Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:44:55 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > I looked at the video this morning, but since it's 5:00 am I didn't > have the sound up. What were they spraying into the manifold with that > long tube? The fellow said air. I wonder if straight oxygen

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

Air... The EGR valve shoots sooty exhaust back into the intake during low power conditions which, if the car is primarily city driven, causes soot to build up in the intake manifold, restricting air flow. Eventually some cars will barely run. To fix it you heat it with a torch until the sooty,

Re: [MBZ] good fuel hose

Have you looked at McMaster-Carr? I bought some viton hose for return line hose that lasted amazingly well. -Curt From: Curly McLain via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 25,

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

You can be our test case. If your VW survives, maybe I'll try cleaning out one of my MB manifolds. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Some people threaten that it will warp the casting but nobody has

[MBZ] Dinero Gratis!

You know how you get all those letters about lawsuits and settlements over some corporate transgression then never see a dime from any of them? Saturday a check shows up in the mail for $137 to do with a settlement with Farmers Insurance in Texas where I had car ins with them, at the least 8

Re: [MBZ] Lawnmower parts

Curt wrote: > Can't buy quality these days huh? Too bad with such a new mower. Ha!! New mower! - 20-years old. Most of these in commercial work these days are not belt drive to the wheels, I suspect - gear or hydraulic drive. Perhaps we got a bad design because most of the other stuff seems to

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

Another amusing anecdote that just came to memory, Microsoft *did* have a UNIX. Who remembers Xenix? Now that is a blast from the past, haven't thought about that in decades probably. An official license from AT of a System 7 implementation that Microsoft ported to *8086* Mmmm ... slow. EdB "Das

[MBZ] good fuel hose

Most of the flaps fuel hose lasts only 5 years or so. sometimes more, sometimes less. Has anyone found a source for good quality hose that may be locally available at major cities? (Like Grainger) If that is not possible, is there a online source? Do the dealers stock bulk hose? I doubt

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

Xenix, Warrior Operating System --BB On 4/25/16 10:51 AM, Ed Booher via Mercedes wrote: Another amusing anecdote that just came to memory, Microsoft *did* have a UNIX. Who remembers Xenix? Now that is a blast from the past, haven't thought about that in decades probably. An official license

Re: [MBZ] good fuel hose

What's that stuff, Vigon, Viton, Vogon, something like that? --R On 4/25/16 10:51 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: Most of the flaps fuel hose lasts only 5 years or so. sometimes more, sometimes less. Has anyone found a source for good quality hose that may be locally available at major

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

I would think straight O2 would melt the thing into a puddle? Dan Sent from my iPad > On Apr 25, 2016, at 9:56 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:44:55 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > >> I looked at the video this

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

Correct. But people who bought them to be "green" have had their feelings hurt! I actually saw an Audi diesel SUV in a parking lot right about the time this story came out, it had a factory sticker in the back glass that had a flower or something and "Green Diesel" on it. I wonder

Re: [MBZ] How Did it All Begin?

My father is the only person I know who can beat Donald Snook for rapid turnover of used cars. Several Mercedes were among those, including two diesel powered cars (a mid-60's 190D, and an '83 240D). I think I was hooked when about 4 years old by that 190D. Compared to the rest of the crappy

Re: [MBZ] Happy Birthday, Kaleb!

On 24/04/2016 10:39 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Everybody should wish Kaleb a Happy Birthday! ___ Sure. Happy Birthday Kaleb. How old are you? RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

Peter wrote: > So much for innovation, eh? Innovation? - please elaborate? I think innovation probably ended with Wilbur/Orville, since the Smithsonian had the idea (currently in vogue) that more power is better. Fuggedabout Less is More. Nice summary of early Gates/Jobs. These aspects weren't

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

Start cheap / easy, work your way up. Someone reported success with Dawn dish detergent, maybe give that a go first. Here's a map of biodiesel stations: http://biodiesel.org/using-biodiesel/finding-biodiesel/retail-locations/retail-map - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

Here is something I wonder about. Bill is a pretty liberal guy and supporter of big gummint but also propounds all these rich dudes giving their money away in foundations and such. Shouldn't a big gummint liberal be more inclined to just give all their money to the gummint as it knows best

