Re: [MBZ] KindaOT: More tea truck shopping

2014-05-20 Thread Hendrik and Fay
Horses for courses, we need a truck we get a truck, http://outbacktowing.tripod.com/ A lot of those utes don't tend to carry much anyway, a lot are bought for show or weekend playtime. Hendrik whose baby pickup has just gone off with a load of recycling On 20/05/14 15:02, OK Don wrote: Also,

Re: [MBZ] KindaOT: More tea truck shopping

2014-05-20 Thread Mitch Haley
OK Don wrote: Also, neither one has enough bed to really call it a pickup truck. Might as well get an ML. ML320s are cheaper than old Tacomas. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] KindaOT: More tea truck shopping

2014-05-20 Thread Mitch Haley
Hendrik and Fay wrote: A lot of those utes don't tend to carry much anyway, a lot are bought for show or weekend playtime. A scientist (NOT one of the PhDs or MDs) where a friend of mine worked wanted to borrow a maintenance worker's pickup (ute) to haul some topsoil for her garden. He asked

Re: [MBZ] KindaOT: More truck shopping

2014-05-20 Thread Rich Thomas
Mount a .50cal in the bed and gitcherself 3 or 4 skinnies, and you can start your own militia. --R On 5/19/14 10:10 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: It turns out that Angie didn't like the Tacoma all that much. I want to try a Nissan Frontier now. Looks like I could get a brandy new one (4wd, 4

Re: [MBZ] KindaOT: More truck shopping

2014-05-20 Thread Dan Penoff
I looked at used Frontiers back in 08. Used prices were so high it didn't make sense to buy used. They really hold their value, which works in your favor if you're buying new. Dan Sent from my iPad On May 20, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:

Re: [MBZ] KindaOT: More tea truck shopping

2014-05-20 Thread Rich Thomas
I'd love to see them back up one of those assemblages --R On 5/20/14 2:06 AM, Hendrik and Fay wrote: Horses for courses, we need a truck we get a truck, http://outbacktowing.tripod.com/ A lot of those utes don't tend to carry much anyway, a lot are bought for show or weekend playtime.

[MBZ] Benz pR0n

2014-05-20 Thread Rich Thomas
http://jalopnik.com/the-mercedes-amg-gt-is-a-ferocious-blur-1578728077 http://jalopnik.com/mercedes-benz-had-a-blast-at-the-mille-miglia-in-italy-1578370852 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] KindaOT: More truck shopping

2014-05-20 Thread Curt Raymond
Told you ;) The little pickups have a 5 foot bed which is just enough to hold a small snowmobile allowing me (with the trailer) to haul 3 at a time. I can't see stuffing a sled into the back of an ML, it'd be hard on the upholstery. -Curt Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 22:22:13 -0400 From: Mitch

Re: [MBZ] Cloudy Day

2014-05-20 Thread Randy Bennell
We need pictures! On 17/05/2014 2:35 PM, clay wrote: Spring has sprung a little, in Seattle. Getting the ignition to work allowed me to move the car so I could wash it. It had been living outside because I could not get it driven into the garage. Bird poop, pollen, leaves, acid rain,

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer

2014-05-20 Thread Randy Bennell
On 17/05/2014 2:00 PM, clay wrote: I have been dreaming up building a trailer out of a w114. It would have been a great addition to Gump, but no place to build or keep it. It would also be a good carrier project with Frosch. Take the trunk end of the sedan as the bed. The rear windshield

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer

2014-05-20 Thread Randy Bennell
On 17/05/2014 3:15 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: I figured if I ever got ghetto I wanted to have a tristar to put on a chain around my neck. Dan Sent from my iPad On May 17, 2014, at 3:35 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: 'Think I'll put (glue) the trunk star from my '91 350SDL on front bulkhead

Re: [MBZ] Head pressure test

2014-05-20 Thread Randy Bennell
On 17/05/2014 3:32 PM, Meade Dillon wrote: Pictures of the plate I'll use to pressurize the head while in a heated bath. Max Dillon, I am coming in late on this so someone else may have already commented, but would it not have been fairly quick and easy to just thread the hole and use a bit

Re: [MBZ] I wish it had green interior

2014-05-20 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Actually, the phrase die gustibus non est disputandum means there is no disputing GOOD taste. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:36 AM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: I call that the sick period. Green cars, especially with a green interior make me sick. To each his own, and there's no accounting for

Re: [MBZ] Cloudy Day

2014-05-20 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
The car = ?? On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: We need pictures! On 17/05/2014 2:35 PM, clay wrote: Spring has sprung a little, in Seattle. Getting the ignition to work allowed me to move the car so I could wash it. It had been living outside

