Re: [MBZ] Ethanol could be risk in U.S. pipelines

2011-08-08 Thread Lee
bulldozing the damned things by the hundreds. JP Morgan Chase is capitalizing on the growing number of poor by persuading state food stamp programs to switch to EBT programs that Morgan Chase administers. I'm ready to start circulating the rumor that bankers taste like chicken. Lee G Mann

Re: [MBZ] Ethanol could be risk in U.S. pipelines

2011-08-08 Thread Lee
wouldn't have come close to spending that much. Check this out, and watch the video- http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/economy/the-true-cost-of-the-bank-bailout/3309/ Lee Mountain Man wrote: Lee wrote: What wasn't on the bar graph? The bailout to the Wall Street banksters. The GAO

Re: [MBZ] Stop me before I buy a Biobuddy

2011-07-15 Thread Lee
I also wonder how much lye and water is consumed per batch. There's not one good answer to this. The worse the waste oil, and by worse I mean how degraded it has become with repeated use, the more acidic the oil becomes and the more lye is required to treat it. Lee

Re: [MBZ] OT - Closed loop biorefinery in Montana

2011-07-11 Thread Lee
in the soil. It doesn't break down for a couple of centuries, at least, sequestering a good deal of carbon. It greatly increases the soil's water holding capacity and provides a matrix for microbes and fungi to colonize, which is key to healthy soil. Lee

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Original Las Vegas

2011-06-28 Thread Lee
Yep. They even filmed the border scene here. Re-painted a couple of local businesses to look like Mexican border town, and put up a fake US/Mexico border crossing on the freeway overpass. I'm sure it completely disoriented tourists and passers through. Lee Rich Thomas wrote: Stayed

Re: [MBZ] Mandatory Evacuation Called

2011-06-27 Thread Lee
, high exposure) to lung cancer (long term.) Doing the math, one gram would be enough to poison ten million people. Lee Craig wrote: The fire, which started yesterday at 1:00 p.m., grew overnight to over 43,000 acres. Since the wind has shifted to the south, the emergency managers have decided

Re: [MBZ] Mandatory Evacuation Called

2011-06-27 Thread Lee
The area in question is called Area G. Those who want to know what's there can google it. I have no need to make stuff up. To those who are downwinders, and there are many in New Mexico, this is no joke. Lee Mountain Man wrote: --R wrote: Uh oh, total buzz kill on that. Maybe

Re: [MBZ] Mandatory Evacuation Called

2011-06-27 Thread Lee
. Some of them are from LANL. Lee ___ 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.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [MBZ] Mandatory Evacuation Called

2011-06-27 Thread Lee
. Came down so hard it filled my rainwater catchment a quarter full. Yay, monsoon! Lee ___ 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

Re: [MBZ] OT: Gray water recycling systems

2011-06-24 Thread Lee
The stuff in a septic tank is blackwater. You can also install a sludgehammer which will change the breakdown of your septic goo to a much cleaner aerobic decomposition and lessen the possibility of your blackwater recycling system crapping up your leachfield and making you ill. Randy Bennell

Re: [MBZ] The Dirty Little Secret Behind the Chevy VOLT....

2011-06-19 Thread Lee
to batteries. Lee LWB250 wrote: Points well taken, Tim. The one thing that nags at me regarding the electric vehicles is how much gas/coal/oil has to be burned to produce the electricity to charge or run them? I never see this in the information, and I think it's a very relevant aspect

Re: [MBZ] OT Apple Tree

2011-06-19 Thread Lee
can get through to all of the branches. Lee Mitch Haley wrote: Douglas wrote: When and how much do I thin the fruit out? I'd like to know too. My semi-dwarves were way overloaded last year. I don't think another bumper crop of undersized apples this year would be a good idea. I'd

Re: [MBZ] The Dirty Little Secret Behind the Chevy VOLT....

