Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html Dan If ya hafta ask, the answer is no. You should be there already. The one rear wheel looks proper too. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] OT Tires

2015-01-27 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
favorite brands of tires Still totally enamored of Nokian Hakkapeliitta snow tires, the studded type. Hakka 1's, at first, but I think those are replaced with 4's, is it? Jill's X5 is on its third year, and they seem like new still. Drives great, and the thing never slips. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
That'll buff right out. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com; Banned List ban...@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:51 AM Subject: [MBZ] Think I should buy it? http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html

Re: [MBZ] Forty Foot Mercedes [was: Re: OT: U.S. Spies on Millions of Cars]

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
If you don't mind having them out there you could put them on Photobucket. Or if you're not interested in setting up with them send them to me and I'll put them on mine, make you a special folder even. -Curt From: G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Craig diese...@pisquared.net;

Re: [MBZ] OT Tires

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Heh, thats why I like my old Ski-Doo Olympique, 12hp, 30mph would be the flat max top speed but you're 4 from the ground and theres 1/2 of suspension travel. 25mph feels like 100mph. Here's the beast at a show back in 2002:  http://deadsledwrenchers.net/skidoo/angieandmesm.jpg -Curt

[MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread Craig via Mercedes
People in New York are upset with the heavy-handed approach to the storm. Even Time magazine called it a Snow Job, http://time.com/3684240/blame-de-blasio-and-cuomo-and-christie-for-the-blizzard-snow-job/ The 11 p.m. curfew resulted in lost wages for delivery people who count on

[MBZ] OT: Shop Lighting

2015-01-27 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
I saw this item in the most recent Costco flyer going on sale for $32 starting 1/29: http://www.amazon.com/Feit-Electric-Utility-Shop-Light/dp/B00LFAY5SM/ref=cm_ cr_pr_product_top#productDetails Note the good reviews, and note that the Costco sale price is less than half of Amazon's! I

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
So now we have a car with history ... that should drive the restored value up to another level. Title and possession might be an issue... but then again.. trade relations with Cuba have now started to open up ... Guess I should cancel my flight plans to Florida to pick up the car then? On

Re: [MBZ] OT Tires

2015-01-27 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:25:42 + Donald Snook via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The spare was brand new but the date code on it was 2004. It should be replaced, too. Until then, don't drive FAST. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread clay via Mercedes
yes The ouchies will buff out clay On Jan 27, 2015, at 2:51 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

[MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
After a recent double murder in nearby Granville County NC on New Year's Day, the alleged perps were apprehended in West Virginia after an automated license plate reader flagged the victim's stolen car. See: http://abc11.com/news/911-call-shows-desperate-scene-at-murder-victims-home/ 462397/

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Good catch! I thought it probably was a scam, but in the brief search I made, I didn't find any evidence of a scam. How did you figure it out? -Max On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:46 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It's a scam:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread clay via Mercedes
Seattle is fine. Look like we may get close to 60*f. Lots of people making plans to drive down to AZ for the game. Logan is closed, so more room for the 12th man. clay On Jan 27, 2015, at 12:46 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes wrote: Craig et al.In Lynn, we are buried. Can't open the front

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Gull Wing rat rod... Sorry, does not compute something about a bare shell what is worth something on the high side of half million really doesn't translate to rat rod material correctly... If I had the flash cash.. I'd travel to Cuba for the adventure of recovering the car, follow the family

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread clay via Mercedes
Make it electric. with a prius engine set clay On Jan 27, 2015, at 8:59 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: Seems ripe for an om617 conversion. On Jan 27, 2015 8:47 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Not to mention it would not have the proper FUSES! --R

Re: [MBZ] OT Tires

2015-01-27 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 27/01/2015 12:12 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Heh, thats why I like my old Ski-Doo Olympique, 12hp, 30mph would be the flat max top speed but you're 4 from the ground and theres 1/2 of suspension travel. 25mph feels like 100mph. Here's the beast at a show back in 2002:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Very well here in sunny NC. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Fred Moir via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: diese...@pisquared.net Cc: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon 2015 Blizzard

