Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Hendrik Fay
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 peoples have a longer life expectancy than those in the US and lower infant mortality

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Hendrik Fay
Interesting read but more left wing loony stuff no doubt http://allcountries.org/health/usa_health_care_2008_nyt.html 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

Re: [MBZ] OT: MM

2008-12-13 Thread Robert Rentfro
Hursty isn't as annoying. Bob E -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Wonko the Sane Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 7:19 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: MM Moore is actually Hurst, but he used a

[MBZ] Preserving hydraulics

2008-12-13 Thread Peter Merle
I am busy stripping a W123 and would like some advice on the preservation storage of brake hydraulic components . Can I use paraffin or ATF in the hydraulics to prevent corrosion? Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com

[MBZ] OT VHS to DVD

2008-12-13 Thread Rich Thomas
And also LP to digital for those who were discussing a few weeks back. http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/vhs-to-dvd-on-the-cheap/ --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Lee Einer
I think Mr. Moore is pretty credible on healthcare. I worked in the healthcare field for close to 20 years, ended up a whistleblower on fraud and corruption. Remember the insurance company hitman in Sicko who explained how insurance companies bumped people off their policies to avoid paying

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Lee Einer
I see that many on this thread are arguing from ideology rather than data. Perhaps the most important fact is that under the U.S. system millions of people have no coverage at all. And an estimated 18,000 per year join the choir celestial due to lack of access to health care. And this does not

Re: [MBZ] OT: MM

2008-12-13 Thread E M
I live in a country where there is a national health care system, as well as welfare and other social safety nets. One of the negative aspects of having such systems in place, or so I've observed over my life, is such systems do seem to remove some of the compassion from society. I know that may

Re: [MBZ] 300E for Zippy

2008-12-13 Thread E M
Sounds pretty good to me. I didn't notice the mileage stated? Things needing attention sound easy enough to repair. Wonder what the story is on the front bumper? High curb in a parking lot, or something a bit more? Ed 300E 2008/12/13 Luther benz-n-h...@gulseth.net it needs work. I sent

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 LWB250
Part of the medical cost issue is a result of our horribly litigious society. It's to the point where doctors will order a ton of tests for the most insignificant malady just to protect themselves from litigation. Certainly there should be some sort of mechanism for righting wrongs in the

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread E M
I believe Mr. Moore doesn't have a full or proper understanding of the medical system here. Doctor's are self employed, see patients, and then bill the government for their services, on a pre set price depending on the service provided. Doctors see as many patients as they can, as they are

Re: [MBZ] OT: MM

2008-12-13 Thread LWB250
Ed, Do consider that most of our assistance programs are there for people who truly have a need, not to be taken advantage of. Sadly, many people look to them as a form of a handout rather than a hand up, as they were originally intended. They are getting better in some ways, as in the state

Re: [MBZ] Preserving hydraulics

2008-12-13 Thread LWB250
Peter, Try and find some preservative oil, known around these parts by the brand name Cosmoline. This, along with heavy brown paper soaked in the same, is often used for long term storage of metal parts. You basically spray the stuff all over the part and wrap it up in brown paper. I'm sure

Re: [MBZ] OT: MM

2008-12-13 Thread Gary Hurst
he still needs to put on a few pounds to be me. i tend to like michael moore though. On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com wrote: Moore is actually Hurst, but he used a screen name. On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT: MM

2008-12-13 Thread E M
Dan, I agree with what you say, and with what is taking place in Wisconsin. It was suggested here, that those receiving a check from the tax payers, should in some way, if able bodied, give something back. The idea was shot down, with replies of how dare you force someone to do something for

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Peter Frederick
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 years I was there. My taxes were lower in Canda, too. Peter On Dec 13, 2008, at 3:09 AM,

Re: [MBZ] Preserving hydraulics

2008-12-13 Thread E M
Isn't cosmoline the product used in the engine bay of our cars when they leave the factory. Kind of a yellowy waxy looking coating? Drop LarryT a note, I think he has some stuff from England which is similar and may fit the bill. Ed 300E 2008/12/13 LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com Peter, Try and

Re: [MBZ] Preserving hydraulics

2008-12-13 Thread Peter Frederick
No. Peter On Dec 13, 2008, at 8:36 AM, Peter Merle wrote: I am busy stripping a W123 and would like some advice on the preservation storage of brake hydraulic components . Can I use paraffin or ATF in the hydraulics to prevent corrosion? Peter ___

