Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Who has a good recipe for jalapeno poppers that isn't too fussy? On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 4:53 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > So, just out of curiosity, how do you “dispatch” the little buggers? > > -D > > > On Sep 27, 2020, at 4:34 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > > > I

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
There's no actual pumpkin in anything labeled "pumpkin spice"... -Curt On Sunday, September 27, 2020, 6:41:59 PM EDT, Clay via Mercedes wrote: https://nypost.com/2020/09/26/kraft-offering-limited-edition-pumpkin-spice-mac-cheese-this-fall/ The industry ramping up for offensive

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Clay via Mercedes
Moles like bugs. Love lawn bugs, so you need to remove the buffet in your yard and the moles will relocate to a place with a better menu. That does not help your lawn much, as you have killed the worms that make great soil in the process. I moved to property where the hardpan was very close

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I trapped chipmunk #16 for the year today, plus one mole. I've got 4 traps out now, 3 chipmunks yesterday. I hadn't put the traps out since the end of July, chippie activity was down and the ants were eating the almonds I use for bait. I've noticed a lot of activity in the last two weeks so it

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-09-27 16:17, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Zucchini is feast or famine. Decades ago in VA I had them producing through September, the size of baseball bats. You're supposed to pick them before they get that big. Or, failing that, you might give them to the kid to actually use

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I worked in Morton IL (small town near Peoria) for a short time in the early 1990s. Libby's had a large pumpkin canning operation there. Every fall they had a mountain of pumpkins sitting outside the plant. Morton called itself the "Pumpkin Capital" and had a pumpkin festival every fall. Allan

Re: [MBZ] More rental house fun

2020-09-27 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Torturing yourself for more loser tenants to shit all over your efforts. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 27, 2020, at 4:15 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > That room shock stuff didn’t touch the dog pee in that room. Today we hosed > the brick and floor with Thompson multi surface

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
What do you use for moles? My yard is infested with them. I've tried a couple of hardware store traps without much luck. Allan Curt Raymond via Mercedes writes: > I trapped chipmunk #16 for the year today, plus one mole. I've got 4 traps > out now, 3 chipmunks yesterday. > I hadn't put the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Somebody needs a Unimog

2020-09-27 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
If ignorance is truly bliss, the driver who parked his jeep there must be the most blissful individual on the planet... On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 6:17 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Was recovered last weekend. > Local off-road club did the job. > >

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Clay via Mercedes
https://nypost.com/2020/09/26/kraft-offering-limited-edition-pumpkin-spice-mac-cheese-this-fall/ The industry ramping up for offensive flavors is to blame clay “I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history, about our traditions, and about our culture, and we stop

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I have had no luck with any form of squash or melon, until this year. A cantaloupe "volunteered" and I picked it before a borer got a chance to breach the flesh completely. I will wait a little longer to allow it to ripen further.. On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 1:41 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <

Re: [MBZ] Crackhead -- broke down towed to my house ..never fixed it ...sat for 6yrs

2020-09-27 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-09-27 15:51, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/cto/d/myrtle-beach-car-for-sale/7203712183.html Not bad for a fixer-upper: Just transplant complete mechanicals from a wrecked donor... ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

[MBZ] OT: Charging system question

2020-09-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Actually the ASV has a Bosch alternator, I guess this is maybe "Mercedes adjacent". Anyway last winter when I was running the ASV I noticed the voltage declining as it ran. It'd start out in the 13s but would never get up to 14 as I expected unless I turned off all the lights. I've got one of

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Actually we've found that big ones aren't so bad if you scoop the seeds out first... -Curt On Sunday, September 27, 2020, 4:36:15 PM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: On 2020-09-27 16:17, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > Zucchini is feast or famine.  Decades ago in VA I had

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-09-27 16:52, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: So, just out of curiosity, how do you “dispatch” the little buggers? They do it themselves, by grabbing the nuts glued to the triggers of Victor rat traps. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OT: Charging system question

