Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread Fmiser via Mercedes
> Dan wrote:
> 
> Take a look at my work in progress web site at www.meuxette.com

> Constructive comments and criticism are welcome.

Okay...  Fair warning - I'm opinionated and blunt. Please don't
take it personal.  *smiles*

The image is a png.  I like png files - but for photos they are
large files.  516K for a 700x400 px image.  Saved as a very high
quality jpeg, it is less than 90K.  And it still looks okay for
this application compressed to 30K.  It even appears to have been a
jpeg, as I can see jpeg compression artifacts.

Smaller size with no perceivable quality loss is always good - even
if you don't notice or care about the smaller size.

But that's about all I can comment on as the link to apple is the
only link on the page.

Oh.  I see.  Looking at the source, I see the navigation is
javascript only.  *grumble*

{waits for page to reload after allowing javascript)

Seems you are using javascript for plain HTML-type links.  More
data to download = slower = more data used.  But no functional
benefit that I can see.  Is there a reason you are doing simple
page linking with javascript?  

Although the menu is text, the text doesn't change color to
indicate which links I have already visited nor is the text
underlined and colored blue like a link should be.

The "Welcome" menu item is a link to the home page - where I
already am.  I would find it would be helpful if it were "dead"
text.  

The contrast between the dark gray "you are here" and the light gray
"you could go here" isn't enough.  I have to look closely to see
which is which.

You are using pixel, not em, or percent for size - which is far
less adaptable for different browsers, screens, and font sizes.  

  Cars section

I like the photo for the car ID.  The chassis code could be handy
(S123, W124, etc)

Is there an order to the cars?  Manufactured year?  Ownership order?

I found two pages that the page title is "Text".
http://www.meuxette.com/meuxette.com/1979_300TD.html
http://www.meuxette.com/meuxette.com/1991_300E.html

 Photos section

Basic navigation is broken, replaced by a javascript kludge.  I
really, really, really, dislike any website that forces me to
navigate _only_ the one way the developer decided to use.  If I
were just a visitor to your site, I would give up and leave (at
least the photos section) because of how the navigation _STINKS_.
The javascript prevents me browsing my way. Examples: Can't opening
a photo in a new tab.  The back button doesn't work. "copy image
location" doesn't.  And after all that, the "big" picture that
(sometimes) eventually shows isn't very big.

So - in summary.  
 + The layout is clean and uncluttered.  
 - Contrast between the text and the white background is a bit low.  
 + The pages are pleasantly free of junk, blinking text, wild
   colors, excessive links.
 - The front page photos could easily be a jpeg and be smaller.
 - Javascript required for simple navigation
 - The "big" photos are so small I have no incentive to put up with
   the dreadful photo album javascript nav.

If I were a visitor (and not reviewing at your request), I would
not have ever gotten past the first page (since it required
javascript) unless I had some insider scoop that there was
something worth digging for.  Once in, the cars section is okay.
But the only reason I would endure the photos page is if I were
_really_ desperately - say, looking for a (rare) photo.

And that is _my_ opinion. :)

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Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 & 126

2014-08-17 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes

Any suggestions for making these [USDOT lights] safer?


http://formicapeak.com/~jimc/JSLlights.html

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Ugly cars

2014-08-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
This? What's to like?

https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=AZTEDK+CAR+PHOTOS&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz35


On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 7:15 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes <
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> I actually like the Aztek.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 16, 2014, at 1:36 PM, Archer75--- via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > I like ugly cars.  No one envies them, no one wants them, thieves ignore
> them, and some of them get very good fuel mileage.  Also, building a
> "wooden car", such as this one, would be interesting, and it would be a
> strong contender in an ugly car contest:
> >>
> http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330120a7d30e2d970b-700wi
> > **
> >
> > During the 1990s, hydrogen was seen as the alternative fuel of the
> future. Then, biofuels and compressed air took over its mantle role, while
> today all the attention is focused on electric cars. If this technology
> fails, too (and many have serious doubts about it), can we go back to the
> wood gas car?
> >
> > Despite its industrial appearance, a wood gas car scores rather well
> from an ecological viewpoint when compared to other alternative fuels. Wood
> gasification is slightly more effiicient than wood burning, as only 25
> percent of the energy content of the fuel is lost. The energy consumption
> of a woodmobile is around 1.5 times higher than the energy consumption of a
> similar car powered by gasoline (including the energy lost during the
> pre-heating of the system and the extra weight of the machinery). If the
> energy required to mine, transport and refine oil is also taken into
> account, however, then wood gas is at least as efficient as gasoline. And,
> of course, wood is a renewable.
> >
> > http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/01/wood-gas-cars.html
> >
> > Gerry
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[MBZ] OT: Laughing at Microsoft

2014-08-17 Thread Archer75--- via Mercedes


LAUGHING AT MICROSOFT

Snip...The automated crash reports are a "neat way" to gain "passive 
access" to a targeted machine, the presentation continues. Passive 
access means that, initially, only data the computer sends out into the 
Internet is captured and saved, but the computer itself is not yet 
manipulated. Still, even this passive access to error messages provides 
valuable insights into problems with a targeted person's computer and, 
thus, information on security holes that might be exploitable for 
planting malware or spyware on the unwitting victim's computer.


Although the method appears to have little importance in practical 
terms, the NSA's agents still seem to enjoy it because it allows them to 
have a bit of a laugh at the expense of the Seattle-based software 
giant. In one internal graphic, they replaced the text of Microsoft's 
original error message with one of their own reading, "This information 
may be intercepted by a foreign sigint system to gather detailed 
information and better exploit your machine." ("Sigint" stands for 
"signals intelligence.")


NSA analysts have a laugh at the expense of Microsoft. 



http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-secret-toolbox-ant-unit-offers-spy-gadgets-for-every-need-a-941006.html
.
I wonder if you can change out the CMOS in modern computers the way you 
could in the old computers?  (See article)


Gerry

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Win7 SP1

2014-08-17 Thread Tim Crone via Mercedes
On Aug 17, 2014 9:50 AM, "Mitch Haley via Mercedes" 
wrote:
>
> My laptop has been sluggish lately, and somehow it lost bluetooth
capability, so  I did a 'minimal factory restore' (I forgot how much stuff
came with that, maybe I should have dug up my Windows disk and done a true
clean install). Everything works now.

