Re: [MBZ] more letterpress hauler

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
I have had much better experience with something called "RailGate" over the folding lift gate that tucks under the rear.. The "RailGate" stays flat and travels parallel to the truck floor, then stows by folding flat against the rear of the truck box in a way that covers the door locks, thus makin

Re: [MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
If he has to fix it, it's less likely to happen again . . . Exactly: Kid blows up car Kid is walkin ...until he fixes car or sweeps enough floors, bags enough groceries, or flips enough burger to either buy the parts and fix it or pay someone to fix it. (The former takes a LOT less time wor

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Don't blame us the the parties are no good. We were warned by the founders against parties. The republicrats and democan are both working against the citizens and for the overthrow of the constitution. One is socialist, the other is marxist.Just look at the offering for prez in the last

Re: [MBZ] Poly-ticks

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Isn't Kaisich the one who's totally fed up with newcomers like Trump and Carson repeatedly outpolling him after he spent a lifetime whoring himself out for votes? Just another piece of evidence that the GOP needs to join the Whigs on the scrap heap of history. Mitch. All we need is a leader.

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I'm going to email the PO to confirm this. On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 8:27 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: > Lungs getting clogged with fibers much like asbestosis or silicosis - > 'can't remember what it's called. Fibrosis? > > Wilton > > - Original Message - From: "Craig via Mercedes" < >

Re: [MBZ] more letterpress hauler

2015-10-30 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
I have had much better experience with something called "RailGate" over the folding lift gate that tucks under the rear.. The "RailGate" stays flat and travels parallel to the truck floor, then stows by folding flat against the rear of the truck box in a way that covers the door locks, thus making

Re: [MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Guess he forgot. Guess he walks. (I know, it was already said.) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercede

Re: [MBZ] samaritan

2015-10-30 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
somewhat emasculated by having to be driven by a woman in a pissant Benz, and by having a coupla dudes with bigass trucks get him out of the situation the woman got them in. Emasculated? Or smugly basking in the fact that his plan worked? Or neither. I see too many options. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] OT - How the Mighty Have Fallen

2015-10-30 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
What a blast from the past! I did a lot of business with KEH back when I was in the commercial photography business. They always graded the equipment very conservatively. Leitz prices seem to have recovered from the initial fall due to digital cameras. Ansel used Hasselblad for medium format - the

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> > Curt wrote: > > > > We wouldn't have so many fat people if food wasn't so cheap. > Rich wrote: > > ...that "food" prices are artificially supported to make > it so cheap and easy (i.e., processsed "foods") that > obesity has become an epidemic, Obesity is far more about _what_ is eaten than

Re: [MBZ] samaritan

2015-10-30 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Our ML (now Kleb's) had nice sized tow points front and rear. I pulled a lot of stuff with it. It also had a low gear range that came in handy when pulling large dead oak trees across the front yard. A B-17 was at the small GA airport in OKC last weekend - son saw it flying around. On Fri, Oct 30

[MBZ] OT - How the Mighty Have Fallen

2015-10-30 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Just finished wandering around on of my former favorite online haunts - KEH Camera’s online catalog. www.keh.com The prices on camera gear have dropped to the point of making film cameras almost worthless, with a few exceptions. For $500, I could buy a really nice Mamiya RB67 body with some g

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
ObamaCare is the republican plan put forward when Hillary was trying to "fix" healthcare under Bill's presidency. He thought that giving the R's what they asked for before, that it would sail through congress. Wrong. It was flawed then, and is flawed now. However, the hands off healthcare fee for

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
All of the farmers around here that I've talked to are far right wing, decry all government subsidies, help, welfare, tax breaks, etc. However, when you mention cutting the farm subsidies, they grab their pitch forks and come after you. It's all "what's in it for me", and if there isn't anything f

Re: [MBZ] samaritan

2015-10-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
This is the smaller "mid" size version which I think now is called a GLC to relate to the C-class size. There's a GLA now too that is really small sort of SUV thing. My wife's ML is now a GLE to make it relate to the E-class, and the GL I think is still a GL but the S-class equivalent. The

