It seems than at Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:49:11 -0700 (PDT), Curt
wrote:
Yeah, well...
I'm stunned at work that very few of my co-workers read... I'm
a computer geek, I work with computer geeks and for the most
part I'm the only one thats ever read Douglas Adams (and I've
read all of it).
The
I have 2 copies of the complete around here somewhere both nicely bound like
that.
At work I've started renaming the computers in my classroom to Hitchhiker's
Guide characters. Zaphod was first on the system that gives me the most
trouble. The morose Mac that never works right will become
I've played with the idea of a 190EV... More realistic is an old 2wd Nissan
pickup. Nice and light, lots of space for batteries...
If I had another bay in the garage I'd be all over it.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:04:34 -0500
From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - EV
To:
My company just released a formal policy allowing work from home. We'd been
doing it in my group for awhile but it was kind of nice to have it formalized.
As an instructor I can't do it all that often but a day or two a month. I
figure my commute costs ~$15, I'll take what I can get.
-Curt
No such thing as an elected official that won't raise taxes...
I very nearly accidentally got myself elected mayor one time. Where I used to
live 2 guys had just been passing the mayorship back and forth for decades. I
joked I ought to run on a How could I be worse? platform.
Well one of my
Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm going to do a cost comparison between the
head gasket job and a rebuild and see what the numbers show. Used engines
seem to be very scarce so I haven't pursued that avenue. I'll let you know
my findings.
Ralph Wasserbaech
2001 E320 wagon
1990 300D
1987 300TD
1983
Last Chance to See is hilarious. He does the reading for the audio book
which is the only way I have digested it so far. Priceless. I have
truly loved every book he has ever written. Guaranteed belly aching piss
in my pants humor.
-Rolf
Fmiser wrote:
It seems than at Fri, 15 Aug 2008
Mebbe the dingo et yer Bebe?
I would get a compression test sooner than later.
-Rolf
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Maybe dingo juice will be the biodiesel of the future...
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Robert Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's almost like a feed-and-bleed system.
Oh its going to be MUCH cheaper doing the head gasket job.
R Wasser wrote:
Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm going to do a cost comparison between the
head gasket job and a rebuild and see what the numbers show. Used engines
seem to be very scarce so I haven't pursued that avenue. I'll let you
They may be pretty, but were reportedly a real bch to fly,
suffering from some severe aerodymanic problems at high altitude and
had a nasty bicycle steerable undercarriage that made landing, well,
a puckering experience much of the time.
Most serious defect was the coffin corner were
You won't hurt it so long as you keep oil in it.
I would check the following:
Check the blowby -- if you have considerable amounts at idle, you
probably should do something.
Oil separator in the air filter housing. These can leak (and the
drain can plug) so all the recovered oil will go
Rolf.
Thanks for the spring shim clues. I finally found reference to the
score but not how it is measured.
The white 190DT scores 55 by their list.
I only hope Rusty (All Hail Rusty!) knows what to make of it.
TTFN
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Klatta klatta x3
I believe the 201 is similar to the 123 in
But many of the design features it pioneered led directly to the 707/KC-135
and B-52 and are still in use and are easily recognizable on most airliners
for the last fifty years and even today: thin swept wing, strut-mounted
engines for ease of maint and RR, Boeing empenage (tail). Just last
week,
Victory! I tackled the other dome light, just to find that it was
glued in place: one of the platic ears was broken off. It wasn't fun
getting it loose without tearing up the molding. The insulation
wrapper on the hot lead was half missing, and I think it was pinching
through the foam
Boeing had some elegant designs, still does. Got the fuselage right
on the 707, for sure, since it's still in production.
However, some features, while very well executed by Boeing, are
hardly exlusive -- thin, swept wings are a German innovation, so are
pylon mounted engines (although not
Yes, I know.
B-47 was in many ways stopgap- 'til they could something bigger, better,
more range, etc. 'Had to use the engine that was available (J-47, same as
F-86). 'Built 1800 of 'em, though.
Wilton
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From: Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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It's an evolutionary process - just like our Mercedes Benz cars ---
(obligatory MB content).
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, I know.
B-47 was in many ways stopgap- 'til they could something bigger, better,
more range, etc. 'Had to use the
I've always wanted an MGCGT. Now that is one fun car to drive.
Manfred
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:04:34 -0500
From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - EV
I'm thinking that I'd like a Triumph GT6+E --- or perhaps an MGBGT as
second choice.
I also wonder how much weight you can
The power is nice, but it sure is heavy in the front! Much better
with the Aluminum 215ci V8.
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM, MG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've always wanted an MGCGT. Now that is one fun car to drive.
Manfred
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OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
There are three kinds of lies: lies,
'Saw soy oil today at Sam's for $6.74/gal. in 35 lb. jug!!
