Re: [MBZ] Junkyard score
Larry, Thanks for the offer! I'd like to get a nice 124 steering wheel (doesn't matter year or model) black or blue color. Blue sun visors, rear view mirror, and tail gate trim from a 124 wagon (early year, no chrome) Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT iPhone battery cost?
ATTABOY! 'Hope it goes well. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Meade Dillon via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT iPhone battery cost? Update: it's ALIVE! Turns out the screen was dim because it's still water-logged. Removed the back again, leaving the phone charger plugged in, and little by little the water is clearing from the screen. Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT iPhone battery cost?
I've got a cracked screen on one of mine. I see the part is relatively inexpensive, but the R&R is pretty involved. I've torn down iPods so I have all the tools, but looking at the extent of the tear down has convinced me that we'll live with the crack for now... Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jul 19, 2014, at 10:18 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Update: it's ALIVE! > > Turns out the screen was dim because it's still water-logged. Removed the > back again, leaving the phone charger plugged in, and little by little the > water is clearing from the screen. > > Max Dillon, > Charleston SC > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT iPhone battery cost?
It's not really that bad, I did one a couple weeks ago. Took maybe 2 hours. Curt Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 20, 2014, at 11:08 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > I've got a cracked screen on one of mine. I see the part is relatively > inexpensive, but the R&R is pretty involved. I've torn down iPods so I have > all the tools, but looking at the extent of the tear down has convinced me > that we'll live with the crack for now... > > Dan > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jul 19, 2014, at 10:18 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Update: it's ALIVE! >> >> Turns out the screen was dim because it's still water-logged. Removed the >> back again, leaving the phone charger plugged in, and little by little the >> water is clearing from the screen. >> >> Max Dillon, >> Charleston SC >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] How the mighty have fallen
This was about a $100k car when new https://charleston.craigslist.org/ctd/4575405518.html 1992 Mercedes-Benz 600-Class 600SEL - $2500 (North Charleston) --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] OT Awesome WW2 aviation stuff
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48962 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT iPhone battery cost?
Set it to synch over wifi --R On 7/19/14 6:17 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: I recently downloaded/saved all the pictures/videos (about a month ago) so not too much video record may have been lost. -Max ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT iPhone battery cost?
My daughter cracked her screen a coupla weeks ago -- details on parts and repair plz? --R On 7/20/14 11:12 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: It's not really that bad, I did one a couple weeks ago. Took maybe 2 hours. Curt Sent from my iPhone >On Jul 20, 2014, at 11:08 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > >I've got a cracked screen on one of mine. I see the part is relatively inexpensive, but the R&R is pretty involved. I've torn down iPods so I have all the tools, but looking at the extent of the tear down has convinced me that we'll live with the crack for now... > >Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] W123 diesel injector return hose
Viton's what i used about a year ago, although the original stuff that was on the car when i bought it over a decade ago lasted more than 100K miles on B99 before it showed any signs of weepage. (that was replaced by an Indy as a "favor" with some unidentifiable aftermarket stuff that ended up leaking almost immediately, spewing fuel all over, soaking the hood pad, and generally making a mess.) Viton's widely available at marine supply hardware stores, as well as many other places. i didn't see any reason to *not* use it. cheers! e On 18/Jul/14 15:13, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: Isn't Viton what you are supposed to use for BioD or WVO? On Jul 18, 2014 5:55 PM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" wrote: Dr. Fatty's website says $41 for 5 meters so the dealer seems a bit high. I bought some stuff from McMaster-Carr at one point. It worked just fine. My invoice from 2008 says "High-Temperature viton rubber tubing, Firm, 1/8"ID, 1/4" OD, 1/16" wall, Black. $3.22/ft part number 5119K11. I see today its now 5119K79 with a price of $3.97/ft. -Curt From: Mountain Man via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 5:45 PM Subject: [MBZ] W123 diesel injector return hose Dealer wants 28 for meter. Is that the best? i.e. not china, and good quality? Has anyone tried alternative non braid covered alternatives? mao ___ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] How the mighty have fallen
Heck of a deal if you know what to look for on these. If this was around here I would go look at it. Amazing that they would put a $2500 car on their lot. I can't imagine they have anything in it to speak of at that price. Dan On Jul 20, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > This was about a $100k car when new > > https://charleston.craigslist.org/ctd/4575405518.html > > > 1992 Mercedes-Benz 600-Class 600SEL - $2500 (North Charleston) > > > > --R > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT iPhone battery cost?
