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On Jan 16, 2013, at 21:16, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Do you sometimes feel like you are the pet of two cats?
Our two current cats
I'm not banished per se, but my membership request got a pocket veto...
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On Jan 16, 2013, at 23:16, Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com wrote:
I used to wonder if being a member of this list got you banned over
Yeah but you see em shooting like machine guns on the movies?
Are you saying that Hollywood is lying to us?
Actually are we talking about military grade fully auto types or the
civilian detuned ones?
Hendrik
who is going to have a big cry now
On 17/01/13 15:46, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
More
Max Dillon wrote:
Republicans control the house, no national gun control measure will be passed.
John Boner controls the house. Republican In Name Only at best.
Legislators far more Constitution friendly than Boner (Chuck Grassley, for
example) have already voiced support for a magazine ban.
I have never felt the need to have a gun, but I respect the rights of those who
do as long as they act responsibly with them, which I believe is about 99% of
the (legal) owners.
We had guns in the house as a kid, but we all had to take a gun safety course
when we were fairly young, maybe 10-12
Craig wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:30:58 -0500 Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
An armed society is a polite society
I heard that attributed to Robert Heinlein, but I'm not sure that's true.
It was in some of his books, but that doesn't mean he invented it.
Mitch.
John Reames wrote:
I'm not banished per se, but my membership request got a pocket veto...
Same thing happened to me in 2002, and I believe Rich Thomas.
Mitch
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No reason. Many banishments seem to be purely random.
I was one of the founding ten members, only to be banned later because I
pointed out that the king was wearing no clothes, so to speak.
Needless to say that went over poorly, and resulted in my banishment. Actually,
I was offered to be
Actually started thinking of a new battery as well. It was in the car when I
bought it.
On Jan 16, 2013, at 9:54 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Hmmm. Is this the voltage regulator perhaps wearing? I cannot believe the
fogs draw that muchit never did that before.
Your battery is not
I'll make sure it stays in the garage the next time you are in town!
On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:20 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Seems like your car caught what my car had:)
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On Jan 16, 2013, at 5:53 PM, Jon Agne jonag...@gwi.net wrote:
Yes. After it stops snowing.
Haha. Might want to give it a rub down with hand sanitizer too:)
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On Jan 17, 2013, at 7:27 AM, Jon Agne jonag...@gwi.net wrote:
I'll make sure it stays in the garage the next time you are in town!
On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:20 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Seems like
yeah I think I never got approved for some reason.
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On 1/17/13 7:18 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
John Reames wrote:
I'm not banished per se, but my membership request got a pocket veto...
Same thing happened to me in 2002, and I believe Rich Thomas.
Mitch
I was a member back in the late nineties. I was active for a couple of years
but then stopped posting for awhile as my email address changed. I tried to
rejoin several times and was ignored. What is wrong with those idiots anyway?
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On Jan 17, 2013, at 7:18 AM, Mitch Haley
Probably when crispy pancakes Hank took over list admin.
When you live in Wind River, WY, the concept of high speed Internet means a
heavier string and a juice can versus a soup can
Dan banned and proud of it
On Jan 17, 2013, at 8:58 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
I was a member back in
Ya piss off the list queen, she banishes you to La La Land. Queen
speaks, no appeals, similar to Executive Order.
Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL
'98 ML320 Max (159,xxx mi)
On 1/17/2013 6:20 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:
No reason. Many banishments seem to be purely random.
I was one of the
An armed society is a polite society
I heard that attributed to Robert Heinlein, but I'm not sure that's
true.
He certainly used/popularized it, no idea if he coined it as well.
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OK fair enough, you may replace 'assault rifle' with...
Assault rifle _is_ an industry-recognized term, and with
rare exceptions in the USA _nobody_ can have one. The banners
coined the term assault weapon to apply to anything sufficiently
'scary' by their lights, and started using it heavily
Hi Wilton
About 800 miles from Winnipeg to Edmonton.
Randy
On 16/01/2013 5:22 PM, WILTON wrote:
Yep, umm-hmm. Nothing weird.
BTW, anybody heard from Randy this afternoon? ;)
How far is Winnipoo from Eddiemonton?
