Re: [MBZ] Getting back to the old days

2016-06-15 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Glad to see you are so happy with the SDL. I have found them to be great cars! Dan Penoff via Mercedes June 15, 2016 at 8:25 PMvia Postbox I’ve said it before and I’ll say it

Re: [MBZ] Test Refrigerants

2016-06-15 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
That is correct Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2016, at 11:20 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Dan inquires: > >> ‎Is this the case, or is there >something different about the >properties of >> hydrocarbon >refrigerants that requires or >allows one to do so?‎ > > I emailed Envir

Re: [MBZ] Test Refrigerants

2016-06-15 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Dan inquires: >‎Is this the case, or is there >something different about the >properties of >hydrocarbon >refrigerants that requires or >allows one to do so?‎ I emailed Enviro Safe about that a couple years ago. The fellow said it turns to vapor the instant it comes out of the inverted can. ‎ ‎

Re: [MBZ] OT: NY Times article about diesel cars in the USA

2016-06-15 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
I had the same idea Max. But no idea how to implement it. Moddified water lift muffler could be one way to do it, I suppose. Thanks, Karl On Jun 15, 2016 6:28 PM, "Meade Dillon via Mercedes" wrote: I think if the exhaust is underwater, breaking up the bubbles into the smallest possible size woul

Re: [MBZ] OT: NY Times article about diesel cars in the USA

2016-06-15 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Thanks. I think it's is the way the scrubbers on big diesel ship engines work; constant spray of fluid downward in a series of cones, and exhaust traveling up through the spray. Wet exhausts have a single nozzle injecting seawater from the heat exchanger into the exhaust gas at a mixing elbow. It

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
No, no you, your namesake, mao tse dung Mountain Man via Mercedes June 15, 2016 at 7:21 PMvia Postbox Not me. mao Curley McLain June 15, 2016 at

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Hear Here! (whacking cane on wood floor 5 min for emphasis) This is not hidden. It is not difficult to learn. It is right out in the open, yet the sheeple choose to bury their head and ignore it. G Mann via Mercedes June 15, 2016 at 4:32 PMvia Postbox

Re: [MBZ] Getting back to the old days

2016-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Is your "poor man's KLIMA" simply a relay to pass the compressor start signal? That's what I've got in The White Whale. I need to figure out the jumper that Curly mentioned to pass the transmission kick-down signal. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 9:25 PM, Dan Penoff via

Re: [MBZ] OT: NY Times article about diesel cars in the USA

2016-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I think if the exhaust is underwater, breaking up the bubbles into the smallest possible size would increase the amount of soot going into the water and not the air. Maybe some kind of screen at the exhaust exit, or a series of screens? Would need to be careful to not restrict the exhaust too muc

Re: [MBZ] OT Terrorist Watch List gun ban

2016-06-15 Thread Joel Cairo via Mercedes
Perhaps "we" should pass laws against shooting people in anticipation that there might be murderers out in the wild. If there are people who show these tendencies (assault, armed robbery, DV, other violent behaviors) we could lock them up, not deny bail... I wonder how that would work in NChu

Re: [MBZ] Getting back to the old days

2016-06-15 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - I LOVE my W126. I want more. On a related note, and just more to reinforce my point, my recently acquired used KLIMA acted up after a stop on the way home today. I didn’t have the ability to do a stop and restart to see if it would come back on, so I

Re: [MBZ] OT: NY Times article about diesel cars in the USA

2016-06-15 Thread Joel Cairo via Mercedes
Seems like a fine spray would wash soot out of the exhaust stream. Get some oil burner nozzles (they have various spray patterns and rates) with a high-pressure water pump (not sure what the pressure an oil burner runs at but it has to be fairly high I think to pump through those little nozzle

[MBZ] OT Terrorist Watch List gun ban

2016-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
So which of the recent mass shootings would this proposed new law have prevented? Orlando? Nope. San Bernadino? Nope. Colorado theatre shooting? Nope. Sandy Hook? Nope. I don't get it. Oh wait, maybe the goal is simply to whittle away more of the 2nd amendment, after all it is just "common s