I think it resets the registry.  Is Loren still around?

> IIRC, I want service pack 1 installed on a Windows 7 computer?

Yes.

Best,
Tim
Actually kind of likes Windows 7
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Re: [MBZ] Today's CL Funny

2014-08-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I have seen a few over the years

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> On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:54 PM, Dan Penoff  wrote:
> 
> So buy this one and swap the interior out.
> 
> You're going to have a heck of a time finding a maroon car with a burgundy 
> interior.  No way a dealer would ever take one - it would have to be special 
> ordered, I would think.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
>> On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> I want a 140 that color with burgandy interior
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:37 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
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>>> "Great condition overall, one dent on pass door."
>>> 
>>> http://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/4615731500.html
>>> 
>>> OUCH!!
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Re: [MBZ] Today's CL Funny

2014-08-17 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
That'll buff out.


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> "Great condition overall, one dent on pass door."
>
> http://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/4615731500.html
>
> OUCH!!
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Re: [MBZ] Today's CL Funny

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
So buy this one and swap the interior out.

You're going to have a heck of a time finding a maroon car with a burgundy 
interior.  No way a dealer would ever take one - it would have to be special 
ordered, I would think.

Dan


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 wrote:

> I want a 140 that color with burgandy interior
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:37 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> "Great condition overall, one dent on pass door."
>> 
>> http://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/4615731500.html
>> 
>> OUCH!!
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Re: [MBZ] Today's CL Funny

2014-08-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I want a 140 that color with burgandy interior

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:37 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
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> "Great condition overall, one dent on pass door."
> 
> http://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/4615731500.html
> 
> OUCH!!
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Win7 SP1

2014-08-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
You know - rules don't apply to the upper 0.1%.


On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 7:21 PM, clay via Mercedes 
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> 



>  I wonder if he will use the same loose rules and illegality with his LA
> team
>
> clay
>
>
>


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[MBZ] Today's CL Funny

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
"Great condition overall, one dent on pass door."

http://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/4615731500.html

OUCH!!

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Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread Gary Hurst via Mercedes
derby lane.  next week.  feel the pressure


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> Still looking for it.  I think the cart may have eaten it.  Or a mØØse,
> possibly?
>
> Dan going back out to finish the lawn
>
>
> On Aug 17, 2014, at 7:30 PM, Gary Hurst  wrote:
>
> > where's the picture of us at derby lane?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > Take a look at my work in progress web site at www.meuxette.com
> >
> > The wife is away for a few days with her Mom, so I finally found some
> time to get this sorted out.  I'll be adding to it over the next few days
> until my domain transfer takes place.
> >
> > Constructive comments and criticism are welcome.
> >
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Solar power for electric cars? Not in the South.

2014-08-17 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
clay wrote:
> The morons we vote into office and the career bureaucrats dither and piss 
> themselves instead of actually providing leadership and effective governance.
>

That is a perfectly proper politic action.
It is commonly called lobby.  Sure, the state passes enabling
legislation in any number of arena but the lobby effort thwarts any
effort at implementation, viz. the mechanisms you identify for solar,
weed, lotto.  Ain't it a great country?  Corruption at its most
developed means, as if corruption is a new tech field - wait, I bet
corruption is the new tech.
mao

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Win7 SP1

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
That means everyone will enjoy this:

http://gizmodo.com/29-new-ballmer-friendly-logos-for-the-la-clippers-1622214009

Dan


On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:21 PM, clay via Mercedes  wrote:

> Seems Steve Balmer is now being investigated for illegal support, in 
> violation of state rules against meddling in school sports.  He set up a non 
> profit to recruit blacks to his kid's private school to be on the basket ball 
> team.  The kids would live in booster's homes and did not adhere to school 
> regulation for GPA or eligibility to play.  Now these kids have not been 
> graduated from the institution and the NCAA has deemed them ineligible to 
> play college ball.  The school was able to take state championship in 2012.  
> Now that Balmer kids are gone, the team is going down hill again.
> 
> His $2 billion got him the pro team he really wanted.  I wonder if he will 
> use the same loose rules and illegality with his LA team
> 
> clay
> 


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Solar power for electric cars? Not in the South.

2014-08-17 Thread clay via Mercedes
I looked into getting solar in Seattle.  There are really great incentives to 
do it.  The deal will close in 2015, but I could have save $15k of the cost by 
sourcing locally made panels and having a deal for buy back from the local 
power co.  State has not extended the support, so now it is not really that 
great a bargain, as it will not amortize long enough to see a positive return.

The morons we vote into office and the career bureaucrats dither and piss 
themselves instead of actually providing leadership and effective governance.  
Witness the weed industry mishandling, such that the state has failed to 
collect the taxes they expected.  The idiots got greedy and then screwed up the 
implementation, so that there was not enough product in the pipeline to 
generate the massive tax income they thought was coming.  

The screwed up the initial Lotto program 30 years ago, and it took them a few 
years to get that straight.  Meanwhile, Native Casinos are raking in funds tax 
free and no longer dependent upon state welfare programs to keep them above 
water.

clay



On Aug 17, 2014, at 10:18 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:

> On the other side of that coin, Arizona has now laws that over-ride any HOA
> rules and with great specificity, state that any home, any where can, at
> the desire of the homeowner, install as much solar as they wish.
> 
> New EPA rules [I believe, some government agency, perhaps Dept of Energy,
> who can keep them sorted] now requires that 15% of all electricity sold
> must come from "alternative energy sources" by 2015, by 2020 that number
> rises to 25%, I believe.
> 
> The two power companies in Arizona, SRP & APS, both have active programs to
> buy all power from homeowners with grid tie solar systems. They have until
> just recently, offered a cash rebate to owners who installed solar systems
> with said grid tie, to help defray the costs. It has been extremely popular.
> 
> Good city friend installed a 10.5 KW solar system on his roof, with grid
> tie, and now sells more electricity than he buys. His power bill went from
> about $400 per month [summer air condition in AZ] to roughly $80 per month.
> The solar system he installed is on a "lease/purchase" contract. $100 down
> and $130 per month over 25 years, transferable should he sell the house.
> 
> It works, and works well.. as soon as sun comes up, he runs his swimming
> pool pump and AC on sunlight [both high current draw items].  It does help
> that AZ has an average of 262 "solar days" each year. For once, government
> here, "got it right"... for now..
> 
> Ecce panis angelorum eluceat omnibus lux.
> 
> ex animo
> Grant...
> 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Archer75--- via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> South has tons of sun but rules that cloud solar industry
>> 
>> Florida is one of several states, mostly in the Southeast, that combine
>> copious sunshine with extensive rules designed to block its use by
>> homeowners to generate solar power.
>> 
>> Few places in the country are as warm and bright as Mary Wilkerson’s
>> property on the beach near St. Petersburg, Fla., a city once noted in the
>> Guinness World Records for a 768-day stretch of sunny days.
>> 
>> But while Florida advertises itself as the Sunshine State, power-company
>> executives and regulators have worked successfully to keep most Floridians
>> from using that sunshine to generate their own power.
>> 
>> Wilkerson discovered the paradox when she set out to harness sunlight into
>> electricity for the vintage cottages she rents out at Indian Rocks Beach.
>> She would have had an easier time installing solar panels, she found, if
>> she had put the homes on a flatbed and transported them to chilly
>> Massachusetts.
>> 
>> “My husband and I are looking at each other and saying, ‘This is absurd,’
>> ” said Wilkerson, whose property is so sunny that a European guest under
>> doctor’s orders to treat sunlight deprivation returns every year. The
>> guest, who has solar panels on his home in Germany, is bewildered by their
>> scarcity in a place with such abundant light.
>> 
>> Florida is one of several states, mostly in the Southeast, that combine
>> copious sunshine with extensive rules designed to block its use by
>> homeowners to generate power.
>> 
>> States like Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York — not known for clear,
>> blue skies — have outpaced their counterparts to the south in the
>> installation of rooftop solar panels.
>> 
>> While the precise rules vary from state to state, one explanation is the
>> same: opposition from utilities grown nervous by the rapid encroachment of
>> solar firms on their business.
>> 
>> The business models that have made solar systems financially viable for
>> millions of homeowners in California, New England and elsewhere around the
>> country are largely illegal in Florida, Virginia, South Carolina and some
>> other Southern states. Companies that pioneered the industry, such as
>

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win7 SP1

2014-08-17 Thread clay via Mercedes
Seems Steve Balmer is now being investigated for illegal support, in violation 
of state rules against meddling in school sports.  He set up a non profit to 
recruit blacks to his kid's private school to be on the basket ball team.  The 
kids would live in booster's homes and did not adhere to school regulation for 
GPA or eligibility to play.  Now these kids have not been graduated from the 
institution and the NCAA has deemed them ineligible to play college ball.  The 
school was able to take state championship in 2012.  Now that Balmer kids are 
gone, the team is going down hill again.

His $2 billion got him the pro team he really wanted.  I wonder if he will use 
the same loose rules and illegality with his LA team

clay


On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote:

> Now that the founders have all retired, there is a faint possibility that 
> Microsoft will acquire a rational business model based on cooperative 
> development  and quality product, as opposed to the monopoly "interuptive 
> innovation" model that is such a crock of crap.
> 
> The real innovators are the people who have been in the business for decades 
> and produce the hardware -- fancy gadgets are not innovations, they are sales 
> opportunities provided by the packaging of hardware devices.
> 
> Microsoft has always been on the back side of the curve.
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Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Still looking for it.  I think the cart may have eaten it.  Or a mØØse, 
possibly?

Dan going back out to finish the lawn


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> where's the picture of us at derby lane?
> 
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Re: [MBZ] OT button cell batteries

2014-08-17 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes

Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

There should be a voltage printed on the battery itself but generally speaking 
all batteries of a given size are the same voltage.
I've had excellent luck at the dollar store, usually find button batteries in 
packages of 5 or even 10 for $1. Works well for not commonly used electronics 
like my digital caliper.


Silver Oxide is better than alkaline, but they're interchangeable.

If it's not so old (less than 30 years), it might take a higher voltage lithium 
cell, but those are usually larger diameter and you won't find a 1.4-1.5v 
battery that will fit if it's lithium that you need.


You don't want an air activated hearing aid battery, those things have a very 
short shelf life once you break the seal on them.


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Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread Gary Hurst via Mercedes
where's the picture of us at derby lane?



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[MBZ] Liquid Penetrants

2014-08-17 Thread Jerry Herrman via Mercedes
Thanks, guys, for the suggestions. It strikes me as ironic that the 
manufacturers back in the day produced high quality brass bib faucets and 
topped them off with a cheap quality handle made of pot metal.
The salvage value of yellow brass is now about $2 per pound.

Jerry
82 240D
Salvage value way less that $2 per pound


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Re: [MBZ] OT button cell batteries

2014-08-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
There should be a voltage printed on the battery itself but generally speaking 
all batteries of a given size are the same voltage.
I've had excellent luck at the dollar store, usually find button batteries in 
packages of 5 or even 10 for $1. Works well for not commonly used electronics 
like my digital caliper.

-Curt



 From: Allan Streib via Mercedes 
To: Mercedes Discussion List  
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 6:34 PM
Subject: [MBZ] OT button cell batteries
 

Are the "button" type batteries of a size all the same? I have an old stopwatch 
which doesn't have a battery installed. Will any battery that fits work?



Allan
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Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 & 126

2014-08-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Not to be wise but perhaps its time for an eye exam. As we age our vision does 
tend to dim...

I find the post 123 cars to have excellent headlights. Does your SDL have 
sealed beam lights? If not are the lenses plastic? If they are then polishing 
might make them brighter.

For the CD I've read that Euro lights though costly are much brighter.

Brighter is not always better, if you've got lights so bright they blind me 
that doesn't make you safer.

One other thought is to make sure they're aimed properly.

-Curt



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Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 2:35 PM
Subject: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 & 126
 

I have a '84 300CD and a '87 300SDL and both vehicles' lights are not
bright enough for night driving especially on back roads.  I have tried
upgrading the bulbs for brighter ones, but nothing yet is satisfactory.
Any suggestions for making these safer?  Thanks.
Ralph
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Re: [MBZ] Subject: Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Let's try this again

Tell me which photo it was - I'm curious.