Wilton
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To:
I don't think so, but that was a long time ago. The oldest Benz I had was
1970 220D - too new for the veterans list?
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I actually found this list when Kaleb volunteered to take Joe's SL list
after he sold his SL and bought a
I took German in 1999, and the instructor was still going on about this.
At that point the man had been dead for 35 YEARS! Is there no statute of
limitations on malapropisms?
Best,
Tim
kein Berliner
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
I
Ah, but it is a kinder, gentler list these days.
They are mainly into arguing about gun control and when someone
objected, he was told by Stu to just not worry about it.
Getting to where there is very little MB content on it any more.
Becoming too much effort to delete all the garbage.
Randy
I have not been turfed from it but I got a strongly worded private
message from one of them (Hank I think) when someone asked about
sources for parts and I suggested I had had good service from Rusty.
Randy
On 16/01/2013 6:46 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
Clay'd:
Was banned from the hitler
Sorry, respectfully I must not agree.
The long description used below still ratchets the rhetoric to inflammatory
rather than fact.
The device is simply a rifle, nothing more, nothing less. To use any other
descriptive term for it engages in fear mongering, which, in it's self is a
continuation of
Hmmm.. I'll have to grok on that.
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
An armed society is a polite society
--R
On 1/16/13 8:44 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
I wonder why anyone would feel secure knowing that I MIGHT be packing
heat.
Yes. Mentioning the Q or Kaleb is almost sure to get you poofed.
So much for free speech.
Dan
On Jan 17, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
I have not been turfed from it but I got a strongly worded private message
from one of them (Hank I think) when someone asked
Yeah, 'thought so; too far for an afternoon's sojourn. I was just kidding
ya 'bout your weird neighbor. ;)
Wilton
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From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:25 AM
Subject: Re:
Edmonton is a wonderful place, even if there are strange Star Trek role playing
people there.
I have visited it several times, and always had an enjoyable stay.
Great jumping off spot for heading over to Jasper and then down the Icefields
Parkway to Lake Louise and Banff.
Dan, eh
On Jan 17,
The M16 (and AR15 its civilian equivalent) gets shot out at 1000-2000 yards and
is considered pretty accurate.
The problem with assault rifle is what people really mean is scary rifle
and they want to define it by I dunno but I'll know when I see it so an
assault rifle ban means a ban on all
Malapropisms have a statute of limitations that is driven by events and not
merely by the passage of time.
I believe it is that everyone keeps hearing about it until someone of more
import commits an equally egregious crime against the same language or until
someone of some import commits a
Aren't those the Porsche-assembled ones?
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On Jan 15, 2013, at 13:00, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote:
You don't see these too often.
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/3536505834.html
Alex
'Nother one trying to make a big deal about the wheels. Should I feel
cheated that I've never had custom wheels? Au contraire, I've always felt
fortunate to have had factory original wheels that have worked very well.
Oh! 'Just realized - I have CUSTOM wheels on my 2-wheel utility trailer!
Yes.
Rick
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On Jan 17, 2013, at 11:40 AM, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote:
Aren't those the Porsche-assembled ones?
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On Jan 15, 2013, at 13:00, Alex Chamberlain
On Jan 17, 2013, at 10:35 AM, G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote:
Grant...
-Off to practice cursing and find recipe for the eating of my young-
If you want to be on the Banned List, you need to sign up. It is very much like
how you signed up for this list.
Sign up here then.
Well genuine AMG Monoblok II wheels are , but I've never seen genuine
ones in chrome. Mine are silver with a polished aluminum lip. Even good
knock offs can have the AMG stamp on the outside... the key is to check the
part number inside... HWA xxx xxx xx xx are genuine.
TE
-Original
Mea Culpa.
Here I thought this was a list with a few rejects from the Master List, when
it seems we're all rejects from the Master List waiting for our inevitable
fate.
Soon they'll come for us, send our diesels to the crusher, and all of us
will be sent to the gas station for 30 proof alcohol.
A quick search of quotes all turn up Heinlein as the originator, for what
it's worth.