You can buy replacement screens on eBay form any number of vendors - you'll find the prices all seem to hover around $25, I believe. The better kits contain the tools you need, spudger, hexaglobular screwdriver, etc. You'll need some jeweler's screwdrivers and a clean work surface. You can go to ifixit.com and see the process with pictures. Mine is cracked from the edge near the volume buttons to the speaker slot, so it's not that bad. I'm just miffed as I have had an iPhone 4 for almost three years only in a bumper case I never got so much as a chip. I haven't even dropped the iPhone 4S I have now, and somehow in the first week it got cracked. Grr. I'm holding out for the introduction of the iPhone 6 or whatever will probably come out in September. When that happens I'm going to buy a 5S when prices tank. Dan On Jul 20, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > My daughter cracked her screen a coupla weeks ago -- details on parts and > repair plz? > > --R > > > On 7/20/14 11:12 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >> It's not really that bad, I did one a couple weeks ago. Took maybe 2 hours. >> >> Curt >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> >On Jul 20, 2014, at 11:08 AM, Dan Penoff via >>> >Mercedes wrote: >>> > >>> >I've got a cracked screen on one of mine. I see the part is relatively >>> >inexpensive, but the R&R is pretty involved. I've torn down iPods so I >>> >have all the tools, but looking at the extent of the tear down has >>> >convinced me that we'll live with the crack for now... >>> > >>> >Dan > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] How the mighty have fallen
I looked at the CarFax they have for the car. California car from delivery until 2007, when it came to SC. What's weird is that they marked it as odometer exceeds mechanical limits, which would imply that it has a five digit odometer. It doesn't. Nothing else out of the ordinary. Things to look for: Wiring harness AC evaporator Dan On Jul 20, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > Heck of a deal if you know what to look for on these. If this was around > here I would go look at it. > > Amazing that they would put a $2500 car on their lot. I can't imagine they > have anything in it to speak of at that price. > > Dan > > > On Jul 20, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes > wrote: > >> This was about a $100k car when new >> >> https://charleston.craigslist.org/ctd/4575405518.html >> >> >> 1992 Mercedes-Benz 600-Class 600SEL - $2500 (North Charleston) >> >> >> >> --R >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT iPhone battery cost?
Didn't have iCloud set up before, so last night I started that. This morning I started to set up access via PC, but it requires Windows 7 or later. Bummer. Will have to install iTunes on one of the home PCs instead. Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Jul 20, 2014 12:28 PM, "Rich Thomas" < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > > Set it to synch over wifi > > --R > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT - Healthiest States to retire in
Mississippi was tagged as the least healthy state for Americans 65 and up, followed by Louisiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Arkansas.* Really? I'm not from around here, y'all but maybe it should be 'preceded by'. Nicht wahr? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT iPhone battery cost?
Be careful. I am in a quandary with the mother-in-law's iPad. brother in-law's girlfriend set it up for her a couple of years ago, including an iCloud account. She activated the "Find My iPad" feature. No one can remember the password and the mother-in-law's email address has changed since then as well. Can't even remember the recovery questions. As a result of this I can't set up a new icloud account on it for her, nor can I install or remove any apps. This came up yesterday when she asked me to set up Skype on it. I'm at a loss as to what to do short of contacting Apple. If I could get her into the Apple Store they could probably sort it out. And no, doing a factory reset doesn't change or delete the iCloud data. The device is linked to that account for ever and ever. Dan On Jul 20, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Didn't have iCloud set up before, so last night I started that. This > morning I started to set up access via PC, but it requires Windows 7 or > later. Bummer. Will have to install iTunes on one of the home PCs instead. > > Max Dillon, > Charleston SC > > On Jul 20, 2014 12:28 PM, "Rich Thomas" < > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: >> >> Set it to synch over wifi >> >> --R >> > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] How the mighty have fallen
Many state registrations say "exceeded mechanical limits" if over 100K miles even with a 5-digit odometer. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan > Penoff via Mercedes > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 12:51 PM > To: Dan Penoff; Mercedes List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] How the mighty have fallen > > I looked at the CarFax they have for the car. California car from > delivery until 2007, when it came to SC. What's weird is that they marked > it as odometer exceeds mechanical limits, which would imply that it has a > five digit odometer. It doesn't. > > Nothing else out of the ordinary. > > Things to look for: > > Wiring harness > AC evaporator > > Dan > > > On Jul 20, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Heck of a deal if you know what to look for on these. If this was > around here I would go look at it. > > > > Amazing that they would put a $2500 car on their lot. I can't imagine > they have anything in it to speak of at that price. > > > > Dan > > > > > > On Jul 20, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes > wrote: > > > >> This was about a $100k car when new > >> > >> https://charleston.craigslist.org/ctd/4575405518.html > >> > >> > >> 1992 Mercedes-Benz 600-Class 600SEL - $2500 (North Charleston) > >> > >> > >> > >> --R > >> > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT iPhone battery cost?
