Well if you are talking about CD player you would be moving into the 20th
century. You want to send it off and Have an aux port installed then you can
hook an iPod or whatever up to it. They also rebuild it at the same time.
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to seem like more play than work, doesn't it? When it does, THAT'S a
Boondoggle.
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I didn't go up on the lectern, just took a picture in front of it staying on
the floor. I did try out the chair for the US rep to the Security Council...
In retrospect it seems strange I didn't check out the gift shop, I managed to
get to the gift shop at the FBI academy a couple years ago.
How 'bout a pavements conference on the beach at Panama City Beach, FL, from
Greenland in October?
Wilton
Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
You need to hear about the boondoggle the guys I had in class figured out.
They work for Danish National Broadcasting,
You need to hear about the boondoggle the guys I had in class figured out. They
work for Danish National Broadcasting, recently our european customers
discovered that for the same price as going to our UK training center they
could come to the US and in the US they get the Master Instructor,
right front fender?
RB
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V6 engine
It's a 420SEL.
If this was meant for me, thanks, but don't bother. I want a W140 sedan, and
ONLY a W140 sedan, and it's got to be at least 1996 or newer. 95 and earlier
had too many issues.
Thanks,
Dan
On Mar 19, 2015, at 6:31 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
My bad I missed that
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On Mar 19, 2015, at 5:57 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
right front fender?
RB
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Of course!
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On Mar 18, 2015, at 11:11 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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I'm still at a loss to figure out why W140s are so hard to find...
Dan
Easy! Murphy. Stop looking so hard. relax. When you don't need one,
they'll be everywhere.
Not to mention sly allusions to blue pills.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:55 AM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes
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What's going on in this place? We are talking about strippers touching
wood!
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On Mar 18, 2015, at 2:03 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Break down and purchase an imperfect one. Suddenly, the market will be
flooded with low mileage one-owner cars owned by legally blind little old
ladies who bought them for their looks and only wanted to pet and pamper
them.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 5:29 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I'm still at a loss to figure out why W140s are so hard to find...
Dan
the harder you look, the scarcer they become. its a corollary to
Murphy's law. Besides, 'tis the season for the little people
Have you cut down a tree lately? If you cut down a fairy tree, your
lucky to
I saw a Youtube video of a guy enclosing the unhusked nuts in a cage and
then power washing them to remove the husks. No such automated process to
crack them once de-husked, however.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:00 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
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May get a
Winter sets global heat record despite US East's big chill
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal records show that this winter and the first two
months of 2015 were the hottest on record globally, with
What is the condition of the bearing in the wheel carrier? They do go
bad, and can cause both loose rear end sensations and excessivve
camber. I'm in the process of replacing them on all three W124s.
They usually creak too.
Also check ride height -- if the rear is low due to weak shocks
I would think the most accurate way to check the normal height of the car front
and back and side to side would be to measure the height above a flat surface
of the box beams on each side of the car. Eyeballing heights can be innacurate.
Gerry
What is the condition of the bearing in the wheel
'Has to do with a scammer in Singapore trying to get to my stuff. That's
the reason for the ? To see if my e-mail still works.
Wilton
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I would still suspect the springs - new shocks and new springs and you
should be good to go, what else is there to replace? Just finish throwing
money at it :-)
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:53 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes
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Have you replaced the back pressurized
I only hoard useful ammo: 5.56 and 9mm.
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I'm amazed at the persistence of the idiots hoarding ammunition. Dad talks
about friends of his who might shoot 1 or 2 shots a year buying a brick of
I yanked the cassette mechanism in the Chicken Wagon, replaced
it with a USB power jack and an aux phone plug. Intended for
use with a discman or iPod. Wife never, I mean _never_ used it.
