Re: [MBZ] System rebooted and back online

His little planet/asteroid /home has volcanos that has to be kept clean, or they will erupt, causing a mess. He also has to keep pulling up the baobab trees/weeds. Found the book - "On the morning of his departure he put his planet in perfect order. He carefully cleaned out his active volcanoes. H

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

I'd rather have the 6 junker MBs if I had the space to keep them. > Curt Raymond wrote: Anyway all told, including airfare, taxes, gratuity and extras we probably paid $1500 apiece or around $187.50 a day. Or for two people, the price of _six_ Kaleb cars -- Philip ___

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

Glad to hear the food was excellent. We did a Royal Caribbean a few years ago, smaller ship, and also had a great time. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Curt Raymond wrote: >When you consider that the only things we paid extra for were a >milkshake and 2 cones f

Re: [MBZ] Pi day past, where's Craig?

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:33:45 -0400 Dan Penoff wrote: > There are many different ways of doing the replacement, the he you > describe being me of them. However, each procedure has its pros and > cons, and the cons were way too high for her on that particular one. I see. I hope I never have to eva

Re: [MBZ] System rebooted and back online

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:21:21 -0500 OK Don wrote: > It's a reference to Antoine de > Saint-Exupéry's > *The Little Prince* (French > : *Le Petit Prince). * > http://www.amazon.com/The-Little

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

When you consider that the only things we paid extra for were a milkshake and 2 cones from the onboard Ben & Jerry's it was amazing. We ate every night in the big dining room, an especial score was the mother and son we sat with, they were really great. Each night was a 3 course feast. Can't dec

Re: [MBZ] Another W124 Euro Find!

Check out this 230E for sale in Germany for just under $4K. http://www.autoscout24.eu/Details.aspx?id=229987244&cd=63499797112000&asrc=st Next to optionless with 4spd & no A/C. Love the thistle green metallic though. Google ad translation: First hand No rust. all 3 original keys available

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

Ouch... We sailed with Royal Caribbean, its Carnival thats been having the troubles. We actually met a couple that were supposed to be on the Carnival ship that got stuck in St. Maarten. I guess they really love cruising to spend as much as they did to get the last stateroom on the ship we were

[MBZ] Euro W124 in Boston

Price drop to $3750! I could see that. Dan Sent from my iPad ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okieb

Re: [MBZ] Pi day past, where's Craig?

There are many different ways of doing the replacement, the he you describe being me of them. However, each procedure has its pros and cons, and the cons were way too high for her on that particular one. Dan Sent from my iPad On Mar 22, 2013, at 9:57 PM, Craig wrote: > On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20

Re: [MBZ] Pi day past, where's Craig?

Tell that to my wife... Seriously, her mom had one of hers done about 4 years ago, at which time she would have been about 70. She had three weeks of inpatient care because my father in law just isn't capable of caring for her. She recovered well and was pretty much back to speed or close to it

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

- Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm back! On 25/03/2013 3:15 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Obviously... Just yesterday returned from 8 days cruise in the eastern Caribbean. We saw St. Mar

Re: [MBZ] System rebooted and back online

It's a reference to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's *The Little Prince* (French : *Le Petit Prince). * http://www.amazon.com/The-Little-Prince-Antoine-Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry/dp/0156012197 https://en.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Hooked on oxys

I don't do all the things I used to either; 'don't walk very gracefully, either. 'Can't walk safely without a walker. BTW, you shoulda seen the load of stuff I hauled outa Sam's on my mobility scooter coupla hours ago. People wonder why I don't have that dinky little basket hanging on my scoo

Re: [MBZ] NOT BENZ -- weird battery/starter? issue on Suburban

'Sounds like some progress; conditional ATTABOY. 'Hope all goes well. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] NOT BENZ -- weird battery/starter? issue on Suburban Googling about the prob

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

> Curt Raymond wrote: > Anyway all told, including airfare, taxes, gratuity and extras > we probably paid $1500 apiece or around $187.50 a day. Or for two people, the price of _six_ Kaleb cars -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts

Re: [MBZ] OT: Hooked on oxys

At 11:49 AM 3/24/2013, Dan wrote about pain killers: That stuff scares the heck out of me. I am understandably concerned about the wife's upcoming hip replacement surgery, as I know there will be a lot of post operative pain, and she has a pretty low threshold for it. I had a hip repl

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

How was the food? Usually it is really nice. We took a cruise over the Christmas holiday, food was not very good (Costa cruise lines, owned by Carnival) Might be a good time to short Carnival stock... -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Craig wrote: >On Mon, 25 M

