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I want to figure out a lever to switch between inside and outside... We run a woodstove most of the winter so the added moisture should be helpful... -Curt --- On Mon, 9/22/08, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] RE What about you? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Monday, September 22, 2008, 6:42 PM You mean you are going to vent the dryer into the house? Did that one winter in Maine -- the results were not all that good. Ended up with too much moisture in the area (fogged the windows, etc.). On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My darling wife hung much of our laundry out this year which seemed to make a difference in our electricity useage but not as major as I would have thought. In another couple weeks I'm going to stop sending dryer air outside to see if it will impact our oil usage... -Curt -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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A caution. Check underside of roof occasionally during winter to make sure excessive moisture is not condensing there - 'does in many areas of the country. Wilton - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:03 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] RE What about you? I installed (I am sure duct tape was involved) one of my socks to the end of the dryer discharge hose. Caught 99% of the lint -- but had to be changed occasionally. I would think something larger like a pillowcase would be better. As far as moisture goes, it depends on where you live. Here it would be welcome all winter. My heating system has a 2kW water boiler in it that can't even begin to keep up. I suspect that anyplace where a swamp cooler is effective wouldn't have a problem venting into the house, if the lint were controlled. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Womens pantyhose make a better filter. You get two bags, and the stretch out as they fill. At 08:32 PM 9/22/2008, you wrote: I installed (I am sure duct tape was involved) one of my socks to the end of the dryer discharge hose. Caught 99% of the lint -- but had to be changed occasionally. On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Not only excessive moisture in the house, but lint, too. BTW, there is an attachment for the duct that can recover most of that heat and still exhaust the moisture and lint outside. It's an X-type duct with heat exchanger in the middle - dryer air goes outside, the heat stays inside, but you don't get something for nothing - 'have to run a small fan, I think, to move house air through the heat exchanger. Wilton -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Loren Faeth ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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A pair of the wife's stockings around the duct will kill the lint problem... The moisture problem bothers me a little. The idea of a heat exchanger interests me although it won't get as much of the heat as just ducting it in would and as I say we could actually benefit from some of the moisture. I wonder if I couldn't duct out some of the moist warm air through a smaller pipe to push warm air off the heat exchanger... I may have to weld up a piece of stove pipe as a rudimentary heat exchanger and try this idea out... If nothing else it keeps me out of the bars. -Curt Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:16:36 -0400 From: Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] RE What about you? To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Not only excessive moisture in the house, but lint, too. BTW, there is an attachment for the duct that can recover most of that heat and still exhaust the moisture and lint outside. It's an X-type duct with heat exchanger in the middle - dryer air goes outside, the heat stays inside, but you don't get something for nothing - 'have to run a small fan, I think, to move house air through the heat exchanger. Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Loren Faeth wrote: Womens pantyhose make a better filter. You get two bags, and the stretch out as they fill. With all the lint that comes out the dryer vent, I've got to think the only purpose for the dryer's internal lint screen is to start fires that can be blamed on the homeowner for failing to clear the screen. Mitch ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Well, if you want a practical solution on what to do with all that lint? Get a spinning wheel and make thread or yarn, then take up weaving or knitting... And viola! Fully recyclable piece of clothing.! Just a thought! Too much time on my hands, I agree! Chuck On Sep 23, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: Loren Faeth wrote: Womens pantyhose make a better filter. You get two bags, and the stretch out as they fill. With all the lint that comes out the dryer vent, I've got to think the only purpose for the dryer's internal lint screen is to start fires that can be blamed on the homeowner for failing to clear the screen. Mitch ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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We did the pantyhose thing one winter [west central Indiana] and I dont remember any problems. I also don't remember doing it a second time, though. My memory never was what it sort of remember it used to be. BillR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 11:35 AM To: Diesel List Subject: Re: [MBZ] RE What about you? A pair of the wife's stockings around the duct will kill the lint problem... The moisture problem bothers me a little. The idea of a heat exchanger interests me although it won't get as much of the heat as just ducting it in would and as I say we could actually benefit from some of the moisture. I wonder if I couldn't duct out some of the moist warm air through a smaller pipe to push warm air off the heat exchanger... I may have to weld up a piece of stove pipe as a rudimentary heat exchanger and try this idea out... If nothing else it keeps me out of the bars. -Curt Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:16:36 -0400 From: Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] RE What about you? To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Not only excessive moisture in the house, but lint, too. BTW, there is an attachment for the duct that can recover most of that heat and still exhaust the moisture and lint outside. It's an X-type duct with heat exchanger in the middle - dryer air goes outside, the heat stays inside, but you don't get something for nothing - 'have to run a small fan, I think, to move house air through the heat exchanger. Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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It seems than at Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:37:06 -0400, Mitch wrote: Curt Raymond wrote: In another couple weeks I'm going to stop sending dryer air outside to see if it will impact our oil usage... That kind of moisture can do real damage to a house... Or be a great assistance to keeping the humidity above 10%... --Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Your mpg may vary. Lots of variables. On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems than at Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:37:06 -0400, Mitch wrote: Curt Raymond wrote: In another couple weeks I'm going to stop sending dryer air outside to see if it will impact our oil usage... That kind of moisture can do real damage to a house... Or be a great assistance to keeping the humidity above 10%... --Philip -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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The fibers are too short to make thread from. We tried making hand laid paper with it - still too short, had to mix it with other fibers. On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, if you want a practical solution on what to do with all that lint? Get a spinning wheel and make thread or yarn, then take up weaving or knitting... And viola! Fully recyclable piece of clothing.! -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games. - Ernest Hemingway '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ''97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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My darling wife hung much of our laundry out this year which seemed to make a difference in our electricity useage but not as major as I would have thought. In another couple weeks I'm going to stop sending dryer air outside to see if it will impact our oil usage... -Curt --- On Sun, 9/21/08, Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [MBZ] RE What about you? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Sunday, September 21, 2008, 2:01 PM I change out light bulbs when they burn out, but having so many little ones running about they do tend to spend a lot of time on. Other than convincing my darling wife that she is not really hot, and the sweat running down her back must be from a thyroid problem [so her ophthalmologist thinks, also] there is not a whole lot more we can do. In a few weeks the windows can be opened and that will help a lot for a month or so -- maybe we could cut down on the washer/dryer use by all becoming nudists. Old chubby white guy, cute wife, 91 YO MIL ... OUCH - my EYES ..my MIND We will come up with the money somewhere. BillR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 9:44 PM To: Diesel List Subject: [MBZ] RE What about you? HOLY SNOT! I start to get real upset when we go over $60... Of course the A/C hasn't been on since July. Very mild summer here this year. We burn about 500 gallons of oil and 2 cords of wood in the winter, the tax is about $1000 a year. Pretty easy on the wallet this house. I expect the oil bil to go down when I insulate the attic better and again when I have the furnace replaced. The electric goes down a penny or two every time one of the old 100watt bulbs (the old man that owned the house had all 100watt bulbs) dies and I replace it with a 9w cf... -Curt Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:25:29 -0400 From: Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] What about you? To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I am looking at an absolutely ridiculous electric bill for last month. I used the same amount of electricity as the same month last year, but my bill is much higher due a fuel surcharge. A normal Summer electric bill for the house and apartment would be under $400, this year it is $525. I assume everyone is getting some of this - but more than a 25% increase is pretty steep. BillR Jacksonville FL 1981 300SD 304k miles ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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You mean you are going to vent the dryer into the house? Did that one winter in Maine -- the results were not all that good. Ended up with too much moisture in the area (fogged the windows, etc.). On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My darling wife hung much of our laundry out this year which seemed to make a difference in our electricity useage but not as major as I would have thought. In another couple weeks I'm going to stop sending dryer air outside to see if it will impact our oil usage... -Curt -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Not only excessive moisture in the house, but lint, too. BTW, there is an attachment for the duct that can recover most of that heat and still exhaust the moisture and lint outside. It's an X-type duct with heat exchanger in the middle - dryer air goes outside, the heat stays inside, but you don't get something for nothing - 'have to run a small fan, I think, to move house air through the heat exchanger. Wilton - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] RE What about you? You mean you are going to vent the dryer into the house? Did that one winter in Maine -- the results were not all that good. Ended up with too much moisture in the area (fogged the windows, etc.). On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My