lyrics.rockmagic.net/lyrics/king_crimson/in_the_court_of_the_crimson_king_1969.html I would say prescient. mao ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Today's Time Suck
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 08:51:17 -0500 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Cool. http://vizual-statistix.tumblr.com Oh, my, what a lot of interesting graphs! Time sink? Yup! Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014
I'd seen online calculators before and this one agrees more or less with what I'd seen although it seems to mark the BTUs for wood kind of high. Lately much as it galls me I've been running a little electric heater a few hours a day. We're paying $0.10/KWH for electric and $3.70/gal for fuel oil so the electric is much cheaper. Since we had no snow early in the season we've burned a lot more wood than usual. Typically the snow makes it harder to haul wood from the pile to the house (I stack it across the yard to keep bugs away from the house) but with no snow and super cold we've burned through 2/3 of the supply already. Considering a ton of coal sits on a 4x4 pallet 5 feet high its definitely a space saver and since it has no bugs I'd have no problem putting 2 pallets right behind the house which has good access for delivery truck. We could keep half a ton in the house at any given time in the space where we keep wood now. Riverside (the place you linked in your other email) is where I'd based on getting my coal from. Their delivery map suggests they'd deliver to us while the description of their delivery map suggests they would not. Worst case I could have them deliver to my uncle who lives closer to Boston, hitch the snowmobile trailer to the Ranger and make 2 trips... -Curt Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 21:40:31 -0700 From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014 Message-ID: 20140214214031.9ddf7b598c2a89f00a3d7...@pisquared.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 http://nepacrossroads.com/kb/anthracite Description of anthracite and comparisons to other type fuels. http://nepacrossroads.com/fuel-comparison-calculator.php It does the math for you I've got Angie mostly convinced. Keep on working on her! Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Greensboro, NC
I live in GOLDSBORO, 2.5 hours or so east of Greensboro. Wilt - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 7:04 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Greensboro, NC I was thinking that Wilton was in that neighborhood. Couldn't recall if you were there or not Dan On Feb 14, 2014, at 10:47 PM, Richard Hattaway wrote: Walt and I for starters (-: On Friday, February 14, 2014 6:38 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Local news I found interesting. Doesn't someone live in/around Greensboro? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140211/08444226177/businessman-threatens-to-sue-blogger-defamation-blogger-says-bring-it.shtml Dan ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT - Bitcoin
isn't frada like 40 now or something? On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Tim Crone bb...@crone.us wrote: On Feb 14, 2014 9:01 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: so how old are you anyway? Old enough that people no longer say, oh! I thought you were older. Between Curt and Frada, basically. I was prematurely bald so I haven't ever been carded. Strange but true. Best, Tim ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
maybe THE company? On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 22:23:39 -0400 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: It was Jamaica last year, which was way nicer of a resort Sent from my iPhone On Feb 14, 2014, at 9:53 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: Company meeting. IIRC, he went last year as well. So what company are you working for, Kaleb? Craig ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana
'Hope it goes well. Wilt - Original Message - From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net To: mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 2:50 AM Subject: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana I have continued to search for jobs and submit applications. None of the companies nor colleges to which I have applied have been interested. I did, however, find one organization that is interested in me: the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Indiana. Shirley and I will be traveling there in March for them to meet me and me to meet them and do some work with them. We will be flying in and out of Grand Rapids. Rick Knoble asked me off-list when I said in response to the discussion of Kaleb's travel problems that I was making travel reservations. He suggested a meet-up with Mitch Haley and Michael Esh while we are there. Anyone interested? Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
I just can't stop laughing. This list is better than Comedy Central. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: maybe THE company? On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 22:23:39 -0400 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: It was Jamaica last year, which was way nicer of a resort Sent from my iPhone On Feb 14, 2014, at 9:53 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: Company meeting. IIRC, he went last year as well. So what company are you working for, Kaleb? Craig ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
I just can't stop laughing. This list is better than Comedy Central. Yeah, I've gotta dream up another SA story. SA has been dormant a couple weeks. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
yeah, can you believe they drove me off for 4 years? how dreadful it must have been for you, andrew? On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote: I just can't stop laughing. This list is better than Comedy Central. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: maybe THE company? On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 22:23:39 -0400 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: It was Jamaica last year, which was way nicer of a resort Sent from my iPhone On Feb 14, 2014, at 9:53 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: Company meeting. IIRC, he went last year as well. So what company are you working for, Kaleb? Craig ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:51:19 -0500 Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: I just can't stop laughing. This list is better than Comedy Central. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: maybe THE company? I guess I'm missing something Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:27:16 -0600 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I just can't stop laughing. This list is better than Comedy Central. Yeah, I've gotta dream up another SA story. SA has been dormant a couple weeks. SA? Samuel Adams? South America? Southwest Airlines? Silver-plated Agitator? Severe Amnesia? Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
