Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-26 Thread Tim C
On Jan 25, 2013 10:33 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: won't. One has something to do with the USB interface and so the program runs fine but can't communicate with the external hardware. I know you love virtual box, but have you tried this one under VMWare Player? I have had uncanny

Re: [MBZ] Engine Miss

2013-01-26 Thread Jaime Kopchinski
Glad you found it! For wires, Beru is the only way to go. Kingsborne sells some good sets, or the parts to build your own. Or you can get some Beru sets in a few places Jaime On Friday, January 25, 2013, clay monroe wrote: Another winner! Three hours this morning for the indy to do that

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Max Dillon
I'm going to wait for the current ridiculousness to end before I purchase. The short grip of the 26 can be fixed with a longer magazine fitted with a slip-on grip at the bottom, which is the same diameter/profile as the pistol grip. Thanks for the tip on the Arcus 98. -- Max Dillon Charleston

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread Jim Cathey
The blade was likely powered by an early gasoline engine. Ours was a 12-cylinder Packard. It's still out in the woods. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread Curt Raymond
For that matter at some point you'd get worried about being able to breathe... We had the a lot of work done at camp last summer, walls insulated, new windows, tongue and groove pine interior, new door. With all that done we were surprised that we now can't run the range hood with the woodstove

Re: [MBZ] Engine Miss

2013-01-26 Thread Curt Raymond
An inline spark tester might have caught this one. I've got one, works a treat... -Curt Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:25:37 -0800 From: clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Engine Miss Message-ID:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-26 Thread M G
Thank you for clearing up some of my misconceptions Philip. The problem with the program disks is not a problem if the computer is running XP directly as the disk will be either exchanged with the disk already in the computer or if the disk in the computer is bigger then the old disk will be

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread Curt Raymond
You forget oil. Much of the northeast heats with oil. In older houses here hydronic is pretty common, usually in the form of baseboard hot water though theres still a fair amount of steam around. Its much easier to add (like in my house) baseboard than to run ducts for hot air. -Curt Date:

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread Curt Raymond
Lately I seem to have a wife with the same problem. It seems like the time for her to close the door is inversely proportional to the temperature outside. She'll come inside and stomp all around, take off her coat, check the mail, run the answering machine, then go close the door. The

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Max Dillon
Thanks Greg. Newbie, no idea what +P+ ammo is. How was the 19's recoil with normal ammo, like what you would use at a range? Most of my experience has been with military issue Beretta 9mm, which I can shoot just fine but the grip is too fat and I despise the muzzle climb. -- Max Dillon

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Max Dillon
I love that gun as well. What did you pay? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: I bought a real colt 1911 last year, it's a great gun, I do not like glocks Sent from my iPhone On Jan 25, 2013, at 9:27 PM, Dieselhead

Re: [MBZ] OT - pickem-up trucks

2013-01-26 Thread WILTON
'Did such as that several years ago at dept store for suit, shirts, etc. Salesman was so pushy on getting me a store credit card with its 20% off, etc., I said OK. 'Paid it off with first bill and canceled card at same time; never paid any interest. If that's the way they insist on playing,

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Max Dillon
Thanks Scott. Purpose would be range time, all my weapons have home defense as primary or secondary function. Prefer a pump shotgun for home. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: I think you need to consider your intended

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
$800 including the gun, nice leather shoulder holster, laser site(which I don't have attached), and about 500 rounds of ammo. The gun has had much work done to the ramp, trigger, etc, very smooth shooting gun Sent from my iPhone On Jan 26, 2013, at 9:11 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Rick Knoble
On Jan 26, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks Greg. Newbie, no idea what +P+ ammo is. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpressure_ammunition It helps to make .380's and .38's viable CCW defensive weapons. Rick Sent from my iPhone

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Rick Knoble
On Jan 26, 2013, at 7:12 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: I'm going to wait for the current ridiculousness to end before I purchase. How old are you? It's going to be a long while. Rick Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Jan 26, 2013 5:12 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: The short grip of the 26 can be fixed with a longer magazine fitted with a slip-on grip at the bottom, Those grip extenders are notorious for causing reliability problems. Alex ___

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Jim Cathey
The short grip of the 26 can be fixed with a longer magazine fitted with a slip-on grip at the bottom, Those grip extenders are notorious for causing reliability problems. Get a grip! (Don't extend it, buy it long enough in the first place. Aka 19, 17.) Glock grips _are_ a bit fat, but

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Jim Cathey
It helps to make .380's and .38's viable CCW defensive weapons. Some friends had a sweet .380, the large Colt I think, and it was very pleasant to shoot. I wanted one. Another friend was looking for home defense and was drawn to the small cuteness of a .380, so we went to the range and rented

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Max Dillon
I'm just about half way done on this earth, will see at least another ten presidential elections. I think in a year or less this will all have blown over. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote: On Jan 26, 2013, at 7:12 AM, Max

