You know, of course, the urban legend about why Hawaiians love spam?
-Curt
Don't know about urban lies or legends.
But here is the real story. Even the hormel spam 101 website has it wrong.
During WWII, all fresh meat in Hawaii was dedicated (confiscated?)
for use by the military. The loca
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 19:09:14 -0500 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
You would have a ~30 min drive to work to the turnoff from the Saddle
road. I am not sure how long it takes to get up the road. to 13,000
feet.I personally would JUMP at the chance.
The Institute's headquarters a
You know, of course, the urban legend about why Hawaiians love spam?
-Curt
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 17:48:04 -0500
From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com>
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DING DING
No I think everyone is out detailing their cars after the inspiration
received from Roger.
Hendrik
who may detail the house gutters
On 10/08/12 09:49, OK Don wrote:
I have received list mail from you today, at least twice. Maybe you are
black listing the list?
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:14 PM,
Yeah and then you can make lots of Christmas presents, I'll have one
like this
http://www.amazon.com/Chrome-Plated-Mudflap-Cutout-Stripper/dp/B0051V0E6S
Hendrik
who does not have the lady silhouette on the truck
On 10/08/12 09:46, Dan Penoff wrote:
I want. Very cool.
Dan
On Aug 9, 2012, at 6
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 19:09:14 -0500 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You would have a ~30 min drive to work to the turnoff from the Saddle
> road. I am not sure how long it takes to get up the road. to 13,000
> feet.I personally would JUMP at the chance.
The Institute's headquarters
I have received list mail from you today, at least twice. Maybe you are
black listing the list?
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:14 PM, WILTON wrote:
> I've received NO msgs from list today. Have I been "black listed" or ?
>
> BTW, Andrew, if you want my son to deliver 123 grille to DC for you
> Saturd
I want. Very cool.
Dan
On Aug 9, 2012, at 6:41 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> http://www.alecrivers.com/positioncorrectingtools/
>
> A frame holding a tool (router, in this example) corrects rough manual
> movements to cut a precise programmed pattern.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1983 300D
> 1979 300SD
>
>
I've received NO msgs from list today. Have I been "black listed" or ?
BTW, Andrew, if you want my son to deliver 123 grille to DC for you Saturday,
respond to me off list.
Wilton
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You would have a ~30 min drive to work to the turnoff from the Saddle
road. I am not sure how long it takes to get up the road. to 13,000
feet.I personally would JUMP at the chance.
You could live Hilo-side or Kona-side, depending on the wishes of the
SWMBO unit. The further out, the che
Or had a fuel tank that big, much less a bladder equal to the task. :-)
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Tim C wrote:
> On Aug 8, 2012 11:52 AM, "Donald Snook" wrote:
> > It will cruise all day long at 100 mph.
>
> You've driven 2400 miles in a day? Where were you going? I didn't know
> you we
The centering bore in the end of the crankshaft is larger in the '85 to
match the larger centering nub in the torque converter, IIRC.
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote:
> Make that 617 turbo short blocks
>
> As far as I know, all the 917 turbo short blocks were the same with th
You never know whether to attribute the gross errors to the subject of the
report or the reporter trying to regurgitate what they think they heard. I
usually blame the barely educated reporter.
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:24 PM, wrote:
> Lucky to walk away from this plane crash.
>
> 4 adults on a h
Or just remember to ALWAYS disconnect the ground wire FROM the BATTERY
first!
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
> On 08/08/2012 11:14 PM, clay monroe wrote:
>
>> I am not stopping swinging a wrench. I am going to stop doing it
>> unsupervised. I should have learned to pay be
On Aug 8, 2012 4:23 PM, "Donald Snook" wrote:
> I will be looking for a much newer BMW or Mercedes.
BTW, I found a car you won't be able to resist:
---
http://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/3186587818.html
im selling a 1987 Mercedes-Benz bmw 420. it has 18" merced off set rims. it
ice blue with bl
On Aug 8, 2012 11:52 AM, "Donald Snook" wrote:
> It will cruise all day long at 100 mph.
You've driven 2400 miles in a day? Where were you going? I didn't know
you were that far from anywhere, at least by land. :)
-Tim
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Make that 617 turbo short blocks
As far as I know, all the 917 turbo short blocks were the same with the
exception of something on the flywheel of the 85 model. You could probably
verify this using the online parts site.
-Original Message-
From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:merc
Lucky to walk away from this plane crash.
4 adults on a hot day in a Stinson 108 Bad combination...
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/1st-person-video-shows-wilderness-plane-c
rash-from-inside-cockpit-165590576.html
The statement attributed to the pilot according to the news report (pil
> ...You had me worried about the timing belt needing replacement at 50,000
> on my car. It has 49,000 miles. BUT, I checked and the service interval
> on the 2003 is actually 90,000 miles. I have driven the car and it pretty
> nice and comfortable. It's a little boring and sedate, but it w
DING DING DING!
We have a winner.
I think the Hormel website says roughly 1/4 of the spam production
goes to Hawaii.
Hawaii is the largest consumer of Spam, I believe.
Dan
On Aug 9, 2012, at 12:44 AM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
Spam? Spam? LocoMoco? Spam Musubi? Fried
Reading you five by five, over.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300
'87 300TD
WILTON wrote:
Anybody there?
Wilton
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A frame holding a tool (router, in this example) corrects rough manual
movements to cut a precise programmed pattern.
Allan
--
1983 300D
1979 300SD
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On Aug 9, 2012, at 1:24 PM, "Rick Knoble" wrote:
> I'm here. Are you here? Or there?