not everyone gets everything, which is obvious. i don't get cooking or interior decorating so much. you don't get intelligent banter. it is just diversity, y'know? On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:51:19 -0500 Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: I just can't stop laughing. This list is better than Comedy Central. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: maybe THE company? I guess I'm missing something Craig ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:27:16 -0600 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I just can't stop laughing. This list is better than Comedy Central. Yeah, I've gotta dream up another SA story. SA has been dormant a couple weeks. SA? Samuel Adams? South America? Southwest Airlines? Silver-plated Agitator? Severe Amnesia? Craig Super Andrew = SA As in the Adventures of Super Andrew. Mild mannered gooberment civil servant by day and superhero by night, and his faithful sidekick, Batsh*t Catsh*t, the feline with superpowers. We just need to make up some more stories featuring our superheroes. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
not everyone gets everything, which is obvious. i don't get cooking or interior decorating so much. you don't get intelligent banter. it is just diversity, y'know? Bzzzt! wrong. Craig gets INTELLIGENT banter, no your bull ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:05:31 -0500 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: maybe THE company? I guess I'm missing something not everyone gets everything, which is obvious. i don't get cooking or interior decorating so much. you don't get intelligent banter. So, what is THE company? What does it reference? Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
is this your first week in the united states? On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:05:31 -0500 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: maybe THE company? I guess I'm missing something not everyone gets everything, which is obvious. i don't get cooking or interior decorating so much. you don't get intelligent banter. So, what is THE company? What does it reference? Craig ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:09:21 -0500 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: is this your first week in the united states? You know enough to not have to ask that question. All I wanted to know is what you meant by THE company and what reference it might have. Others, in mentioning Monty Python quotes of which I was uninformed, graciously told me what the reference was so I could look it up. Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
The Company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia *The Company* may refer to: Contents - 1 Organizationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Company#Organizations - 2 Literature http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Company#Literature - 3 Television http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Company#Television - 4 Films http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Company#Films - 5 Other uses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Company#Other_uses - 6 See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Company#See_also Organizations - The Society of Jesus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus, the Christian Catholic Order of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (also referred to as St. Ignatius) a/k/a Jesuits. - The Central Intelligence Agencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency(CIA), an American agency - The Indian mafia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_mafia, an organised body of criminals based in India On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:09:21 -0500 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: is this your first week in the united states? You know enough to not have to ask that question. All I wanted to know is what you meant by THE company and what reference it might have. Others, in mentioning Monty Python quotes of which I was uninformed, graciously told me what the reference was so I could look it up. Craig ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
This generally references A Government Agency whose employees might often decline to name it or share the knowledge of their association with it. My niece works for The Company but is fairly open about it. I had another friend who interviewed with them many years ago, waited for some time, went off for some period on some indeterminate activity, then took a job with another company that involved considerable international travel. I always suspected she worked for The Company in some capacity, and asked her at one point and she did not say no but she did not say yes either. Good enough for me. --R On 2/15/14 4:19 PM, Craig wrote: On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:09:21 -0500 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: is this your first week in the united states? You know enough to not have to ask that question. All I wanted to know is what you meant by THE company and what reference it might have. Others, in mentioning Monty Python quotes of which I was uninformed, graciously told me what the reference was so I could look it up. Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:22:58 -0500 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: The Company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia *The Company* may refer to: Contents Thank you, Gary. I appreciate the information. Looking for The Company instead of THE company didn't occur to me. Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
thinking outside the box is not easy at all. i can't do it and neither can most people. i'm working on it though On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:22:58 -0500 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: The Company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia *The Company* may refer to: Contents Thank you, Gary. I appreciate the information. Looking for The Company instead of THE company didn't occur to me. Craig ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] Greensboro, NC