2011-06-19 Thread Lee
that is causing dirty, polluting mines to reopen. Lee G Mann wrote: I object, the whole idea that electric vehicles are clean is a manufactured lie. First, the entire electronics industry uses and makes some of the nastiest chemicals in history, which stay in the environment for lifetimes

Re: [MBZ] OT Apple Tree

2011-06-19 Thread Lee
predatory wasps which in turn keep down the unwelcome bugs. Good advice on the pruning. Lee Peter Frederick wrote: Standard practice, if I remember correctly, is to thin in june AFTER the natural drop occurs. There is usually some spontaneous fruit drop in early to mid June, and if that doesn't

Re: [MBZ] OT Apple Tree

2011-06-19 Thread Lee
True. Over-fertilizing, particularly with chemical fertilizers, also creates super-abundant nitrogen in the foliage which makes your plants much more attractive to insect pests. Which then drives you to use the pesticides in addition to the chemical fertilizers. Or so I have read. Lee

Re: [MBZ] Yet another computer problem

2011-05-29 Thread Lee
I agree. Verify by connecting a USB keyboard and firing up the system. FWIW, working keyboards can often be had for a buck or two at Salvation Army and other thrift stores. Lee Mitch Haley wrote: USB keyboard? Or even a ps/2 to USB keyboard adapter? It sounds like your PS/2 port is dead

Re: [MBZ] Garbage Disposers Banned

2011-05-19 Thread Lee
I compost. Problem solved. Don't have a garden? Make friends with someone who does, and barter a swap of compostables for veg. Lee WILTON wrote: Agreed. Wilton - Original Message - From: Barry Stark barryst...@verizon.net To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent

Re: [MBZ] OT: Propagating French lavender

2011-05-08 Thread Lee
You'll likely have a greater success rate if you rubber band a baggie over the the top of the pot also, to retain the humidity. Lee Russ Williams wrote: Andrew, I called a local nursery and talked to the owner, who has a radio show here on Sat morn. He agrees with Rich. Small 2-4 inch

Re: [MBZ] Slow weekend

2011-05-07 Thread Lee
direct seeded but thus far have not poked their heads above ground. We are in a severe drought and all outdoor watering has been banned. My herbaceous friends will be making it on greywater and the much-prayed-for rainfall this year. Lee Dieselhead wrote: Everybody must be working on yards

Re: [MBZ] Buying a Foreclosure

2011-05-01 Thread Lee
commit. Lee Allan Streib wrote: No experience. I'd say be sure you know if the property taxes are paid up, so you're not surprised by extra thousands in back taxes. The first house we bought was a bank-owned property, but the foreclosure was already complete and we just bought it from

Re: [MBZ] OT: Algae the alternative energy source.... or pipe dream?

2011-04-27 Thread Lee
. Otherwise, your sitting on a wet pile of algae, which is not anywhere near as glamorous. Lee ernest breakfield wrote: i've seen in the recent past where algae was being used to create BioDiesel; it's just that this article isn't clear, and i don't dare ASSuME that this is the case unless

Re: [MBZ] raccoons

2011-04-27 Thread Lee
in. Or so I'm told. Never killed a porcupine, myself. Out of respect for the tradition. Lee Curt Raymond wrote: I was telling a guy in class last week about our porcupine troubles at camp and he asked if we ever eat them... I imagine its a fair amount of work to skin one out. Unsurprisingly

Re: [MBZ] other rodents, was possums, was never MB

2011-04-27 Thread Lee
a pop, pop coming from the alley. I go back there, and there's five or six old boys sitting in lawn chairs, sucking on bottles of cheap wine and firing off their Saturday night specials at the rats as they ran from dumpster to dumpster. I guess it was a neighborhood sport. Lee Rich Thomas wrote

Re: [MBZ] Beyond OT: How to bait a trap to catch a wascally wabbit

2011-04-26 Thread Lee
, and she's been at it for a billion years plus. Cooperate with her and things will go smoothly. Fight her and, after a long and costly conflict, you will lose. Predator piss will tend to keep the wee beasties away. You can buy fox urine for this purpose online. Lee Fmiser wrote: Rich Thomas

Re: [MBZ] Dead power antenna

2011-02-19 Thread Lee
it becomes persnickety. So I am going with the simpler, perhaps more hillbilly option of disconnecting the power to the antenna and leaving it extended. Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list

[MBZ] Dead power antenna

2011-02-17 Thread Lee
. Is there any hope for the old Hirshmann, or do I need to go shopping for a new power antenna unit. And if so, where? Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive

