Re: [MBZ] OT More NOAA bias toward Global Warming

2015-08-20 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Painting urban rooftops white has a very real benefit, if carried out in a systematic and coordinated way. Start with new buildings, then retrofit in stages. On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I agree! How about a government research grant

Re: [MBZ] OT: Harbor Freight Tools Huge Parking Lot Sale

2015-08-20 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] ?

2015-08-20 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Is it the craftsmanship or materials that changed for post-1955 clarinets?  Country of manufacture?  Automation vs. hands on manufacturing process?  Metric vs. English?  ;) As I just mentioned, the design was changed to no longer be purely cylindrical. Nothing else changed. All are (were)

Re: [MBZ] OT: Harbor Freight Tools Huge Parking Lot Sale

2015-08-20 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Rick Who just came to the realization I am one cheap bast*rd. I have a set of snappy wrenches. They are bright and shiny, and it seems everyone would love to lift them. Therefore, I guard them, and keep them hidden, and hardly ever use them. years ago I bought crapsman wrenches and

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-20 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
It lost the rear swing axels? Close! It [Buffet clarinet] gained a polycylindrical bore in 1955. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT More NOAA bias toward Global Warming

2015-08-20 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Max wrote: A little something to liven up the list! It ain't good to find bad things that nobody can do something about. Can Jimmy solve his cancer? Can we make the globe cooler? Can elections change USA goobermnt? Why bother talking about unsolvables? Maybe I should talk about the rusted 240D I

Re: [MBZ] He is either from New Jersey or is on crack

2015-08-20 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
'Zackly. Wilton - Original Message - From: Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] He is either from New Jersey or is on

Re: [MBZ] He is either from New Jersey or is on crack

2015-08-20 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Maybe Mao can find and deliver, Jaime fix and sell? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On August 20, 2015 9:44:54 PM EDT, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Jaime could quit his real job and make a living buying cars here for 25% of what he says he sells

Re: [MBZ] He is either from New Jersey or is on crack

2015-08-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Jaime could quit his real job and make a living buying cars here for 25% of what he says he sells them for and ship them up there and sell them. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 20, 2015, at 8:01 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Yes,and it is regional markets. Kaleb

Re: [MBZ] Lowest gas prices in the USA

2015-08-20 Thread clay via Mercedes
$3.30 on the street for unleaded Costco premium is $3.09 seattle clay On Aug 10, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: $2.00.9 for regulah at Costco, $2.57.9 for premium What's that about? --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

[MBZ] OT: Harbor Freight Tools Huge Parking Lot Sale

2015-08-20 Thread Craig via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-20 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
1968 saw the introduction of the new sedans -- ball joints and double joint rear axles instead of the 1952 king pin front end and swing axles in the back (and they DO jack, just like a Corvair, but they don't flip the car over. Included were anti-dive front end geometry and greatly reduce

Re: [MBZ] OT More NOAA bias toward Global Warming

2015-08-20 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
I think blacktop paving contributes to GW. I think this every time I cross a parking lot in summer. We should rip it all up, especially in cities where there is so much of it. -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Meade Dillon via

Re: [MBZ] OT More NOAA bias toward Global Warming

2015-08-20 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
I agree! How about a government research grant to develop a green alternative, implement the solution(s) in some target cities and compare vs a control group to see if the urban heat island condition can be reduced... -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On August 20, 2015 8:12:32

Re: [MBZ] Lowest gas prices in the USA

2015-08-20 Thread clay via Mercedes
Washington State just upped the tax on fuel by $0.17/gal. This will help with all the electric cars and Priapus cars on the road. National price of fuel drops, but we pay $0.20 more per gallon. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green

Re: [MBZ] He is either from New Jersey or is on crack

2015-08-20 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Yes,and it is regional markets. Kaleb prices don't apply here in the northeast for a lot of objective reasons. Two years,ago when the tree fell on my 82 300CD ins co. Valued it at 13400 fixed it accordingly. Also here in NE hard to find a decent w123 280CE for less than 10k. On Aug 20, 2015

Re: [MBZ] Finally, something I would like to have in an electric car

2015-08-20 Thread clay via Mercedes
WE are all going to be replaced by machines unless we can make handicraft or custom type things. I was reading up on how netflix has lost 75% of their DVD customer base. To be able to keep DVD profitable, they have replaced 80% of the staff that processed the DVDs with machines that now open

Re: [MBZ] Golf speedo

2015-08-20 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Not where Curt lives- that's the land of real men who fish hunt. On Aug 20, 2015 10:03 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I was thinking the same thing... We see that sort of stuff down here all the time. Ugh! Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 20, 2015, at 9:49 AM,

Re: [MBZ] He is either from New Jersey or is on crack

2015-08-20 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Hey Roger - are 300TDs in great demand down there? On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Bzzt, wrong Sent from my iPhone On Aug 20, 2015, at 8:00 AM, rogerhga--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Gee, you guys are just

Re: [MBZ] Golf speedo

2015-08-20 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I was thinking the same thing... We see that sort of stuff down here all the time. Ugh! Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 20, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I thought this was about some fat pasty white European guy wearing a Speedo while golfing.

