Re: [MBZ] W210 Windshield

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

You will probably need to have the dealer install it.  They still have 124
glass in stock, but I called a few dealers and they only sell it with an
installation.
-
Max
Charleston SC


On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 1:58 AM Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
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> I'll call the dealership tomorrow.
>
>
> Rick
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> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Sent: July 19, 2021 11:30 PM
> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Cc: d...@penoff.com
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] W210 Windshield
>
> Depends on the model year. Have someone with access to the EPC look up the
> part number and check the price online. OE glass is often a lot cheaper
> than you would think.
>
> -D
>
> > On Jul 19, 2021, at 4:47 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
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> >
> > I have to replace the windshield in my W210. I'd love to put OE glass
> in. Who has windshields? Is the rain sensing thing in the glass?
> >
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[MBZ] HELP! Coolant Leak ML320

[greg via Mercedes]

Leak seems to be coming from a little gizmo on the front of the engine. I
have a vid showing the leak.

Can anyone help with a diagnosis?

TIA





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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[dan penoff.com via Mercedes]



Civil service, baby.

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0d538925-f918-434e-b3b7-3f3b28a76997

-D

On Jul 20, 2021, at 10:06 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:

It’s sickening really. I just need to figure out something outside the 
corporate world. Unfortunately health insurance is a huge consideration though.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:59 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes  
wrote:

 It's the MBA mindset, "Maximize shareholder profit, get paid yourself, get a 
golden parachute, repeat."
I swear getting an MBA is just repeating "Layoff anybody who makes more than 
the minimum" over and over.
-Curt

  On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 9:55:18 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by 
corporate,
and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what 
remained
of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.  (Useless,
as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough to
remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_
engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world market.

This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our 
extensive
(and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_ much 
cheaper!
They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved 
the remaining
engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.

A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided that 
if I
was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a 
different
industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying 
corporate asshats.

Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.

Good luck, you'll probably need it.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[dan penoff.com via Mercedes]

Civil service, baby.

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0d538925-f918-434e-b3b7-3f3b28a76997

-D

On Jul 20, 2021, at 10:06 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:

It’s sickening really. I just need to figure out something outside the 
corporate world. Unfortunately health insurance is a huge consideration though.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:59 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes  
wrote:

 It's the MBA mindset, "Maximize shareholder profit, get paid yourself, get a 
golden parachute, repeat."
I swear getting an MBA is just repeating "Layoff anybody who makes more than 
the minimum" over and over.
-Curt

  On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 9:55:18 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by 
corporate,
and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what 
remained
of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.  (Useless,
as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough to
remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_
engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world market.

This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our 
extensive
(and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_ much 
cheaper!
They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved 
the remaining
engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.

A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided that 
if I
was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a 
different
industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying 
corporate asshats.

Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.

Good luck, you'll probably need it.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

Hmm, that’s a good idea 

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> On Jul 20, 2021, at 1:55 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Drive your income below the threshhold for ACA and go on the dole.
> File for work related disability (blood clots) and retire.
> 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Allan Streib via Mercedes]

Yep, it's expensive as you pay the fully loaded cost but better than a gap in 
coverage in a transition period like that.

Also, this would qualify as a life change so I would think they should be able 
to get onto one of the public options without waiting for annual enrollment.


On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, at 2:48 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:
> On 2021-07-20 14:41, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
> > Speaking of insurance one guy who got whacked yesterday has a wife in
> > 3rd trimester and their insurance ends in 2 weeks.
> 
> COBRA
> 
> https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/health-plans/cobra
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

Drive your income below the threshhold for ACA and go on the dole.
File for work related disability (blood clots) and retire.

Rick

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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

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On 2021-07-20 14:41, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

Speaking of insurance one guy who got whacked yesterday has a wife in
3rd trimester and their insurance ends in 2 weeks.


COBRA

https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/health-plans/cobra

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Re: [MBZ] Soooooo

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

I wonder how much you can sell Hilton and American points for?

