A very very good alternative, but many of the same limitations and cautions
apply (well except the possibility of an attacker to turn your own dog on
you - maybe).
What an ambiguous, contradictory area this is though - the protective dog.
Most people want their dog to protect home, family and
Yes. And every time I see BHO surround himself with an all-Black crowd, his
true feelings on race are born out in his actions. Or perhaps he is willing
to go against his true feelings in order to get votes. Either way he doesn't
get my vote. I'm waiting to see if he is going to assemble an
I hear the jingle of truck keys as a certain Okie gets ready to head out
:-)
Hendrik
who just about finished converting the 230E but now has to cull the
herd, according to the missus
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
OK, our story continues... the seller just emailed me saying she has
given up on
Whilst on the surface free enterprise seems like a fine thing, when you
take into consideration monopolies and corruption it too can be a bad
thing, not too mention turning people into money hungry A holes.
Also not every socialist experiment' has failed...yet but does
need to be
The problem I see with true socialism is that it goes against
human nature, whilst capitalism works well with human nature.
That has always been its [socialism/communism] biggest sin,
that it ignores human nature. That experiment never lasts
long. Think they pretend to pay me, and I pretend
Younger son has an 07 R320 CDI. 'Just occurred to me - wonder if I oughta
put my name on it for him to hand it down to me when he's finished with
it - 'pends on how long it takes for 'im to finish with it, of course.
Wilton
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China is not socialist.. It is a free market at the top. They have
a big problem trying to keep the hoards form not demanding their
share. The fat cats at the top want to keep the free market to
themselves, and hoard all the goodies. THey still talk socialism to
the hoards as a way to
This is a babble of Bullcrap
My Grand Kids at H/S far exceed my wildest expectations when I was in U of Ct.
Back than I could extract a cube root, They can do it with a calculator and
THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE RESULTANT.
Pete
-- Original message --
From: Loren
All excellent comments Tom. I'd like to add a couple of things -
Those of us who choose to own a gun/s take it very seriously (the vast
majority at least) and understand the implications of using a gun i.e., we
don't flash it just to let others know we are armed - we don't introduce a
gun
Hendrik -
You wrote One of the problems I see with firearms is that it makes people
lazy,
they don't try and settle arguments with diplomacy but rather just go
and get the gnn out and stick it in someones face.
After a while people forget how to resolve differences without resorting
to
I stand by my prior statement: Free trade works, socialism doesn't
I believe that free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity!
Larry Kudlow
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
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But do they know anything about European or American history? Do
they even know who Aristotle was? Do they know anything about Archemedes?
You are undoubtedly talking about the exceptions, and I am talking
about the average student.
If you babble and bullcrap, go see what they teach at
About 30 years ago (Yes, a long time), there was a government issued paper
(Sen. Dod from CT. I believe) that stated that AT THAT TIME, the majority of
gun deaths in this country were a result of misuse of a gun on someone who it
was bought to protect.
Seemed resonable to me AT THE TIME:
Hi guys,
I've started looking at gasser 126 cars (real cheap these days with
regular @ $3.50/gal!) and I keep seeing 500SELs, 560SELs, and 420SELs
in pretty much the same price range, considering condition.
Seems like all other things being equal, an '85 500 in good shape is a
better deal than
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About 30 years ago (Yes, a long time), there was a government issued paper
(Sen. Dod from CT. I believe) that stated that AT THAT TIME, the majority of
gun deaths in this country were a result of misuse of a gun on someone who it
was bought to protect.
Was that
Having recently graduated magna cum laude from one of
the leading colleges of education and research
universities in the southeast, I wholeheartedly agree
with Loren. I was seriously disillusioned at the
content of general studies, although I was in special
education, which is far more into
Same Senator Dodd. I do not think his motives were suspect, he was quite
verbaly publicly anti-gun.
I found it very interesting on how often guns seem to harm those they were
bought to protect.
Pete, who actually still owns Grt G'Pa's 44 cal. CapBall.
-- Original message
If Kaleb thinks it's a good deal, I better jump on it. Apparently
U-Pull-It offered her $350. I will have to match that.
Alex
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I hear the jingle of truck keys as a certain Okie gets ready to head out
:-)
Hendrik
who
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/634821523.html
Is this old truck worth $600? Does it really have a V6 or is this
Did you buy it yet?