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread E M
lol, yes, I would have to agree, if you don't use it, it's one of, if not the very best systems in the world. ;-) All joking aside, it is a very good system, but it is a failing system. Taxes are a tricky thing. We are masters at hiding them, and redirecting them into areas the government feels

Re: [MBZ] Preserving hydraulics

2008-12-13 Thread E M
Try some of the companies that advertise in British car mags that offer mail order service. They seem to have a number of great such products. They've had lots of need to develop such products. lol Ed 300E 2008/12/13 Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net No. Peter On Dec 13, 2008, at

Re: [MBZ] Preserving hydraulics

2008-12-13 Thread Rich Thomas
The cosmoline I knew was this extremely sticky greasy brownish/black stuff that parts were slathered in, and it took a long time and a lot of solvent to get them cleaned. I think it was nuclear war proof, so after The Big One your stuff would still be fine. Not sure that is what you would

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Lee Einer
Doesn't surprise me. I lived in Detroit for more than a decade, and the folks over the bridge in Windsor, at least those I spoke to, were really pretty happy with their health insurance. I had a (formerly) Canadian co-worker who had lived under both their system and ours, and she was in retrospect

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

2008-12-13 Thread OK Don
Yes - if he couldn't pay, they are required to provide care. The guy I knew who stitched up his own cuts did it because he didn't want to waste time going to the doctor or hospital I can do it as well as they can. On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote: Yes

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread E M
One thing people often forget, the business of health care is not to find cures, as there is no money to be made it that, the goal is to find ways to manage health problems, over a long period of time. That's where the money is folks. ;-) Ed 300E 2008/12/13 Lee Einer l...@dosmanosjewelry.com

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Rich Thomas
If this were banned (or banned light, where we should take this conversation) I would provide a one-word answer to that first statement, and it would not be balderdash. You insult many many people who are working diligently at curing many diseases, people who have studied for years and years,

Re: [MBZ] Preserving hydraulics

2008-12-13 Thread LWB250
No, I believe that's exactly what you describe - a wax-based preservative intended to prevent corrosion, but it's not Cosmoline. Any major engine manufacturer, especially in the industrial engine world, offers some sort of preservative oil for long term storage. I used to use it some years

Re: [MBZ] OT: MM

2008-12-13 Thread LWB250
Tommy Thompson, who was governor at the time, got the workfare program started, but I don't know where it's at now. If you were able-bodied you might be picking up trash on the side of state highways, but you were paid a living wage and received benefits. If you were a parent with children

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread E M
No offense taken in your reply at all Rich. I read and respect your opinion on a number of topics. My opinions, like everyones, are based on personal experience, knowing personally many people in the field of research, and also, depending personally on their work to keep me alive. Ed 300E

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Wilton Strickland
'Need to bring that Porsche down here and let me exercise it a bit for ya during the winter maybe a dozen times or so; 'keep it outta that nasty salt up there and still have it exercised a bit. I could even fly up there and bring it back, etc. Wilton - Original Message - From: E M

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread E M
Wilton, Again, you're very kind in offering to help exercise my cars for me. lol. On the trip down, maybe we could load up the trunk with some used W124 parts. There must be a business model in there somewherea place for Canadian cars to go and relax during the winter months, and a means to

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

2008-12-13 Thread Allan Streib
Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au writes: Well that's what I thought but Moore claims that is what happened to one little kid, who was refused and the mother had to drive the kid to the another hospital. Does Moore have this incident on film, or just the mother's claim that she was turned

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Wilton Strickland
I wouldn't charge much, especially on a fleet basis. Wilton - Original Message - From: E M pokieba...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Socialism Wilton, Again, you're very kind in offering to

Re: [MBZ] Preserving hydraulics

2008-12-13 Thread Peter Merle
What about the insides of the cylinders ? eg master cylinders - the parts are all operational - I was hoping to keep it all together and not strip the hydraulics Peter 2008/12/13 LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com No, I believe that's exactly what you describe - a wax-based preservative intended to

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

2008-12-13 Thread Mitch Haley
OK Don wrote: Yes - if he couldn't pay, they are required to provide care. The guy I knew who stitched up his own cuts did it because he didn't want to waste time going to the doctor or hospital I can do it as well as they can. That's why I cleaned and butterflied my own hand this summer. I