Check out the Car pages, as I've updated nearly all of them with the exception 
of the 1970 250S and the 1985 300CD.

www.meuxette.com

Dan




On Aug 17, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Bob via Mercedes  wrote:

> Constructive comments and criticism are welcome.
> 
> Nice picture Dan but is that Obama with a flame fart out there yonder  in 
> the mountain by the water ???
> 
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> [Who saw a flame 12 miles away in Africa across the Ngorongoro  Crater]
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Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I was using one back in my full time Linux days but can't remember what it was 
called. I'll dig around and see if I can find a copy, they had a Windows 
version, probably had Mac too.

Curt



 From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes 
To: Dan Penoff ; Mercedes Discussion List 
 
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site
 

I was trying to learn Wordpress and Joomla but it is all too complicated 
to just jump into.  I had that MS web site program, whatever it is 
called, and it was pretty much like using a word processor with the 
links thrown it.   Quite simple.

--R


On 8/17/14 12:07 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
> iWeb works OK, although it's dated and no longer supported.
>
> I'm just lazy in that I don't want to mess with coding and just want a simple 
> WYSIWYG interface and something that will manage the site easily, which it 
> does.
>
> If anyone knows of a decent Mac based WYSIWYG web editor I would like to hear 
> it.
>
> Face it, I'm lazy.  I just want to drag and drop and type in some text and 
> move on.  I don't care about all the fancy garbage.
>
> Dan
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>
>
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>> How doe siweb work
>>
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Re: [MBZ] OT button cell batteries

2014-08-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
They are a bunch of different ones. Just take the old one to Walmart and match 
it up. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 17, 2014, at 5:34 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes 
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> Are the "button" type batteries of a size all the same? I have an old 
> stopwatch which doesn't have a battery installed. Will any battery that fits 
> work?
> 
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[MBZ] OT button cell batteries

2014-08-17 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Are the "button" type batteries of a size all the same? I have an old stopwatch 
which doesn't have a battery installed. Will any battery that fits work?



Allan
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[MBZ] Subject: Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread Bob via Mercedes
Constructive comments and criticism are welcome.

Nice picture Dan but is that Obama with a flame fart out there yonder  in 
the mountain by the water ???
 
 
Bob
[Who saw a flame 12 miles away in Africa across the Ngorongoro  Crater]
 
PS- I like the site
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Re: [MBZ] Surrender

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Yes, I felt somewhat Okiefied when this first came up  I'm not sure what I'm 
going to do at this point.  I need to give it some thought.

Dan

On Aug 17, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
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> You are out of control buying all these Junkers. Next thing you know your 
> back yard will look like mine. What kind of shape is it in otherwise? I would 
> tell him the offer is now $500, 6 tops. 
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Re: [MBZ] OT Cars Coffee

2014-08-17 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
This car was sorta beige/tan.  It might have been a Corvette engine or 
some sort of crate engine but there were no identifying logos on it.  It 
was pretty much stuffed in there, not a lot of spare room. Whatever, it 
looked badass and was likely a lot of fun.


--R


On 8/16/14 7:54 PM, LarryT via Mercedes wrote:
There was a special on one of the many Auto TV shows last weekend 
featuring an Ex-Paul Newman Volvo station wagon - it had a Corvette 
engine/tranny and suspension.   But outside it looked bone stock!  A 
very cool car -  I think they were making the rounds to prepare for an 
auction...


LarryT

On 8/16/2014 11:23 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
The monthly cars and coffee was down the road this morning.  One car 
caught my attention as I was walking around. Brick Volvo wagon 245DL 
(I think) lowered with fat tires.  Walked around the front and it 
had a big V8 stuffed in the front and a 5speed manual. Other than 
that it looked like a Cambridge granola mama's grocery-getter (no 
Free Tibet stickers though). The owner was not around so did not talk 
to anyone about it, but it looked really cool.


--R


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Solar power for electric cars? Not in the South.

2014-08-17 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
SC just passed a law that would allow homeowners to install solar panels 
and interact with the utilities.  Of course the utilities fought this 
for years but some flash of sanity prevailed.  I think most of our 
electricity is generated by nukuler here.


--R

On 8/16/14 3:32 PM, Archer75--- via Mercedes wrote:


 South has tons of sun but rules that cloud solar industry

Florida is one of several states, mostly in the Southeast, that 
combine copious sunshine with extensive rules designed to block its 
use by homeowners to generate solar power.





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Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 & 126

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
What Peter said.

The headlights on these cars are woefully inadequate even for their time, and 
border on being dangerous when driving the car at highway speeds, in my 
opinion.  My R129 (SL500) has the same lights as the W124, and I might as well 
be holding a candle in front of a reflector.  It's about as efficient as these 
headlights...

You can find OE Euro headlights from some guys in Eastern Europe at fairly 
reasonable prices.

Another very low cost but high return item is to use relays to switch the 
headlights so you can run heavy duty wiring,  By doing this you almost 
eliminate voltage drop and can utilize high wattage (80/100) lamps as well.

As I used to like to say, I can melt the soccer mom's Ford Explorer bumper in 
front of me with a headlight setup like this.

The difference is nothing short of night and day.

Dan


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> Get the Euro headlights.  Vast improvement, altnough the w123 shouldn't be 
> any worse than any other car with sealed beams.  The real dog is the W124, 
> worst headlights I've ever had with the DOT ones.  Euro's are great, vastly 
> better illumination and not much trouble for oncoming drivers.
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Re: [MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 & 126

2014-08-17 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Get the Euro headlights.  Vast improvement, altnough the w123  
shouldn't be any worse than any other car with sealed beams.  The real  
dog is the W124, worst headlights I've ever had with the DOT ones.   
Euro's are great, vastly better illumination and not much trouble for  
oncoming drivers.