That would be neat if you all had a carolinaQ. You would have the real Q there. My own view that our chowdahQ is a real highlight of the year. We are set for #7 this fall. On Feb 15, 2014 9:36 AM, Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.com wrote: I'm up for a CarolinaQ anytime anybody wants to get together. I'm west of Denton. Little berg in the country known as Pooletown. On Saturday, February 15, 2014 7:40 AM, Tim Crone bb...@crone.us wrote: On Feb 15, 2014 7:04 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I was thinking that Wilton was in that neighborhood. Couldn't recall if you were there or not Rich's daughter is in school in Greensboro. And several of my in-laws but I don't believe you knew that before. :) Wilton is 2.5h ESE or so (Goldsboro, I can see that confusion). I'm in Chapel Hill, 1.2h east. I think Glenn is west a couple hours. There are also several other NC participants whose location I haven't seen disclosed on list. Maybe it's time for a CarolinaQ. We can use proper pig-based materials, but everyone will have to bring his own sauce... I've eaten at Ham's many times, I think they are down to just the Greensboro location now. Too bad the fellow didn't use his mafia connections to make his business profitable. Best, Tim ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014
Curt wrote: We've got a Jotul woodstove but wood is kinda spendy Only if you buy wood. and a lot of work compared to coal. Hmm. Especially if you cut your own wood. I found a place nearby that has bagged coal for $310/ton. I've read that 1 ton of coal equals 3 cords of wood. That will depend on the wood, for sure. I have a range of wood from cedar to osage orange. Quite the range in heat output per volume. -- Philip ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
The woods is full of retired Company employees where I live. Some of them are open about where they worked, and some are downright paranoid. My interior decorator was retired from the CIA, as was her husband. Both were very open about it. A visiting nurse I knew told me about the first time she visited a certain retiree. All the shades were drawn, a light came on by a closed circuit camera on the porch, and she was asked a number of questions. Then a lock clicked and a voice told her to come in. The patient was sitting on a sofa with his hand under some newspapers. What tended to freak her out the most was that he never took his eyes off her the whole time. He provided his medical history but refused an exam; saying they would do that next time. Then he invited her to leave. Future visits got better but never to the point that he obviously trusted her; and there were always his eyes watching every move she made; something that always bothered her. Why did she suspect he was from a secret government agency? His insurance had a telltale FEP (Federal Employees Program) number, which wasn't specific for an intelligence agency, but very likely in this neighborhood. Gerry On 2/15/2014 4:31 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: This generally references A Government Agency whose employees might often decline to name it or share the knowledge of their association with it. My niece works for The Company but is fairly open about it. I had another friend who interviewed with them many years ago, waited for some time, went off for some period on some indeterminate activity, then took a job with another company that involved considerable international travel. I always suspected she worked for The Company in some capacity, and asked her at one point and she did not say no but she did not say yes either. Good enough for me. --R On 2/15/14 4:19 PM, Craig wrote: On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:09:21 -0500 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: is this your first week in the united states? You know enough to not have to ask that question. All I wanted to know is what you meant by THE company and what reference it might have. Others, in mentioning Monty Python quotes of which I was uninformed, graciously told me what the reference was so I could look it up. Craig ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014
I would love to have some chunks of wet osage orange. It is great to make wood planes from, but when it dries it is almost like trying to work metal it gets so hard. --R On 2/15/14 5:09 PM, Fmiser wrote: Curt wrote: We've got a Jotul woodstove but wood is kinda spendy Only if you buy wood. and a lot of work compared to coal. Hmm. Especially if you cut your own wood. I found a place nearby that has bagged coal for $310/ton. I've read that 1 ton of coal equals 3 cords of wood. That will depend on the wood, for sure. I have a range of wood from cedar to osage orange. Quite the range in heat output per volume. -- Philip ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Greensboro, NC
The girlchild says, I've heard of this dude, he's a shady character. There are a bunch of mob-esque dudes here --R On 2/14/14 6:37 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Local news I found interesting. Doesn't someone live in/around Greensboro? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140211/08444226177/businessman-threatens-to-sue-blogger-defamation-blogger-says-bring-it.shtml Dan ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
Jabba means the mob, Or maybe the CIA. My company is dominion dealer solutions Sent from my iPhone On Feb 15, 2014, at 5:09 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: is this your first week in the united states? On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:05:31 -0500 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: maybe THE company? I guess I'm missing something not everyone gets everything, which is obvious. i don't get cooking or interior decorating so much. you don't get intelligent banter. So, what is THE company? What does it reference? Craig ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
[MBZ] Back home tomorrow
I fly back tomorrow, on delta, so is I not get back, we will see. I am ready to get back as the food at this resort is simply awful. Sent from my iPhone ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Osage orange - was: Snowpocalypse 2014
