Re: [MBZ] Harbor Freight and Lowes

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

>Last I knew electrolux owned the whirly pool.

Nope. Separate conglomerates.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Corporation

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolux


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[archer75--- via Mercedes]

That sounds like a possibility. I'll keep that in mind.
Thanks, Gerry

On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:18:23 -0600
Curley McLain via Mercedes  wrote:

> Move to someplace like Gainsburg, where there is a university    
> Lotsa things to look at there.
> 
> > archer75--- via Mercedes 
> > November 22, 2019 at 1:39 PM
> > The hoist and the pretty young assistant suggestion sound good. I can 
> > manage the hoist, but pretty young assistants are scarce.
> > Gerry
> >
> >
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Re: [MBZ] The list

[archer75--- via Mercedes]

Thanks Curley. Looking forward to seeing you at the shindig if not before.
Gerry

On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:04:22 -0600
Curley McLain via Mercedes  wrote:

> Keep up the good work Gerry! Looking forward to that big shindig!
> 
> > archer75--- via Mercedes 
> > November 21, 2019 at 8:51 PM
> > The statisticians said I should have gone to my reward 12 years ago. Now 
> > they say that anyone who reaches 90 is going to cork off in 4-5 years.
> > If they're wrong again, I'm going to pitch a big party for all you DIY-ers 
> > at the century mark.
> > Gerry-In Northwest Central Florida
> >
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Re: [MBZ] OT - User Friendly

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Yes, it was very confusing the first time I had a toada rental car and 
needed to turn on the headlights.  No headlight switch to be found 
anywhere.  Not on the left side of the dash, not on the right side of 
the dash.


They put headlights, wiper switch, washers etc on the turn signal, of 
course!


 Everyone would look on the turnsignal switch for headlights and wipers 
in 1985, or whenever it was.



I like how the story  ended: We have to become cannier, more critical 
consumers of the user-friendly world. Otherwise, we risk blundering into 
more crashes that we’ll only understand after the worst has already 
happened.



To  resist someone else doing the thinking for you is not the same as 
being a luddite.   I learned long ago to challenge the underlying 
ASSumptions, and to challenge the "normal" and to think differently, all 
while trying to understand the basis for prevailing norms.

Clay Monroe via Mercedes 
November 22, 2019 at 8:26 PM
This may not be off topic, but I found the article interesting enough 
to go look for the book


https://www.wired.com/story/how-dumb-design-wwii-plane-led-macintosh/

I wonder how much the dumbing down of the user experience has impacted 
the newer model cars. I had to drive SWMBA’s ‘yota of choice to class 
today and was boggled at getting accessories to function the way I 
required (wipers, heat). Years of driving Mercedes had me trained as 
to where things I needed to have function belonged. And those systems 
had been in those exact locations over at least a 50 year period. I am 
not sure if they remain there today, but I am sure I could sit in any 
Benz built since 1960 and knobs and buttons would be where they 
belonged, and I could drive right off. Not so with this car. Too many 
buttons and whistle features I could not figure out. Even worse, the 
“yota I am supposed to be driving will not arrive for two more weeks, 
and I will not be back to ANC until 2020 to learn all its tricks.


I will be so pleased to get behind the wheel of the SDL and transport 
myself in comfort for the next six weeks.



clay
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Re: [MBZ] OT - User Friendly

[OK Don via Mercedes]

Excellent article - thanks for sharing it.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 8:27 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> This may not be off topic, but I found the article interesting enough to
> go look for the book
>
> https://www.wired.com/story/how-dumb-design-wwii-plane-led-macintosh/
>
> I wonder how much the dumbing down of the user experience has impacted the
> newer model cars.  I had to drive SWMBA’s ‘yota of choice to class today
> and was boggled at getting accessories to function the way I required
> (wipers, heat).  Years of driving Mercedes had me trained as to where
> things I needed to have function belonged.  And those systems had been in
> those exact locations over at least a 50 year period.  I am not sure if
> they remain there today, but I am sure I could sit in any Benz built since
> 1960 and knobs and buttons would be where they belonged, and I could drive
> right off.  Not so with this car.  Too many buttons and whistle features I
> could not figure out.  Even worse, the “yota I am supposed to be driving
> will not arrive for two more weeks, and I will not be back to ANC until
> 2020 to learn all its tricks.
>
> I will be so pleased to get behind the wheel of the SDL and transport
> myself in comfort for the next six weeks.
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] OT Florida Man has a basement?

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Nope

https://isuarchives.cuadra.com/star/findingaids/rs-13-13-55.xml




Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
November 22, 2019 at 7:57 PM
That wasn’t Wolfman Jack was it?

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[MBZ] OT - User Friendly

[Clay Monroe via Mercedes]

This may not be off topic, but I found the article interesting enough to go 
look for the book

https://www.wired.com/story/how-dumb-design-wwii-plane-led-macintosh/

I wonder how much the dumbing down of the user experience has impacted the 
newer model cars.  I had to drive SWMBA’s ‘yota of choice to class today and 
was boggled at getting accessories to function the way I required (wipers, 
heat).  Years of driving Mercedes had me trained as to where things I needed to 
have function belonged.  And those systems had been in those exact locations 
over at least a 50 year period.  I am not sure if they remain there today, but 
I am sure I could sit in any Benz built since 1960 and knobs and buttons would 
be where they belonged, and I could drive right off.  Not so with this car.  
Too many buttons and whistle features I could not figure out.  Even worse, the 
“yota I am supposed to be driving will not arrive for two more weeks, and I 
will not be back to ANC until 2020 to learn all its tricks.

I will be so pleased to get behind the wheel of the SDL and transport myself in 
comfort for the next six weeks.


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Re: [MBZ] MUST SEE! LADY OWNED. RARE KOMPRESSOR MODEL "FACTORY SUPERCHARGED"

[OK Don via Mercedes]

The sand will really loosen up all those too tight suspension joints, drive
shaft bearings, polish your brakes, etc. ---

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 8:18 PM G Mann via Mercedes 
wrote:

>   So what does driving on the beach do to a vehicle?>>>
> Surf driving enhances the under body rust patina.
>


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for themselves."

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Re: [MBZ] MUST SEE! LADY OWNED. RARE KOMPRESSOR MODEL "FACTORY SUPERCHARGED"

[G Mann via Mercedes]

  So what does driving on the beach do to a vehicle?>>>
Surf driving enhances the under body rust patina.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 3:25 PM Craig via Mercedes 
wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:33:12 -0500 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
>  wrote:
>
> > Maybe at half the asking...
>
> Well, at least it's not a CLK
>
>
> >
> https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/cto/d/murrells-inlet-must-see-lady-owned-very/7025202956.html
> >
> > CAR CAME WITH A REBUILT TITLE DUE TO A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT WHERE THE CAR
> > RECEIVED VERY LIGHT DAMAGE. CAR WAS PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED 2 YEARS AGO.
>
>
> "IT IS A GREAT BEACH VEHICLE"
>
> So what does driving on the beach do to a vehicle?
>
>
> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] OT Florida Man has a basement?

[Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes]

That wasn’t Wolfman Jack was it?