Peter

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[MBZ] headlight brightness, 123 & 126

2014-08-17 Thread Ralph Robertson via Mercedes
I have a '84 300CD and a '87 300SDL and both vehicles' lights are not
bright enough for night driving especially on back roads.  I have tried
upgrading the bulbs for brighter ones, but nothing yet is satisfactory.
Any suggestions for making these safer?  Thanks.
Ralph
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Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
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Loads a little slow here, but looks okeh other than that...
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Re: [MBZ] Surrender

2014-08-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
You are out of control buying all these Junkers. Next thing you know your back 
yard will look like mine. What kind of shape is it in otherwise? I would tell 
him the offer is now $500, 6 tops. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 17, 2014, at 10:56 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
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> 
> Remember the 1984 500SEL I was looking at?
> 
> The guy got it running after I had told him there was no way it would go 
> anywhere until the fuel tank was cleaned out.  He took my advice and drained 
> the tank and cleaned the strainer, but did nothing more.
> 
> After that he had someone on the hook who was looking at it for their son.
> 
> I had offered him $700 for the car as-is, which he rejected, as the "new" 
> potential buyers had offered him $900 after he had shared my offer with them. 
>  Definitely a good negotiator here.
> 
> Anyway, I left it at that and moved on.  That was easily 2-3 weeks ago.
> 
> Got an email from him this morning saying I could have the car at my price 
> ($700) as:
> 
> "Well after 3 trips to my house and 2 friends of daves wife ( experts) they 
> called this morning and said they were going to buy a KIA soul for their son. 
> I have never had someone come and check out an car so much in my life.The car 
> is doing what you said it would again. Sometimes it runs and then sometimes 
> it acts like it has no gas. I'm tired of all of this if you want the car it 
> is yours for $700. Please callme if you want the car."
> 
> Tough beans, buddy.  I really want to counter with $500 now and see if he 
> bites, but I don't have space for the car.  I would just flip it anyway, as I 
> don't have a need for it.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Gary, want a 1984 500SEL cheap?
> 
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Solar power for electric cars? Not in the South.

2014-08-17 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
On the other side of that coin, Arizona has now laws that over-ride any HOA
rules and with great specificity, state that any home, any where can, at
the desire of the homeowner, install as much solar as they wish.

New EPA rules [I believe, some government agency, perhaps Dept of Energy,
who can keep them sorted] now requires that 15% of all electricity sold
must come from "alternative energy sources" by 2015, by 2020 that number
rises to 25%, I believe.

The two power companies in Arizona, SRP & APS, both have active programs to
buy all power from homeowners with grid tie solar systems. They have until
just recently, offered a cash rebate to owners who installed solar systems
with said grid tie, to help defray the costs. It has been extremely popular.

Good city friend installed a 10.5 KW solar system on his roof, with grid
tie, and now sells more electricity than he buys. His power bill went from
about $400 per month [summer air condition in AZ] to roughly $80 per month.
The solar system he installed is on a "lease/purchase" contract. $100 down
and $130 per month over 25 years, transferable should he sell the house.

It works, and works well.. as soon as sun comes up, he runs his swimming
pool pump and AC on sunlight [both high current draw items].  It does help
that AZ has an average of 262 "solar days" each year. For once, government
here, "got it right"... for now..

Ecce panis angelorum eluceat omnibus lux.

ex animo
Grant...


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mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

>
>  South has tons of sun but rules that cloud solar industry
>
> Florida is one of several states, mostly in the Southeast, that combine
> copious sunshine with extensive rules designed to block its use by
> homeowners to generate solar power.
>
> Few places in the country are as warm and bright as Mary Wilkerson’s
> property on the beach near St. Petersburg, Fla., a city once noted in the
> Guinness World Records for a 768-day stretch of sunny days.
>
> But while Florida advertises itself as the Sunshine State, power-company
> executives and regulators have worked successfully to keep most Floridians
> from using that sunshine to generate their own power.
>
> Wilkerson discovered the paradox when she set out to harness sunlight into
> electricity for the vintage cottages she rents out at Indian Rocks Beach.
> She would have had an easier time installing solar panels, she found, if
> she had put the homes on a flatbed and transported them to chilly
> Massachusetts.
>
> “My husband and I are looking at each other and saying, ‘This is absurd,’
> ” said Wilkerson, whose property is so sunny that a European guest under
> doctor’s orders to treat sunlight deprivation returns every year. The
> guest, who has solar panels on his home in Germany, is bewildered by their
> scarcity in a place with such abundant light.
>
> Florida is one of several states, mostly in the Southeast, that combine
> copious sunshine with extensive rules designed to block its use by
> homeowners to generate power.
>
> States like Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York — not known for clear,
> blue skies — have outpaced their counterparts to the south in the
> installation of rooftop solar panels.
>
> While the precise rules vary from state to state, one explanation is the
> same: opposition from utilities grown nervous by the rapid encroachment of
> solar firms on their business.
>
> The business models that have made solar systems financially viable for
> millions of homeowners in California, New England and elsewhere around the
> country are largely illegal in Florida, Virginia, South Carolina and some
> other Southern states. Companies that pioneered the industry, such as
> SolarCity and Sunrun, do not even attempt to do business there.
>
> “We get all kinds of inquiries every day” from the South, said Will
> Craven, spokesman for SolarCity. “People there want to be our customers.”
>
> Florida, in particular, is known as the “sleeping giant” of his industry,
> Craven said. “It has a ton of sunshine, a ton of rooftops,” he said. “But
> there is no rooftop-solar industry in Florida.”
>
> In South Carolina and Virginia combined, only a few hundred homes have
> solar panels, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. New
> Jersey has 21,500; California, 234,600.
>
> *Lease agreements*
>
> Under the typical business model for the solar industry, homeowners sign
> lease agreements with installation companies. The homeowners pay the cost
> of the panels over time and sell any excess power the systems generate.
>
> Along with tax breaks and other government incentives, the lease
> agreements have made solar installations increasingly affordable.
>
> States where solar thrives typically pay homeowners attractive rates for
> the excess power they generate and require utilities to get a considerable
> share of their power from renewable sources. That gives companies an
> incentive to promote use of solar.
>
> Sout

Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site (dumb question)

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Beats me.  iWeb has always done this when you use it to handle the FTP part of 
the file management.  I find it irritating at best, and will probably just dump 
everything and use Fetch to make everything right once I get things sorted out.

Dan


On Aug 17, 2014, at 12:47 PM, Archer75--- via Mercedes  
wrote:

> Dumb question:  Why does it redirect to another page?  Server to workstation?
> Gerry
> 


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Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site (dumb question)

2014-08-17 Thread Archer75--- via Mercedes
Dumb question:  Why does it redirect to another page?  Server to 
workstation?

Gerry

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Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Front Page???


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> I was trying to learn Wordpress and Joomla but it is all too complicated
> to just jump into.  I had that MS web site program, whatever it is called,
> and it was pretty much like using a word processor with the links thrown
> it.   Quite simple.
>
> --R
>
>

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Re: [MBZ] Don't think I have seen this done

2014-08-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
In the ad he said that the driveshaft was shortened, balanced, and a new
u-joint installed. Are there different springs for the different engines
due to the different weights of them?


