Jerry -
I don't know about NYC laws but I did manage apartments for 18 years in So.
California and during that time, believe me, I fixed a lot of clogged drains
due to GD clogs. GD manufactures will tell you how wonderful their machines
are and that they can grind most anything. Well they may be
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Jerry Herrman jer...@san.rr.com wrote:
My question: Why have some cities banned GD's?
Locally (central NC), the discussion centered around water use. When
we were in a drought GDs were one of the first things recommended to
be taken out, and muni codes were
I don't see why not.
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Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
I've noticed a clicking noise from the engine in our '94 E420, which I think is
a lifter and which I think started after I changed the oil and used Castrol GTX
My sender got mostly somewhat better with biocide. Also probably the
generic diesel additive or biodiesel for a few tanks would help clean
up grit etc. I'd forgotten about the issue, my sender is fairly
reliable now that you mention it but was bad when I first got the car
(bad algae infection).
SWMBO treats my car like a trash can too.
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Tim C bb...@crone.us wrote:
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Jerry Herrman jer...@san.rr.com wrote:
My question: Why have some cities banned GD's?
Locally (central NC), the discussion centered around water use.
How long before Kaleb has a few junk ones in his back yard?
--R
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Agreed.
Wilton
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Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 4:25 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Garbage Disposers Banned
Jerry -
I don't know about NYC laws but I did manage apartments for 18
'Just can't understand the silver-colored vehicle craze.
Wilton
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Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:47 AM
Subject: [MBZ] Peek Inside Mercedes' New Luxe Helicopter
I compost. Problem solved.
Don't have a garden? Make friends with someone who does, and barter a
swap of compostables for veg.
Lee
WILTON wrote:
Agreed.
Wilton
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You really should run m1 in that engine
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On May 18, 2011, at 11:26 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
I've noticed a clicking noise from the engine in our '94 E420, which I
think is a lifter and which I think started after I changed the oil and
used Castrol GTX
Recertified stuff
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Yep, I agree... M1 0w40.
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On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
You really should run m1 in that engine
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On May 18, 2011, at 11:26 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
I've noticed a clicking noise from the engine in our
Peter Hertzing phertz...@gmail.com writes:
I'm not sure about the rest of the board - but I primarily appreciate the
use of indoor plumbing for removing a certain solid waste that I create
after doing a trick I call the Human Garbage disposal. Its hard to imagine
what I do on the porcelain
At least 3; maybe, more 4 than 3 - well, from what I've seen, anyway,
and, yes, I've seen a lot of 'em.
Wilton
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Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ]
John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net writes:
Me, I did a dedicated 1 1/2 for each bowl into a wye, with 2 out the
bottom, long-sweep elbow where it goes horizontal, and a clean-out for
extra good measure.
It drains psychotically fast.
2 drain on a kitchen sink makes a lot of sense, actually.
Except that none of the sink drain stuff connects up to it directly.
--R
On 5/19/2011 10:06 AM, Allan Streib wrote:
John Reamesjwrea...@comcast.net writes:
Me, I did a dedicated 1 1/2 for each bowl into a wye, with 2 out the
bottom, long-sweep elbow where it goes horizontal, and a clean-out
No, not Nigella Lawson. When was the last time you saw one of these?
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/2390263722.html
Wonder if there's any hope for the V-12? Is that the same motor as in
the XKE? If so, seems like there would be plenty of parts and
aftermarket support available. Would
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:25 AM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
'Just can't understand the silver-colored vehicle craze.
Seems like all the Mercedes concept cars and prototypes I've seen
pictures of have been silver. Isn't silver the traditional racing
color of Germany, like green for England
On 19/05/2011 10:39 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
No, not Nigella Lawson. When was the last time you saw one of these?
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/2390263722.html
Wonder if there's any hope for the V-12? Is that the same motor as in
the XKE? If so, seems like there would be plenty
Craig wrote:
We rented in Austin, Texas. When we clogged the drain, we either fixed it
ourselves or paid the bill to have it fixed.
