Re: [MBZ] Delivery status notification

2011-04-29 Thread Peter Frederick
Our Extention Agent has had problems with some email servers rejecting his emails, turned out to be his signature block. Who knows why, but it's worth a look. Peter On Apr 28, 2011, at 8:01 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: We are not associated with comcast at all. Something is up with the

[MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Gerry Archer
Can someone suggest a free disk cloning/imaging software program that's idiot-proof/plug-n-play, that only has to be loaded in a computer and an external drive and it does its thing without getting into a lot of technicalities? This would be for a laptop/ running Windows XP Home that doesn't

Re: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Benz Hogs
You might take a look at Amanda. http://amanda.zmanda.com/ Luther KB5QHUOak Park, IL '87 300SDL (312,xxx mi) '91 Dodge Ram 150 (290,xxx mi) On 4/29/2011 7:26 AM, Gerry Archer wrote: Can someone suggest a free disk cloning/imaging software program that's idiot-proof/plug-n-play, that

Re: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Douglas
I have used Acronis (Free version) several times and seems fine. Douglas -Original Message- From: Gerry Archer Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 5:26 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed Can someone suggest a free disk cloning/imaging software program

[MBZ] OT A new wheeler for Wilton

2011-04-29 Thread Rich Thomas
Put some motors in this, some gaudy wheels, charge it up from your Benz, and you would be the hit! http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/04/massive-subwoofer-chair.html --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] dissimilar metal corrosion

2011-04-29 Thread Benz Hogs
I've had the bike sitting upside-down with amonia down the seat post since Saturday evening. Occasional taps with the hammer and this morning I put the pipe wrench on the seat post and tried some torque. I could see the frame flexing along the top bar and the seat post held firm. Next will

Re: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Gerry Archer
Thanks, Douglas. Couldn't find an Acronis download that was free for more than 30 days. After that it costs about $50. Do you know of one? Gerry - From: Douglas jgi...@comcast.net I have used Acronis (Free version) several times and seems fine. Douglas

Re: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Mitch Haley
Gerry Archer wrote: Thanks, Douglas. Couldn't find an Acronis download that was free for more than 30 days. After that it costs about $50. Do you know of one? Gerry If you don't mind paying $30, at 10AM PDT this goes on sale at NewEgg: Acronis TRUE IMAGE HOME 2011 - 1 User for System

Re: [MBZ] A+ Exam

2011-04-29 Thread LWB250
Points well taken, Roger. I was curious as I see it listed in a lot of job requirements, and after looking it over closely, it just appears to be a best practices sort of thing, nothing more. The study questions I read I could answer for the most part without ever having read the material. I

Re: [MBZ] A+ Exam

2011-04-29 Thread LWB250
I worked on the first ISO9001 certification in the company when I was at Kohler. What a PITA, and in all honesty, when it was all said and done nothing changed - except the QA guys who bolted for much better jobs since they could now say they did an ISO9000 certification. Worked out well for

Re: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Walt Zarnoch
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm One of my friends uses it for all his clients, they seem to like it and it works well. Walt On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Gerry Archer wrote: Thanks, Douglas.  Couldn't find an Acronis download that was

Re: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Allan Streib
Free *and* Idiot-Proof/Plug-N-Play may be hard to find. Much of the good free software for Windows is written by techies for techies. If you want to get your hands a *little* dirty you can boot a linux live CD and use the 'dd' utility. dd does a byte-by-byte copy of one disk to another. So

Re: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Can someone suggest a free disk cloning/imaging software program that's idiot-proof/plug-n-play, that only has to be loaded in a computer and an external drive and it does its thing without getting into a lot of

Re: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Russ Williams
Segate and Maxtor has the free edition of Acronis on their web sites, but for each you have to have one drive of that make on the computer you are using it on. Clonezilla works fine. Marcium Reflect is a good free program also. Russ W. On 4/29/2011 8:44 AM, Gerry Archer wrote: Thanks, Douglas.

Re: [MBZ] Stranded in Oklahoma City, OK

2011-04-29 Thread Randy Bennell
Your basic description is accurate. The cartridge goes in the can and the nylon doodad with the mesh in it goes on top. A bit of a devil to get it all back into the car as there is not a whole lot of room. I have found it helps a lot if I put the car up on ramps before hand so that I can get

Re: [MBZ] OT: anyone know about 2-stroke lawnboy mowers?

2011-04-29 Thread Randy Bennell
We have 4 of the old 2 stroke Lawnboy mowers out at the lake. The only real issues we have had is with the coil burning out and the pull start mechanism wearing out on one of them. I like them too. Randy On 28/04/2011 10:47 PM, Allan Streib wrote: Dieselhead126die...@gmail.com writes:

Re: [MBZ] Beyond OT: How to bait a trap to catch a wascally wabbit

2011-04-29 Thread Curt Raymond
Depending on the weather that kind of noise can really travel. My parents live well over 2 miles from the local range and sometimes when they shoot trap on a Sunday the sound comes through loud and clear... -Curt Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:10:01 -0400 From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu

Re: [MBZ] Toadas WAS: Roadside Assistance

2011-04-29 Thread Curt Raymond
Please provide a citation which backs up your statement. Unsafe is a lousy term, life is fundamentally unsafe. -Curt Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:09:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Toadas WAS:

Re: [MBZ] OT: anyone know about 2-stroke lawnboy mowers?