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mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Suspension would be the same, driveshaft may or may not be different, not
> sure. Just do not recall seeing an older 617 transplanted into a later 126.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>


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Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I was trying to learn Wordpress and Joomla but it is all too complicated 
to just jump into.  I had that MS web site program, whatever it is 
called, and it was pretty much like using a word processor with the 
links thrown it.   Quite simple.


--R


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iWeb works OK, although it's dated and no longer supported.

I'm just lazy in that I don't want to mess with coding and just want a simple 
WYSIWYG interface and something that will manage the site easily, which it does.

If anyone knows of a decent Mac based WYSIWYG web editor I would like to hear 
it.

Face it, I'm lazy.  I just want to drag and drop and type in some text and move 
on.  I don't care about all the fancy garbage.

Dan



On Aug 17, 2014, at 12:02 PM, Rich Thomas 
 wrote:


How doe siweb work

--R


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Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
iWeb works OK, although it's dated and no longer supported.

I'm just lazy in that I don't want to mess with coding and just want a simple 
WYSIWYG interface and something that will manage the site easily, which it does.

If anyone knows of a decent Mac based WYSIWYG web editor I would like to hear 
it.

Face it, I'm lazy.  I just want to drag and drop and type in some text and move 
on.  I don't care about all the fancy garbage.

Dan



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> How doe siweb work
> 
> --R
> 

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Re: [MBZ] Surrender

2014-08-17 Thread Gary Hurst via Mercedes
we should go to derby lane next week  :P



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mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Only problem is that it's not a $3k car.  Maybe when it's fully Martha'ed
> it might be a $1500 or $2000 car at best.
>
> I would love to do it but I really have my finances tied up with the
> youngster going back to school next week.  I might try and put him off for
> a week and then see.  My biggest concerns is the hassle of dealing with
> towing it home, and then having the garage tied up.
>
> Hmmm.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 17, 2014, at 12:00 PM, Rich Thomas <
> richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:
>
> > Yeah go over there and offer him $500, get it running and flip it for
> $3k or so.
> >
> > --R
> >
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Surrender

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Only problem is that it's not a $3k car.  Maybe when it's fully Martha'ed it 
might be a $1500 or $2000 car at best.

I would love to do it but I really have my finances tied up with the youngster 
going back to school next week.  I might try and put him off for a week and 
then see.  My biggest concerns is the hassle of dealing with towing it home, 
and then having the garage tied up.

Hmmm.

Dan



 
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> Yeah go over there and offer him $500, get it running and flip it for $3k or 
> so.
> 
> --R
> 
> 


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Re: [MBZ] Surrender

2014-08-17 Thread Gary Hurst via Mercedes
i'd like a car but i can't really use it here.  they are simply so
expensive to tag and insure.  in GA, you spend 50 bucks for a tag and then
400 a year to insure it.  it's different in FL


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> Remember the 1984 500SEL I was looking at?
>
> The guy got it running after I had told him there was no way it would go
> anywhere until the fuel tank was cleaned out.  He took my advice and
> drained the tank and cleaned the strainer, but did nothing more.
>
> After that he had someone on the hook who was looking at it for their son.
>
> I had offered him $700 for the car as-is, which he rejected, as the "new"
> potential buyers had offered him $900 after he had shared my offer with
> them.  Definitely a good negotiator here.
>
> Anyway, I left it at that and moved on.  That was easily 2-3 weeks ago.
>
> Got an email from him this morning saying I could have the car at my price
> ($700) as:
>
> "Well after 3 trips to my house and 2 friends of daves wife ( experts)
> they called this morning and said they were going to buy a KIA soul for
> their son. I have never had someone come and check out an car so much in my
> life.The car is doing what you said it would again. Sometimes it runs and
> then sometimes it acts like it has no gas. I'm tired of all of this if you
> want the car it is yours for $700. Please callme if you want the car."
>
> Tough beans, buddy.  I really want to counter with $500 now and see if he
> bites, but I don't have space for the car.  I would just flip it anyway, as
> I don't have a need for it.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Gary, want a 1984 500SEL cheap?
>
> Dan
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Re: [MBZ] Don't think I have seen this done

2014-08-17 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes

That's a great idea

--R


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1989 Mercedes 420SEL Diesel
http://littlerock.craigslist.org/cto/4618438742.html

via cPro Craigslist App
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Android: http://bit.ly/CL_android


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Re: [MBZ] Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes

How doe siweb work

--R


On 8/17/14 11:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Take a look at my work in progress web site at www.meuxette.com

The wife is away for a few days with her Mom, so I finally found some time to 
get this sorted out.  I'll be adding to it over the next few days until my 
domain transfer takes place.

Constructive comments and criticism are welcome.

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Re: [MBZ] Peek a boo

2014-08-17 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes

That must be the Aussie version of Craigslist crackheads

--R


On 8/17/14 6:28 AM, Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes wrote:
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Mercedes-Benz-190E-1989/SSE-AD-2906693/?Cr=51&sdmvc=1 

Not sure if this artistic or plain old lazy, ohh and yeah drugs have 
been consumed prior to deciding on what sort of money to ask for it.

Maybe drugs, then taking a picture and then putting up the ad.

Hendrik
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Re: [MBZ] Surrender

2014-08-17 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Yeah go over there and offer him $500, get it running and flip it for 
$3k or so.


--R


On 8/17/14 11:56 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Remember the 1984 500SEL I was looking at?

The guy got it running after I had told him there was no way it would go 
anywhere until the fuel tank was cleaned out.  He took my advice and drained 
the tank and cleaned the strainer, but did nothing more.

After that he had someone on the hook who was looking at it for their son.

I had offered him $700 for the car as-is, which he rejected, as the "new" 
potential buyers had offered him $900 after he had shared my offer with them.  Definitely 
a good negotiator here.

Anyway, I left it at that and moved on.  That was easily 2-3 weeks ago.

Got an email from him this morning saying I could have the car at my price 
($700) as:

"Well after 3 trips to my house and 2 friends of daves wife ( experts) they called 
this morning and said they were going to buy a KIA soul for their son. I have never had 
someone come and check out an car so much in my life.The car is doing what you said it 
would again. Sometimes it runs and then sometimes it acts like it has no gas. I'm tired 
of all of this if you want the car it is yours for $700. Please callme if you want the 
car."

