that would make you a big spender with this bunch
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
I'm a cheap bastard so I would value it at $500
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On Sep 7, 2013, at 11:32 PM, Jon Agne jonag...@gwi.net wrote:
Nope. I'm definitely not
it's possible i commingled 2 conversations. i do remember mentioning
goering's preference for the model 10. wilton could clear this up by
telling us what he trained on and what he carried or something like that
i have the model 19 rusty's father in law killed himself with. the family
was going
I know Jon's car well. The repair he did can only be a fraction of the value of
his car. He likely drives the best W123 of all of us here.
My car which is only 1/10th the car that Jon's is gets a repair here and there
(front end rebuild,complete front brake job, etc.) which in parts alone
You're not getting good enough bread. I make my own the intensely lazy way
http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/easy-no-knead-dutch-oven-crusty-bread.aspx
With high quality unbleached flour http://www.heckersceresota.com/
and the results are fantastic. I mostly cook in the dutch oven as
Speaking of which, will we see it, are you coming to chowdaQ next weekend?
-Curt
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 00:32:23 -0400
From: Jon Agne jonag...@gwi.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 AC - Part 3 Begins
Message-ID:
We have some standard 1 pound loaf pans that got passed down from my
grandmother (which means they date from the 1920s, I suspect).
Perfect loaf of bread size as one must use homemade bread fairly
quickly else it molds.
Use real bread flour -- King Arthur is about the best I've found
Thanks, Grant.
Wilton
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Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] buymbparts is dead drunk and rattling
I don't remember the details of the .38 we B-52 crewmen were issued; I'm no
firearms expert and I never fondled the gun/weapon to study it in detail.
It stayed it the holster ALL of the time, 'cept when clearing it upon
receipt and return. I knew how to use it if necessary and, obviously, for
Exactly what I was thinking
On Sep 8, 2013, at 2:22 AM, Gary Hurst wrote:
that would make you a big spender with this bunch
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
I'm a cheap bastard so I would value it at $500
Sent from my iPhone
On
Hi Curt,
Sorry. I will not be able to make this year. I'll be in a simulator until 7pm
learning about dual NDB approaches with a GPS RNAV overlay somewhere in Asia.
Dimitri and I are thinking of sponsoring an event in Maine next year.
Jon
On Sep 8, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
Hand kneading is too much like real work.
King Arthur flour is from Vermont. My wife's aunt and her pals go right to the
factory every November for their holiday orders, apparently its quite a common
thing for ladies in New England. I'm going to ask her to pick me up some of the
special bread
Go for it, I'll drive up!
-Curt
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 11:47:00 -0400
From: Jon Agne jonag...@gwi.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 AC - Part 3 Begins
Message-ID: 352643a2-9e1e-42d6-9d3b-e4d8c9bb0...@gwi.net
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My pans are roughly 8x4x3 hxwxd. Makes a perfect sized loaf.
Good luck finding something that size, though. I've got some nice
tinned steel pans I bought from Williams-Sonoma about 30 years ago
that are just too big and don't have straight enough side. Don't know
what to do with them,
you don't know jono's tourist rate pricing!
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 8:11 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
I know Jon's car well. The repair he did can only be a fraction of the
value of his car. He likely drives the best W123 of all of us here.
My car which is only 1/10th the car that Jon's is
Bet you could have one heck of a weekend in Vegas with those survival kits!
Dan Call me Buck
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On Sep 8, 2013, at 11:30 AM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
I don't remember the details of the .38 we B-52 crewmen were issued; I'm no
firearms expert and I never fondled the
Yep, many different types of things in the kits, including some items that
most people would not imagine the need for in a survival situation. I'm
sure some of my cohorts could put 'em to good use in Vegas, or their
braggadocio afterward would try to make you think they did, anyway.;)
We use all whole grain flours from Bob's Red Mill. You can find some of it
the stores, but we've taken to ordering it from them - it arrives at the
front door, no muss, no fuss.
By adding gluten flour, you can use any other combination and still get a
nice textured loaf. My wife has also stopped
Piper Vagabond in 1966 for me, but am now thinking that perhaps I need to
learn instruments - might come in handy on a trip someday :-)
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 11:33 PM, Jon Agne jonag...@gwi.net wrote:
No.I learned how to land in a T-34C in 1983.
On Sep 7, 2013, at 5:18 PM, Rich Thomas
I got some non-stick glass loaf pans from Walmart (I think they are
Corning or something like that) that work great as the loaves pop out
easily. THey have a red coating on them.
--R
On 9/8/13 11:56 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
I need to find some real loaf pans, I've got a silicone one which
Could you guys be any further away?