2020-09-27 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Depending upon how smart the regulator is, it might charge at 14-15v until the battery is charged back up, then drop down to 13.4. IIRC, a lot of old MBZ run about 13.4 all the time, including when charging. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Clay via Mercedes
My garden would produce happy gourds aplenty. Enough to gift kid size pumpkins to the neighbor children nigh until the blessed day of mass candy consumption. clay “I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history, about our traditions, and about our culture, and

Re: [MBZ] More rental house fun

2020-09-27 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
That would be an entire brick wall. If we do that might we well remove the framing on the exterior wall and just convert it back to an porch. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 27, 2020, at 5:09 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Well thanks for trying and reporting back. > > I wonder

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Clay via Mercedes
Neighbor in GWN was so impressed with himself he had scored a bat size courgette for only $3. I would toss those over grown things to my chickens or allow the neighbors to use them for zucchini cake/bread. The thin 8 inch fingerlings were more desirable, unless you wanted to stuff, then

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
That almost sounds naughty. And thanks for the reminder, I forgot about the setup. -D > On Sep 27, 2020, at 5:50 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > On 2020-09-27 16:52, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> So, just out of curiosity, how do you “dispatch” the little buggers? > > They do

[MBZ] OT: Lister diesel

2020-09-27 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
https://flint.craigslist.org/grd/d/grand-blanc-lister-diesel-generator/7197165468.html https://lansing.craigslist.org/for/d/portland-lister-diesel-air-cooled-8-hp/7190673813.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
WTF is Racist Palmetto Cheese? I can't even fathom non-racist Palmetto Cheese. On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 7:15 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have some poblano plants in pots and a bed that have been producing > fairly well, I cut them in half and put in some

[MBZ] 1999 E300 Turbo Diesel Mercedes - $5,100 (Edisto Island)

2020-09-27 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Crack pricing. No badging, headlights cloudy, no interior pics, Chrome taillight surrounds? https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/edisto-island-1999-e300-turbo-diesel/7203863498.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
For those that believe everything should be natural (no insecticides, no internal combustion engines, tools, etc.) I have news. In the struggle between man and nature, nature wins unless man uses his brain to cheat. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Mrs. Dan and oldest son were all “We’re going to put out a garden this year!” Uh, yeah. Florida is a hellish place to garden, not to mention all of the varmints and bugs we have. They put out tomatoes, beans and jalapenos. I’ve been making jalapeno poppers for lunch with jalapenos. Nothing

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
So, just out of curiosity, how do you “dispatch” the little buggers? -D > On Sep 27, 2020, at 4:34 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > I trapped chipmunk #16 for the year today, plus one mole. I've got 4 traps > out now, 3 chipmunks yesterday. > > I hadn't put the traps out since the end of July,

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Zucchini is feast or famine. Decades ago in VA I had them producing through September, the size of baseball bats. On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 4:13 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We only had one this year but it went bonkers. I've got a 3'x10' raised > bed, dang

Re: [MBZ] More rental house fun

2020-09-27 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Well thanks for trying and reporting back. I wonder if you're going to have to demolish and remove the pee-soaked material in order to finally remediate the smell. - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 4:15 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That

Re: [MBZ] OT: Somebody needs a Unimog

2020-09-27 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-09-27 18:02, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: If ignorance is truly bliss, the driver who parked his jeep there must be the most blissful individual on the planet... At least he parked it before rolling it down a mountain. What about the guy who approached it from the opposite direction so

Re: [MBZ] California is banning sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

2020-09-27 Thread Clay via Mercedes
If plague carriers came to your location and spread their pestilence, would you take a personal affront? We who have been plagued by the Diaspora from Kollyfornica are not pleased with the changes inflicted upon our once safe and salutary homes. A form of mind rot accompanied the migrants

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Borer magnet. I get 99 percent male flowersat first, then whatever fruits do form the borer attacks and the plants wither overnight. On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 2:03 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Have you tried zucchini? My parents used to have a few plants in

