Re: [MBZ] This beauty is the same price as that poos car

I got into a heated argument with a co-worker who used "criteria" in the singular sense. I said he should have used "criterion". He accused me of being a fuddy duddy stuck in the last century, and that usage has evolved so that criteria is acceptable in the singular. On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at

Re: [MBZ] This beauty is the same price as that poos car

That is the specific criteria to designate a looser --R (sent from my miniPad) On Dec 30, 2015, at 11:07 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: I got into a heated argument with a co-worker who used "criteria" in the singular sense. I said he should have used

Re: [MBZ] This beauty is the same price as that poos car

He is wrong. Common usage aside criterion is still singular. I don't like to give incorrect usage a brake. On Dec 30, 2015 11:07 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I got into a heated argument with a co-worker who used "criteria" in the > singular sense. I

Re: [MBZ] Car(b)s suck

Waytago! It is a lot easier and cheaper than a head gasket. Happy New Year! I had to fill up my ice water mug this morning and spray with OFF! to help me deal with the 80F temps and vicious skeeters. Took the pups for a walk up the driveway, no clearing necessary. On a cars suck topic, I

Re: [MBZ] Car(b)s suck

We got maybe an inch of icy snow yesterday, probably 3 inches fell but the ground is warm. I tried playing with snowmobiles, got the '98 Jag started, made a lap around the house with it sounding like crap before it quit. Fired up the '91, got maybe 15 feet before it quit. Finally realized the

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

New computer is up and going after an extremely long download to get Snow Leopard up to date -- I only have a slow DSL line, took a couple hours to download 1.27 GB. This evening's project is to pull the drives from the old computer and copy all the family photos and projects plus migrate

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

I really liked exede sat internet, the speed was great but the big major problem is the data caps. You can't do any sort of streaming at all. If these sat companies would do away with the data caps a lot more people would sign up with them. I am not sure why they are stuck on that business

Re: [MBZ] Car(b)s suck

Waytago! I'd have expected a Catheyesque shoogoo fix, (or using parts of a microwave...) But this one works, so Waytago! ;<) I rebuilt the snowblower carb, and I managed to use most of the new parts. The jet screw in the kit wasn't right, nor was the seal for it. I reused the old screw,

Re: [MBZ] This beauty is the same price as that poos car

Whom is not a looser? On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Give him a brake, he's not a looser! > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Dec 30, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Does the paint chime

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

I forget whether Office for Mac and Mozilla Firefox were already installed on my IMac, or whether I did it myself after purchasing the used computer. Now that I have set up a second user login, I'd like to install those programs in the dock. Mozilla shouldn't be a problem but Is Office for Mac

Re: [MBZ] Car(b)s suck

I had to fill up my ice water mug this morning and spray with OFF! to help me deal with the 80F temps and vicious skeeters. Took the pups for a walk up the driveway, no clearing necessary. On a cars suck topic, I drove the Suburban upstate for Christmas, came back Sunday. It has been

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

We're paying for 3Mb which is about the best in my area but very slow by comparison to what you could get in the city. -Curt From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes To: Peter Frederick ; Mercedes Discussion List Cc:

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

Or puts another couple satellites in orbit -- high speed internet is EXPENSIVE. -Original Message- >From: Curt Raymond via Mercedes >Sent: Dec 30, 2015 10:56 AM >To: Mercedes Discussion List >Cc: Curt Raymond

Re: [MBZ] Car(b)s suck

I rebuilt the snowblower carb, and I managed to use most of the new parts. The jet screw in the kit wasn't right, nor was the seal for it. I reused the old screw, which was in fine shape, and abused the new seal to make it fit. I got it all back together, and when I hit the prime bulb it

Re: [MBZ] Car(b)s suck

On 30/12/2015 11:42 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: I rebuilt the snowblower carb, and I managed to use most of the new parts. The jet screw in the kit wasn't right, nor was the seal for it. I reused the old screw, which was in fine shape, and abused the new seal to make it fit. I got it

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

Should have all the same applications, just click on the icon in the Applications list and drag it to the dock. Peter -Original Message- >From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >Sent: Dec 30, 2015 12:19 PM >To: Curt Raymond , Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

Nope, that's the problem. Not there. On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Should have all the same applications, just click on the icon in the > Applications list and drag it to the dock. > > Peter > > -Original Message- >

Re: [MBZ] ML Madness!

Qatar is one of our allies. Nice to know they arrest people for recording criminal activity. On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > http://jalopnik.com/mercedes-suv-driver-rampages-at-qatar-hotel-crashes-in-1750295793 > > --R > >

Re: [MBZ] This beauty is the same price as that poos car

their all loosers --R On 12/30/15 1:20 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Whom is not a looser? On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Give him a brake, he's not a looser! Sent from my iPad On Dec 30, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Dwight Giles

[MBZ] ML Madness!

http://jalopnik.com/mercedes-suv-driver-rampages-at-qatar-hotel-crashes-in-1750295793 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Cars suck

Dan wrote: > Dayton, OH? And that’s your worst memory? Okay, Dan. How about Manitowoc County? Were you there? Were you there when Steven Avery was jailed? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_a_Murderer I dunno what side to believe. Obviously the flick made us believe one side, but... mao

Re: [MBZ] ML Madness!