Re: [MBZ] Dead power antenna

2011-02-17 Thread Lee
. http://www.beckerautosound.com/ You didn't mention the year of the car this would determine what antenna you need. Jaime On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Lee einer...@yahoo.com wrote: My battery went dead after a 20 below zero night and I figured that the cold had done the battery

Re: [MBZ] Fwd: 1987 Veggie Oil Mercedes - $600 (Centerville)

2010-12-10 Thread Lee
as a fertilizer, but there's nothing particularly toxic about it. If they THINK it's that toxic, why are they allowing restaurants to serve us food that's been fried in it? Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go

Re: [MBZ] W123 - 240D - Engine heater plug

2010-11-03 Thread Lee
Glow plugs working? R A Bennell wrote: My 76 300D gets to where it really does not want to start up even at 50 F even with the block heater plugged in. It cranks pretty good and tries to start but often takes several tries and runs pretty slow until it really gets going. I know you folks

Re: [MBZ] MacBook question

2010-10-22 Thread Lee
Nice. How screwed would we be if our cars were powered by Windows? Car crash and Blue screen of death would take on entirely new significance. Lee Gerry Archer wrote: Thanks, Curt. got it. Gerry --- #1. Force quit mail. I forget what the key combination for force

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Recipes for Pickled hot peppers and pole beans

2010-10-05 Thread Lee
Here in rural New Mexico, the old timers say you should eat garlic and onions daily for health and longevity. There's lots of good stuff, medicinal and nutritional, in the alliums, be they onions, garlic, leeks or chives. Lee Walt Zarnoch wrote: Recently I've been on a toasted cheese, garlic

Re: [MBZ] OT: Kit Cars, was: Best Porsches

2010-03-21 Thread Lee Einer
There are also TDI to bug kits, or so I have heard, so you could do a 50 mpg porche kit car. From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sun, March 21, 2010 6:19:24 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Kit

Re: [MBZ] OT: worst of its over

2010-01-29 Thread Lee Einer
Estimates I've seen on malpractice insurance as part of the healthcare dollar are slightly below two percent. Another interesting statistic is the amount of that slice of the pie actually paid out by the insurers - it is about 50 percent, much worse even than the health insurers that pocket

Re: [MBZ] O/T Knives

2010-01-28 Thread Lee Einer
make Old Timers, but have gone to stainless now. Sigh. I also favor chinese chefs knives for the same reason. Good, old-school, high-carbon steel. They do stain, eventually, but I don't buy them to look pretty. Lee From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com

Re: [MBZ] Incite

2010-01-28 Thread Lee Einer
Some insights can be quite inciteful. From: relng...@aol.com relng...@aol.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thu, January 28, 2010 5:25:05 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Incite ...Definitely inciting. .. He meant insight and there is a big difference between

[MBZ] Defroster kaput

2010-01-24 Thread Lee Einer
The blower fan on my 1980 300CD just stopped working. Even the defrost doesn't blow. Fuse looks OK. What do you all recommend for diagnosis and treatment? I can do without climate control, but having a working defroster is crucial in this weather. Lee

Re: [MBZ] OT Computer help - how diagnose intermittent connectionto internet

2009-08-24 Thread Lee Einer
. Max That's fairly predictable,though, isn't it? The problem was not lack of connectivity so much as gawdawful slowness IIRC. So you should get your ping packets back. Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] OT Computer help - how diagnose intermittent connection to internet

2009-08-24 Thread Lee Einer
with a Linux system. Lee ___ 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [MBZ] OT Computer help - how diagnose intermittent connection to internet

2009-08-23 Thread Lee Einer
. Or follow the true path to enlightenment and install Linux. Lee Max Dillon wrote: Folks, Need some diagnostic methods to figure out a nagging problem. Computer is a dell desktop, 6 years old or so, with XP Home OS. Over the last year it has developed a badly intermittent internet

Re: [MBZ] OT Computer help - how diagnose intermittent connection to internet

2009-08-23 Thread Lee Einer
was far more conducive to inner peace. Lee archer wrote: From: Lee Einer l...@dosmanosjewelry.com First, purge your browser cache. I've seen a full cache bugger up the works on Windoze boxes beforesnip Hi Lee, Where is the browser cache (IE

