Re: [MBZ] OT: when your crooked auctioneer wants to steal your $2 million car...

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Not for that kind of money. Here the limit is $2500. -D > On Dec 31, 2019, at 3:47 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Small claims court helps resolve these kind of cases, I have been told. > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 3:37 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] OT: The boy strikes again

2020-01-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On January 1, 2020 at 6:33 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Reminds me of the first two deaths of the winter season in Wisconsin every > year: > > Grandpa is found face down in the snow from a massive coronary after taking a > deer and having to lug it a couple miles back to

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I suffered through - sleep. Got a boatload of stuff done setting up the living room/office and turned in around 10:00. Watched a Family Guy episode and fell asleep. Up at 4:30 to start another day. Boring, sure, but I can’t complain. Beats being on the other side of the ground. Happy New Year.

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Not allowed here if you’re doing net metering unless you have storage batteries. -D > On Jan 1, 2020, at 10:25 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > >> On December 31, 2019 at 2:13 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> >> Dan, have you priced out solar PV panels for your

[MBZ] Who wants a cheepcheep GL

2020-01-01 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2823308044402702/ 2009 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class Summerville, SC· 2 hours ago · $6,000 * About This Vehicle * o o Driven 152,000 miles * o o

[MBZ] 8 hours of my life...

2020-01-01 Thread Clay via Mercedes
… I will never get back. I have yet to drive the ‘yota that arrived a few weeks back. The boy, home for the holidays from university has been piloting. The vehicle seems overly complex with all the gimcracks and gee-gaws available. I pulled the owner manuals to see what all I could learn

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> tyee165 wrote: > Most of the world runs on metric. No idea why the US > holds out. Stupid, self-center, egotism - in my opinion. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
It was and I did too, which was way past my normal bed time. I then could not go to sleep and I and fairly confident I never went to sleep at all last night. Finally just got up. Starting to feel it now, I just go lay back down Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 1, 2020, at 8:33 AM, Curley McLain

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2020-01-01 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Dan, have you priced out solar PV panels for your roof? On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 11:35 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have 8.5 acres, high ground, marsh, and island which is fairly high > ground too. Zoning is AG8 which is one house per 8 acres so unless the >

Re: [MBZ] OT: The boy strikes again

2020-01-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On January 1, 2020 at 9:37 AM Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > > I never understood how/why these guys climb a ladder, sit on a shelf, > and then fall off. I think the easiest way is to fall asleep. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
I swapped between the NBC program (Colin Something something) and the FOX program (Steve Harvey). Each one utilized the same entertainer’s exact performances, just at different times. The NBC program likely cause old Dick to turn a bit less in his grave because it was ever so slightly less

Re: [MBZ] OT: The boy strikes again

2020-01-01 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Dan says: >Yeah, this guy would come in on Monday and regale us with stories of how he >sat in his stand all weekend long, freezing his ass off and/or being soaked to >the skin, and never getting a deer. >What’s the point? To get away from the wife/SWMBA. There are guys where I work that

Re: [MBZ] OT: The boy strikes again

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Nice!   Good work!   At least it was not a heavyone to drag out. Curt Raymond via Mercedes December 31, 2019 at 10:57 PM https://flic.kr/p/2i86ahi Hope the pic works. Got another veal deer today. My first one by myself and my first with black powder. We checked

Re: [MBZ] OT: The boy strikes again

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Never understood archery season. In Indiana, I believe it used to start in late September, early October. A coworker at the time was a serious bow hunter, and would go out and sit in a tree stand for a whole weekend and come home empty handed. As is often the case, the weather would get lousy

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I was made to suffer through the remains of Dick Clark Rockin New Year blah Blah.   It was predictably awful. Curt Raymond via Mercedes December 31, 2019 at 11:29 PM Indeed.We watched the festivities in NYC on YouTube, definitely the discount coverage... -Curt

Re: [MBZ] 8 hours of my life...