Rich wrote: I would love to have some chunks of wet osage orange. It is great to make wood planes from, but when it dries it is almost like trying to work metal it gets so hard. How big of a piece do you want? I've been burning half rotten stuff that died a couple years ago. But one tree that just came down a few months ago could have some pieces cut from it. -- Philip ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Shifting problems -- bushing tool
So the car needs 2 of these bushings? Looks like I'll just make the tool with a bolt and socket and washers like in that posting. Amazon has Febi bushings for $4.70 and I can get free shipping, can Dr. Fatty beat that? I might as well order enough to do 3 cars. --R (sent from my miniPad) ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana
Gary wrote: all the flutes are made there Elkhart is HQ for most motorhomes, isn't it? It would be nice to show up in Elkhart with several regional mercedes, wouldn't it? Shall we take you to Gene Jude's? ...eh... to much out of the way unless you have a layover at ORD. Rick? Mitch? mao ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
Gary wrote: it is just diversity, y'know? diversity is good? ...hmmm... I thought civil rights was good. Perhaps diversity works? mao ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Shifting problems -- bushing tool
I'm pretty sure the 'socket' tool will only work if the linkage has been removed from the car. Hence the plier tool, which will work with linkage on car. Hendrik who has managed to install bushings without fancy tool but needed to use a lot of fancy words of encouragement On 16/02/14 12:26, Rich Thomas wrote: So the car needs 2 of these bushings? Looks like I'll just make the tool with a bolt and socket and washers like in that posting. Amazon has Febi bushings for $4.70 and I can get free shipping, can Dr. Fatty beat that? I might as well order enough to do 3 cars. --R ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
Gary wrote: thinking outside the box is not easy at all. i can't do it and neither can most people. i'm working on it though think bitcoin. mao ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana
There were flutes made in Arlington, MA -- factory was right across from where I lived there. It was just a small building with a few craftsmen. These were supposedly quite high end, they did silver and gold flutes for pros. I think Conn was in Elkhart? They made all kinds of instruments. Are they still there? There was also a shop that made elliptical picture frames using old lathes that spun the blanks in an elliptical path. --R (sent from my miniPad) On Feb 15, 2014, at 9:06 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Gary wrote: all the flutes are made there Elkhart is HQ for most motorhomes, isn't it? It would be nice to show up in Elkhart with several regional mercedes, wouldn't it? Shall we take you to Gene Jude's? ...eh... to much out of the way unless you have a layover at ORD. Rick? Mitch? mao ___ 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
[MBZ] Auto darkening helmet won't.
Heres one, When welding the exhaust pipe on my 190D (MB content) the other day I noticed my auto darkening welding helmet was really really slow. I played with the sensitivity settings but it didn't seem to make any difference. I've had the helmet I think 2 years. At first I thought it was just because the glass was dirty, I know I've got spares somewhere but I can't find them so I just ran without but it didn't make any difference. Is there some maintenance you need to do on these? Leave it out in the sun maybe? I learned to start the arc with my eyes closed to give the thing time to darken, then open my eyes and work, a real pain in the butt. -Curt ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014
In the last 7 years we've probably burned 10-12 cords of wood of which I actually purchased 5. Even today I was telling a friend about my thoughts on going coal and he told me about a big ash tree in his mother's yard I could have. Even if we go coal I could still burn free wood. Wood is still a lot more work than coal even if you take the processing out of the equation. The coal fire you get burning then shake down and add coal twice a day. Wood fire you add wood once an hour, at least in my house we do, I don't stop the fire down any, if its lit its burning wide open. Well not wide open, I watch the stove thermometer and find the sweet spot where it puts out the most heat. No creosote in our chimney. -Curt Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:09:45 -0600 From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014 Message-ID: 20140215160945.05a37...@jasper.condray.lan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Curt wrote: We've got a Jotul woodstove but wood is kinda spendy Only if you buy wood. and a lot of work compared to coal. Hmm. Especially if you cut your own wood. I found a place nearby that has bagged coal for $310/ton. I've read that 1 ton of coal equals 3 cords of wood. That will depend on the wood, for sure. I have a range of wood from cedar to osage orange. Quite the range in heat output per volume. -- Philip ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014
I would love to have some chunks of wet osage orange. It is great to make wood planes from, but when it dries it is almost like trying to work metal it gets so hard. --R Makes good fence posts too. Honey locust is very hard after it is dry, but not quite the ironwood quality of hedge. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
diversity is good? ...hmmm... I thought civil rights was good. Perhaps diversity works? mao THe diversity Po lice is the pc po lice. they like diversity as long it is their diversity. If it means real diversity, they will take you out back and shoo t you. Like the way the obungler IRS harasses citizens who have opinions diverse from that of the obungler. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Shifting problems -- bushing tool
I'm pretty sure the 'socket' tool will only work if the linkage has been removed from the car. Hence the plier tool, which will work with linkage on car. Hendrik who has managed to install bushings without fancy tool but needed to use a lot of fancy words of encouragement at least the end you are working on has to be taken loose in any case. In many cases, you can take the rod out and do both ends. In some cases, like 124s, you may have to take the arm off the side of the trans to get that end off. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Auto darkening helmet won't.
