The Porcupine is a resistor array changing voltage to the blower motor, thus
changing speed. The controller box selects
input to the various resistors.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:05 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Is the blower control the so-called porcupine? 'Replaced it on my '91
126
THank-you Craig. Even my friend Google could not find the data.
On 2/17/2010 11:08 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:10:41 + (UTC) pm7...@comcast.net wrote:
MAybe some one can help an old fellow who studied this 40 years ago and
that hit CONTROL-ALT-DELETE on his
re the question about the oil I have used - Have been using Synthetic since
we bought this car ~3 years and 75K miles ago - I would describe what I
found in the intake as liquid black slime - what a mess to remove.
It's going back together now - I cleaned it with lots of rags, paper towels
Ah, are we talking about Larry's OM606? I missed that, and agree that
the rules are different for an OM606 that is naturally aspirated (NA).
I had an OM617 NA, intake was coated with incredible layer of tar
because the EGR had failed in open position. Fixed that, switched to
Mobil 1, and all
TE wrote:
All,
Due to a recently announced relocation at work, I will be leaving Charlotte,
NC for Pittsburgh, PA. As a result, I am putting my car up for sale in hopes
to purchase a 4matic or Mercedes SUV.
You've got a nice car, Tarek. Don't throw it away for a piece of crap. Instead,
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Peter Hertzing phertz...@gmail.com wrote:
Well - frankly - fairly safe. Physicians are very heavily regulated - but
it is the threat of lawsuit that drives quality in many cases.
Dr. Nick...
Seriously, I don't think that licensing/regulating people out the
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
Never mind, when I search by size on the home page there are lots of
choices including Mitch's favorite the General Altimax RT. Don't know
why when I search by vehicle it only gave me those two choices...
speed restrictions?
Fair warning, Mitch has lost an mpg or two
Here in SC we have a tiered system for new drivers. A teenager gets a
'permit' which requires that only one or two other adults who hold
licenses must/can be in the car. After a period of time and other
criteria I don't remember, teen gets a 'daylight' license which
basically means he/she can
We also called them suicide knobs. I'm old enough to remember them but
not old enough to have driven a car/truck with one installed.
-Max
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Sent: Wednesday, February 17,
My grey-market euro '85 wagon had a small importer's plate riveted in
the driver's door jamb, looked very official, right next to the MB
plate.
-Max
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Sent:
Regarding the old DV springs being shorter than the new, I found the
same when I did the job on my OM603 in my '87 wagon, but did not notice
any change in performance with the new springs. I was trying to cure a
rough idle, finally it dawned on me to unplug the electronic idle
control which did
Curt wrote: Does Toyota even make RWD cars?
Are some of the Lexus models RWD?
Donald H. Snook
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Ok Don wrote: You'd look SO GOOD waliking into the office
I might have to change my legal practice if I bought the Lincoln and the full
pimp suit. Instead of representing doctors and hospitals, and employers, and
manufacturers, I would have to start representing strippers, and other pimps,
Ok Don wrote: Back to the ML's 4-matics in specific - what was wrong with the
first series? Is it likely to be something that has already been
repaired/replaced if they'restill on the road?
They have serious transmission problems, lots of climate control issues
(including the heater cores
Bob R. wrote: Servos are from the devil.
Yea, my indy said he did need the servo and yes, Bob, you are right. They suck!
Donald H. Snook
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Tim C wrote:
In post-1985 NC we started to license
everything from real estate agents to hairdressers to home inspectors,
and there are lots of incompetents of all.
Some of those professions, particularly barbers/hairdressers, use licensing to
erect barriers to entry in order to keep prices
Back to the ML's 4-matics in specific - what was wrong with the first
series? Is it likely to be something that has already been
repaired/replaced
if they'restill on the road?...
Sure, with updated parts likely paid by the warranty. My friend AC has a
'79 ML320 that has been a gem,
...Isn't it the aux water pump that gives us heat so fast on cold days?
(faster than any other car I've driven)..
The purpose of that pump is to keep water flowing through the heater core
at or near idle in cars that pretend to have ACC. When the pump fails, the
heater output temp drops
Dude, you SO want to be the Bentley guy!
Hey -- maybe you can pick up his used Bentley as your next ride!
