Re: [MBZ] Estimate

2017-09-06 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Randy, I am not getting call backs from those shops. I was referred to a few by other shops. I think they are not interested in screwing with insurance companies. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately

[MBZ] A 116 with manual windows?

2017-09-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
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[MBZ] Needs some tlc

2017-09-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Mercedes 1972 280 SEL 4.5 $4900

2017-09-06 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
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[MBZ] Mercedes 1972 280 SEL 4.5 $4900

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Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:21:35 -0500 fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > > Craig wrote: > > > > I wouldn't, except I haven't taken the time to figure out how to > > get a current version of Linux running with Gnome 2 either on > > the laptop or the desktop, so we are stuck for now with Win 7 on > > the la

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 10:58:05 -0400 Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Why copy them? Leave the USB mounted and read the files from the USB, > but all new emails or changes should be saved to a new folder to > synchronize back to the Linux. The USB is an externally-powered hard disk that needs 12

Re: [MBZ] Estimate

2017-09-06 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
True. > On Sep 6, 2017, at 4:12 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > But also one that wants the work. If they are not interested, they are > unlikely to spend any time checking it out. > > RB > > On 06/09/2017 3:10 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: >> He needs to find a shop with a fra

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Craig wrote: > Before we went to Texas, I updated all of my email files -- all > 1140 directories with 70805 files -- from our Linux system onto > a USB disk and then copied them (with a program that reads Linux > disks) onto our Win 7 laptop. > > I then proceeded to use the laptop while we wer

Re: [MBZ] Estimate

2017-09-06 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
But also one that wants the work. If they are not interested, they are unlikely to spend any time checking it out. RB On 06/09/2017 3:10 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: He needs to find a shop with a frame rack who can measure the body alignment points to see if the car has been racked out of

Re: [MBZ] Estimate

2017-09-06 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
He needs to find a shop with a frame rack who can measure the body alignment points to see if the car has been racked out of square. -D > On Sep 6, 2017, at 3:29 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > Can you find a body shop or two that does restoration work? Most of the > run-of-the-m

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Rick I don't know, I bought these KYB struts in a rush from Rusty's Buy Jap-Car Parts.com "back in the day". I didn't have a lot of time to look around, and the genuine Nissan struts were incredibly expensive. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Rick Knoble via Merced

Re: [MBZ] Estimate

2017-09-06 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Can you find a body shop or two that does restoration work? Most of the run-of-the-mill shops do not want to do much more than bolt on new parts and paint them. You need someone willing to do the work the way they used to do it. RB On 06/09/2017 1:05 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes wrote: Seems

Re: [MBZ] Finnie for Dan

2017-09-06 Thread Ed Booher via Mercedes
I seriously hate when someone uses "Finished examples call down the Wrath of Ra himself" in freaking marketing. If it is worth that much, you would finish it and sell it for that much. */rant* On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Here ya go.

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> > Rick wrote: > > > > I can lend no assistance whatsoever.   > > That said, I can, however comment. > > (and this applies to Kaleb's recent thread, too) > > > > "Friends don't let friends use M$ Windows." > Craig wrote: > > I wouldn't, except I haven't taken the time to figure out how to > get

[MBZ] Estimate

2017-09-06 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
Seems the insco adjuster was doing a big lowball offer. I asked around for estimates from a few shops, and most just said no. I did have two that actually looked at the car. They had to go back and made adjustments of over $1100 to the rock bottom. None of the shops was willing to fight for

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
I have Windows 3.1 I loaded it in 1996 ... as soon as it's done loading, I plan to update to a later version... ;)) On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 10:52 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > I was a late adopter of Windows - waited until 3.1. I think I've only > skipped one or two versions since then.