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

Which is far more effective, efficient, elegant and much much less messy than trying to clean it with a pressure washer, which I did not so long ago on the 123. In other cleaning news, zep degreaser gets old decomposed rats out of trash bins pretty well, along with the smell. On Apr 25, 2016 7:06

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

Some people threaten that it will warp the casting but nobody has ever reported that actually happening... -Curt From: Karl Wittnebel To: "mercedes@okiebenz com" ; Curt Raymond Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 10:46 AM

Re: [MBZ] good fuel hose

I think the short hoses without fittings are really bulk hose at the dealer. The EPC will state this by showing the quantity by the meter. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Apr 25, 2016, at 10:51 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Most of the flaps fuel hose lasts

Re: [MBZ] Project Car?

See these cars look good bagged Yo. --BB On 4/25/16 9:21 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: http://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/5528578263.html Sent from my iPad ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

I don't remember if I've told this story here but... Back when I had my $400 1983 240D I was late for a flight and noticed one section of the parking garage at the airport was for "green vehicles". I had a piece of paper and with a sharpie I wrote "BIO" and stuck it on the "Diesel" badge on the

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

No radiator shop here will touch it. Called them all. ___ 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] Amazing covered pedal car - biking in any weather.

Finished watching a documentary on the Flix last night about a cross-USA bike race. One guy started out on a recumbent with some sort of fabric shroud he could put around himself, mostly to keep rain off I guess. It did not look too aerodynamic but they did not show him riding with it

Re: [MBZ] Dinero Gratis!

NPR's Planet Money recently had a show about the rise of the class action including an interview with the guy who invented it. -Curt From: Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Buggered Benzmail

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

The difference is that the Teslas don't concentrate their nitrogen oxides, etc. in the cities - it's the "not in my back yard" effect. You've moved the source of pollution to lesser populated areas. On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >

Re: [MBZ] Lawnmower parts

So much of what I have is old. The snowplow tractor here at the house is a 1965 Cub Cadet 70, at camp we've got a 1967 Cub Cadet 72 for runabout/hauling duty. The big tractor is a '52 Farmall Super M... When people say old and its younger than me I just smile. -Curt From: Mountain Man

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

High temperature and high oxygen conditions produce nitrogen oxides, and coal fired power plants are well known for producing large amounts of sulfur and nitrogen oxides -- remember acid rain? Cured by using scrubbers to remove this stuff from the air. Sadly, the majority of coal fired

Re: [MBZ] Kleb Cars

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:19:16 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/512691.html I like the method of window sealing shown in pictures 10, 11, and 12 ... Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

Yes, VMS, not Unix. Also, Billy knew about QDOS before he sold it. But he hadn't bought it yet. It was a clean rewrite, so far as I know. Hey, CP/M was what, maybe 5KB of actual code? All I know is that I went to the computer store with money in my pocket, ready to buy the new IBM PC, and

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

I looked at the video this morning, but since it's 5:00 am I didn't have the sound up. What were they spraying into the manifold with that long tube? Dan Sent from my iPad > On Apr 25, 2016, at 9:10 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > I've been debating doing

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

Mainframes do many things better than PCs, especially handle large databases with large numbers of users. Something about thousands of ports rather than six Very expensive, and serious overkill for routine office stuff, which is why the PC now sits on everyone's desk instead of a

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

Yes I get the impression we are headed toward radically different cars. Teslas put as much carbon into the atmosphere as any other high economy car. The only way to reduce that is to lower the weight of the vehicle, or increase passengers per vehicle. I would actually ride a faired recumbent trike

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:15:28 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Updates are difficult on a machine thats running which is why the > reboots are to be expected... The only thing for which Linux needs a reboot is updating the kernel. Craig

Re: [MBZ] 124 power steering hose

Attaboy! 12mm hydraulic hose. Just replaced both of mine for about $16 worth of bulk hose. Love those easy fixes, don’t you? > On Apr 25, 2016, at 5:21 PM, WILTON via Mercedes > wrote: > > 'Found the clamped joint in the return hose and near the power steering pump

Re: [MBZ] blue efficiency

https://www.google.ca/?gws_rd=ssl#q=what+does+blue+efficiency+mean+on+mercedes RB On 25/04/2016 4:26 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: I have no idea. I have seen that badge on the bluetec diesels and it made sense but I have also seen it on the gassers as well. I have also seen

[MBZ] your granny?