Standard fare here.
mao
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On 19/05/2011 8:26 AM, Lee wrote:
I compost. Problem solved.
Don't have a garden? Make friends with someone who does, and barter a
swap of compostables for veg.
Lee
I would really like to see things go a step further - especially for
anyone in a rural area with some acreage. I see stories
On 19/05/2011 7:18 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
SWMBO treats my car like a trash can too.
Just one of the small joys of living with a woman, Andrew. Get used to it!
Randy
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On 19/05/2011 10:39 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
No, not Nigella Lawson. When was the last time you saw one of these?
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/2390263722.html
Wonder if there's any hope for the V-12? Is that the same motor as in
the XKE? If so, seems like there would be plenty
On 18/05/2011 10:51 PM, Fmiser wrote:
andrew strasfogel wrote:
People should compost their vegetal table scraps... + coffee
grounds + spent kitty litter (corn based) + leaves (crushed) +
grass clippings. Results in 2 weeks or less. :)
It's silly to compost them if there is no garden to put
The thread on disposers got me to thinking once again about compactors.
Anyone with experience with them?
I expect that sooner or later we are going to get hit with some limits
on garbage bags.
A compactor would avoid some of that.
I really don't want one built into the kitchen.
I think more of
Randy Bennell wrote:
He ran an ad for it and when he came home after work that day, there was
a wide wet streak from the car to the street down the drive. Gasoline.
The fuel tank had rusted through and the car had dumped the tank
contents onto the drive. He had to have the tank replaced
Randy Bennell wrote:
The thread on disposers got me to thinking once again about compactors.
Anyone with experience with them?
I expect that sooner or later we are going to get hit with some limits
on garbage bags.
A compactor would avoid some of that.
I really don't want one built into the
Aye, but each bowl has a dedicated 1 1/2 pipe to it, and the tubing tailpiece
is as short as possible...
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On May 19, 2011, at 10:16, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
Except that none of the
On 19/05/2011 11:28 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Randy Bennell wrote:
The thread on disposers got me to thinking once again about compactors.
Anyone with experience with them?
I expect that sooner or later we are going to get hit with some
limits on garbage bags.
A compactor would avoid some of
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
I think the tanks are cross-connected so that if one leaks, the contents of
both tanks can leak out.
Because, no doubt, it wouldn't do for a proper Jag-driving gentleman
to have to worry about manually switching from one fuel
Yup, wish I could convince my neighbors... In fact the guy next door spread a
whole lawn worth of grass clippings in the woods once before I told him to put
them in our pile. Now he doesn't bag anymore...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 06:26:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lee einer...@yahoo.com
To:
Careful with those, Newegg tends to have a lousy return policy on them. A
friend got a video card from them years ago that was defective but he didn't
realize it soon enough. It had like a 15 day return policy from the day it
SHIPPED...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 09:54:46 -0400
From: Rich
Isn't that engine the newer version with the stuff down in the valley
that cooks from the heat? Did the original V12 have all that stuff
located there? Are these these the same models? I know the V12 XJSs
are notorious for cooking all the engine control bits.
--R
On 5/19/2011 12:16 PM,
Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca writes:
That is what is happening here. Some areas of the City already have
them as a test. We do not yet, but it appears we soon will.
Here city residents have to put a $2.00 sticker on each can. Limit 30
gallon can, and there is a weight limit as well. If
The pinto's weren't a bad car :p ... Besides if you throw a 302 into it, you
won't have to worry about someone running into you
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On May 19, 2011, at 12:25, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Randy Bennell wrote:
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
I know the V12 XJSs are notorious
for cooking all the engine control bits.
I've always heard that issue blamed mostly on too low a hood and the
use of thermal reactors for emissions control (the latter
'Been using small, domestic compactors built into lower kitchen cabinets for
'bout 40 years. 'Bought and installed 'em myself.