2020-01-01 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
We were in Ottawa since Boxing Day to visit our elder son and his family. We had a Kia Sorento XL as a rental car. Lots of  bells and whistles which mostly worked well. AWD which worked well as there was freezing rain and snow. I liked the big screen for the backup camera as well as the

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
The police were out with a heavy presence last night, to the surprise of no one. I appreciated that. Everyone was driving right at or below speed limit, I didn't notice any obvious drunks weaving back and forth. Felt much a little less nervous driving so late. Max Dillon Charleston SC

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2020-01-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On December 31, 2019 at 2:13 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Dan, have you priced out solar PV panels for your roof? I don't know about Mrs Dan, but I bet Dan could make do nicely in a power failure with the 2000W emergency outlet on a Sunny Boy inverter, assuming it

Re: [MBZ] Dan's After House Project?

2020-01-01 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
If the rust isn't too bad then it could be a good deal. On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:15 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Might be a deal for some one. > > > https://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/d/orlando-1969-mercedes-benz-280sel/7045642575.html > > Rick >

Re: [MBZ] OT: The boy strikes again

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Reminds me of the first two deaths of the winter season in Wisconsin every year: Grandpa is found face down in the snow from a massive coronary after taking a deer and having to lug it a couple miles back to camp, or; Bubba thinks the ice is thick enough to ride his snow machine across the

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
SWMBO and SWMBette wanted to go to Folly Beach tonight, about 45 minutes drive to a Redneck Riviera. We drove out to arrive about five minutes to midnight, watched the Flip Flop Drop (think giant flip flops made from Christmas tree lights, suspended then slowly dropped from a ladder fire

Re: [MBZ] OT - Mysterious Events

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Dang. Just saw this. Cyprus. Darned autocorrect. -D > On Dec 30, 2019, at 6:16 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Especially in a place like Cypress. Not a fun place to be posted. Lots of ill > will between the locals, many hundreds of years worth. > > -D > > >> On Dec 30, 2019,

Re: [MBZ] OT: The boy strikes again

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
That’s in Green Bay or Appleton, I believe. I recall looking at it occasionally when I lived up there. -D > On Jan 1, 2020, at 8:59 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > and the modern sign of spring is watching some webcam focused on a rusted out > pickup hulk on ice, waiting for

Re: [MBZ] OT: The boy strikes again

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I never understood how/why these guys climb a ladder, sit on a shelf, and then fall off. When i was a kid, I climbed a rope 20-25' sat in the crotch of a tree. Froze,  but never fell out.   And then decided that even if I never saw a bambi, I was better off walking. Dan Penoff via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT: The boy strikes again

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Yeah, this guy would come in on Monday and regale us with stories of how he sat in his stand all weekend long, freezing his ass off and/or being soaked to the skin, and never getting a deer. What’s the point? -D > On Jan 1, 2020, at 9:37 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > I never

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Nope. Not going to. We’ve had this discussion here before. While it makes total sense based on where I live, the utilities make it very difficult and not cost effective to do. Once the other house is sold I’ll be searching for a standby generator for this place, but I’m not going to bother

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
Based upon all of the comments below, I am quite happy to say I avoided all that by going to bed about 9. Flew home yesterday afternoon. Went to Ottawa airport about noon and got to our house at about 8:30 last night after a side visit to hospital to check out new granddaughter born on 30th

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
And to all of you from the PNW! Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 9:00 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Kaleb Striplin Subject: [MBZ] Happy new year East coast

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I don't go anywhere on amateur night, just stayed home and made a good supper with fresh shrimps I got off the boat on Monday and roasted squashes and butterbeans and imbibed some tasty beverages in front of the fire.  I conked out at some point for a little while but then rallied and caught

Re: [MBZ] OT: when your crooked auctioneer wants to steal your $2 million car...

2020-01-01 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Small claims court helps resolve these kind of cases, I have been told. On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 3:37 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I consigned a bunch o stuff to an auctioneer. I asked what assurance I > had that i'd receive the proceeds less commission. He has

Re: [MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2020-01-01 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Yeah I don't know, she can deal with that part and the mech on it.  I ordered a set of brake pads all around and wear sensors, the light has been flickering so I guess it is time to deal with that.  That will be my Christmas contribution... --FT On 12/31/19 12:30 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
And to all of you from the rest of the Okie contingent! On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 12:10 AM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > And to you & yours > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 12:00 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On January 1, 2020 at 1:18 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > > SWMBO and SWMBette wanted to go to Folly Beach tonight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znhDkQSP9DE=60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67fj_Ad1gK4 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] OT: The boy strikes again