--R
On 2/18/2010 9:05 AM, Donald Snook wrote:
Ok Don wrote: You'd look SO GOOD waliking into the office
I might have to change my legal practice if I bought the Lincoln and the full
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:59 -0500, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
You've got a nice car, Tarek. Don't throw it away for a piece of crap.
Instead, quit being a pansy, buy some snow tires, and learn how to
drive. Marshall lived there for decades, you might recall, and drove
such cars as 190
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You don't want to drive that beautiful car in the snow and salt and crap
up there in the winter. Keep it and buy a cheap winter beater, an old
Exploder or something for when there is crap on the road. Or maybe a
Toada (you can probably find them cheap these days).
--R
On 2/18/2010 9:12 AM,
Allan Streib wrote:
The tires I have now, which I bought on sale expecting nothing special, have turned out
to be the best all-season snow tires I've ever had.
If you go to tirerack.com and look at the customer survey ratings and stick to
the tires that get green ratings for snow, you'll
In the US doctors kill more people every year than guns...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:27:43 -0600
From: Peter Hertzing phertz...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Licensing engineers
Message-ID:
The Porcupine is a resistor array changing voltage to the blower
motor, thus
changing speed. The controller box selects input to the various
resistors.
No, the porcupine is the heavily finned (with circular cross-section
heat-dissipation 'spines') blower speed regulator that lives in the
air
You guys will be the death of me, I gotta have all the MB jalopys in New
England?
;)
-Curt
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:32:44 -0500
From: tom tomscat tomsc...@hotmail.com
To: mercedes diesel mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] Fred Moir Award
Message-ID:
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Donald Snook dsn...@mtsqh.com wrote:
Curt wrote: Does Toyota even make RWD cars?
Are some of the Lexus models RWD?
Yes, everything but the gussied-up-Camry ES series. (I'm not counting
the SUVs.)
If Toyota ever starts importing sports cars again, they will
For the record a rear wheel drive car will be fine in the snow provided you put
good snowtires on it and don't drive like a fool. I'll put my 240D up against
ANYTHING in reasonable driving conditions. If it gets to the point where the
weather is so bad you need a big 4x4 you probably shouldn't
I don't think a rear wheel drive coupe will cut it in the snow.
Pffft. Get GOOD snow tires (I'm partial to Hakkapeliittas), preferably
a bit narrower (and perhaps taller) than the norm, and put 200# (or
more)
of sand in the trunk. It's amazing what that will do. My death-trap
Camaro
I have a 1980 300D and I worked on the Climate Control with the Servo for 2
years. It seems that I'd get it set and it would would for several weeks
and then it would loose its mind.
I gave up and bought the digital replacement. It works every time now.
Though the only thing it really does
I thought that was the point of the freon tube on the A/C wheel?
That's not what makes it automatic, though that is an automatic
feature. If it can't switch from heating to cooling on its own,
and back, it's not ACC.
So, if it's not evil ACC does that mean I could have repaired it
somehow?
I remember suggesting to my great uncle that we get one for our Super M tractor
since all we do is mow with it. He got irate and told me I'll never have one
of those dammed wrist breakers on one of my machines! According to my
grandmother the word he left out was again. Apparently there was
I guess so, its very hard to tell from their website but a google for rear
wheel drive lexus brings up some hits...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:57:09 -0600
From: Donald Snook dsn...@mtsqh.com
To: 'Mercedes@okiebenz.com' Mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Sudden acceleration
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
You'll need to learn to drive in the glop properly
...which is easier in a rear-wheel-drive car than a front-wheel-drive.
All other things being equal, FWD has higher limits before the car
loses traction, but when it does
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/1605156289.html
Too bad you can't buy the car and resell the paint.
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Curt wrote: In the US doctors kill more people every year than guns...
Please provide evidence for this statement.
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Some people say right over the axle is the best, I prefer well
behind the axle but to each his own.
Over the axle increases only that axle's weight. More to the rear
it also steals weight from the front, adding it to the rear.
That may or may not be good, but it does maximize the additional
Really now, this is a little OT. I like guns and I am a surgical dentist.
Either way I loose. Frankly cigarette smoking, over eating, and inattention to
detail regarding one's own health is usually the issue. It is neither the guns
nor the doctors that cause this. Thanks cks
Your friend has accomplished quite a feat, to preserve a 1979 ML320.