Just down the road a bit from my house one evening a car was flipped over in the ditch, two deputies standing there. I stopped and got out my phone to take some pics (from public ROW and private property there) and they told me I couldn't do that because they "had opened a file number" on the

Re: [MBZ] Cars suck

Never lived in Manitowoc County. Closest I lived was in the next county south, Sheboygan County, and that was only for about a year and a half around 1988-89. Don't know anything about this. Dan > On Dec 30, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes > wrote: > > Dan

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

I have the last version of Acrobat Pro that was sold without web activation, which ended around v 9.x something. It runs just fine under El Capitan. When I looked at Adobe's web site, there were tons of posts about compatibility issues with El Capitan, including a statement from Adobe about

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

The MDD macs had inadequate cooling for anything other than an empty computer. It was a beautiful design, just not practical. We had to add a fan for the video capture card we put in it... -Curt From: Peter Frederick via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

So how slow is your connection? Mine is 2.5mb which is very slow by today's standards. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 30, 2015, at 9:53 AM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > wrote: > > New computer is up and going after an extremely long download to get Snow > Leopard up

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

I expect they have to pay for the data on the satellite, until that gets less expensive... -Curt From: Kaleb C. Striplin To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 11:50 AM

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

New does not always = good. That's the price early adopters pay. They don't call it the "bleeding edge" for nothing! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] ML Madness!

Folks in the US of A are regularly arrested and have their recording devices seized when caught recording the police breaking the law. Why should any other country be different? -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

If it was installed by an Administrator an application will show up for all users. Was the application installed by an Administrator? Actually know that I think of it, if you'd "installed" Firefox by dragging the icon to your documents folder it wouldn't show up in the Applications folder. Find

[MBZ] Actual MB content

Since I put the new fuel pump in the TE and go the mixture set properly, it's been running pretty good. Still has a rumble at idle, but I think that's mostly resistor plugs, need to hunt down a set of proper ones. Also occasionally the mixture goes wacko for a second and it nearly dies, but

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

And make sure the applications didn't get put on the hard drive instead of in "applications" -- it's easy to slip a bit so that the Applications section isn't highlighted when you let go of the mouse button. Don't know where it will reside, but it won't be in the folder, and hence will not be

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

I'm slowly grinding through migration of my old data onto the new machine, could only find a USB external drive housing, not my Firewire, and hence it is SLOW. Took three tries, seems my regular boot drive is damaged according to 10.6, and can't be fixed, locked up the computer a few times

Re: [MBZ] This beauty is the same price as that poos car

andrew sez: Whom is not a looser? Not you! ___ 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

[MBZ] A contest for the snowmobilers on the list

FYI. http://www.discountramps.com/snowmobilesweepstakes.aspx?ICID=FOOT-1-Nov3-snowsweeps Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] Floating 12" off the ground

While record numbers of people around the world are picking up injuries from wheeled "hoverboards" this Christmas season, aerospace company Arca Space thinks it has got the real deal. The ArcaBoard uses a grid of 36 ducted electric fans that, going flat out, are capable of putting out 200kgf

Re: [MBZ] Jalopy

They didn't... This was a '63 or earlier car. Engine was possibly a 69, however! Jaime On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Didn't know they made *heckflossen* as late as 1969 > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Dan Penoff via

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

And it's all your fault because you didn't tell him, right? I deal with that every day at work when our "lab techs" with high school diplomas from 1976 don't understand you can't modify procedures to suit you. Ignorance is one thing, not bothering to think or do a simple web search is

Re: [MBZ] This beauty is the same price as that poos car

Does the paint chime like,a bell since it is "pealing"? On Dec 29, 2015 11:07 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Oh by the way, runs great except for it caught fire and the wiring is > screwed up. > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

In fairness to him he didn't appear to be looking for blame, just frustrated because he apparently has minimal tech knowledge and couldn't understand why it was happening. But yes, his inability to consult the Google immediately upon experiencing the issue marks him as stupid in my book.

Re: [MBZ] This beauty is the same price as that poos car

Give him a brake, he's not a looser! Sent from my iPad > On Dec 30, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > Does the paint chime like,a bell since it is "pealing"? > On Dec 29, 2015 11:07 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] Floating 12" off the ground

For that kind of money, you deserve three batteries and a way to change them in 30 seconds or less. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Cars suck

I was just hassling you I lived in northern Hamilton County (Mount Healthy, to be exact) from 1960 until 1969. While I was just a pup at the time, it was a nice, very "Leave It To Beaver" sort of existence, with walking to school and cutting my first grade teacher's grass in the summer.

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

Guy I sold my Mac Pro was calling my land line and emailing me last night. Ugh. "I can't install software! If I try to, the computer keeps rebooting!" Me via my burner email account: What kind of software? What version? How are you installing? Late last night: "Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.

Re: [MBZ] FedEx Ape-like Package Handling

We get this all the time "Your rotten software won't run on the latest OS!" generally speaking we find out about the new OS the same day the public does. Apple then doesn't document about half the changes they made to the dammed thing, so it takes us a month or more to catchup.Pretty bad that