Re: [MBZ] OT Tires

2015-01-27 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
Anyone have any experience or opinion about Sumitomo tires?I was looking at these: http://www.sumitomotire.com/cars/products/Touring/tour_plus_lst.aspx -Original Message- From: Jim Cathey [mailto:jim.cathey...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 2:01 AM To: Andrew

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread dseretakis--- via Mercedes
Yup. That shell is prob worth 5-600K as it sits. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2015, at 4:08 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: No point in trying to resurrect a Gullwing that lacks an engine, among many other flaws. Bzzzt Wrong! It is a gullwing normal

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
No point in trying to resurrect a Gullwing that lacks an engine, among many other flaws. Bzzzt Wrong! It is a gullwing normal rules don't apply. These sell for crazy money ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Hear, hear! On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: This sort of thing has been common in England for a long while. It does go against the grain to have the authorities spying on one all of the time but if we want the police to catch the bad

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Those who give up liberty for security have neither Founders of this country understood that concept so well they wrote protection into the founding documents of Constitution, now known as 4th Amendment. Just because it has been abused by the current government, it has not been revoked. The

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Hear, hear! On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: This sort of thing has been common in England for a long while. It does go against the grain to have the authorities spying on one all of the time but if we want the police to catch the bad

Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
D.C. area got 1 overnight of fluffy, wet, dangerous snow. Enough to close schools in Fairax County, VA and allow me an extra 2 hrs. to get to work. :) That is not even a snow. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
45 at the Renewable Fuels Summit. Both weasely Clark and Rick Santorum agree. It is a good day! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 27/01/2015 3:32 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: Hear, hear! On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: This sort of thing has been common in England for a long while. It does go against the grain to have the authorities spying on one

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 27/01/2015 3:17 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Unreasonable search referenced warrrantless searches of one's home, which is different from the use of red light or surveillance cameras. Red light cameras are purely about the money. Just another easy form of taxation. RB

Re: [MBZ] OT Tires

2015-01-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I bought them once. They were awesome. On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Anyone have any experience or opinion about Sumitomo tires?I was looking at these: http://www.sumitomotire.com/cars/products/Touring/tour_plus_lst.aspx

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Andrew - look up rat rod. How cool would that be? An MB Gullwing Rat Rod with maybe a 5 cylinder diesel. Who needs correct? We are talking about a bare hulk, if it actually exists. RB On 27/01/2015 10:40 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: No point in trying to resurrect a Gullwing

Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Ah, come on - cut them some slack. These days the authorities cannot win. If they ignore it all and let people go about their business, then there will be massive complaints that the poor idiots were not protected by their government officials, and poor cops and firemen will have to go out

Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread Hans Neureiter via Mercedes
What blizzard? CNN called it historical before it happened. On Jan 27, 2015 2:35 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Ah, come on - cut them some slack. These days the authorities cannot win. If they ignore it all and let people go about their business, then there will

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Those who give up liberty for security have neither Founders of this country understood that concept so well they wrote protection into the founding documents of Constitution, now known as 4th Amendment. Just because it has been abused by the current government, it has not been revoked. The

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Oh cr*p. I already bought a one way ticket to Tampa I was gonna fix it up and drive back to D.C. On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Good catch! I thought it probably was a scam, but in the brief search I made, I didn't find any

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Unreasonable search referenced warrrantless searches of one's home, which is different from the use of red light or surveillance cameras. On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:12 PM, G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Those who give up liberty for security have neither Founders of this

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:12:41 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Those who give up liberty for security have neither Hear, hear! Founders of this country understood that concept so well they wrote protection into the founding documents of Constitution, now known as 4th