Re: [MBZ] He is either from New Jersey or is on crack

2015-08-20 Thread rogerhga--- via Mercedes
Gee, you guys are just too cheap!  In the Atlanta area, a car like this would go for around $7500, if he charges the AC and gets it working.  In my area, the prices of these old 617 cars (116, 126, 123) have been going up.  I think the survivor crowd is buying them up.  Remember the old

Re: [MBZ] Golf speedo

2015-08-20 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I thought this was about some fat pasty white European guy wearing a Speedo while golfing. NEED BRAIN BLEACH --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] He is either from New Jersey or is on crack

2015-08-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Bzzt, wrong Sent from my iPhone On Aug 20, 2015, at 8:00 AM, rogerhga--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Gee, you guys are just too cheap! In the Atlanta area, a car like this would go for around $7500, if he charges the AC and gets it working. In my area, the prices of

Re: [MBZ] He is either from New Jersey or is on crack

2015-08-20 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Both --R On 8/19/15 8:35 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: 1981 Mercedes-Benz 300SD http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/5181050900.html via cPro Craigslist App iOS: http://tinyurl.com/CL-iDevice Android: http://tinyurl.com/CL-Android Sent from my iPhone

Re: [MBZ] OT: Harbor Freight Tools Huge Parking Lot Sale

2015-08-20 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Harbor Freight Tools Huge Parking Lot Sale

2015-08-20 Thread Craig via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] OT More NOAA bias toward Global Warming

2015-08-20 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I guess we can all rest easy now - global warming is obviously a total hoax. On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: A little something to liven up the list! http://www.realclearpolicy.com/blog/2015/08/20/the_latest_climate_kerfuffle_1397.html

Re: [MBZ] ?

2015-08-20 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Is it the craftsmanship or materials that changed for post- 1955 clarinets? Country of manufacture? Automation vs. hands on manufacturing process? Metric vs. English? ;) On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: What does too old in a clarinet

Re: [MBZ] ?

2015-08-20 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
What does too old in a clarinet mean? Whatever she wants it to mean? Played out (they don't last forever, hot breath and saliva attack the wood). Old ergonomics. Not impressive enough to her friends. The list goes on... In this case, 1955 is the watershed year for the brand, similar to 1968

[MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-20 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 20/08/2015 9:54 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: What does too old in a clarinet mean? Whatever she wants it to mean? Played out (they don't last forever, hot breath and saliva attack the wood). Old ergonomics. Not impressive enough to her friends. The list goes on... In this case,

[MBZ] OT More NOAA bias toward Global Warming

2015-08-20 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
A little something to liven up the list! http://www.realclearpolicy.com/blog/2015/08/20/the_latest_climate_kerfuffle_1397.html August 20, 2015The Latest Climate Kerfuffle*By* *Patrick Michaels* http://www.realclearpolicy.com/authors/patrick_michaels/ Are political considerations superseding

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-20 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
Ah, it all changed in 1968, especially for the W108/9. The coarse MB tex, the new ugly soft knobs, the heater levers that fell apart, the harsh strip of MB Tex across the dash, things were painted sliver instead of chrome, the start of some emissions controls, the torque converter. The list goes

Re: [MBZ] ?

2015-08-20 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On August 19, 2015 at 12:18 PM Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Ha! Serves ya right! My mom always said she hoped my sisters kids would be as big of a problem as she was. The sisters kids were holy terrors and terrible brats, so Mom saw that as just rewards.

Re: [MBZ] OT More NOAA bias toward Global Warming

2015-08-20 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I see 3 issues: 1. Is GW happening? 2. If Yes, what is causing it? 3. If Yes to 1 and to 2 something within our control, then what is to be done about it, by whom, who pays, who controls the spending, etc.? --R On 8/20/15 4:31 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: I guess we can

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-20 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
It lost the rear swing axels? On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On 20/08/2015 9:54 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: What does too old in a clarinet mean? Whatever she wants it to mean? Played out (they don't last forever, hot

[MBZ] A kilo of CL crack

2015-08-20 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
http://jalopnik.com/the-ten-worst-deals-on-craigslist-right-now-1725188130 I like the Roller --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] He is either from New Jersey or is on crack

2015-08-20 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
Well, I'm about to list a 85 300CD with similar mileage for a similar price. But its sorted, has working AC, was dealer serviced, and is overall very unmolested. Demanding good money is fine, as long as the car backs up the price. Jaime On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via