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Scott wrote: > This hypothetical religion should control all aspects of human life (social, > political, and religious) and it should be called submission (resistance is > futile). USA already does. Defeat that hypothetical. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
This hypothetical religion should control all aspects of human life (social, political, and religious) and it should be called submission (resistance is futile). > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of G > Mann via Mercedes > Sent: Wednesda

Re: [MBZ] OT: NY Times article about diesel cars in the USA

2016-06-15 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
In CA all trucks have particulate filters and urea injection retrofitted. They are remarkably clean. Across thousands of vehicles it definitely makes a difference. I have been looking for a way to put a dpf on the cummins 5.9 in the boat, but it is wet exhaust. Anybody know anything about reducing

Re: [MBZ] Getting back to the old days

2016-06-15 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Bob R wrote: > I long for 123s. Not me. My longing is already fulfilled. 1983 240D 1984 240D 3-pedal mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Curley wrote: > ...same way mao protected everyone... Not me. mao ___ 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

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
OK Don wrote: > Screw the permits, carry if you're scared, don't if you're not. +1 mao ___ 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/listi

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Grant wrote: > The absolute goal of the "new religion" is conquest of the world and > subjection of all living persons. All laws of all countries are considered > null and void except for what I, the absolute Prophet said. > > Now, the QUESTION: Under TODAYS laws, in civilized nations, how long wou

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Yes, there are still surviving copies of the laws imposing a fine for not carrying your weapon(s). On some PBS show the other night, men had the choice of a long gun or two pistols. Fine was six pence I think. I carried a pistol and ammo (two full magazines) for a year in a hot sandy place, m

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On June 14, 2016 at 1:06 AM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote:As a matter of fact, the NRA supported the current background check system, much to the dismay of many members.And now they're joining Trump in promoting 'no guns for people on secret government lists', or at least 'no guns until/unless

Re: [MBZ] 1990 300D - SOLD!

2016-06-15 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
My current line of thinking, and I think it's becoming a consensus, is that there was nothing wrong with the rods. If the rods were too weak, why do #2-6 practically never bend?The bigger bore meant a weaker head gasket. The main oil galley can leak into cylinder #1, and the resulting hydraulic lo

Re: [MBZ] Getting back to the old days

2016-06-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Ah, yes, the good days - before critical parts started becoming unobtainium. I think that the W115 drives better than the W123 - double wishbone front suspension is hard to beat. I also really like driving the multi-link rear suspension of the W124 and even the W201. The R/C107 used the W114/5 susp

Re: [MBZ] Getting back to the old days

2016-06-15 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
I long for 123s. Bob R On Jun 15, 2016 3:23 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > So I have had all manner of MB's over the years and am currently more into > the 210s as far as daily drivers and complicated 642 motors. I started off > with 123s, but have gotten r

[MBZ] Getting back to the old days

2016-06-15 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
So I have had all manner of MB's over the years and am currently more into the 210s as far as daily drivers and complicated 642 motors. I started off with 123s, but have gotten rid of most of mine although I still have a couple of parts cars. Lately I have all the sudden have the feeling I want

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Because this is a group of thinking people, I would like to propose a hypothetical. In this hypothetical, Only using existing laws in the USA, or Canada, or European countries, I wish to start a new religion. The principles of this "new religion" are that I am a Prophet and anything I say or do i

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
Well...maybe so. But the meme that he was a Christian terrorist has no credibility to me until the Pope or some other leader of that stature claims credit for the atrocity. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Joel Cairo via Mercedes S

[MBZ] '07 E320CDI

2016-06-15 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Just took Schwartze on a 22 mi round trip (that's 'bout 44 mi for the math majors) on mostly 70 mph interstate highway. Mighty quiet and smooth; tracks beautifully. Like the 350SDL, it feels like flying on a cool, clear day, but I miss the low throb of the 350SDL or the 300D 124. 'Sho ain't y

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Joel Cairo via Mercedes
This is interesting in that I looked up some stuff on this the other day, just to refresh myself. There is a book called The Third Terrorist, written by a newspaper writer from OKC, who seemed to have no particular ax to grind but dug into it in great detail because her interviews and research

