If we still have the Internet and virtual processes used during COVID, do we
really need markets and exchanges in big cities? Why can't all that be
virtual from wherever? With online banking, investing, etc. I think we are
close to that now. There is, however, a serious drawback in reduced soci
In that case 1981 - 1985 MY
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 9:24 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
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> 380SL
>
> --FT
> Sent from iPhone
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> > On Dec 3, 2020, at 8:53 PM, OK Don via Mercedes
> wrote:
> >
> > The Fakebook page said "something is wrong" and won't show me the
380SL
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> On Dec 3, 2020, at 8:53 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
>
> The Fakebook page said "something is wrong" and won't show me the car.
> Andrew is correct, if it's a '77, it's a 450SL, or a Euro 300SL with an
> inline six.
>
>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 7:35 PM Andrew St
Scott Ritchey via Mercedes writes:
> Windows Classic Shell can provide a very W2K/XP interface:
> http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/
Seems that's a dormant project now, but work has continued at
https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
Allan
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Photog phail. Couldn't quite cover the license plate number with his / her
thumb and take a picture at the same time...
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On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 12:38 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> https://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/d/woodruff
" It's a cool car and the price is going up."
The price of... restoring the car to running condition?
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Charleston SC
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 12:37 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Kinda rough but appears to be a runner
>
>
> https://raleigh.craigs
The Fakebook page said "something is wrong" and won't show me the car.
Andrew is correct, if it's a '77, it's a 450SL, or a Euro 300SL with an
inline six.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 7:35 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 300SL? 1977 is likely a 450SL.
>
> On Thu, De
For Windows 10 I've given up on using menus for anything. I just hit the
windows key and start typing what I want. I've gotta say its not so bad, no
searching through menus, just let Windows find it for me.
Actually my favorite OS right now is Windows Server 2016, actually 2019 seems
mostly the
300SL? 1977 is likely a 450SL.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 7:44 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
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> Hopefully one of you guys goes and gets that thing.
>
> On 12/3/2020 4:20 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
> > I wonder why, if he had spent the money to paint it, did
Clay Monroe via Mercedes writes:
> I am thinking that with ARM chips, once the OS goes native, that
> spells the death of hackintosh.
Agree. MacOS will continue to work on Intel for a while of course, and
continue to get updates and new releases, until the Intel Macs "age out"
of their supported
Hopefully one of you guys goes and gets that thing.
On 12/3/2020 4:20 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
I wonder why, if he had spent the money to paint it, did he give up
rather than having the engine repaired?
RB
On 03/12/2020 3:37 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
Imagine pain
Looks nice from limited pics but kinda high for a 16yo car even with the low
miles
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> On Dec 3, 2020, at 5:46 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> https://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/d/columbus-2004-mercedes-e500-awd/7240898265.html
>
>
I’d kinda like one of those hotted-up 560s that outfit in NM is building
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> On Dec 3, 2020, at 6:12 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> You could always swap in a SBC!
>
> RB
>
>> On 03/12/2020 5:03 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
>> I guess I should hoo
You could always swap in a SBC!
RB
On 03/12/2020 5:03 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
I guess I should hook up the trailer and head up there with some
bennies! I wonder what else is wrong with it. I was reading about
those engines and how they were prone to various issues
--FT
On 12/
Too many issues right now with COVID etc.
Plus, that is a nice car but not exactly what I want.
I have the old 115 300D. If I were going to look for another old MB it
would be the bigger turbo diesel sedan, the 300SD, or a 123 turbo diesel
sedan. but I am not likely to do that either. I don't re
On 2020-12-03 18:03, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
I guess I should hook up the trailer and head up there with some
bennies! I wonder what else is wrong with it. I was reading about
those engines and how they were prone to various issues
Single row timing chain?
_
I guess I should hook up the trailer and head up there with some
bennies! I wonder what else is wrong with it. I was reading about
those engines and how they were prone to various issues
--FT
On 12/3/20 5:43 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
True - here's your chance get it cheap and flip it -
App store has Parallels and other VM software, so probably able to run what you
like. I am thinking that with ARM chips, once the OS goes native, that spells
the death of hackintosh. Only able to run the OS on proprietary hardware on a
chip. I did contemplate the 16” MacBook Pro, but wanted m
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On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 4:37 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
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> I understand that but, it is a nice looking car and he is going to get
> little or nothing for it. If he repaired it, one would think he would do
> fa
I understand that but, it is a nice looking car and he is going to get
little or nothing for it. If he repaired it, one would think he would do
fairly well.
RB
On 03/12/2020 4:29 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
He got tired of throwing money at it. I wonder if the ACC works, etc ...
On Thu, D
He got tired of throwing money at it. I wonder if the ACC works, etc ...
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 4:21 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
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> I wonder why, if he had spent the money to paint it, did he give up
> rather than having the engine repaired?
>
> RB
>
> On 03/12/20
I wonder why, if he had spent the money to paint it, did he give up
rather than having the engine repaired?