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Rat Rod does not imply abuse. It just suggests that one could have some fun with this shell without spending a large fortune trying to make a pile of junk into a true treasure. Unfortunately, niether a Rat Rod nor a restoration would really be much fun. One would not dare leave it on the

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
This sort of thing has been common in England for a long while. It does go against the grain to have the authorities spying on one all of the time but if we want the police to catch the bad guys, we sometimes have to give up some of our liberties to help them do it. RB On 27/01/2015 2:30 PM,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
D.C. area got 1 overnight of fluffy, wet, dangerous snow. Enough to close schools in Fairax County, VA and allow me an extra 2 hrs. to get to work. :) On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:50 PM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Seattle is fine. Look like we may get close to 60*f. Lots of

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread dseretakis--- via Mercedes
A friend did a web search and found it out. I don't know how he approached it. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2015, at 3:43 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Good catch! I thought it probably was a scam, but in the brief search I made, I didn't find any evidence

Re: [MBZ] OT: Shop Lighting

2015-01-27 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:42:17 -0800 Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I saw this item in the most recent Costco flyer going on sale for $32 starting 1/29: http://www.amazon.com/Feit-Electric-Utility-Shop-Light/dp/B00LFAY5SM/ref=cm_

Re: [MBZ] OT: U.S. Spies on Millions of Cars

2015-01-27 Thread clay via Mercedes
we need to monitor all the gestapo agents. If you allow them to skulk around invisible, then they can spring upon us unbeknownst. If we take back our streets and homes, then we can keep the nazi socailist democrats in check. Fly the drones over their homes and places of employment. Post

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
GAGG - That is almost as bad as suggesting a big block Chevy with a blower. RB On 27/01/2015 2:41 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: Make it electric. with a prius engine set clay On Jan 27, 2015, at 8:59 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: Seems ripe for an om617 conversion. On Jan 27,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
Craig et al.In Lynn, we are buried. Can't open the front door yet, nor am I about to try, back door is opened against about 6 of snow on the porch.The city has not come down our dead end street to plow, though someone with maybe a side-walk plow passed down the center of the street as far as

Re: [MBZ] OT: Shop Lighting

2015-01-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
See if you can test them to make sure they are bright enough, at least equivlaent to the fluorescents. But, yeah, LEDs are the way to go now. I made a whole bunch of lights for my kitchen, put cheepchinee LED GIU10 spots in them, and they are REALLY bright. You might want to look into doing

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
That would make a great book! I would buy it (the book). Isn't there some sort of government grant I can get to become a writer? This could be my first novel! Don Snook -Original Message- From: G Mann [mailto:g2ma...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 3:19 PM To:

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Some years ago I had driven from Texas to take my son to school at Villanova. My wife and I were going to some hotel not very close to the school, in Philadelphia proper, and I get stopped by a cop. Guy gets out, shaved head, black military pants and combat boots, thigh holster, swagger, the

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I would suggest you are lucky he did not haul you in and detain you for a bit just to show you he could do so. Be nice to the cops. They don't (at least at the patrol car level) get to choose what the uniform looks like. He was just doing his job. He saw you, had a basic excuse to check you

Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I'm always amused by people who howl about the accuracy of weather forecasting. Weather is chaotic and unpredictable by nature, we have very good weather forecasting considering the number of variables involved and the complexity of weather itself. It wasn't all that long ago that all the

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
I can freely drive anywhere in N. America I want to knowing that I'm doing nothing wrong. My license plate is clearly displayed for the public and/or the po-pos to read anytime they want. If having my plate read occasionally by the po-pos will help to catch the sorry SOB's around me who may

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Part of it is we need to re-define who are bad guys. The US puts more people in prison than anywhere else on the planet both by strict numbers and % of population. Many of those are non-violent drug offenders. Why do we put a kid who had an ounce of dope in jail? Once we do that the chance of