Wish the lady who bought this new was my grandmother. http://news.boldride.com/2016/04/one-owner-mercedes-benz-gullwing-300sl-auction/102900/ http://rmsothebys.com/mc16/monaco http://rmsothebys.com/mc16/monaco/lots/1955-mercedes-benz-300-sl-gullwing/1078745

Re: [MBZ] Lawnmower parts

The red diesel was indeed a Cub Cadet, the 782D and it was actually a Kubota diesel engine. I have direct experience with 3x MTD mowers, Dad has a, I think, Troybuilt I bought him at Lowes for Fathers day 4 or 5 years ago, at camp we have a Crapsman we bought 6 or 7 years ago and my

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

He has the world believing that crap. He and melinda are holding onto buckets of the cash and have stored a bit of it in their mendacious foundation. Bill is living the high life, and will keep doing so until the day he dies. At least he was bright enough to not use some banana republic law

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

You sound like a raging socialist. Are you feeling the Bern lately? On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 4:06 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > He has the world believing that crap. He and melinda are holding onto > buckets of the cash and have stored a bit of it in their mendacious >

Re: [MBZ] your granny?

You need to be resigned to the fact that you were issued a set of less than stellar genes. On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Wish the lady who bought this new was my grandmother. > > >

Re: [MBZ] blue efficiency

I have no idea. I have seen that badge on the bluetec diesels and it made sense but I have also seen it on the gassers as well. I have also seen Hyundai gas cars with blue something or other on them. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 25, 2016, at 3:54 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] blue efficiency

https://www.google.ca/?gws_rd=ssl#q=what+does+blue+efficiency+mean+on+mercedes RB So it means "We bought into the albore lies, OR we don't have the guts to stand up to the liars" ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

Well, I started with the KISS method. Went back to Bakery 101. To clean the glass cases, (mostly Veg. grease/oil) clean it with ammonia water. I rinsed it once with a qt. of ammonia. The Ammonia alone turned very thick and yellow.This took off a lot of crud. Then I added washing soda

[MBZ] blue efficiency

I was getting gas this aft and some guy pulls up the other side of the pump in an E350 coupe that had "blue efficiency" badged on the side of the fender. I figured it was a diesel and was gonna talk to the guy but he was putting petrol in it. I looked at the back, nothing on the lid about

Re: [MBZ] Amazing covered pedal car - biking in any weather.

An animal with negative body fat. On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Finished watching a documentary on the Flix last night about a cross-USA > bike race. One guy started out on a recumbent with some sort of fabric > shroud he

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

Karl. Not blown up but collapsed by vacuum via a plugged breather. Does that count? Fred Fortuna Favet Fortibus. (93 entry motto, RAF Locking '59-'62) Or as we used to say about getting back to base,fortune favors the #40 bus. Fred Moir. Lynn MA. Diesel preferred.

[MBZ] OT Climate Change (was VW to offer to buy back nearly 500, 000 U.S. diesel cars)

Don't drink the kool-aid Karl, the Earth has never had a stable climate. Ice ages, periods warmer than now, higher CO2 levels, they are all part of the natural cycle, largely driven by solar activity. Global Warming / Climate Change is pure power grab politics by the left. Ever notice how all the

Re: [MBZ] You may only speak of ... operating systems ... [was: Re: New lister ]

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:43:55 -0400 Ed Booher via Mercedes wrote: > You are using add-ons or options I am unfamiliar with, my vanilla RHEL 5 > looks nothing like that. The Gnome bar I am used to has my windowspaces > in it and running processes and nothing else. > > EdB

Re: [MBZ] You may only speak of ... operating systems ... [was: Re: New lister ]

EdB wrote: > You are using add-ons or options I am unfamiliar with, my vanilla RHEL 5 > looks nothing like that. The Gnome bar I am used to has my windowspaces in > it and running processes and nothing else. My desktop looks much like yours - running Manjaro. mao

Re: [MBZ] How Did it All Begin?

