Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I think it was attu and adak that were occupied by the Japanese in WWII.   SWMBO got me a book to read last spring from the welfare bookstore.   It was about a destroyer who spent longer than any other ship in that area.   It was nasty cold awful service.   When the destroyer went back to port,

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
When we lived in Hawaii, there was a lady we knew who would do that in a flash.   Her name was Emma Himeno.   She was about 4'-11 and I doubt she weighed 100 lb with hiking boots on.   She regularly took trips to the most remote places she could find.   The one I remember in particular, was a c

Re: [MBZ] Oel

2020-02-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I tend to agree.   I won't be buying it.   From the 60s or earlier until the 90s, when they released dino oel as "synthetic,"  Castrol, like MB, had a stellar name.   Castrol to me now means garbage.  MB means expensive throw away toys.   I won't be buying any castrol.   I'd sooner trust valvol

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Let’s go on an adventure! Seriously there are people who would pay good money to do that stuff --FT Sent from iPhone > On Feb 8, 2020, at 8:21 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Very possible. > > I can say that I have been to places there that are so amazingly remote that > it’s sc

Re: [MBZ] Oel

2020-02-08 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I don't think it's the level of current M1... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 11:16 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: Better to use dino oel. Well, castrol "synthetic" IS dino oel   I guess it is  ok as long as you change at 3-5k miles.   But don't be foo

Re: [MBZ] I have no words...

2020-02-08 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I posted a reply to his video along those lines. Nothing to see here, folks, just move along. -D > On Feb 8, 2020, at 4:57 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote: > > Latest Pierre video casts BAT as more akin to Buy a Turd at this point, with > advice of caveat emptor, since sellers are playing fast

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Very possible. I can say that I have been to places there that are so amazingly remote that it’s scary sometimes. Many (most) of the Aleutian islands are uninhabited, and have rarely been visited on a regular basis. We had to be very careful about staying on trails and following markers that ha

Re: [MBZ] OT cost of living in Seattle

2020-02-08 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
And this is liberal paradise? On 2/3/2020 9:35 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote: That is minimum wage there. Nobody who has that job is living in Seattle itself, unless their home is a cardboard box. About $6 a day to ride the bus. No available parking in town for less than $5/hr. Fuel is arou

[MBZ] OT: Otter Chaos

2020-02-08 Thread Craig via Mercedes
https://www.wfla.com/news/polk-county/exclusive-otter-attacks-girl-dog-in-lakeland-home/ EXCLUSIVE: Otter attacks girl, dog in Lakeland home Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or chang

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

2020-02-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
and insurance agents, maybe a successful real estate agent or two, but I'm being redundant again. dan--- via Mercedes February 8, 2020 at 4:25 PM It wasn’t what was going on there, it was that the place would be jammed with doctors, lawyers and bankers. -D __

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
look at the source... Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes February 8, 2020 at 4:18 PM Read the article. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery option

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Good idea!    Anyone know a higer-up in the corps of engineers?   They'd make good wingdams or erosion control for riverbanks.   As Clay said, cover em with rock or broken concrete and nobody'd be the wiser. Clay via Mercedes February 8, 2020 at 4:03 PM Maybe the

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

2020-02-08 Thread dan--- via Mercedes
It wasn’t what was going on there, it was that the place would be jammed with doctors, lawyers and bankers. -D > On Feb 8, 2020, at 4:02 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > Why - what was gong there? I bet it wouldn't shock us today. > >> On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 7:12 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Read the article. On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 5:15 PM Clay via Mercedes wrote: > Those wells are just waiting for more nimble producers to acquire the > leases and implement modern extraction methods. The majors walk away when > these things are no longer able to meet economy of scale production. I

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Clay via Mercedes
Those wells are just waiting for more nimble producers to acquire the leases and implement modern extraction methods. The majors walk away when these things are no longer able to meet economy of scale production. In Alaska the big boys who started the pipeline are pretty much out of the produc

Re: [MBZ] I have no words...

