Re: [MBZ] Final gun comment

2013-01-19 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
It's way easier picking on innocent 5 year olds than an adult who has real guns and is a serious threat to do real mayhem. On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: After the following incident I'm convinced that gun possession is a serious risk, that all

Re: [MBZ] Final gun comment

2013-01-19 Thread Dan Penoff
We had an incident this week where an elementary student brought a toy gun to school in their backpack, and it was reported by a fellow student. No discipline was taken, just a Parent Link call made to all of the households about not allowing their children to bring any sort of weapon, toy or

Re: [MBZ] OT GUN They took their ball and when home

2013-01-19 Thread Gerry Archer
Hi Kaleb, You have a group of people who want to talk about all sorts of subjects other than Mercedes. Why don't you set up a Mercedes Social List for discussion only and let the members of the group enforce the Mercedes Repair list for Mercedes discussions only? The Mercedes Banned List

Re: [MBZ] Final gun comment

2013-01-19 Thread Mitch Haley
Dan Penoff wrote: We had an incident this week where an elementary student brought a toy gun to school in their backpack, and it was reported by a fellow student. No discipline was taken, just a Parent Link call made to all of the households about not allowing their children to bring any sort

Re: [MBZ] OT GUN They took their ball and when home

2013-01-19 Thread Rich Thomas
You beat me to it! --R (sent from my miniPad) On Jan 19, 2013, at 2:21 AM, Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote: On Jan 18, 2013, at 10:54 PM, Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com wrote: (and the rest of us are just ignorant rednecks and hillbillies) Hey. I resemble that remark :-)

Re: [MBZ] Final soap box gun comment

2013-01-19 Thread G Mann
Excellent example of Hoploplobia in action, thank you for sharing. I suppose there comes a time in every thread when the 1st Amendment right to speak freely is overcome by the moral obligation to shut the hell up.. I for one have reached that apex. A wise man once said: Never argue with an

Re: [MBZ] OT GUN They took their ball and when home

2013-01-19 Thread G Mann
Redneck Spring Coming soon to a community near you. No limit, Open season. ;)) Might as well kick a can of camp stove gas into the campfire and liven things up a bit.. hahaha. On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: You beat me to it! --R

Re: [MBZ] OT GUN They took their ball and when home

2013-01-19 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
We already have a list like that, it's called banned lite, nobody uses it Sent from my iPhone On Jan 19, 2013, at 6:56 AM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Hi Kaleb, You have a group of people who want to talk about all sorts of subjects other than Mercedes. Why don't you set up

[MBZ] ADMIN everyone read

2013-01-19 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Ok, as much fun as it has been its now time to end the gun discussions. No more posts in this debate. The only gun posts should be discussing guns. Not the current political debate Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to

Re: [MBZ] SNOW

2013-01-19 Thread Michael Canfield
Chrysler minivans seem light in the rear end to me. Easy to blow unintentional donuts around corners. Throw good tires at them, front and rear, put a little weight in the back and they are awesome in the snow. Mike On Jan 18, 2013 10:47 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: True, but it

Re: [MBZ] OT GUN They took their ball and when home

2013-01-19 Thread Gerry Archer
Banned light? The word banned turns off a lot of people. You might change banned light to Mercedes Social or something similar with better results. Of course, there needs to be a little management or tough love. When a member keeps posting non-Mercedes items on the Mercedes list, he needs

Re: [MBZ] OT GUN They took their ball and when home

2013-01-19 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
So you say there needs to be no off topic posts to this list? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 19, 2013, at 9:23 AM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Banned light? The word banned turns off a lot of people. You might change banned light to Mercedes Social or something similar with

Re: [MBZ] OT GUN They took their ball and when home

2013-01-19 Thread Rick Knoble
On Jan 19, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: So you say there needs to be no off topic posts to this list? NO. WE NEED OFF TOPIC POSTS! I, for one, am exceeding grateful for the list wisdom and knowledge imparted on subjects other than Mercedes Benz automobiles.

Re: [MBZ] OT GUN They took their ball and when home

2013-01-19 Thread Gerry Archer
I'm saying that when a person joins the Mercedes List they should be encouraged to also become a member of Mercedes Social or whatever you want to call it besides Banned Light. That way, those interested strictly in Mercedes could access only the Mercedes list, and those who want to discuss

Re: [MBZ] OT GUN They took their ball and when home

2013-01-19 Thread Curt Raymond
I could go live in an HOA too but I won't. The thing I like about this list is the offtopic talk. If I wanted to just know about Mercedes I could go to peachparts. Moderator is often another term for petty tyrant. I think we're lucky here that our tyrant (he's not petty) is pretty fair and

Re: [MBZ] ADMIN everyone read

2013-01-19 Thread Scott Ritchey
Hooah. -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 9:51 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] ADMIN everyone read Ok, as much fun as it has been its now time to end the gun discussions.