EdB
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/634821523.html
Is this old truck worth $600? Does it really have a V6 or is this
Did you buy it
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Alex Chamberlain
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/634821523.html
Shouldn't be any problem with an inline 6 hauling heavy stuff. They have good
torque. You just would'nt do all
that well on the freeway onramp trying to get to 75 mph. Once cruising, no
problem. I have had a couple of the old
inline Chevy 6's and my father had a couple of the Fords. Not a
Brother Can You Spare 10 Grand?
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From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] `89 Mercedes 300E $4200
no
John Freer wrote:
I thought the W124 had the bottom plastic
It seems than at Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:52:35 -0700, Alex wrote:
Jim C. scared me off the yellow truck by pointing out that if
it has the original I-6 in it, it's pretty lacking in power by
modern standards. I would probably be wanting to haul manure,
old engines, etc. in it so that doesn't
I had it spelled correctly then, and the spellcheck corrected it wo
a wrong spelling. Oh well. I trusted the spellcheck.
At 11:36 AM 4/11/2008, you wrote:
Having recently graduated magna cum laude from one of
the leading colleges of education and research
universities in the southeast, I
Loren wrote: Not to mention confiscatory taxes on
everything except breathing, but hold your breath, because breathing
will be taxed soon. (Carbon tax)
With the fiasco of gobal warming getting going just wait until you see what
kinds of
restrictions are placed on you - the FedGovCo will be
300 CI six is a good engine. In the 5 liter category. Both the 300
and 240 are big block sixes and made for truck and tractor use. In
trucks the 300 was considered a bulletproof engine. Both are real
torquey for a gasser. Had a 240 in my old 66 E100. it got better
mileage when you threw
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:27 PM, E M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What's that old joke, You know you're having a bad day when you're making a
crossing on a Dutch ferry, and find your car sandwiched on board between a
Ford Pinto in front of you, and an Audi 5000 with an auto trans right behind
My daughter spent a couple of years in college working toward her teaching
cert. until she had a stint at the local school saw how things worked.
There were so many restrictions are pre-prepared lesson plans than any
creativity on the part of the teacher was quashed. She thought a robot
I would challenge anyone who thinks they can walk into
a classroom and teach without prior training. Very
few could do it. What's making it so difficult now is
high-stakes testing and the accountability that
accompanies it. Schools and even teachers themselves
will tell you that they're not
At 05:03 PM 4/11/2008, you wrote:
Which leads to my next thought - people who bring a lawsuit should be
required to pay the legal bills if the suit is seen to be frivilous. but
naturally with the lawyers running Congress we;ll never see *real* judicial
reform!
As Donald said recently, we have
Hi Ya'll -
I check my mpg's everytime I fill up. For some reason it changes even
though my wife's driving is consistant - she drives to and from work each
day, no AC needed, no hard acceleration needed, stuff like that - and yet
her mpg;s will be 32mpgs one time and 28.5 the next. We fill
Speaking of the inmates running the asylum.. in this country we call it
congress.
CON is the opposite of PRO, so CONgress must be the opposite of PROgress.
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula
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How full is full? Now car made in the past 25 years at least allows
you tell how full the tank really is. Now in my 110 200D, you can
see the level of the fuel in the tank. I don't trust any one tank
mpg number. I want an average of at least 10 tanks before I think I
have a reliable
Perhaps variations in fuel are part f the problem -- I check the mileage
evrytimg we fill up and have the numbers going back to when we bought the
car. It was seeing 24-27 until I fixed some problems and sawit go to 28-30
with an occassional 31 or 32. Naturally I;d love to stay at 32mpg -
nevermind, I am on crack. I forgot that delvac 1 was 5w40.
Mitch Haley wrote:
Delvac 1 is not suitable for diesels?
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
5w40 is not suitable for diesels
Luther wrote:
WM is up to $24/gal on the Mobil 5w-40
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:57:31 -0500, Mitch Haley [EMAIL
Hey, the dealer just called and said my truck is ready. All 8 brand new
$400 injectors. Got to do some hauling tomorrow. Will be excited to
see if the mileage etc improves. I think this car Alex is talking about
is too far away from me though, cant think of where he is located.
Hendrik Fay
You wrote CON is the opposite of PRO, so CONgress must be the opposite of
PROgress.
That's a fair assessment -
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I will have to say, that is seems kids today are learning more things at
an earlier age than even I was. But, they are far more ignorant in the
basics, and common sense
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a babble of Bullcrap
My Grand Kids at H/S far exceed my wildest expectations when I was
You never pull out your gun unless you are prepared to use it. While I
dont have any specifics right now, I do know that states where there is
a larger percentage of people with guns, concealed etc, crime is much
lower in those area. Im sure it can be looked up online by anybody
interested.