Re: [MBZ] black goo in fuel

2009-07-17 Thread Lee Einer
to have a replacement fuel tank installed. LOL, I think not. How do y'all deal with algae or bad diesel crapping up your filters? Any helpful advice? Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http

[MBZ] Power antenna not working

2009-04-12 Thread Lee Einer
for the best? Should I pull the whole mess and replace? And what is the procedure for removing and replacing the mast? Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive

Re: [MBZ] serious depression of peoples attitude to their fellow man

2009-01-25 Thread Lee Einer
Before you purchased your first home, did you rent, or did you live in your mom's house? If the former, which of your listed renter categories best applied to you? And what do you mean by minorities? Do you mean renters are in the minority, or is there something else you are getting at? Lee

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-20 Thread Lee Einer
/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut ___ 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

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-20 Thread Lee Einer
Have you tried exporting as a .wav or .mp3 file? Lee Loren Faeth wrote: yes, did that. Then tried everything i could think of to get it to save the file. It has been sitting on my desktop for a few days while I tried to figure out how to save the file. It is about an hour and 20 minutes

Re: [MBZ] Buying freeze is back on, just don't get hypothermia

2008-12-28 Thread Lee Einer
. An estimated 18,000 people die in the U.S., per year, because of lack of access to medical treatment. Think of it as five or six World Trade Center attacks, per year. Same casualties. Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] OT: Computer died

2008-12-25 Thread lee
I'd give it a try swapping the power supply out. Mo cheap, mo easy. If you go to the time and expense of swapping motherboards only to discover that it was the power supply gone flaky, you likely be even more vexed. Swapping out power supplies only takes a couple of minutes. Lee m

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Laptop Recovery

2008-12-23 Thread lee
www.edgetechcorp.com Just got a couple of ramsticks from them for my better half's archaic laptop. Installed smoothly, work fine. $50 got her from 128 meg of ram to a gig. Lee Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: maybe I have the wrong kind of pc133 then, just bought a bunch on ebay to try

Re: [MBZ] OT: Hominy

2008-12-21 Thread lee
Likewise, if it's sin maiz, it ain't menudo. The breakfast of champions, I swear by it. Lee Robert Rentfro wrote: Loren typed: I've not found anyone who would even agree to taste hominy, I enjoy it in posole. Usually this time of year. Good stuff. Bob R

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Lee Einer
-ticket claims? That was me. And I stand by what I said. Lee Hendrik Fay wrote: Moore used Canada, Great Britain, France and Cuba's health systems as examples of ones where the collective pays for the individual to get treated for medical problems. According to him all those countries

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Lee Einer
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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Lee Einer
Jim Cathey wrote: At the start of the movie Moore showed a bloke putting stitches in his knee because he has no health insurance, are you saying that he would have gotten treated at the local hospital for free? As I understand it, yes. Jim, that is a popular misconception. People get

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Lee Einer
the primary purpose of the system was to save lives and make people better. Lee Peter Frederick wrote: All the howling and insurance company advertising aside, my experience with the Ontario single payer plan was quite good -- at least for my friends and colleagues, as I didn't use it in the three

Re: [MBZ] Buying freeze is back on, just don't get hypothermia

2008-12-13 Thread Lee Einer
not at all uncommon in the U.S. We're not talking about the uninsured in this case, but people who have insurance and who get the carpet yanked from under them when they actually seek medical treatment. Lee Allan Streib wrote: Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au writes: Well that's what I

Re: [MBZ] Buying freeze is back on, just don't get hypothermia

2008-12-13 Thread Lee Einer
Cyanoacrylate glue was originally developed for wound closure, and only later became a household fixit material. Lee E M wrote: I've heard, not sure if true, Superglue is used during some surgeries. A good doc friend of mine tells me, the knack to a good stitch is not to get the two cut

Re: [MBZ] Blame

2008-10-30 Thread Lee Einer
is in the toilet, but by that time the corporate CEO has typically gotten his bonuses and stock options and he's out of there, anyway. Lee Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: The funny thing is, do those people want to do the work of the people they got rid of, no. You would think they would be smarter than