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I didn't say he wouldn't be acting lawfully but is it right? I mean, there are bad gun owners and there are bad muslims. The anti-gun crowd uses a few bad gun owners to paint everybody with a broad brush which the gun owners then say is wrong. How can you defend your policy using the same wrong

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
Let's see...The gun owners we are talking about are US citizens exercising a constitutional right within the US. The citizens of those other countries are non-citizens who are outside of the US and not entitled to any constitutional guarantees. For those non-citizens, entering the US would be a pri

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
N, Yathink? Meade Dillon via Mercedes June 15, 2016 at 2:35 PMvia Postbox Who pray tell was the Secretary of State during this "Ban on Mooslims"? Why none other than Crook

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Do you really think the colonists carried a gun with them all the time? Crazy. On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I will take the same route the colonists took. Carry it to church > OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I think I mentioned it the other day but I feel weird when the grab somebody who has been talking about terrorism but hasn't actually done anything. I thought the point of our judicial system was that sometimes bad guys go free but non-bad guys don't get stuck in jail for something they didn't d

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
All Libs believe the popos wil protect them. They will! Just like they protected all 300 in the Pulse. 100 down, 200 rounds in 4 hours. Saame way lenin protected everyone, same way stalin protected everyone, same way mao protected everyone, same way pol pot protected everyone, same way hug

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Also all the local religious zealots who bomb abortion clinics and shoot doctors? We should ban all of them. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? We need to go back to that principle. Perhaps the test of what constitutes guilt might need to be re-assessed, but it should clear up a lot is

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
The whole logic doesn't make sense to me - if it's concealed, then no one knows you have it, why get a permit to hide something? If you pull it out to use it, it's no longer concealed, it's out in the open. Does a concealed permit allow you to un-conceal it? Huh??? Screw the permits, carry if you'

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
How is this different from all gun owners being painted with a broad brush during this kind of event? Think of how many white guys have committed terrorist actions in this country. Timothy Mcveigh for instance... -Curt From: Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' C

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I'm going to thoroughly enjoy the next few months of this grand reality show, I think it should be called "Trump the Chumps!" - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Meade Dillon wrote: > Who pray tell was the Secretary of State during this "Ban on Mooslims"? > Why none

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Who pray tell was the Secretary of State during this "Ban on Mooslims"? Why none other than Crooked Hillary! Do ya think maybe she got a payoff to her Clinton Foundation to lift that restriction six months later? - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:31 PM, Meade Dillon wrot

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
B. Hussein Obama is a two-faced liar. He has in the past stopped allowing all immigration from a Muslim country, because of the threat of Islamic terrorists getting in with the flow of refugees. "As a result of the Kentucky case, the State Department stopped processing Iraq refugees for six month

Re: [MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Joel Cairo via Mercedes
Butbutbut you are now punishing innocent people not the governments! (Never mind that this is done in other cases, but this is muslims!) Plus, and which is more important, is that it is easy to vilify your fellow citizens but hard to do much about other countries and their behaviors. --JC

[MBZ] Mooslim Ban?

2016-06-15 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
I understand why Trump's call for a ban on muslims entering the US has raised opposition. Discriminating against a religion is "...not who we are as a people..." and "...on the wrong side of history..." as someone pretending to be the leader of the free world has put it. But what if something s

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Interesting, Maine did the same thing recently. Heres hoping they have the same result. -Curt From: G Mann To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question My state, as of 2 years ago, wisely abolished the req

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Oh how the mighty have fallen. Not only that, but many (most?) of the old-line gun companies were in New England until recently. After the Newtown knee-jerk, many of these companies built new plants in more gun-friendly states and are incrementally moving their operations south and west. Incid

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
My state, as of 2 years ago, wisely abolished the requirement for a "concealed carry permit".. it is now not required that you be granted a "permit" to carry, any way you so choose.. open or discretely. Carry permits are still available, because other states recognize such things and have reciproc

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I have a super soaker that I hide away, just in case I'm attacked by a feral cat in the back yard. On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Oh, I didn't mean shoot him in advance. I meant get your concealed carry > permit before you actually NEE