Bob R
On Sep 8, 2013 8:47 AM, Jon Agne jonag...@gwi.net wrote:
Hi Curt,
Sorry. I will not be able to make this year. I'll be in a simulator
until 7pm learning about dual NDB approaches with a GPS RNAV overlay
somewhere in Asia.
Dimitri and I are
It seems this years Chowda Q stayed under the radar.
Bob R
On Sep 8, 2013 7:42 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Speaking of which, will we see it, are you coming to chowdaQ next weekend?
-Curt
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 00:32:23 -0400
From: Jon Agne jonag...@gwi.net
To: Mercedes
Just checking to see if you would have employment opportunities with Asiana
--R
On 9/8/13 12:33 AM, Jon Agne wrote:
No.I learned how to land in a T-34C in 1983.
On Sep 7, 2013, at 5:18 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
Do they teach you to land too?
--R
On 9/7/13 4:18 PM, Jon Agne wrote:
I
Try adding some quinoa to the mix. We got some bread that has it from Whole
Foods, it gives a neat nutty flavor. Also adds a complete protein to the bread
making it much more nutritious.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 12:50:43 -0500
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To: Mercedes Discussion List
It's hard to go wrong with Delo 15w-40 although I like 5w-40 for winter.
Made the block heater on my B-series not at all necessary.
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 11:10 PM, clay redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
The winter duty involves finding that one dry week and bundling up well so
I can do a top
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When my Blackberry died I could not justify the purchase of another one. I
consider the platform dead. I bought and iPhone 4S and haven't looked
back. The iOS sandboxing is generally secure. The company I work for will
require a special app for Android phones to pretty much do the same as iOS
I'd try swapping the engine, leaving the trans; or pull the head on the
350 and see what's wrong.
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 6:56 PM, clay redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
Are there not some upgrades to electrical beasties related to engines and
transmissions going from the 300SDL 603 to the 350SDL
I have said before, it is the nicest 123 sedan I have seen.
On Sep 8, 2013 12:32 AM, Jon Agne jonag...@gwi.net wrote:
Nope. I'm definitely not afraid of what you all say. As far as the value
of my car is concerned, you'd have to see it.
On Sep 7, 2013, at 5:14 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
WILTON wrote:
Also had 3 crash axes in the cabin and a .22 cal (long rifle shells)
fold-up survival rife in every seat pack survival kit on the airplane.
'Don't remember a lot of the details of those, either, but I knew how to
use 'em.
Was the .22 an AR-7?
Only if he can land a 757 at Goddard park. Actually Jon- get a training
flight to TF Green. It's only abot 8 miles from the park.
On Sep 8, 2013 10:42 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Speaking of which, will we see it, are you coming to chowdaQ next weekend?
-Curt
Date: Sun, 8
I removed my Rear windshield and the metal frame as well as the old
crumbling weatherstrip. Everything went well and the glass was not
injured. I put the new weatherstrip in placeand I'm ready to put the
metal frame into the weatherstrip, It is supposed to be better to put
the metal frame in
Stop-leak isn't going to fix the deteriorated o-rings and/or leaking
hoses that are causing your leak.
Find your hose set, buy some R134A fittings for it, and then vent out
(recover) the freon in there and take apart EVERY fitting. Replace
the 0-rings with proper sized R134a compatible
'Don't thinks so; don't remember a stock like that; it was some sort of an
open steel or aluminum rod stock that could slide and/or clip into place.
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday,
Put the metal in now, it's pretty much impossible to get it in after
the window is in.
You can use one cord, two times around. This is just for insurance in
case you don't get the lip all the way over on the first wrap. Use
some silicone spray, it makes the job easier.
We found it
WILTON wrote:
'Don't thinks so; don't remember a stock like that; it was some sort of
an open steel or aluminum rod stock that could slide and/or clip into
place.
Doesn't sound like an M6 (.22/.410) either, then.
http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=6f=2t=376014
How about the M4 in .22
M4, maybe. 'Had to be short enough to fit into seat pack, between my butt
and the bottom of the ejection seat.
Wilton
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Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 4:55 PM
Subject: Re:
Complete with toxins from China?
I'm looking for something not-coated and made in the USA, I'll coat with butter
my own self.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 14:00:27 -0400
From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ]
I think some people just pay attention better than others, Dwight has been
touting it in his usual form. I'm responsible for Peachparts...
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/ChowdaQ%20VI%202013/ChowdaQ13_zps76cd35ca.png
-Curt
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 11:22:26 -0700
From: Bob
+1
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 16:28:13 -0400
From: Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 AC - Part 3 Begins
Message-ID:
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Vegas survival kit'
Big bag full of cash... spare keys to your nice car, credit cards.
