Re: [MBZ] BioD 'craze'

2009-02-26 Thread Redghost
is imported Amerikun fuel,... does that reek of WTF? to anyone else? cheers! e Redghost wrote: And with europe now trying to impose a tariff on US made bioD, there should be more for us. Seems we would import B100, add 1% diesel or some such and then ship that to europe. Get the $1/gal tax

Re: [MBZ] Craigsidiot -- 1995 Mercedes E300 diesel

2009-02-26 Thread Redghost
Dang, if it is not really screwed up, I just may need to visit and drive it home. Great price, and I have one that color at home clay On Feb 25, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: Rich Thomas wrote: this is not a turbo diesel. [they put a 240 diesel in it?]

Re: [MBZ] Craigsidiot -- 1995 Mercedes E300 diesel

2009-02-26 Thread Redghost
I love mine. It drives like a dream and does not have the self destructing issues the newer models do. I drove mine cross country in 04. Got 36mpg highway all the way there and back. Cruises at 85 like a dream and comfy enough that you have to stop to pee, not stretch. 650 mile range

Re: [MBZ] Craigsidiot -- 1995 Mercedes E300 diesel

2009-02-26 Thread Redghost
The POS SDL had a turbo 603, and the 606 NA blows the doors off the SDL. Able to get up to speed almost as quick as a gasser. Nothing like the ages it takes Gump. Not as spritely as the 300CE w124 I tested, but has good giddy up clay On Feb 25, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Loren Faeth wrote:

Re: [MBZ] BioD 'craze' (was: Re: geez things are going for cheap on ebay these days)

2009-02-24 Thread Redghost
And with europe now trying to impose a tariff on US made bioD, there should be more for us. Seems we would import B100, add 1% diesel or some such and then ship that to europe. Get the $1/gal tax rebate and make money on the deal. Should be coming down in price though, since EU wants

Re: [MBZ] I haul home a 115 300D

2009-02-15 Thread Redghost
I feed the thinner hose down the dip tube and have been very happy with the amount I get out. Have not bothered to undo the bolt in the pan to see if more goes out. Did rip the back end of the pan off once and replaced it. Tube does go near to bottom. I get enough out that I am putting

Re: [MBZ] eBay Winner of the Week

2009-02-11 Thread Redghost
A product of the liberal american education system. Not sure if this was ebonics or just the way kalifornicated folks spell clay On Feb 11, 2009, at 5:44 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: holy crap John Robbins wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320338230171

Re: [MBZ] eBay Winner of the Week

2009-02-11 Thread Redghost
in place. It's the conservative American way, but it has to end NOW if we desire a bright future. Tyler Redghost wrote: A product of the liberal american education system. Not sure if this was ebonics or just the way kalifornicated folks spell clay

Re: [MBZ] USB

2009-02-10 Thread Redghost
Same sort of thing applies to you Roger that jim had. Find a Belkin USB 2 card and you should have no trouble getting the card to give you high speed. I am using standard PC card in my sawtooth clay On Feb 10, 2009, at 12:11 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: ... I'm guessing the old mac only

Re: [MBZ] A tree fell on my 190D Turbo

2009-02-09 Thread Redghost
I offered a nice 16 foot fir that was getting into the wires on CL for free. Had a few lookers, but nobody would tackle it with a saw. One fellow said he had a place 45 miles out that needed trees and would be back. Two month later he shows up with his pickup, a trailer, and ropes.

[MBZ] Those CL cars from Seattle

2009-02-08 Thread Redghost
Bored and there seems to be a need for pretty cars from out west, so here you go. http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/1026717670.html -- 57 Ponton $800 http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/1026590936.html - 76 207D $12k http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/1026427040.html - 91 E

Re: [MBZ] OT: I hate computers

2009-02-06 Thread Redghost
Jim, Send it back, go to the local computer shop and get a Siig chip based USB card. https://macosx.com/forums/howto-faqs/271344-pci-usb-firewire-cards.html http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6821171 clay On Feb 5, 2009, at 9:14 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: So I paid extra for

[MBZ] Sad ending for the Benz in the begining

2009-02-05 Thread Redghost
ttp://tinyurl.com/d8337z -- Clay Seattle Bioburner 1972 220D - Gump 1995 E300D - Cleo 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: programmable thermostats

2009-02-03 Thread Redghost
Allan, It may surprise you just how well your home holds heat. I have set the thermostat for empty home to be 62* and home @72*. Unless it is near freezing out, the furnace will kick on two or three times between 9am and 3pm. At occupancy, the thing kicks on at least twice an hour.