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I was a late adopter of Windows - waited until 3.1. I think I've only skipped one or two versions since then. Didn't get into the servers until 3.5. Almost all of the problems I've had were application related, not the OS. This includes managing a network of 8000+ PCs at 80+ locations with 150+ ser

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
So who do you think is helping you when you have Windows problems? The other users who find the issues and make reports to Microsoft thats who. If there was no user community there would be minimal support. Of course if it worked better it wouldn't need support. I installed Win7 on this laptop a

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread rogerhga--- via Mercedes
I've always found that you only need an "active user community" when you have a complex product or one with diverse problems/issues. Simple and relatively stable products don't really need user communities. As a user since the 80's, I've never had to consult a user community for assistance. So,

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Rich Thomas wrote: > I am pretty sure we are gonna get whacked bad here, after the islands > and FL get whacked worse. > --R Some predictions have changed. It looks like it may go up the east coast of Florida and on to points north, or go further out to sea and spare Florida except for high ti

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
The latest trend is for Irma to veer sharply to the North - with the eye passing to the East of, sparing it a direct hit. What would follow is a whole slew of possible tracks as the storm makes its way up the coast, including a direct hit on Charleston. Yikes! Or it could barrel out to sea... O

Re: [MBZ] '71 VW Camper bus on BAT

2017-09-06 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
If I had one I would travel leisurely along rural back roads, pull over and have a snack in my private dinette. Bliss -- and no need for power. On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > Splittie would be, a later bay wouldn't. > > -C > > > On Wednesday, September 6, 2017, 12:08:58

Re: [MBZ] KYB, was OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On September 6, 2017 at 12:34 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > Struts are relatively low mileage, but 8 years old and KYB which is lower > end stuff. When KYB came out with adjustable struts in the early 1990s, I put a pair on the front of the Plymouth. A couple of years later when o

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Max sez: >‎Struts are relatively low mileage, but 8 >years old and KYB which is lower >end >stuff. Stupid question, and I will probably do an Internet search on it in a few.  Does Koni still make shocks and struts? Back in the day (40 plus years ago) them and Bilstein were the stuff. Rick _

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
That's what we're hoping to do. Looks like it might be working. If it hangs out and makes it into the Gulf we'll be in big trouble. The NE quadrant of these storms is the worst, and would inflict the most damage. -D > On Sep 6, 2017, at 11:23 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Florid

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Just had it aligned, so I'll put up a stink if they should have caught this with the list of other stuff they caught (like entire control arm with ball joint on other side). Struts are relatively low mileage, but 8 years old and KYB which is lower end stuff. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300

Re: [MBZ] '71 VW Camper bus on BAT

2017-09-06 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Splittie would be, a later bay wouldn't. -C On Wednesday, September 6, 2017, 12:08:58 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: At  twice the price... On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: Meh, its a tin top so you don't get any headroom, its a '71 so bay window and the slidi

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Max sez: >‎Probably about $100 or so, if it is a lower >ball joint like I suspect. Struts $600 Both lower ball joints $300 Four wheel alignment $100 Grand total. $1,000 Not having to listen to SWMBO bitch‎... Priceless. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To s

Re: [MBZ] '71 VW Camper bus on BAT

2017-09-06 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
At twice the price... On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > Meh, its a tin top so you don't get any headroom, its a '71 so bay window > and the sliding door that rots out plus an upright 1600 so theres no power. > > Its in beautiful shape but its really the worst of all worlds,

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
You left off a zero. That's the minimum dealer charge for anything these days. On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Max sez: > > > > >‎SWMBO i

Re: [MBZ] '71 VW Camper bus on BAT

2017-09-06 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Meh, its a tin top so you don't get any headroom, its a '71 so bay window and the sliding door that rots out plus an upright 1600 so theres no power. Its in beautiful shape but its really the worst of all worlds, go back to '67 and get a splittie with barn doors or up to '73 and get a more powerf

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Max sez: > > >‎SWMBO is taking her car (Infiniti) in > >to see about getting some suspension >clunk fixed. > > That's going to cost you a small fortune... > > Probably about $100 or so, if it is a lower ba

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Florida needs to wind up and when Irma hits, hit her back and knock her out into the Atlantic. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Your fears may not be realized. It could track across the Keys and the

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Your fears may not be realized. It could track across the Keys and then into the Gulf, where strengthen into a Cat 6 before smashing into Pensacola or Biloxi. On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Max sez: > > >‎SWMBO is taking her car (Infin