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> On Nov 22, 2019, at 7:59 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Wow!My former neighbor Jack Shelley was a WWII correspondent for WHO 
> Radio.   WHO at the time was one of may 10 or 12 "Big" stations at the time, 
> and was heard "Coast to Coast; Border to Border."   That is something few of 
> the other "Big" stations could claim.   As such, Jack's voice was well known 
> all over the country during WWII and until his retirement (the first time). 
> WHO Radio has recordings he made during the war.   They are quite 
> interesting.   The one I have heard the most is the recording of the Japanese 
> surrender on the USS Missouri.   Jack had a great voice, and was the MC for 
> my son's Eagle scout ceremony.   Both Jack and a former governor thought his 
> Eagle project was worthy of their interest.   It was an interesting time.
> 
>> Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
>> November 21, 2019 at 9:37 AM
>> Not following the stereotype!
>> 
>> Florida Man Discovers Original D-Day Audiotapes in His Basement
>> 
>> https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/602844/d-day-dispatches-discovered-in-basement
>> Well, maybe the basement was in NY. Terrible writing, but put this museum
>> on your bucket list.
>> -
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Where y'all think this might be?

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

I see now the text is pretty blurred.   The start of the second main 
paragraph has the words "Code of Alabama"    I thought that would have 
been readable, so that clue will probably allow some one to be the winner!



Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
November 21, 2019 at 9:33 AM
The Big Easy in the heart of the tourist trap?
-
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Re: [MBZ] Crack

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

EXactly what I wanted to say!


Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
November 22, 2019 at 4:37 PM
One would think he could include the battery. He probably paid $500 
for the whole car.


Randy




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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Just use tin cans. Replace as needed.   Eat more beans, America needs 
the gas!



OK Don via Mercedes 
November 22, 2019 at 3:46 PM
Me too! I still have a couple of metal 35mm canisters, aluminum and one or
two steel ones. I also have a few 120 and 626 aluminum canisters. What I'm
really running low on are the metal 100' 35mm cans - those are very handy
for cleaning parts, keeping the bits you pull off and have to find to put
it back together, etc.



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Re: [MBZ] The list

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Move to someplace like Gainsburg, where there is a university    
Lotsa things to look at there.



archer75--- via Mercedes 
November 22, 2019 at 1:39 PM
The hoist and the pretty young assistant suggestion sound good. I can manage 
the hoist, but pretty young assistants are scarce.
Gerry




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Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Harbor Freight and Lowes

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Last I knew electrolux owned the whirly pool.    A former student of 
mine worked for whirly pool in Jefferson, IA when the company was bought 
by electrolux.   I had thought whirly was much larger than a vacuum 
cleaner company, but I guess not, on worldwide terms.



Rick Knoble via Mercedes 
November 22, 2019 at 12:27 PM
Between Whirlpool and Electrolux they own the appliance world.


Rick


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Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Harbor Freight and Lowes

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
CurtSent from my "Motorola", a division of Lenovo, a division of 
"Peoples Rrpublic of China"  (PRC) otherwise known as chicomms.




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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Look like film cans. THose had all kinds of neat uses.   small nuts, 
bolts, washers, push pins, pins, safety pins etc.



Craig via Mercedes 
November 21, 2019 at 11:07 PM
I have a bunch of plastic bottles from Shirley's blood sugar test strips
as shown in the pictures. The lids seal tightly (air tight) when they are
closed and, with the flap on the side opposite the hinge, they are easy
to open.

They are 1.180" OD, 2.076" high outside with the lid closed, 0.975" ID,
and 1.800" high inside.

I have not thought of anything useful to do with them, but they seem too
neat to throw out (which is why I have a stack of them :-) )


Craig



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Re: [MBZ] The list

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Keep up the good work Gerry! Looking forward to that big shindig!


archer75--- via Mercedes 
November 21, 2019 at 8:51 PM
The statisticians said I should have gone to my reward 12 years ago. Now they 
say that anyone who reaches 90 is going to cork off in 4-5 years.
If they're wrong again, I'm going to pitch a big party for all you DIY-ers at 
the century mark.
Gerry-In Northwest Central Florida




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Re: [MBZ] OT Florida Man has a basement?

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Wow!    My former neighbor Jack Shelley was a WWII correspondent for WHO 
Radio.   WHO at the time was one of may 10 or 12 "Big" stations at the 
time, and was heard "Coast to Coast; Border to Border."   That is 
something few of the other "Big" stations could claim.   As such, Jack's 
voice was well known all over the country during WWII and until his 
retirement (the first time). WHO Radio has recordings he made during the 
war.   They are quite interesting.   The one I have heard the most is 
the recording of the Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri.   Jack had 
a great voice, and was the MC for my son's Eagle scout ceremony.   Both 
Jack and a former governor thought his Eagle project was worthy of their 
interest.   It was an interesting time.



Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
November 21, 2019 at 9:37 AM
Not following the stereotype!

Florida Man Discovers Original D-Day Audiotapes in His Basement

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/602844/d-day-dispatches-discovered-in-basement
Well, maybe the basement was in NY. Terrible writing, but put this museum
on your bucket list.
-
Max
Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Where y'all think this might be?

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Nope, but a likely candidate.   They probably hade similar rates there 
for times around fat tuesday.   (Malassada day)



Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
November 21, 2019 at 9:33 AM
The Big Easy in the heart of the tourist trap?
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Re: [MBZ] The list

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Rick - are you still there? Never saw a response from you .

On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 10:46 PM Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles
Photon via Mercedes  wrote:

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>
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>
> Thanks xx rick hawkins
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Where y'all think this might be?

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Ah!  Movin' in closer! Good deduction Randy!


tyee165 via Mercedes 
November 21, 2019 at 8:04 AM
Well, it does say "maximum" but they likely never get to charge that 
much unless they are close by to the Super Bowl venue or something 
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[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

This is what I was talking about if you haven’t seen one. They regularly go on 
sale for $999:

https://www.costco.com/quickjack-5%2c000-lb-capacity-portable-car-lift.product.100460313.html

-D


> On Nov 22, 2019, at 5:40 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> That or go wth the $1,000 Costco lift that you can drive onto and it raises 
> the car about three feet. There are a bunch of people in the E500 group that 
> have them and they swear by them for when you have a traditional garage and 
> no “up” space for a “real” lift.
> 
> -D
> 
>> On Nov 22, 2019, at 5:16 PM, G Mann via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 9,000 lb hoist, about $2,600 plus installation charges [if you shop hard].
>> Pretty young assistant Priceless, because once the divorce lawyers get
>> done, you can't afford the lift, or the car to use on it... [so I've heard]
>> 
>> "I used to be rich, but I spent most of it on Fast cars, Old whiskey, and
>> Young women, the rest I just wasted."
>> 
>> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:40 PM archer75--- via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> The hoist and the pretty young assistant suggestion sound good. I can
>>> manage the hoist, but pretty young assistants are scarce.
>>> Gerry
>>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[OK Don via Mercedes]

Sheesh - how'd I type that? No - 626 would be more like 2" by 1/2".

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 5:45 PM Craig via Mercedes 
wrote:

> I see. Thanks. Are the 626 dimensions really 24" x 0.2"?
>
> Craig
>

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for themselves."

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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

In the 60's some us used film cans  for dried goods.

Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 6:58 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> My buddy in high school and college summers worked in a camera shop and
> would collect hundreds of the aluminum film cans.  He gave me a whole
> box full of them at some point, I probably still have a coupla dozen in
> a box somewhere, I would use them for various little things, they were
> quite useful.
>
> --FT
>
> On 11/22/19 4:46 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
> > Me too! I still have a couple of metal 35mm canisters, aluminum and one
> or
> > two steel ones. I also have a few 120 and 626 aluminum canisters. What
> I'm
> > really running low on are the metal 100' 35mm cans - those are very handy
> > for cleaning parts, keeping the bits you pull off and have to find to put
> > it back together, etc.
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 2:58 PM fmiser via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Oooh!  Like film canisters!
> >>
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

My buddy in high school and college summers worked in a camera shop and 
would collect hundreds of the aluminum film cans.  He gave me a whole 
box full of them at some point, I probably still have a coupla dozen in 
a box somewhere, I would use them for various little things, they were 
quite useful.


