Re: [MBZ] The Stealer Dealer

2015-03-07 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
First mistake was leaving anything of value in the car; second mistake was trusting the dealer(ship). Wilton - Original Message - From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 9:50 AM Subject:

Re: [MBZ] Update XL: Shirley in a car wreck

2015-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Sounds like she was doing her best Hazzard County imitation! Hee Glad to hear she's OK. Just found this message in the Okiemail hold queue, so sorry if it's not current... Dan Sent from my iPad On Mar 7, 2015, at 12:51 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Global warming? No, Global ice age.

2015-03-07 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
I have always enjoyed George Carlin's take on it.  http://youtu.be/BB0aFPXr4n4 Interesting little video. http://youtu.be/nq4Bc2WCsdE I think Gerry posted this the other day.  http://youtu.be/SyUDGfCNC-k A satirical look.  http://youtu.be/qldJRY5aGaA http://youtu.be/3IQIcNeKJL8 Rick Sent

[MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD

2015-03-07 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
Its been a while since I've driven an 1985 car powered by an OM617a... I never owned one, but I've driven several and was alway impressed. I always considered a 1985 W123 to be the most refined of the bunch, and therefore the most desirable. I've heard a few folks on the list here say they

Re: [MBZ] Nice Old Studebaker

2015-03-07 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Buy it !!! I'm sure SWMBO would LOVE it to go shopping and run errands with. Convertible model even. Plenty of room with easy access. We have a very active chapter of military vehicle collectors here, and when I look at them, I'm impressed with two things. One is the near fanatical care that

[MBZ] Update XL: Shirley in a car wreck

2015-03-07 Thread Craig McCluskey via Mercedes
I had hoped to send out an Update email describing all that has been going on with us and what we think the Lord will have us do to get to Indiana, but I have waiting at a truck service center here in Albuquerque for Shirley to come down from Los Alamos to pick me up and just got a call that she

[MBZ] Repairing a chain hoist

2015-03-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
My chain hoist started not holding a load without pulling on the chain, so I finally took it apart. I found what caused Jim Cathey to say he despises white lithium grease. The pawl that locks the hoist with a load on it had been lubricated with white lithium grease and was locked out of the way

Re: [MBZ] Aircraft sighting

2015-03-07 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Starting today, at Casa Grande, AZ is the Annual Cactus Fly in. It will run through Sunday. The Arizona Wing of CAF [formerly known as Confederate Air Force, until the era of political correctness'] will be in attendance with a good sample of it's collection of WW2 bombers and fighters. For a

Re: [MBZ] Update XL: Shirley in a car wreck

2015-03-07 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Indeed, our prayers are with you. Thankful she's OK. Wilt - Original Message - From: Craig McCluskey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: undisclosed-recipients: Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 6:10 PM Subject: [MBZ] Update XL: Shirley in a car wreck I had hoped to send out an

Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD

2015-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I had an 84 that belonged to the son of a guy who was management in parts distribution at Montvale (MBUSA). It was a wicked car, and had tons of really nice updates and mods courtesy of the parts system. While a diesel coupe is not what most would consider a sporty car, with the ALDA tweak it

Re: [MBZ] my friend from brooklyn

2015-03-07 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
'Ain't bad at all. Wilton - Original Message - From: Rick Hawkins Java via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 12:37 PM Subject: [MBZ] my friend from brooklyn this is my friend Monika, a singer from

Re: [MBZ] Global warming? No, Global ice age.

2015-03-07 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Rich.. I like how you think... seems you have true management potential for this study.. Please write your self in.. ;)) Grant... On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 6:41 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: We'll need a coupla G-5s at our disposal to fly to international conferences

Re: [MBZ] The Stealer Dealer

2015-03-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Awkward. On Mar 7, 2015 11:23 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Yeah, I know I was not the brightest bulb in the box to leave the watch in the car Stating the obvious? Dan On Mar 7, 2015, at 9:50 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:

[MBZ] my friend from brooklyn

2015-03-07 Thread Rick Hawkins Java via Mercedes
this is my friend Monika, a singer from Brooklyn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMiESiT4yI0 the video was shot in her red maybe 1983 300d turbo which she often runs on WVO thanks, xx rick Rick Hawkins ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Update XL: Shirley in a car wreck

2015-03-07 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
Long as Shirley's okeh, the rest is gravy. (sends good vibes along) -MMM- On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Craig McCluskey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I had hoped to send out an Update email describing all that has been going on with us and what we think the Lord will have us

Re: [MBZ] Global warming? No, Global ice age.