Little bag with a change of socks and underwear and a bus ticket home...
and a snickers bar.
When the big bag is empty and at the pawn shop.. pick up little bag and
come home... if you didn't hock it also..
So I will likely attend ChowdaQ after all. I'm just too busy to drive down to
VA for the pagoda 50th anniversary. I will likely just bring the pagoda to the
Q.
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On Sep 8, 2013, at 5:21 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
I think some people just pay attention
I was paraphrasing from a quote in Dr. Strangelove that Slim Pickens (as Major
T.J. Kong, pilot of the B-52) makes as they are beginning their bomb run and
inventorying their survival kits.
The original line referenced Dallas, TX, but since the movie was released
shortly after President
I've had some time now with my Jetta and its quite a different beast from an
MB, except for rust, it rusts in the same place (rockers under the doors) just
like my MBs have.
I got the sunroof and interior lights working by unplugging the vacuum pump
that runs the central locking. That beast is
I went out to change the rad hoses on the SD I am getting sorted to give
to the girlchild, tried to raise the hood, was very hard. I thought
maybe a hinge had seized up but they are nice and clean, no issues
there. I hoist it up and stick a 2x4 in there to hold it up, both
springs are
Vegas never had me, but they really lost me for good when the hotel a few
years ago when I was there for a military reunion made me hobble painfully
and precariously, picking my way through, amongst and though many slot
machines and card games across a HUGE room to get to the check-in desk on
Someone wanted a monovalve plug?
I've found one in my stash.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
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On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Frederick Moir fredy4.s...@yahoo.comwrote:
Someone wanted a monovalve plug?
I've found one in my stash.
Fred Moir
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Yep, Slim (T. J.) did mention the special items, didn't he?
No such inventory would ever have occurred in flight on a real such mission.
Example of writer trying to insert another joke.
BTW, y'all do realize, don't you that most (almost ALL) of the stuff in that
movie was BS from somebody's
Thanks for the honor.
Wilt
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From: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com
To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 5:56 PM
Subject: [MBZ] OT: Jetta TDI
I've had some time now with my Jetta and its quite a different beast from
an MB,
Tim may have some extras soon. ;)
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 6:11 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Broken hood springs on the SD
I went out to change the rad
Yes, but were you aware that their depiction of the cockpit and equipment was
so spot-on that the USAF was convinced someone had leaked TS material to them?
In the early 60s, the B-52 was cutting-edge technology. Access to it was a
matter of national security. The Pentagon refused to lend any
Most of the cockpit photos were spot on, except one really big item - there
was no box displaying receipt of messages, go codes, etc. At that time,
such was still in somebody's imagination. We received all such messages via
voice and copied 'em onto a plastic-covered form with grease pencil.
I was on a Looking Glass aircraft once and got a tour of the SAC underground
command center. They ran through simulations on both. Exciting. Then I got
to crawl around a NEACP 747. That was very cool. Next day we crawled around
the VLF transmitter out in the middle of BF, NB.
--R (sent
BTW, y'all do realize, don't you that most (almost ALL) of the stuff
in that movie was BS from somebody's imagination.
But fun, very fun. One of my favorite movies.
-- Jim
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Thanks, Gary.
Paging Mike Esh, paging Mike Esh.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
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Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Monovalve plug
mike
I don't remember the details of the .38 we B-52 crewmen were issued;
My guess as to why it might have been the issue weapon is
that it'd be operable one-handed.
-- Jim
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Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: buymbparts is dead drunk and rattling
I don't remember
Excellent Dimitri.. You have just raised the classic score of the event
exponentially. You might even win the pagoda class award.
On Sep 8, 2013 5:27 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
So I will likely attend ChowdaQ after all. I'm just too busy to drive down
to VA for the pagoda 50th
where in Va is the Pagoda 50th?
LarryT
On 9/8/2013 8:21 PM, Dwight Giles wrote:
Excellent Dimitri.. You have just raised the classic score of the event
exponentially. You might even win the pagoda class award.
On Sep 8, 2013 5:27 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
So I will likely attend
Wilton wrote:
I knew all of the intimate details of the nuclear weapons and/or
conventional weapons (as appropriate) in our huge bomb bay and how to use
them...
25 years ago I remember taking the kids to Peterson AFB in Colorado
Springs at one of their open house days. We were allowed to walk
Williamsburg.
http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=19123.0
http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=19031.0
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Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 8:34 PM
Subject:
Haha. Guess I have to polish up my 20 footer:)
From: Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 AC - Part 3 Begins
Excellent Dimitri.. You have
Interior bomb bay of D model B-52 carried 84 five hundred pound conventional
(iron) bombs (sometimes a mix of 500 and 750 pounders); pylon on each wing
carried 12; total 108.