2020-02-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I thought it was flip a turd.   Few sellers have owned their flips for more than a year or maybe 2. Clay via Mercedes February 8, 2020 at 3:57 PM Latest Pierre video casts BAT as more akin to Buy a Turd at this point, with advice of caveat emptor, since sellers a

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
That's not my name and BTW, why do you hide behind a pseudonym? On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 5:03 PM Clay via Mercedes wrote: > Maybe they can be used for base layering for dams and jetties. Settle > some riprap over the perished blades and cover with vast quantities of > concrete. > > clay > > > On

Re: [MBZ] OT Stock Market

2020-02-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
That is pretty common to see in college towns, at least in the  midwest research 1 type U's. (Asian, mostly) Clay via Mercedes February 8, 2020 at 3:54 PM Foxxconn is wanting to pivot to making masks. Dedicate a whole factory to it so their work force is able to

Re: [MBZ] OT Stock Market

2020-02-08 Thread Clay via Mercedes
https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/State-addresses-concerns-over-cargo-flights-from-China-567686721.html https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Economist-predicts-oil-fishing-and-tourism-industries-will-feel-impacts-of-coronavirus-outbreak-567658541.html Maybe the acquitted one will import some swamp c

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Clay via Mercedes
Maybe they can be used for base layering for dams and jetties. Settle some riprap over the perished blades and cover with vast quantities of concrete. clay > On Feb 8, 2020, at 8:46 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > I seem to recall that glass fibers are now listed as a HAZMAT item with >

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
"Nother example of "man made 'acid rain' " for andy and albore to tell all us all about Never happened before guys like Floyd started drivin' suburbans. Clay via Mercedes wrote on 2/8/20 3:50 PM: He did tell of one volcano which had a very pretty dome coated in snow one year, the next it

Re: [MBZ] I have no words...

2020-02-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Whaddaya bet that finnie will resurface on BAT this summer and sell for $25k On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 4:58 PM Clay via Mercedes wrote: > Latest Pierre video casts BAT as more akin to Buy a Turd at this point, > with advice of caveat emptor, since sellers are playing fast and loose with > truth/fac

Re: [MBZ] OT Stock Market

2020-02-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I saw an Asian (American) shopper wearing a mask at the supermarket today. I still have my p**p. On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 4:55 PM Clay via Mercedes wrote: > Foxxconn is wanting to pivot to making masks. Dedicate a whole factory to > it so their work force is able to keep on making iPhones and suc

Re: [MBZ] I have no words...

2020-02-08 Thread Clay via Mercedes
Latest Pierre video casts BAT as more akin to Buy a Turd at this point, with advice of caveat emptor, since sellers are playing fast and loose with truth/facts about their offerings. No aspersions cast at Poos, since we all know he is fully fact based. clay > On Feb 8, 2020, at 7:18 AM, Floyd

Re: [MBZ] OT Stock Market

2020-02-08 Thread Clay via Mercedes
Foxxconn is wanting to pivot to making masks. Dedicate a whole factory to it so their work force is able to keep on making iPhones and such. Once there are enough for the workers, the excess can sell to the public. Somebody of asian ancestry was declined service at Costco for wearing a mask.

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Clay via Mercedes
Maybe the feller giving the lecture I attended is out there undoing your good work in the Aleutians. Been working the past 16 years doing upkeep and modernizing the monitoring stations. Looked like a good job for a young man (who must now be closing on in 40). He is the last of the people capa

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
A lot more manageable than the thousands of abandoned orphan oil wells from bankrupt producers that dot the landscape in US and Canada. https://www.denverpost.com/2018/07/14/orhpan-oil-gas-wells-growing-problem/ On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 12:47 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > I seem to recall that

Re: [MBZ] I have no words...

2020-02-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I bet you could knock them down to $40K. On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 11:19 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/mercedes-benz/300td/2372514.html > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.co

Re: [MBZ] OT Stock Market

2020-02-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
In 6 months you may regret your frivolity. On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 7:46 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Hecho in Chifa, pre-inoculated wif da Woohoofloo? > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > > On Feb 8, 2020, at 12:06 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@o

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

2020-02-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Why - what was gong there? I bet it wouldn't shock us today. On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 7:12 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My Dad was a commercial banker. Not into golf, fraternal organizations or > socializing, but he did it as required. > > When I saw the TV series “

Re: [MBZ] Submitted for your consideration without comment

2020-02-08 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Craig wrote: > So the conversion was to a "pickup". If the fellow had > rearranged the tail lights, he could have had a lower "bed". Yeah. Maybe start with a wagon, use the hatch to make a tailgate ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives ht