On 24/04/2016 11:21 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: As I looked (on the Facebook) at an adorbs picture of the birthday boy sitting with the family at the symphony in Okieland, several questions ran through my mind (none of which were the perennial Banned Dr. Fatty question). How did we all

Re: [MBZ] You may only speak of ... operating systems ... [was: Re: New lister ]

On Apr 25, 2016 9:46 AM, "Craig via Mercedes" wrote: > > I logged onto the system using the means to log on the old way (I forget > the exact terminology). I was able to get it fairly close to what I > wanted. I later logged on with the "new" way and, instantly, my desktop

Re: [MBZ] Kleb Cars

LIVED, not lied. I never lie. On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > Wish I lied in the rural outskirts . I could combine these into one nice > car. > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > >> On

Re: [MBZ] You may only speak of ... operating systems ... [was: Re: New lister ]

I'm probably showing my age, but I start almost everything from terminal on Linux. Back in the days of windowmaker / CDE, icons weren't absolute or universal. Wave when you drive through Indiana, I'll wave back. On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

OK Don wrote: > You've moved the source of pollution to lesser populated areas. Yeah but... Centralized production, looong distribution line losses - perhaps these should be factored or better understood in our quest to lay blame against NIMBY. Perhaps more local and less centralized production,

Re: [MBZ] good fuel hose

Anything Trident will be excellent stuff. Various diameters and applications. http://www.amazon.com/Trident-TR38-Marine-Grade-Fuel/dp/B00D2C1ZO8 On Apr 25, 2016 8:14 AM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" wrote: > I think the short hoses without fittings are really bulk hose at

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:15:34 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > I would think straight O2 would melt the thing into a puddle? I thought of that possibility. Craig > Dan > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Apr 25, 2016, at 9:56 AM, Craig via Mercedes > >

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

Don't mess with straight o2 around open flame. Oil burns just fine with a bunch of air blowing on it. The soot in the intake is soaked in oil from the egr. On Apr 25, 2016 9:11 AM, "Craig via Mercedes" wrote: > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:15:34 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes >

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

Yep. Wilt - Original Message - From: "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Dan Penoff" Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank I would think straight O2

Re: [MBZ] Kleb Cars

Wish I lied in the rural outskirts . I could combine these into one nice car. On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:19:16 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > >

Re: [MBZ] You may only speak of ... operating systems ... [was: Re: New lister ]

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:55:07 -0400 Ed Booher via Mercedes wrote: > I'm probably showing my age, but I start almost everything from > terminal on Linux. I, too, start things from the command line, like gqview and gimp and some others. Craig

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

Bummer, pillary and the embedded islamists will "destabilize civilization" long before anything to do with CO2 does.They are well on the way now. Massive invasions have already happened. KISS. What happens when there is more CO2? More green living things grow, they USE the co2 and

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:51:42 -0700 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > I have begun to think with more immediacy about the possibility of > catastrophic sea level rise within my children's lifetimes however, > which seems driven by CO2. A recent paper by James Hansen

Re: [MBZ] good fuel hose

I bought some of the Gates 400 PSI transmission cooler line. It should be compatible with petroleum Dissel. It is a grade or two up from what they sell as fuel line. The first time I replaced it in the Dogde van, the OE stuff only lasted 7-8 yrs. The rplancement trnas cooler hoses only

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:51:42 -0700 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: I have begun to think with more immediacy about the possibility of catastrophic sea level rise within my children's lifetimes however, which seems driven by CO2. A recent paper by James Hansen

Re: [MBZ] You may only speak of ... operating systems ... [was: Re: New lister ]

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:30:38 -0400 Tim Crone wrote: > I use fvwm and my reasonably default setup is not far from yours. I'll have to look up fvwm and see what it's like. > I always boot to runlevel 3, then startx manually. I am no fan of the > graphical login. I need to have

Re: [MBZ] You may only speak of ... operating systems ... [was: Re: New lister ]

I need to have the graphical login for my wife, who also uses the Linux system (though not terminals and command lines). As a matter of fact, if she were put in front of a Windows system, she would not know what to do. Craig Easy! If you want to shut it off, you click "Start" What could

Re: [MBZ] Lawnmower parts

Reminds me of the Wheel Horse I bought for our first house in 1984. At that time it was old (like 15-20 years!). Sold it for more than I paid for it. I was amazed at parts availability. The mower deck had a bad bearing, so I went down to the Ace Hardware in our town, who was also the Wheel

Re: [MBZ] 124 power steering hose

Yep. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes List" Cc: "Dan Penoff" Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 power steering hose Attaboy! 12mm hydraulic hose.

