d. non of the above.
However, I will be writing in Ron Paul.
Dave H...
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From: Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:06 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Police and Aggressive
I like this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fqCS7Y_kMENR=1
Ed
300E
On 04/04/2008, John Freer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Amazing Charlton Heston impression, that was cool.
On 4/3/08, Rick Knoble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLjNJI54GMM
Rick Knoble
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you are real lucky, the filter dropped off the pump inlet and the
rattling noise is air bubbles going through the system
But why no speedometer?
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When you compare apples to oranges, I'm not sure what conclusions we can
be expected to draw
Maybe if all doctors carried sidearms things would be better?
Allan
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On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:07:31 -0500, Loren Faeth
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I have written several times on the list
I reread my email on this issue and I want to apologize for the tone of my
remarks. I may have come down a little too hard on some of the listers. I
apologize.
Donald H. Snook
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I was really quite drunk at the time.
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Mitch Haley wrote:
Frederick W Moir wrote:
For Yorkshire pudding read popover with gravy (brown).
It was originally designed to fill up the diners before the meat
course so that they would eat less meat!
OK, so what does this mean:
If
Does it come with a free prayer?
--R
Rick Knoble wrote:
http://madison.craigslist.org/car/628695447.html
Not Mine, No Affiliation, ect.
Rick Knoble
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Begging your pardon I think you mean things Fred won't eat. I'm from Maine,
mudbugs, clams, mussles and such are all good.
A spot of good Yorkshire pudding however is heaven.
-Curt
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:48:24 -0400
From: Dave H... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chowda'Q
To: Mercedes
Maybe it was a momentary lapse of reason.
Dan
Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was really quite drunk at the time.
--R
Mitch Haley wrote:
Frederick W Moir wrote:
For Yorkshire pudding read popover with gravy (brown).
It was originally designed to fill up the diners before
How's about some warm spotted dick with a little treacle?
Dan (with good teeth)
Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Begging your pardon I think you mean things Fred won't eat. I'm from Maine,
mudbugs, clams, mussles and such are all good.
A spot of good Yorkshire pudding however
I had this great idea, add none of the above as a real choice.
If a majority (even a plurality) of Americans vote for none of the above we
run a new election.
Make the new election new by stipulating that none of the idiots that ran
before can run again, ever.
If none of the above gets a super
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:53 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We tried to have a Chowda'Q in Massachutes a few years ago.
Aren't there enough people in IN, IL and OH to have a Midwest'Q in Indiana?
I mean, it is the crossroads of America after all. Equally distant from all
peoples, except the
You still can if yo have $75.00
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Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] my 81 300TD
D.
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From: Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Police and Aggressive Behaviour
Choose the
No, it was my psychedelic breakfast.
--R
LWB250 wrote:
Maybe it was a momentary lapse of reason.
Dan
Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was really quite drunk at the time.
--R
Mitch Haley wrote:
Frederick W Moir wrote:
For Yorkshire pudding read popover
d!
Luther
On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:06:36 -0600, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Choose the best answer:
a. Hillary Clinton
b. Barak Hussein Obama
c. John McCain
d. none of the above
At 08:37 AM 4/3/2008, you wrote:
My OPINION: Wake up America or you will some day come out of
Not so fast, the filter was firmly in place yesterday afternoon
Luther
On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:11:09 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/3/2008 3:19:29 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But why no reverse
If you are real lucky, the filter
Rusty Cullens wrote:
You still can if you have $75.00
What about 116 hood star? Forget it and buy 123 instead?
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Bear in mind that things have changed from their day and that in their time,
they were progressive thinkers. We
tend to look at people like this based upon our current experiences.
An example is the Indian Residential Schools mess in Canada. The folks that
created the schools and most of the
Ah, but how many gun deaths are not accidental but intentional. I don't think
you will find very many deaths caused
by doctors are intentional.
Randy
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Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:08 PM
To:
There is the potential for a future Indy 'Q.
To more or less let the cat out of the bag, the family and I will be
returning to Indianapolis (our hometown) this summer to take over partnership
in a business I was formerly a part of. My formerly former partner is about 10
years my senior,
Intentional deaths by doctors happen every day, but we don't keep
statistics on them. It's most common form takes takes place as an
overdosing of morphine when treating the terminally ill. Especially
with cancer patients, you reach a point that you cannot live with the
pain - literally.