Re: [MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
If he has to fix it, it's less likely to happen again . . . On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Well the radiator is cracked up by the neck. Am assuming it was me caused > because of too much pressure and just a normal crack. The quest

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Lungs getting clogged with fibers much like asbestosis or silicosis - 'can't remember what it's called. Fibrosis? Wilton - Original Message - From: "Craig via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Craig" Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Way OT:

Re: [MBZ] OT - GEORGE TALES - DESKS, GREMLINS AND BARRICADES

2015-10-30 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
We never never found any one point source for the problem - just lotsa suspicious points. Never had another problem with it after we replaced all of the underground system. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Mountain Man via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Mountain M

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The problem I have with the anti-Obama arguments is that its not like the other side had any plans to fix anything. The Republicans all like to shout how bad Obamacare is but the alternative is nothing, they have literally no plan at all. Obama may have rolled out a flawed plan but at least he's

Re: [MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Well the radiator is cracked up by the neck. Am assuming it was me caused because of too much pressure and just a normal crack. The question is how long did he drive with the temp pegged. I sure here what sounds like compression escape somewhere while running even though it still runs smooth. S

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Why seal the border? This country was built on illegal immigration. The lazy do-nothings don't fight their way to get here. Trump has that totally bass-ackwards. Besides which their home country doesn't send them, they fight their way out and pay el-coyote to bring them here... -Curt From

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
clay wrote: It is a gummit conspiracy to control the sheeple. BINGO!! But watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfEBupAeo4 Perhaps it is bigger than gummint? mao It is bigger than our goobernmt. They control more than one goobermnt ___ http

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
There has to be something we can't blame Obama for. Anybody? Sure! Being right Doing the right thing Fixing the economy fixing medical insecurance Improving the perception of the USA in the RTW. The list is endless! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search lis

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
A friend of mine got a PhD in Bidness from Bawstun U. One of his colleagues or profs or something wrote a paper that basically said gummint subsidies have been so high for so long, that "food" prices are artificially supported to make it so cheap and easy (i.e., processsed "foods") that obe

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread clay via Mercedes
I was going to posit that it was actually a grand plan to prepare for coming interstellar travel. Fake foods with excess nutrients, drugs to counter radiation, cramped living conditions, conditioned to obey authority. I bet Noah made sure there were no problem makers onboard. clay On Oct 3

Re: [MBZ] OT - GEORGE TALES - DESKS, GREMLINS AND BARRICADES

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
You need a Kill-a-watt meter which will tell you the draw of each device. Probably you've got some phantom loads that are getting you, those would be devices that are on even when they're off. Computers, wall-wart power supplies, televisions, microwave oven etc... Alternately a fridge thats mess

Re: [MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Guess he forgot. Guess he'll be walkin' ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
clay wrote: > It is a gummit conspiracy to control the sheeple. BINGO!! But watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfEBupAeo4 Perhaps it is bigger than gummint? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive

Re: [MBZ] OT - GEORGE TALES - DESKS, GREMLINS AND BARRICADES

2015-10-30 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
WILTON wrote: > Instantly the meter read 18 volts! Did you ever fix this problem? I did not see the solution in your story. My electric utility bill is always over $120 and I don't like it. All electric off, the meter stops, so there is some info, but no matter what else, electric use is ridiculou

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread clay via Mercedes
It is a gummit conspiracy to control the sheeple. Remove their ability or incentive to create healthy foods on their own. If they have no idea how to feed, then they can be controlled. Sell them water in bottles, food in boxes, ovens that nuke instead of cook, factory squirted goo. Big pharm

Re: [MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread clay via Mercedes
at that age, the kids NEVER pay attention to keeping a car alive unless they actually build it themselves. The car I purchased for my own self was just a bit later in life. Parental car was driven like a rental, but on my own car, I was OCD about checking all fluids at every opportunity. My c

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:32:23 -0400 WILTON via Mercedes wrote: > Breathing the lint-rich air in the house could cause lung problems like > those suffered by textile mill workers. What kind of lung problems did they experience? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.c