Re: [MBZ] blue efficiency

You have to say "Fox News" and "Bush" and "Cheney" whenever you mention Koch bros, like this: Kochbrothersfoxnewsbushcheney --R On 4/25/16 8:02 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Sure you don't mean the Koch brothers lies? On Apr 25, 2016 5:49 PM, "Curly McLain via Mercedes"

Re: [MBZ] Kleb Cars

yes On 4/25/2016 5:44 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: So, move! I can't recommend it enough - we LOVE living in the rural area just outside of town - especially being outside the city limits - they can't tell us what to do. An added plus is room for all the gardening you want, as big a

Re: [MBZ] blue efficiency

Curly, Saw a show on TV yesterday. Some guy is shortly releasing a movie and will name names and expose all the lies around global warming, climate change or whatever. He talks about how the left liberals make a date claim, the date arrives with no events, they line through that date and pick

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

Karl Wittnebel wrote: > > I have begun to think with more immediacy about the possibility of > > catastrophic sea level rise within my children's lifetimes however, > > which seems driven by CO2. A recent paper by James Hansen indicates > > this may in fact be a possibility. > > PLEASE DO NOT

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

Tell us more about these techniques for certain types of green plants --R On 4/25/16 3:55 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: ‎Curly sez: KISS. What happens when there is >more CO2? More green living things grow, they USE the co2 >and EXHALE O2. That is correct. In my youth I studied indoor

Re: [MBZ] your granny?

You know if I won the Powerball between now and the auction I'd go buy that thing and just drive it like it has been and was meant to be. I doubt it would diminish in value by use unless it got smashed. --R On 4/25/16 3:47 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: Wish the lady who bought this

Re: [MBZ] blue efficiency

Sure you don't mean the Koch brothers lies? On Apr 25, 2016 5:49 PM, "Curly McLain via Mercedes" wrote: > >> https://www.google.ca/?gws_rd=ssl#q=what+does+blue+efficiency+mean+on+mercedes >> >> RB >> > > So it means "We bought into the albore lies, OR we don't have the

[MBZ] Where my 1962 300SE Came From

Interesting short on Colma, CA: http://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/welcome-to-the-town-of-the-dead It’s a cool place - I lived just south of it in San Bruno for a short time and visited it regularly. Lots of history. Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] Lawnmower parts

What's up with these zero-turn mowing things that cost more than any of my Benzes (except the ML)? Damn, I would just mount some mower decks under the TD and have at it for those prices. They start at like $3k and go up from there. --R On 4/25/16 3:21 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

Which seems to be about every third or fourth update on my Ubuntu machine. The updates are a LOT more frequent than the monthly MS updates. On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 3:31 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > > Curt wrote: > > > > Updates are difficult on a machine thats running

Re: [MBZ] OT Climate Change (was VW to offer to buy back nearly 500, 000 U.S. diesel cars)

Given the Earth has only existed for 6000 years your hypothesis lacks rigor. The Truth can be found here http://creationmuseum.org/ I have also asked how these http://www.mountainphotography.com/images/xl/20071207-Torres-del-Paine-Panorama.jpg mountains, of which the tops were under 1km+ of

Re: [MBZ] blue efficiency

*"BlueEFFICIENCY means* reducing consumption, saving on costs and protecting the environment. We use the umbrella term *BlueEFFICIENCY* for a series of innovative, intelligently combined measures which noticeably reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions." Which is marketing-speak for total

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

Yes of course and they are demonically fast cars until the batteries overheat. I guess my point is that if I felt that bad about a bit more nitrogen oxides coming out of the vw tailpipe, I would never drive a 123 diesel. Or a 606. Because they dwarf the NO emission of the vw. The vw exhaust