It belongs in a museum.
Sure, with updated parts likely paid by the warranty. My friend AC has a
'79 ML320 that has been a gem, unlike so many of it's brethren. He's the one
with the '07 E320 Bluetec.
RLE
On 2/17/2010 9:25 AM, Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Still not sure if I can save it, but beats the $100+ for a new one that's
got a plastic housing...
Rusty has one on his website for $88 for your model. For my 1987 300TD
it is $55. The only difference is the 78's electrical connector is on a
Max:
I'm still here. But too busy to keep up with the list every day.
So I apologize for this late response.
Of course you have my permission to use the information.
Ned Kleinhenz
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:25:49 -0500
From: Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
Asking price is a $100 discount over the windshield price!
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/1604387758.html
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Price is so firm he won't even spring for the pictures.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Alex Chamberlain
apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote:
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/1605156289.html
Too bad
I love driving my 123 1983 300TD in the snow, but that doesn't mean it
performs well in the snow - just that it's fun to drive in the snow!
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
Some people say right over the axle is the best, I prefer well
behind the
In Texas, the job title Engineer or engineer is reserved for persons
licensed under the Texas Engineering Practice Act.
Software Engineers, System Engineers, and similar persons identify
themselves publicly with The E-word at their own risk. The Texas Board
of Professional Engineers will get
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Just wanted to let you guys know I'll be making a small run of
replacement impellers for the aux pumps in a week or two.
I guess I should go dig through my parts cars and pull out all
the aux pumps and see which of them are worth rebuilding.
Do you have an approximate
Or do like most of us in the north where it snows - get a winter car of some
sort with all wheel drive and keep the
MB for the summer. Lots of people here have fancy summer cars and some sort of
beater for the winter. A fellow I
know has a stable of Porshe cars of one sort or another and for
Remember those people pay in cash and don't need a receipt. The underground
economy on the higher level.
Randy
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Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:05 AM
To:
Tarek,
Best of luck in PA. I've got family up there, it seems to be a
pleasant enough place; I'm sure you'll feel right at home if you have
a light southern accent coming in, or at least you'll eventually get
used to the waitresses chatting with you just to hear you talk. :)
If I were in your
Walt, thanks for the information. This is keeper stuff.
Harry
Just wanted to let you guys know I'll be making a small run of replacement
impellers for the aux pumps in a week or two.
Got a cad model done up right now, going to push out to the cam program
later today.
The electric motor
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/11856.php says medical errors kill
195,000 people every year. I think this is high for my argument since its
probably all medical errors including those not committed by doctors.
http://e11.www9.50megs.com/ - says 550,000 which I think is tinfoil hat
I could have phrased my initial statement better, Medical Errors kill more
people than guns is a more appropriate statement.
That said I think a lot of medical errors are allowed by patients who neglect
to take some responsibility in the quality of their care. When I was in the
hospital not a
Why wouldn't it? My '80 300TD was a delight in the snow, just had to remember
to ease off before the turbo kicked in. I never did find out why but the turbo
on that car would come on hard and suddenly...
I carried a couple sandbags and had just all season tires. With real snowtires
I bet that
Amen I always thought the 240D (123) was bad in snow, then I put
some cheap firestone snow tires on it and it is one of the best
vehicles in snow. (along with a sand bag on each side wheel-well)
I vastly prefer RWD for snow. FWD may have traction longer, but when
the traction on the drive
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Tim C bb...@crone.us wrote:
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Peter Hertzing phertz...@gmail.com wrote:
Well - frankly - fairly safe. Physicians are very heavily regulated - but
as far as I can tell, the job for which
the original poster suggested requiring
I ask all those questions every time I'm given a new prescription and every
time I get a treatment (Intravenous Immuno Globulin - IVIG) - 'saved myself
from getting the wrong stuff twice. 'Next treatment tomorrow morning.
I'll be with the nurse when she calls the pharmacist to prepare the
Wasn't the the 1980 TD nonturbocharged? What was there to kick in?
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Why wouldn't it? My '80 300TD was a delight in the snow, just had to
remember to ease off before the turbo kicked in. I never did find out why
but the
That CL car could be outstanding for the cost of a replacement door ($75?).