First of all, the 420 will have more power than a us version 500. The
block is still aluminum on the 500. All V-8s had aluminum blocks
starting with the 3.8. The 420 and 560 says to use premium, but will
run just fine on regular. Now with a 103 or something like that, you
really do need to
I highly doubt a salvage yard would offer than much. They usually offer
from $50 to a top of 200
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
If Kaleb thinks it's a good deal, I better jump on it. Apparently
U-Pull-It offered her $350. I will have to match that.
Alex
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 2:54 AM,
A couple things my old granddaddy used to say. First was those who can,
do. Those who cant, teach. The 2nd thing he used to day was teachers
were some of the dumbest people on the world.
On a certain level, judging my SOME (not all) of the teachers I have
seen before, this is true.
LWB250
With my diesels, I fill the damn tank till it fills up to the top of the
filler neck. Takes a while to let the foam settle.
Loren Faeth wrote:
How full is full? Now car made in the past 25 years at least allows
you tell how full the tank really is. Now in my 110 200D, you can
see the
The 420 is the pick of V8's in that era and I reckon probably the best
MB V8 ever, when taking into consideration all variables.
The big change in 85/6 was the introducing of electronic feedback to the
fuel injection (KE jetronic/CIS/E), which made them more efficient and
cleaner.
The gen 2 126
Really? I have no experience with selling cars for scrap. This is
the West Coast, though, everything costs more.
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I highly doubt a salvage yard would offer than much. They usually offer
from $50 to a top of 200
I do see a problem if peoples goal is to be rich and that is it.
I'd rather be poor in paradise than rich in hell and that is the way I
see things going in a pure capitalist society. Sure we all have coin on
the hip but we lock up our castles, alarm our cars and worry like hell
if we have
I am not saying all of the US is like that but people on this list have
indicated that they have a loaded weapon ready to go...just in case.
Is that the way we should be living.
I saw on TV a while back a thing about the gun culture in the US and
here was trailer park granny showing her
I would think that you would need mates in the party in order to be able
to do business in China, how do you get mates in the party?
To me free market means that everyone can have a go and not just the new
elite as decreed by the commie party.
Basically it is like any one party set up, crooked.
I remember reading there were next to zero cases of unintended acceleration
in Germany at the time.
Ed
300E
On 11/04/2008, Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:27 PM, E M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What's that old joke, You know you're having a bad day when
Feh. No harm, no foul. Just goes to show why I always
told my kids that spellcheck was no better than the
dictionary they used to program it with...
Dan
--- Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had it spelled correctly then, and the spellcheck
corrected it wo
a wrong spelling. Oh well.
Ebay just announced that it will only support the use of paypal or COD
as payment methods.
Yet another great example of this free market and strong competition
that the powers have duped us into believing exists.
At least I am typing this on a Linux based OS.
Hendrik
who believes nothing he
Do you mean support or allow? Big difference.
Don
Typing this via Ubuntu 7.10
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Ebay just announced that it will only support the use of paypal or COD
as payment methods.
Yet another great example of this free market and
Hey Hendrick -
You know? Pretty soon I'm going to give up and go target practice. ;-)
The obsession you see is with personal responsibility. True, I have a
gun I keep loaded and ready to fire - if it's not in that condition it's
basically a paperwieght.
Yep, that Granny was
I haven't looked into the full details of it yet, I dare say ebay will
put out more info to it's members in due course but from my
understanding at this time when you go to tick payment options there
will be only two choices. Whether you can still write in your auction
that 'other' payment
I do see a problem if peoples goal is to be rich and that is it.
A pretty poor class of people, if that is indeed the case.
But they'll get what they deserve if so. I do not measure
'wealth' entirely by the almighty dollar. For example, having
some old wrecked cars in the woods is wealth to
I check my mpg's everytime I fill up. For some reason it
changes even though my wife's driving is consistent
My wife doesn't fill the tank as full as I do. So that skews things
a bit if I calculate based on one of her prior fillups, or vice-versa.
-- Jim
Hendrik Fay wrote:
I am not saying all of the US is like that but people on this list have
indicated that they have a loaded weapon ready to go...just in case.
Is that the way we should be living.
Just about every homeowner has a fire extinguisher loaded up and ready
to go. Is that
Jim C. scared me off the yellow truck by pointing out that if it has
the original I-6 in it, it's pretty lacking in power by modern
standards. I would probably be wanting to haul manure, old engines,
etc. in it so that doesn't fly.
Manure is fairly light. How many engines are you going to
E M wrote:
I remember reading there were next to zero cases of unintended acceleration
in Germany at the time.