Re: [MBZ] Hooah

2013-01-19 Thread Max Dillon
Marines, or Army vet? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: Hooah. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Hooah

2013-01-19 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Peace Corpse. On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: Marines, or Army vet? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: Hooah. ___

Re: [MBZ] Hooah

2013-01-19 Thread Max Dillon
Can't be true, you're still alive? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Peace Corpse. On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: Marines, or Army vet? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95

[MBZ] Serious WTF moment

2013-01-19 Thread clay monroe
Went to FLAPS to get bits for SWMBA korean car. She took the car to the dealer for oil change yesterday and had already done the 30k service a few months ago. Service dork comes up with a list of items that need attention. Bunch of DIY items that they hoped to snag big $$$ for. Thing that

Re: [MBZ] social

2013-01-19 Thread RELNGSON
...Hi Kaleb, You have a group of people who want to talk about all sorts of subjects other than Mercedes.  Why don't you set up a Mercedes Social List for discussion only and let the members of the group enforce the Mercedes Repair list for Mercedes discussions only?.. Won't work. Some

Re: [MBZ] Non MB?

2013-01-19 Thread RELNGSON
...When a member keeps posting non-Mercedes items on the Mercedes list, he needs to be banned from that list after several warnings, but not the social list... So no more stuff about dogde and aerostars (I'm for that) and maybe just limit it to Diesels only. Yes indeedy, a perfect world.

Re: [MBZ] Serious WTF moment

2013-01-19 Thread Max Dillon
Wait, you said headlight fluid? Nobody told me about that! First blinker fluid, then exhaust bearings, now I've got to to check the headlight fluid? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net wrote: Went to FLAPS to get bits for SWMBA

[MBZ] no MBZ content: Re: Serious WTF moment

2013-01-19 Thread ernest breakfield
clay, what was the warranty on the original battery? no matter how long *we* think a good one should last, many original batteries are 3-year deals, and by that figuring you got an extra 1-2 years out of it. (i've had 2 cases where original 3-year batteries failed within 1 month of

Re: [MBZ] OT GUN They took their ball and when home

2013-01-19 Thread ernest breakfield
hi Kaleb! while the cumulative wealth of knowledge amongst the users here is truly admirable, i (for one) think it would be wonderful if this list was dedicated to Mercedes stuff, instead of being the chat room that some people here clearly seem to want/need. there's plenty of places for

Re: [MBZ] no MBZ content: Re: Serious WTF moment

2013-01-19 Thread clay monroe
I did not take into account that new cars are sold with garbage battery. No need to have another garbage battery go in. clay On Jan 19, 2013, at 5:22 PM, ernest breakfield wrote: clay, what was the warranty on the original battery? no matter how long *we* think a good one should

Re: [MBZ] SNOW

2013-01-19 Thread OK Don
I've never noticed that in the 126,000 miles on our 1997 Grand Voyager. On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.comwrote: Chrysler minivans seem light in the rear end to me. Easy to blow unintentional donuts around corners. Throw good tires at them, front and rear,

Re: [MBZ] OT GUN They took their ball and when home

2013-01-19 Thread Rick Knoble
On Jan 19, 2013, at 7:30 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: while the cumulative wealth of knowledge amongst the users here is truly admirable, i (for one) think it would be wonderful if this list was dedicated to Mercedes stuff, instead of being the chat room

Re: [MBZ] OT: RKBA

2013-01-19 Thread Larry T
Hey Max, You obviously take great pleasure in playing with your fellow listers don't you? Hope you have a great weekend and may all of your Peeves be soft and cuddly, LarryT 91 300D On 1/16/2013 5:24 PM, Max Dillon wrote: Welcome to my humble abode, which I share with my lovely wife and our

Re: [MBZ] OT: RKBA

2013-01-19 Thread Larry T
Ahhh, another long time lister who takes great pleasure in having fun with his fellow listers! May all of your Peeves lead you to unique, low mileage diesel MBs... LarryT 91 300D On 1/16/2013 5:06 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: You should name on of your cats Peeves --R On 1/16/13 4:50 PM, Andrew

Re: [MBZ] OT: RKBA

2013-01-19 Thread Larry T
Well said! Unfortunately the liberals cannot argue merits of the 2nd Amendment unless they are emotion based. They have no facts on their side so they tend to rapidly descend to name calling and for the kids or my favorite - if it will save only 1 life we /must /do it! Thanks Scott,