Wilton
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Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:25
John Reames wrote:
The pinto's weren't a bad car :p ... Besides if you throw a 302 into it, you
won't have to worry about someone running into you
One time on a bike ride in 1984, we heard the howl of a wound out engine ahead
in the distance. A gray Pinto went by at terminal velocity, then
Don't know about the retreads, but with everything else I have bought
from them they have been good about returns when i needed to.
--R
On 5/19/2011 1:00 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
Careful with those, Newegg tends to have a lousy return policy on them. A
friend got a video card from them years
The justification of this is overload on sewage treatment facilities by
stuff that would otherwise go into the trash.
Ground up stuff adds biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), which is what sewage
treatment plants remove. The more BOD in the waste stream, the more sewage
treatment plant is
Alles.
We live in the city and remember well the maggot infested
garbage-pail-in-ground-out-back. We too have had GD problems in the
past. Our solution was two fold, Improve the 100 year old crusty
plumbing for the tenants, remove those GD's not needed and (our
favorite) freeze all the
Insinkerator has a GD that adds a bio-something-or-other to pre-treat the
gook as it gets ground. Not sure what it is.
We have a plain jane insinkerator, largest one they make for domestic. No
problems with clogging, then again we don't run much vegetation down it. So
far no issues with the
If it was wound out it was the 2300 I4, not the 2.6 V6...
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On May 19, 2011, at 14:10, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
John Reames wrote:
The pinto's weren't a bad car :p ... Besides if you throw a 302 into it,
The older ones said to clean 'em with chicken bones...
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On May 19, 2011, at 14:48, Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com wrote:
Insinkerator has a GD that adds a bio-something-or-other to pre-treat the
gook as it gets
John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net writes:
The older ones said to clean 'em with chicken bones...
I remember my mom always putting chicken bones down the InSinkErator.
Allan
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On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:25 AM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: 'Just
can't understand the silver-colored vehicle craze. Seems
hi Mercedes, i milked this for all i could
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'Probably reminds me too much of the fly-by-nighters who would come through
the countryside painting roofs with a silver (aluminum?) paint grossly
(overly) thinned with kerosene or some other short-life medium. Roof looked
good 'til the painters had their money and were out of the
A 1999 Eurocopter with the paint stripped off is not new.
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..Seems like all the Mercedes concept cars and prototypes I've seen
pictures of have been silver. Isn't silver the traditional racing
color of Germany, like green for England and red for Italy? Or did
all those old '40s Auto Union racers look silver just because the
bodies were made of
...I also wish there would be some forced universality in terms of bumper
heights and light heights etc...
Federal law has specified those heights for decades for passenger cars but
obviously trucks are exempt.
RLE
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I agree... I like colors with some actual color.
Although the purple W204 I drove home tonight might be a bit too colorful
for me.
Jaime
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:50 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
..Seems like all the Mercedes concept cars and prototypes I've seen
pictures of have been
...I believe many cities now have at least a plan to set up curbside
recycling for things like yard waste - leaves, grass clippings etc to create
bigger common compost piles. There has been talk of it here and I
hope they ultimately do so. The soil will be useful somewhere even if you
are
...The thread on disposers got me to thinking once again about
compactors.
Anyone with experience with them? I expect that sooner or later we are
going to get hit with some limits on garbage bags. A compactor would avoid
some of that. I really don't want one built into the kitchen...
On 19/05/2011 4:54 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
...I also wish there would be some forced universality in terms of bumper
heights and light heights etc...
Federal law has specified those heights for decades for passenger cars but
obviously trucks are exempt.
RLE
And, people alter vehicles and
On 19/05/2011 5:08 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
...I believe many cities now have at least a plan to set up curbside
recycling for things like yard waste - leaves, grass clippings etc to create
bigger common compost piles. There has been talk of it here and I
hope they ultimately do so. The soil
...I hope you've got those standardized pushcarts and the garbage truck
has an
automated cart lifter on it. A 300lb garbage can would not be kind to
whoever
has to lift it to the truck...