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
An armed society is a polite society
I heard that attributed to Robert Heinlein, but I'm not sure that's true.
He certainly
Great ideas, but this is a VERY imperfect world. Very few of the people
meeting the criteria that the recent evil doers meet actually commit
violence. You catch and hold way too many to catch too few, and still don't
know who is dangerous and who isn't.
I suspect that it is true that the
Andrew wrote:
I wonder why anyone would feel secure knowing that I MIGHT be packing
heat.
The deterrent aspect of concealed carry is the fact that anyone in the
victim pool could turn out to be trained and equipped to resist a crime with
lethal force. Even if only a couple percent of the
I support the right to arm all bears and would love to have universal whirled
peas, resulting in peas on earth.
Had enough yet?
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
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Nope - keep it up :-)
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Frederick Moir fredy4.s...@yahoo.comwrote:
I support the right to arm all bears and would love to have universal
whirled peas, resulting in peas on earth.
Had enough yet?
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
I doubt I could be any politer.
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
An armed society is a polite society
--R
On 1/16/13 8:44 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
I wonder why anyone would feel secure knowing that I MIGHT be packing
heat.
On
Frankly, kids getting mowed down in school is way more disgusting.than
the current debate.
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
The whole current debate about gun control, at the national level not on this
list, is a manufactured distraction to get the
It disgusts me that thousands of non-white children are killed every year by
armed violence and not a peep is heard about it. We (US government) kill dozens
of children with drone strikes in foreign countries and there isn't even a
blurb on the news. Nineteen lily white kids from an affluent
This discussion takes me back to the 1930s when few ordinary city dwellers
could afford guns and the debate was about knives. Some wanted to make it a
crime to carry a pocket knife and others didn't. A compromise was finally
reached that permitted the carrying of pocket knives with blades no
Agreed! A tragedy and terrible crime that will haunt my memory!
Now, imagine if the deranged killer had used gasoline instead of guns. The
headlines would read about tens maybe hundreds of children burned alive. Do
you doubt that this killer was bent on death, and would have used whatever
Point of order: True assault rifles ARE machine guns. But AR-15
(auto-loading) rifles/carbines are not assault rifles (nor are they heavy
weapons as some insist).
This is like someone calling your 300TD a pickup truck because you can carry
stuff in the back.
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From:
In case you are not aware, the background checks for concealed carry
licenses/permits are fairly extensive, particularly compared to the National
Instant Criminal Background Check used by all licensed federal firearms
dealers (AKA FFL) for all gun sales.
and the NICBC is way more extensive
meanwhile the trillion$ keep rolling out the door -IMO the fed is
printing money at a unpublicized rate and we are left to guess at the
true rate of runaway inflation. If a republican was in the WH the
media would be going nuts!
LarryT
91 300D
On 1/17/2013 12:19 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin
I have noticed that the radiator in my old 300D appears to be held in
place by rubber doughnut type things similar to the exhaust hangers.
Mine look a bit the worse for wear. Cracks etc so I should likely get
some new ones.
Has anyone had one of these fail/ Did it cause much harm?
Are they
Not sure what your point is. What if he used a dirty bomb? .
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Agreed! A tragedy and terrible crime that will haunt my memory!
Now, imagine if the deranged killer had used gasoline instead of guns. The
headlines
Thanks, Randy - appreciate your effort but I am not holding my breath.
If they look like exhaust hangers and are the same size we will allow
you to replace them with exhaust hangers. You might be able to copy a
part number, however, which is the more elegant solution.
How much snow has fallen
Thanks, Randy, for the good steering. Nylon zippy ties are highly
recommended - much better than baling (hay) wire of days of yore.
Wilton
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From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013
On Jan 17, 2013 4:04 PM, Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote:
This is like someone calling your 300TD a pickup truck because you can
carry
stuff in the back.
I knew I had seen such a thing, but ... ouch! There are so many!
http://images.google.com/search?q=w123+pickuptbm=isch
Warning,
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/22/an-even-more-useless-machine/
This simulates the reason we need such a large federal and state level of
employment. If the humans were replaced by this, it would have the same effect
and allow the unemployed more time to frolic with their union buddies or take
One of the best uses I have seen for an Arduino so far:
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/22/firehero-raspberry-pi-controlled-pyrotechnics/
Dan (rock on!)