Re: [MBZ] OT: RKBA

2013-01-19 Thread Larry T
I'll also cease- - was catching up and read some postings out of order - sorry LarryT On 1/15/2013 3:20 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: On 15/01/2013 11:38 AM, Rick Knoble wrote: On Jan 15, 2013, at 8:16 AM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah - what gives? I thought we were

Re: [MBZ] no MBZ content: Re: Serious WTF moment

2013-01-19 Thread ernest breakfield
agreed on that! after the stock one has proved to not meet your expectations, why put another one like it in?;-) cheers! e On 19/Jan/13 17:33, clay monroe wrote: I did not take into account that new cars are sold with garbage battery. No need to have another garbage battery go in.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Hooah

2013-01-19 Thread Scott Ritchey
Actually USAF Vet (25 years) -- followed by 15 years working Joint exercises that included all military services. I just felt the Army Hooah provided the most concise yessir. Since I'm already beyond concise, Kaleb has been so good as to provide this list for MBZ (and other) information

Re: [MBZ] OT: RKBA

2013-01-19 Thread Max Dillon
You got me. Many have earned a special place in my heart, but I've a got a strange way of showing it. :0 -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net wrote: Hey Max, You obviously take great pleasure in playing with your fellow listers

Re: [MBZ] OT: Hooah

2013-01-19 Thread Max Dillon
Ok, thanks for satisfying my curiosity! Quite a few vets on the list. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: Actually USAF Vet (25 years) -- followed by 15 years working Joint exercises that included all military services. I

Re: [MBZ] no MBZ content: Re: Serious WTF moment

2013-01-19 Thread Mitch Haley
ernest breakfield wrote: clay, what was the warranty on the original battery? The last time I bought a new car, it had a 12 month battery warranty, and by the time the car was 13 months old it needed a push start if I left the headlights on for five minutes. I wish I'd left the lights

[MBZ] OT Cheap Tablet PC Screen byhysema

2013-01-19 Thread Rick Knoble
I bought a cheap ($80) tablet the other day and it hit the floor last night and cracked the screen. Just the glass is cracked, the display itself appears to be fine. Is this just a normal piece of glass? If it is, do you think I can just go to a glass shop and have them make me up a couple?

Re: [MBZ] SNOW

2013-01-19 Thread Mitch Haley
OK Don wrote: I've never noticed that in the 126,000 miles on our 1997 Grand Voyager. Only time I did unintentional donuts in a FWD car was when I had two snow tires on my Plymouth Horizon. Both times was accelerating and turning from a stop sign. The car just spun in the middle of the

Re: [MBZ] OT Cheap Tablet PC Screen byhysema

2013-01-19 Thread Craig
On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:04:44 -0600 Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote: I bought a cheap ($80) tablet the other day and it hit the floor last night and cracked the screen. Just the glass is cracked, the display itself appears to be fine. Is this just a normal piece of glass? If it is, do

Re: [MBZ] social

2013-01-19 Thread Gerry Archer
...Hi Kaleb, You have a group of people who want to talk about all sorts of subjects other than Mercedes. Why don't you set up a Mercedes Social List for discussion only and let the members of the group enforce the Mercedes Repair list for Mercedes discussions only?.. Won't work. Some years

[MBZ] Why were they loaded?

2013-01-19 Thread Gerry Archer
Private sales at gun show on hold after three hurt in accidental shooting Raleigh, N.C. - Officials said the Dixie Gun and Knife Show will continue Sunday without private gun sales after three people, including a retired sheriff's deputy, were injured Saturday when a gun brought in by a patron

Re: [MBZ] OT Cheap Tablet PC Screen byhysema

2013-01-19 Thread Rick Knoble
On Jan 19, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: Is it a touch screen? Yes. In the description it says Capacitive touch screen whatever that indicates. Can you take the glass out and have it still operate correctly? I have yet to disassemble it. I will know Sunday

Re: [MBZ] no MBZ content: Re: Serious WTF moment

2013-01-19 Thread Jim Cathey
I did not take into account that new cars are sold with garbage battery. No need to have another garbage battery go in. Is it like the starter cartridge they put in printers? Dare we call it a starter battery? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new

Re: [MBZ] OT Cheap Tablet PC Screen byhysema

2013-01-19 Thread Max Dillon
No, and no. If you can get a new tablet for same price, go for it. Best cheap solution is to put a layer of screen protector over the glass to keep from cutting your fingers. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote: I bought a