Here, the containers are provided by the city and have the weight limits
printed on them. Even the
Pickup trucks were originally included, I think (hence the lower
lights on older ones of a certain age), but not now. DEFINITELY
should be, as should uniform bumper heights for ALL vehicles.
Interestingly, over-the-road trucks used to have headlight height
restrictions as well -- the
On 19/05/2011 5:18 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
...The thread on disposers got me to thinking once again about
compactors.
Anyone with experience with them? I expect that sooner or later we are
going to get hit with some limits on garbage bags. A compactor would avoid
some of that. I really don't
If y'all have noticed by now, I'll just say it clearly, to remove all doubt,
Me too.
Wilton
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Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Silver
..Seems like all the Mercedes concept cars and
'Don't like purple on a car - good on a grape or an eggplant, but not on a
car.
Wilton
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Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Silver
I agree... I like
...Silver is my favorite color for cars...
Then you must love Hondas. I am still convinced that Japan captured a
tanker filled with silver paint during WW2 and have yet to use it all.
Similar to when Germany captured that trainload of 13mm nuts and bolts in
'43 but might now have finally
This is not for a MB but a chrysler product actually but I guess
would hold true for any car with a clutch. Symptom is shifts OK
when cold, or driving on highway. If you are doing a lot of stop
and go traffic, or sit in a parking lot with the engine running
for more than about 20 minutes it
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
This is not for a MB but a chrysler product actually but I guess would
hold true for any car with a clutch. Symptom is shifts OK when cold, or
driving on highway. If you are doing a lot of stop and go traffic, or
sit in a parking lot with the engine running for more
My guess is fluid/master/slave cylinder, clutch disk binding
slightly on the input shaft, also check the tranny for correct
fluid and amount. Hot oil is thiner so dragging disk or slight
drag in the pilot bushing or bearing would tend to cause the
gears to rotate. Also low oil or too thin
Why do you even know that a Chrysler has clutch problems??? Ran out of
Mercedes to drive?
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
This is not for a MB but a chrysler product actually but I guess would hold
true for any car with a clutch. Symptom is
It's my company car
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Why do you even know that a Chrysler has clutch problems??? Ran out of
Mercedes to drive?
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
This is not for a
My mom had a couple of these compacters over the years. Both required repairs
as they aged, mostly centered around limit switches (I replaced a couple
myself.)
They operate on a screw and ram arrangement, with an Acme threaded rod or screw
on each side that the top of the ram is connected to.
...Although the purple W204 I drove home tonight might be a bit too
colorful for me.
Is that a facelift 2012 model?
RLE
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.This is not for a MB but a chrysler product actually but I guess
would hold true for any car with a clutch. Symptom is shifts OK
when cold, or driving on highway. If you are doing a lot of stop
and go traffic, or sit in a parking lot with the engine running
for more than about 20
Anyone got a mail truck?
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred
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Someone wasn't attracted to purple. Here's one you might like:
http://www.inmygarage.com/?p=3430
The color was called Aubergine. I think.
RLE
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On Thu, 19 May 2011 08:33:52 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
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You really should run m1 in that engine
OK, what type of M1?
Craig
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Barney only gets jelly beans if he is a good boy and writes tickets
for speeding. any stupid or dangerous behavior is ignored, unless
the local (boss hogg character) decides to have someone harassed.
And, people alter vehicles and no one does anything about it. Most
of the jacked up trucks
He'll never run out of MBs to drive, just MBs that run
some corollary of Murphy's lawthen more old MBs you have, the
weirder the problems will be thus more time consuming. And the end
result is that the more MBs (or any old car) you have, the harder it
is to keep one running.
Jacked up is one thing, factory height is another. I personally
cannot believe people haul stuff in trucks were the bed is shoulder
height or so -- my back hurts just looking at them.
Used to be illegal to alter the bumper height more than 3 inches in
Indiana, but that is surely not
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