Re: [MBZ] this CDI looks cheap

2009-02-01 Thread Redghost
Guess I will have to contact my buddies in Colombia and see if they need me to have it. Get them to bid and I kickback then haul it home clay On Feb 1, 2009, at 8:52 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT - NeXT Cubes

2009-02-01 Thread Redghost
and other stuff. If not, Ed gets first dibs. But you have to come get it along with a 108/110/111 trailer queen. clay On Feb 1, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Ed Booher wrote: On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Ed Booher edboo...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Redghost redgh...@comcast.net

Re: [MBZ] this is the wierdest auction I have seen

2009-02-01 Thread Redghost
May have to do with Carbon credits. Can not have those cars spewing carbon things in our NAFTA encoded geography. If you part it or sell it to china, you can keep your carbon offset trading card and make $$ $. Once it is back on the US road, that imaginary carbon faerie dust evaporates.

Re: [MBZ] OT - NeXT Cubes

2009-02-01 Thread Redghost
machine that's just, well, fun. MacDan --- On Sun, 2/1/09, Redghost redgh...@comcast.net wrote: From: Redghost redgh...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - NeXT Cubes To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009, 4:42 PM I am going to do a deep recon

Re: [MBZ] OT - NeXT Cubes

2009-02-01 Thread Redghost
NO, Dan was saying the Mac G4 cube can run 10.3.4. Was not meaning the NeXT cube could clay On Feb 1, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Allan Streib wrote: LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com writes: In fact, Cubes will run the earlier versions of OS X, I believe, and with enough RAM and an upgraded video card

[MBZ] Jim Cathey needs this!

2009-01-31 Thread Redghost
http://www.washington.edu/admin/surplus/inventory/item/stereo-dissecting-scope Figure your eyes are getting to the point that soldering parts and such would be served with one of these -- Clay Seattle Bioburner 1972 220D - Gump 1995 E300D - Cleo 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA The FSM would

Re: [MBZ] OT - NeXT Cubes

2009-01-29 Thread Redghost
Good lord! I am sitting on a fools gold mine. Better contact them and see how much they will pay to get the pair of cubes I have clay On Jan 28, 2009, at 12:18 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Redghost redgh...@comcast.net wrote: Ok, I have the ADB stuff

Re: [MBZ] OT - NeXT Cubes

2009-01-29 Thread Redghost
Well, if I have to build the darn things, I am not letting them go cheap. May have to toss them on eBay if they have to actually run. Apple guru at RE-PC is a huge NeXT nut. Has all sorts of parts and bits, as well as ancient bits to be had in the AS IS section. May just come out ahead.

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT: Welders, again

2009-01-29 Thread Redghost
I am pretty sure I used a common old smelly peecee USB pci card in the G3 with the same chipset used by the sonnet clay On Jan 29, 2009, at 7:16 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: I'll also look in the basement, I think I have some USB1.1 cards with a pretty common chipset. I can try them in wife's

Re: [MBZ] OT - NeXT Cubes

2009-01-28 Thread Redghost
Ok, I have the ADB stuff. Can scrounge drive and maybe the MO or CD. May just have to let them go on fleaBay if they are not worthy clay On Jan 28, 2009, at 7:29 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: Mostly empty space but for the power supply and the logic board. And the monitor. sad to not have the

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT: Welders, again

2009-01-28 Thread Redghost
Take a look for a Firewire/USB card on fleaBay. I got one for my G3 a while back and solve one issue so I could run OS X, poorly. Upgrade chips did not make it much better though. Might be time to bite the bullet and get a G4. Auction last week had two dozen beige G3 sell for $10. They