How are the batteries? Try new ones - - - On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:26 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Heres one, When welding the exhaust pipe on my 190D (MB content) the other day I noticed my auto darkening welding helmet was really really slow. I played with the sensitivity settings but it didn't seem to make any difference. I've had the helmet I think 2 years. At first I thought it was just because the glass was dirty, I know I've got spares somewhere but I can't find them so I just ran without but it didn't make any difference. Is there some maintenance you need to do on these? Leave it out in the sun maybe? I learned to start the arc with my eyes closed to give the thing time to darken, then open my eyes and work, a real pain in the butt. -Curt ___ -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 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
Re: [MBZ] Auto darkening helmet won't.
Have you CHECKED all the FUSES?! On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:59 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: How are the batteries? Try new ones - - - On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:26 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Heres one, When welding the exhaust pipe on my 190D (MB content) the other day I noticed my auto darkening welding helmet was really really slow. I played with the sensitivity settings but it didn't seem to make any difference. I've had the helmet I think 2 years. At first I thought it was just because the glass was dirty, I know I've got spares somewhere but I can't find them so I just ran without but it didn't make any difference. Is there some maintenance you need to do on these? Leave it out in the sun maybe? I learned to start the arc with my eyes closed to give the thing time to darken, then open my eyes and work, a real pain in the butt. -Curt ___ -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 06:58:22 -0500 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I worked on their generator years ago. Weren't they somehow involved with the people who developed Crown International, the old wire recorder and audio amplifier guys? Short answer: yes. Longer answer: HCJB started shortwave broadcasting in Quito, Ecuador on Christmas Day, 1931. Given that the call-sign prefix for Ecuador was HC, the founder, Clarence Jones, and his associates, chose the name HCJB, as an acronym (initialism) for the phrase in English, Heralding Christ Jesus' Blessings and in Spanish, Hoy Cristo Jesús Bendice. Clarence Moore (not to be confused with Clarence Jones), an engineer and minister from Elkhard, Indiana, was missionary with HCJB in Quito and invented the cubical quad antenna in 1942 to resolve issues caused by large coronal discharges that occurred while using a Yagi beam antenna in the thin air of higher altitudes (which would melt the aluminum elements). In 1947 he founded the International Radio and Electronics Corporation (IREC) to build rugged, open-reel tape recorders for use by missionaries in far-off parts of the world. In the 1960s, at the suggestion of his wife, Ruby, the company was renamed Crown International. During the Cold War in the 1970s, HCJB was broadcasting into Russia in the Russian language, but the Communists were jamming their broadcasts. The operating personnel went to the engineers and asked them, How much power would we need to override the jamming from Quito? The engineers figured it out and answered, Half-a-million watts. The operating personnel then asked, Can you build a transmitter that large?! It turns out that they could. In 1981 a 500,000-watt shortwave transmitter capable of overcoming any Russian jamming efforts was put into use. The transmitter was designed and built by HCJB Engineers at facilities loaned by Clarence Moore at Crown International in Elkhart, Indiana. After the construction was complete, the engineering team was disbanded. After the Iron Curtain fell, HCJB began getting inquiries from those who were behind the Iron Curtain, We have listened to you for years on shortwave radio. Now we would like to set up our own station in our own city. With several requests like that, they started looking into what it would take. Clarence Moore gave HCJB the building across the street from Crown International and in 1986 the engineering team was reconstituted. They came up with a 10 Watt FM broadcast station that would fit in four suitcases. A team could go into a city with the four suitcases and in a week, a new FM station would be on the air. They have also been involved in many other activities. The engineering team has continued up to the present in the building Clarence Moore gave HCJB as the HCJB Global Technology Center, the organization that is interested in me and which I will be visiting in March. Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:06:14 -0600 Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: It would be nice to show up in Elkhart with several regional mercedes, wouldn't it? It would. Shall we take you to Gene Jude's? ...eh... to much out of the way unless you have a layover at ORD. Incoming, at Denver. Outgoing, at Minneapolis Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana
Quite a story. And Crown power amps ARE the stuff. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: CraigSent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 9:15 PMTo: Mercedes Discussion ListReply To: Mercedes Discussion ListSubject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 06:58:22 -0500 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I worked on their generator years ago. Weren't they somehow involved with the people who developed Crown International, the old wire recorder and audio amplifier guys? Short answer: yes. Longer answer: HCJB started shortwave broadcasting in Quito, ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Auto darkening helmet won't.