I used to get offers around 1.2 cents for Chase Ultimate Rewards and 
Amex Member Rewards.


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

Speaking of insurance one guy who got whacked yesterday has a wife in 3rd 
trimester and their insurance ends in 2 weeks. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 20, 2021, at 1:39 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
>  A self-employed friend just took a teaching position at a university for 
> this very reason. He was making enough money to live on but not for health 
> insurance with a 3yo and a newborn...
> -Curt
> 
>On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 2:34:28 PM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
>  wrote:  
> 
>> On 2021-07-20 13:05, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>>   Unfortunately health insurance is a huge
>> consideration though.
> 
> Regina needs an office job in a medical facility owned by a large 
> hospital.
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 A self-employed friend just took a teaching position at a university for this 
very reason. He was making enough money to live on but not for health insurance 
with a 3yo and a newborn...
-Curt

On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 2:34:28 PM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 On 2021-07-20 13:05, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>  Unfortunately health insurance is a huge
> consideration though.

Regina needs an office job in a medical facility owned by a large 
hospital.

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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

Yes

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> On Jul 20, 2021, at 1:34 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> On 2021-07-20 13:05, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> Unfortunately health insurance is a huge
>> consideration though.
> 
> Regina needs an office job in a medical facility owned by a large hospital.
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Re: [MBZ] Soooooo

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

"We're laying you off as of October 31. Insurance will end on November 
30"


(quietly starts 6 week vacation Sept 20)

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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

On 2021-07-20 13:05, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

 Unfortunately health insurance is a huge
consideration though.


Regina needs an office job in a medical facility owned by a large 
hospital.


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

On 2021-07-20 12:58, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

It's the MBA mindset, "Maximize shareholder profit, get paid yourself,
get a golden parachute, repeat."
I swear getting an MBA is just repeating "Layoff anybody who makes
more than the minimum" over and over.


Buying market share until you're a quasi-monopoly (like Verizon and ATT) 
can be a viable strategy for profit, and a near guaranteed strategy for 
"I'm running a bigger company and therefore need a bigger paycheck".


Ditching employees is the way to raise your next quarterly bonus, until 
the customers get dissatisfied and quit too.


But relocating a facility in order to raise costs and get rid of hard 
earned talent, that's just stupid.


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Re: [MBZ] Soooooo

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 Looks like OK doesn't have a law to force them to. That sucks. I don't 
understand why states would allow an employer to promise something and not 
deliver. 

-Curt

On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 1:23:37 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 When I left my last job I had 5 weeks of vacation that was paid out. This 
company apparently does not pay out unused PTO. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 20, 2021, at 12:21 PM, Curt Raymond  wrote:
> 
> 
> Can they get rid of you without paying PTO? In MA they can't but I think 
> that's by state. I've been carrying 6 weeks of PTO for 15 years. Its my 
> emergency layoff fund.
> 
> -Curt
> 
> On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 1:15:03 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> I have well over a million Hilton points and tons of American miles so I was 
> planning on booking some tropical vacation for free. With the events 
> yesterday that is on hold. On the other hand, if they get rid of me and don’t 
> pay out PTO, maybe I should use it up. 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Soooooo

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

When I left my last job I had 5 weeks of vacation that was paid out. This 
company apparently does not pay out unused PTO. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 20, 2021, at 12:21 PM, Curt Raymond  wrote:
> 
> 
> Can they get rid of you without paying PTO? In MA they can't but I think 
> that's by state. I've been carrying 6 weeks of PTO for 15 years. Its my 
> emergency layoff fund.
> 
> -Curt
> 
> On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 1:15:03 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> I have well over a million Hilton points and tons of American miles so I was 
> planning on booking some tropical vacation for free. With the events 
> yesterday that is on hold. On the other hand, if they get rid of me and don’t 
> pay out PTO, maybe I should use it up. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [MBZ] Soooooo

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 Can they get rid of you without paying PTO? In MA they can't but I think 
that's by state. I've been carrying 6 weeks of PTO for 15 years. Its my 
emergency layoff fund.
-Curt

On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 1:15:03 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 I have well over a million Hilton points and tons of American miles so I was 
planning on booking some tropical vacation for free. With the events yesterday 
that is on hold. On the other hand, if they get rid of me and don’t pay out 
PTO, maybe I should use it up. 

