Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2019-12-31 Thread Russ Williams via Mercedes
To ALL Russ W On 1/1/2020 12:09 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: And to you & yours Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 12:00 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: East coast friends Sent from my iPhone ___

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2019-12-31 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
And to you & yours Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 12:00 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > East coast friends > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2019-12-31 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Sounds like a good plan, Dan Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 9:54 PM dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > Sort of. > > Because the market is very active here (2nd highest increase in home > prices nationwide) we’re going to go with a fixed price broker. $400 will > get us a year on

Re: [MBZ] Happy new year

2019-12-31 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Indeed.We watched the festivities in NYC on YouTube, definitely the discount coverage... -Curt On Wednesday, January 1, 2020, 12:00:35 AM EST, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: East coast friends Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

[MBZ] Happy new year

2019-12-31 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
East coast friends Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

[MBZ] OT: The boy strikes again

2019-12-31 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
https://flic.kr/p/2i86ahi Hope the pic works. Got another veal deer today. My first one by myself and my first with black powder. We checked this one online so I didn't get a weight, it's bigger than the first one but not a ton. I'm pretty pleased with the shot, right behind the front shoulder.

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2019-12-31 Thread dan--- via Mercedes
Sort of. Because the market is very active here (2nd highest increase in home prices nationwide) we’re going to go with a fixed price broker. $400 will get us a year on MLS and full support from the brokerage as far as managing the listing and advice on pricing and comps. While we could

[MBZ] Future Darwin Award Winner

2019-12-31 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
https://youtu.be/4L8TASl0NcY Full 10 minutes. https://youtu.be/-Q0xSyJFla4 Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

[MBZ] Dan's After House Project?

2019-12-31 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Might be a deal for some one. https://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/d/orlando-1969-mercedes-benz-280sel/7045642575.html Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT: when your crooked auctioneer wants to steal your $2 million car...

2019-12-31 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I consigned a bunch o stuff to an auctioneer.   I asked what assurance I had that i'd receive the proceeds less commission.  He has one of the big companies who come to the site to auction stores, industrial equip, etc., so out of state. He gave me this schpeil about how he was bound by law

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2019-12-31 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
The reason is "what's good for GM is good for the US."   Robert McNamara. tyee165 via Mercedes December 31, 2019 at 1:24 PM We have been metric in Canada for about 50 years. One gets used to it.  Most of the world runs on metric. No idea why the US holds

[MBZ] OT: when your crooked auctioneer wants to steal your $2 million car...

2019-12-31 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
When the big auctions houses are willing to be openly crooked and refuse to take bids on your high dollar car, BringATrailer starts looking pretty good... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k3c6W7rXmA=450 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2019-12-31 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
I fear F is for fools. The world runs on metric.Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Craig via Mercedes Date: 2019-12-30 9:33 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Craig Subject: Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 21:11:18

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2019-12-31 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
A retired realtor friend says people buy lipstick. If the house is clean and they can haul in the couch and flop onto it to watch TV, they are happy and will ignore the need for things like a new roof.Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2019-12-31 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
We have been metric in Canada for about 50 years. One gets used to it.  Most of the world runs on metric. No idea why the US holds out.Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes Date: 2019-12-30 8:11 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2019-12-31 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
You are recognizing his contribution to the rational measurement of temperature, just like we recognize Diesel for the fuel we prefer, Farads for capacitance, Ohms for resistance, Hertz for frequency instead of cps, etc. --- On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:21 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes <

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2019-12-31 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Centigrade is a more accurate name for it.  Cent=100     grade = root for gradient => scale. Centigrade means 100 gradients between freezing and boiling, or where liquid water changes to solid and where liquid water becomes gaseous. Celcius makes no sense.  I owe nothing to that swede,

Re: [MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2019-12-31 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Depends on the quality of the parts, cheap LCA may only last a few years. Max Dillon Charleston SC Dec 31, 2019 12:08:33 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes : > Shop says $400 parts and labor to replace, sounds like a good deal then > if I would need to get into all that > > -_FT > > On 12/31/19

Re: [MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2019-12-31 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
for a relatively fast repair, buy the new LCA.  If you replace the strut,  you also need the dust cover, and bearing   I probably forgot somethings too. You can try flaps/amazon.  or pay next day from crockauto. Floyd Thursby via Mercedes December 31, 2019 at

Re: [MBZ] I don't no whut i got

2019-12-31 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
i reked mu car twice in a week cuz i don no left frum rite. Floyd Thursby via Mercedes December 31, 2019 at 9:26 AM crack price https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/pts/d/wilmington-mercedes-car-door/7046761134.html ___

Re: [MBZ] 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300D Turbo for sale on BaT Auctions - ending January 6 (Lot #26, 783) | Bring a Trailer

2019-12-31 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Agree. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 10:15 AM Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > I think it’ll break 20K. Very low miles and extremely clean plus quite > rare leather interior. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 31, 2019, at 9:49 AM, Dwight Giles wrote: > > Still @ 8k. > > Dwight

Re: [MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2019-12-31 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Shop says $400 parts and labor to replace, sounds like a good deal then if I would need to get into all that -_FT On 12/31/19 11:47 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Complete assembly is $$$. Try Parks Auto, and Baker Motors. Otherwise you can get the ball joint and bushings separately, but

Re: [MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2019-12-31 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Complete assembly is $$$. Try Parks Auto, and Baker Motors. Otherwise you can get the ball joint and bushings separately, but need a press to get the ball joint out, and the bushings are a bear too. I've ordered a press from Germany, still waiting, probably won't arrive until later in

[MBZ] 124 RF LCA???