[MBZ] OT - NeXT Cubes

2009-01-27 Thread Redghost
Was at the surplus store and found a pair of cubes and slabs. Full set up for both with monitor and kb. ONLY $20! No need for it here, but somebody on list might have a use. Any takers. I do not have them yet, but can pick up next week and ship. Not responsible for your better half's

Re: [MBZ] OT - NeXT Cubes

2009-01-27 Thread Redghost
Let me know. I think they have been living at the surplus for a few wekes and no takers clay On Jan 27, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Redghost redgh...@comcast.net wrote: Was at the surplus store and found a pair of cubes and slabs. Full set

Re: [MBZ] OT - NeXT Cubes

2009-01-27 Thread Redghost
Mostly empty space but for the power supply and the logic board. And the monitor. sad to not have the full setup so I can play with it before shipping out. I think they were made to live in a closet for ages. All the ram slots are stuffed with 30 pin clay On Jan 27, 2009, at 9:05 PM,

Re: [MBZ] didnt somebody want a 220D 4 speed?

2009-01-20 Thread Redghost
OK STOP THAT last time you did this I ended up with it. JUST STOP IT thank you clay On Jan 20, 2009, at 4:55 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Original Message Subject: 1969 MERCEDES-BENZ 220D DIESEL 4-SPEED - $1300 (Gardendale,AL) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:54:25

Re: [MBZ] [Banned] OT - Home Theater Stuff

2009-01-18 Thread Redghost
http://www.murphyauctions.net/lackeysound.html This may have stuff you can use clay On Jan 18, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: When you do go looking for a receiver, you need to be careful. Yes, there are that have digital optical, HDMI etc but they are not all the same. The

Re: [MBZ] Title Washing was Re: Attn Curt

2009-01-16 Thread Redghost
If he needs a Maine title that way, just have his buddy living in the jail awaiting trial for murder take title and then send them to Kaleb. May the turkey in jail fry... but after he does the favor clay On Jan 16, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Donald Snook wrote: Kaleb wrote: I have cars from time

Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

2009-01-16 Thread Redghost
Wiring harness clay On Jan 16, 2009, at 11:35 AM, Wonko the Sane wrote: http://desmoines.craigslist.org/ctd/995132355.html KBB retail suggests $8885, guy (dealer) is asking $3500. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Re: [MBZ] OT - price shock

2009-01-16 Thread Redghost
Seems that the oil companies are parking their oil in hopes of higher prices now that the fuel price has dropped. No cash flow to build more holes in the ground. Okie tank farms are full of oil waiting for price increases, and the tankers are making lazy 8's in the middle of the ocean

Re: [MBZ] Title Washing was Re: Attn Curt

2009-01-16 Thread Redghost
Bound to find a shiv in his back after some sphincter stretching in the showers clay On Jan 16, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Wonko the Sane wrote: Yea, caught my error on second reading of the article. But even seven years behind bars takes away 10% of the life of the average individual. On Fri, Jan

Re: [MBZ] OT: ISP doesn't support Linux

2009-01-15 Thread Redghost
Leopard kills you airport, so unless it is the OS that came with your machine, avoid it. Could be that it just hates airport (wi-fi) on the non intel chips clay On Jan 14, 2009, at 11:26 AM, tyler wrote: Leopard is more bloated with useless features and fancy graphics effects, but it's

Re: [MBZ] Conquering Oil Consumption

2009-01-15 Thread Redghost
All I know is that when I add oil to Gump for a change, I go to the top. Drive her around and it drops to the bottom. Check and check and never goes below. Add a bit just in case it was all sucked into the filter, still goes to the bottom and stays there. clay On Jan 14, 2009, at 11:39

Re: [MBZ] OT: ISP doesn't support Linux

2009-01-15 Thread Redghost
Curt, I could be enticed to give the MDD a good home. Right now I have an old sawtooth G4. Really could be happier with a nice Mac with a faster bus speed. Even gladly pay shipping and all sorts of fees clay On Jan 14, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Know your mac:

Re: [MBZ] Gee fo

2009-01-15 Thread Redghost
Store by me has a Color classic II for sale. clay On Jan 15, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: I finally got rid of my Mac Plus. Kept my SCSI zip drive in case I ever find that Color Classic II I've always wanted... -Curt Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:05:41 -0600 From: OK Don

Re: [MBZ] OT: ISP doesn't support Linux

2009-01-15 Thread Redghost
old machine with no powersupply (apparently the MDD powersupply is a known weak point) that instead of letting an employee have something like that they'll PAY to have it disposed of... Genius. -Curt Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:49:03 -0800 From: Redghost redgh...@comcast.net Subject: Re

Re: [MBZ] Gee fo

2009-01-15 Thread Redghost
On Jan 15, 2009, at 6:47 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Cheap? With the keyboard? I can't get the MDD for you, its already on the list to get tossed but I could get a 500Mhz G4, could even load it with RAM. -Curt Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:55:51 -0800 From: Redghost redgh...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [MBZ

Re: [MBZ] Gee fo

2009-01-15 Thread Redghost
it, salvage, and sell what will fetch a reasonable price. www.re-pc.com clay On Jan 15, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: Sure it's not just a regular Color Classic? IIRC the CC2 was a Far East-only model. On 1/15/09, Redghost redgh...@comcast.net wrote: Store by me has a Color classic

Re: [MBZ] Low temp starting

2009-01-15 Thread Redghost
Well, Gump has not been out in the cold that deep. She hates freezing and wants a block heater. Once she gets up to temp though, she stays warm. But for the coldest mornings when the fuel would gel in the lines and kill the engine, just as Craig describes. I went home too. clay On

Re: [MBZ] Low temp starting

2009-01-15 Thread Redghost
Stripping. Wind proceeded to suck the heat out faster than it could be maintained in the fuel line by the surrounding warm engine. Once you stop, the heat warms it, decreasing viscosity enough to allow IP to pump it/suck it to the engine. My guess, or the fuel filter could not keep up

Re: [MBZ] Giveaways

2009-01-15 Thread Redghost
http://www.washington.edu/admin/surplus/inventory/item/computer-2 On Jan 15, 2009, at 9:40 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: ..Dual 867 MDD sold for $85, but at auction would have gotten $400... Eighty five?? Ah well, I guess the $250 I paid for mine was OK, then. RLE ** A Good

Re: [MBZ] OT: ISP doesn't support Linux

2009-01-13 Thread Redghost
Anti virus is always a good idea, even though Mac OSX is not prone to attack. There are worms that do happen, but most infections are from using winblows on a mac. If you do run an intel mac, get anti virus clay On Jan 13, 2009, at 3:57 AM, Archer wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT Prepare to be Amazed and Astounded

2009-01-13 Thread Redghost
That is intense clay On Jan 13, 2009, at 7:14 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: I am feeling a bit infinitesimal and inconsequential this morning. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new

Re: [MBZ] math / textbooks

2009-01-13 Thread Redghost
Yeah, oldest kid goes to private high school. Have to purchase textbooks. WTF!!??! $500 for permanent back injury? No way! I have asked about just getting the Kindle or some such item and having the junk digital. Bound to be better for the kids, environment, and the teachers are not

Re: [MBZ] OT: ISP doesn't support Linux

2009-01-11 Thread Redghost
any of the 800+mhz G4 will do a smashing job for you. I would check local Univ. surplus or CL for one. Under $200 for MDD (mirror door) tower. To do everything available now from Apple, pick up a Mac Mini for $600 and use your old usb KB Mouse set up clay On Jan 11, 2009, at 3:30 AM,

Re: [MBZ] OT: ISP doesn't support Linux

2009-01-11 Thread Redghost
I really like the G3 iBook I got at OWC this summer -- $125 missing rubber feet and I surf wi-fi great. clay On Jan 11, 2009, at 6:55 AM, Peter Frederick wrote: Any working G4 desktop will do that easily, and a Pismo laptop (my current one) is fine. I get mine of eBay, but there are other