Re: [MBZ] Blame

2008-10-30 Thread Lee Einer
Landmark communications. They own about 50 papers, most of them in small towns. Lee Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: You are in the newspaper business? I used to be. What company do you work for? Lee Einer wrote: My employer seems to be playing the downsize game also. Its a daily (five days per

Re: [MBZ] OT - trouble in Iraq - what is war

2008-10-13 Thread Lee Einer
Well said, Bill. To that I would add, when natural resources are stolen out from under the feet of those third worlders, it is generally done legally. But those who are doing the stealing are also making the laws. It has been ever thus. Lee Bill R wrote: OK, I ignored the stuff about

Re: [MBZ] sheriff who violated the Hatch Act

2008-10-11 Thread Lee Einer
to get McCain-Palin in so the Republicans could be stuck with the next four years of bad times and turmoil. Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http

Re: [MBZ] OT correction Now we're bailing out commercial paper too but it is not the fault of capitalism?

2008-10-07 Thread Lee Einer
1). Government is the bitch of big business. 2). Big business operates by crisis capitalism, create a clusterfsck and then capitalize on the desperation and panic. -- Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut ___ http

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Vista disaster continues for Microsoft

2008-08-19 Thread Lee Einer
Count me among them. Unless you count that whole spontaneous crash thing, there is not much you can do on Micro$oft that you can't do on Linux. I haven't used Microsoft at home for at least a decade. Lee On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder how many

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Vista disaster continues for Microsoft

2008-08-19 Thread Lee Einer
Googling P2P television linux returns 1.7 million hits. I have no interest myself, but I am pretty sure if you want p2p television on linux you can have it. Lee Gary Hurst wrote: i have connections to vendors that only seem to work on windoze. i also run my P2P television stuff on windoze

Re: [MBZ] OT Red Anaheim Chilis

2008-08-03 Thread Lee Einer
as an enchilada sauce. The list is endless. Lee OK Don wrote: I remember someone writing about purchasing a bunch of chilis and processing them a while back (Craig?). We planted some this year, and are just harvesting some pretty chilis - now, what do I do with them? I konw about roasting, placing

Re: [MBZ] OT Red Anaheim Chilis

2008-08-03 Thread Lee Einer
in boiling water, scrape the meat off the skins and make enchilada sauce with it. They are essentially the same as what you buy in powdered form as New Mexico red chile powder. Me, I'm a lazy guy, I cook with the red chile powder. Lee OK Don wrote: OK - sounds good -- what do you do with the long

Re: [MBZ] OT Red Anaheim Chilis

2008-08-03 Thread Lee Einer
It's ristras, bro. Like Re-straws. Sounds like you've got some picoso sabroso going on in yer pad. Good on ya. Lee OK Don wrote: I never can remember that word - ristas. Maybe it'll sink in this time. We've been growing our own cayenne peppers - stringing them up to dry for keeping till

Re: [MBZ] Military Service - Was: America's Climate Security Act

2008-06-05 Thread Lee Einer
Zits break out. Wars are volitional. Wars can break out at any time. The franchise came from being _willing_ to be part of the spear, if required. Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Hydrogen Power?

2008-05-18 Thread Lee Einer
not in the form of kinetic energy but of heat which must be dissipated by the cooling system. But the 'browns gas devices do nothing to change that. Lee Tom Hargrave wrote: A small amount of hydrogen oxygen (brown's gas) will improve the combustion process and will provide more power. Then you'll use

Re: [MBZ] [Banned] OT rotisserie question

2008-05-17 Thread Lee Einer
accomplished! The police state was preserved, and has now grown to the point where the incarceration of our citizens is a top industry and we keep a greater percentage of our citizens behind bars than the Soviet Union ever did. Lee Peter Frederick wrote: Criminalization of possession of narcotics

Re: [MBZ] [Banned] OT rotisserie question

2008-05-16 Thread Lee Einer
/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/banned_okiebenz.com -- Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] computer OS other than MS

2008-05-06 Thread Lee Einer
://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten

Re: [MBZ] OT, replace computer

2008-05-06 Thread Lee Einer
for this. Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] computer OS other than MS