I also seem to recall that in those days, obtaining a German driving
license required that you know your ass from a hole in the ground. Not
so in the USA.
I know you probably don't think bad things happen often enough to
justify carrying a gun, but there are situations where one is needed.
It's
not good to count on the mercy of someone who may not know the meaning
of
the word.
Most people seem to be OK with cops being armed, but who's to
What's really weird is that people in education (those
that have been in it for their whole lives) seem
blissfully unaware of how the rest of the world works,
or so it seems. I've had no problem at all making
great strides in my work in education using much of
what I learned in 20 years of
Just about every homeowner has a fire extinguisher loaded up and ready
to go. Is that the way we should be living? Or how about fire
insurance?
Less likely to be useful than the gun, and more expensive.
I don't approve of fire. Obviously it will go away and
leave me alone, so I needn't be
Ok I am thinking of getting one! Once I hit my target weight of 220lbs though I
do not know much other than the 380 has a stock timing chain that sucks.
I would like to know mileage a and octane requirments.. if the list knows..
thanks Douglas.
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim C. scared me off the yellow truck by pointing out that if it has
the original I-6 in it, it's pretty lacking in power by modern
standards. I would probably be wanting to haul manure, old engines,
etc. in it so
The 450SL gets about 16-17 mpg and runs on regular. That's all I know
of the models ---
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok I am thinking of getting one! Once I hit my target weight of 220lbs though
I do not know much other than the 380 has a stock timing chain
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sociopath insurance
Well put.
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what about cars in Sallisaw??
Luther
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:46:30 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey, the dealer just called and said my truck is ready. All 8 brand new
$400 injectors. Got to do some hauling tomorrow. Will be excited to
see if the mileage etc improves.
Actually, the 560 is a much better engine than the 420, IMO
Hendrik Fay wrote:
The 420 is the pick of V8's in that era and I reckon probably the best
MB V8 ever, when taking into consideration all variables.
The big change in 85/6 was the introducing of electronic feedback to the
fuel
That is true
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
Really? I have no experience with selling cars for scrap. This is
the West Coast, though, everything costs more.
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I highly doubt a salvage yard would offer than much. They
Oh I dont know if I want to mess with them, did they say how much they
wanted?
Luther wrote:
what about cars in Sallisaw??
Luther
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:46:30 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hey, the dealer just called and said my truck is ready. All 8 brand new
What are the differences between the 420 and 560 other than displacement?
Ed
300E
On 12/04/2008, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, the 560 is a much better engine than the 420, IMO
Hendrik Fay wrote:
The 420 is the pick of V8's in that era and I reckon probably the best
For some reason, the 560 doesnt wear out cams and have the timing chain
problems as bad as the 420
E M wrote:
What are the differences between the 420 and 560 other than displacement?
Ed
300E
On 12/04/2008, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, the 560 is a much better
WOW what a difference. First thing I noticed that it turned over much
quicker when starting. Not sure what injectors would have to do with
it. Runs MUCH quieter. Has MORE power. Not sure on mileage yet. Oil
pressure higher.
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94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300D,
Yeah, I read about you guys getting IPs for $5 or whatever at the
U-Pull-It and I can't believe my eyes. Salvage yards around here seem
to have, unfortunately, a really good idea what used parts are hard to
find and how much they go for online, and they charge accordingly.
Plus we have a really
You have to cut them some slack - they don't have much to work with!
Think the tuner kids buy them
all as soon as the cars hit the lot, to put in their Civics and
Integras.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.
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$400 injectors x 8 = $3200? That would sure turn over the money in my
wallet a little faster too! Seriously, how are the D-Max injectors fired?
I know that the Powerchokes are fired by an oil pump and the Cummins
injectors are electronically fired. If they are oil fired, higher oil
pressure
My son has a cable distribution center that was installed when his house was
built. Cables were run to all the rooms in the house but the installers
forgot to put a broadband jack in one room. He had verified that the cable
had been run to that room when the house was under construction, and
Would one of those stud finders that also know about electrical lines
work.
Also my Fluke non-contact voltage tester also makes lots of claims
about sensing things
maybe if you run 9V thru the wire...
Still I think the walkie-talkies make sense.
On Apr 11, 2008, at 10:09 PM, archer wrote:
380SL had dual timing chains starting with the 84 MY, burns regular
and can't help on mileage figures.
John
On 4/11/08, Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok I am thinking of getting one! Once I hit my target weight of 220lbs though
I do not know much other than the 380 has a stock timing chain
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