Looks like a stock-ish Becker, but could iPod. Sorta.
http://formicapeak.com/~jimc/cwlog.html#31Mar2007
The rear wheels on my 124 300D have had a camber problem since i got
it maybe 9 yrs ago. I replaced the rear subframe bushings, and all
the links and bushings a couple years ago. It still has too much
camber. tops in, bottoms out.
supposedly the camber is not adjustable. All parts were
On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:35:38 -0500
Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
The rear wheels on my 124 300D have had a camber problem since i got
it maybe 9 yrs ago. I replaced the rear subframe bushings, and all
the links and bushings a couple years ago. It still has too
Curly wrote:
The rear wheels on my 124 300D have had a camber problem since i
got it maybe 9 yrs ago. I replaced the rear subframe bushings,
and all the links and bushings a couple years ago. It still has
too much camber. tops in, bottoms out.
Any ideas how to correct or fix the camber
Hood too. Not initially all that obvious given the color and the
reflections etc.
RB
On 19/03/2015 5:58 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
My bad I missed that
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On Mar 19, 2015, at 5:57 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
right front fender?
RB
On
Just drove several blocks behind a back E250 Bluetec; nearly $52k?!!!??!!
My nearly 29-year-old white 124D w/141 kmi ran smoothly and quietly behind and
along beside it for several blocks. I didn't feel shy at all.
Wilton
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Why a BMW? Mechanics say they break, unlike MErcedes.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes
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Dan wrote: I've pretty much decided it's a W140 or nothing, so the E55
is out the window. I've put searches in for W140s in Tulsa, OK City and
I would have bought a 140 (97-99). But, like Dan they are very hard to find.
When I did find one they were either turds or they wanted WAY too much for
them. Plus, I have really enjoyed my current 7 series. I think the 98-2001
Bmw is the best one they made. They fit me well and look good.
Yes that was great fun, as was scrounging old bicycle tire inner tubes
and fashioning big slingshots to launch them.
--R
On 3/19/15 1:14 PM, WILTON wrote:
I remember playing base ball with the greenuns several times - green
walnuts for the ball; piecea whatever was available (oak, hickory,
On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 19:12:18 + Fred Moir via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Didn't Krakatoa induce a mini ice age in the early middle ages?
Krakatoa blew in August, 1883.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa
Craig
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Warmer is much better than colder (for the US). The proposed solutions would
seriously deteriorate the economic status of the poor and middle class (in the
US). The former head of the IPCC has admitted that this cause is a religion to
him. There are vast areas of
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 3:16 PM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Wilt
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I will see your ?? and raise you a ???
RB
On 19/03/2015 2:34 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 3:16 PM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Some of *$'s blends are quite good. I favor their Casi Cielo which I brew
at home a lot. I don't care for their ultra dark (burnt) roasts either.
Greg
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R works for M?
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
And you work for whom?
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
You must work for the gummint with those kind of calculations
--R
Meade, there is far more money being spent by the polluters to fund climate
change deniers. I j ust hope you don't own any beach property.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Meade Dillon dillonm...@gmail.com wrote:
Andrew,
The data is being cooked in order to keep the billions of research
Huh?
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Meade Dillon dillonm...@gmail.com wrote:
R works for M?
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
And you work for whom?
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Well, yeah, that, but I am an independent ontapanure, and constructor of
fine buildings and furniture.
--R (who is off to the dump shortly to deliver parts of the old kitchen
I tore out yesterday, having made an earlier delivery Saturday)
On 3/19/15 9:51 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I'm going to have to agree. Show me the warmth, show me the money. If I'm not
experiencing warm weather I won't buy that the earth is warming.
I was on board with global warming until recent weather patterns have caused
massive doubt in my mind.
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On Mar 19, 2015, at 9:48
Andy sez: A leisurely 50 mph by my calculations. About the speed of
a blimp but
without the luxury of cabin service.
BZT WRONG!
read your own post Andrew.
The plane flies ideally
at around 25 knots, or 45 kph (28 mph).
Big difference between 28 and 50 mph.
sorry to bother all, but when i tried to research this in the archive, i
got a coupla'-hunnert thousand results (that weren't sortable by date,...).
going to the URL listed at the bottom of every post takes me to a
cPanel site that asks me for a password; how do i find out what my
A leisurely pace.