2008-05-06 Thread lee
You can run IE in Wine, if you feel you must. Lee John Robbins wrote: Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN Charleston SC J63 wrote: So, can I make Linux work with Active Card Gold or Active Client? Please contact me offline if anyone has been down this path. Secure communication paths

Re: [MBZ] OT Linux Query

2008-05-06 Thread lee
I've been using Linux for roughly a decade Bill R wrote: I could well be a Linuxian by next week. BillR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Zedic Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:56 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ]

Re: [MBZ] Feeling blue over trying to be green

2008-05-05 Thread Lee Einer
chickens and goats away from complete food security. Lee ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman

Re: [MBZ] OT: 100 MPG is it really possible

2008-02-27 Thread Lee Einer
, Asia and elsewhere, you bet! VW built a prototype two-seater back in 2003 that was roadworthy, traveled at freeway speeds and got well over 200 mpg. They scrapped it, citing limited consumer interest. Lee Fmiser wrote: It seems than at Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:13:19 -0500, Allan wrote: OK, there's

Re: [MBZ] OT: Chickens

2008-02-26 Thread Lee Einer
coop myself. Lee Jim Cathey wrote: It'll be cheaper to buy eggs than to buy commercial chicken feed, which is nutritionally balanced for layers. There was an article in Mother Earth News recently which found that free range or pastured hens (lots of protein in those bugs, and chickens

Re: [MBZ] OT, computers again

2008-01-27 Thread Lee Einer
that. Anyway, enough rambling, thoughts? Most of these store bought systems come with Vista now. Is that a good thing or should I just look on ebay and buy something there that may or may not have an OS installed? -- Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt

[MBZ] 300cd no-start hell

2008-01-26 Thread Lee Einer
to the solenoid also produced nothing but a click. WTF? What is the next step? and howinthehell do you get at the starter on a 300CD? Looks fairly inaccessible from both top and bottom of the engine compartment. -- Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut

Re: [MBZ] National Health Insurance: was: Coffee is Hot

2008-01-11 Thread Lee Einer
die slow and painful instead. Lee LarryT wrote: You must be joking! capitalism works when free to operate properly. supply demand always works - prices float to the level the public is willing to pay. Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber

Re: [MBZ] National Health Insurance: was: Coffee is Hot

2008-01-11 Thread Lee Einer
. People die every day because they cannot afford life-saving medical care and their insurers refuse to fund it. -- Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut Email is protected by DesertGate Spam Filter http://www.desertgate.com

[MBZ] Best battery for 300D

2008-01-07 Thread Lee Einer
ask - last year, the same thing happened and I went to Auto Zone and bought what I was told was their best for cold cranking amps. Their best turned out to be garbage. What do you all recommend for the best, no holds barred get it started in the winter battery? -- Lee Email is protected

Re: [MBZ] Combustion improving inventions

2007-11-15 Thread Lee Einer
There's one being pimped by a guy named Dennis Lee for gasoline engines - he claims fuel economy improvements of 50% to 200%. Purely voodoo. The guy also claims to have a pre-ignition catalytic converter that reduces fuel to plasma and will enable your engine to run on any liquid including steak

Re: [MBZ] OT: For MI-ers: THE MIGHTY MAC -- Our bridge at 50

2007-07-08 Thread Lee Einer
. The question is, if you wanted to trash vehicles that were not built in the good old USA, which cars WOULDN'T you target? Lee Craig McCluskey wrote: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070708/NEWS06/707080576 Benz content: I've heard of non-Detroit cars being vandalized

[MBZ] Vehicle Shipping

2007-07-03 Thread Lee Brown
Yeah, I cannot reccommend Allen Auto Transport! They were supposed to pick up my SL on Thurs. (06/28/07) for transport from Rochester, NY to Brevard, NC and here it is Tues. (07/03/07) and no word yet that they've picked it up yet. So, if you're planning on shipping a vehicle anywhere, try to

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-07-02 Thread Lee Einer
1. http://www.openoffice.org/ 2). The best things in life are free. Lee andrew strasfogel wrote: Where/How do I get OpenOffice and why is it free? On 7/1/07, Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems than at Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:45:45 -0400, andrew wrote: One compelling reason is that I