[MBZ] Snowmageddon - recap

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPMO4FfhRLIfeature=youtu.be I shot this about noon thirty today, gives you an idea what the western edge of the storm got. To the east of us theres a lot more snow. -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
So today, if you go to the bank and withdraw $ and tomorrow you put it back, then repeat next week you'll get on a watch list. Repeat that often enough and your local police department takes the money because you might be doing something illegal moving around less than $10,000. Now if you

Re: [MBZ] OT Tires

2015-01-27 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: My parents had a Jeep Cherokee that had the worst offroad tires I've ever seen, that thing would get stuck on wet grass. When those wore out dad put another set of the EXACT SAME DANG TIRES on. I said Geez dad, those tires sucked offroad, why'd you get the

Re: [MBZ] Subject:

2015-01-27 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Thanks for those links, Dan, looks like an interesting Web site. -- 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:

Re: [MBZ] OT: U.S. Spies on Millions of Cars

2015-01-27 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Curt wrote: I only live a half hour south remember, if there wasn't a mountain in the way I could pick it up on the radio... online - lrn.fm or use vnc and http://s5.voscast.com:7736/ mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
RB wrote: Technology has made that the cheap way to police many areas. Cheap? Are we back in the tyre thread? Where's Jaime's warning about putting price and cost at the top of all concerns? - Jaime? Leave the cost and price high and we might have better interest in exploring how it is that

Re: [MBZ] OT: U.S. Spies on Millions of Cars

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I only live a half hour south remember, if there wasn't a mountain in the way I could pick it up on the radio... -Curt  From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 6:19 PM

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Investigate police overreach including folks who move money around and have that money taken by police departments not because they've done something wrong but because it looks like they MIGHT have done something wrong. The police steal their money and they have to spend thousands more to prove

Re: [MBZ] OT Tires

2015-01-27 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Curt, that picture makes me smile. I, too, used to live in a climate that required dressing for outside like one intended to walk on the moon... -- Max Dillon Charleston, SC On January 27, 2015 1:12:15 PM EST, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Heh, thats why I like my old

Re: [MBZ] OT Tires

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Thats at the New Hampshire Snowmobile Museum show which is always right around Valentines day. That was 2002 which I remember was pretty cold. I think that was the year I spent all kinds of time loaning out my 10mm socket so people could pull the recoil off their engines when they pulled the

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Donald wrote: Since 2010, wichita has had more fatal police shootings Detroit and Chicago! lrn.fm had a recent show where they were on police over reach and killings - ABQ was #3 in the nation. I wonder where Witchita is in that list? mao ___

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Curt wrote: The US puts more people in prison than anywhere else on the planet... And, this is a high dollar earner for investors, so... they lobby for greater over reach which equals greater funding. When We the people can afford sacrifice of our time and treasure and skin, perhaps we can

[MBZ] drooling

2015-01-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
This is a really nice vid http://jalopnik.com/your-6-2-amg-has-nothing-on-the-original-mercedes-300-s-1682002140 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT: U.S. Spies on Millions of Cars

2015-01-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I also saw in this morning's paper that the po-pos were all bent because some google app lets people post the po-po's locations, and they feared this would lead to stalking of the po-pos and crazies going off on them or something. So, their rationale that being in public and being monitored

Re: [MBZ] OT: U.S. Spies on Millions of Cars

2015-01-27 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Craig wrote: http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-spies-on-millions-of-cars-1422314779 ... (Sorry, I don't have a subscription to The Journal.) Richarde taught a trick that usually works. Put the link in to google and it usually comes up. mao ___

Re: [MBZ] OT: U.S. Spies on Millions of Cars

2015-01-27 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Grant wrote: Remember, when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. They live by this motto: We are not happy until you are not happy. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] OT: Shop Lighting

2015-01-27 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
# 2 son stopped by coupla weeks ago and exchanged my motion-switched fluorescent yard light bulbs for LED units. WOW! What a difference! 'Full brightness on the entire parking area and driveway instantly! Price was right, too. I told 'im, Thank you. He replied, You're welcome. Wilton

Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
But if you work for Unkie that should be enough to keep you home for 2 days. Snow in DC is a solvent on the glue of society. --R On 1/27/15 4:35 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: D.C. area got 1 overnight of fluffy, wet, dangerous snow. Enough to close schools in Fairax County, VA and

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
Actually, Germans and Italians too were interned, although not in numbers as large as the Japanese. The pendulum has swung in the other direction now, to the point where no one in power would see the danger that a Major Hassan posed to his fellow soldiers. People in power have...power.