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Oh, I didn't mean shoot him in advance. I meant get your concealed carry permit before you actually NEED a concealed carry permit, and hope you never really need it... Like car insurance, you don't go looking for car insurance after something happens. -Curt From: Scott Ritchey To: 'Curt

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Two points: It's generally illegal to use lethal force against someone until he/she is actually in the process of trying to kill (or do grievous bodily harm to) you or someone you protect. Open vs concealed carry, in public, is an ongoing discussion; but open carry gives up the element of su

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Next one probably will be too, even if its a woman... -Curt From: Mountain Man via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Mountain Man Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question Curley wrote: > It is safe to assume everything BO sez is a lie.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Curley wrote: > It is safe to assume everything BO sez is a lie. The previous men in that position were also giant liars, don't forget. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Looks like a decent 500sel

2016-06-15 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
81-83 380sel had burl too Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2016, at 10:04 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > So much nicer... > >> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >> wrote: >> The 500s had burl >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Jun 15, 2016, at 9:57 AM, An

[MBZ] Test Refrigerants

2016-06-15 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
As I continue to research this topic, a question comes up that Jim and others who have used such things will probably know the answer to: When I look at the labeling for products such as EnviroSafe, I notice that it says to invert the can when charging. If that is the case, you would be introd

Re: [MBZ] Hood ornament repair Pix

2016-06-15 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
ATTABOY! Wilt - Original Message - From: "Max Dillon via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes" Cc: "Max Dillon" Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 10:16 PM Subject: [MBZ] Hood ornament repair Pix https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bxk8a928B3RxZW9hTGZqSkJiRGM My project from this weekend. SWM

Re: [MBZ] Looks like a decent 500sel

2016-06-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
So much nicer... On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The 500s had burl > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 15, 2016, at 9:57 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > That's diamond blue - same colo

Re: [MBZ] Looks like a decent 500sel

2016-06-15 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
The 500s had burl Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2016, at 9:57 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > That's diamond blue - same color as my '85 300TD. Looks like a burlwood > interior? I thought all the sedans of this era were zebrano. > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Joel

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Whole lot less stringent than a lot of other places, it'd be more fair to call it a money grab.Take a safety class, pay you (I think) $50 and get an FID. Remember, must issue... I believe theres a way to contest a failed issue, like if you thought the chief only did it because he hates you for d

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Which is why you ought to take care of such things in advance. Besides she could always open carry... -Curt From: Meade Dillon To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question Hmm, reminds me of the lady kill

Re: [MBZ] Looks like a decent 500sel

2016-06-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
That's diamond blue - same color as my '85 300TD. Looks like a burlwood interior? I thought all the sedans of this era were zebrano. On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That does look nice, and I love the blue color > > --JC > > > > On 6/1

Re: [MBZ] OT: NY Times article about diesel cars in the USA

2016-06-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
That's OK - he wouldn't even notice. On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 12:07 AM, Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > and put $$$ in Tbone's pockets! > > Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > February 6, 2015 at 2:31 PM via Postbox >

Re: [MBZ] This actually looks like a good deal

2016-06-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
My '83 300TD has a replacement transmission from an '85 300TD - shifts great. The '85 300TD with the transplanted CA version drive train is quieter, smoother, AND less filling! On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:20 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That's what makes th

Re: [MBZ] 350SD W/O Reverse

2016-06-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
How easy is it to R/R the Reverse? ;) On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 7:47 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Very optimistic. You should go look at it. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 14, 2016, at 6:15 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Joel Cairo via Mercedes
It is interesting and ironic that Massachusetts, where the shot heard 'round the world was fired by militia men, now has stringent Second Amendment restrictions, the Second Amendment being enacted exactly for the reason the Massachusetts militia men were able to eject his kingliness. What woul

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Hmm, reminds me of the lady killed by her estranged husband; she made repeated requests to local authorities for a CC permit, had a no-contact order approved by court but local police steadfastly refused to grant a CC permit. One day she gets out of her car after getting home and hubby (waiting ou

Re: [MBZ] OT: non-Mercedes parking question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Same could be said of the 201 vs the 126, the 201 isn't really a much more cheaply made car (except for the stupid door cards) but the owners tend to run them hard and maintain them little... Elantra is a common first car where the Sonata is often an upgrade car. Maintenance is everything. -Curt