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread clay via Mercedes
Pull the dryer and use a smoke bomb so you can see where it exits. Reasonable person would have opened a wall and ducted it to the roof. clay On Oct 30, 2015, at 9:40 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > The previous owners of my newly acquitred house brought the washer-dryer up > to th

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
--R wrote: > Even Berneebernee! and Hillary! will go > to Iowa and pledge full support for farm subsidies... I say drop support for the unmentionable - especially for us over age 60. If we give a d-- about the country, let age happen without subsidy. mao ___ ht

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
--R wrote: > Gawd fahbid any politician talks about reducing farm and food subsidies... Nobody. Nobody gives a flying eff about the count-ry. I still say BC sounds sensible, not political. He has brains to carry through, I suspect. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:35:18 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: > All meats are down, > Eggs are down. Not here in New Mexico!!! > You live in a uncompetitive food area. Another reason to get our act together and get out of this state! Craig ___ http

Re: [MBZ] samaritan

2015-10-30 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
ATTABOY! Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Rich Thomas" Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 5:34 PM Subject: [MBZ] samaritan So drive up to the farmstand at the end of my driveway to get some stuff then on to other errand.

Re: [MBZ] samaritan

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
SUVs aren't U anymore, they're SSV, "Superior Status Vehicle". The Gwagen and Nissan Xterra are exceptions as are the TrailHawk Jeeps. -Curt From: Rick Knoble via Mercedes To: Rich Thomas via Mercedes Cc: Rick Knoble Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] samaritan

Re: [MBZ] samaritan

2015-10-30 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
‎Rich writes: >‎There is a GLK stuck in the >mud at the other  >end of the parking area‎  >‎there is absolutely NO  >attachment points anywhere >under there. So a large Mercedes SUV is pretty much worthless as an SUV... Every MB I own has a tow hook... Rick  Sent from my BlackBerry Z10‎ ___

[MBZ] samaritan

2015-10-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So drive up to the farmstand at the end of my driveway to get some stuff then on to other errand. There is a GLK stuck in the mud at the other end of the parking area at a sorta exit. It has a sign says DO NOT ENTER, and the car was entering from the wrong way off the highway, which made no s

[MBZ] Fw: Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Breathing the lint-rich air in the house could cause lung problems like those suffered by textile mill workers. Wilton - Original Message - From: WILTON To: Andrew Strasfogel Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent? Is that duct par

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On October 30, 2015 at 5:01 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > > On 30/10/2015 3:15 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > There has to be something we can't blame Obama for. Anybody? > > > > > > Well, he likely did not install your defective dryer vent. > You didn't build

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Very witty. On Oct 30, 2015 5:11 PM, "Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > OOOh..I know the answer to this one! Low fuel prices! Obama's NOT to blame > for that! > > Greg > > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
OOOh..I know the answer to this one! Low fuel prices! Obama's NOT to blame for that! Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 1:16 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Andrew Str

Re: [MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Good thing that kleb normally has no shortage of cars kicking around. Kid can pick from any one of a bunch of $500 beaters. RB On 30/10/2015 4:07 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Guess he doesn't need a car anymore... -Curt From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes To: mercedes@okieb

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I'm too lazy for it and with only two of us the gains were modest. If you had a house full of folks doing a bunch of laundry it would be more worthwhile. Especially if you could train SWMBO to check/clean the water. -Curt From: WILTON To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List Sent:

Re: [MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Guess he doesn't need a car anymore... -Curt From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 3:51 PM Subject: [MBZ] Kid blows up car 17 year old shows up, says car is smoking. I go look, not a drop of coolant on

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On October 30, 2015 at 4:15 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Nope. I just checked. It terminates in a massive air duct in the basement,. Best get on the phone to a furnace repair company and a duct cleaning company and stop using the dryer until you get the vent outdoors. RB

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 30/10/2015 3:15 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: There has to be something we can't blame Obama for. Anybody? Well, he likely did not install your defective dryer vent. RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebe

Re: [MBZ] Poly-ticks

2015-10-30 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On October 30, 2015 at 2:50 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Graham and Kasich are the only two whom I conceivably might not oppose > quite so vehemently. Isn't Kaisich the one who's totally fed up with newcomers like Trump and Carson repeatedly outpolling him after he spent

Re: [MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Dan sez: ‎>Like mother like son? Somehow it's K'lebs fault. Rick  Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailm

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On October 30, 2015 at 4:15 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Nope. I just checked. It terminates in a massive air duct in the basement,. Please don't tell me the dryer dumps into the return air to your furnace... ...or the supply air to the registers...and if it's the forme

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
This has been going on for so long, way before Obama, it has become intrinsic to the political process. Even Berneebernee! and Hillary! will go to Iowa and pledge full support for farm subsidies, as will all the Rs (wait, wasn't there one who said no?). --R On 10/30/15 4:15 PM, Andrew Strasf

Re: [MBZ] Governments

2015-10-30 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Andrew inquires: ‎>Didn't you learn how to capitalize >in school? O ris that Obama's fault >too? Jabba the Fats rubbed off on him. ‎It's Gary Hurst's fault.  Rick  ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubs

Re: [MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On October 30, 2015 at 3:51 PM "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" > wrote: > > > 17 year old shows up, says car is smoking. I go look, not a drop of coolant on > the tank or upper hose. Aux fan running full blast, temp gauge pegged. I have > told him many times to check all fluids. It was leak

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
There has to be something we can't blame Obama for. Anybody? On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > A friend of mine got a PhD in Bidness from Bawstun U. One of his > colleagues or profs or something wrote a paper that basically said gummint

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Nope. I just checked. It terminates in a massive air duct in the basement,. On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 3:58 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: > Check the soffits - under and eave (roof overhang). > > Wilton > > - Original Message - From: "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.

Re: [MBZ] Governments

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Didn't you learn how to capitalize in school? O ris that Obama's fault too? On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Andrew sez: Somehow I'm not surprised at your views based on previous >> comments. From >> what I've read Trudeau my not be a

Re: [MBZ] Poly-ticks

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Those are priceless - and bipartisan! On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_yxGsWHx9o for some laughs > > > “FIRST DEMOCRATIC DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS: 2015” —- A Bad Lip Reading of the > First Democratic Debate >

Re: [MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Like mother like son? Dan > On Oct 30, 2015, at 3:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > 17 year old shows up, says car is smoking. I go look, not a drop of coolant > on the tank or upper hose. Aux fan running full blast, temp gauge pegged. I > have told him many times to check a

Re: [MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Kids! My (now 36 yearold) boy fried two 300SDs by running out of coolant. Each had a cracked radiator neck. Fortunately, they were both amply depreciated. :) On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 17 year old shows up, says car is smok

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
A friend of mine got a PhD in Bidness from Bawstun U. One of his colleagues or profs or something wrote a paper that basically said gummint subsidies have been so high for so long, that "food" prices are artificially supported to make it so cheap and easy (i.e., processsed "foods") that obesit

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Check the soffits - under and eave (roof overhang). Wilton - Original Message - From: "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Andrew Strasfogel" ; "Meade Dillon" Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
So that venting inside did not work out very well. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Curt Raymond" Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent? Actually you can vent into

Re: [MBZ] Governments

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Andrew sez: Somehow I'm not surprised at your views based on previous comments. From what I've read Trudeau my not be as liberal as people seem to think. Time will tell. That is like saying karl marx is not a socialist. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To sea

[MBZ] Kid blows up car

2015-10-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
17 year old shows up, says car is smoking. I go look, not a drop of coolant on the tank or upper hose. Aux fan running full blast, temp gauge pegged. I have told him many times to check all fluids. It was leaking a slight amount as I noticed it low about 6 months ago and topped it off. I at that

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
It would be clever to run an ethanol plant on whatever was cheap right now. At this moment corn is cheap, run it on that. Next year maybe corn is expensive so we run it on something else. Maybe someday somebody will figure it out but for now oil is too cheap to bother. -Curt From: Curly M