Which reminds me...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3PE9aPNvKs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Rick
Sent from my iPhone
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Low miles and roadworthy.
Swap heads?
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
- Forwarded Message -
>From: "fred.s...@verizon.net"
>To: fredy4.s...@yahoo.com
>Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2012 2:44 PM
>Subject: 1981 MERCEDES 300D - $600 (WORCESTER)
>
>
>fred.s...@verizon.net has forwarded y
On 08/08/2012 11:14 PM, clay monroe wrote:
I am not stopping swinging a wrench. I am going to stop doing it unsupervised. I should
have learned to pay better attention with Gump, but "knew" I could do a simple
task. How hard could it be? Not screwing it up seems to be the hard part. At lea
As far as I know, all the 917 turbo short blocks were the same with the
exception of something on the flywheel of the 85 model. You could probably
verify this using the online parts site.
-Original Message-
From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]
On Beha
I'm here. Are you here? Or there?
Rick
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 9, 2012, at 1:23 PM, "WILTON" wrote:
> Anybody there?
>
> Wilton
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Anybody there?
Wilton
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Not necessarily. I watch the local CarMax inventories, and they appear to do a
big business in buying cars through wholesalers and private parties.
I would consider a car from them as long as it was a mainstream vehicle. They
seem to fall down when they have something unusual or unique.
There i
On Aug 9, 2012 7:01 AM, "Donald Snook" wrote:
>
> My Indy has a customer with a 97 e420
The big question with any 210 chassis car from salt country, unless it's a
4Matic, is, how are the spring perches?
Alec
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On Aug 9, 2012 8:14 AM, "Rich Thomas"
wrote:
>
> I have a 107 set if anyone
>needs a copy.
Somebody was asking in another thread, which I can't find right now, about
124 manuals. I can burn 124 DVDs for whoever needs them, complete with the
Steve Nervig index. I believe that CD set is also NLA.
I'm but a small time collector: http://www.internationalcolemancollectors.com/
This year my wife and I went to the International Coleman Collectors Club
convention and saw the serious collectors in action. Some guys brought HUNDREDS
of pieces. There was some amazingly rare stuff too. I got to he
I have a 107 set if anyone needs a copy. I made a coupla 126 DVDs for 2
guys, forget who, was gonna send them, sent them a note but did not hear
back.
--R
On 8/9/12 10:34 AM, David Bruckmann wrote:
Although I think MB discontinued it, the 107 CD is regularly available on eBay.
On 2012-08-09
I am also quite tempted, but really do not need another car right now, I
have too many as it is.
Allan
Dan Penoff writes:
> Much as I wanted to pull the trigger on this one, we have some upcoming
> medical expenses that could potentially force us to have to dip into our cash
> reserves.
>
> T
Seafood and pineapples are plentiful. Everything else is imported and
expensive.
I've been there once, but mostly did the tourist things. Not sure I got
a sense of what "local life" would be like. Some people who try to live
there do get uneasy about being so physically isolated from the rest o
Beats me.
>From those I have talked to, it seems to sort of parallel Alaska in that those
>who go there either love it and stay indefinitely, or they hate it and are
>gone within a year.
Housing costs are pretty outrageous, or so I have heard.
Dan
On Aug 9, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Craig wrote:
>
Randy wrote: "No, Donald, your wife will be planning a new kitchen."
LOL! VERY TRUE! Actually, she is already asking for that. But, when we do the
kitchen it will require knocking down some walls. Our house was built in 1979,
so it has a living room (what is the point of that!) and a small he
Although I think MB discontinued it, the 107 CD is regularly available on eBay.
On 2012-08-09, Clay wrote:
> At least with Gump I had MB shop manuals to follow.
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RLE wrote: "At 50K miles, it was time to replace the cam
drive belt and in the transverse Toyota V-6, it's expensive. Didn't get
done, needless to say. The ES is a nice car, quiet with a decent ride but not
quite as good as MBs
of the period. Braking was very good with 4-wheel disc. Steering feel
Gerry wrote: "ROFL! There are six Snook telephone numbers in this small
county, but I don't recall ever meeting a person named Snook. A check of
Google shows that the Snook clan came over from various European countries in
the 18th century and established themselves heavily in the northeast an
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 08:34:52 -0400 Dan Penoff wrote:
> Hawaii is the largest consumer of Spam, I believe.
I found some jobs in Hawaii with the Keck Telescope Institute on the big
island.
What is it like living and working there?
I realize it could be very expensive and if we would want to move
My Indy has a customer with a 97 e420 with 150,000 that probably wants to trade
for my BMW. I don't need another car. I need the cash. Anyone interested in the
E420? My Indy has serviced it since it was out of warranty. Anyone interested
in it?
Donald H. Snook
McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn &
"Kaleb C. Striplin" writes:
> If you are looking for a newer car, Carmax is actually a good way to
> go. They are not the typical car business so you can feel free to
> test drive whatever you want and they do not pressure you. If you
> find something out of state and one of their other stores,
Much as I wanted to pull the trigger on this one, we have some upcoming medical
expenses that could potentially force us to have to dip into our cash reserves.
That being said, after looking over pictures and details of Donald's BMW, I am
telling you that someone needs to jump on this.
It's a b
Hawaii is the largest consumer of Spam, I believe.
Dan
On Aug 9, 2012, at 12:44 AM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Spam? Spam? LocoMoco? Spam Musubi? Fried Spam? Mm Ono!
> Local style, eh Brah?
>
> Do you know where the Spam museum is?
>
> Do you own a Spam cookbook?
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