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
and the modern sign of spring is watching some webcam focused on a rusted out pickup hulk on ice, waiting for the ice to melt enough for the pickup to fall in. When the pickup falls in, the ice is thin enough that spring will soon appear. Dan Penoff via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
But GM vehicles are metric aren't they? Apologies for silly long post.Have not figured out how to easily delete extraneous wording on this tablet.Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Curley McLain via Mercedes Date: 2019-12-31 2:11 PM (GMT-06:00) To: tyee165 via

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Mitch writes: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67fj_Ad1gK4 Mercedes content @2:18. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2020-01-01 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
What does that mean?Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes Date: 2020-01-01 10:10 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Okie Benz Cc: Dan Penoff Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters Not allowed here if you’re doing net metering unless you have

Re: [MBZ] trimming posts - was: This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> tyee165 wrote: > Apologies for silly long; post.Have not figured out how to > easily delete extraneous wording on this tablet. Look for "edit original" or something similar. Or try "fairmail" or "K-9 mail" as clients. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] OT: when your crooked auctioneer wants to steal your $2 million car...

2020-01-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On January 1, 2020 at 10:52 AM tyee165 via Mercedes > wrote: > > > If there is a next time, look for an auctioneer who is bonded.Sent from my > Galaxy Tab® A IME, when somebody who is commercially bonded is going down the tubes, they quit paying for the bonding before they start stealing

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
2019 still in full swing out here in Phoenix. On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 10:30 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Indeed.We watched the festivities in NYC on YouTube, definitely the > discount coverage... > -Curt > > On Wednesday, January 1, 2020, 12:00:35 AM EST,

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
A base 12 number system would have many advantages since it can be equally divided into halves, thirds, and quarters. https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-we-should-switch-to-a-base-12-counting-system-5977095 Gerry ... On Tue, 31 Dec 2019

Re: [MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2020-01-01 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
Lemforder lower control arms are now made in Taiwan. I just returned a set for that reason. I put genuine 400E LCAs on instead. Only a few bucks more and superior. Jaime On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 4:51 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Lemforder, or MB. BTW, you

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
well, the conversation and the food and the wine were all good. Mitch Haley via Mercedes January 1, 2020 at 8:45 AM I watched Home Alone 2 and went to bed at 10:30. (watched Home Alone on Sunday) Sounds like I did better than Loren. Mitch

Re: [MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Despite my snarkiness, I am in total agreement with Jaime. Yes, both of us have “deals” with *our* dealers, but even taking that out of the equation when the factory part isn’t that much more cost-wise *and* far superior in construction then the aftermarket alternative, why wouldn’t you buy

Re: [MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2020-01-01 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
Yes, the dealer. It’s crazy not to use them, considering the price and quality. On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 6:25 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > “Genuine 400E LCAs” > > I would assume that’s the stealership. > > -D > > > > On Jan 1, 2020, at 5:52 PM, Floyd Thursby via

Re: [MBZ] OT: The boy strikes again

2020-01-01 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Congratulations!!! On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 10:58 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://flic.kr/p/2i86ahi > Hope the pic works. Got another veal deer today. My first one by myself > and my first with black powder. > We checked this one online so I didn't get a

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Dan says: >Gotta go over to the old house and cut the grass first. January 1st and cutting the grass. Probably shoveling sunshine too, I suspect. Wise life decisions Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
It will be the only grass cutting for January, probably. However, with all the rain we got over the past week or so, maybe not. Didn’t have to cut it in December. It’s not unusual to only cut once a month in the “winter”, if that. Beautiful day today. Clear skies, lows in the 50s, highs in the

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Centigrade degrees are WAY too HUGE, coarse, and useless. F. degrees are petite and cozy. On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 2:25 PM tyee165 via Mercedes wrote: > We have been metric in Canada for about 50 years. One gets used to it. > Most of the world runs on metric. No idea why the US holds out.Sent

Re: [MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2020-01-01 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Yeah I forgot which flavor is most favored currently but the 500eboard is a good place to search. Some of the ball joint brands are really crappy and fail quickly. On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 10:38 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Depends on the quality of the parts,

[MBZ] Video: The 1st AMG model was a W202

2020-01-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
C36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4mM59ywZ6E=99 ___ 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] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Yes, I learned something from Philip (per normal)! Max Dillon Charleston SC Jan 1, 2020 1:54:34 PM fmiser via Mercedes : > > > Bob wrote: > > > > > > In Flagstaff they lower a pinecone from an old hotel balcony. In > > Prescott, the lower a cowboy boot from a flagpole on a bar’s > > roof.