Re: [MBZ] Oel

2020-02-08 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Well look at this! Castrol EDGE 0W-40 A3/B4 meets a host of licensing requirements and specifications: API SN, API SM, API SL, API SJ, API CF, ACEA A3/B3, ACEA A3/B4 Meets Ford WSS-M2C937-A MB-Approval 229.3/ 229.5 Porsche A40 VW 502 00/ 505 00 Max Dillon Charleston SC Feb 8, 2020 1:38:24 PM

Re: [MBZ] Wuhan foo

2020-02-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
The Chicoms have never been friendly.    How many millions did mao kill?   Just what occaisional cortex and the berner are looking for to eliminate the competition G Mann via Mercedes February 8, 2020 at 12:02 PM In Communist speak, he was talking "inconvenient t

Re: [MBZ] Oel

2020-02-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
That is why I made a distinction:   OLD M1 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes February 8, 2020 at 10:25 AM M1 is Dino oil too. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or c

Re: [MBZ] Wuhan foo

2020-02-08 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
In Communist speak, he was talking "inconvenient truths" and he was "permanently re-assigned"... I keep seeing what looks like very strong evidence that this is a bio-weapon being developed by the Chinese [Wohan just happens to host a super secret Chinese bio-weapons development facility] Speculati

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
I seem to recall that glass fibers are now listed as a HAZMAT item with known cancer related effect, something on the same order as asbestos, in terms of life time exposure and reaction. The human animal being frail, yet another item to be dealt with as the land fill sites degrade and are forgotten

Re: [MBZ] Oel

2020-02-08 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
M1 is Dino oil too. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 8, 2020, at 10:16 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Better to use dino oel. Well, castrol "synthetic" IS dino oel I guess it > is ok as long as you change at 3-5k miles. But don't be fooled into > thinking it is on the level o

[MBZ] I have no words...

2020-02-08 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/mercedes-benz/300td/2372514.html -- --FT ___ 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/listi

Re: [MBZ] Oel

2020-02-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Better to use dino oel. Well, castrol "synthetic" IS dino oel   I guess it is  ok as long as you change at 3-5k miles.   But don't be fooled into thinking it is on the level of the old M1.   Never was and never will be. Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes February 8,

Re: [MBZ] Oel

2020-02-08 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Sinopec 15w40 synthetic is back in stock for $39. https://www.walmart.com/ip/15W40-Synthetic-Diesel-Engine-Oil-5-Gallon-18-Liter/152170666 Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 8, 2020, at 6:56 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > Castrol synth 5qt $18 at El Mercado de Wal > > https://www

[MBZ] Oel

2020-02-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Castrol synth 5qt $18 at El Mercado de Wal https://www.walmart.com/ip/Castrol-EDGE-0W-40-A3-B4-Full-Synthetic-Motor-Oil-5-QT/35931146 --FT Sent from iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] OT Stock Market

2020-02-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Hecho in Chifa, pre-inoculated wif da Woohoofloo? --FT Sent from iPhone > On Feb 8, 2020, at 12:06 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Buy shares of alpha Protech symbol apt. They are ramping up their > production of face masks. > >> On Fri, Feb 7, 2020, 11:07 PM Clay via Mercede

Re: [MBZ] Wuhan foo

2020-02-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
He was spreading false rumors --FT Sent from iPhone > On Feb 8, 2020, at 12:01 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://apnews.com/905489d29a3d4f8788f17a40003548a0 > > I figured the doc who sounded the alarm would not be long for this earph. > Dictators don't like plebes who m

Re: [MBZ] 107-year-old Florida man still drives his Mercedes

2020-02-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I want to be that dude --FT Sent from iPhone > On Feb 7, 2020, at 11:25 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote: > > I applaud him, but heaven forbid I live anywhere near that long, or consider > the purchase of a newer Benz, unless their quality goes WAY up. > > clay > >> On Feb 7, 2020, at 9:29 AM, F

Re: [MBZ] OT old wind machines blades

2020-02-08 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Some of those sites used to have very crude and basic on-demand generator sets. I worked with the USGS shortly after Mt. St. Helens blew it’s top to set up remote monitoring stations around the volcano and surrounds to monitor seismic activity. Fun stuff, if you can get over the dust. We did sim

Re: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question

2020-02-08 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
My Dad was a commercial banker. Not into golf, fraternal organizations or socializing, but he did it as required. When I saw the TV series “Mad Men” I about blew a gasket, as Don Draper’s office was the epitome of my Dad’s office. The drink cart, the furnishings, glass walls, etc., etc. I love