--R
On 3/19/15 9:03 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
The plane flies ideally
at around 25 knots, or 45 kph (28 mph).
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 09:58:14 -0400 dseretakis--- via Mercedes
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I'm going to have to agree. Show me the warmth, show me the money. If
I'm not experiencing warm weather I won't buy that the earth is
warming. I was on board with global warming until recent weather
So today and tomorrow are supermoons or something (the vernal equinox)
so the morning tides are really high. My back yard is flooded more than
usual today (and downtown Charleston is probably a swamp too). I am
thinking that if we get a bit more sea level rise I could put in a dock
and run
I heard on the radio that Starbucks is getting into racing now, probably
NASCAR and not that wimpy uropeen thing if they know what's good for
them. I guess instead of Winston Cup races they are going to have
Starbucks Cup races or something, if I heard the story right. Something
about cups
Yea that's pretty much all standard
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On Mar 19, 2015, at 12:01 AM, OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
Sounds like a standard W115 300D to me, mine had all that and it wasn't
special, well except for your special seats.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:40 PM,
Break down and purchase an imperfect one. Suddenly, the market will be
flooded with low mileage one-owner cars owned by legally blind little old
ladies who bought them for their looks and only wanted to pet and pamper
them.
Yep, Andrew understands Murphy and his Menehunes. His method will
Solar plane leaves India for next stop in Myanmar
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The Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — A solar-powered airplane on a historic round-the-world
journey took offThursday from the northern
I found a couple of nice ones on Cars.com last night. Some Greek guy over in
Tarpon Springs has both an S420 and S320 for sale. He wants stupid money for
them, but they're both nice cars.
I am coming to the realization that my prior purchases, both at ridiculously
low amounts, may be coloring
There is some guy around here who begs on freecycle for e-waste all the
time, I'm sure he has some backyard smelter thing going on.
--R
On 3/19/15 1:02 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
Salvage the gold ---
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:34 PM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
You must work for the gummint with those kind of calculations
--R
On 3/19/15 9:32 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
A leisurely 50 mph by my calculations. About the speed of a blimp but
without the luxury of cabin service.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 09:54:48 -0400 Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Meade, there is far more money being spent by the polluters to fund
climate change deniers. I j ust hope you don't own any beach property.
Actually, Andrew, what he said is correct. The records are
Having been out of the airplane for 3 years while in engineering school at
NC State U, I was required to attend B-52 combat crew training a second time
at Atwater, CA, from July through Oct 1971 (first time July through Oct
1962).
Across the street from where we lived in Atwater were large
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Nothing more boring than a gas-fueled station wagon.
Andrew
two (2) W123 300TD turbodiesel wagons
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Jon Agne via Mercedes
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Dan wrote: I've pretty much decided it's a W140 or nothing, so the E55 is
out the window. I've put searches in for W140s in Tulsa, OK City and
Charleston. If I see anything pop up I'll be in touch. Sadly, the initial
searches yielded pretty much nothing. I'm still at a loss to figure out
I remember playing base ball with the greenuns several times - green
walnuts for the ball; piecea whatever was available (oak, hickory, pine)
for the bat. I still enjoy innovating, but being poor is a much stronger
incentive to do it.
Wilton
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Congrats, Donald, glad you found something you like. Sounds like a nice
example. So what are you doing with your existing 740?
As I opined earlier today, I think part of my problem is my past luck in
finding nice, well kept examples cheap. As I expand my search I'm finding that
the decent
In my mind what really seals it are two things: (1) the absolute demonizing
and *ad hominem *attacks on those who question global warming, and (2)
the attempts to suppress publication of scientific studies which don't
support the global warming narrative.
Add to that the proposed solutions all
Yea that's pretty much all standard
My 115 has none of that, except the fog lights which are
part of the headlight assembly anyway.
-- Jim
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Starbux makes my heart race. Coffee too strong. Yuck.