Re: [MBZ] Previa

2009-01-09 Thread Redghost
Meant strainer, not filter. Just simpler to say filter clay On Jan 8, 2009, at 1:19 AM, Jeff Zedic wrote: Actually the Previa did not have a trans fluid filter originally. It had a strainer which was meant for the life of the vehicle. Many people thought it was a filter and replaced it

Re: [MBZ] Today's crack addict

2009-01-09 Thread Redghost
So offer him $120 and see how far he lets you go. Bound to not have many offers clay On Jan 8, 2009, at 6:39 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: 1961 Mercedes - $2500 (Andrews, SC) http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/983216772.html --R -- next part -- An HTML attachment

Re: [MBZ] I get a job today, and I get a memo from the pres of my company

2009-01-09 Thread Redghost
This is why I invested heavily in a sin fund a number of years ago. Bullets, booze and boobs. Had not been doing all that great, but I expect much more from it in the coming years. clay On Jan 8, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Bill R wrote: Entertainment always does well in a bad economy [or so I

Re: [MBZ] snow survival

2009-01-09 Thread Redghost
yeah, how are you doing? Meadowbrook usually turns into a raging river and takes out roads. You still high and dry? clay On Jan 8, 2009, at 7:18 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: ..The ABS on my W201 and my Olds aren't too bad. The ABS on my Taurus made me feel like the brakes were

[MBZ] OT- for the Legal brothers

2009-01-09 Thread Redghost
Subject: FW: UFO hits Wind turbine In case any of your wind clients experience unexplained fallen turbines or blades. Howard and I settled this type of case earlier this year, we never thought of impleading the Martians. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iDJpvzoh1Iw SWMBA's firm is big on

Re: [MBZ] PREVIA AWD

2009-01-07 Thread Redghost
When I got the van it has 101k on the clock already. New tires and fresh filters before I took it for a two week road trip through CA. No issue but a strange oil filter error that a fresh filter solved. I think all the crap was dislodged when I put M1 in. I have had the transmission

Re: [MBZ] Had a peek at a GM today, and was impressed.

2009-01-06 Thread Redghost
toyota sienna or the honda oddity are good choices, but priced a bit higher than a cheby. One gets what is paid clay On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:00 PM, R A Bennell wrote: I'm not really into vans so take this for what it is worth, but I don't think I would buy an Uplander, no matter how cheap it

Re: [MBZ] VANS, WAS HAD A PEEK AT GM TODAY

2009-01-06 Thread Redghost
Took the 92 previa all trak to the shop for repair. SWMBA decided when it popped a code that it was too expensive to fix and not worth the cost, so we were going to get new car instead. Six weeks later and she now thinks it will be good to have the previa fixed instead since it will be

Re: [MBZ] PREVIAS

2009-01-06 Thread Redghost
I have found that AWD is night and day for handling in the previa. there is a hill I climb that it just grips and goes. You come to the intersection and have to turn right to get up a 6% grade that usually has slick snot from rain or wash off the neighbor cemetery. The benz and previous

Re: [MBZ] I get a job today, and I get a memo from the pres of my company

2009-01-05 Thread Redghost
It is of the Bread and Circus nature. For some reason all the poor folk need cable TV and big screens instead of paying rent or bills. Folks I rent to and people in low pay jobs just seem to gravitate to that sort of thing. I want to tell my renters to shut that stuff off and pay my

Re: [MBZ] ISO '87 300TD tranny

2008-12-30 Thread Redghost
The transmission in the POS SDL was installed in OK by a former MBZ mechanic from OKC. I got all of a few miles on the thing (OKC-KS stateline) so NO MILES on it near new clay On Dec 30, 2008, at 7:31 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Actually that car was the famous POS SDL. The tranny in

Re: [MBZ] ISO '87 300TD tranny

2008-12-30 Thread Redghost
Two flights each way. First to get the car at DFW, and 24 hours later to leave OKC, when the thing kacked its trans and the soot catcher. Fly into OKC a month later to drive it on, and end up only to ICT to fly out. Leaving the POS SDL with the dealer in Wichita over the winter because