2015-03-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
We'll need a coupla G-5s at our disposal to fly to international conferences in nice places too, and plenty of good food and drink to facilitate the discussions. The accommodations must be top-shelf as well, we need our rest. We can ask Bill Clinton to be on the board, he can provide

Re: [MBZ] Global warming? No, Global ice age.

2015-03-07 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
It is too simple -- the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide is that it absorbs some wavelengths of IR and not others, so that heat from the sun is trapped when IR radiation passes through the carbon dioxide and heats the earth while re-radiated heat, at a different wavelength, is absorbed

Re: [MBZ] Global warming? No, Global ice age.

2015-03-07 Thread rogerhga--- via Mercedes
Several years ago, I read articles about the magnetic poles flipping.  The article described how the Earth's magnetic fields will weaken in areas allowing the Sun's radiation to get through more strongly causing more skin cancer cases.  I'm not a scientist, but I wonder if any of this is

[MBZ] Global warming? No, Global ice age.

2015-03-07 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
80-yr-old Weather Channel Founder Explains the History of the Global Warming Fraud John Coleman, 80-year-old award-winning meteorologist and founder of the Weather Channel explains the history of the global warming fraud. “Politics had gotten in the way of the science.” Coleman explains that

Re: [MBZ] BMW carpet set

2015-03-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I have a machine my uncle had, he got it from the shoe factory that closed in the town where he lived. it is similar to that one you have, I don't remember the brand, it might be a Singer. THe whole set up weighs about 300lb. I need to learn how to set it up and use it. Did you do your

[MBZ] The Stealer Dealer

2015-03-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4919326409.html --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

Re: [MBZ] The Stealer Dealer

2015-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Yeah, I know I was not the brightest bulb in the box to leave the watch in the car Stating the obvious? Dan On Mar 7, 2015, at 9:50 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4919326409.html --R

[MBZ] Nice Old Studebaker

2015-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
http://bringatrailer.com/2015/03/06/1942-studebaker-m29-weasel/ Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD

2015-03-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
That link wants me to download an app for my phone and to sign in, does not go to your photos. --R On 3/7/15 2:47 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: Its been a while since I've driven an 1985 car powered by an OM617a... I never owned one, but I've driven several and was alway

Re: [MBZ] Hi lift jack

2015-03-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
The other day I was driving on I-26 here in SC and there was a largish truck, might have been a tractor with a smaller trailer, down in the median all mired up in the muck. You could see where, for whatever reason, it had run off the road then stopped in the muck. There were 2 bubba trucks

Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD

2015-03-07 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
‎Kaleb wrote: Now taking bets on how long Jaime keeps it. 6 weeks. Sells for $10k.  I would speculate on how much (or little) he paid for the car, but he might find that offensive.  Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

[MBZ] New Okie acres

2015-03-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
If you happen to see a movie called Possums on Netflix of wherever it was 100% filmed on location right here in new Okie acre land. It's a low budget movie but it's actually pretty good. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] New Okie acres

2015-03-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Possums (1998) - IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145404/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0145404/ Internet Movie Database Rating: 5.6/10 - ‎233 votes /Possums/ (1998) Poster ... /Possums/ -- A feel good story about a team facing an impossible task with an /Possums/ -- A feel . This /movie/

Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD

2015-03-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I could get rich moving cars that I can buy for 1-2k, then then to Jaime and let him sell them for 5-10k and give him a cut of the profit. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: ‎Kaleb wrote: Now taking bets on how long Jaime

Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD

2015-03-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Now taking bets on how long Haime keeps it. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2015, at 2:02 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I had an 84 that belonged to the son of a guy who was management in parts distribution at Montvale (MBUSA). It was a wicked car, and had

Re: [MBZ] OT: MS

2015-03-07 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Dan wrote: The ribbon must die, just like Clippy. The ribbon... ugghhh! I have not spent enough time with ribbon, and I'm happy. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Global warming? No, Global ice age.