Sent from my iPhone

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[MBZ] Soooooo

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

I have well over a million Hilton points and tons of American miles so I was 
planning on booking some tropical vacation for free. With the events yesterday 
that is on hold. On the other hand, if they get rid of me and don’t pay out 
PTO, maybe I should use it up. 

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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

It’s sickening really. I just need to figure out something outside the 
corporate world. Unfortunately health insurance is a huge consideration though. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:59 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
>  It's the MBA mindset, "Maximize shareholder profit, get paid yourself, get 
> a golden parachute, repeat."
> I swear getting an MBA is just repeating "Layoff anybody who makes more than 
> the minimum" over and over.
> -Curt
> 
>On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 9:55:18 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
>  wrote:  
> 
> Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
> that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
> were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by 
> corporate,
> and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what 
> remained
> of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.  (Useless,
> as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough to
> remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_
> engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world market.
> 
> This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our 
> extensive
> (and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
> silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_ much 
> cheaper!
> They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved 
> the remaining
> engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.
> 
> A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided 
> that if I
> was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a 
> different
> industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying 
> corporate asshats.
> 
> Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.
> 
> Good luck, you'll probably need it.
> 
> -- Jim
> 
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 It's the MBA mindset, "Maximize shareholder profit, get paid yourself, get a 
golden parachute, repeat."
I swear getting an MBA is just repeating "Layoff anybody who makes more than 
the minimum" over and over.
-Curt

On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 9:55:18 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by 
corporate,
and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what 
remained
of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.  (Useless,
as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough to
remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_
engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world market.

This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our 
extensive
(and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_ much 
cheaper!
They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved 
the remaining
engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.

A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided that 
if I
was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a 
different
industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying 
corporate asshats.

Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.

Good luck, you'll probably need it.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

Two tickets' worth is MORE than I paid for one car
I drove for years: the Frankenheap.  I do miss that car.
Fing road salt.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

Haha

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:36 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Jim will trade you. Bring him a decent used Mercedes and he will provide you 
> with a couple of tickets.
> 
> Randy
> 
>> On 20/07/2021 11:31 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> I guess you could provide free passes if one happened to be in the area.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
 On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Jim Cathey  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
 What theme park do you work for?
>>> Silverwood.
>>> 
>>> http://www.silverwoodthemepark.com
>>> 
>>> -- Jim
>>> 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

Jim will trade you. Bring him a decent used Mercedes and he will provide 
you with a couple of tickets.


Randy

On 20/07/2021 11:31 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

I guess you could provide free passes if one happened to be in the area.

Sent from my iPhone


On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Jim Cathey  wrote:



What theme park do you work for?

Silverwood.

http://www.silverwoodthemepark.com

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

I have a few free tickets.  Part of the compensation package.  Our 
family/friends
never seem to use quite all of them.

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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

> So, if you had bought, on the day you learned of that decision (a prime 
> example of both stupidity and snobbery in management), $1000 of an S 
> tracking fund, while shorting $1000 worth of the acquiring company's stock, 
> where would that investment stand today?
> Or, better yet, buy $1000 of their top competitor while shorting their stock?

Couldn't tell you.  I do own stock, still, part of the original buyout.  (Share 
exchange.)
I suppose I should sell it.

OTOH, I was laid off from another company, one where I had a significant number 
of
vested ISO shares.  Had I sold all then in a fit of pique, I'd have lost out on 
its growth since
then.  From <$20/share at time of layoff, it peaked at about $210/share.  
Currently $189.