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Clay via Mercedes
I shoveled a half foot of snow off the drive (hubris) so that when the boy child came back from new year party with his buds, a frozen mound of ice were not created. I had spend most of the day (280*K) scraping the last of the rather large and wide ice tracks created a number of weeks ago when

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Yes sounds familiar. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 9:53 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > I suffered through - sleep. Got a boatload of stuff done setting up the > living room/office and turned in around 10:00. Watched a Family Guy episode > and fell asleep. Up at 4:30 to

Re: [MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2020-01-01 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Where did you get them?  What brand? --FT On 1/1/20 5:36 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: Lemforder lower control arms are now made in Taiwan. I just returned a set for that reason. I put genuine 400E LCAs on instead. Only a few bucks more and superior. Jaime On Wed, Jan 1, 2020

Re: [MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
“Genuine 400E LCAs” I would assume that’s the stealership. -D > On Jan 1, 2020, at 5:52 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Where did you get them? What brand? > > --FT > > On 1/1/20 5:36 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: >> Lemforder lower control arms are now made in

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Metrics were a big deal in the early 70s, as I can recall having hard core teaching of the metric system in my formative years. I was a huge science nerd, and I can remember doing all the physics experiments and having to measure in kilos and Newton meters and the like. -D > On Jan 1, 2020,

Re: [MBZ] OT: when your crooked auctioneer wants to steal your $2 million car...

2020-01-01 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
If there is a next time, look for an auctioneer who is bonded.Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Curley McLain via Mercedes Date: 2019-12-31 2:36 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Mitch Haley via Mercedes Cc: Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: when

Re: [MBZ] Dan's After House Project?

2020-01-01 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
They could be a nice deal --FT Sent from iPhone > On Dec 31, 2019, at 9:15 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Might be a deal for some one. > > https://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/d/orlando-1969-mercedes-benz-280sel/7045642575.html > > Rick > ___

Re: [MBZ] OT: when your crooked auctioneer wants to steal your $2 million car...

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I'm sure he was/is bonded. tyee165 via Mercedes January 1, 2020 at 9:52 AM If there is a next time, look for an auctioneer who is bonded.Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Curley McLain via Mercedes Date: 2019-12-31 2:36 PM

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2020-01-01 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Seattle is going the way of banning single family zoning as well. They want density in the worst way, in hopes of ameliorating the extreme cost of shelter. Banning new homes over 2000 square feet, allowing three housing units per lot, banning NG in new construction and trying to claw back

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2020-01-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Shouldn't be any more not allowed than firing up a 2000i generator and plugging the fridge into it. Sunny Boy has an optional outlet that you wire up in the garage. You turn it on manually and plug a cord into it. At least I don't know of any NEC requirements to disconnect the panels from the

Re: [MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Lemforder, or MB.   BTW, you might call the local stealers or visit their website in search of a LCA.   Since the same one fits many models, they are likely to have one on the shelf. Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes January 1, 2020 at 12:49 AM Yeah I forgot which

Re: [MBZ] Video: The 1st AMG model was a W202

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I thought AMG first modified 126 and 124 models, independently.   In the 80s. Mitch Haley via Mercedes January 1, 2020 at 2:10 PM C36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4mM59ywZ6E=99 _ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

[MBZ] excessive data usage

2020-01-01 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
A couple of days ago I did the windows 10 upgrade and we used 96gb of data that day.  Yesterday we used 87mb and today we are already up to nearly 70.  Internet is running really slow also. It seems like I went thru this before with something sucking massive amounts of data.  I can't remember

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
It means that in Florida if you’re net metering (selling unused power back to the utility) that if the utility goes offline, so does your solar array. Unless - you have local storage as in a battery bank. If you don’t have local storage, your inverter is shut down when the utility goes dark.