Re: [MBZ] OT: Charging system question

2020-09-27 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
What is the rated capacity of the alternator (in amps) and what is the load? If the alternator can supply 13.4 volts under a full load of lights, I'd call that sufficient. Not exceptional, but sufficient. If your load is well under the rated capacity of the alternator, then you probably need to

Re: [MBZ] California is banning sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

2020-09-27 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Subaru has an interesting boxer diesel engine. Never sold in in the USA because they did not want to make the needed investment to meet CARB emissions standards. And if they could not sell it in California, they didn't want to bother with the rest of the country. This is not entirely California's

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
And don't forget Punkin Chunkin. https://www.brownielocks.com/PunkinChunkin.html On 2020-09-27 13:27, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: I worked in Morton IL (small town near Peoria) for a short time in the early 1990s. Libby's had a large pumpkin canning operation there. Every fall they had a

[MBZ] Crackhead -- broke down towed to my house ..never fixed it ...sat for 6yrs

2020-09-27 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/cto/d/myrtle-beach-car-for-sale/7203712183.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] More rental house fun

2020-09-27 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
That room shock stuff didn’t touch the dog pee in that room. Today we hosed the brick and floor with Thompson multi surface sealer. Hopefully that will take care of it. Today I discover a new area of wood rot in one of the front bedrooms. This has had wood damage since we have owned the house

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I have some poblano plants in pots and a bed that have been producing fairly well, I cut them in half and put in some refritos, salsa and top with racist Palmetto Cheese (with jalapenos), bake them for 10-15min, they make an excellent snack or lunch with some tortilla chips.  I have one

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Peter wrote: > Those big decorative pumpkins don't make good pies, you want the > small "sugar" or New England Field ones. The big ones have > watery slop for pulp when cooked. Odd. Over the years we have made many, many, pies from quite a few big decorative pumpkins. It works just fine.

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Have you tried zucchini? My parents used to have a few plants in their garden and always had so much they had to give it away. Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes writes: > I have had no luck with any form of squash or melon, until this year. A > cantaloupe "volunteered" and I picked it before a

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
We only had one this year but it went bonkers. I've got a 3'x10' raised bed, dang zucchini hung over both sides of the bed, musta been 5' in diameter. It kept branching out and making more fruits. We actually froze some this year. Tried some the other day, it seems to have worked out good,

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Mostly a rat trap baited with almonds attached with hot glue.A couple I've taken with the pellet gun but they're small and fast, tough to shoot. -Curt On Sunday, September 27, 2020, 4:53:10 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: So, just out of curiosity, how do you “dispatch” the

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The one I got was in the same rat trap that was baited for chipmunks. I've never gotten one before, apparently the drive to fatten up for winter brought him out... -Curt On Sunday, September 27, 2020, 5:31:49 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: What do you use for moles? My

Re: [MBZ] More rental house fun

2020-09-27 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
What about vinegar? It's safe, cheap, and should penetrate porous materials. I understand the acid in vinegar breaks down the proteins in animal urine. I have had some success with vinegar in carpet but my problem was much easier. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] California is banning sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

2020-09-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Karl, Based on what I’m reading it’s not so much of hate for California as it is for the perception that Californians are all of the same political persuasion, which some people don’t care for. Guess some of these people know nothing of Orange County, do they? Anyway, this thread is taking a

[MBZ] OT: Braking News, Corvettes Don't Break

2020-09-27 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
I didn't realize the C8 was break by wire. Bad news when the wires brake. https://driving.ca/chevrolet/auto-news/news/chevrolet-issues-stop-sale-for-corvette-c8-over-braking-issue ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] California is banning sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

2020-09-27 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
As far as cars go, CA is a big market, and whatever happens there, for whatever reasons, affects the rest of the country. While CA might mismanage it’s own MV (or chainsaw or weedwhacker or lawn mower) regulations, a resident there has the choice to vote or move. The rest of us lack that option