RB
On 03/12/2020 3:37 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
Imagine painting an SL and then getting a blown head gasket. I guess if
the guy didn't have bad luck he would have no luc
The owner should be beaten about the head and face for having those goshawful
wheel arch metal trim pieces on the car.
-D
> On Dec 3, 2020, at 4:37 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Imagine painting an SL and then getting a blown head gasket. I guess if
> the guy didn't have ba
Imagine painting an SL and then getting a blown head gasket. I guess if
the guy didn't have bad luck he would have no luck at all...
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 1:44 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
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> This looks pretty nice
>
>
> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/
It is a Tech worker from the left coast. Not a functional human in the manner
of older tech workers who actually got into the nuts and bolts of code and
physical hardware. This is a Lego programmer or drone who has no interest in
knowing how “things” work, I am guessing, based on neighbors of
Good question. She doesn't do much with it that isn't in a web browser. I bet
if I put the same desktop wallpaper and Chrome shortcut she wouldn't know...
Curt
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On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 2:29 PM, Craig via Mercedes
wrote: On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 18:52:10 + (UTC
On Thu, 03 Dec 2020 14:53:32 -0500 Mitch Haley via Mercedes
wrote:
> Getting my Mom a Ryzen 7 system that I probably can't run Win7 on due
> to lack of drivers.
I ran Win7 on our "new" Ryzen 3 system on a BioStar motherboard and found
everything worked except the USB connectors. I contacted the
On 2020-12-03 15:18, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote:
I never saw any benefit to those stupid boxes in Win10.
AND it's not worth my time to learn a new GUI every time some liberal
arts
clown at Micro$oft has a wild hair.
Now that you mention it, I run everything at work off a Win10 Desktop
Windows Classic Shell can provide a very W2K/XP interface:
http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/
It's all I use. I never saw any benefit to those stupid boxes in Win10.
AND it's not worth my time to learn a new GUI every time some liberal arts
clown at Micro$oft has a wild hair.
-Origina
Mitch Haley via Mercedes writes:
> Does Win10 have a Classic Mode to make the switch more transparent?
I don't use Windows much these days, but as far as I know Windows 10
does not have a "classic" mode built-in. I believe there are themes you
can find (buy?) that approximate the look and feel o
Almost transparent - you can boot into desktop mode instead of those funky
boxes all over the screen. My wife (totally non-techy) made the transition
with very little effort. It's been too long ago to remember how you do that
though ... YMMV
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 1:54 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-12-03 14:28, Craig via Mercedes wrote:
On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 18:52:10 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
Heck I should probably drop an SSD in there and upgrade it to Win10 at
the same time, it'll be like a whole new machine.
How much retraining will she have to do to go from
On 2020-12-03 14:11, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:
Microsoft also has Windows for the ARM architecture (Surface Pro).
Would
not be beyond belief if they get that ported to the Apple silicon.
I was only loosely familiar with M$ $urface products with Intel CPUs,
never really looked hard at t
Just for giggles (since I haven't done it for a couple years) I went and played
with the Apple and HP sites. The prices you can spec those machines out to is
amazing. The HP Z8 with 56 cores (2x processors at 28 cores each) with 1.5TB of
RAM is over $50,000.
Both Apple and HP support video cards
On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 18:52:10 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> Heck I should probably drop an SSD in there and upgrade it to Win10 at
> the same time, it'll be like a whole new machine.
How much retraining will she have to do to go from Win8.1 to Win10?
Craig
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I sent him a message before it ended, but I really don't want or need another
project.
Here's the message and his reply.
"$1200 is pretty high for a high mileage non running car. If it doesn't sell
(again), if you need to be rid of it, I will give you $500 for it. Thanks"
"$500 it is! Would you
I get the sentiment but we need both unless we revert to pure
subsistence living. Farmers absolutely need commodities markets in
Chicago and New York, for example. Anyone with any substantial assets
needs insurance. Anyone who wants income to retire on needs investments.
If we're talking a Mad Max
That said my last Macbook lasted 4 years almost exactly, I think it was
murdered by my road warrior life at that point. An equivalent HP or Dell would
have been $1000 cheaper and, based on previous experience lasted at least as
long.
If you don't resell then the resale value doesn't mean much.
Microsoft also has Windows for the ARM architecture (Surface Pro). Would
not be beyond belief if they get that ported to the Apple silicon.
Apple gives away their OS. They don't make any money on it, they make
money on hardware and the app store. So IMO they don't really care if
people want to run
IIRC there is some sort of Windows available on Raspberry pi although its a
bit of a hack, so Microsoft has some code that will run on ARM anyway.
I hate what Apple has done to their laptops, their charge to be the thinnest,
lightest, "coolest" (and I don't mean temperature), has given us less c
You have to treat your computer expenses like you might treat
automotive expenses. It's not how much it costs, it's how much
it costs _you_, net, versus service and service life.
My Dodge diesel cost around $4000 more than a gasser when new.
It's worth more than $4000 more than that gasser, now.
I thought it sold on eBay? How did you come by this info? Yes I would be
interested for sure.