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On Mar 19, 2015, at 10:40 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
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HA! I can just picture Bubba asking Barista-Babe about racing and the
interesting exchange that will follow.
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I have a pretty decent background in science. In a prior life I did a good
amount of research and have a healthy list of publications to prove it
including first authorship in JAMA, the findings of which were published in
TIME and first page Wall Street Journal. I'm no novice to how statistical
HA! I can just picture Bubba asking Barista-Babe about racing and the
interesting exchange that will follow.
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Max where's my espresso?
Charleston SC
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Didn't Krakatoa induce a mini ice age in the early middle ages?
Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:01:58 -0400
To: diese...@pisquared.net; mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Big chil indeed.
From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Only if we enter an age of extreme volcanism.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:51:56 -0500 Randy Bennell via Mercedes
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Nothing we do is going to make much difference, IF it is a matter of
Wilt
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Nothing we do is going to make much difference, IF it is a matter of
oil consumption etc, so long as places like China and India keep on as
they are. Sending them truck loads of our money in order to
Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.
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Subject: RE: [MBZ] OT: Big chil indeed.
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:31:31 +
Doh! CRS!
Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:01:50 -0600
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
I've been down in Florida since last Monday for work. We did a test drive
for work, driving a loop around most of the state: Jacksonville - Daytona
Beach (during bike week) - St. Petersburg - Naples - Miami Beach -
Cocoa Beach - Jacksonville.
Highlights of the trip were visiting folks along the
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
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NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens!
*“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of
our people need it sorely on
Eighteen hundred and froze to death?
Curt
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I just finished a class at the UN. Got a pic on the floor of the general
Assembly.
Curt
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Did you go to the lectern and take your shoe off and pound it on the
top? THAT would have been funny as hell. You could also stand up and
denounce imperialist hegemonists.
--R
On 3/19/15 4:37 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
I just finished a class at the UN. Got a pic on the floor
Ad hominem occurs from both political persuasions.
There are zero solutions, however, we could agree that we are persons
that all desire to continue to live. Those with money cannot continue
to make money if we do not purchase stuff, yet, we all need to
purchase stuff. I drive a 30 year old used
Am considering a move into the 21st century for my W123 and would like to find
if any of you have installed/added a CD player while maintaining the Becker
Grand Prix electronic radio. TIA.
G. M. Brown
Brevard, NC
And selling them our oil doesn't help either.
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On Mar 19, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Nothing we do is going to make much difference, IF it is a matter of oil
consumption etc, so long as places like China and India keep on
My 76 has all but the bundts and the radio and antenna. No idea what
radio was in to begin with. It had a bad aftermarket one when I got it
and now it has a hole where that used to be.
I have a couple of decent aftermarket ones I could install but have yet
to do so.
RB
On 19/03/2015 12:01
Craig wrote:
If I had nothing else to do (HA!), I would detail more of the prostituting
of science in the name of that political agenda.
It is all about passing Cap and Trade, which is nothing but a massive
transference of wealth from the middle and upper middle class to the ultra
wealthy.
Nothing we do is going to make much difference, IF it is a matter of oil
consumption etc, so long as places like China and India keep on as they
are. Sending them truck loads of our money in order to pursuade them not
to pollute is not likely to do much for either them or us.
RB
On
Spoiler alert: The moon walk was also a government con!
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
In my mind what really seals it are two things: (1) the absolute demonizing
and *ad hominem *attacks on those who question global warming, and (2)
I think there are 3 issues here that are getting muddled in all the
chaff. First is whether the planet is warming up. Second is what the
cause of (1) might be if it is happening. Third then is what to do
about it.
1) is probably true, overall, it has been happening for quite some time,
at
On 19/03/2015 9:22 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote:
Yea that's pretty much all standard
My 115 has none of that, except the fog lights which are
part of the headlight assembly anyway.
-- Jim
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Youngest son's first Starbucks mocha:
Yuck! Is it me, or does this stuff taste burned?
Yeah, that's my boy Appreciates a good espresso at his age
Dan
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HA! I can just picture
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