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> > One gets used to it. Most of the world runs on metric. Temperature scales are entirely arbitrary, within limits. (Kelvin and Rankine have numbers that are too large for general use. Any scale where integral numbers less than 100 were generally sufficient would be satisfactory to humans,

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Wife went to our farmer’s market to buy a beef tenderloin prior to Xmas so I could make a nice roast for Christmas dinner. They were out of tenderloins, so rather than come home empty handed, she bought a ribeye. A WHOLE (12 lbs!) ribeye. I had to explain to her when she got home that cooking

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Bob wrote: > In Flagstaff they lower a pinecone from an old hotel balcony. In > Prescott, the lower a cowboy boot from a flagpole on a bar’s > roof. A flip-flop at the redneck Riviera seems reasonable. All of which are distortions of a time ball, a time reference for ship navigators. In the

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Glad to hear we all survived NYE without major injuries or disruptions. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. MAY YOU REMAIN HEALTHY, HAPPY, AND PROSPEROUS IN THE COMING YEAR! Gerry > I watched Home Alone 2 and went to bed at 10:30. > (watched Home Alone on Sunday) > Sounds like I did better than Loren. >

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Not in the 50s and 60s when McNamara put the kabosh in it.  Not in the 70s and 80s when his replacements ran GM and put the Kaybosh on it.  Metric crept slowly inta GM when they first started playing with toada.    I don't have enough fingers and toes to count how may times i heard "the US

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year [resend]

2020-01-01 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Craig wrote to fmiser and clay directly: > Since my emails are not making it to okiebenz for some reason ... Hmm. Odd. Well, then I'll leave your message intact rather than my usual heavy editing. > > fmiser wrote: > > > > The ball would ... be dropped. Not lowered slowly - but the > >

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Back at you! Max Dillon Charleston SC Jan 1, 2020 12:00:34 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes : > East coast friends > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Curley wrote: > Centigrade is a more accurate name for it.  Cent=100     grade = > root for gradient => scale. Centigrade means 100 gradients > between freezing and boiling, or where liquid water changes to > solid and where liquid water becomes gaseous. the term centigrade is the name for

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
I watched Home Alone 2 and went to bed at 10:30. (watched Home Alone on Sunday) Sounds like I did better than Loren. Mitch > On January 1, 2020 at 12:58 AM Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > > I was made to suffer through the remains of Dick Clark Rockin New Year > blah Blah.   It was

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
In Flagstaff they lower a pinecone from an old hotel balcony. In Prescott, the lower a cowboy boot from a flagpole on a bar’s roof. A flip-flop at the redneck Riviera seems reasonable. Bob R Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Max Dillon via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, January 1, 2020 5:30 AM

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Kevin Kraly via Mercedes
We put the Doodle puppies to bed at around 10:00, their normal time, and went to bed ourselves only to be awakened at midnight by the neighbors’ DIY fireworks displays. Happy New Year, and may the Mercedeseses keep running and running and... Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 2019 Sprinter 192 miles, Low

[MBZ] Could be nice but I'm thinking crack

2020-01-01 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1057412817924941/ Vehicles … 1988 Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3 Sedan 4D Savannah, GA· 22 hours ago

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
They were out at Folly on Saturday night too, doing checks. My neighbors had a 2A2A celebration last night...  I might have to do that today myself... --FT On 1/1/20 10:58 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: The police were out with a heavy presence last night, to the surprise of no one. I

Re: [MBZ] excessive data usage

2020-01-01 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Gb Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 1, 2020, at 5:52 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > mb(B) or gb(B)? 87mb isn't much, but 96gb(B) is huge > > --FT > >> On 1/1/20 6:37 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> A couple of days ago I did the windows 10 upgrade and we used 96gb of

Re: [MBZ] excessive data usage

2020-01-01 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
And yes that is huge. We typically run 15-20 a day on a heavy gaming and steaming day. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 1, 2020, at 5:55 PM, Kaleb Striplin wrote: > > Gb > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 1, 2020, at 5:52 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> mb(B) or gb(B)?

Re: [MBZ] excessive data usage

2020-01-01 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Actually I think I figured it out. Kid says he is downloading some Xbox games Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 1, 2020, at 5:55 PM, Kaleb Striplin wrote: > > And yes that is huge. We typically run 15-20 a day on a heavy gaming and > steaming day. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 1, 2020,

[MBZ] Happy New Year!

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Happy New Year to all! May your Benz run without fail! May your fuel all be good! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] R63

2020-01-01 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
https://autos.yahoo.com/211-000-mile-mercedes-benz-212400823.html --FT Sent from iPhone --R Sent from iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] Kleb Car Alert!!