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On 11/22/19 4:46 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:

Me too! I still have a couple of metal 35mm canisters, aluminum and one or
two steel ones. I also have a few 120 and 626 aluminum canisters. What I'm
really running low on are the metal 100' 35mm cans - those are very handy
for cleaning parts, keeping the bits you pull off and have to find to put
it back together, etc.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 2:58 PM fmiser via Mercedes 
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Oooh!  Like film canisters!



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Re: [MBZ] One of Kleb's Favourites

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AMG Sport package; has the round foglamps.

-MMM-

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 5:46 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Yeah, if they’re real monoblocks they would probably be worth maybe
> $800-$1000. I didn’t look that closely, but when I W210 has rust, you
> should run away as if your hair was on fire.
>
> Too bad, the E420s are real sleepers according to the Klebster.
>
> -D
>
> > On Nov 22, 2019, at 6:08 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > There's more too in front of and behind the LF wheel.  Behind RR wheel.
> No telling what is underneath, probably a snowbird drove it in Saltland.
> Ok $2k maybe, just enjoy it and drive it then unload it.  Those AMG wheels
> are probably worth a few $100 though, could sell those once the tires are
> down, put on some junkyard wheels, get $1500 for it.
> >
> > --FT
> >
> > On 11/22/19 5:55 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
> >> Yeah, it looks like a decent car. I noticed something amiss at the top
> edge of the bumper on the driver’s side corner where it meets the fender.
> Looks like it might be some rust bubbling….
> >>
> >> -D
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Nov 22, 2019, at 5:49 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> A bit of dickering and that could be a decent deal
> >>>
> >>> --FT
> >>>
> >>> On 11/22/19 5:32 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
> 
> https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/clearwater-1997-mercedes-e420-v8-115k/7025303933.html
> 
>  -D
> 
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Re: [MBZ] One of Kleb's Favourites

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That’s a pretty good deal.

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> On Nov 22, 2019, at 4:33 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
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Re: [MBZ] One of Kleb's Favourites

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Yeah, if they’re real monoblocks they would probably be worth maybe $800-$1000. 
I didn’t look that closely, but when I W210 has rust, you should run away as if 
your hair was on fire.

Too bad, the E420s are real sleepers according to the Klebster.

-D

> On Nov 22, 2019, at 6:08 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> There's more too in front of and behind the LF wheel.  Behind RR wheel.  No 
> telling what is underneath, probably a snowbird drove it in Saltland.  Ok $2k 
> maybe, just enjoy it and drive it then unload it.  Those AMG wheels are 
> probably worth a few $100 though, could sell those once the tires are down, 
> put on some junkyard wheels, get $1500 for it.
> 
> --FT
> 
> On 11/22/19 5:55 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> Yeah, it looks like a decent car. I noticed something amiss at the top edge 
>> of the bumper on the driver’s side corner where it meets the fender. Looks 
>> like it might be some rust bubbling….
>> 
>> -D
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 22, 2019, at 5:49 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> A bit of dickering and that could be a decent deal
>>> 
>>> --FT
>>> 
>>> On 11/22/19 5:32 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
 https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/clearwater-1997-mercedes-e420-v8-115k/7025303933.html
 
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

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On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:00:30 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes
 wrote:

> I'm guessing here, but the 120 might be 2.5" long and 5/8" in dia., the
> 626 would be 2' by 1/5". The 100' cans are about 4" in dia. and 1 5/8"
> deep with a slip on lid.

I see. Thanks. Are the 626 dimensions really 24" x 0.2"?


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Re: [MBZ] One of Kleb's Favourites

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There's more too in front of and behind the LF wheel.  Behind RR wheel.  
No telling what is underneath, probably a snowbird drove it in 
Saltland.  Ok $2k maybe, just enjoy it and drive it then unload it.  
Those AMG wheels are probably worth a few $100 though, could sell those 
once the tires are down, put on some junkyard wheels, get $1500 for it.


--FT

On 11/22/19 5:55 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Yeah, it looks like a decent car. I noticed something amiss at the top edge of 
the bumper on the driver’s side corner where it meets the fender. Looks like it 
might be some rust bubbling….

-D



On Nov 22, 2019, at 5:49 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes  
wrote:

A bit of dickering and that could be a decent deal

--FT

On 11/22/19 5:32 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/clearwater-1997-mercedes-e420-v8-115k/7025303933.html

-D



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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

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I'm guessing here, but the 120 might be 2.5" long and 5/8" in dia., the 626
would be 2' by 1/5". The 100' cans are about 4" in dia. and 1 5/8" deep
with a slip on lid.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 3:59 PM Craig via Mercedes 
wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:46:13 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes
>  wrote:
>
> > Me too! I still have a couple of metal 35mm canisters, aluminum and one
> > or two steel ones. I also have a few 120 and 626 aluminum canisters.
> > What I'm really running low on are the metal 100' 35mm cans - those are
> > very handy for cleaning parts, keeping the bits you pull off and have
> > to find to put it back together, etc.
>
> What sizes are the 120 and 626 aluminum canisters and the 100' 35mm cans?
>
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Re: [MBZ] One of Kleb's Favourites

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Yeah, it looks like a decent car. I noticed something amiss at the top edge of 
the bumper on the driver’s side corner where it meets the fender. Looks like it 
might be some rust bubbling….

-D


> On Nov 22, 2019, at 5:49 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> A bit of dickering and that could be a decent deal
> 
> --FT
> 
> On 11/22/19 5:32 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/clearwater-1997-mercedes-e420-v8-115k/7025303933.html
>> 
>> -D
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Re: [MBZ] One of Kleb's Favourites

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A bit of dickering and that could be a decent deal

--FT

On 11/22/19 5:32 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

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Re: [MBZ] The list

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

That or go wth the $1,000 Costco lift that you can drive onto and it raises the 
car about three feet. There are a bunch of people in the E500 group that have 
them and they swear by them for when you have a traditional garage and no “up” 
space for a “real” lift.

-D

> On Nov 22, 2019, at 5:16 PM, G Mann via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> 9,000 lb hoist, about $2,600 plus installation charges [if you shop hard].
> Pretty young assistant Priceless, because once the divorce lawyers get
> done, you can't afford the lift, or the car to use on it... [so I've heard]
> 
> "I used to be rich, but I spent most of it on Fast cars, Old whiskey, and
> Young women, the rest I just wasted."
> 
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:40 PM archer75--- via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
>> The hoist and the pretty young assistant suggestion sound good. I can
>> manage the hoist, but pretty young assistants are scarce.
>> Gerry
>> 


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Re: [MBZ] Crack

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

One would think he could include the battery. He probably paid $500 for 
the whole car.


Randy

On 22/11/2019 4:33 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:

Maybe I could negotiate that aspect?

-_FT

On 11/22/19 4:51 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:

He will include the Optima battery for another $1,000.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 4:31 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:


    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/425178958385217/
    1979 Mercedes-Benz 240 D
    $12,000
    Richmond, VA

    Soft listing. Barn find 240d manual 4 -speed crank window sedan.
    Interior is 9.9 out of 10. Purchased from an estate. Off the road 
and

    stored indoors since 2001. Factory air conditioning and AM/FM
    radio. I
    have done nothing to the vehicle aside from installing a fresh
    battery
    and airing up the tires. I have not washed nor vacuumed the 
interior.