-Dave
Not interchangeable.
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From: Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] my 81 300TD smashed today in
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/627860832.html
For the Jag freaks among us. I've always thought the XJS was a real
looker. I didn't realize they were still building them that
recently---the interior looks quite a bit more modern than I remember
from the last time I peeked into one.
Was
So, I just got off the phone with our MBCA Tech advisor and the diagnosis is
tranny rebuild time. It's a bad govenor. Since the govenor drives the speedo,
which then drives the cruise, that explains no sound and no slipping when the
cruise just quit. Ugh.
Rusty's quote is $1895, $125-150
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 9:05 AM, LWB250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is the potential for a future Indy 'Q.
Congrats, Dan, sounds like a positive change. May I ask what the
nature of the business is that you're getting back into?
Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo et al.
LWB250 wrote:
lot a equity that I have to do something with or take my lifetime capital
gains tax.
There's no lifetime exclusion or rollover replacement now. As it currently
stands, the section 121 exclusion is limited to $250k per taxpayer every
two years. If you are MFJ, the first $500k of
Not intentional I am sure, but errors from fatigue, guessing about the
correct medication rather than looking it up, incorrect diagnosis, a slip
during surgery - yes to those. I don't think that I would feel much better
if I lost my spouse or a child to a medical mistake rather than a bullet.
In
Inline 6 or V12 for 1995. I hadn't realized that XJS did not
automatically mean V12, but I also didn't know they made them
in 1995.
http://www.edmunds.com/used/1995/jaguar/xjseries/3330/specs.html
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/627860832.html
For the Jag
Rusty Cullens wrote:
Not interchangeable.
I meant is the 116 available, or do the 116 owners have to make
do with 123 stars?
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On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Inline 6 or V12 for 1995. I hadn't realized that XJS did not
automatically mean V12, but I also didn't know they made them
in 1995.
Ah, OK, then the seller is just a garden-variety moron who thinks all
sixes are V-6s, not a
Available, yes. $40.00
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From: Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] my 81 300TD smashed today in
Hi, All.
This ad and closing price make me happy, well smug.
I paid $850 for the same car with engine problems . Drove it home
and re-torqued the delivery valves, replaced a brake line, front pipe
coming from Rusty (All Hail Rusty!) and were off and running.The only
bit that was not too great
If you think things are bad now, wait until all the doctors are
government employees.
Allan
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Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Not intentional I am sure, but errors from fatigue, guessing about the
correct medication rather than looking it up, incorrect diagnosis, a slip
during
Congrutulations and count me in. I might be on the Harley tho', instead of in a
Benz...
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
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In case you may have not noticed, the government already runs one
health care organization, VA Anyone? Since they do such a stellar job
with that oe, I'm sure they can handle the rest of the population.
US Government health care, combining all the efficiency of the US
Government, with all the
Congratulations. Damn spell checker failed.
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
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Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chowda'Q
Congrutulations and count me
The VA in Cleveland, Ohio is comparable to any other first-class
healthcare institution. Yes, they can indeed do a stellar job.
Furthermore, there are thousands of uninsured people in Cleveland
alone that would go to the VA for care if they could.
-Dave Walton
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:42 PM,
Hillary did a great job of keeping things (i.e., Slick's zipper) in the
White House under control, I'm sure she will be able to run govt health
care, when she is not dodging sniper fire.
--R
Rory wrote:
In case you may have not noticed, the government already runs one
health care
Good luck with all the many parts of that. I lived in Indy for about 5
years {grad school] and liked it pretty well most of the time.
BillR
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That one I'd leave out of my statistics, and wish for if it were me. A
doctor in Lakeland FL performed unnecessary surgery on my father in law that
let him live about one day longer, with more pain, because he didn't want to
do that to 'his friend'. Some extra morphine would have been much
There is the potential for a future Indy 'Q.
Now all I have to do is find an MB Dan
Naw.
You host a Q and have food, and everyone _else_ brings the MBs.