darling wife hung much of our laundry out this year which seemed to make a difference in our electricity useage but not as major as I would have thought. In another couple weeks I'm going to stop sending dryer air outside to see if it will impact our oil usage... -Curt -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I installed (I am sure duct tape was involved) one of my socks to the end of the dryer discharge hose. Caught 99% of the lint -- but had to be changed occasionally. On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Not only excessive moisture in the house, but lint, too. BTW, there is an attachment for the duct that can recover most of that heat and still exhaust the moisture and lint outside. It's an X-type duct with heat exchanger in the middle - dryer air goes outside, the heat stays inside, but you don't get something for nothing - 'have to run a small fan, I think, to move house air through the heat exchanger. Wilton -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Curt Raymond wrote: In another couple weeks I'm going to stop sending dryer air outside to see if it will impact our oil usage... That kind of moisture can do real damage to a house... ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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You can use that in your navel you know. --R Wonko the Sane wrote: I installed (I am sure duct tape was involved) one of my socks to the end of the dryer discharge hose. Caught 99% of the lint -- but had to be changed occasionally. On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Not only excessive moisture in the house, but lint, too. BTW, there is an attachment for the duct that can recover most of that heat and still exhaust the moisture and lint outside. It's an X-type duct with heat exchanger in the middle - dryer air goes outside, the heat stays inside, but you don't get something for nothing - 'have to run a small fan, I think, to move house air through the heat exchanger. Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I installed (I am sure duct tape was involved) one of my socks to the end of the dryer discharge hose. Caught 99% of the lint -- but had to be changed occasionally. I would think something larger like a pillowcase would be better. As far as moisture goes, it depends on where you live. Here it would be welcome all winter. My heating system has a 2kW water boiler in it that can't even begin to keep up. I suspect that anyplace where a swamp cooler is effective wouldn't have a problem venting into the house, if the lint were controlled. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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EH? trying to poison the planet with all that mercury! Aye? At 08:43 PM 9/20/2008, you wrote: HOLY SNOT! I start to get real upset when we go over $60... Of course the A/C hasn't been on since July. Very mild summer here this year. We burn about 500 gallons of oil and 2 cords of wood in the winter, the tax is about $1000 a year. Pretty easy on the wallet this house. I expect the oil bil to go down when I insulate the attic better and again when I have the furnace replaced. The electric goes down a penny or two every time one of the old 100watt bulbs (the old man that owned the house had all 100watt bulbs) dies and I replace it with a 9w cf... -Curt Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:25:29 -0400 From: Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] What about you? To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii I am looking at an absolutely ridiculous electric bill for last month. I used the same amount of electricity as the same month last year, but my bill is much higher due a fuel surcharge. A normal Summer electric bill for the house and apartment would be under $400, this year it is $525. I assume everyone is getting some of this - but more than a 25% increase is pretty steep. BillR Jacksonville FL 1981 300SD 304k miles ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Loren Faeth ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I change out light bulbs when they burn out, but having so many little ones running about they do tend to spend a lot of time on. Other than convincing my darling wife that she is not really hot, and the sweat running down her back must be from a thyroid problem [so her ophthalmologist thinks, also] there is not a whole lot more we can do. In a few weeks the windows can be opened and that will help a lot for a month or so -- maybe we could cut down on the washer/dryer use by all becoming nudists. Old chubby white guy, cute wife, 91 YO MIL ... OUCH - my EYES ..my MIND We will come up with the money somewhere. BillR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 9:44 PM To: Diesel List Subject: [MBZ] RE What about you? HOLY SNOT! I start to get real upset when we go over $60... Of course the A/C hasn't been on since July. Very mild summer here this year. We burn about 500 gallons of oil and 2 cords of wood in the winter, the tax is about $1000 a year. Pretty easy on the wallet this house. I expect the oil bil to go down when I insulate the attic better and again when I have the furnace replaced. The electric goes down a penny or two every time one of the old 100watt bulbs (the old man that owned the house had all 100watt bulbs) dies and I replace it with a 9w cf... -Curt Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:25:29 -0400 From: Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] What about you? To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I am looking at an absolutely ridiculous electric bill for last month. I used the same amount of electricity as the same month last year, but my bill is much higher due a fuel surcharge. A normal Summer electric bill for the house and apartment would be under $400, this year it is $525. I assume everyone is getting some of this - but more than a 25% increase is pretty steep. BillR Jacksonville FL 1981 300SD 304k miles ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