[MBZ] CL w116 parts car

2008-12-30 Thread Redghost
http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/974407719.html not to undercut Kaleb, I have no affiliation, just figure somebody could use the euro lights -- Clay Seattle Bioburner 1972 220D - Gump 1995 E300D - Cleo 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz

[MBZ] OT - not iPhone

2008-12-26 Thread Redghost
I would much prefer to have the iPhone, but SWMBA decided I needed a new phone and took advantage of the deal the carrier offered to get me to re-up. Ended up with a touch phone, but it only synchs with a peecee. WTF, I use a mac so this is near worthless to me. Anybody know how to hack

Re: [MBZ] Seasons Greetings

2008-12-24 Thread Redghost
Gump is getting a tow cable. I was helping SWMBA get her car ready to leave her parking spot (snowed in) and having dug all the way around the car, proceeded to back too far and high sided. Figure that with Gump being older, she may need a tow cable to extricate her. clay On Dec 24,

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Laptop Recovery

2008-12-23 Thread Redghost
Some of the laptops will have a ram limit. They will take a big stick in one or the other slot, but not both. Ran into that with an older powerbook. If the sticks were good, it would allow both to be used, but only see upto its limit clay On Dec 22, 2008, at 7:09 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-23 Thread Redghost
For antenna upgrading, a Pringles Cantenna is superb. Might be an issue with getting it hooked to her internal antenna though. Using a router as an access point would also solve the issue. She would want to place it up high as close to the other routers to get strong signal clay On

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-21 Thread Redghost
Actually there is a movement afoot to allow placement of small windmills in suburban lots. Allows you to power your home, sort of. They are 32' tall and not really loud. Just ugly. Might get some traction under that Change Candidate. clay On Dec 21, 2008, at 4:00 AM, LarryT wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-21 Thread Redghost
: Redghost wrote: Actually there is a movement afoot to allow placement of small windmills in suburban lots. Allows you to power your home, sort of. They are 32' tall and not really loud. Just ugly. Not really useful, either. I guess nobody told them the tower should be 30' taller than

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-21 Thread Redghost
BPA is looking at investing huge sums to provide transmission lines from the wind farms of Oregon and Washington to where the power is used. Not much sense shipping it to Idaho instead of PDX and SEA. Once it gets on the main grid, then CA can suck it all up clay On Dec 21, 2008, at

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-21 Thread Redghost
reduce heating or cooling bills clay On Dec 21, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Geez, ugly compared to what? I'd rather everybody have a little windmill rather than just a couple big powerplants... -Curt Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:24:14 -0800 From: Redghost redgh...@comcast.net Subject

Re: [MBZ] OT: Hominy

2008-12-21 Thread Redghost
I think the driver of the horse cart pointed that one out to us when we were there in 2004. Could not get SWMBA interested in walking that far for peasant fare. Ended up eating Gump shrimp clay On Dec 21, 2008, at 1:03 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: Shrimp and grits, oh my...I have been

Re: [MBZ] OT: Hominy

2008-12-21 Thread Redghost
Capers are these nasty pickled little sort of spice/pepper nut thing that is just better left out of food clay On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:42 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote: On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:01:31 -0500 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Well tonight I made some of this

Re: [MBZ] Windshield chip repair?

2008-12-19 Thread Redghost
Hit one of the cheap windshield repair guys in the little tents in parking lots. Something like $20 and they make it all good. clay On Dec 19, 2008, at 5:00 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: What's the best treatment for a small rock chip in the windshield? With all the snow here in the PNW

Re: [MBZ] OT HDMI cable

2008-12-18 Thread Redghost
Randy, you can go with most any old HDMI cable as long as it is not a real hunk of junk. Even the nasty chinese stuff works fine. I paid $30 for a 15 foot to hook an up converting DVD to the LCD. Other one is for cable box. One can also use component for good HD. clay On Dec 18, 2008,