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
If you want to read about police problems you can read about the large numbers of police shootings in Wichita. Since 2010, wichita has had more fatal police shootings Detroit and Chicago! Here is an interesting story: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article2629463.html I just entered

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
They're here, and not going away. If they are used for catching dangerous felons or terrorists, then fine. If they are misused, like the fishing expedition in MD to harass a citizen because he is a CCW license holder in another state, then sue the crap out of them; have those who made the

Re: [MBZ] Subject:

2015-01-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I'm not going to jump into the fray on this, but I did want to address the changes taking place in England, especially on how they relate to Internet activity and personal privacy. ISPs in the UK are forced to filter their content to prevent certain types of content to be viewed and accessed

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Yeah, no. What happens if they say anybody who sells drugs is a terrorist? Or homosexuals? Or Jews? Oh sure, that can't happen anymore. How long ago was it the Canadian government stopped pulling children from indigenous homes and educating them that native lifestyles were wrong? Check you

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
He could have done that then had his and his department's @$$e$ sued for false arrest, imprisonment, etc. That would have been fun to do. See, the thing is by acting like a dick he deserved no respect, and was clearly trolling with no probable cause whatsoever to stop me, a citizen going

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Here's a good example of the abuse of (police) power. and it's right in my neighborhood: http://tbo.com/news/crime/lithia-woman-my-house-was-shot-up-why-has-no-one-been-charged-20150126/?page=1 I would be lawyering up big-time. Dan On Jan 27, 2015, at 5:25 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT: U.S. Spies on Millions of Cars

2015-01-27 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Curt wrote: Sadly I, like many feel the police these days are less about protecting us and more about controlling us. You sound just like Free State Project in Keene, NH. Hear them at lrn.fm mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
'Nough for me. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon 2015 Blizzard Bust D.C. area got 1 overnight of

[MBZ] Subject:

2015-01-27 Thread MG via Mercedes
absolutely! I agree with you 100%. Those who are willing to give up some of their liberties in order to gain some safety deserve neither. Now who was it that said that? Probably didn't know what he was talking about. disgusted Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:37:08 -0600 From: Randy Bennell

Re: [MBZ] OT: Snowmageddon ---- 2015 Blizzard Bust

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I think the government made the right choice. People will make the stupidest choices and then get pissed when the government won't bail them out. We're off the western edge of it, I went out around lunch and had 8-10 depending on where I measured. I made a video which should be ready in an hour

Re: [MBZ] OT: Shop Lighting

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I looked at something similar at Lowes for less money but they never actually have them. I just looked at their website but can't figure which one it was all I can find is the one like you posted. I like the idea of instant on. I've got a couple 100w equivalent CFL in the garage that do okay

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
And that was without relying on plate readers! There are idiots in all walks of life. It just shows more when they're cops. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 2:47 PM To:

Re: [MBZ] OT Tires

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
IIRC 18hp makes it a 320cc although a '70 would be a 335. They also sold it with a 399cc that made IIRC 39hp or so which must have been insanely fast. Mine is the base model, no flip up headlight. My grandfather had a '69 320 with the flip up headlight that I continue to hold out hope I can

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Hans Neureiter via Mercedes
If one lives a clean life. Who cares? Cameras or not. Bitch_bitchier_bitchiest. On Jan 27, 2015 2:30 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: After a recent double murder in nearby Granville County NC on New Year's Day, the alleged perps were apprehended in West Virginia