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

2008-12-13 Thread Lee Einer
Michael Moore's claim, and the mother's, was legit. The mother was turned away with her dying child because she was Kaiser HMO and the nearest hospital was out of network. She begged for them to take care of her baby and they called the cops. By the time the child was transported to an in network

Re: [MBZ] Preserving hydraulics

2008-12-13 Thread Peter Frederick
NO petroleum products -- they will eat the rubber. Seal in a plastic bag to keep the water vapor out and avoid condensing condition is about all I would do for short term storage. For long term, you may need to put some dessicant in the bag to absorb water. Best not to store used brake

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

2008-12-13 Thread Peter Frederick
Superglue works great, leaves very little scarring it you get the sides all lined up properly. Not a good idea on very deep cuts though, as you may need more than just sticking the skin back together. Often works better if someone else does the gluing though. Peter On Dec 13, 2008, at

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

2008-12-13 Thread Peter Frederick
Insurance companies exist to produce profits for their stockholders, and in the new Ayn Randism world, this is all they are supposed to do. Peter On Dec 13, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Lee Einer wrote: Michael Moore's claim, and the mother's, was legit. The mother was turned away with her dying

Re: [MBZ] OT: Wireless bridge

2008-12-13 Thread Trampas
dd-wrt This is a linux distro for linksys WRT54GL routers, router is about $45 and with dd-wrt's software it will do wireless bridge as well as a lot of other stuff. For example where I worked they paid $600 for VPN box, dd-wrt does the same $45. Also dd-wrt supports other wireless routers as

Re: [MBZ] Preserving hydraulics

2008-12-13 Thread E M
Speaking of storing parts. I met a guy, about 15 years ago now, how had a restoration shop that specialized in Bugattis. They restored, and built up a number of cars, using original parts while fabricating all those which were missing. What was it they used to say in the Bugatti Club in

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

2008-12-13 Thread E M
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 bits butted up together, but to get the two edges kinda upright, and pulled together. I'm told, if they are butted up and stitched,

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] Buying freeze is back on, just don't get hypothermia

2008-12-13 Thread OK Don
Yes - that is true, though I don't know exactly where and for what they use it. Might be gluing the cut ends of arteries together? On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 3:45 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote: I've heard, not sure if true, Superglue is used during some surgeries. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman,

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Tim C.
The guy sewing his leg up was hurting and needed medical care but was in no danger of bleeding out. He would not have gotten free treatment in a U.S. hospital. In fact, if you do not have insurance, you do not get free treatment, period. The hospital will still come after you for payment, send

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

2008-12-13 Thread E M
I punched a small hole in a turn signal with a flying pebble. I was lucky, in that the broken piece of lens was lodged inside, so using superglue, I was able to make a near perfect fix. Ok, so I broke the retaining tangs getting the lens out (amazing how many parts on a Benz are similar to those

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

2008-12-13 Thread Mitch Haley
Peter Frederick wrote: Often works better if someone else does the gluing though. Especially when the hole is in the back of your dominant hand. I felt lucky to get it taped up and straight without wasting any more butterflies than I did. With glue, it's got to be right the first time.

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread E M
I've had the wrench slip a few times while working on cars, but I can tell you what, I'm enough of a wuzz that I'd reach for the electric tape or Crazyglue long before I'd start searching around for the home sewing kit! hee hee. Ed 300E 2008/12/13 Tim C. bb...@crone.us At first I thought this

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

2008-12-13 Thread Rich Thomas
You can buy that stuff at the drug store for patching up your bod, it is somehow different from the superglue at Home Depot (someone told me and I forgot how), but does the same thing. Just make sure it is only sticking together what you want stuck together. --R OK Don wrote: Yes - that is

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

2008-12-13 Thread E M
This post applies equally to broken turn signals as it does fingers. lol Ed 300E 2008/12/13 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net Peter Frederick wrote: Often works better if someone else does the gluing though. Especially when the hole is in the back of your dominant hand. I felt lucky to get

[MBZ] OT: Cyanoacrylate glue

2008-12-13 Thread Jim Cathey
It failed me today. Some time ago I bought an old (1915?) silver Holton trombone, and it had these little cloth-covered pivoting sticks in the case that hold in the pieces. (Turns out SWMBA never wanted a trombone, only a baritone or tuba.) One of the sticks was broken, and all floppy. I