-- Philip
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My front fenders are starting to rust right at the bottom behind the
wheel, I think this is a pretty typical location for rust on a W123 from
what I've seen. It is all the way through on the drivers side, just
bubbling the paint on the passenger side.
Thought about cutting out the rust and
Interesting that you feel it is your wife's job to keep your pants zipped. Is
it also your job to keep her from other men? I always liked the idea of
personal responsibility myself.
BillR
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$158.00 each new Genuine MB
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From: Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:02 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Repair fenders or replace?
Rusty Cullens wrote:
$158.00 each new Genuine MB
The fun is in removing the old (which may be glued on) and
paintmatching the new.
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Fortunately, I don't do body work.
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Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Repair fenders or
Maybe but a good one is hard to beat. Of course, I really like bread so maybe
it follows that I would like the
Yorkshire pudding too. We have a local restaurant that does a real nice prime
rib and the dinner always comes with
a real nice Yorkshire pudding and juice to dip it in. That and a bit
My hood needs to be painted anyway (no gloss) so I'd probably have a
body shop paint the whole front end. The car's already been resprayed
at least once so it's not a showpiece by any means.
Allan
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Rusty Cullens [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Fortunately, I don't do body work.
Hi Alan,
Along with the option of replacing the fender with new ones is the
option of cutting the old fender back to a place where there is no more
rust. There are Patch Panels available to allow the replacement of just the
damaged area. The new Patch Panel is welded into place, then the
LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Hi Alan,
Along with the option of replacing the fender with new ones is the
option of cutting the old fender back to a place where there is no more
rust. There are Patch Panels available to allow the replacement of just
the damaged area. The new Patch
Well I know if mine came unzipped I would not have the need, ability, or
interest to unzip it again as the necessary means to carry through would
be severely compromised. But, yes, personal responsibility is the key,
and enforcement when it doesn't work, if it is important to the couple.
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Back to the emergency/standby generator business. I
did this for 20 years before becoming a stay-at-home
Dad and going back to school. The guy I'm going to
work with is a former business partner. Back in the
mid 80s one of the partners decided he wanted to live
like the CEO of a Fortune 500
We bought this house in February of 1997, just missing
the change in tax law regarding capital gains (dang
it!) That's why I hadn't thought about the change in
tax laws regarding home sales.
We seriously considered delaying the purchase of the
house as a result of the change, because we took a
Why mess with a patch panel and all the related
hassles when a new fender is $158?
No matter how good a job your body guy does, welds
will eventually bubble up and the fender will have to
be replaced anyway.
MB sheet metal has always been relatively cheap, IMHO,
which is why I have never messed
If you feel really brave, take the (new) hood and
fenders and have them prepped and sprayed, then put
them on yourself.
The worst part about front fender RR is getting the
old seam sealer off, which takes a torch or a couple
of big a** heat lamps.
Dan
--- Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Alan,
I Googled Mercedes Patch Panels and quickly got 10 pages of hits -
there will be lots of companies that get hits by casting a wide net - they
respond to a search for Patch Panels even if they do not sell them - but
once you go thru a 1/2 dozen or so you will see which ones have
Why not just try a local junkyard. $185 is a good deal for OEM, DO NOT
get the POS adsits. PO of my wifes wagon had replaced both fenders and
hood from a junkyard find that may have been in worse shape than the
original dented ones. They were all adsit and are awful.
-Rolf
LarryT wrote:
Hi
However, few would deny that John and Jackie Kennedy are among the most
respected whitehouse couples and the
evidence now indicates he wasn't really much different than Bill. Just a
different time and less respect from the
press. Others have done similar - Bill just got caught and exposed.
How hard is it to change out a 300E alternator? I'm sorely tempted by
this ad. Looks pretty good for Kaleb money...
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/630253697.html
Alex Chamberlain
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If you patch the old, you'll still have to paint match the work. For $158
new, not worth messing around with the old ones.
Ed
300E
On 04/04/2008, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rusty Cullens wrote:
$158.00 each new Genuine MB
The fun is in removing the old (which may be glued
Looking at my 300, looks pretty easy to me. Half hour maybe, if you stop
for a beer?