Re: [MBZ] OT: Braking News, Corvettes Don't Break

2020-09-27 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
There are some vids of the new GLS and S. Scary how much electronics are in them and what it would cost to repair (if even possible) once the warranty is over. Be a lot of cheap Benzes for years to come! --FT Sent from iPhone > On Sep 27, 2020, at 7:25 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: >

[MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Mrs. Dan had a couple of cans of pumpkin pie filling on the grocery list for a bundt cake she was going to make today. No (canned) pumpkin to be found anywhere. Publix had a sign on the shelf saying there were “production shortages” of pumpkin. How can that be? Guess I’ll have to go with the

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Based on a little research the "shortage" is probably just another case of good old hoarding. Speaking of which we still can't buy Bounty paper towels, can't even get Hannaford (our local supermarket) brand. Angie bought some "Oh So Strong" which feel pretty good in the package but we haven't

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-09-27 08:59, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Guess I’ll have to go with the real thing and buy some pumpkins… No shortage of Jack O Lantern kits around here. Just buy direct and ask what variety they planted. Drove by my ex-employer's house the other day, he had 200-300 on display, a

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I have a can of the finest Maryland pumpkin puree I am willing to part with to anyone who is truly Desperate On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 12:24 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On 2020-09-27 08:59, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > > > Guess I’ll have to go with the real

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Good to know, Peter, thanks! Guess we’ll hoard the one big can we have for Thanksgiving. -D > On Sep 27, 2020, at 9:12 AM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > wrote: > > The vast majority of the pie filling pumpkins are grown in a small area in > Iowa (I think) -- a specific variety that isn't

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Yeah, that’s why I couldn’t find any. Okie hoarding. And here I was going to blame it on Starbucks. -D > On Sep 27, 2020, at 9:20 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yep. The wife bought every can of it one is the stores here had the other > day. Something like 3 cases. It was for

Re: [MBZ] California is banning sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

2020-09-27 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Exactly.  CA actions affect the entire country.  SC (nor any other small state) cannot influence the car market at all, CA seems to rule it. Max Dillon Charleston SC Sep 27, 2020 8:58:21 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes : > As far as cars go, CA is a big market, and whatever happens there, for

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Yep, thats right. On 9/27/2020 8:22 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Yeah, that’s why I couldn’t find any. Okie hoarding. And here I was going to blame it on Starbucks. -D On Sep 27, 2020, at 9:20 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Yep. The wife bought every can of it one is the

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
We've had the same issue here. I prefer "One Pie" pumpkin filling but its been out of stock for weeks.We use it in pancakes and have had to resort to "other" brands. Tip: Look at a health food store or co-op. Even at the height of the shortages last spring the co-op in Keene was always well

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Canned pumpkins come almost exclusively from one town in Illinois. They're almost all mechanically harvested since bruising of the outer flesh isn't the issue it would be with Jack-o-lantern pumpkins. Strangely pumpkins hate it being too wet more than too dry. If its too wet they get the

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
The vast majority of the pie filling pumpkins are grown in a small area in Iowa (I think) -- a specific variety that isn't common elsewhere. Those big decorative pumpkins don't make good pies, you want the small "sugar" or New England Field ones. The big ones have watery slop for pulp when

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Yep. The wife bought every can of it one is the stores here had the other day. Something like 3 cases. It was for her bakery business deal. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 27, 2020, at 7:59 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Mrs. Dan had a couple of cans of pumpkin pie filling on the

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
It has been a very hot and dry summer in NE-record drought. Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 9:13 AM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The vast majority of the pie filling pumpkins are grown in a small area in > Iowa (I think) -- a specific

Re: [MBZ] OT - Pumpkin Shortage?

2020-09-27 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I was trying to find it back during the first covids crisis, got a coupla cans (give it to the pups) and then the shelves were cleaned out.  I might have one more stashed in the pantry in the back of the canned goods (my hurricane supplies) --FT On 9/27/20 8:59 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes