There is a product called Auto-RX (available online) that is designed for
"slow cleaning". People often report it cleans varnish off dipsticks and
valve covers. But, just like synthetic oil and engine flush, it cannot
replace metal that has been worn away.
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Hendri
Question: Wouldn't the population be better served if the government
offered to carry the education cost for anyone who wanted to become a
doctor?
I note that the much argued "obama care" generates some 20,000,000 new
patients, some 16,000 new IRS agents to collect the "fee/tax" , but not one
dime
Rich Thomas writes:
> Medicare pays something like $80. An auto mechanic charges more than
> that an hour, and has a lower salary, overhead, etc.
Last time I visited the ER I got a bill for over $400 for the doc (who
was in the room maybe 5 minutes), plus a separate bill from the hospital
for t
Sure size wise they are different but they look very alike
http://autoshow.roadfly.com/mercedes-benz-bluetec-r320-ml320-gl320.html
the R looks quite yucky
Hendrik
who can't afford fancy cars
On 08/07/12 12:04, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
The gl is much larger and heavier duty than the ml. They loo
Dan Penoff wrote:
They had the stuff about "we'll help you if you can't afford it," which was crap.
Because he worked at the time, and when I say that I mean in the most menial fashion, as in food
service, he was not eligible for their "program". So while he barely brought in what the
drug
A while back I posted about upgrading to better/more modern headlight
bulbs in my S124, well I bought some Phillips X-treme vision H4's off
ebay for the princely sum of AU$54.
Installation was piece of pi.e.
After having them for a while I can say that they are definitely an
improvement wit
LED's themselves are cheap and last as long as a transistor lasts.
White LED's are fluorescent, and have the usual half-life
concerns of that.
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Well, I reckon you would be foolish to waste $$$'s on M1 in an
engine that is old, sure if you rebuild the engine and it is nice and
shiny inside then extendes M1 use would the go.
Hendrik
who doesn't use M1
On 08/07/12 05:27, clay monroe wrote:
Changed over to castrol diesel stuff. Seem
The gl is much larger and heavier duty than the ml. They look completely
different to me.
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On Jul 7, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Hendrik & Fay wrote:
> What exactly is the difference between a GL and ML, they look the same to me?
> Is a GL halfway between a G and ML?
>
> Hendrik
> wh
What exactly is the difference between a GL and ML, they look the same
to me?
Is a GL halfway between a G and ML?
Hendrik
who is confused.again
On 06/07/12 12:20, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Drive one, you will understand
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On Jul 5, 2012, at 9:18 PM, Fmiser wrote:
Kale
Might pay to pull the rocker covers off to see what the go is.
If you're game you can do an engine flush but I would definitely want to
know what I am up against.
An engine flush might dislodge all sorts of nasties that can block up
the oil passages.
Hendrik
who is thinking about a flush for t
Well here is what my wife says. She has a patient who comes in with
some sort of follow-up for cancer. Patient understandably has a lot of
questions, and the fam is there too for moral support and to ask
questions, take notes, keep track of stuff because a cancer patient does
not have a lot o
Some of us think the sun flickers.
LED's themselves are cheap and last as long as a transistor lasts.
The arrays they have to be put in and the driving circuitry embedded in
that array is the driver for the cost factor. Allthough not cost effective
for manufacturers in the short run, the benefits
Rusty wrote:
> Since I am diabetic, we use Splenda instead of sugar...
Dude - don't to splenda. The alternative is to consume less. Use
local honey, lower the recipe liquid. Splenda *will* reap untoward
benefits against you over time, no doubt. Eat food - that is better
than idiot chemicals in
IIRC-they have a bad history of blowing turbos-Google it. I looked into one
once but turbo blew during test drive with friend driving it. Repair
records will confirm if new turbo has been installed. Nice car-someday when
my 123 & 124 wear out, I'd like one myself.
Dwight
90 300D 2.5t
82 300CD-
On
Very fast very quiet very good mileage
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On Jul 7, 2012, at 7:16 PM, Hans Neureiter wrote:
> Friend is looking at one. Any +/- comments?
> All I know it's not a 126, 124 or123. But she tinks I know MB.
>
>
> --
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> '82 300SD
> '02 VW New Beetle 1.9L
Friend is looking at one. Any +/- comments?
All I know it's not a 126, 124 or123. But she tinks I know MB.
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'02 VW New Beetle 1.9L TDI
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Who now knows more about headlights.
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On Jul 7, 2012, at 6:02 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
> Do the same persons who see strobing also have problems with Xenon
> headlights?
Strobing effects from xenons? Nope. However, if those are the ones that have a
color change effect when viewed off axis, that does irk me.
Rick
Who doesn't r
Rich Thomas said: "The interesting thing about health care these days, at
least in the oncology side, is that reimbursements for actual doc time and
procedures is not enough to even begin to cover costs of providing that
service. "
This really makes me ponder. It seems I see my doctor routinely
Dan said "I think the health care industry should be nationalized. Our
costs go up every year..."
Hey why stop there. Education is going up almost as fact (and for the same
reason). Housing was like this until 2006. Petrol was doing the same until
a month or so ago. By this logic, we should na
> I was thinking about swapping in LED to the headlamps. Pretty cost
> ineffective if that application would not work. The glare shield in the
> euro lamps reduces light bleed head on and a bit to the side. Not silvered
> so
> it does not reflect photons back toward the reflectors...
>
> ...I certainly see it. Leds have to be pulsed or they burn out
>
If you mean visible pulsing, not so. More and more new cars (seen a new KIA
lately?) have all LED rear lights (MB W212, for another example) and just
last fall, City Light replaced all the poles on my street and installed new
I'd guess the back, maybe a cover held by a metal wire/spring clip?
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'95 E300, '87 300TD
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Replacing the TS relay with some sort of little timer circuit would
handle that OK. Probably about 80cents worth of parts -- a 555 timer
chip (or just a little microcontroller chip), a transistor, and maybe a
coupla resistors/capacitors or something. I should look that up and try
one.
Oh lo
Did you buy any ELC shares? ;)
Dan Penoff wrote:
>I grew up in Indianapolis, home to Eli Lilly & Co., one of the largest
>domestic pharmaceutical companies.
>
>To say that ELC was a cash cow is an understatement. Most of that
>money comes from drugs they have developed and hold ownership to.
Invest now and get your share...
Peter Frederick wrote:
>They are. Look at their profit statements and dividends. Price looks
>
>low due to the number of shares, not the profit of the company.
>
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> Rolf wrote:
> I certainly see it. Leds have to be pulsed or they burn out.
No.
Heat dissipation is a major limiting factor in the light output
of LEDs. The simple way to avoid overheating the LED is to set
the current limit to low enough that with constant current the
substrate can dissipat
> Jaime Kopchinski wrote:
> I assume we're talking about putting LEDs in older cars to
> replace traditional light bulbs...
Yes.
> I'd be very weary to replace a bulb with LEDs unless you buy
> one of the pre-made solutions.
That's what Clay did.
> Home-made solutions simply lack reliability,
When I was a surgical resident, drug company funded filet mignon and lobster
dinners were the norm in Boston's and DC's top steak houses:)
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On Jul 7, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Rich Thomas
wrote:
It was a sad day when they changed all the rules on drug reps entertaining
their custo
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Subject:126 headlamps
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:37:32 -0400
From: Rich Thomas
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Mama got stopped by a cop one morning early a coupla weeks ago, he said
one headlight was out. Turns out it was the hi
I grew up in Indianapolis, home to Eli Lilly & Co., one of the largest domestic
pharmaceutical companies.