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Rick Knoble
On Jan 26, 2013, at 7:12 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: I'm going to wait for the current ridiculousness to end before I purchase. How old are you? It's going to be a long while. On Jan 26, 2013, at 12:11 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: I think in a

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Brian Toscano
The pump action of a shot gun remains one if the most feared sounds in America. Having said that, experiences perps and even menacing dogs know when you're loading a clip. No shot is necessary. The just move on. On Saturday, January 26, 2013, Jim Cathey wrote: It helps to make .380's and

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread OK Don
The super-tight houses that are supposed to be energy neutral use an under ground pipe to source fresh air - the ground helps heats the cold air before it gets to the house. Then it passes through a heat exchanger to warm it more - extracting waste heat from whatever might generate it. IIRC, the

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread Peter Frederick
Hot water has a number of advantages -- easy to add onto (and easy to add loops with separate thermostats for zone control), better heat transfer so costs are lower, and since the baseboard radiator is always warm, no drafts. A neighbor always comments on that when she comes to visit.

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread Peter Frederick
A better alternative is to use a simple heat exchanger for a small amount airflow, but supply outside air for things like fireplaces, furnaces, and hot water heaters. My brother used to build houses, and always put in outside air to the front of the fireplace, leaving a slot on the front

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread OK Don
My brother used to build houses, and always put in outside air to the front of the fireplace, leaving a slot on the front face just behind the opening. Saves a fortune in wasted conditioned air if you have good glass doors. Peter Do you mean a slot in the floor of the fireplace, just

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread Peter Frederick
That was the idea. With an exterior wall chimney, you can use the ash door (who dumps the ashes down the bottom of the fireplace anyway?). Have to build that in, however. Otherwise, if you can build an insulated duct to the front of the fireplace, do so. Fire burns nicely behind glass

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Curt Raymond
I'm gonna say 2 years, especially if the Republicans correct their rectal cranial inversion and win in the mid-term elections. This is the same cycle we went through starting in 2008 when ammo prices spiked outta sight because Obama is gonna take our guns! Yeah, well, he didn't and there isn't

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Dieselhead
Definitely Bond material! I'm just about half way done on this earth, will see at least another ten presidential elections. I think in a year or less this will all have blown over. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 ___

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Scott Ritchey
A shotgun is clearly the most effective home defense weapon providing you can get to it, the perp is not too close, and you don't need to move around the house with it. Shotguns have more stopping power than any handgun. Magazine extensions are available to add a couple more shot shells

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread WILTON
I have nat. gas-fired circulating hot water plus 3 heat pumps. Wilton - Original Message - From: Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues Hot water has a

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Gerry Archer
Retired Long Island detective said a 12 ga with a short barrel and a pistol grip was the best home and car defense weapon. Someone else said the kick from the pistol grip would injure the shooter. Who was correct? Gerry From: Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com The pump action of a shot

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Dieselhead
under 18 and no stock has been illegal since about 1930. Being a cop, I am sure he figgered he was immune. Retired Long Island detective said a 12 ga with a short barrel and a pistol grip was the best home and car defense weapon. Someone else said the kick from the pistol grip would injure

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Mountain Man
Rick wrote: That is your prediction? Are you still on Banned? If so, I will post my predictions there. Did I miss that prediction? Haven't seen it yet... Standard banned closure omitted mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I have several shot guns ready to go including one I got for Xmas that is shorter than your normal shot gun, has an adjustable stock, makes it really nice to use in your house. I need to get some of those magnum shells for it but everywhere is sold out, 12 guage. I also have several hand guns I

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Mountain Man
Brian wrote: The pump action of a shot gun remains one if the most feared sounds in America. Having said that, experiences perps and even menacing dogs know when you're loading a clip. No shot is necessary. The just move on. I recall hearing that same advice on Peter Boyles radio show from

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I have shot many high powered shot guns with pistol grip and have not had any problems, but is you are not used to guns I could see how it would be easy to injure yourself or others Sent from my iPhone On Jan 26, 2013, at 3:57 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Retired Long

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Mountain Man
Kaleb wrote: I also have several hand guns I can get to easy in case someone or zombies are trying to come in Shut-Up. The agencies read this stuff - waaay too many keywords to consider okie-benz as decent firewall. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Greg Fiorentino
Sounds like BS from both of them. Firing a 12 ga. is only likely to hurt if you put the buttstock against your shoulder loosely and it pounds you with the recoil. OTOH firing a lot of factory load slugs from a shotgun is not going to be fun, and may leave you a bit bruised. Recoil should be

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Greg Fiorentino
The +P+ ammo we had to use for street carry was also known as Treasury Loads and was not available for sale to the public. Back in the day there was a lot of controversy over the use of 9mm for law enforcement, as it was considered marginal for the 1-shot stop standard. The standard was that one

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Max Dillon
Rick, Haven't paid attention to banned for a couple years now. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote: I think in a year or less this will all have blown over. That is your prediction? Are you still on Banned? If so, I will