Ed
300E
On 04/04/2008, Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How hard is it to change out a 300E alternator? I'm sorely tempted by
this ad. Looks pretty good for Kaleb money...
On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:16:06 -0400, Rolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Why not just try a local junkyard. $185 is a good deal for OEM, DO NOT
get the POS adsits. PO of my wifes wagon had replaced both fenders and
hood from a junkyard find that may have been in worse shape than the
original dented
Engineering student builds a half scale tank. Cool.
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/post_moto_kid_death_story_here.html
Dan
You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of
After 25 years, two different cars that left the factory with the same paint
colour will no longer match anyway. If you're not in a real hurry for the
car and on a tighter budget, you may find a local school that offers body
shop classes that may do the work for their cost. Kids have to practice
I want one too. :-)
Ed
300E
On 04/04/2008, LWB250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Engineering student builds a half scale tank. Cool.
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/post_moto_kid_death_story_here.html
Dan
How much of that respect is due to the press keeping his (and his
brothers') activities quiet and out of the public eye, and a good PR
effort to present them well? The WH press all knew what was going on
and chose not to report it for whatever reasons. If anything, morality
among the general
There was a salvage yard in Houston that always had a few 123s, bodies
in good shape from the fairly benign situation here for metal. Not sure
what has happened to it, I think it sold or something. Fenders were $35
if I recall.
--R
E M wrote:
After 25 years, two different cars that left
You'd be amazed at how many parts are simple drag and drop.
I can only talk about the 123's but so far I have figured out that the
tail shaft is longer in the manual, there is no hole for the fluid line
to the slave cylinder, the manual gearshift assembly fits into the auto
gearshift assembly,
And mark the post as OT so the rest of us don't have to trawl through
the crap.
What happens to a politician if you feed him viagra?
He grows taller.
Hendrik
who thinks all politicians are power hungry egotists who have no idea
about the real world
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Before I have said
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hendrik
who thinks all politicians are power hungry egotists who have no idea
about the real world
Hear, hear. I imagine that's something most of us can agree with
despite our differences!
As somebody said, the desire
Your forgot to add OT.
Ed
300E
On 04/04/2008, Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And mark the post as OT so the rest of us don't have to trawl through
the crap.
What happens to a politician if you feed him viagra?
He grows taller.
Hendrik
who thinks all politicians are power hungry
in my order of preference, D, C, A, forget B, that is a very dangerous thing
Loren Faeth wrote:
Choose the best answer:
a. Hillary Clinton
b. Barak Hussein Obama
c. John McCain
d. none of the above
At 08:37 AM 4/3/2008, you wrote:
My OPINION: Wake up America or you will some day
As much as I hate to, I agree with you on this statement.
I shake my head when people talk about how George W. is the devil incarnate.
As though any other politician is nobler.
It is scary how many folks right now are riding this feel good wave that is
Obamaism.
Brian
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at
buy a used one
Luther wrote:
So, I just got off the phone with our MBCA Tech advisor and the diagnosis is
tranny rebuild time. It's a bad govenor. Since the govenor drives the
speedo, which then drives the cruise, that explains no sound and no slipping
when the cruise just quit. Ugh.
send me a generator
LWB250 wrote:
Back to the emergency/standby generator business. I
did this for 20 years before becoming a stay-at-home
Dad and going back to school. The guy I'm going to
work with is a former business partner. Back in the
mid 80s one of the partners decided he wanted
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
send me a generator
Is your power still out? ;)
Alex
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Not very hard
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
How hard is it to change out a 300E alternator? I'm sorely tempted by
this ad. Looks pretty good for Kaleb money...
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/630253697.html
Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo et al.
The thing that made JFK such a great president was the fact that he got
shot. I bet if that never happened and lived a normal life, he would
have been considered a bad president.
R A Bennell wrote:
However, few would deny that John and Jackie Kennedy are among the most
respected whitehouse
And the end result of that would have been what?
No stars for you, cops have to do paperwork, 'kids' end up with criminal
record over something stupid which may well lead them right off the
rails, over worked justice system has more work, blah blah blah.