    Drove the car home just under 7 miles. Throttle linkage was sticky
    but I
    have freed it up with penetrating oil. This Mercedes is amazingly
    well
    preserved and far too clean of an original example for me to hold
    on to.
    Clean title and I am more than willing to work with your shipper.
    Optima
    battery is not included with sale, original battery shall be
    included.
    Feel free to reach out with any questions. May consider
    interesting trades.

    --     --FT




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Re: [MBZ] The list

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

On 22/11/2019 4:33 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote:

  but pretty young assistants are scarce.

 From your vantage point, aren't _most_ potential assistants pretty young?  :-)

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although, younger are no longer all that pretty.


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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

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Yea, the metal ones were the best, both for single rolls and bulk loads. Even 
had rubber seals in the lids.

-D


> On Nov 22, 2019, at 4:57 PM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:46:13 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes
>  wrote:
> 
>> Me too! I still have a couple of metal 35mm canisters, aluminum and one
>> or two steel ones. I also have a few 120 and 626 aluminum canisters.
>> What I'm really running low on are the metal 100' 35mm cans - those are
>> very handy for cleaning parts, keeping the bits you pull off and have
>> to find to put it back together, etc.
> 
> What sizes are the 120 and 626 aluminum canisters and the 100' 35mm cans?
> 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Crack

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Maybe I could negotiate that aspect?

-_FT

On 11/22/19 4:51 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:

He will include the Optima battery for another $1,000.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 4:31 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:


https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/425178958385217/
1979 Mercedes-Benz 240 D
$12,000
Richmond, VA

Soft listing. Barn find 240d manual 4 -speed crank window sedan.
Interior is 9.9 out of 10. Purchased from an estate. Off the road and
stored indoors since 2001. Factory air conditioning and AM/FM
radio. I
have done nothing to the vehicle aside from installing a fresh
battery
and airing up the tires. I have not washed nor vacuumed the interior.
Drove the car home just under 7 miles. Throttle linkage was sticky
but I
have freed it up with penetrating oil. This Mercedes is amazingly
well
preserved and far too clean of an original example for me to hold
on to.
Clean title and I am more than willing to work with your shipper.
Optima
battery is not included with sale, original battery shall be
included.
Feel free to reach out with any questions. May consider
interesting trades.

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Re: [MBZ] The list

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

>  but pretty young assistants are scarce.

>From your vantage point, aren't _most_ potential assistants pretty young?  :-)

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[MBZ] One of Kleb's Favourites

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Re: [MBZ] The list

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

Now, I was not suggesting anything untoward . . .
I thought Gerry might have some cute granddaughters or great 
granddaughters etc.
I have a couple of cute granddaughters. One lives nearby but is not 
quite 3 yet. The other lives a long way from me so I likely will not get 
to train her to find right wrench.


Randy


On 22/11/2019 4:16 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:

9,000 lb hoist, about $2,600 plus installation charges [if you shop hard].
Pretty young assistant Priceless, because once the divorce lawyers get
done, you can't afford the lift, or the car to use on it... [so I've heard]

"I used to be rich, but I spent most of it on Fast cars, Old whiskey, and
Young women, the rest I just wasted."

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:40 PM archer75--- via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


The hoist and the pretty young assistant suggestion sound good. I can
manage the hoist, but pretty young assistants are scarce.
Gerry

Randy Bennell wrote:

Good for you  Gerry. I am not so old as you but I am having a harder
time motivating myself to do things than I used to.
It sounds to me like you need a garage with a hoist so that you can walk
around under the car and not have to get up and down to crawl under it.
Either that, or you need a pretty young assistant who can fetch wrenches
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Re: [MBZ] MUST SEE! LADY OWNED. RARE KOMPRESSOR MODEL "FACTORY SUPERCHARGED"

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:33:12 -0500 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
 wrote:

> Maybe at half the asking...

Well, at least it's not a CLK


> https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/cto/d/murrells-inlet-must-see-lady-owned-very/7025202956.html
> 
> CAR CAME WITH A REBUILT TITLE DUE TO A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT WHERE THE CAR 
> RECEIVED VERY LIGHT DAMAGE. CAR WAS PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED 2 YEARS AGO.


"IT IS A GREAT BEACH VEHICLE"

So what does driving on the beach do to a vehicle?


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] The list

[G Mann via Mercedes]

9,000 lb hoist, about $2,600 plus installation charges [if you shop hard].
Pretty young assistant Priceless, because once the divorce lawyers get
done, you can't afford the lift, or the car to use on it... [so I've heard]

"I used to be rich, but I spent most of it on Fast cars, Old whiskey, and
Young women, the rest I just wasted."

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:40 PM archer75--- via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> The hoist and the pretty young assistant suggestion sound good. I can
> manage the hoist, but pretty young assistants are scarce.
> Gerry
>
> Randy Bennell wrote:
> > Good for you  Gerry. I am not so old as you but I am having a harder
> > time motivating myself to do things than I used to.
> > It sounds to me like you need a garage with a hoist so that you can walk
> > around under the car and not have to get up and down to crawl under it.
> > Either that, or you need a pretty young assistant who can fetch wrenches
> > etc.
>
> > >
> > >> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 02:59:47 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> > >>  wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Gerry says:
> > >>>
> >  The statisticians said I should have gone to my reward 12 years ago.
> > >>> Well, if a broken hip, and laying on the shop floor for three days
> > >>> didn't lead you to your demise, I'd say the statisticians would call
> > >>> you an "outlier".
> > >> I seem to have missed something!
> > >>
> > >> Gerry, when did that happen? What happened?
> > > G: I fell behind the shop and broke a hip; crawled around and into the
> front of the shop, and then passed out or something a few feet from the
> phone. SIL and daughter found me 24 hours later. That was five to seven
> years ago. A couple of years ago I fell in a restaurant rest room and
> cracked the pelvis. Had very good rehab, and now the pelvis is good as new.
> > > Since getting up and down and working under the Mercedes is getting
> pretty difficult, I may have to get somebody to replace the rubber bits and
> center driveline bearing on the '83 240D, but still hope to do it myself
> eventually.
> > >
> > >> How old are you now?
> > > G: 90
> > >>
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

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On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:46:13 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes
 wrote:

> Me too! I still have a couple of metal 35mm canisters, aluminum and one
> or two steel ones. I also have a few 120 and 626 aluminum canisters.
> What I'm really running low on are the metal 100' 35mm cans - those are
> very handy for cleaning parts, keeping the bits you pull off and have
> to find to put it back together, etc.

What sizes are the 120 and 626 aluminum canisters and the 100' 35mm cans?


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Re: [MBZ] Crack

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

He will include the Optima battery for another $1,000.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 4:31 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/425178958385217/
> 1979 Mercedes-Benz 240 D
> $12,000
> Richmond, VA
>
> Soft listing. Barn find 240d manual 4 -speed crank window sedan.
> Interior is 9.9 out of 10. Purchased from an estate. Off the road and
> stored indoors since 2001. Factory air conditioning and AM/FM radio. I
> have done nothing to the vehicle aside from installing a fresh battery
> and airing up the tires. I have not washed nor vacuumed the interior.
> Drove the car home just under 7 miles. Throttle linkage was sticky but I
> have freed it up with penetrating oil. This Mercedes is amazingly well
> preserved and far too clean of an original example for me to hold on to.
> Clean title and I am more than willing to work with your shipper. Optima
> battery is not included with sale, original battery shall be included.
> Feel free to reach out with any questions. May consider interesting trades.
>
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[OK Don via Mercedes]

Me too! I still have a couple of metal 35mm canisters, aluminum and one or
two steel ones. I also have a few 120 and 626 aluminum canisters. What I'm
really running low on are the metal 100' 35mm cans - those are very handy
for cleaning parts, keeping the bits you pull off and have to find to put
it back together, etc.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 2:58 PM fmiser via Mercedes 
wrote:

> Oooh!  Like film canisters!
>
>
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OK Don

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
pause and reflect." Mark Twain

"There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who
learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
for themselves."