To say that ELC was a cash cow is an understatement. Most of that money comes
from drugs they have developed and hold ownership to. One of them my oldest
son was on, and it cost over $1,0
It was a sad day when they changed all the rules on drug reps
entertaining their customers. When my wife was a Fellow, one of them
took 3 couples (us + 2 other Fellows/spouses) to a really nice (one of
the nicest) restaurant in Houston. The waiter brought over the wine
list, she handed it to
They are. Look at their profit statements and dividends. Price looks
low due to the number of shares, not the profit of the company.
Problem comes when they borrow immense amounts of money to buy each
other, or when their drug goes off patent.
Peter
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That sounds like my situation. Fifteen years ago the messed up electric
furnace crapped out in Feb. Three weeks without heat, and getting ready to
redo the kitchen. Switch to gas, got the antiquated electric panel upgrade to
new, and all new furnace and WH.
Old furnace was on knob and tube
I am not planning to subject this car to any known extremes where a less sturdy
solution would fail. These are the same lamps as FLAPS peddles, I just went to
the source, instead of paying FLAPS to floor them. The car will be put to bed
for the winter, and come out to play when moderate temps
I was thinking about swapping in LED to the headlamps. Pretty cost ineffective
if that application would not work. The glare shield in the euro lamps reduces
light bleed head on and a bit to the side. Not silvered so it does not reflect
photons back toward the reflectors.
clay
1974 450s
If this were true, it would be reflected in the stock prices, and big
pharmaceutical firms would be fantastic investments
Peter Frederick wrote:
>All those salespeople clear $200,000 a year in BONUSES as a general
>rule, with base pay in the upper 80's. I'm sure many make more than
>th
Blinker maybe has no impact on energy saving, but you will drop amperage draw
using LED for always on applications. BiL changed out all lamps to LED in his
rig and amperage went from 70 to 7.
clay
On Jul 6, 2012, at 8:37 PM, David Bruckmann wrote:
> I see the same thing. There's a definite
Air handler is single speed. Thanks for the info. I'll see how she does
without a top off. Going to try to install over the next couple weeks, hour
here and there after work.
Mitch Haley wrote:
>
>Seems to be in the ballpark.
>
>Regular air handler
>http://www.acwholesalers.com/Goodman_Hea
Changed over to castrol diesel stuff. Seems to have a minor impact on
pressure. Will keep going with changes and see if it gets better. If the
sediment is flushed out that way, I should be able to use M1
clay
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1972 220D - Gump - She is green, simple an
I had a former neighbor who was a pharma salesperson. While it is an
understatement, she was magically babelicious. She made BIG bucks doing
nothing more than calling on doctors and wining/dining them on a regular basis.
If she had any product knowledge I would have been surprised.
That bein
All those salespeople clear $200,000 a year in BONUSES as a general
rule, with base pay in the upper 80's. I'm sure many make more than
that.
Most pharmas have huge profits from grossly overcharging for patented
drugs, many of which they only had a small part developing (all the
basic re
I'm sure that's true when you include the cost of all the attractive,
well-dressed men and women who frequent my primary-care provider. They
really stand out from actual patients who usually wear work clothes, jeans,
shorts, t-shirts, etc.
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From: mercedes-boun...@okieben
My mistake - the writer said he had recently changed the oil ... after
1000 miles something else besides dirty oil is going on...
as in "I have about 1k on the recent oil fill in Frosch.Oil is black
as night and nasty. Granted, I used rotella 20-50,... "
But it was just a suggestion - "
Max Dillon wrote:
Is this a fair price? I just paid $1660 delivered for a 2 ton Goodman heat
pump system (outside condenser unit, inside handler, 50 foot copper line set).
R410, 13 SEER. It comes with the refrigerant charge, I can install myself with
about 20 hours of labor, plus supplies l
A resistor is all that is needed but that is inefficient and then you
lose the ability to control intensity (brake lights).
I've found cadillac's brake lights to be the worst.
-Rolf
On 7/7/2012 10:40 AM, Allan Streib wrote:
Max Dillon writes:
Almost every single appliance I own uses LED
Is this a fair price? I just paid $1660 delivered for a 2 ton Goodman heat
pump system (outside condenser unit, inside handler, 50 foot copper line set).