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy? Now revolvers

2013-01-26 Thread David Kristin Gilmore
At 12:58 PM 1/26/2013, Jim Cathey wrote: (snip) Esthetically I prefer old-school work. Like a SW N-frame (snip) Yes! Now you are talking. Revolvers typically are more accurate, with a

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Max Dillon
Have you ever shot a Walther PPK? I haven't, and I can't say that I've heard of any redeeming quality except the Bond connection. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Definitely Bond material! I'm just about half way done on

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Rick Knoble
Okay. Rick Sent from my iPhone On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: Rick, Haven't paid attention to banned for a couple years now. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote: I

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Max Dillon
Yes, zombies are drawn to Mercedes drivers, we must have larger or higher quality brains to drive such fine automobiles. Okie acres is a positive zombie magnet. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: I have several shot

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Max Dillon
Greg, that's what I was looking for. Need to test drive a 19, more importantly get SWMBO some trigger time as well. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net wrote: The M19 handles beautifully with standard 9mm ammo.

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Mitch Haley
Scott Ritchey wrote: A shotgun is clearly the most effective home defense weapon providing you can get to it, the perp is not too close, and you don't need to move around the house with it. Shotguns have more stopping power than any handgun. Magazine extensions are available to add a couple

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy? Now revolvers

2013-01-26 Thread Greg Fiorentino
Yes, revolvers are wonderful to shoot. The N-frame SW M27 or the Colt Python are lovely...until you actually have to carry one all day. Not to mention the bulk if you are trying to carry concealed. But the real reason all law enforcement now carry pistols rather than revolvers is the ability to

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Mitch Haley
Dieselhead wrote: under 18 and no stock has been illegal since about 1930. Being a cop, I am sure he figgered he was immune. Had a dealer tell me that combining the factory 18.5 barrel with the factory pistol grip would make it too short and require me to register it as a handgun, I assume

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Russ Williams
I have a PPK-S .380 that I bought in new 1970 for $119.00 to replace the one I got off a Chi-Com Lt in VN. Was stolen out of my unaccompanied baggage. Perp even stole the Paperwork and the Engraved Shoulder holster that was in the sealed box. I carried the PPK for the 20 years that I was flying

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Jim Cathey
Someone else said the kick from the pistol grip would injure the shooter. I've shot a shotgun at waist level, it's not a problem at all. Gentle. Same piece against the shoulder is quite a bit more jarring. It's all about physics. Just like in a car crash, the greater distance you can spread

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread Dan Penoff
The place is not completely sealed, by any means. No fuel burning appliances in the house, the vents leak enough that if they are on make up air will be pulled from one of the others. No range hood. My biggest concern was sealing the ceiling plane between the living space and attic. When I

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread Mountain Man
Dan wrote: No fuel burning appliances in the house, the vents leak enough that if they are on make up air will be pulled from one of the others. No range hood. 30 years ago we had a salesman show us his furnace vent device that looked like a vent tee that had a damper in the tee. It was

Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread Craig
On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:25:30 -0500 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: The place is not completely sealed, by any means. No fuel burning appliances in the house, the vents leak enough that if they are on make up air will be pulled from one of the others. No range hood. My biggest concern

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy? Now revolvers

2013-01-26 Thread Scott Ritchey
Revolvers are also simple from a user perspective. No safety. No slide to rack. If it doesn't go bang, just pull the trigger again. Ideal for times your mind may be a little slow, like 0400. Capacity and reloading (like in the dark) are the main drawbacks. -Original Message- From:

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Max Dillon
Russ, that's a great story, I'll bet you've got more. Sounds like you switched to the 44 mag during times of increased odds of using your weapon in the line of duty. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Russ Williams rawil...@eatel.net wrote: I have a PPK-S .380

Re: [MBZ] OT Which Glock to buy?

2013-01-26 Thread Dieselhead
Have you ever shot a Walther PPK? I haven't, and I can't say that I've heard of any redeeming quality except the Bond connection. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Definitely Bond material! Nope. Just jivin' you. Wather

Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-26 Thread Fmiser
Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: won't. One has something to do with the USB interface and so the program runs fine but can't communicate with the external hardware. Tim C wrote: I know you love virtual box, but have you tried this one under VMWare Player? I have had uncanny

Re: [MBZ] OT Camp - was: Cold weather issues

2013-01-26 Thread Fmiser
Curt Raymond wrote: It'll be interesting to learn to live with a very tight camp. I'm puzzled by your terms. It seems you use the word camp to mean a permanent building, like I would use the word cabin. Camp could be the location, often temporary, usually in-substantial. So I'm wondering if

Re: [MBZ] OT: Virtual Machines - was: Laptop info needed

2013-01-26 Thread Fmiser
M G wrote: Thank you for clearing up some of my misconceptions Philip. Sure! That's kinda the point of this MBZ list - to teach each other about computers. Oh, yeah. And Mercedes Benz too. *grin* The problem with the program disks is not a problem if the computer is running XP directly