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> On Dec 3, 2020, at 12:48 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> If you want that non-running 97 E300d eBay car in Memphis, the guy will take
> $500.
>
>
> Rick
>
>
Apple chose the ARM in the first place (Newton) because it was the clear win in
MIPS/mW, which meant the best possible battery life. That is still an
operative factor.
Phones live and die on battery life, are there now any non-ARM phones?
MS has run Windows on non-Intel processors before, it's e
I've had Windows running in VirtualBox on a Mac for going on 8 years now, it
works pretty well. Newer versions of VirtualBox are better. I suspect VMWare
would be better still but VB is free...
I spent last weekend working on my parent's Win8 box. Yes, Win8 flat. It took
some figuring but I fin
If you want that non-running 97 E300d eBay car in Memphis, the guy will take
$500.
Rick
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On 2020-12-03 13:21, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
I meant to say Virtualize, of course you can emulate.
While I was writing the previous message I was thinking "I suppose
emulation is an option..."
From what I understand, running x86 stuff on Apple APUs is horrible, but
maybe not quite as
This looks pretty nice
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I don't think a wrecker could have negotiated the slippery slope to pull
it out, that Georgia clay is really greasy when wet, esp with a bunch of
wet leaves on top of it. Maybe when it dries out some I will talk to
the kid about doing that. The kid lives an hour away from where the car
is at
I meant to say Virtualize, of course you can emulate.
While I was writing the previous message I was thinking "I suppose emulation is
an option..."
I think the days of virtualization on Mac are numbered for a number of reasons,
incompatible hardware being one of them. The Mac OS not supporting (
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Kinda rough but appears to be a runner
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> The inability to emulate Windows is a total showstopper.
How would an ARM-based Mac be any less capable than a 68K or PowerPC-based Mac?
Windows was available for those via emulation, after suitable product
development delays.
You think VMware is going to abandon that market segment in a fit of
Mount the winch on a receiver hitch, mount a receiver on the trailer. Dual use
winch...
-Curt
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, 10:49:18 AM EST, OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
Or both - one to pull the car onto the trailer, the other to pull the truck
out of the mud once the trailer is loade
They're never getting any more of my money. The inability to emulate Windows
is a total showstopper.
-Curt
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, 9:50:41 AM EST, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
wrote:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-s-ARM-based-MacBook-Air-will-reputedly-launch-at-US-799-with-t
On 2020-12-03 11:01, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
or, you can likely set it up so that you can move the winch from the
truck to the trailer and vice versa.
The fun part is powering the winch.
A friend of mine has an equipment trailer with hydraulic tilt, and the
trailer has its own batter
VD Hanson podcast episode 44 talks about the urban-rural divide:
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-victor-davis-hanson-podcast/episode-44-the-critical-essence-of-the-country-mouse/
One key take-away, IMO, is the urban folks cannot survive without country folks
that provide food, water,
The earliest R107s had the battery under the hood - it was moved to the
trunk to make room for the ACC. I don't know much about the earlier cars
other than the W115 chassis.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 9:56 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
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> On 2020-12-03 10:42, OK Don via M
or, you can likely set it up so that you can move the winch from the
truck to the trailer and vice versa.
RB
On 03/12/2020 9:48 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
Or both - one to pull the car onto the trailer, the other to pull the truck
out of the mud once the trailer is loaded.
On Thu, Dec 3,
On 2020-12-03 10:42, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
Yes, it's in the trunk.
Was the 107 Chassis the first to do that?
I can't think of anything else pre W140.
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Or both - one to pull the car onto the trailer, the other to pull the truck
out of the mud once the trailer is loaded.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 6:56 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes <
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> Well now you have an excuse to put a power winch on either your truck or
> your trailer
I know some people like that - they are from the East coast - always
renters, never dealt with anything themselves - just call the landlord.
Also, he might have only lived in all electric houses - they "just work".
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 10:34 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
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Yes, it's in the trunk.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 6:05 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I think the trunk? Not a bad price for a 560 if the car is reasonably nice
>
> --FT
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>
> > On Dec 2, 2020, at 11:55 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes <
> mercedes
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On 2020-12-02 22:26, ned kleinhenz via Mercedes wrote:
Probably a decade or two ago I met a Hummer dealer at a social event in
western Pennsylvania. I think his customer base was the strip mining
industry. He was amazed that he was starting to get a few suburbanite
customers who wanted them for
Well now you have an excuse to put a power winch on either your truck or
your trailer!
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Charleston SC
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 5:29 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> I get to where the car is, 3hr later than I had figured, sort of
> semi-rural area,
If this is the case he’ll be bringing some homeless people with him to set up a
tent camp in the front yard, too.
-D
> On Dec 2, 2020, at 11:31 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Probably from Portland and expects the gummint to deal with everything for
> him, take care of him a
I think the trunk? Not a bad price for a 560 if the car is reasonably nice
--FT
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> On Dec 2, 2020, at 11:55 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Haven't seen one of these in person but... where's the battery? Is it
> not under the hood, or just not visible in that phot
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