Wilton
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re: your comment B47 ...grossly underpowered
My memory must be more faulty than I thought - on a recent Military Channel
program called Top 10 Bombers they went thru the various designs and when
they spoke of the B47 they said it was *very* fast - like a fighter with 4
engines so fast in fact
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Subject:ok, i know this will sound ridiculous, but please read
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Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:41:01 UT
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'In 600 mph class; had six J-47 engines; certainly could have used more
power; slow to accelerate; slow to decelerate once it was going (was very
streamlined - cigar-shaped). 'Used water injection to increase thrust on
takeoff. 'Sometimes used 28 to 30 JATO (rocket) bottles on takeoff, too.
I am not particularly fixated on taxes. We are way undertaxed in IOUSA
compared to other civilized nations.
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No such thing as an elected official that won't raise taxes...
I very nearly accidentally got myself elected
It's not a bargain anymore,is it?
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
'Saw soy oil today at Sam's for $6.74/gal. in 35 lb. jug!!
Wilton
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Kaleb,
This is clearly a moment for you to rise and shine. Loan err one of your
fleet and get a mural of the back forty star acres.
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
1978 240D 4 speed. 218K miles.
1979 240D- auto -250K + miles. (SOLD).
1990 300D 2.5t 160K miles.
Wickford, RI
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Soy farmers thank you very much, too -- except, they fuel their tractors and
combines and trucks with diesel, so it is probably a wash.
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 8:51 PM, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
It's not a bargain anymore,is it?
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Wilton
That's true it was a bit heavy on the front. I would like to go with the
inline Vortec 4200 aluminum GM engine. It would also do kind of nice in
an E-type. Lots lighter than the old boat anchor and it has fuel
injection and all. Real light and plenty of power.
Manfred
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008
'In 600 mph class; had six J-47 engines; certainly could have
used more power; slow to accelerate; slow to decelerate once
it was going (was very streamlined - cigar-shaped).
B-47E's performed many a LABS maneuver - a bomb run performed
by releasing bomb in the climbing vertical phase just
That does sound like a nice fit - if it's not too long. However, for
a cheaper to get around in car that doesn't look like a rolling grape,
I think an electric conversion would be cool.
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 9:01 PM, MG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's true it was a bit heavy on the front. I
I have seen movies of B47s getting launched with those JATO bottles.
What a ride that would have been!
Just did a UTUBER search, came up with this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL4mrxUtjxQ Put B 47 in the search box,
a bunch come up.
Those drivers earned their meager paychex flying those
If you feel compelled to make up for our undertaxation status, I'll send
you my address, you can make amends in whatever amount you would feel
most comfortable assuaging your guilt with.
--R
andrew strasfogel wrote:
I am not particularly fixated on taxes. We are way undertaxed in IOUSA
Nope
Wilton
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From: andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Soy oil
It's not a bargain anymore,is it?
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Wilton Strickland
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Meanwhile the aircraft went over the top of the
loop, and, as it started down the other side, it would roll upright
accelerating and descending to get the Hell out of Dodge.
Max Immelmann would be proud.
Mitch.
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I am not particularly fixated on taxes. We are way undertaxed in IOUSA
compared to other civilized nations.
Don't you mean 'other Socialized nations'?
Mitch.
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I don't think Max waited that long before rolling over - but it's been
a while since I did that kind of thing.
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Meanwhile the aircraft went over the top of the
loop, and, as it started down the other
OK, B-58's: On simulated low level bomb runs, after release, we'd call in
post-release info to the RADAR bomb scoring site. True air speed (TAS) of
our B'52 runs then was ~270 knots at 2 k feet. (Our airspeed was restricted
at low level for a while because of some possible wing cracks.) So
The B-47 doing the JATO takeoff is also using water injection - black smoke
from all engines. BTW, JATO rack was dropped just beyond runway.
Wilton
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From: Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008
Mercedes did make a prototype 190EV back in the mid 80s but never went
further than experimental, probably because the oil companies thought an
electric car is not a good idea.
You can just imagine the conversation at the club.
Hendrik
who thinks the problem with EV is the mod cons
Curt
Notice the comment, Every large jet aircraft today is a descendant of the
B-47. Maybe I should add, though, Except the B-2.
Wilton
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Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:22 PM
Yea, I really meant, Immelmann, didn't I? Thanks.
Wilton
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Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - EV
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Meanwhile the aircraft
Who is going to start importing Jatropha oil? Sigh.
-Rolf
Wilton Strickland wrote:
'Saw soy oil today at Sam's for $6.74/gal. in 35 lb. jug!!
Wilton
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Up for sale is my 1981 240D. It was purchased new by my Grandfather,
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