Re: [MBZ] OT HDMI cable

2008-12-18 Thread Redghost
That is true, the cables are pretty much able to provide the same output. I would stay away from chinese dollar stores though. I have been quite lucky in sourcing cables from the Goodwill. $0.99 and they work just great. clay On Dec 18, 2008, at 4:19 PM, LWB250 wrote: While I am sure

Re: [MBZ] stupid drivers

2008-12-18 Thread Redghost
I sold the bike but kept the endorsement clay On Dec 18, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Wonko the Sane wrote: It would be interesting to find out how many of us have a motorcycle endorsement on our license. I don't mean I rode one once back in high school but currently ride (legally). My license is DM

Re: [MBZ] Snew

2008-12-18 Thread Redghost
http://www.murphyauctions.net/snocounty.html http://www.murphyauctions.net/bbcdodge.html http://www.murphyauctions.net/cstreet.html Does not do you any good today, but might be able to meet your needs in the morrow clay On Dec 18, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: It's just about

Re: [MBZ] Frankenheap fun

2008-12-16 Thread Redghost
Yep, it is cold over this side of the world too. Pulled Gump into the drive so I could use the block heater. Some jerk decides it is cool to unplug her in the middle of the night. I may need to booby trap the cord clay On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:32 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: Just give up and

Re: [MBZ] Sell Fuel Efficient Cars Act

2008-12-16 Thread Redghost
All this welfare monkey business needs to be done away with. It serves to enslave the masses and destroys the capitalist drive for efficient industry. It also allows things that should go extinct to continue sucking the rest of us down. Any welfare, corporate or social needs to stop so

Re: [MBZ] Sell Fuel Efficient Cars Act

2008-12-16 Thread Redghost
USAA will also help you find the car and get you the best deal. I used them once, before I came to my senses and decided cash and pre owned was smarter clay On Dec 16, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Donald Snook wrote: Curt wrote: I had a student loan at, I forget, say $150/mo I wish mine was that

Re: [MBZ] Sell Fuel Efficient Cars Act

2008-12-16 Thread Redghost
: Redghost redgh...@comcast.net All this welfare monkey business needs to be done away with. It serves to enslave the masses and destroys the capitalist drive for efficient industry. It also allows things that should go extinct to continue sucking the rest of us down. Any welfare, corporate

Re: [MBZ] Sell Fuel Efficient Cars Act

2008-12-16 Thread Redghost
Newtonian physics. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. We get Obama in response to W. We will reap a huge comeuppance with all the social and welfare programs. Wonder how long it will take to climb out of that hole clay On Dec 16, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Loren Faeth wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Sell Fuel Efficient Cars Act

2008-12-16 Thread Redghost
That may be akin to our love of the 1960's as a time of free love, hippies and drugs. What a great screwed up time it was! Or could it be seen as the roaring 1920's with bathtub gin, jazz and loose morals? clay On Dec 16, 2008, at 12:26 PM, John Robbins wrote: pm7...@comcast.net wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Sell Fuel Efficient Cars Act

2008-12-16 Thread Redghost
But think of all the wonderful inventory clearing it will produce. Then the big three can get back to making cars nobody wants, since tax money will buy more of them. Anybody remember why Chrysler was able to survive in the 1980's? US Gov't fleet vehicles were chrysler well into the

Re: [MBZ] Frankenheap fun

2008-12-16 Thread Redghost
That would work if I was able to rouse myself at 4am and stumble outside to plug in. I barely have a heartbeat until the sun rises clay On Dec 16, 2008, at 7:19 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: Yep, it is cold over this side of the world too. Pulled Gump into the drive so I could use the block

Re: [MBZ] Frankenheap fun

2008-12-16 Thread Redghost
...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com ] On Behalf Of Redghost Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:28 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Frankenheap fun That would work if I was able to rouse myself at 4am and stumble outside to plug in. I barely have a heartbeat until

[MBZ] Original Smart car design

2008-12-14 Thread Redghost
A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 47 The Original Smart Car.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 25446 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20081214/95996aa3/attachment.jpg -- next part -- -- Clay Seattle