2019-12-31 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Daughter unit says the front was squeaking on her 95 E320.  Took it to a shop they said RF LCA bushing was bad (and springs and struts, I don't know about that aspect).  She might be coming down this weekend I could do an R on it but don't know if I could get a part that quick what with the

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2019-12-31 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I have 8.5 acres, high ground, marsh, and island which is fairly high ground too.  Zoning is AG8 which is one house per 8 acres so unless the zoning got changed that is it for houses.  I am in the County, there is a lot of shadiness that goes on with zoning and development.  Part of this

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2019-12-31 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Agreed and I've been working on regrading the yard. I had some fill brought in a couple years ago that made a huge difference. We've got a fieldstone foundation and it leaks mostly where they added the basement walkout. The joint there isn't sealed well. So the plan is to excavate that on the

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2019-12-31 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
The secret to a dry basement is to keep the foundation dry, not to seal it to the water builds up on the outside and pushes the wall in. The most important and easiest thing is to have good gutters, downspouts and especially outspouts. When I bought a bank owned home, the outspouts were

[MBZ] I don't no whut i got

2019-12-31 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
crack price https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/pts/d/wilmington-mercedes-car-door/7046761134.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300D Turbo for sale on BaT Auctions - ending January 6 (Lot #26, 783) | Bring a Trailer

2019-12-31 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
I think it’ll break 20K. Very low miles and extremely clean plus quite rare leather interior. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 31, 2019, at 9:49 AM, Dwight Giles wrote: > > Still @ 8k. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > >> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 12:19 AM Dimitri Seretakis >> wrote: >> That’s

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2019-12-31 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
They are attempting to re-create more paradise cities like San Francisco, Seattle, LA, etc (read: rampant homelessness due to un-affordable housing). - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:35 AM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I saw that VA

Re: [MBZ] 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300D Turbo for sale on BaT Auctions - ending January 6 (Lot #26, 783) | Bring a Trailer

2019-12-31 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Still @ 8k. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 12:19 AM Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > That’s an extremely nice example. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 30, 2019, at 11:00 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2019-12-31 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
I saw that VA proposal attempting to ban single family zoning. It’s absolutely outrageous. These idiots are chipping away at our country and our freedoms one bill at a time. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dailycaller.com/2019/12/23/virginia-house-zoning-environment Sent from my iPhone > On

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2019-12-31 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Hey, that's a good idea. I've got a friend who works in commercial insulation. He offered to spray the underside of our camp. Doing the side of my basement would be a lot easier Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:58 AM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > Curt

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2019-12-31 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
It helped me hunting yesterday. I cut a fresh track in the snow and found 5 or more deer. They spotted me while I was looking for antlers and they took off. If I still had a doe permit I'd have gotten one. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:56 AM, Mitch Haley

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2019-12-31 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Are you going to FSBO it? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 31, 2019, at 4:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > First of all, my apologies to Curley and others if I misunderstood. The real > estate market here appears to be very different than yours. While I know that > people are all

Re: [MBZ] This weeks storm of the century

2019-12-31 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Curt's storm of the century has hit here. Yesterday morning it was 44°F, steadily dropping to 26 this AM. Quite a bit of rain and drizzle yesterday, turning to snow flurries in the afternoon as temps dropped to 35°. So now I've got an inch of fresh snice on the ground as rain turned to wet

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2019-12-31 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
There is a proposal in VA, now that one party has finally taken control of the House, Senate, and Governorship, to enact a law banning single family residential zoning. So no matter what you and your county government and zoning board want, an apartment complex can go anywhere houses can go.

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2019-12-31 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Yes, but you’ve got a fair amount of land, too, don’t you? That has to be in your favor. Around here land is in short supply. One of the things the County is promoting is “suburban infill” which is a fancy term for subdividing small plots of land (10 acres, for example) that exist here and

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2019-12-31 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I’m going to put my house on the market soon. Some similarities here with out-of-control development on fill-and-build tracts of too-low land that needs 6 or 8ft of impervious fill to throw up sh*tty slab-on-grade low quality vinyl villages that won’t likely survive the next big blow. That’s

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters

2019-12-31 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
First of all, my apologies to Curley and others if I misunderstood. The real estate market here appears to be very different than yours. While I know that people are all about “new-new new!” as buyers, with the average age home being much less in years than in places like the Midwest and