Re: [MBZ] Cloudy Day

2014-05-20 Thread Randy Bennell
Yes, Clay said The car looks lovely now. and I thought it would be nice to see it. On 20/05/2014 10:52 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: The car = ?? On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: We need pictures! On 17/05/2014 2:35 PM, clay wrote: Spring

Re: [MBZ] Cloudy Day

2014-05-20 Thread Mitch Haley
Andrew Strasfogel wrote: The car = ?? Has to be his 450SL. He mentioned hardtop. Froggy, Freddy, something like that. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

Re: [MBZ] Head pressure test

2014-05-20 Thread Meade Dillon
Yahbut the hole was existing, too big, and I don't have a tap that big... Max Dillon, Charleston SC On May 20, 2014 11:43 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 17/05/2014 3:32 PM, Meade Dillon wrote: Pictures of the plate I'll use to pressurize the head while in a heated bath.

[MBZ] OT: Meteorology

2014-05-20 Thread Mitch Haley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoO89cqDgJU ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are

Re: [MBZ] Cloudy Day

2014-05-20 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Generic or brand name car? If the latter, please identify it for my benefit. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Yes, Clay said The car looks lovely now. and I thought it would be nice to see it. On 20/05/2014 10:52 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Cloudy Day

2014-05-20 Thread Randy Bennell
Ok, Andrew I cut the list of cars from Clay's signature when I replied. So here it is. If you cannot pick out the right car from that list, then you have not been paying attention. Which one has a soft top? Which one has he been struggling to get to run right??? On 17/05/2014 2:35 PM,

Re: [MBZ] KindaOT: More truck shopping

2014-05-20 Thread Curt Raymond
For me resale value doesn't matter at all. When I'm done with a vehicle pretty much nobody wants it... Fortunately for once I have some time in shopping. Today I'm gluing and JB Welding the tailgate handle back together. Whoever decided they could be plastic needs to be punched repeatedly...

[MBZ] Today's T Shirt

2014-05-20 Thread Dan Penoff
http://blipshift.com/products/w-1-2-3-go?utm_source=facebookutm_medium=postutm_content=w-1-2-3-goutm_campaign=new Dan who is ordering one tonight Sent from my iPad ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Today's T Shirt

2014-05-20 Thread Bob Rentfro
I got one this morning. On May 20, 2014 9:35 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: http://blipshift.com/products/w-1-2-3-go?utm_source=facebookutm_medium=postutm_content=w-1-2-3-goutm_campaign=new Dan who is ordering one tonight Sent from my iPad ___

Re: [MBZ] Today's T Shirt

2014-05-20 Thread Dan Penoff
My PayPal dongle is at home. Don't like using a CC on the Net. Dan Sent from my iPad On May 20, 2014, at 12:46 PM, Bob Rentfro azbob...@gmail.com wrote: I got one this morning. On May 20, 2014 9:35 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:

Re: [MBZ] I wish it had green interior

2014-05-20 Thread Jaime Kopchinski
I'd buy this car in a second if it was up here! Jaime On Sunday, May 18, 2014, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4476399615.html -- Sent from cPRO for iPhone, iPod and iPad Sent from my iPhone ___

Re: [MBZ] KindaOT: More tea truck shopping

2014-05-20 Thread OK Don
True - I hauled a lot of concrete blocks and bricks in my ML, back when I had it -- On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 6:48 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Might as well get an ML. ML320s are cheaper than old Tacomas. Mitch. -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually

[MBZ] Fattyparts

2014-05-20 Thread Mitch Haley
Emailed Dr Fats yesterday, told him I opened my last bottle of SLS fluid last weekend. This afternoon UPS showed up with 3 spare bottles. That's the sort of service people used to brag about getting from Rusty, but I always figured I was too far from the warehouse to get stuff that quick.

Re: [MBZ] Fattyparts

2014-05-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I get that sort of service from Trent. In fact, it shows up a couple of days before I even order it. Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Emailed Dr Fats yesterday, told him I opened my last bottle of SLS fluid last weekend. This afternoon

Re: [MBZ] Today's T Shirt

2014-05-20 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Very practical - no staining from pea soup spillage. :) On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: My PayPal dongle is at home. Don't like using a CC on the Net. Dan Sent from my iPad On May 20, 2014, at 12:46 PM, Bob Rentfro azbob...@gmail.com wrote: I got

Re: [MBZ] Fattyparts

2014-05-20 Thread Rich Thomas
That's the stuff you ordered last year, and you forgot you never got it. --R On 5/20/14 2:18 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I get that sort of service from Trent. In fact, it shows up a couple of days before I even order it. Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Mitch Haley