To quote "Bones" from Star Trek "It's dead Jim". HF style helmets don't last forever. Get a new one. Your eyes are not replaceable. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: Curt RaymondSent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 8:27 PMTo: Diesel ListReply To: Mercedes Discussion ListSubject: [MBZ] Auto darkening helmet won't. Heres one, When welding the exhaust pipe on my 190D (MB content) the other day I noticed my auto darkening welding helmet was really really slow. I played with the sensitivity settings but it didn't seem to make any difference. I've had the helmet I think 2 years. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana
I listened to The Voice of the Andes from Quito, Ecuador on shortwave during the 1970s which must have been after they went up to a half million watts since you could nearly always get it when the Dutch transmitter on Bonaire and other European repeaters couldn't be tuned in; never mind direct European stations, Radio Moscow, Albania, and others. BBC was usually available but I forget where their Caribbean repeater was. Not absolutely sure if the Voice of the Andes was HCJB, but I seem to remember that it was. I had (still have) a top-of-the-line Sony portable shortware which had a couple of adjustments that would separate closely spaced stations. It was invaluable when there was only one hole in the ether because all the countries would crowd in and an ordinary SW couldn't separate one out to listen to it. Gerrywith more than you probably wanted to know. On 2/15/2014 10:14 PM, Craig wrote: On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 06:58:22 -0500 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I worked on their generator years ago. Weren't they somehow involved with the people who developed Crown International, the old wire recorder and audio amplifier guys? Short answer: yes. Longer answer: HCJB started shortwave broadcasting in Quito, Ecuador on Christmas Day, 1931. Given that the call-sign prefix for Ecuador was HC, the founder, Clarence Jones, and his associates, chose the name HCJB, as an acronym (initialism) for the phrase in English, Heralding Christ Jesus' Blessings and in Spanish, Hoy Cristo Jesús Bendice. Clarence Moore (not to be confused with Clarence Jones), an engineer and minister from Elkhard, Indiana, was missionary with HCJB in Quito and invented the cubical quad antenna in 1942 to resolve issues caused by large coronal discharges that occurred while using a Yagi beam antenna in the thin air of higher altitudes (which would melt the aluminum elements). In 1947 he founded the International Radio and Electronics Corporation (IREC) to build rugged, open-reel tape recorders for use by missionaries in far-off parts of the world. In the 1960s, at the suggestion of his wife, Ruby, the company was renamed Crown International. During the Cold War in the 1970s, HCJB was broadcasting into Russia in the Russian language, but the Communists were jamming their broadcasts. The operating personnel went to the engineers and asked them, How much power would we need to override the jamming from Quito? The engineers figured it out and answered, Half-a-million watts. The operating personnel then asked, Can you build a transmitter that large?! It turns out that they could. In 1981 a 500,000-watt shortwave transmitter capable of overcoming any Russian jamming efforts was put into use. The transmitter was designed and built by HCJB Engineers at facilities loaned by Clarence Moore at Crown International in Elkhart, Indiana. After the construction was complete, the engineering team was disbanded. After the Iron Curtain fell, HCJB began getting inquiries from those who were behind the Iron Curtain, We have listened to you for years on shortwave radio. Now we would like to set up our own station in our own city. With several requests like that, they started looking into what it would take. Clarence Moore gave HCJB the building across the street from Crown International and in 1986 the engineering team was reconstituted. They came up with a 10 Watt FM broadcast station that would fit in four suitcases. A team could go into a city with the four suitcases and in a week, a new FM station would be on the air. They have also been involved in many other activities. The engineering team has continued up to the present in the building Clarence Moore gave HCJB as the HCJB Global Technology Center, the organization that is interested in me and which I will be visiting in March. Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana
From:Mountain ManSent:Saturday, February 15, 2014 8:06 PMTo:Mercedes Discussion ListReply To:Mercedes Discussion ListSubject:Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern IndianaIt would be nice to show up in Elkhart with several regional mercedes.Shall we take you to Gene Jude's?...eh... to much out of the wayI'm in.Mitch had mentioned an eatery in Jackson MI on Banned a while back. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014