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

2008-12-13 Thread Allan Streib
If it happened as described, it sounds like the hospital did the wrong thing. There are a lot of unanswered questions in my mind but I'll leave it at that. However, I'd wager than in any government-operated heath care plan, such horror stories also can be found, and in greater numbers. Look at

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

2008-12-13 Thread Allan Streib
Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net writes: Insurance companies exist to produce profits for their stockholders, and in the new Ayn Randism world, this is all they are supposed to do. Yes. They are businesses. They provide a service their customers want, and generate a profit for

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

2008-12-13 Thread Jim Cathey
I punched a small hole in a turn signal with a flying pebble. I was lucky, in that the broken piece of lens was lodged inside, so using superglue, I was able to make a near perfect fix. I've never had cyanoacrylate glue hold up on turn signal lenses. It gets white and powdery in the sun.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Wireless bridge

2008-12-13 Thread Allan Streib
Trampas tst...@nc.rr.com writes: dd-wrt This is a linux distro for linksys WRT54GL routers, router is about $45 and with dd-wrt's software it will do wireless bridge as well as a lot of other stuff. For example where I worked they paid $600 for VPN box, dd-wrt does the same $45. Also dd-wrt

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Tim C.
cures, as there is no money to be made it that, the goal is to find ways to manage health problems, over a long period of time. That's where the money is folks. ;-) So you're saying, every other company in America is managed to get the biggest profit this quarter, without regard to the long

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

2008-12-13 Thread Mitch Haley
Rich Thomas wrote: You can buy that stuff at the drug store for patching up your bod, it is somehow different from the superglue at Home Depot The way I heard it, the medical grade stuff is pure CA, without any thickeners or preservatives. ___

Re: [MBZ] OT: Wireless bridge

2008-12-13 Thread LWB250
A lot of my Mac buddies swear by the WRT54GL for just this reason - there are boatloads of hacks and other tweaks out there from folks who mess around with this stuff. MacDan --- On Sat, 12/13/08, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu Subject:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Wireless bridge

2008-12-13 Thread Luther
Keep it cool, it might need a fan if it doesn't have plenty of ventilation. Luther Allan Streib wrote: Trampas tst...@nc.rr.com writes: dd-wrt This is a linux distro for linksys WRT54GL routers, router is about $45 and with dd-wrt's software it will do wireless bridge as well as a lot

Re: [MBZ] Backup generator

2008-12-13 Thread Bill R
I highly recommend getting lucky at a garage sale. 4500W for $25 because after a professional tune up and then sitting for a year it wouldn't start. You guys on the list diagnosed it for me - the oil pan had warped just a bit and the oil level was low. Added oil and it started on the 2nd pull.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cyanoacrylate glue

2008-12-13 Thread Rich Thomas
I am disappointed there was no old microwave oven parts or ShoeGoo involved in the trombone case fix! Speaking of ShoeGoo, one my hiking boot's soles is unglued, I went looking for ShoeGoo and could not find the stuff anywhere! I got some Pliobond, which is pretty good too, esp for shoes. I

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

2008-12-13 Thread Rich Thomas
Maybe you were the one who reported that previously. --R Mitch Haley wrote: Rich Thomas wrote: You can buy that stuff at the drug store for patching up your bod, it is somehow different from the superglue at Home Depot The way I heard it, the medical grade stuff is pure CA, without any

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

2008-12-13 Thread E M
I found a big difference when between using Superglue with, and without pressure for the first minute when it's setting up on plastic. I also found, it works equally well with, or without pressure on fingers. I didn't really need that bit of flesh anyway. Ed 300E 2008/12/13 Rich Thomas

Re: [MBZ] Backup generator

2008-12-13 Thread Wilton Strickland
'Day after Hurricane Fran in '96, tried to fiind 5KW generator. None available locally. 'Called SIL in Charlotte; he bought one and met me with it 'bout half way here (near Greensboro). Got it home, checked it out, got ready to hook it to my system, and started pulling on the rope to start it.