Any other choices for backing up contacts other than iTunes or iCloud? Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Jul 20, 2014 1:58 PM, "Dan Penoff" wrote: > > Be careful. > > I am in a quandary with the mother-in-law's iPad. ...(snip) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT iPhone battery cost?
Contacts syncs with the Mac address book, I think you might be able to force it to sync with something else too. --R On 7/20/14 6:17 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Any other choices for backing up contacts other than iTunes or iCloud? Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Jul 20, 2014 1:58 PM, "Dan Penoff" wrote: Be careful. I am in a quandary with the mother-in-law's iPad. ...(snip) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] OT - Two Strangers
Not a Sondy Tale, but a tale, nonetheless: TWO STRANGERS By Wilton Strickland In 1944, when I was 10, we lived on a tobacco farm in rural Eastern North Carolina. One Saturday afternoon in early summer, my brother, Carson, then nearly 18 and driving the car, Daddy and I were returning home after grocery shopping in Spring Hope, a small town about 5 miles east. We came upon two young men in their early twenties, standing by the road trying to "hitch" a ride. We stopped for them, and they got into the back seat of our '37 Ford with me. They were thin, dirty & unshaven and had no luggage or baggage - no package of any sort that I remember. They said that they had not had a meal in several days and had been eating green, raw corn from the fields by the road. They told us that they were from New Jersey and just "bumming" around the country on an "adventure." Because tobacco harvest time was just beginning, and labor was in short supply, Daddy made a deal with them to stay with us for the summer and help with the harvest. They had never been on a farm before, but they learned quickly, seeming to enjoy all of it, especially when I would let them drive the mules pulling the small tobacco trucks back and forth from the fields to the curing barn. At times, however, they wanted the mules to go too fast for our safety and the animals' good health. Once, when one of them was driving the mule pulling an empty tobacco trunk along the side of the busy, paved highway, and I was in the truck with him, he was making the mule run. Suddenly, the mule bolted onto the pavement in front of an approaching Trailways bus! The bus driver and I stared into each other's terrified eyes as the bus skidded toward us and stopped close enough for me to reach out and touch the front of it. (Every day I've had since that day has been a bonus.) The visitors and I soon became good friends and were often "alone" - just the three of us. Almost every time we were "alone," one of them would ask me if I spoke German, sometimes pressing me with, "Are you sure you don't speak German?" Of course, I, a ten-year-old farm boy in Eastern North Carolina in 1944, did not speak German. After being assured each time that I did not speak German, they would go into a private & lengthy conversation in German. Until a few years ago, I had never told anybody else in the family about these conversations in German and their insistence that I not be able to understand them. They never spoke German around others in the family, and I was too young and naïve to suspect anything other than what they had told us, but I now feel certain that the two young men were, indeed, German. The two visitors were with us for six or eight weeks until Daddy began to suspect that he may have been harboring "draft dodgers" and asked them to leave. They left our lives as suddenly as they had entered. Meanwhile, they had become part of our family - ate with us, slept in our house, wore my brothers' clothes, etc. - a relaxed & comfortable part of the family. Though they became such a part of the family for that short time, I do not remember their names; I vaguely remember that one was blond and the other darker. Years later, after I had studied a couple of semesters of German in college in 1953/54, and learned that there had been German prisoner-of-war camps in Eastern North Carolina only 25 miles or so from us and German ships/submarines had been sunk just off the coast, I realized that these two were most likely escaped German prisoners of war or even survivors from a sunken German ship. There were times many years ago, while watching a movie with German speakers or someone speaking English with a German accent, when I would feel that I had heard certain sounds and accent before, finally realizing and remembering that I had heard them in 1944 from our two visitors. How ironic that these two lived with us in friendship while two of my brothers were at war trying to rid the world of their maniacal leader and his thugs - one of my brothers was on Omaha Beach in Normandy at the same time the visitors were living with us. Later that year, Carson, who slept in the same room with the visitors as "brothers," was drafted into the army and fought in Germany the following spring. At the same time I had such a fear and hatred of Germans (because of the talk of war, news on the radio, in the papers, the enemy, etc.), these two kind, young German men lived with us and were my good friends. For years, I have wondered what happened to the two visitors. Who were they, really, and where were they really from? Did they stay on in the states after the war? Have they kept their secret all these years, or did they return to Germany a year or so after they lived with us? Have they raised families - are their families German or American? Have they told their children and families about my mother, who cooked