H models still in service have same bomb bay but may not be using the
concentrated clips/racks (so-called Big Belly
I'll defer to the list expert, but I suspect what you were seeing was footage
of smaller bombs being dropped from racks within the bomb bays, not nukes.
Dan who would not care to be intimate with any thermonuclear device
On Sep 8, 2013, at 8:50 PM, Mountain Man wrote:
Wilton wrote:
I knew
Jaime,
I contacted the seller but he was unable to show it to me before the time that
I had to leave the area.
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 11:20 AM
Subject:
Peter wrote:
I've got some nice tinned
steel pans I bought from Williams-Sonoma about 30 years ago that are just
too big and don't have straight enough side. Don't know what to do with
them, too nice to toss out but I never use them.
Maybe sell them to someone here that makes bread? What
Well since it is a pagoda we might just give you 10 footer status.
On Sep 8, 2013 9:00 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Haha. Guess I have to polish up my 20 footer:)
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To: Mercedes Discussion List
Well I was being kind to my car. It's really a 30 footer! The tobacco brown
color masks the rust nicely!!
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 9:19 PM
Subject: Re:
Well then maybe you could win the jalopnik award that Curt gives out. Haha.
On Sep 8, 2013 9:20 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Well I was being kind to my car. It's really a 30 footer! The tobacco
brown color masks the rust nicely!!
Dan wrote:
...I suspect what you were seeing was footage of smaller bombs being dropped
from racks within the bomb bays, not nukes.
Definitely not nukes in my memory. Footage of Pacific nuke tests -
different animal entirely.
Intimacy with thermonucular is non issue. Ain't no time to think
Excellent!
-Curt
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 17:27:08 -0400
From: dsereta...@yahoo.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 AC - Part 3 Begins
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So I will
No problem... thanks for the effort. Let me see what I can get out of him.
Jaime
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.comwrote:
Jaime,
I contacted the seller but he was unable to show it to me before the time
that I had to leave the area.
Sheesh Wilton now you've done it. I wrote not one, not two but THREE papers on
that movie in college.
No joke, I went to film school remember. I actually saw the movie in class, I
can't remember if it was Film History or something else. I did write a paper on
it for Film History, another was a
AR-7 (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AR-7 ) was used in some survival kits
from that era. Originally made by Armalite, Henry Repeating Arms still
makes them.
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Sent: Sunday, September 08,
Yes, I understand that; I'm afraid, though, that many think/thought that a
lot of that satire was depicting real life, or maybe, didn't get the
joke(s). Because I was living it for real every day (overall for nearly
fourteen years), it was a bit hard on me to know that some people
Frying chickens in the barnyard!
George C. Scott was General Buck Turgidson.
Dan and sug - be sure to say your prayers.
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 8, 2013, at 10:49 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Yes, I understand that; I'm afraid, though, that many think/thought that a
lot of that
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote:
To think... USA
is abhorred that someone uses chemicals to kill a few citizens today,
but we obliterated two cities, no repurcussions.
Exactly what repercussions would you have liked to have seen for what
was probably
i see. so nuking hundreds of thousands of civilians prevented the planet
from being enslaved. but we made them free, only to have the next group
we were challenged by be on the cusp of enslaving the world fortunately
we were able to stop the kaiser from enslaving us, or, oh boy, think how
i do admire many elements of your lifestyle, gordon
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote:
Peter wrote:
I've got some nice tinned
steel pans I bought from Williams-Sonoma about 30 years ago that are just
too big and don't have straight enough side.
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
fortunately
we were able to stop the kaiser from enslaving us, or, oh boy, think how
stupid we'd be looking right now wearing those helmets with those points on
them while living in a wurst eating servitude!
be
I seem to remember a couple of years ago reading that Daimler was trying
to stop businesses in the EU from selling genuine Merc parts, can't
remember the exact details but if they won't let others sell parts and
they don't sell parts, then their older mainstream cars will be pretty
much
On Sep 8, 2013 9:40 PM, Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com wrote:
.
Guess it's all part of the shift from
being a maker of fine auto mobiles to
being a supplier of plastic junk to
feed someones ego.
That happened in 1993, when the last 124 badged 300E (not E320) rolled off
the line.
Alex
i believe you started by expressing how deeply offensive you found the
sentiment that japanese civilians ought not have been killed in large
number by nuclear attack. hitler was already dead and your country
undertook this in league with stalin. so what does talk of hitler and
stalin have to do
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