Sure at that age they should know better
Banned just lost its reason for existing. Other than the F word.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Before I have said NO politics on the list. I have decided to lift this
restriction as long as everyone keeps it civil and no flame wars. If
one
Some people might want to discuss current issues in a more civilized
manner than what banned offers. Banned is a dog eat dog world.
Wonko the Sane wrote:
Banned just lost its reason for existing. Other than the F word.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Write me back with an opinion when you have actually talked to the man.
I have.
Dubya is NOT the Devil.He is more appropriate for the 'disabled' workshop
where I work.
I still can't believe he managed to fly an aircraft.
D.
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
what does talking to the man have to do with the price of tea in china?
Wonko the Sane wrote:
Write me back with an opinion when you have actually talked to the man.
I have.
Dubya is NOT the Devil.He is more appropriate for the 'disabled' workshop
where I work.
I still can't believe he
Ever since I quit drinking coffee and switched to herbal tea, the price of
tea is very important to me.
But to answer your question, there is a big difference between watching a
commercial and looking into a man/(woman)'s eyes in real time. I am a pretty
good judge of character -- occupational
I have never watched any commercials, I do not get my info from ads. I
just hope you are right about him if he gets in by some chance. I fear
you are wrong though.
Wonko the Sane wrote:
Ever since I quit drinking coffee and switched to herbal tea, the price of
tea is very important to me.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iIdMpRHjN4hpNKBhfYyAsR4DDo4QD8VRBCAG0
This all sounds very eerily familiar
Allan
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Wife has a Cruizer, 89 Kmi, as reliable
LWB250 wrote:
Why mess with a patch panel and all the related
hassles when a new fender is $158?
No professional bodyman is going to work on a $160 fender, because
his labor would be more than the new part. If you weld in a patch,
you still have to paint the thing, so no savings there.
Then I assume you feel the same way about not only Kennedy but also
Eisenhower, and the list no doubt goes on and on.
BillR
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THe reason I would consider it is to gain some more skill with the
welder. But lately, time is scarce and I tend to agree that $158 is
money well spent in this situation.
I have a heat gun to help soften the sealer if that's a problem.
Allan
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Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've been in this game for decades. I take it very seriously.
I am right. This guy is the real deal. I don't just trust Obama with the
balance of my lfe (maybe 20 years), I am trusting him with the futures of my
kids and step-daughter (ask Luther) and my so-far two grandchildren.
Talking face to
Yesterday I was allowed to drive the new E320 to the old nuke plant. When it
was time to leave, one of my trainees could start his car and he asked for a
jump. It was funny to watch him and everyone else that was nearby in the
parking lot wonder what the heck I was doing when I was backing up
Wonko the Sane wrote:
But to answer your question, there is a big difference between watching a
commercial and looking into a man/(woman)'s eyes in real time. I am a pretty
good judge of character -- occupational hazard.
And successful politicians are pretty good con men. Bill Clinton and
Once the fenders are off, if you want to practice, you may find some stuff
behind the fenders to weld. If the welds are less the great, not to worry,
they'll be hidden once the new fenders go on. If you go with new fenders,
you can always keep the old ones and mess around practicing your welds
Wonko the Sane wrote:
Unlike McCain and Hillary, I don't think Obama is in this for ego. I think
he really wants to fix things. My bet is on that philosophy.
I think Karl Marx and Vladimir Ulyanov really believed in change too. I think
Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler were in it for the power. I
Now that my 300D is resting in the garage for a spell, I'm driving the '87
Acura Legend (192K, auto) to the old nuke plant. Today I came upon idiots
from CA driving 71 mph in the left lane with the right lane clear. I got in
the right lane and mashed the foot feed to the floor and that Acura
I started getting into this in '68. You know what was happening those
days!
Someone is going to be President. It is down to the choice between three.
Of the three, I like Obama most.
I see the Prez as almost a figurehead, someone to give pep talks to the
nation. Obama woudl be best at this.
Robert Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So my question is: now that SHMBO has driven this Acura for six
years do I need to start driving this thing like I stole it?
As long as it's in otherwise good shape, e.g. the timing belt is not
about to snap, it'll probably do it some good to blow the
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