[MBZ] '71 VW Camper bus on BAT

2017-09-06 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
This ought to fetch $25 K when all is said and done. So cool it's worth every penny. I love the kitchenette. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-volkswagen-bus-2/?utm_source=dailymail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2017-09-06 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Max sez: >‎SWMBO is taking her car (Infiniti) in >to see about getting some suspension >clunk fixed. That's going to cost you a small fortune... Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or chang

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Why copy them? Leave the USB mounted and read the files from the USB, but all new emails or changes should be saved to a new folder to synchronize back to the Linux. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > My problem is not transferring fi

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 09:38:19 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > > > On September 6, 2017 at 9:12 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes > > wrote: > > > > > > Can you segregate all the changes (all the received and sent emails) > > to the email directories from the trip, and copy them off to

Re: [MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I sure hope not, but filled up the tank with diesel this a.m. (2.43 / gallon, cheapest I've seen in the last couple days) and I'm going to start organizing / preparing this evening. SWMBO is taking her car (Infiniti) in to see about getting some suspension clunk fixed. She picked up a couple case

[MBZ] OT Irma

2017-09-06 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I am pretty sure we are gonna get whacked bad here, after the islands and FL get whacked worse. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.c

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Windows is a looser! --R On 9/5/17 11:28 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: Those turned out to be problematic with the Windows OS loosing track of them and not being able to read or delete them. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On September 6, 2017 at 9:12 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Can you segregate all the changes (all the received and sent emails) to the > email directories from the trip, and copy them off to a USB? If it was me, and thunderbird, I'd make trip folders, search and move messages

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Not exactly true, an active user community is what allows you quick answers to questions. A quality OS means you won't have that many problems.Other than a couple user questions (like trackpad shortcuts) I found the Mac easy to pick up. I've got a new Macbook Pro on order through my employer, it

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread rogerhga--- via Mercedes
Well, you guys can complain all you want, but I've run Windows since it was an app on top of DOS. I've never had a problem that made me want to run to the odd stuff some of you guys are using. If you were only running Windows, you wouldn't be having these problems. I know Linux has an appeal and

Re: [MBZ] Computer screwup

2017-09-06 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Yes that answers the question I really asked. LOL. Hope you & others are,safe. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sep 6, 2017 8:28 AM, "Dan--- via Mercedes" wrote: > Gee, that's sort of a personal question, isn't it? > > Oh! You mean are we bugging out? > > Too early to decide. If the storm trac

Re: [MBZ] Window permissions problem -- Help!

2017-09-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Can you segregate all the changes (all the received and sent emails) to the email directories from the trip, and copy them off to a USB? If you can separate those and save them from the Win7 laptop, then only import those to the Linux system? In other words, use the old version that is still on t

Re: [MBZ] Computer screwup

2017-09-06 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Gee, that's sort of a personal question, isn't it? Oh! You mean are we bugging out? Too early to decide. If the storm tracks up the east coast as we're hoping it does, we'll just hunker down and shelter in place. I have plywood, water, generator, fuel, etc., so we're as prepared as we can be fo

Re: [MBZ] Computer screwup

2017-09-06 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
LOL. are you evacuating Dan? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sep 6, 2017 8:08 AM, "Dan--- via Mercedes" wrote: > No! No! I call that job security! > > -D > > > On Sep 5, 2017, at 10:52 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Max sez: > > > >> ‎Stupid is visiting

Re: [MBZ] Computer screwup

2017-09-06 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
No! No! I call that job security! -D > On Sep 5, 2017, at 10:52 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Max sez: > >> ‎Stupid is visiting porn or gambling sites, > > And clicking on email links from spam or an email address that has been > hijacked. > > Rick > _

Re: [MBZ] 126 SEC on BAT

2017-09-06 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
You'll enjoy "Breaking Bad", I was totally hooked after watching the first episode of season two. I ended up watching all but the last season on Amazon prime. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On September 5, 2017 9:30:52 PM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: >Speaking