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[MBZ] MUST SEE! LADY OWNED. RARE KOMPRESSOR MODEL "FACTORY SUPERCHARGED"

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Maybe at half the asking...

https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/cto/d/murrells-inlet-must-see-lady-owned-very/7025202956.html

CAR CAME WITH A REBUILT TITLE DUE TO A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT WHERE THE CAR 
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[MBZ] Crack

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/425178958385217/
1979 Mercedes-Benz 240 D
$12,000
Richmond, VA

Soft listing. Barn find 240d manual 4 -speed crank window sedan. 
Interior is 9.9 out of 10. Purchased from an estate. Off the road and 
stored indoors since 2001. Factory air conditioning and AM/FM radio. I 
have done nothing to the vehicle aside from installing a fresh battery 
and airing up the tires. I have not washed nor vacuumed the interior. 
Drove the car home just under 7 miles. Throttle linkage was sticky but I 
have freed it up with penetrating oil. This Mercedes is amazingly well 
preserved and far too clean of an original example for me to hold on to. 
Clean title and I am more than willing to work with your shipper. Optima 
battery is not included with sale, original battery shall be included. 
Feel free to reach out with any questions. May consider interesting trades.


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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[fmiser via Mercedes]

> Craig wrote:

> I have a bunch of plastic bottles from Shirley's blood sugar
> test strips as shown in the pictures. The lids seal tightly (air
> tight) when they are closed and, with the flap on the side
> opposite the hinge, they are easy to open.

Oooh!  Like film canisters! 

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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Ugh. Looks like you have to drive on I-294 to get there. Sorry to see that. I 
really, really hate the TriState Tollway. 

While driving back to WI from visiting family in Indianapolis one holiday 
season we were going across I-90 through Gary and East Chicago late at night, 
my favorite time to drive. Oldest son was sleeping in the Suburban and happened 
to wake up. He’s glued to the window looking at the refineries and steel mills 
lining Lake Michigan, all lit to the hilt as you would expect, smoke streaming 
from their stacks. Looked pretty surreal, and always does.

“Dad, does Hell look like this?”

“Possibly. But it probably smells better."

-D


> On Nov 22, 2019, at 3:33 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Randy says:
> 
>> Sounds like Amazon?
> 
> UPS. Their largest ground facility.
> 
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CACH
> 
> https://transportgeography.org/?page_id=4586
> 
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Re: [MBZ] The list

[archer75--- via Mercedes]

You're right. Thanks for the suggestion.
Gerry

On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:58:15 -0500 (EST)
Mitch Haley via Mercedes  wrote:

> You've got to get out more.
> Nobody in The Villages is young. 
> Mitch.
> 
> > On November 22, 2019 at 2:39 PM archer75--- via Mercedes 
> >  wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > The hoist and the pretty young assistant suggestion sound good. I can 
> > manage the hoist, but pretty young assistants are scarce.
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

Randy says:

>Sounds like Amazon?

UPS. Their largest ground facility.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CACH

https://transportgeography.org/?page_id=4586

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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

Sounds like Amazon?

Randy

On 22/11/2019 2:12 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote:

On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:14:22 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes
 wrote:


Craig inquires:


What are those yellow and black things in the background?

That is a Cushman cart that is my "office". It has my tools and such to
repair things as they break at my place of employment. Which is a 2.5
million square foot warehouse facility, with over 10,000 conveyors, to
sort packages.

Whose 2.5x10^6 ft^2 warehouse is it?

10,000 conveyors is an incredibly large number (not that 2.5x10^6 ft^2
isn't -- that is 250 times bigger than our place and, if square, would
be 1581' -- 0.30 mile -- on a side). That's one conveyor for every 25,000
ft^2.

I would expect that many conveyors would keep you busy all the time.


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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:14:22 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes
 wrote:

> Craig inquires:
> 
> >What are those yellow and black things in the background?
> 
> That is a Cushman cart that is my "office". It has my tools and such to
> repair things as they break at my place of employment. Which is a 2.5
> million square foot warehouse facility, with over 10,000 conveyors, to
> sort packages.

Whose 2.5x10^6 ft^2 warehouse is it?

10,000 conveyors is an incredibly large number (not that 2.5x10^6 ft^2
isn't -- that is 250 times bigger than our place and, if square, would
be 1581' -- 0.30 mile -- on a side). That's one conveyor for every 25,000
ft^2.

I would expect that many conveyors would keep you busy all the time.


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Re: [MBZ] The list

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

You've got to get out more.
Nobody in The Villages is young. 
Mitch.

> On November 22, 2019 at 2:39 PM archer75--- via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> The hoist and the pretty young assistant suggestion sound good. I can manage 
> the hoist, but pretty young assistants are scarce.

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Re: [MBZ] The list

[archer75--- via Mercedes]

The hoist and the pretty young assistant suggestion sound good. I can manage 
the hoist, but pretty young assistants are scarce. 
Gerry

Randy Bennell wrote:
> Good for you  Gerry. I am not so old as you but I am having a harder 
> time motivating myself to do things than I used to.
> It sounds to me like you need a garage with a hoist so that you can walk 
> around under the car and not have to get up and down to crawl under it. 
> Either that, or you need a pretty young assistant who can fetch wrenches 
> etc.

> >
> >> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 02:59:47 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> >>  wrote:
> >>
> >>> Gerry says:
> >>>
>  The statisticians said I should have gone to my reward 12 years ago.
> >>> Well, if a broken hip, and laying on the shop floor for three days
> >>> didn't lead you to your demise, I'd say the statisticians would call
> >>> you an "outlier".
> >> I seem to have missed something!
> >>
> >> Gerry, when did that happen? What happened?
> > G: I fell behind the shop and broke a hip; crawled around and into the 
> > front of the shop, and then passed out or something a few feet from the 
> > phone. SIL and daughter found me 24 hours later. That was five to seven 
> > years ago. A couple of years ago I fell in a restaurant rest room and 
> > cracked the pelvis. Had very good rehab, and now the pelvis is good as new.
> > Since getting up and down and working under the Mercedes is getting pretty 
> > difficult, I may have to get somebody to replace the rubber bits and center 
> > driveline bearing on the '83 240D, but still hope to do it myself 
> > eventually.
> >
> >> How old are you now?
> > G: 90
> >>
> >> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] 99 300SEL "barn" find

[Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes]

Apparently the car was picked up yesterday. My friend is going to find out what 
outfit picked it up. 