[MBZ] Gama Goat

2008-12-14 Thread Redghost
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/958125060.html -- Clay Seattle Bioburner 1972 220D - Gump 1995 E300D - Cleo 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search

[MBZ] Car shop goodies

2008-12-13 Thread Redghost
Upcoming auctions. If you have shop space, you really should look at this stuff. I am sure Jim C. will have all sorts of uses for his stable http://www.murphyauctions.net/snocounty.html http://www.murphyauctions.net/bbcdodge.html no affiliation or interest... except to maybe snag some and

Re: [MBZ] OT: Burnt smell in microwave oven

2008-12-11 Thread Redghost
Hmmm... Guess I better look at more than just the hand mixer and flannel jammies I got SWMBA. MAybe I can pass a new car off as the big gift clay On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: Yeah I baited you on that one.. In fact she's asked for the iron... Woman spends a lot of

Re: [MBZ] there goes the neighborhood

2008-12-04 Thread Redghost
You are in Wedgewood, I am in Hawthorne hills It could be a pod. The people with the old tercel wagons are going hybrid, but some of the newer people around here are into saab or the late 90's C class clay On Dec 4, 2008, at 12:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...Roger, who lives a few

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Digest, Vol 37, Issue 30

2008-12-04 Thread Redghost
Oh, thought you have said wedgewood, but maybe I misread. Someplace up there north of me anyway. Those Sand Point shacks are still to pricey and never were that nice to look at. And now the mini mcmansions are even more ugly clay On Dec 4, 2008, at 7:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Next car

2008-12-03 Thread Redghost
I heard something about these things. They are used to replace the spent chemistry in the system. Not sure how you spend it, but IIRC Marshall talked of this sort of thing four years ago. Not sure where he stood, but I would expect it was against. Just change the fuses, use proper

Re: [MBZ] more skabe

2008-12-03 Thread Redghost
Roger, who lives a few blocks from me is blind. I see the things all over my neighborhood and there are old and new ones rolling around. Fewer than there used to be since those small C class benz are showing up more. Guess I live in a more nordic block. clay On Dec 3, 2008, at 8:03 PM,

[MBZ] Next car

2008-12-02 Thread Redghost
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/aptera-hybrid.htm http://www.aptera.com/index.php Since SWMBA will not purchase another Benz, I guess I will have to get this -- Clay Seattle Bioburner 1972 220D - Gump 1995 E300D - Cleo 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz

Re: [MBZ] OT business idea - was Biodiesel *processor* for under $3k

2008-12-02 Thread Redghost
http://tinyurl.com/6mb4ks This looks like a good idea. Maybe it would be another for the mix of fuel choices. Just need to get somebody to scale it up clay On Dec 2, 2008, at 7:39 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote: I thought most of the oil is in the brew. On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:21 PM, OK

Re: [MBZ] Next car

2008-12-02 Thread Redghost
:12 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Next car I put down a deposit maybe a year ago and they refunded it a few months later when they decided you had to be a resident of California to purchase the vehicle. -Dave Walton On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [MBZ] OT: Wireless bridge

2008-12-02 Thread Redghost
Buffalo is a good brand. Can go either way, as router or end point clay On Dec 2, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Allan Streib wrote: Can anyone recommend a good choice for a wireless router that can operate as a receiver in a bridge setup? Preferably something available at a Best Buy or Staples kind of

Re: [MBZ] Was OT Biodiesel *processor*, then coffee grounds, now Starbucks fire starters

2008-12-02 Thread Redghost
Already have Javalogs for that use here. Cost way too much, but smell great. Ash is good for the garden too clay On Dec 2, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote: Maybe the answer is to dry them then compress them into pellets with a little wax sell the pellets to people with wood stoves

Re: [MBZ] Was OT Biodiesel *processor*, then coffee grounds, now Starbucks fire starters

2008-12-02 Thread Redghost
yep. They sell for $15 a box of six. Last three hours each just overpriced presto logs clay On Dec 2, 2008, at 7:36 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote: In Seattle? On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Already have Javalogs for that use here. Cost way too much

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