Re: [MBZ] OT - Two Strangers
Trained German saboteurs landed from a sub whose mission went awry; American draft dodgers of German ancestry; captured German soldiers (North Africa?) who had walked off from farms where they had been placed as laborers (many prisoners on farms throughout the country); etc. To a ten year old NC farm boy, their command of english would be the only key. Under any circumstance, it's difficult to understand why they would question you about speaking German when they could have done so when they were alone and avoided the risk of your telling your father that they spoke German. German-American farmers along the Ohio River in Indiana, and similar parts of the midwest in general, used many prisoners who were German farm boys before the war and often treated them like sons. This led to newspaper articles in local newspapers complaining about the prisoners good treatment. Gerry *** On 7/20/2014 11:43 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: Not a Sondy Tale, but a tale, nonetheless: TWO STRANGERS By Wilton Strickland In 1944, when I was 10, we lived on a tobacco farm in rural Eastern North Carolina. One Saturday afternoon in early summer, my brother, Carson, then nearly 18 and driving the car, Daddy and I were returning home after grocery shopping in Spring Hope, a small town about 5 miles east. We came upon two young men in their early twenties, standing by the road trying to "hitch" a ride. We stopped for them, and they got into the back seat of our '37 Ford with me. They were thin, dirty & unshaven and had no luggage or baggage - no package of any sort that I remember. They said that they had not had a meal in several days and had been eating green, raw corn from the fields by the road. They told us that they were from New Jersey and just "bumming" around the country on an "adventure." Because tobacco harvest time was just beginning, and labor was in short supply, Daddy made a deal with them to stay with us for the summer and help with the harvest. They had never been on a farm before, but they learned quickly, seeming to enjoy all of it, especially when I would let them drive the mules pulling the small tobacco trucks back and forth from the fields to the curing barn. At times, however, they wanted the mules to go too fast for our safety and the animals' good health. Once, when one of them was driving the mule pulling an empty tobacco trunk along the side of the busy, paved highway, and I was in the truck with him, he was making the mule run. Suddenly, the mule bolted onto the pavement in front of an approaching Trailways bus! The bus driver and I stared into each other's terrified eyes as the bus skidded toward us and stopped close enough for me to reach out and touch the front of it. (Every day I've had since that day has been a bonus.) The visitors and I soon became good friends and were often "alone" - just the three of us. Almost every time we were "alone," one of them would ask me if I spoke German, sometimes pressing me with, "Are you sure you don't speak German?" Of course, I, a ten-year-old farm boy in Eastern North Carolina in 1944, did not speak German. After being assured each time that I did not speak German, they would go into a private & lengthy conversation in German. Until a few years ago, I had never told anybody else in the family about these conversations in German and their insistence that I not be able to understand them. They never spoke German around others in the family, and I was too young and naïve to suspect anything other than what they had told us, but I now feel certain that the two young men were, indeed, German. The two visitors were with us for six or eight weeks until Daddy began to suspect that he may have been harboring "draft dodgers" and asked them to leave. They left our lives as suddenly as they had entered. Meanwhile, they had become part of our family - ate with us, slept in our house, wore my brothers' clothes, etc. - a relaxed & comfortable part of the family. Though they became such a part of the family for that short time, I do not remember their names; I vaguely remember that one was blond and the other darker. Years later, after I had studied a couple of semesters of German in college in 1953/54, and learned that there had been German prisoner-of-war camps in Eastern North Carolina only 25 miles or so from us and German ships/submarines had been sunk just off the coast, I realized that these two were most likely escaped German prisoners of war or even survivors from a sunken German ship. There were times many years ago, while watching a movie with German speakers or someone speaking English with a German accent, when I would feel that I had heard certain sounds and accent before, finally realizing and remembering that I had heard them in 1944 from our two visitors. How ironic that these two lived with us in friendship while two of my brother