Re: [MBZ] buy my cars

Around 315-320kmi. Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 "Max" (159,xxx mi) On 3/25/2013 4:03 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: On 23/03/2013 9:29 PM, Benz Hogs wrote: http://fortsmith.craigslist.org/cto/3700130753.html '86 300SDL running '88 300E project How many known miles on the SDL? Ran

Re: [MBZ] NOT BENZ -- weird battery/starter? issue on Suburban

Thanks for the update, will be nice if re-flowing the solder joints does the trick. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Rich Thomas wrote: >Googling about the problem suggests failure of the electronic brake >control module which when it fails causes the ABS brake p

Re: [MBZ] OT: Hooked on oxys

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:51:10 -0700 (PDT) Curt Raymond wrote: > As soon as I took the second pill the first took effect and it wasn't > long before I was lying sideways across the bed convinced that I didn't > have any bones. Angie came home from work and wanted to go out to > dinner but I was in

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:02:58 -0500 Randy Bennell wrote: > On 25/03/2013 3:15 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > Obviously... > > > > Just yesterday returned from 8 days cruise in the eastern Caribbean. > > Impressive. The boat did not catch fire, or leave you adrift withut > power or Amazing that

Re: [MBZ] NOT BENZ -- weird battery/starter? issue on Suburban

Googling about the problem suggests failure of the electronic brake control module which when it fails causes the ABS brake pump to keep running and drains down the battery. Taking about the ABS fuse disables it and truck can still be driven but won't have ABS. Some suggest that a ground fail

Re: [MBZ] buy my cars

On 23/03/2013 9:29 PM, Benz Hogs wrote: http://fortsmith.craigslist.org/cto/3700130753.html '86 300SDL running '88 300E project How many known miles on the SDL? Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] I'm back!

On 25/03/2013 3:15 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Obviously... Just yesterday returned from 8 days cruise in the eastern Caribbean. We saw St. Marrten, St. Kitts, San Juan and Labadee, the last being Royal Caribbean's private beach on Haiti. We sailed on RC's "Independence of the Seas" http://en.wi

[MBZ] I'm back!

Obviously... Just yesterday returned from 8 days cruise in the eastern Caribbean. We saw St. Marrten, St. Kitts, San Juan and Labadee, the last being Royal Caribbean's private beach on Haiti. We sailed on RC's "Independence of the Seas" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_the_Seas whi

Re: [MBZ] OT: Hooked on oxys

My only other run in with pain pills was after having my wisdom teeth pulled. I was lucky and the teeth came out whole, I had very little post-op bleeding and very little pain but they gave me percoset so what the heck right? I was in college at the time and had experimented a little recreationa

[MBZ] RE: OT: Hooked on oxys

I believe there are different potency levels for oxy just like other drugs, could be you're on a low level. Years ago when I broke my wrist the doc gave me vicodin for the pain which was occasionally considerable. One day after work my wrist was quite swollen and pushing on the inside of the ca

Re: [MBZ] buy my cars

I so rarely sell cars... In fact I can only think of 2 cars I've ever sold. The first was my '81 300TD, complete with headgasket leak, fuel return line leaks and only 1 muffler which I sold for like $200. The other was my '83 240D that I stupidly sold to a friend (never sell a car to a friend)

Re: [MBZ] System rebooted and back online

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:43:53 -0400 Chris James wrote: > > Glad everything went well with your surgery (& getting your E320 fixed > before your trip)! :) Thank you! Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search l

Re: [MBZ] URO, was: Autohaus AZ

Theres been a couple interesting articles in "Vintage Truck" magazine about lousy reproduction parts and one of his conclusions is the need for a feedback loop to the manufacturers. Having worked for a couple manufacturers its when people complain that stuff gets fixed. I suspect that with most

Re: [MBZ] Pi day past, where's Craig?

Hip replacements are really not that big a deal anymore. My then 85 year old grandmother was up and walking the next day. Still doing fine with it 8 years later. Knees on the other hand are a different story. My mother had both done nearly 2 years ago and recovery was tough although she was als

Re: [MBZ] CL Ad for interesting 124

Yes, it is a neat car! Nice OE style wood wheel too! It's a bargain, considering what a classic car dealer in Europe would ask for a car in similar condition/mileage (2X-3X!) & then you'd have the expense of shipping it over! I would love to have a Euro 124 diesel in as good of condition so

Re: [MBZ] System rebooted and back online

Glad everything went well with your surgery (& getting your E320 fixed before your trip)! :) On 3/22/2013 3:24 PM, Craig wrote: I had my neck surgery on Pi Day and came through that well. I was released from the hospital a little after 8 p.m. on Wednesday, 20 March. Our '95 E320 has been run