--R
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> On Nov 22, 2019, at 12:27 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> You should go look at it and if it’s decent ask her what she’s getting for a 
> donation. Offer her a few bucks more in cash if it’s decent. That way she’ll 
> get money on the spot and not have to wait for a donation that will only 
> decrease her AGI.
> 
> -D
> 
> 
>> On Nov 22, 2019, at 12:24 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Maybe, this is 3rd hand info so who knows, doesn't sound like the "owner" 
>> really knew either.
>> 
>> --FT
>> 
>>> On 11/22/19 11:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>>> I don’t think there is anything of the sort. Could be an earlier W140 
>>> 300SEL.
>>> 
>>> -D
>>> 
>>> 
 On Nov 22, 2019, at 11:35 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
  wrote:
 
 A friend of mine told me about this woman she knows who was moving from 
 her house and had some sort of old Benz parked in the shed that had not 
 been run in ages.  She needed to get it out of there, so I said last week 
 I would go look at it to see what the story was, drag it off if it needed 
 to be gone. Well the woman never got back to my friend until today and she 
 said the woman had donated it to some charity or other, which probably 
 means it will end up at the knackers.  She said it was a 99 300SEL, which 
 is not particularly desirable I guess, and the woman couldn't remember why 
 it was parked or what was wrong with it.  Guy is supposed to be coming to 
 get it today.
 
 Oh well, not that I need another hulk for Lowcountry Acres, but still...
 
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Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Harbor Freight and Lowes

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

Between Whirlpool and Electrolux they own the appliance world.


Rick
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

Craig inquires:

>What are those yellow and black things in the background?

That is a Cushman cart that is my "office". It has my tools and such to repair 
things as they break at my place of employment. Which is a 2.5 million square 
foot warehouse facility, with over 10,000 conveyors, to sort packages.

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Re: [MBZ] crazy people

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On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 12:39:51 -0500 Meade Dillon via Mercedes
 wrote:

> I'm with Dan, not worth it for $150.
> -
> Max
> Charleston SC
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:18 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
> > If it’s a York compressor, $50 for a used working one would be fair, I
> > think. Certainly not $150, especially if it’s condition is unknown.

Remember, Randy is probably talking Canadian dollars, where we think in US
dollars.

The $150 does seem high, especially considering you can get a new one for
US$250 or less.


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Re: [MBZ] 99 300SEL "barn" find

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

They only had 300SE in the early years in the US. In later ones they had S320 
and I believe they had a LWB version. 

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> On Nov 22, 2019, at 10:54 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I don’t think there is anything of the sort. Could be an earlier W140 300SEL.
> 
> -D
> 
> 
>> On Nov 22, 2019, at 11:35 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> A friend of mine told me about this woman she knows who was moving from her 
>> house and had some sort of old Benz parked in the shed that had not been run 
>> in ages.  She needed to get it out of there, so I said last week I would go 
>> look at it to see what the story was, drag it off if it needed to be gone. 
>> Well the woman never got back to my friend until today and she said the 
>> woman had donated it to some charity or other, which probably means it will 
>> end up at the knackers.  She said it was a 99 300SEL, which is not 
>> particularly desirable I guess, and the woman couldn't remember why it was 
>> parked or what was wrong with it.  Guy is supposed to be coming to get it 
>> today.
>> 
>> Oh well, not that I need another hulk for Lowcountry Acres, but still...
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] 99 300SEL "barn" find

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

That's what I told my friend but she never got it sorted for me to go 
look at it.  I have to go into town shortly, I might yet find out where 
it is and go take a look at it if it is still there. I have a vague idea 
of the neighborhood but no address. Will see...


--FT

On 11/22/19 12:27 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

You should go look at it and if it’s decent ask her what she’s getting for a 
donation. Offer her a few bucks more in cash if it’s decent. That way she’ll 
get money on the spot and not have to wait for a donation that will only 
decrease her AGI.

-D



On Nov 22, 2019, at 12:24 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Maybe, this is 3rd hand info so who knows, doesn't sound like the "owner" 
really knew either.

--FT

On 11/22/19 11:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

I don’t think there is anything of the sort. Could be an earlier W140 300SEL.

-D



On Nov 22, 2019, at 11:35 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
 wrote:

A friend of mine told me about this woman she knows who was moving from her 
house and had some sort of old Benz parked in the shed that had not been run in 
ages.  She needed to get it out of there, so I said last week I would go look 
at it to see what the story was, drag it off if it needed to be gone. Well the 
woman never got back to my friend until today and she said the woman had 
donated it to some charity or other, which probably means it will end up at the 
knackers.  She said it was a 99 300SEL, which is not particularly desirable I 
guess, and the woman couldn't remember why it was parked or what was wrong with 
it.  Guy is supposed to be coming to get it today.

Oh well, not that I need another hulk for Lowcountry Acres, but still...

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Re: [MBZ] crazy people

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

I'm with Dan, not worth it for $150.
-
Max
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On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:18 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
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> If it’s a York compressor, $50 for a used working one would be fair, I
> think. Certainly not $150, especially if it’s condition is unknown.
>
> -D
>
>
> > On Nov 22, 2019, at 12:02 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > A local ad offered to part out a 300D. I contacted the fellow and asked
> about the AC compressor as I think there may be a problem with the valves
> on my old York.
> >
> > He thought it would work  if the system was re-charged which hopefully
> meant the compressor should be OK. I asked how much and he wanted $150. I
> told him I thought that was a bit steep since it was an unknown quantity
> and rebuilt ones are not stupid expensive. He declined to consider anything
> less so I passed. I was thinking more like $50 which still might have been
> too much. It would be a pain if one went to the trouble to swap it and it
> was no good.
> >
> > Randy
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Re: [MBZ] 99 300SEL "barn" find

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

You should go look at it and if it’s decent ask her what she’s getting for a 
donation. Offer her a few bucks more in cash if it’s decent. That way she’ll 
get money on the spot and not have to wait for a donation that will only 
decrease her AGI.

-D


> On Nov 22, 2019, at 12:24 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Maybe, this is 3rd hand info so who knows, doesn't sound like the "owner" 
> really knew either.
> 
> --FT
> 
> On 11/22/19 11:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> I don’t think there is anything of the sort. Could be an earlier W140 300SEL.
>> 
>> -D
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 22, 2019, at 11:35 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> A friend of mine told me about this woman she knows who was moving from her 
>>> house and had some sort of old Benz parked in the shed that had not been 
>>> run in ages.  She needed to get it out of there, so I said last week I 
>>> would go look at it to see what the story was, drag it off if it needed to 
>>> be gone. Well the woman never got back to my friend until today and she 
>>> said the woman had donated it to some charity or other, which probably 
>>> means it will end up at the knackers.  She said it was a 99 300SEL, which 
>>> is not particularly desirable I guess, and the woman couldn't remember why 
>>> it was parked or what was wrong with it.  Guy is supposed to be coming to 
>>> get it today.
>>> 
>>> Oh well, not that I need another hulk for Lowcountry Acres, but still...
>>> 
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Re: [MBZ] 99 300SEL "barn" find

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Maybe, this is 3rd hand info so who knows, doesn't sound like the 
"owner" really knew either.


--FT

On 11/22/19 11:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

I don’t think there is anything of the sort. Could be an earlier W140 300SEL.

-D



On Nov 22, 2019, at 11:35 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
 wrote:

A friend of mine told me about this woman she knows who was moving from her 
house and had some sort of old Benz parked in the shed that had not been run in 
ages.  She needed to get it out of there, so I said last week I would go look 
at it to see what the story was, drag it off if it needed to be gone. Well the 
woman never got back to my friend until today and she said the woman had 
donated it to some charity or other, which probably means it will end up at the 
knackers.  She said it was a 99 300SEL, which is not particularly desirable I 
guess, and the woman couldn't remember why it was parked or what was wrong with 
it.  Guy is supposed to be coming to get it today.

Oh well, not that I need another hulk for Lowcountry Acres, but still...

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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

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On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:15:28 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes
 wrote:

> I've gotten a few. I keep flosser refills in them.
> 
> 
> Rick

Interesting. Unfortunately, the GUM picks we have are about 0.07" too
long to fit in them.