On Jan 17, 2013, at 5:32 PM, clay monroe wrote:
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/22/an-even-more-useless-machine/
This simulates the reason we
We are not short of snow right now. It could be worse I suppose and may
soon be but there is probably close to a foot on my lawn right now. It
starts out as more but sort of settles over time. We had a bit of a
storm last weekend and the city has ploughed the roads. Unfortunately,
they left
Reminds me of living in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. One did NOT allow
the snow plow deposits to freeze, else at best you would have a huge
chore. More likely, a lake of ice by spring that would acquire
potholes and you then get stuck with the car halfway in the street AND
a huge job.
I
At least the first on on left in second row has a bit of sense of style.
Wilton
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From: Tim C bb...@crone.us
To: Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 5:31 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Destroying a 123 was Re: OT GUN definition and They took
To enjoy those beautiful summers, eh?
Wilton
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From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] ON TOPIC rubber doodads that hold the rad in place SNOW
We are
By the end of winter, snow in my back yard at Kincheloe, where it had
accumulated naturally, was 4 feet deep; 12 feet deep in front yard where it
been thrown by ploughs in street and driveway. My 2 sons learned to ski in
front yard - side step (what's it called, don't remember) up pile in
Two words: Snow blower?
I had one in Wisconsin that could throw snow into the next county.
Yeah, it sucks to have to come home from work, all ready to put your feet up
and take it easy, and put the snowmobile suit or Carharts on to go out and run
the snow blower, but it's got to be done or
Of course, we always carried one of these in the cars when we lived in the
Great White North:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ec0a/?pfm=_featured_ec0a_4
Dan
On Jan 17, 2013, at 6:53 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Two words: Snow blower?
I had one in Wisconsin that could throw snow into the next
Mine never had the $25 glove around it.
Wilton
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From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] ON TOPIC rubber doodads that hold the rad in place SNOW
Of course, we
Dan wrote:
The joke is on them, however, as to this day I have numerous alias accounts,
some of which I still post from as a totally innocuous member with a
completely different persona.
Oh, boy.
I gotta keep track of this.
I wonder if we can figure out which innocuous person is really Dan.
Scott wrote:
I must say that our media (even folks like O-Reilly) do a very poor job
either researching or presenting (or both) the true facts when it comes to
gun issues.
Does anyone remember the beginning of talk radio and Rush Limbaugh? I
also remember listening to Alan Berg, speaking of
Craig diese...@pisquared.net writes:
I sorta question the thinking on that decision, but I ain't a Boing
engineer.
Maybe the Boing engineers had it forced upon them.
I read that weight was the overriding factor in the decision. They
tried to shed weight everywhere they could, hence the
Max wrote:
The whole current debate about gun control, at the national level not on this
list, is a manufactured distraction to get the people's attention away from
the real problem: out of control federal spending.
Whole episode is quite disgusting.
It is a cascading series of episodes,
Rick wrote:
It disgusts me... Media spin, faux compassion, lies, and more lies. All men
are created equal. Some are just more equal than others.
I am not sure where any of the current events are heading, but it will not
end well.
Hear, hear.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear
mao
No reason to pay attention to the fact that it was rear wheel drive,
the kiss of death in snow country for such vehicles. Right. So we get
a really nice used Aerostar.
All it really needed was some weight in the back.
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There is no such thing as a 'gun show loophole.
Indeed. The loophole (gotta be bad, right?) is also
spelled private sale.
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Point: the deranged killer, not his weapon, be it a gun or fire or a bomb, is
wholly responsible for the act. He would have acted no matter what laws were
on the books. He would have found something to use, a nation cannot outlaw and
eliminate everything and anything that could be used to
I'm finally replacing the timing chain on my 240D tomorrow. The chain came with
a master link which is not a split link. When I attach the new chain to the old
and peen on the link, turn the chain, then don't I have to grind off new link
to separate old chain from new? Then don't I need a new
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