Single biggest part of my retirement portfolio, by far.  Had I _not_ been laid 
off,
I would have several times the number of shares, and would be fully retire-able 
now.
Still, if I can't be retired, working for a theme park is not a bad consolation 
prize!

Life is weird sometimes.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

I guess you could provide free passes if one happened to be in the area. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Jim Cathey  wrote:
> 
> 
>> What theme park do you work for?
> 
> Silverwood.
> 
> http://www.silverwoodthemepark.com
> 
> -- Jim
> 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

> What theme park do you work for?

Silverwood.

http://www.silverwoodthemepark.com 

-- Jim

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Re: [MBZ] It's hitting the fan

[Scott Ritchey via Mercedes]

Sounds like an example of the market distortion caused by the FED pumping
cash into the equity (and other) markets.  Bad (zombies) companies need to
die to prevent further damage (like this) and free resources for productive
use.  

I finally heard a simple explanation of "quantitative easing".  QE is simply
monetizing the deficit, i.e. the FED "prints" new currency to cover the
deficit.

-Original Message-
From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 9:55 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List 
Cc: Jim Cathey 
Subject: Re: [MBZ] It's hitting the fan

Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in that our
products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there were
multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by
corporate, and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the
office (what remained of our original company) altogether and move all
support to India.  (Useless, as we'd 'trained' them several times, but
nobody stayed there long enough to remember/retain the training.  All real
fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_ engineering staff was, IMHO,
world-class.  India's was just world market.

This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our
extensive (and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from
eastern WA to silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant)
are _so_ much cheaper!
They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved
the remaining engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.

A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided
that if I was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the
table, in a different industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business
instead of lying corporate asshats.

Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.

Good luck, you'll probably need it.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

That’s pretty much how it is here right now. 

What theme park do you work for?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 20, 2021, at 8:55 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
> that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
> were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by 
> corporate,
> and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what 
> remained
> of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.  (Useless,
> as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough to
> remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_
> engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world market.
> 
> This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our 
> extensive
> (and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
> silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_ much 
> cheaper!
> They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved 
> the remaining
> engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.
> 
> A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided 
> that if I
> was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a 
> different
> industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying 
> corporate asshats.
> 
> Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.
> 
> Good luck, you'll probably need it.
> 
> -- Jim
> 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

So, if you had bought, on the day you learned of that decision (a prime 
example of both stupidity and snobbery in management), $1000 of an 
S tracking fund, while shorting $1000 worth of the acquiring 
company's stock, where would that investment stand today?
Or, better yet, buy $1000 of their top competitor while shorting their 
stock?


On 2021-07-20 09:54, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote:


This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving
our extensive
(and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern 
WA to

silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are
_so_ much cheaper!


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by 
corporate,
and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what 
remained
of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.  (Useless,
as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough to
remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_
engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world market.

This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our 
extensive
(and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_ much 
cheaper!
They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved 
the remaining
engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.

A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided that 
if I
was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a 
different
industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying 
corporate asshats.

Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.

Good luck, you'll probably need it.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] 1976 MERCEDES 240D 4 SPEED! 138K ORIGINAL SOLID CRANK WINDOWS! - $3, 000 (Winston-Salem)

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

It also has a significant to do list.

On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 9:02 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Looks honest
>
>
> https://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/cto/d/winston-salem-1976-mercedes-240d-speed/7353494437.html
>
> --
> --FT
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[MBZ] size: sub-compact. 2008 Mercedes-Benz S Class S63 AMG 4D Sedan 6.2L V8 RWD GERMAN SLEEPER - $21, 995

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Manual AIR Conditioning

https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/ctd/d/jacksonville-2008-mercedes-benz-class/7353229068.html

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[MBZ] 1976 MERCEDES 240D 4 SPEED! 138K ORIGINAL SOLID CRANK WINDOWS! - $3, 000 (Winston-Salem)

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Looks honest

https://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/cto/d/winston-salem-1976-mercedes-240d-speed/7353494437.html

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