Re: [MBZ] Taildraggers
Craig via Mercedes writes: > On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 21:12:42 -0500 Peter Frederick via Mercedes > wrote: > >> During WWII the 240D was definitely the DC-3. Tens of thousands of >> them built, very tough, very reliable for the era. > > And many still flying ... There's at least one company retrofitting them with turboprops and modern avionics. Allan ___ 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] Taildraggers
On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 21:12:42 -0500 Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: > During WWII the 240D was definitely the DC-3. Tens of thousands of > them built, very tough, very reliable for the era. And many still flying ... Craig -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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 lightning hit
My most exciting (and odd) lightning encounter was in a 30 ft. sail boat returning from the Destin inlet. A storm came up suddenly so we motored under full power into the wind (under bare poles). The rain was so dense we could not even see the bow so we steered by compass. The flash and bang were simultaneous. Folks in the cockpit pointed forward at the very close lightning strike. Folks in the cabin pointed aft, also at a very close strike. Either there were two simultaneous lightning bolts or one bolt split and hit in front and behind us. I remembered the hair on my arms standing up just before the lightning strike. As the rain abated we saw we had been blown backwards about 1/4 mile despite using full power. ___ 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 lightning hit
Yabbut my neighbors aren’t corrupt criminals --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 19, 2020, at 10:16 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > If you live in a nice neighborhood like me you wouldn't have to put up with > such danger and inconvenience. > - > Max > Charleston SC > > >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 6:50 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Was sitting at my desk At the computer yesterday during a thunderwhumper >> that was rolling through. Got a big ZAP right there, thought I had been hit >> by lightning, heard the boom a half second later back behind the house so >> the strike was very close by. Not sure what it hit, tree in the woods or >> something I guess. Fried my uverse modem which is about 6ft from where I >> was sitting so I’m thinking it came through the (buried) phone line. Again. >> >> This is like the fifth time this has happened, I guess the lightning >> induces a high voltage spike in the line. I try to tell the ATT people I >> need an arrestor or surge suppressor or something on the network interface >> but it doesn’t sink in. So they send me a new modem every couple of years. >> >> --FT >> Sent from 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 >> >> > ___ > 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 lightning hit
If you live in a nice neighborhood like me you wouldn't have to put up with such danger and inconvenience. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 6:50 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Was sitting at my desk At the computer yesterday during a thunderwhumper > that was rolling through. Got a big ZAP right there, thought I had been hit > by lightning, heard the boom a half second later back behind the house so > the strike was very close by. Not sure what it hit, tree in the woods or > something I guess. Fried my uverse modem which is about 6ft from where I > was sitting so I’m thinking it came through the (buried) phone line. Again. > > This is like the fifth time this has happened, I guess the lightning > induces a high voltage spike in the line. I try to tell the ATT people I > need an arrestor or surge suppressor or something on the network interface > but it doesn’t sink in. So they send me a new modem every couple of years. > > --FT > Sent from 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 > > ___ 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] Taildraggers
During WWII the 240D was definitely the DC-3. Tens of thousands of them built, very tough, very reliable for the era. ___ 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] Taildraggers
Max wrote: > Which plane(s) are the 240D of the skies? The 240D of the skies must be those taildraggers that got us so many pilots ready to do the awful task of WWI. War is awful! 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 lightning hit
I lost a tree a couple weeks ago to a lightening strike. And 500 bucks to get it down and cleaned up. I lose a DSL modem periodically. ___ 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 lightning hit
Half a second sound like 1/10 of a mile or so. My parents took a direct hit to the transformer once, about 70' from the breaker box. I had to go out there in the storm, shut down their Generac backup and restart it, it was running but the transfer switch hadn't engaged, so it was merrily burning propane to no good purpose at 1am. Amazingly enough, turning the genset off and back on fixed that, and when they got a new transformer that afternoon everything in the house seemed to be OK. IIRC the fuse was blown between the transmission line and the transformer, but when they replaced the fuse it just blew again. ___ 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] ***SPAM*** RE: OT lightning hit
They may well have found that they save money by NOT making them more lightning-proof. -- Jim ___ 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] ***SPAM*** RE: OT lightning hit