Tough beans, buddy.  I really want to counter with $500 now and see if he 
bites, but I don't have space for the car.  I would just flip it anyway, as I 
don't have a need for it.

Thoughts?

Gary, want a 1984 500SEL cheap?

Dan
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Re: [MBZ] OT - Mercedes (Smart) engine in a motorcycle

2014-08-17 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes

I'm guessing that won't be a big seller in Dearborn or the ME countries.

--R


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http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/17/4639/Motorcycle-Article/Track-T800CDI-Diesel-Motorcycle-Quick-Ride.aspx

Diesel bike converted to run on biofuel made from bacon grease for Hormel
promo.

When biodiesel was all the rage a few years ago, it was a running joke that
you could get behind a car powered by cooking oil scavenged from the deep
fryer at a local fast food joint and get a whiff of French fries. In the
last few weeks if you were driving between Minnesota and California, you
may have been passed by a motorcycle with an exhaust that smelled like
fried bacon.

Hormel, the brand synonymous with packaged meat products, created a
motorcycle fueled by bacon grease and sponsored a road trip
 from the company’s headquarters in Austin,
Minnesota, to San Diego. The destination: the Hormel Black Label Bacon Fest
 that takes place over the last week of August.

But as any road-tripper knows, the real destination is the journey. Or in
this case, the chance for Hormel to promote one of its premier products
through a series of videos
 that document a
"Driven by Bacon" publicity stunt.

The bacon bike started life as a Track T800CDI diesel-fueled motorcycle
formerly produced by the Dutch company E.V.A. Products BV before it went
out of business. *It has a liquid-cooled 799cc turbocharged three-cylinder
engine that produces 45 horsepower and was developed by Mercedes-Benz
parent company Daimler for its fortwo diesel passenger car.*

The conversion of the bike to run on bacon grease was performed by
mechanical engineer and motorcycle savant Charlie Smithson and his team at CS
Engineering  in Minnesota, while Dan
Kaderabek of Bio-Blend
Fuels  in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, turned 250
pounds of bacon grease into 200 gallons of B100 biodiesel for the journey.
After being tuned to run on the bacon juice, the bike gets between 75 to
100 mpg and emits almost zero emissions.

And according to Hormel, of course, “the exhaust emission smells like
bacon!”
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[MBZ] Surrender

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Remember the 1984 500SEL I was looking at?

The guy got it running after I had told him there was no way it would go 
anywhere until the fuel tank was cleaned out.  He took my advice and drained 
the tank and cleaned the strainer, but did nothing more.

After that he had someone on the hook who was looking at it for their son.

I had offered him $700 for the car as-is, which he rejected, as the "new" 
potential buyers had offered him $900 after he had shared my offer with them.  
Definitely a good negotiator here.

Anyway, I left it at that and moved on.  That was easily 2-3 weeks ago.

Got an email from him this morning saying I could have the car at my price 
($700) as:

"Well after 3 trips to my house and 2 friends of daves wife ( experts) they 
called this morning and said they were going to buy a KIA soul for their son. I 
have never had someone come and check out an car so much in my life.The car is 
doing what you said it would again. Sometimes it runs and then sometimes it 
acts like it has no gas. I'm tired of all of this if you want the car it is 
yours for $700. Please callme if you want the car."

Tough beans, buddy.  I really want to counter with $500 now and see if he 
bites, but I don't have space for the car.  I would just flip it anyway, as I 
don't have a need for it.

Thoughts?

Gary, want a 1984 500SEL cheap?

Dan
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[MBZ] Reworked Web Site

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Take a look at my work in progress web site at www.meuxette.com

The wife is away for a few days with her Mom, so I finally found some time to 
get this sorted out.  I'll be adding to it over the next few days until my 
domain transfer takes place.

Constructive comments and criticism are welcome.

Dan
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Win7 SP1

2014-08-17 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Now that the founders have all retired, there is a faint possibility  
that Microsoft will acquire a rational business model based on  
cooperative development  and quality product, as opposed to the  
monopoly "interuptive innovation" model that is such a crock of crap.


The real innovators are the people who have been in the business for  
decades and produce the hardware -- fancy gadgets are not innovations,  
they are sales opportunities provided by the packaging of hardware  
devices.


Microsoft has always been on the back side of the curve.

Peter

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Win7 SP1

2014-08-17 Thread Gary Hurst via Mercedes
it's really incredible that anyone would put up with this windoze garbage.
 seems to have not improved one bit in 10 years


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> Macs rule!
>
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> On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:57 AM, Gary Hurst via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > i'm using some windoze again after a decade with macs.  my advice is
> throw
> > that thing away as microsoft seems to have modeled itself after general
> > motors
> >
> >
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> >> came with that, maybe I should have dug up my Windows disk and done a
> true
> >> clean install). Everything works now.
> >>
> >> IIRC, I want service pack 1 installed on a Windows 7 computer?
> >>
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Re: [MBZ] Don't think I have seen this done

2014-08-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Suspension would be the same, driveshaft may or may not be different, not sure. 
Just do not recall seeing an older 617 transplanted into a later 126. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:25 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes  
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> 
> Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> 1989 Mercedes 420SEL Diesel
>> http://littlerock.craigslist.org/cto/4618438742.html
> 
> Well, if he transplanted a 126SD into a 126SEL it should have all the correct 
> parts except maybe the front suspension. $3k seems slightly high, if you'd 
> prefer an all original OM603 SDL and can find one in the same condition for 
> $3k.
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[MBZ] OT: Solar power for electric cars? Not in the South.

2014-08-17 Thread Archer75--- via Mercedes


 South has tons of sun but rules that cloud solar industry

Florida is one of several states, mostly in the Southeast, that combine 
copious sunshine with extensive rules designed to block its use by 
homeowners to generate solar power.


Few places in the country are as warm and bright as Mary Wilkerson’s 
property on the beach near St. Petersburg, Fla., a city once noted in 
the Guinness World Records for a 768-day stretch of sunny days.


But while Florida advertises itself as the Sunshine State, power-company 
executives and regulators have worked successfully to keep most 
Floridians from using that sunshine to generate their own power.