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
All meats are down, I bought steaks last weekend for 3.99 and they were as good as the top of Iowa sirloin i usually buy. Chicken is .99 pork is down too, I've recently bought boneless ribs for .99. Eggs are down. You live in a uncompetitive food area. 10yrs ago we were selling apples for 1

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Only if you like corn stalks or cobs for breakfast or with your steak. The key word here is cellulose. Are the cellulose sources also possible food sources for humans (or their beasts)? I'd hate to see the cost of food go up more than it already has. - Max Charleston SC On F

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I haven't seen that down here yet. I did find Gala apples had fallen to 99 cents / lb for the last few weeks, but all the other apples are still $2 or $3 / lb or so. Eggs have gone up, milk price hasn't budged. What specifically have you seen drop in price? We try to eat a lot of vegetables, an

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
OMG halloween punkins are contributing to global climate warming change disruption! _R On 10/30/15 2:35 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: The worlds largest cellulosic ethanol plant is open. 30 million gpy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list arch

Re: [MBZ] Poly-ticks

2015-10-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_yxGsWHx9o for some laughs “FIRST DEMOCRATIC DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS: 2015” —- A Bad Lip Reading of the First Democratic Debate --R On 10/30/15 2:50 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Graham and Kasich are the only two whom I conceivably might not oppos

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
C'mon its not even cold where you live... I'm still debating a ground source heat pump vs a new oil burner. Leaning toward oil as I can buy a lot of it for the difference in price.A new oil burner would be around $5,000 and would probably cut our oil use by 1/4 to 1/3 on increased efficiency. Gr

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Actually you can vent into the living space (an electric dryer mind you) but it goes into a little bucket thing you fill with water. We used one one winter as I thought it was rather silly to dump all that heat and beneficial moisture (yes beneficial moisture, even without lighting the wood stov

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Bumper crops in the midwest this year mean that corn and soybean prices are way down... Food is really, really, really, cheap. Unheard of cheap, absurdly cheap. We wouldn't have so many fat people if food wasn't so cheap. -Curt From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
LOL. Basement is unfinished (dryer is on main (third) level of split level home. The house is not coated inside with lint so it must be venting responsibly. I will check the back of the house for a cover. On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I'm going to do that this winter, I'll put up with the hassle of cleaning / filling the water filter in order to cut the power bill a bit and add some moisture to the dry house. All that darn global warming regulation / cost is driving up my electric rates while all the record cold winters are req

Re: [MBZ] Poly-ticks

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I'm interested in this election merely because I have no idea what we're going to end up with. Considering the infighting and bickering I'd normally say we'd have no chance of a Republican winning, I said that in the last two and was right both times for the right reasons. This time I wonder if

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Cellulosic is supposed to be made from agricultural waste, such as bagasse, and tree stumps/branches. On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Are the cellulose sources also possible food sources for humans (or their > beasts)? I'd hate to see

Re: [MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Are the cellulose sources also possible food sources for humans (or their beasts)? I'd hate to see the cost of food go up more than it already has. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The worlds largest cel

Re: [MBZ] Poly-ticks

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Graham and Kasich are the only two whom I conceivably might not oppose quite so vehemently. On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I did indeed! Lindsey is very forgettable, as are the others I forgot. > As poor as christie is, he still migh

Re: [MBZ] Governments

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Somehow I'm not surprised at your views based on previous comments. From what I've read Trudeau my not be as liberal as people seem to think. Time will tell. On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: > Only time will tell how this will all turn out. > I was not inclined to support

[MBZ] Cellulosic ethanol

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
The worlds largest cellulosic ethanol plant is open. 30 million gpy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okieb

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The previous owners of my newly acquitred house > If the Lint don't Vent, you Must Acquit! - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] Poly-ticks

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
I did indeed! Lindsey is very forgettable, as are the others I forgot. As poor as christie is, he still might be a useful cabinet member, but lindsey would not be. You forgot Miss Lindsey --R On 10/30/15 1:17 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: That is so sexist. Even I would throw so