Re: [MBZ] Lawnmower parts

Reminds me of the Wheel Horse I bought for our first house in 1984. At that time it was old (like 15-20 years!). Sold it for more than I paid for it. I was amazed at parts availability. The mower deck had a bad bearing, so I went down to the Ace Hardware in our town, who was also the Wheel

Re: [MBZ] OT Climate Change (was VW to offer to buy back nearly 500, 000 U.S. diesel cars)

I saw somebody the other day call global warming "the end of the world" which is just dumb in that it insists if humanity dies the world is over. We've been on this planet just a little blip of geological time.Spent an hour educating Angie on our little blip of time. Apparently she'd forgotten

Re: [MBZ] Lawnmower parts

Funny that you mention this, as a Sears/Crapsman lawn tractor I bought back in the early 2000s did the exact same thing. Try as I might, I was never able to get that darned thing to cut level. Dan > On Apr 25, 2016, at 3:21 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes > wrote: >>

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

‎Curly sez: >KISS. What happens when there is >more CO2? More green living  >things grow, they USE the co2 >and EXHALE O2. That is correct. In my youth I studied indoor growing techniques for certain leafy green plant materials. Additional CO2 is one of the tricks to accelerated growth. Seems

Re: [MBZ] You may only speak of ... operating systems ... [was: Re: New lister ]

> > Ed Booher wrote: > > > > Might want to try that move to 7 again. However, let me > > ask, what problems were you having with 7 that caused you > > to pull it out? > > Gnome 3. It tries to make Linux look like windows. If I > wanted to have something looking like windows, I would run >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

> Ed wrote: > > Amusing side anecdote, my company *just* shut its last VAX > down a few months ago. Those things were *tanks* Ah! You guys are early adopters in the migration from VAX, huh? *smiles* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

Bill Jr. and Sr. make all manner of noises about paying taxes, but that is only for the little guys who do not have a swarm of accountants and law firms to protect personal funds or business cash clay On Apr 25, 2016, at 7:21 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > Here is something I

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

> Curt wrote: > > Updates are difficult on a machine thats running > which is why the reboots are to be expected... I don't expect them. The only time I need to reboot my Linux machine during updates is for a kernel change. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

[MBZ] 124 power steering hose

'Found the clamped joint in the return hose and near the power steering pump leaking slightly yesterday. Tightened the clamp slightly, but it still oozed. 'Went to general garage near here where the mechanic has helped me coupla times with air cond systems and got 'im to replace the hose

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

I'm currently loading Windows 3.1 ... have been since 1987... as soon as it finishes.. I plan to update to Windows 7... {Sarcasm off } "How can anything that works so poorly be the most popular software in the world and make Bill Gates the worlds richest man?" "How can anything that

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

It must be a "vast right wing conspiracy" since there is no "vast left wing conspiracy" reported. by the vast left wing media.. Sarcasm intended... Virus-free. www.avast.com

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

Fortune favors the bold. Seriously though, has anyone here blown up a diesel tank? I would expect at least one anecdote from this crowd. On Apr 24, 2016 9:00 PM, "Max Dillon via Mercedes" wrote: That's awesome, but may not work as intended for a fuel tank (Boom!)... --

Re: [MBZ] 124 fuel tank

I've been debating doing this on Angie's '05 Golf, the turbo doesn't spin up as it should... -Curt From: Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes To: "mercedes@okiebenz com" Cc: Karl Wittnebel Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 11:30

Re: [MBZ] VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

Somebody on NPR actually said that the entire fleet of VW "cheater diesels" didn't even amount to one coal fired power plant and then difference in what they did vs what they said they'd do was "statistically insignificant". This was NPR mind you, I'm sure that person was taken out back and

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

Bill Gates isn't that rich, he gives all his money away. Win7 works pretty well. If you use it a lot and update it regular. Updates are difficult on a machine thats running which is why the reboots are to be expected... -Curt From: G Mann via Mercedes To: Mercedes

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[MBZ] Project Car?

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Win 7 and svchost

Sorry Peter, Got to step in here, there is absolutely no code or relation to UNIX in the NT kernel. Dave Cutler, the primary architect of the Windows NT system is an extremely vocal *anti* UNIX advocate. The entire system is actually designed around Cutler's *previous* operating system, Digital

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