Wilkerson discovered the paradox when she set out to harness sunlight 
into electricity for the vintage cottages she rents out at Indian Rocks 
Beach. She would have had an easier time installing solar panels, she 
found, if she had put the homes on a flatbed and transported them to 
chilly Massachusetts.


“My husband and I are looking at each other and saying, ‘This is 
absurd,’ ” said Wilkerson, whose property is so sunny that a European 
guest under doctor’s orders to treat sunlight deprivation returns every 
year. The guest, who has solar panels on his home in Germany, is 
bewildered by their scarcity in a place with such abundant light.


Florida is one of several states, mostly in the Southeast, that combine 
copious sunshine with extensive rules designed to block its use by 
homeowners to generate power.


States like Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York — not known for 
clear, blue skies — have outpaced their counterparts to the south in the 
installation of rooftop solar panels.


While the precise rules vary from state to state, one explanation is the 
same: opposition from utilities grown nervous by the rapid encroachment 
of solar firms on their business.


The business models that have made solar systems financially viable for 
millions of homeowners in California, New England and elsewhere around 
the country are largely illegal in Florida, Virginia, South Carolina and 
some other Southern states. Companies that pioneered the industry, such 
as SolarCity and Sunrun, do not even attempt to do business there.


“We get all kinds of inquiries every day” from the South, said Will 
Craven, spokesman for SolarCity. “People there want to be our customers.”


Florida, in particular, is known as the “sleeping giant” of his 
industry, Craven said. “It has a ton of sunshine, a ton of rooftops,” he 
said. “But there is no rooftop-solar industry in Florida.”


In South Carolina and Virginia combined, only a few hundred homes have 
solar panels, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. New 
Jersey has 21,500; California, 234,600.


*Lease agreements*

Under the typical business model for the solar industry, homeowners sign 
lease agreements with installation companies. The homeowners pay the 
cost of the panels over time and sell any excess power the systems generate.


Along with tax breaks and other government incentives, the lease 
agreements have made solar installations increasingly affordable.


States where solar thrives typically pay homeowners attractive rates for 
the excess power they generate and require utilities to get a 
considerable share of their power from renewable sources. That gives 
companies an incentive to promote use of solar.


Southern states, several of which cherish low electricity rates afforded 
by extensive use of coal, typically have far fewer solar incentives.


Several also have rules that specifically discourage homeowners from 
going solar. In addition to the bans and restrictions on leasing 
arrangements, some Southern states assess taxes and fees on solar 
equipment and generation that do not exist elsewhere.


When Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., installed solar 
panels a few years ago, for example, the local utility, Dominion 
Virginia Power, threatened legal action. The utility said that only it 
could sell electricity in its service area. The university and the solar 
firm it worked with had to change their lease arrangement and forfeit 
valuable tax credits.


Soon after, in South Carolina, objections from another utility forced 
the cancellation of about 80 contracts under which a solar firm had 
planned to provide panels free of charge to churches and school districts.


The resulting backlash forced a change in the state’s law, but a limited 
one. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley last week signed a bill that 
directed regulators to establish rules under which leasing would be 
permitted.


The details still need to be worked out, however, and solar firms worry 
the rules will be heavily influenced by electric companies that will 
insist on provisions to discourage installations.


For now, many homeowners and businesses that want to install panels are 
in the same predicament as Wilkerson. Finding no viable option to lease 
a system in Florida, she is exploring paying cash to buy one out

Re: [MBZ] OT: Win7 SP1

2014-08-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Macs rule!

MacDann typing this from his 2006 Mac Pro with twin 20" Cinema Displays running 
Mavericks and editing his new web site with iWeb


On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:57 AM, Gary Hurst via Mercedes  
wrote:

> i'm using some windoze again after a decade with macs.  my advice is throw
> that thing away as microsoft seems to have modeled itself after general
> motors
> 
> 
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>> My laptop has been sluggish lately, and somehow it lost bluetooth
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>> came with that, maybe I should have dug up my Windows disk and done a true
>> clean install). Everything works now.
>> 
>> IIRC, I want service pack 1 installed on a Windows 7 computer?
>> 
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[MBZ] Ugliest car

2014-08-17 Thread Archer75--- via Mercedes
If there is ever a contest to pick the ugliest mass-produced car ever 
built, this one will be the winner IMO.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0s9144hn5I

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Win7 SP1

2014-08-17 Thread Gary Hurst via Mercedes
i'm using some windoze again after a decade with macs.  my advice is throw
that thing away as microsoft seems to have modeled itself after general
motors


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[MBZ] OT: Win7 SP1

2014-08-17 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
My laptop has been sluggish lately, and somehow it lost bluetooth capability, so 
 I did a 'minimal factory restore' (I forgot how much stuff came with that, 
maybe I should have dug up my Windows disk and done a true clean install). 
Everything works now.


IIRC, I want service pack 1 installed on a Windows 7 computer?

Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] Don't think I have seen this done

2014-08-17 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes

Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:


1989 Mercedes 420SEL Diesel
http://littlerock.craigslist.org/cto/4618438742.html


Well, if he transplanted a 126SD into a 126SEL it should have all the correct 
parts except maybe the front suspension. $3k seems slightly high, if you'd 
prefer an all original OM603 SDL and can find one in the same condition for $3k.


Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] OT - Mercedes (Smart) engine in a motorcycle

2014-08-17 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes

OK Don via Mercedes wrote:

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/17/4639/Motorcycle-Article/Track-T800CDI-Diesel-Motorcycle-Quick-Ride.aspx


It's only fitting I guess.
There are a lot of youtube videos of FourTwos that have been hot-rodded by 
putting bike engines in them.


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[MBZ] Seems a bit dodgy

2014-08-17 Thread Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes
Ad say it's a 300 but the boot badge says 560SEL, plus they are nuts on 
the price, given the condition and mileage

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/macleod/cars-vans-utes/mercedes-1991-/1054165544

Hendrik
who will not be buying that
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[MBZ] Peek a boo

2014-08-17 Thread Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Mercedes-Benz-190E-1989/SSE-AD-2906693/?Cr=51&sdmvc=1
Not sure if this artistic or plain old lazy, ohh and yeah drugs have 
been consumed prior to deciding on what sort of money to ask for it.

Maybe drugs, then taking a picture and then putting up the ad.

Hendrik
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