Re: [MBZ] Poly-ticks

2015-10-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You forgot Miss Lindsey --R On 10/30/15 1:17 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: That is so sexist. Even I would throw something at him. How so? I looked, and I don't see where he said: "...she would completely freak out, and HER VAGINA might even throw a lamp or ashtray at him." I would

Re: [MBZ] Poly-ticks

2015-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
That is so sexist. Even I would throw something at him. How so? I looked, and I don't see where he said: "...she would completely freak out, and HER VAGINA might even throw a lamp or ashtray at him." I would never trust that woman (and her sex is irrelevant), she gives me a creepy vibe. Do

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
No, indeed! It should vent OUTSIDE for several reasons, including moisture accumulation (mold, mildew, etc, - not good to breathe and not good for the structure), lint accumulation in the living space (not good to breathe) and fire (also not good to breathe and not good for the structure) ! Fi

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Highly unlikely, unless the PO did it. Horribly against code and best practices. If it goes down, get a spool of strong and a heavy rubber ball you can attach to the string and drop it down the vent. See how far it goes before it stops - that will give you an idea when it lands or makes a turn.

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 30/10/2015 11:40 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: The previous owners of my newly acquitred house brought the washer-dryer up to the living level, which is quite convenient as they are next to the master bedroom. One problem - I want to clean the dryer exhaust vent but can't find the

Re: [MBZ] Governments

2015-10-30 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Only time will tell how this will all turn out. I was not inclined to support him or his party. I thought that our existing PM was doing a fine job. The people voted for change. I can only say, "be careful for what you wish for". I personally did not think we really needed change. I expect our n

[MBZ] Way OT: Where does my dryer vent?

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
The previous owners of my newly acquitred house brought the washer-dryer up to the living level, which is quite convenient as they are next to the master bedroom. One problem - I want to clean the dryer exhaust vent but can't find the outlet! It doesn't vent outside for sure. The exhaust vent se

Re: [MBZ] Poos Mobile

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Hey Randy, Congratulations on your new government. JT seems like the next political rock star. On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > They all know it. > They hope you do not know it. > They have to promise you all of the things they think

Re: [MBZ] ? SD engine mounts

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Either, both ? If I'm lazy (normal) I'll run it through a 1/4 tank of fuel. If I'm feeling particularly energetic or if the car really needs it (like my Golf) I'll do the direct plumbing job. -Curt From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Rich Thomas Sent: Friday

Re: [MBZ] ? SD engine mounts

2015-10-30 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:17:34 -0400 Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > Yeah, probably that too > > --R > > On 10/29/15 8:09 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:53:05 -0400 Rich Thomas via Mercedes > > wrote: > > > >>I got them changed. Car almost very smooth at idle now

Re: [MBZ] Politickz

2015-10-30 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
"Once elected, they don't really have to fulfill the promises." This country is a Republic! There is no legal requirement to represent our interest. Doh! From: Mercedes on behalf of Randy Bennell via Mercedes Sent: 30 October 2015 15:47 To: Curt Raymond;

Re: [MBZ] ? SD engine mounts

2015-10-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Do you dump that in the tank or run it through directly? --R On 10/30/15 11:34 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: I've had decent luck with it, in fact I need to run a can through my Golf.For minor sticky I've had decent luck with DP in a 1/4 tank of fuel, my Golf was seriously carboned up

Re: [MBZ] Poos Mobile

2015-10-30 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
They all know it. They hope you do not know it. They have to promise you all of the things they think you want in order to get elected. Once elected, they don't really have to fulfill the promises. RB On 29/10/2015 8:59 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: He says a lot of stuff but seems to

Re: [MBZ] ? SD engine mounts

2015-10-30 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I've had decent luck with it, in fact I need to run a can through my Golf.For minor sticky I've had decent luck with DP in a 1/4 tank of fuel, my Golf was seriously carboned up so although that treatment helped it didn't cure it. Pounding on the miles has made a big difference. I wish I'd done s

Re: [MBZ] ? SD engine mounts

2015-10-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Yes - I've used it to good effect. On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > I noticed the car was smoking a fair amount this morning, I'm wondering if > I should try a Diesel Purge treatment before going after other suspects > like injectors a

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