2011-04-29 Thread Curt Raymond
Drain out he gas that has water in it and replace with fresh. 1oz of Seafoam gas additive per gallon of mix gas will help but not prevent the problem. -Curt Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:39:55 -0400 From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] OT: anyone know

Re: [MBZ] OT: anyone know about 2-stroke lawnboy mowers?

2011-04-29 Thread Curt Raymond
I think you're unlikely to see a big ratio change through that. Maybe 50:1 becomes 48:1, not a big deal. More likely (especially in a plastic container) is that water has gotten in. Maybe water condensed into the gas tank on the mower contaminating what you put in... -Curt Date: Thu, 28 Apr

Re: [MBZ] Beyond OT: How to bait a trap to catch a wascally wabbit

2011-04-29 Thread Curt Raymond
At camp a squirrel can be dispatched with a .22 but a groundhog REQUIRES a .410 or larger because I'm nervous about a groundhog crawling under the camp to die. The stink would be awful! -Curt Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:30:58 -0400 From: John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net To: Mercedes Discussion

Re: [MBZ] Beyond OT: How to bait a trap to catch a wascally wabbit

2011-04-29 Thread Rich Thomas
My granddaddy used to shoot groundhogs with a .22 at some distance and it would generally go right through them, not kill them right away, they would usually crawl back in their hole never to emerge. Those things are pretty tough. Getting close enough to them to use a shotgun is a good

Re: [MBZ] Beyond OT: How to bait a trap to catch a wascally wabbit

2011-04-29 Thread Randy Bennell
They probably could smell the gun. Either the powder or the oil but they learned it was a danger. Randy On 29/04/2011 10:37 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: My granddaddy used to shoot groundhogs with a .22 at some distance and it would generally go right through them, not kill them right away, they

Re: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Curt Raymond
I've been using clonezilla for awhile and while I like it I wouldn't call it idiot-proof. Not even idiot resistant. -Curt Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:26:35 -0400 From: Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

Re: [MBZ] Stranded in Oklahoma City, OK

2011-04-29 Thread Craig
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:07:26 -0500 Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Your basic description is accurate. The cartridge goes in the can and the nylon doodad with the mesh in it goes on top. A bit of a devil to get it all back into the car as there is not a whole lot of room. I have

Re: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Bill Ringgold
http://cgi.ebay.com/Acronis-True-Image-Home-2011-/260775472778?pt=LH_Default Domain_0hash=item3cb76dee8a here is a 'buy it now' of the 2011 home version for $20 Bill R -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Mitch Haley

Re: [MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Greg Fiorentino
I've been using Acronis for a few years now. Excellent and painless. Greg -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Bill Ringgold Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 1:30 PM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT:

[MBZ] OT: Air rifles

2011-04-29 Thread Craig
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Air rifles

2011-04-29 Thread Greg Fiorentino
Looking at the reviews of this item reveals some very negative findings: http://www.amazon.com/Crosman-Storm-Scoped-Rifle-rifle/product-reviews/B000X PWQE0/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8showViewpoints=0filterBy=addOneStar Greg -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] eth

2011-04-29 Thread RELNGSON
...My guess, premium is less likely to contain ethanol, though around here you can find 87 octane without ethanol.  Not sure about the seafoam. Oh Lord..don't mention ethanol. Old dieselkopf gets into a terrible lather. RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For

Re: [MBZ] Stranded in Oklahoma City, OK

2011-04-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
wasnt there something about the big bolt where the distributor would mount if it was a gas car having something to do with the oil pump? I seem to recall something about this from years ago. On 4/28/2011 10:08 PM, Dieselhead wrote: MY recollection is that the OM615 and early 617 have a

Re: [MBZ] MBCA Roadside assistance

2011-04-29 Thread RELNGSON
.considering where Toyota and MBZ rank in customer satisfaction and reliability these days, a little toyotazidation would serve MBZ well! Frankly, i don't have any idea why anyone is paying a premium for a new MBZ these days, except perhaps that they're blinded by the reputation of the

[MBZ] OT: Backup software needed

2011-04-29 Thread Gerry Archer
Amanda--- Luther Acronis--- Mitch, Douglas, Russ, Bill, Greg Cobian--- Walt Linux dd utility--- Allan Macrium Reflect--- Alex, Russ Seagate---(Acronis) Russ Maxtor---(Acronis) Russ Clonezilla--- Russ Miray HDClone--- Alex Thanks, folks. Hopefully can get one of these working okay.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Air rifles

2011-04-29 Thread Craig
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:06:12 -0700 Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net wrote: Looking at the reviews of this item reveals some very negative findings: http://www.amazon.com/Crosman-Storm-Scoped-Rifle-rifle/product-reviews/B000X

Re: [MBZ] Stranded in Oklahoma City, OK

2011-04-29 Thread Dieselhead
No orings on the bolt. There is a copper or alum seal ring under the head of the bolt. Your basic description is accurate. The cartridge goes in the can and the nylon doodad with the mesh in it goes on top. A bit of a devil to get it all back into the car as there is not a whole lot of