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Tim C bb...@crone.us wrote:
Tarek,
Best of luck in PA. I've got family up there, it seems to be a
pleasant enough place; I'm sure you'll feel right at home if you have
a light
I dislocated my pinky when I was 10 and needed to undergo general anesthesia
so the surgeon could splint the fracture without damaging the growth part of
my hand (epithesis, IIRC) with an injection. A (literally) cross-eyed nurse
came up to my bed and said she needed to take a blood sample, and
One time the nurse came in and asked if I had pain. I said something like they
threaded a thing into my heart today, I think I'm allowed some pain. She asked
if I wanted something for it and I allowed as how that'd be nice. She went and
got a shot but before I let her do it I made her do the
I oopsed, mine was an '81.
-Curt
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:46:27 -0500
From: andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] FOR SALE: 1995 S500 Coupe
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For some reason reminds me of the song I gave her a ring and she gave
me the finger.
--R
On 2/18/2010 2:52 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
I dislocated my pinky when I was 10 and needed to undergo general anesthesia
so the surgeon could splint the fracture without damaging the growth part of
my
And whatever else is wrong with it...
A friend of mine has a 116 300SD, he's moving in April and I'm trying to get it
for a sweet deal...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:47:21 -0500
From: andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re:
andrew strasfogel wrote:
That CL car could be outstanding for the cost of a replacement door ($75?).
If I didn't already have too many cars, and if diesel fuel was $1.50 a gallon
again...
That appears to be a much better deal than my tobacco leather interior '79 that
I traveled to Florida
Tobacco interior reminds me of the '91 or '92, or so, 124 that I drove a
wasted trip to York, SC, to look at several years ago. Interior came from
Germany as one of the lighter beiges/tan, but it really was dark with real
TOBACCO stain. I opened the door and almost threw up, the stench was so
A story in the paper today relates that an experienced surgeon removed a
woman's breast after misreading the biopsy
report that indicated the lump was benign. Ouch!
Randy
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Wilton wrote I ask all those questions every time I'm given a new
prescription
That's a Great practice! People should *always* find out what is being
given to them and why. In general, the hospital will give you what you've
been taking (and spoke of during pre-admittance) as well as
Can you saw lawsuit make that *huge* lawsuit!
LarryT
OilAnalysis Time?
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To: Mercedes Discussion List
Hi Max,
How many miles are on the engine and what kind of oil has been used?
Thx -
LarryT
91 300D
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Probably so. It was in the USA but cannot recall where.
Randy
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Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:55 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Licensing engineers
I've kept a log of all my prescriptions and IVIG treatments and their
effects, good and bad, for nearly 11 years. 'Beginning to have a sizable
book - a history of what works and what doesn't.
Wilton
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I was first interestedin the earliest years (cheapest), but after reading on
some off-road website that the traction control was significantly improved
in 2001, I'm interested in 2001-2002.
I'm not a serious off-roader - I just want to be able to reasonably travel
the dirt roads on the Norht side
Do the 95's have FSS?
I know all 210's should, and should therefore only ever get M1.
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On Feb 18, 2010, at 18:00, LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net wrote:
Hi Max,
How many miles are on the engine and what kind of oil has
http://www.ichv.org/facts-about-gun-violence/general-facts-about-gun-
violence - an anti-gun group says ~31,000 gun deaths in the US in
2006. As they're an anti-gun group we can probably assume their number
is high although this number shows up on a lot of websites.
These groups usually
Anybody using this? I order a new mini laptop for work and it arrived
today. Its a IBM with windows 7 on it. Holy crap, I dont know if I
like it or not. I suppose I could get used to it but it sure seems like
this computer moves VERY slow. I got to play with it a little more but
is there
So far I really like it and think it runs fast - what programs are running
slow? Granted - it is on a pretty fast desktop here. I like how you can
run two screens next to each other. I've got it on a fujitso laptop at work
- and it runs really fast with our practice management system and our
Curt wrote:
In the US doctors kill more people every year than guns...
I am not RLE, but I will play him for this one...
How do I kill a gun?
mao
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no, the older models do not have that, thats only on the 86 and up.
WILTON wrote:
Is the blower control the so-called porcupine? 'Replaced it on my
'91 126 'bout 5 years ago.
Wilton
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I have got to get back out to new mexico. My last trip was a quick in
and out
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:05:00 -0500 WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Where?