What are those yellow and black things in the background?


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Re: [MBZ] crazy people

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

If it’s a York compressor, $50 for a used working one would be fair, I think. 
Certainly not $150, especially if it’s condition is unknown.

-D


> On Nov 22, 2019, at 12:02 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> A local ad offered to part out a 300D. I contacted the fellow and asked about 
> the AC compressor as I think there may be a problem with the valves on my old 
> York.
> 
> He thought it would work  if the system was re-charged which hopefully meant 
> the compressor should be OK. I asked how much and he wanted $150. I told him 
> I thought that was a bit steep since it was an unknown quantity and rebuilt 
> ones are not stupid expensive. He declined to consider anything less so I 
> passed. I was thinking more like $50 which still might have been too much. It 
> would be a pain if one went to the trouble to swap it and it was no good.
> 
> Randy
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Re: [MBZ] The list

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Have you looked at scissors jacks?  They raise up to 45" as I recall.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 11:56 AM Randy Bennell  wrote:

> On 22/11/2019 10:51 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>
> Treat yourself do a hoist, Randy.  You've earned it.
>
> I would love to have a hoist, but I would first need a new garage that was
> somewhat taller. That means, I would need to do like Dan and move to
> another house, so I doubt it is likely to happen.
>
> Randy
>
>
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[MBZ] crazy people

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

A local ad offered to part out a 300D. I contacted the fellow and asked 
about the AC compressor as I think there may be a problem with the 
valves on my old York.


He thought it would work  if the system was re-charged which hopefully 
meant the compressor should be OK. I asked how much and he wanted $150. 
I told him I thought that was a bit steep since it was an unknown 
quantity and rebuilt ones are not stupid expensive. He declined to 
consider anything less so I passed. I was thinking more like $50 which 
still might have been too much. It would be a pain if one went to the 
trouble to swap it and it was no good.


Randy


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[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

On 22/11/2019 10:51 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:

Treat yourself do a hoist, Randy.  You've earned it.


I would love to have a hoist, but I would first need a new garage that 
was somewhat taller. That means, I would need to do like Dan and move to 
another house, so I doubt it is likely to happen.


Randy


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Re: [MBZ] 99 300SEL "barn" find

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

A few years back a friend (who has subsequently passed away 
unfortunately) told me he had gone to look at a Mercedes that had been 
stored for a long while in a building of some sort. He said that when he 
first walked in, he was quite impressed as the car looked good. Then he 
looked under it and said it was really rusty. The building had no floor 
and it was parked on dirt. He assumes that it was damp a lot of the time 
and that was the cause of the rust. It might also have been driven in 
the winter in salt and not kept clean. In any event, he did not buy it 
and probably no one else did either.


Randy

On 22/11/2019 10:35 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
A friend of mine told me about this woman she knows who was moving 
from her house and had some sort of old Benz parked in the shed that 
had not been run in ages.  She needed to get it out of there, so I 
said last week I would go look at it to see what the story was, drag 
it off if it needed to be gone. Well the woman never got back to my 
friend until today and she said the woman had donated it to some 
charity or other, which probably means it will end up at the 
knackers.  She said it was a 99 300SEL, which is not particularly 
desirable I guess, and the woman couldn't remember why it was parked 
or what was wrong with it.  Guy is supposed to be coming to get it today.


Oh well, not that I need another hulk for Lowcountry Acres, but still...




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[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Treat yourself do a hoist, Randy.  You've earned it.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 11:27 AM Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Good for you  Gerry. I am not so old as you but I am having a harder
> time motivating myself to do things than I used to.
> It sounds to me like you need a garage with a hoist so that you can walk
> around under the car and not have to get up and down to crawl under it.
> Either that, or you need a pretty young assistant who can fetch wrenches
> etc.
>
> Randy
>
>
>
> On 22/11/2019 10:18 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:23:59 -0700
> > Craig via Mercedes  wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 02:59:47 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> >>  wrote:
> >>
> >>> Gerry says:
> >>>
>  The statisticians said I should have gone to my reward 12 years ago.
> >>> Well, if a broken hip, and laying on the shop floor for three days
> >>> didn't lead you to your demise, I'd say the statisticians would call
> >>> you an "outlier".
> >> I seem to have missed something!
> >>
> >> Gerry, when did that happen? What happened?
> > G: I fell behind the shop and broke a hip; crawled around and into the
> front of the shop, and then passed out or something a few feet from the
> phone. SIL and daughter found me 24 hours later. That was five to seven
> years ago. A couple of years ago I fell in a restaurant rest room and
> cracked the pelvis. Had very good rehab, and now the pelvis is good as new.
> > Since getting up and down and working under the Mercedes is getting
> pretty difficult, I may have to get somebody to replace the rubber bits and
> center driveline bearing on the '83 240D, but still hope to do it myself
> eventually.
> >
> >> How old are you now?
> > G: 90
> >>
> >> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] 99 300SEL "barn" find

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

I don’t think there is anything of the sort. Could be an earlier W140 300SEL.

-D


> On Nov 22, 2019, at 11:35 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> A friend of mine told me about this woman she knows who was moving from her 
> house and had some sort of old Benz parked in the shed that had not been run 
> in ages.  She needed to get it out of there, so I said last week I would go 
> look at it to see what the story was, drag it off if it needed to be gone. 
> Well the woman never got back to my friend until today and she said the woman 
> had donated it to some charity or other, which probably means it will end up 
> at the knackers.  She said it was a 99 300SEL, which is not particularly 
> desirable I guess, and the woman couldn't remember why it was parked or what 
> was wrong with it.  Guy is supposed to be coming to get it today.
> 
> Oh well, not that I need another hulk for Lowcountry Acres, but still...
> 
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[MBZ] 99 300SEL "barn" find

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

A friend of mine told me about this woman she knows who was moving from 
her house and had some sort of old Benz parked in the shed that had not 
been run in ages.  She needed to get it out of there, so I said last 
week I would go look at it to see what the story was, drag it off if it 
needed to be gone. Well the woman never got back to my friend until 
today and she said the woman had donated it to some charity or other, 
which probably means it will end up at the knackers.  She said it was a 
99 300SEL, which is not particularly desirable I guess, and the woman 
couldn't remember why it was parked or what was wrong with it.  Guy is 
supposed to be coming to get it today.


Oh well, not that I need another hulk for Lowcountry Acres, but still...

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Re: [MBZ] The list

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

Good for you  Gerry. I am not so old as you but I am having a harder 
time motivating myself to do things than I used to.
It sounds to me like you need a garage with a hoist so that you can walk 
around under the car and not have to get up and down to crawl under it. 
Either that, or you need a pretty young assistant who can fetch wrenches 
etc.


Randy



On 22/11/2019 10:18 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote:

On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:23:59 -0700
Craig via Mercedes  wrote:


On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 02:59:47 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes
 wrote:


Gerry says:


The statisticians said I should have gone to my reward 12 years ago.

Well, if a broken hip, and laying on the shop floor for three days
didn't lead you to your demise, I'd say the statisticians would call
you an "outlier".

I seem to have missed something!

Gerry, when did that happen? What happened?

G: I fell behind the shop and broke a hip; crawled around and into the front of 
the shop, and then passed out or something a few feet from the phone. SIL and 
daughter found me 24 hours later. That was five to seven years ago. A couple of 
years ago I fell in a restaurant rest room and cracked the pelvis. Had very 
good rehab, and now the pelvis is good as new.
Since getting up and down and working under the Mercedes is getting pretty 
difficult, I may have to get somebody to replace the rubber bits and center 
driveline bearing on the '83 240D, but still hope to do it myself eventually.