2020-01-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/palm-harbor-1991-mercedes-benz-350sd/7048049603.html -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT: when your crooked auctioneer wants to steal your $2 million car...

2020-01-01 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
Then you should have made a claim and the bonding company should have paid you. It is insurance.Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Curley McLain via Mercedes Date: 2020-01-01 11:54 AM (GMT-06:00) To: tyee165 via Mercedes Cc: Curley McLain

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
pennies, shillings and pounds.   We dropped the base 12 system 244 years ago, and also started driving on the right side to show opposition to the base 12 system and the king. archer75--- via Mercedes January 1, 2020 at 4:45 PM A base 12 number system would have

Re: [MBZ] Who wants a cheepcheep GL

2020-01-01 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Black and not a diesel (?). On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 12:38 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2823308044402702/ > > 2009 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class > Summerville, SC· 2 hours ago > < >

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2020-01-01 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
Yuck!Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Date: 2020-01-01 7:18 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Andrew Strasfogel Subject: Re: [MBZ] Happy new year Total Wine had a wicked sale on French rose champagne and it was

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I think that 1965 was the first year i was told was the deadline to be completely metric. In the post-sputnik era, NASA was pusing for metric.   THeir major contractors (Military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned about) did not see eye to eye with NASA about metric.   It slipped a year or

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
We still have 2x4s and 4x8 sheets of plywood but speed limits and distances etc have been metric since I was in high school. I converted things for a long while but have become accustomed over time. My sons 35 and 31 have been educated in metric and think metric.Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A

Re: [MBZ] Best deal for ATF?

2020-01-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On January 1, 2020 at 8:41 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > > I got Valvoline MaxLife for the $600E320 at Advance Auto on sale for like $25 > for 5qt or l or whatever jug. On sale. Valvoline lies and says it meets the > 722.6 spec. FIFY. Despite what it says on the

Re: [MBZ] Kleb Car Alert!!

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
yeah, and I'm thinking the shifter rod fell clear out of one end. Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes January 1, 2020 at 7:44 PM Shifter bushings? --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Best deal for ATF?

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
FCP has a 20 L jug. Dan Penoff via Mercedes January 1, 2020 at 7:34 PM Toss up. I prefer the Febi stuff which you can often get at a decent price from FCP Euro. You rarely see coupons for Mobil 1 ATF as I recall. -D ___

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2020-01-01 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> archer75--- wrote: > A base 12 number system would have many advantages since it can > be equally divided into halves, thirds, and quarters. > > https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-we-should-switch-to-a-base-12-counting-system-5977095 > Gerry Clearly a design shortcoming that we have only ten

Re: [MBZ] Video: The 1st AMG model was a W202

2020-01-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Maybe it is a technicality, but just because MB started a partnership with AMG (and wasn't porsche involved with the manufacturing?) to me that does not make the first car of the partnership "The first AMG Model"   It could be the first AMG model marketed by MB or the first AMG model produced

Re: [MBZ] Best deal for ATF?

2020-01-01 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
I've got to see what I have on the shelf, probably have a couple liters, then top up on that. Maybe I have a mix of both. I see that the women warrior store has the Mobil for $9 per quart with free shipping. I missed using a 20% off coupon from FCP, expired last year, but maybe will work

Re: [MBZ] excessive data usage

2020-01-01 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
mb(B) or gb(B)?  87mb isn't much, but 96gb(B) is huge --FT On 1/1/20 6:37 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: A couple of days ago I did the windows 10 upgrade and we used 96gb of data that day.  Yesterday we used 87mb and today we are already up to nearly 70.  Internet is running really

Re: [MBZ] 06 MB E350 W211 w/electr issue

2020-01-01 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Thanks for that - I'm leaning that way too.  I got a suggestion to test the alt easily - was told "Hold a piece of steel ( like a screw driver ) against the alternator pulley or back of the alternator, if it sticks the field is staying on or there is a shorted diode for the stator. Actual

Re: [MBZ] Happy New Year!

2020-01-01 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Thank you Curley. But we don't want our Benzes ti be 100% or we wouldn't have list use. Dwight Giles Jr 1982 300CD 2005 E320 4matic Wickford RI On Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 7:07 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Happy New Year to all! > > May your Benz run without fail! >

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