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The Russian ones are interesting because their metallurgy wasn't anything exciting so the castings are huge to make up for quality control issues. The Finns refined the design considerably to make a much nicer to use firearm. -Curt From: Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com> To: Curt Raymon

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Firearms ID, basically the town registering that I'm okay to have guns.I'm actually going to apply for concealed carry which is the price. I could get an FID based on the hunter's safety class I took when I was 15, for CC I'll need to take a 1 day safety class which probably isn't a bad idea any

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
credit reports are also used for nefarious things. If I were dictator for a day first I'd abolish the IRS and ex cute a few of em (deserving) then abolish credit reports as a business. If a a bank or retailer wants to keep credit info for their customers, fine, but the CR business is unfair

Re: [MBZ] OT: non-Mercedes parking question

2016-06-15 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
The elantras going through the auto auction were invariably falling apart/crapped out. The sonatas seemed to have everything working. Some of the difference might be attributed to a different class of buyers, but I don't think that accounts for all of it. I would not recommend any hydie elan

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
FID? - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > If the wind blows right I can hear the local rod and gun club from my > house. > Which reminds me I need to get to work on my FID. I've never had guns in > MA, origi

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Some of them were made by reminton under contract for the rookiesbefore 1910. I'd expect those to be nice if you could find one. Curt Raymond via Mercedes June 15, 2016 at 8:59 AMvia Postbox

Re: [MBZ] OT: non-Mercedes parking question

2016-06-15 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Hmm, I seem to have missed the original email? Did Tim start this thread? Can someone re-send the original? - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
If the wind blows right I can hear the local rod and gun club from my house. Which reminds me I need to get to work on my FID. I've never had guns in MA, originally since I'd planned to move back to Maine but its time. My buddy Ben is always bugging me to go hunting. He hunts steady from Septembe

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Joel Cairo via Mercedes
My neighbors have a second amendmentfest about every Sunday afternoon, sometimes with full autos and a cannon. --JC On 6/15/16 10:05 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Depends on where you live. I can go out back and pound some pellets into my old toolbox backstop (thwack, thwack) for an h

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Joel Cairo via Mercedes
This guy was a disciple of a known bad guy who was a body guard for the "Blind Sheik" who organized the first Trade Center bombing, and who now has a "mosque" in Whorlando where he preaches a unique brand of peace and tolerance, sorta consistent with what the shooter's daddy was into, i.e., the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Depends on where you live. I can go out back and pound some pellets into my old toolbox backstop (thwack, thwack) for an hour to relax and my neighbors don't care. The old coot in the condo next door will probably even come out on his deck and watch... -Curt From: Curley McLain via Merced

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Correct, it needs to be like your credit report with a way to check on yourself and to correct the record if need be. -Curt From: Scott Ritchey via Mercedes To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Cc: Scott Ritchey Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

Re: [MBZ] OT: non-Mercedes parking question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
It all depends on what you want in a car, I prefer smaller and sporty so I like the Elantra. The Sonata is a lovely driving car though.I made a trip a few months ago where I had a Chrysler 200 rental. I spent the whole trip thinking "This isn't all that bad". Then on the way back I had a Sonata

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
In many circles its heresy to say so but I've never been that impressed with the M1 as a shooting rifle. Its a lovely design and very rugged but its heavy and not particularly accurate. For accuracy the M16 is vastly superior which shouldn't be all that surprising considering it benefited from 3

Re: [MBZ] OT: Next question

2016-06-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
There are magazines and there are clips. A stripper clip especially is a clip, not unlike a hair clip, its a spring arrangement that holds cartridges together. The big difference is that a clip gets inserted into a magazine, in the case of the stripper clip you insert the stripper clip with cartr

Re: [MBZ] Looks like a decent 500sel

2016-06-15 Thread Joel Cairo via Mercedes
That does look nice, and I love the blue color --JC On 6/14/16 9:59 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: 1985 Mercedes Benz 500 SEL http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/5635840947.html via cPro for Craigslist iOS: http://tinyurl.com/CL-iDevice Android: http://tinyurl.com/CL-Android Sent fr