Free wood is easy to get if you live in a woodsy neighborhood around here (DC, Mongtomery CO, MD). Wait for the sound of the commercial chain saw brigade, then track them down and volunteer to take the wood off their hands so they don't have to haul it to the dump. Most suburbanites abhor firewood for fear of termites. The wood crew will gladly dumb unsplit wood cut to length in your driveway. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I would love to have some chunks of wet osage orange. It is great to make wood planes from, but when it dries it is almost like trying to work metal it gets so hard. --R Makes good fence posts too. Honey locust is very hard after it is dry, but not quite the ironwood quality of hedge. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] I'm back!
yeah, some drug dealign website jsut lost two and a half million dollars via a glitch in bitcoin. not good! On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Gary wrote: thinking outside the box is not easy at all. i can't do it and neither can most people. i'm working on it though think bitcoin. mao ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] Auto darkening helmet won't.
Most auto-dark helmets are solar charged.. Lay it in the sunlight for a few hrs and I'll bet your problem goes away. Low battery charge = slow response time.. Just above or below the lens, there will be a small solar panel.. if you don't weld often.. it gets no charge.. if you keep helmet in dark.. no charge.. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:14 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel marme...@gmail.comwrote: Have you CHECKED all the FUSES?! On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:59 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: How are the batteries? Try new ones - - - On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:26 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Heres one, When welding the exhaust pipe on my 190D (MB content) the other day I noticed my auto darkening welding helmet was really really slow. I played with the sensitivity settings but it didn't seem to make any difference. I've had the helmet I think 2 years. At first I thought it was just because the glass was dirty, I know I've got spares somewhere but I can't find them so I just ran without but it didn't make any difference. Is there some maintenance you need to do on these? Leave it out in the sun maybe? I learned to start the arc with my eyes closed to give the thing time to darken, then open my eyes and work, a real pain in the butt. -Curt ___ -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Snowpocalypse 2014
Locust splits much more easily than osage orange. Harder than all getout thought -- we used it to support the rails on the sawmill, nothing else would hold up in thin sections. Peter ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 22:42:03 -0500 arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: I listened to The Voice of the Andes from Quito, Ecuador on shortwave during the 1970s which must have been after they went up to a half million watts since you could nearly always get it ... Not absolutely sure if the Voice of the Andes was HCJB, but I seem to remember that it was. Yes, HCJB in Quito was The Voice of the Andes (La Voz de los Andes). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/Hcjb_pennant.jpg With all the changes in technology and Quito wanting to put an airport in, they stopped shortwave broadcasts from Quito in 2009. Shortwave broadcasting has continued from Australia and Malaysia. Craig ___ 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
[MBZ] HF welding helmet repair
a little googling tells me: http://www.pskl.us/wp/?p=648 thanks, xx rick Rick Hawkins ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Craig's job search efforts, trip to northern Indiana
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 22:42:03 -0500 arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: I listened to The Voice of the Andes from Quito, Ecuador on shortwave during the 1970s which must have been after they went up to a half million watts since you could nearly always get it ... Not absolutely sure if the Voice of the Andes was HCJB, but I seem to remember that it was. Yes, HCJB in Quito was The Voice of the Andes (La Voz de los Andes). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/Hcjb_pennant.jpg With all the changes in technology and Quito wanting to put an airport in, they stopped shortwave broadcasts from Quito in 2009. Shortwave broadcasting has continued from Australia and Malaysia. Craig Sounds like an interesting place, a good fit. We will hope for the best. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] HF welding helmet repair
xx rick Rick Hawkins Thanks Rick ___ 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