How old are you now?

G: 90


Craig

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On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:23:59 -0700
Craig via Mercedes  wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 02:59:47 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes
>  wrote:
> 
> > Gerry says:
> > 
> > >The statisticians said I should have gone to my reward 12 years ago.
> > 
> > Well, if a broken hip, and laying on the shop floor for three days
> > didn't lead you to your demise, I'd say the statisticians would call
> > you an "outlier".
> 
> I seem to have missed something!
> 
> Gerry, when did that happen? What happened?

G: I fell behind the shop and broke a hip; crawled around and into the front of 
the shop, and then passed out or something a few feet from the phone. SIL and 
daughter found me 24 hours later. That was five to seven years ago. A couple of 
years ago I fell in a restaurant rest room and cracked the pelvis. Had very 
good rehab, and now the pelvis is good as new.
Since getting up and down and working under the Mercedes is getting pretty 
difficult, I may have to get somebody to replace the rubber bits and center 
driveline bearing on the '83 240D, but still hope to do it myself eventually.

> 
> How old are you now?

G: 90
> 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

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On 22/11/2019 4:15 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:

I've gotten a few. I keep flosser refills in them.


Rick

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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[OK Don via Mercedes]

Ditto - sort your small screws, nuts, other fasteners, etc. Being white, it
is easy to label them - better than film cans!

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 7:20 AM tyee165 via Mercedes 
wrote:

> I use similar pill bottles to store small screws etc.Sent from my Galaxy
> Tab® A
>


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pause and reflect." Mark Twain

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learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
for themselves."

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Re: [MBZ] The list

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Rick Knoble wrote:
> Gerry says:
> >The statisticians said I should have gone to my reward 12 years ago.
> 
> Well, if a broken hip, and laying on the shop floor for three days didn't 
> lead you to your demise, I'd say the statisticians would call you an 
> "outlier".
> Rick
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You're probably right about "outlier". I only layed on the shop floor for 24 
hours, though.
Gerry

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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

> An illicit agricultural product?

Or licit.  (WA, CO, etc.)

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Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Harbor Freight and Lowes

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

Well once we stop paying slave wages for chinesium, all that will be fixed.
Race to the bottom should not be against slaves.
-
Max
Charleston SC


On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 9:40 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> It's sad how old, and in many cases honored, brands are now just zombie
> shells of their former selves. Pretty much every tool company is just a
> division of some big holding company.How can anyone be proud of "XYZ tool,
> a Megacorp company"? It's no wonder few people have any brand loyalty,
> there's not really anything to be loyal to.
> CurtSent from my "Motorola", a division of Lenovo.
>
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Harbor Freight and Lowes

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

It's sad how old, and in many cases honored, brands are now just zombie shells 
of their former selves. Pretty much every tool company is just a division of 
some big holding company.How can anyone be proud of "XYZ tool, a Megacorp 
company"? It's no wonder few people have any brand loyalty, there's not really 
anything to be loyal to.
CurtSent from my "Motorola", a division of Lenovo.

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  On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 9:34 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via 
Mercedes wrote:   Seems as if Whirlpool now manufactures 
makes most dishwashers brands.

Anyway, I love our 2008 Kitchenaid

On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 9:05 PM OK Don via Mercedes 
wrote:

> Hobart from the 1930's until Whirlpool bought them in 1986.
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 7:03 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Who makes KitchenAid?
> >
> --
> OK Don
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." Mark Twain
>
> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who
> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
> for themselves."
>
> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers*
> 2013 F150, 18 mpg
> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

Take up black powder shooting. I keep my reloads in similar, although smaller, 
containers.
Curt

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wrote:   I have a bunch of plastic bottles from Shirley's blood sugar test 
strips
as shown in the pictures. The lids seal tightly (air tight) when they are
closed and, with the flap on the side opposite the hinge, they are easy
to open.

They are 1.180" OD, 2.076" high outside with the lid closed, 0.975" ID,
and 1.800" high inside.

I have not thought of anything useful to do with them, but they seem too
neat to throw out (which is why I have a stack of them  :-) )


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[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Seems as if Whirlpool now manufactures makes most dishwashers brands.

Anyway, I love our 2008 Kitchenaid

On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 9:05 PM OK Don via Mercedes 
wrote:

> Hobart from the 1930's until Whirlpool bought them in 1986.
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 7:03 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Who makes KitchenAid?
> >
> --
> OK Don
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." Mark Twain
>
> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who
> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
> for themselves."
>
> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers*
> 2013 F150, 18 mpg
> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[tyee165 via Mercedes]

I use similar pill bottles to store small screws etc.Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A
 Original message From: Craig via Mercedes 
 Date: 2019-11-21  11:07 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: Mercedes 
Discussion List  Cc: Craig  
Subject: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles I have a bunch of 
plastic bottles from Shirley's blood sugar test stripsas shown in the pictures. 
The lids seal tightly (air tight) when they areclosed and, with the flap on the 
side opposite the hinge, they are easyto open.They are 1.180" OD, 2.076" high 
outside with the lid closed, 0.975" ID,and 1.800" high inside.I have not 
thought of anything useful to do with them, but they seem tooneat to throw out 
(which is why I have a stack of them  :-) 
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

An illicit agricultural product?

-D please pass the Cheetos

> On Nov 22, 2019, at 7:44 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I recall in college some others with whom I had passing acquaintances used 
> 35mm film cans like those to store a certain agricultural product 
> 
> --FT
> Sent from iPhone
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>> On Nov 22, 2019, at 12:07 AM, Craig via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I have a bunch of plastic bottles from Shirley's blood sugar test strips
>> as shown in the pictures. The lids seal tightly (air tight) when they are
>> closed and, with the flap on the side opposite the hinge, they are easy
>> to open.
>> 
>> They are 1.180" OD, 2.076" high outside with the lid closed, 0.975" ID,
>> and 1.800" high inside.
>> 
>> I have not thought of anything useful to do with them, but they seem too
>> neat to throw out (which is why I have a stack of them  :-) )
>> 
>> 
>> Craig
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

In the recent past, one of the charity drives at our daughter's school was
collecting old pill containers for re-use, I think it was for doctor's
without borders or some-such.  Maybe there is a charity that could use them?
-
Max
Charleston SC


On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:08 AM Craig via Mercedes 
wrote:

> I have a bunch of plastic bottles from Shirley's blood sugar test strips
> as shown in the pictures. The lids seal tightly (air tight) when they are
> closed and, with the flap on the side opposite the hinge, they are easy
> to open.
>
> They are 1.180" OD, 2.076" high outside with the lid closed, 0.975" ID,
> and 1.800" high inside.
>
> I have not thought of anything useful to do with them, but they seem too
> neat to throw out (which is why I have a stack of them  :-) )
>
>
> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] Any idea what to do with these plastic bottles

[Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes]

I recall in college some others with whom I had passing acquaintances used 35mm 
film cans like those to store a certain agricultural product 

--FT
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> On Nov 22, 2019, at 12:07 AM, Craig via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I have a bunch of plastic bottles from Shirley's blood sugar test strips
> as shown in the pictures. The lids seal tightly (air tight) when they are
> closed and, with the flap on the side opposite the hinge, they are easy
> to open.
> 
> They are 1.180" OD, 2.076" high outside with the lid closed, 0.975" ID,
> and 1.800" high inside.
> 
> I have not thought of anything useful to do with them, but they seem too
> neat to throw out (which is why I have a stack of them  :-) )
> 
> 
> Craig
> 
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