Re: [MBZ] Fattyparts

2014-05-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Hahahahahaha oh yea you are probably right. Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2014, at 1:46 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: That's the stuff you ordered last year, and you forgot you never got it. --R On 5/20/14 2:18 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I get that

[MBZ] Cores for sale

2014-05-20 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
I have a bunch of W123 parts that have potential value as cores. These include ACC modules (horizontal push button variety), a couple CC amplifiers, and of course my ruined 1985 turbocharger. I recall that comeone actually buys these to rebuild, but who? Andrew 1983 300TD (white/blue leather)

Re: [MBZ] Fattyparts

2014-05-20 Thread Curt Raymond
I hate it when that happens, then I have to remember to put in the order... I've been ordering VW stuff from a place right here in MA. Most of it comes from their warehouse which is also in MA so the shipping is cheap and quick. If I needed something really quick they'd let me pick up. -Curt

Re: [MBZ] Today's T Shirt

2014-05-20 Thread Craig
On Tue, 20 May 2014 12:52:08 -0400 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: My PayPal dongle is at home. Don't like using a CC on the Net. Dongle? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Today's T Shirt

2014-05-20 Thread Dan Penoff
Token, actually. For two factor authentication, from the RSA. Dan who takes his work home with him and for a good reason On May 20, 2014, at 4:04 PM, Craig wrote: On Tue, 20 May 2014 12:52:08 -0400 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: My PayPal dongle is at home. Don't like using a CC on

Re: [MBZ] Cloudy Day

2014-05-20 Thread clay
of the moss? here is the car On May 20, 2014, at 8:34 AM, Randy Bennell wrote: We need pictures! On 17/05/2014 2:35 PM, clay wrote: Spring has sprung a little, in Seattle. Getting the ignition to work allowed me to move the car so I could wash it. It had been living outside

Re: [MBZ] Cloudy Day

2014-05-20 Thread Randy Bennell
No, not the moss. Pictures of the car looking good. On 20/05/2014 4:13 PM, clay wrote: of the moss? here is the car On May 20, 2014, at 8:34 AM, Randy Bennell wrote: We need pictures! On 17/05/2014 2:35 PM, clay wrote: Spring has sprung a little, in Seattle. Getting the ignition to

Re: [MBZ] Head pressure test

2014-05-20 Thread Randy Bennell
All good reasons I guess. On 20/05/2014 11:07 AM, Meade Dillon wrote: Yahbut the hole was existing, too big, and I don't have a tap that big... Max Dillon, Charleston SC On May 20, 2014 11:43 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 17/05/2014 3:32 PM, Meade Dillon wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Cloudy Day

2014-05-20 Thread clay
450sl On May 20, 2014, at 8:52 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: The car = ?? On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: We need pictures! On 17/05/2014 2:35 PM, clay wrote: Spring has sprung a little, in Seattle. Getting the ignition to work

[MBZ] OT for the flyboys

2014-05-20 Thread Rich Thomas
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/confessions-of-a-usaf-kc-135-flying-gas-station-boom-op-1578048155/1579061027/+matthardigree --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

Re: [MBZ] Today's T Shirt

2014-05-20 Thread Craig
On Tue, 20 May 2014 17:00:13 -0400 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Token, actually. For two factor authentication, from the RSA. As in http://www.emc.com/domains/rsa/index.htm ? RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of intelligence-driven security solutions. RSA

Re: [MBZ] KindaOT: More backwards tea truck shopping

2014-05-20 Thread Hendrik and Fay
A good driver can back up two trailers for a little distance, generally to hook on the third but yeah once there are three trailers it gets a little tricky. Hendrik who can back a B double On 20/05/14 22:34, Rich Thomas wrote: I'd love to see them back up one of those assemblages --R On

Re: [MBZ] Benz SLC pR0n

2014-05-20 Thread Hendrik and Fay
Actually it should be called the SLC AMG as essentially it is a SL with a hardtop. http://www.caranddriver.com/features/2015-mercedes-amg-slc-rendered-feature Calling it a GT is too much like Porsche copying. Hendrik who will no be putting in an order On 20/05/14 23:12, Rich Thomas wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Today's T Shirt

2014-05-20 Thread Dan Penoff
It's an authentication token issued by PayPal and can be used for PP and eBay accounts. I don't believe there is a charge for it. https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/Marketing_CommandDriven/securitycenter/PayPalSecurityKeyFAQ-outside Looks like they now offer a credit card type