Proprietary uverse modem but they keep replacing them so aside from being offline for a coupla days it’s not a financial hit. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 19, 2020, at 7:00 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > wrote: > > I bought my own modem a few years back when I realized I would be money > ahead in less than a year not paying the rental. In your situation that might > not be the best plan! > > Greg > > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Buggered > Benzmail via Mercedes > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 3:50 PM > To: Mercedes List > Cc: Buggered Benzmail > Subject: [MBZ] OT lightning hit > > Was sitting at my desk At the computer yesterday during a thunderwhumper that > was rolling through. Got a big ZAP right there, thought I had been hit by > lightning, heard the boom a half second later back behind the house so the > strike was very close by. Not sure what it hit, tree in the woods or > something I guess. Fried my uverse modem which is about 6ft from where I was > sitting so I’m thinking it came through the (buried) phone line. Again. > > This is like the fifth time this has happened, I guess the lightning induces > a high voltage spike in the line. I try to tell the ATT people I need an > arrestor or surge suppressor or something on the network interface but it > doesn’t sink in. So they send me a new modem every couple of years. > > --FT > Sent from 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 > > > > ___ > 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 lightning hit
Lightning surges can come through _any_ wire into a device. You might not think that a 1-turn transformer would be very effective, but with literally millions of amps flowing through the primary circuit (air to ground strike), and if it's not too far away... -- Jim ___ 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] ***SPAM*** RE: OT lightning hit
I bought my own modem a few years back when I realized I would be money ahead in less than a year not paying the rental. In your situation that might not be the best plan! Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 3:50 PM To: Mercedes List Cc: Buggered Benzmail Subject: [MBZ] OT lightning hit Was sitting at my desk At the computer yesterday during a thunderwhumper that was rolling through. Got a big ZAP right there, thought I had been hit by lightning, heard the boom a half second later back behind the house so the strike was very close by. Not sure what it hit, tree in the woods or something I guess. Fried my uverse modem which is about 6ft from where I was sitting so I’m thinking it came through the (buried) phone line. Again. This is like the fifth time this has happened, I guess the lightning induces a high voltage spike in the line. I try to tell the ATT people I need an arrestor or surge suppressor or something on the network interface but it doesn’t sink in. So they send me a new modem every couple of years. --FT Sent from 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 ___ 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] OT lightning hit
Was sitting at my desk At the computer yesterday during a thunderwhumper that was rolling through. Got a big ZAP right there, thought I had been hit by lightning, heard the boom a half second later back behind the house so the strike was very close by. Not sure what it hit, tree in the woods or something I guess. Fried my uverse modem which is about 6ft from where I was sitting so I’m thinking it came through the (buried) phone line. Again. This is like the fifth time this has happened, I guess the lightning induces a high voltage spike in the line. I try to tell the ATT people I need an arrestor or surge suppressor or something on the network interface but it doesn’t sink in. So they send me a new modem every couple of years. --FT Sent from 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] Long distance car deals
You are just too nice a person to ever think like that. Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Diabolical! Why didn't I think of that? On Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 6:57 PM MG via Mercedes wrote: Tell him to show up with cash and he will get the car and title. What he wants sounds like enough to register the car in his name and then send the cops to claim it. Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: I got some dude off benzworld wanting to buy my cab. He says he wants to wire me the money but wants a copy of the registration, and my ID. I have had people wire money before on cars but don’t recall them needing this. Does this sound fishy? 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 ___ 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] Taildraggers
Nice, thanks for sharing. Which plane(s) are the 240D of the skies? - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 7:56 PM Mountain Man via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KKtLIuitB4 > > ___ > 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] W108 250SE on BAT
One family ownership but needs a lot of attention. Still, might be a fun daily driver. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-mercedes-benz-250se-4/?utm_source=dm_medium=email_campaign=2020-08-19 ___ 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] Taildraggers
Fun pass time. I live outside of Waynesville, Ohio and every year they have a tail dragger meet and pancake breakfast, which I try to attend each year. It take place at a grass airfield called "Red Field" just outside of the town. I will see if I can find a few photos from past meets. All tail dragger airplanes. Bob Massmann Oregonia, Ohio 1985 300CD non-drivable :( -Original Message- From: Mountain Man via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 7:55 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Mountain Man Subject: [MBZ] Taildraggers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KKtLIuitB4 ___ 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] Long distance car deals
Ask your bank. - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 5:20 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I got some dude off benzworld wanting to buy my cab. He says he wants to > wire me the money but wants a copy of the registration, and my ID. I have > had people wire money before on cars but don’t recall them needing this. > Does this sound fishy? > > 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 > > ___ 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