At the Valles Caldera in the Jemez Mountains not too far west-southwest
of where I live in New Mexico.
I'm running it on thrre or four systems - I like it a lot better than any
other M$ OS. Your mini-laptop is probably slow to begin with - Atom
processor?
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Peter Hertzing phertz...@gmail.com wrote:
So far I really like it and think it runs fast - what programs are
Cutting torch.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote:
Curt wrote:
In the US doctors kill more people every year than guns...
I am not RLE, but I will play him for this one...
How do I kill a gun?
mao
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Panic! (the national past time).
Well like right now I am trying to clean out all the crap preinstalled
stuff that I dont need, it just seems to take forever. If I launch IE,
it seems to take forever. I will have to play with it some more to get
it figured out. This little machine only has 1 gig of ram though, not
sure
This is the one I got
http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=10898037cac=Result
OK Don wrote:
I'm running it on thrre or four systems - I like it a lot better than any
other M$ OS. Your mini-laptop is probably slow to begin with - Atom
processor?
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at
.Your friend has accomplished quite a feat, to preserve a 1979 ML320.
It belongs in a museum
I saw it just yesterday and it looks six months old. He formerly owned a
trucking company and his last Kenworth, sold two years ago, looked about the
same which was remarkable considering
This little machine only has 1 gig of ram though, not sure what the
processor is offhand.
Pretty sure that's nowhere near enough, perhaps more like 4GB is
required?
I bet my 233MHz G3 PPC Mac is faster than that! Fully loaded, 768 MB
RAM.
-- Jim
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Curt wrote:
In the US doctors kill more people every year than guns...
I am not RLE, but I will play him for this one...
How do I kill a gun?
mao
You should be able to set the interface to the XP or 2000 (classic)
look Search in help for optimize for performance
You should be able to set the start menu to classic or XP bubblegum
But I have not done it because I moved to OS 10.5 in place of winders
7 If nobody else tells you how, I
The AMD CPU shouldn't be that slow -
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/amd-kinda-sorta-takes-aim-at-atom-with-athlon-neo/.
A friend at work has an HP Mini-Note 110 with the Atom 270 chip, 1 GB, and
W7. It's no screamer, but no one complains about it being slow either.
Right click my computer' -
On Feb 18, 2010, at 4:11 AM, Peter T. Arnold wrote:
THank-you Craig. Even my friend Google could not find the data.
On 2/17/2010 11:08 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:10:41 + (UTC) pm7...@comcast.net wrote:
MAybe some one can help an old fellow who studied this 40
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote:
This is the one I got
http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=10898037cac=Result
Put Xubuntu (not regular Ubuntu) on that and it will SCREAM. My 2.4
GHz/4 Gb Mac Mini running Leopard seems like a
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:11:33 -0500 Peter T. Arnold pm7...@comcast.net
wrote:
THank-you Craig. Even my friend Google could not find the data.
I didn't know the TCE for aluminum, but a search on Goodsearch
(http://www.goodsearch.com/) found it without too much trouble.
On 2/17/2010 11:08
Read today that Linux Mint is the flavor de jour -- haven't tried it myself
(yet).
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2359956,00.asp
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Alex Chamberlain
apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote:
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:04 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
Read today that Linux Mint is the flavor de jour -- haven't tried it myself
(yet).
I have Mint installed on my Asus Eee netbook which is pretty minimally
spec'd (Atom CPU, not sure the speed, and only 512Mb RAM). It's
quite
Hey, I just got the same netbook 6 months ago but it came loaded with
Linux. Great machine and the best 200 bucks I ever spent! Fast as can
be but then again I have kept most of the junk off of it. All I use
it for is to read and send email and surf the net when I am out of the
hose.
John
On Thu,
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:10:41 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
I have got to get back out to new mexico. My last trip was a quick in
and out
And maybe you'll even let me take you to the Rio Grande overlook that was
on your way to Bandelier ...
Craig
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:26:40 -0800 Jim Arnott j...@wetwesties.org wrote:
The thermal expansion coefficient for aluminum is
12.3 x 10^-6 in/in deg.F. So for a temperature change of 50 deg.F.,
the
expansion is 12.3E-6 x 50 = 6.15E-4 in/in. A 1. inch hole,
then, will
expand to
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