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
‎If that ad is real, do you REALLY have to ask? That hulk is easily worth 5,000% more than that... Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10   Original Message   From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 4:51 AM To: Mercedes List; Banned List Reply To: Dan Penoff Subject: [MBZ] Think

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2015-01-27 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Now that is a barn find fantasy. Doors alone worth asking price? On Jan 27, 2015 5:51 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html 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

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2015-01-27 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
I'd skip work, head straight there... -- Max Dillon Charleston, SC On January 27, 2015 6:31:44 AM EST, Dwight Giles via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Now that is a barn find fantasy. Doors alone worth asking price? On Jan 27, 2015 5:51 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Snowmageddon - recap

2015-01-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Just got a note from a friend in Canton who has 31. I do not miss that in the least. --R (sent from my miniPad) On Jan 27, 2015, at 9:41 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Thanks, its hard for me to get used to the Youtube format with no script and less than perfect

Re: [MBZ] OT License plate Readers

2015-01-27 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
It seldom pays to be confrontational with a cop in the field. If the cop feels sufficiently threatened you could end up dead. If issues need to be sorted, do it later in a controlled environment, like a police station or court house. If you are carrying concealed (legally, of course) follow the

[MBZ] Snowmageddon - recap

2015-01-27 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
'Looks familiar; just glad I seldom hafta do that any more. I served my time already. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 7:48 PM Subject: [MBZ]

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2015-01-27 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Well. Once the camels nose is under the tent You no longer own the tent, metaphorically . On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:31 PM, MG via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: absolutely! I agree with you 100%. Those who are willing to give up some of their liberties in order to gain some

[MBZ] Mercedes Super Bowl Ad

2015-01-27 Thread Addison Thompson via Mercedes
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1096502_mercedes-benz-may-have-the-funniest-ad-of-super-bowl-xlix-video ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT Tires

2015-01-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
The SD really starts to feel comfortable at about 80, it just settles down and it is easy to creep it up close to 100 feeling very stable and comfortable as it speeds up too. These cars were built for that. I was driving back from Spartanburg Saturday, going 75 or so and getting passed by

Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
LOL. somebody is having fun. On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html Dan If ya hafta ask, the answer is no. You should be there already. The one rear wheel looks proper

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2015-01-27 Thread MG via Mercedes
I also would probably do that,but given that the fastest I have ever driven was about 110 in a two year old MGC GT way back when and the fact that I live in Florida with little reason to drive anywhere near that fast I think that the Primewells do quite nicely for me. MG Date: Mon, 26 Jan

Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - RAISING TOBACCO, PART II - HARVESTING

2015-01-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I would visit my grandparents in the summer, and both granddaddies grew their allotment of tobacco for the cash crop (I don't think they ever made much on anything else). They hired a crew of black men, usually run by a guy named Fred Torian and he always had a big tall guy named Sculley (aka

Re: [MBZ] OT: U.S. Spies on Millions of Cars

2015-01-27 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
Craig posted: The Justice Department has been building a national database to track in real time the movement of vehicles around the U.S. Rich wrote: I also saw in this morning's paper that the po-pos were all bent because some google app lets people post the po-po's locations, and

Re: [MBZ] OT: U.S. Spies on Millions of Cars

2015-01-27 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I think it is more about protecting their revenue sources than protecting the po-po. --R On 1/27/15 11:21 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I'm not a cop lover but they do have a point. If not for the thin blue line who will protect us? On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Rich Thomas via

Re: [MBZ] OT Tires

2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I had my '85 190D up to about 95mph, it had more to do and was handling fine, I ran out of road and nerve about the police. I expect a 124 would handle just fine at 100+ -Curt From: Donald Snook via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent:

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2015-01-27 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Remember, when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. Several court cases have now ruled that police have no duty to protect you. They carry weapons to protect themselves. [Look it up, I'm not joking about this issue.] Personal comment: It's a fine mess we have ourselves made. On

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