Re: [MBZ] Router and Firewall

2007-03-18 Thread Lee Einer
something dumb while signed on as root. Lee Tom Hargrave wrote: Viruses attack Windows only because Windows is 80% of the installed base. It's not worth the effort to write viruses for the rest (Linux Apple) because the installed base is too small to spread effectively. If Linux Windows were

Re: [MBZ] Vista hits the recyclers - hijacked to MS Office/Outlook replacement

2007-03-16 Thread Lee Einer
. From a quick look it does not seem that OpenOffice deals with schedules and email, though I am sure contacts are included.. Am For e-mail, contacts and scheduling, take a look at Kontact, should be installed by default on KDE-based distros like Mepis and Kubuntu. Lee Email is protected

Re: [MBZ] OT - PCs and Macs (was) Accents

2007-02-21 Thread Lee Einer
. Curious. Lee Email is protected by DesertGate Spam Filter http://www.desertgate.com

Re: [MBZ] OT - PCs and Macs (was) Accents

2007-02-21 Thread Lee Einer
. What you get when you go down the proprietary road. Lee Email is protected by DesertGate Spam Filter http://www.desertgate.com

Re: [MBZ] OT - PCs and Macs (was) Accents

2007-02-21 Thread Lee Einer
Ed Booher wrote: On 2/20/07, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter Frederick wrote: External media communication with the Mac is only a problem because the vendors refuse to write the correct drivers, not because there is anything inferior about the Mac. And yet, the disc which the G4s

Re: [MBZ] OT - PCs and Macs (was) Accents

2007-02-21 Thread Lee Einer
the people in my office can't get their friggin' drive bays open without problems. Lee -Curt Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:10:25 -0700 From: Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - PCs and Macs (was) Accents To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] OT - PCs and Macs (was) Accents

2007-02-20 Thread Lee Einer
could build something as good for less. I was wrong. I could build something a helluva lot better for far less. Lee John W. Reames III wrote: On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Werner Fehlauer wrote: Jim - after more than 30 years of using PCs (starting with an 8080 in kit form), I suppose I'm too old

Re: [MBZ] OT - Global Warming rebuttal

2007-02-06 Thread Lee Einer
L. Mark Finch wrote: Rebut this: http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitgcc/historical03.jsp http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.A3.lrg.gif Those temperatures were all recorded by lefties and environmental wackos. I'm sure of it. Lee

Re: [MBZ] A$$ dragging

2007-01-26 Thread Lee Einer
Maybe its A$$ itches. That's why my dog does it... Lee

Re: [MBZ] OT- Hursty wants macs

2007-01-25 Thread Lee Einer
Redghost wrote: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sys/268219025.html $50 each -- That's $50 more than I will pay, but it's a great deal. I bet they will run Linux just fine. Lee

Re: [MBZ] [OT] Am I the only one that finds this bone chilling?

2007-01-24 Thread Lee Einer
John W. Reames III wrote: http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/011907Parry.shtml There is no expressed grant of habeas in the Constitution; there's a prohibition against taking it away, Gonzales said. Don't you LOVE tri-state logic? No. I don't. Habeus Corpus is a right which was

Re: [MBZ] [OT] Am I the only one that finds this bone chilling?

2007-01-24 Thread Lee Einer
monarch. Goes to show that few things really change. Lee

Re: [MBZ] [OT] The Imperial Presidency

2007-01-24 Thread Lee Einer
represents and serves, it speaks volumes. Lee

Re: [MBZ] Shag rugs on dash (was) defrost/heat questions (83 300SD

2007-01-10 Thread Lee Einer
Werner Fehlauer wrote: Perhaps a gold-plated bulldog to put on the hood in place of the Star? ;-))) Those are only fashionable if the eyes light up. Lee

Re: [MBZ] What does pink tranny fluid mean?

2007-01-05 Thread Lee Einer
Yikes! Yer supposed to use ATF1, not Pepto-Bismol! Lee John Robbins wrote: What makes tranny fluid turn pink? Air? Water? ???I also found some white stuff on the bottom of the pan as well... I attached some pics of the transmission pan. The mark in the white stuff is from me

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