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

2008-12-13 Thread Mitch Haley
Rich Thomas wrote: Maybe you were the one who reported that previously. I may have said that here. It's what a friend who used to work in a medical research lab told me. He carried the medical stuff in his first aid kit, either swiped from the university or purchased from the university

[MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop
Picked up the 140 earlier. On the way from its location to the hotel I start getting bad vibration from the trailer. I pull off the highway at the next exit. Bad move, next thing I know Im in the middle of the ghetto east st louis. I check things out, dont see anything. GEt to hotel, jack

[MBZ] updated my web site today

2008-12-13 Thread Wonko the Sane
http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ ___ 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:

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Wonko the Sane
Buying thaw? On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop ka...@striplin.net wrote: Picked up the 140 earlier. On the way from its location to the hotel I start getting bad vibration from the trailer. I pull off the highway at the next exit. Bad move, next thing I know Im in

Re: [MBZ] updated my web site today

2008-12-13 Thread Bill R
Nice site, Don. It helps to put names and faces together. I made the mistake of letting my darling wife color my hair once [it is about like yours]. Big mistake, and thankfully I only let her talk me into a temp rinse. Took me an hour to wash it out. BillR -Original Message- From:

Re: [MBZ] updated my web site today

2008-12-13 Thread Wonko the Sane
Just think -- 1995-97 I lived but about a mile from you. On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Bill R billr32...@comcast.net wrote: Nice site, Don. It helps to put names and faces together. I made the mistake of letting my darling wife color my hair once [it is about like yours]. Big mistake,

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

2008-12-13 Thread Hendrik Fay
Well, I guess if Moore defamed the hospital (and possibly Kaiser) that turned the child away they would have sued and made him cut that scene from the movie. Hendrik Lee Einer wrote: Michael Moore's claim, and the mother's, was legit. The mother was turned away with her dying child because

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop wrote: So in the morning I will have to find a tire shop nearby, hopefully open on Sunday. I can't remember for sure, but I think WMart Tire and Lube Express opens at 8am on Sunday. Be first in line when they open if you don't want to wait a couple of hours.

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Wonko the Sane
Web site says 9:00 am. http://www.priceviewer.com/walmart_locations/1988-MO.html On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop wrote: So in the morning I will have to find a tire shop nearby, hopefully open on Sunday. I can't remember for

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Wonko the Sane
Sorry, that was the pharmacy hours. Wonder if that is a 24x7 store? On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop wrote: So in the morning I will have to find a tire shop nearby, hopefully open on Sunday. I can't remember for sure, but I

[MBZ] Climate Control 1980 300D

2008-12-13 Thread Douglas
I have repaired the climate control (servo) on my car and it has been working fine for quite some time. A few weeks ago it went to heat only blowing from the correct vents. So its not in the default mode. I pulled the amplifier and basically plugged it in and then it started working

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

2008-12-13 Thread Hendrik Fay
Of course mistakes are made but turning away a very sick person because of insurance issues is not a mistake, it's capitalism at it's worst. Perhaps that is one thing I am trying to understand, does pure capitalism turn society into a cold and uncaring machine that ONLY worships money and

Re: [MBZ] Backup generator

2008-12-13 Thread Wonko the Sane
The paperwork that came with my sump pump (this summer) was advertising a battery backup module. Not sure how long it would run on battery -- didn't say. Your experience is making me question the wisdom of not having that convenience. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] 300E for Zippy

2008-12-13 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop
does not appear to be Luther wrote: is that a 4matic? Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: even better Luther wrote: it needs work. I sent the guy a message early this morning, no reply yet what about this? http://littlerock.craigslist.org/cto/930213506.html Luther Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Socialism

2008-12-13 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop
Then they write it off Lee Einer wrote: 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

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

2008-12-13 Thread Wonko the Sane
Here is pure capitalism. Fortunately, the US isn't really capitalistic these days. http://www.raken.com/American_wealth/Gilded_age_index4.asp If you can get it down there rent Blazing Saddles. It is a comedy but somehow gives a true flavor of the great days of the railroad barons. On Sat, Dec

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

2008-12-13 Thread Allan Streib
Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au writes: Of course mistakes are made but turning away a very sick person because of insurance issues is not a mistake, it's capitalism at it's worst. It's likely just someone without a very good brain following policy. Allan -- 1983 300D

Re: [MBZ] updated my web site today

2008-12-13 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop
geez its slow Wonko the Sane wrote: http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ ___ 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:

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop
after this its freezing back up. Who in their right mind can pass up a 140 for 1200 Wonko the Sane wrote: Buying thaw? On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop ka...@striplin.net wrote: Picked up the 140 earlier. On the way from its location to the hotel I start getting

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop
Yea, thats what Im planning to do unless I cant find a real tire place open tomorrow. I bought a new trailer wheel to mount a spare tire to, first one arrived, wrong size. Next one arrived friday, wrong size again. Hopefully this one will be right. Sure miss the days when the corner service

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop
I am in fenton right now, but dont see it listed unless that walmart I was at was not fenton Wonko the Sane wrote: Web site says 9:00 am. http://www.priceviewer.com/walmart_locations/1988-MO.html On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop

Re: [MBZ] updated my web site today

2008-12-13 Thread Wonko the Sane
I am doing an hour long software update that is stealing bandwidth. 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:

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Wonko the Sane
Fix it and I will give you $1100. Ma On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop ka...@striplin.net wrote: after this its freezing back up. Who in their right mind can pass up a 140 for 1200 Wonko the Sane wrote: Buying thaw? On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Kaleb C.

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

2008-12-13 Thread LarryT
You wrote turning away a very sick person because of insurance issues is not a mistake it's capitalism at it's worst Actually, it's illegal - signs are posted openly throughout the hospital - near ER, REception, on every floor in hallways - etc - only a blind person would miss it. It states

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread E M
try running a wire from the trans to the rad and just driving it home. Ed 300E 2008/12/13 Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop ka...@striplin.net I am in fenton right now, but dont see it listed unless that walmart I was at was not fenton Wonko the Sane wrote: Web site says 9:00 am.

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop
do you think that will help the big crack in the valve cover? E M wrote: try running a wire from the trans to the rad and just driving it home. Ed 300E 2008/12/13 Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop ka...@striplin.net I am in fenton right now, but dont see it listed unless that walmart I was at was

Re: [MBZ] Climate Control 1980 300D

2008-12-13 Thread OK Don
Dirty connections? Try cleaning all the plugs and sockets with DeOxit (from Radio Shack?). On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Douglas jgi...@comcast.net wrote: I have repaired the climate control (servo) on my car and it has been working fine for quite some time. A few weeks ago it went to heat

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Tom Savage
Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop wrote: I am in fenton right now, but dont see it listed unless that walmart I was at was not fenton Might have been Valley Park or Eureka. Where exactly are you staying? There should be a bunch of tire and loob chain stores nearby. Call me in the morning if you

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Tony Wirtel
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I get the 140 To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: 49447045.9020...@striplin.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed do you think that will help the big crack in the valve cover? E M wrote: try running a wire from the

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Kevin Kraly
do you think that will help the big crack in the valve cover? That's why they invented DUCT TAPE! Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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

2008-12-13 Thread Hendrik Fay
Good brain or not if the policy is in place.. This leads on to the question of litigation, if that woman can prove that due to the inaction of Hospital A her child died, would she have recourse to seek compensation? Then there is the question of the hypocratic oath that Doctors must

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

2008-12-13 Thread Rich Thomas
Just like in college,. my buddy was a pharmacy major and would grab a bottle of the med grade grain alcohol on a Friday afternoon. Much better for the cabeza on Saturday morning. --R Mitch Haley wrote: Rich Thomas wrote: Maybe you were the one who reported that previously. I may have

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Rich Thomas
Shoe Goo. Or JB Weld. --R Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop wrote: do you think that will help the big crack in the valve cover? E M wrote: try running a wire from the trans to the rad and just driving it home. Ed 300E 2008/12/13 Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop ka...@striplin.net I am in fenton right

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Hendrik Fay
Well, best of luck with it, hopefully it is an economical repairer. Hendrik Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop wrote: after this its freezing back up. Who in their right mind can pass up a 140 for 1200 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to

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

2008-12-13 Thread Hendrik Fay
So perhaps we can surmise that they did not think the child was in need of emergency medical treatment, oooh it's only a slight temperature, she'll be fine. Hendrik LarryT wrote: You wrote turning away a very sick person because of insurance issues is not a mistake it's capitalism at it's

Re: [MBZ] I get the 140

2008-12-13 Thread Hendrik Fay
No but duct tape will. Hendrik Kaleb C. Striplin, laptop wrote: do you think that will help the big crack in the valve cover? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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