2015-03-07 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
Peter wrote: Methane has stronger absorbance at similar wavelengths than carbon dioxide and is a stronger greenhouse gas. Water vapor is even stronger - way stronger. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] Global warming? No, Global ice age.

2015-03-07 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Grant wrote: $20.000.000.000 has a nice ring to it.. Yeah. The same amount from fedgov certainly changed the computer industry 35 years ago. Fedgov does not invent or discover anything. ...or do they... mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

[MBZ] Hi lift jack

2015-03-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
So the hi lift jack, off road base, and lift mate arrived so I started around 10:30 this morning digging the truck out. Just now got done. That was a whore of a job. I just don't think the real deal hi lift is as good of quality as they used to be. After a while it because almost impossible

Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD

2015-03-07 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
Kaleb, its possible, but the reason they sell for so much is that they're pretty good cars to start with, and I sort them out. Most cars are for sale because something is about to break, or just did, and people are tire of putting money into it. If people believe they're buying something which

Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD

2015-03-07 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
Tap the skip button, or whatever it says, to get past it... no need to download an app to view stuff on flickr. Although they do have an app. Jaime On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: That link wants me to download an app for my phone and to

Re: [MBZ] Update XL: Shirley in a car wreck

2015-03-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 7 Mar 2015 13:20:06 -0500 WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Indeed, our prayers are with you. Thankful she's OK. Thank you, Wilton. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Update XL: Shirley in a car wreck

2015-03-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:59:43 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Glad to hear she's OK. Thank you, Dan. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

[MBZ] Mobil1 Rebate

2015-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Just a heads up to all who use Mobil1: If you do the rebate online you can only claim it ($12) for one five quart jug. If you do the mail-in form you can do it for two. Just scored a couple of five quart jugs of 15W-50 at my local WalMart, who usually never has the stuff. $57.10 for two

[MBZ] OMG!! We almost died!

2015-03-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
Months ago, #1 boy and I installed new rotors on his w140. We had already done the pads long before. About three weeks ago, the driver side front wheel began groaning when he would shift from reverse to drive. Around the same time the boy had been doing 50 work weeks on the 0400-1400 shift.

Re: [MBZ] OMG!! We almost died!

2015-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Glad you caught this, but I'm confused. I don't understand how a missing caliper bolt would make the wheel wiggle. There's no relationship between the caliper and the wheel as far as the wheel's position. Please elaborate. Dan On Mar 7, 2015, at 8:47 PM, clay via Mercedes

[MBZ] MB Archives

2015-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Just opened to the public: https://mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com/marsPublic/en/instance/ko.xhtml?oid=4940076conversationId=423952 Nice. Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD

2015-03-07 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Nice buy Jaime. I lusted in my heart for a long tine for a 123 coupe. I love my 300CD. It is not my daily driver but I too am impressed by the turbo OM617. On Mar 7, 2015 7:58 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Kaleb, its possible, but the reason they sell for so

Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware

2015-03-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
These solutions end up being a complete mess a bunch of the time. Kids are much smarter than humans and will find a way to bypass your lock downs. They hack it or find some other way to get what they want. Then the adults will want to access sites that are not appropriate according to the

Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD

2015-03-07 Thread Jon Agne via Mercedes
SWEET! On Mar 7, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Its been a while since I've driven an 1985 car powered by an OM617a... I never owned one, but I've driven several and was alway impressed. I always considered a 1985 W123 to be the most

Re: [MBZ] OMG!! We almost died!

2015-03-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
I was not witness to the wheel wiggle visual. A person could tell that something was not right and that there was movement of a sort at the wheel point from inside the car. It felt to me that the caliper had come loose, or that a bushing was allowing excess movement when changing direction

[MBZ] OT - RAISING COTTON

2015-03-07 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Yep, another one already: RAISING COTTON By Wilton Strickland Cotton is another crop we raised that was very labor-intensive but not nearly so much as tobacco. Spring preparation of the soil was done very much the same as for tobacco -- walking behind a mule or a pair of mules --