R410, 13 SEER. It comes with the refrigerant charge, I can install myself with
about 20 hours of labor, plus supplies like silver solder, n
Not concerned 'bout heat's effect on the "process;" that's easily taken care
of; concerned 'bout heat's effect on ME!
Wilton
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Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] MB topic - cosidering waxing
The heat really won't affect the process - it's just really important to never
wax in full sunlight or a surface that has recently been in the sun and has a
high surface temperature.
That being said, a nap is probably a better choice.
Dan about to head out to the garage to put another finish co
Was thinking about going out to clean and wax top of black 126, but decided to
take nap instead when I noticed that it's 91F headed to 104.
Wilton
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Mitch Haley writes:
> OTOH, the guys on an HVAC forum tell me that a Goodman dealer buys
> from Goodman for substantially less than I paid. Makes me wonder how
> the guys without a dealership who buy from the supply houses can ever
> compete.
Most people replace their furnace in a panic, in Janu
Manufacturers use PWM (pulse-width modulation) to send a square wave to the
LEDs with a peak voltage and current above the continuous rating. This allows
the LED to be driven at a much greater brightness that it would have with a
continuous (lower) voltage applied to it.
Depending on the frequ
Max Dillon writes:
> Almost every single appliance I own uses LED lights, so they are all
> pulsing and strobing? Guess I'm lucky I don't notice it. Do you
> notice it everywhere?
It used to be pretty obvious on old LED digital displays (calculators,
watches) but I always assumed that was b
Leds have to be pulsed or they burn out.
I disagree. They CAN be brighter WITHOUT burning out IF pulsed.
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I don't find an issue with LEDs but if I am in a flourescent-lighted
room for any length of time I start to get eye twitches and headaches.
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On 7/7/12 10:29 AM, Max Dillon wrote:
Almost every single appliance I own uses LED lights, so they are all pulsing
and strobing? Guess I'm lucky I
On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:31:17 -0400 Rolf wrote:
> Leds have to be pulsed or they burn out.
No, LEDs do not have to be pulsed. Some of the newer high-brightness
ones, for example, have a shorter life if they are pulsed.
Craig
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Almost every single appliance I own uses LED lights, so they are all pulsing
and strobing? Guess I'm lucky I don't notice it. Do you notice it everywhere?
Rolf wrote:
>I certainly see it. Leds have to be pulsed or they burn out.
>
>Sent via string from my tin can.
>
>
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Charles
Dan Penoff wrote:
That, or find someone with a sales tax exemption certificate or business
license and buy it from a local wholesaler.
Johnstone Supply wanted $1059 for my furnace that I got for $831 (before
deducting a 6% coupon) shipped from an internet dealer in Florida.
I was rather surp
I certainly see it. Leds have to be pulsed or they burn out.
Sent via string from my tin can.
OK Don wrote:
>I'll try that, as I haven' noticed the strobing either.
>
>On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Craig wrote:
>
>> With subject car about 100 - 150 yards ahead, glance to the left side and
>>
Most drug companies spend more on advertizing than they do on R&D.
Peter
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On Jul 6, 2012 3:15 PM, "WILTON" wrote:
>
> 'Don't know 'bout prices at other pharmacies - don't even know total
price at MY pharmacy other than HIGH - MY federally mandated fee (as I
understand it) is a set fee (very small part of total) per prescription
(fee keeps creeping upward since its incep
WILTON wrote:
Yes, even group trips by chartered bus, weren't there? Don't they do
that any more?
One of my Senators, Debbie Stabenow, used to charter those buses to aid in the
illegal importation of drugs. The prices were lower in Canada because the
government set the prices, and generally
I assume we're talking about putting LEDs in older cars to replace
traditional light bulbs...
I've found when original lights are not acceptable, its because they need
cleaning or to have the reflectors replaced and new bulbs installed. After
20 years, things can get pretty cloudy inside a light.
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