Classic supply and demand - what's to be surprised about?
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 10:25 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
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> News just now said something about if we cut off import of oil from Russia
> prices will go up even further. So these prices now are WITH
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News just now said something about if we cut off import of oil from Russia
prices will go up even further. So these prices now are WITH Russian oil? And
if we cut it off it will obviously go up more? Or did I miss hear this? They
also said lots of grain comes from Russian and the price of
Yep 87 unleaded went up to $4.25 overnight. Diesel at $4.79 now.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, at 12:59 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
> It went up here another 30 cents since last night
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>> On Mar 7, 2022, at 11:49 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
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>> Still
Sorry to hear that. Very sad news.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, at 6:13 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
> I am not sure if this was posted here or not. If it was I did not see
> it. Anyway, it was posted on the Okie talk list that Craig and Shirley
> were in the hospital with Covid. For some
Yeah it might be a Veblen good. The cost is the attraction.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, at 10:49 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
> No one would want it if the cost were $1200.
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> On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 8:36 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes <
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>> Gaack! Not for
No one would want it if the cost were $1200.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 8:36 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes <
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> Gaack! Not for $12,000, they’re not. That’s as crazy as the guys who buy
> the little things to hold their precious audio cables up so they don’t
> touch the
Damn.
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> On Mar 7, 2022, at 4:05 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
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> No, it wasn't posted here - thanks for letting us know. Our thoughts and
> prayers are with Craig - it's going to be rough for him.
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>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 5:13 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
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Gaack! Not for $12,000, they’re not. That’s as crazy as the guys who buy the
little things to hold their precious audio cables up so they don’t touch the
floor.
Yes, that’s just crazy. Even if it is a class D amp by Bang & Olufsen. I
suspected that since they integrate with Sonos stuff it
No, it wasn't posted here - thanks for letting us know. Our thoughts and
prayers are with Craig - it's going to be rough for him.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 5:13 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
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> I am not sure if this was posted here or not. If it was I did not see it.
I am not sure if this was posted here or not. If it was I did not see it.
Anyway, it was posted on the Okie talk list that Craig and Shirley were in the
hospital with Covid. For some reason Shirley got moved somewhere else. They did
not properly treat her diabetes and sounded like she got moved
I used to have two wood stoves going most of the time. I obtained free
firewood - cut to length logs dumped on my driveway by tree cutting crews
in the neighborhood. I would listen for the chain saws, track down the
work crew, and then offer to save them a trip to a landfill. Worked great
plus
On 07/03/2022 2:52 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
I wouldn't want to have to buy pellets when I have so much wood on the lot,
and don't
want to have to make sawdust to compress into pellets - seems like a
solution looking for a problem to me.
But pellet stoves light themselves and feed
I wouldn't want to have to buy pellets when I have so much wood on the lot,
and don't
want to have to make sawdust to compress into pellets - seems like a
solution looking for a problem to me.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 1:37 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
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> I think I
Again, as others have stated, a wood burning device is of little value unless
it’s properly located and installed in the home. And is Regina going to be up
for loading and running it while you’re away, or would you only use it when
you’re home?
-D
> On Mar 7, 2022, at 2:36 PM, Kaleb Striplin
They're definitely simpler and easier to live with. Make sure you have an
alternate source of electricity so if/when the power is out you still have heat.
Downside of pellets is they don't store well long term. As far as I know there
is no binder in them, they're just held together with
I think I wouldn’t mind a pellet stove.
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> On Mar 7, 2022, at 12:06 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
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> A wood burner in a living space is a constant mess to keep cleaned up.
> Having ours in the basement helps keep the mess away from where we live and
> makes it much easier to
And to top it off. Somewhere along the repair process I broke the tee
fitting on the injector fuel return line, darn! Mercedes only sells the
whole assembly and the fitting I broke isn't available. Tried to get the
broken piece out of the hose even that I haven't able to remove it yet from
the
> Truly, an ugly truck. Why are the manufacturers trying to make the pickup
> trucks look so huge?
Every time I look at our two '9x Dodge pickups I'm continually impressed by
their appearance.
They look capable, yet understated. Clean lines. Nothing newer looks as good,
IMHO. The
Cummins
On 07/03/2022 12:01 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
We have a wood stove/fireplace insert that puts out a lot of heat once you get
it going. I hate dealing with it though so it’s only used in emergencies.
Does it have its own source of combustion air from the outside?
We had a wood
A wood burner in a living space is a constant mess to keep cleaned up. Having
ours in the basement helps keep the mess away from where we live and makes it
much easier to clean up.
-Curt
On Monday, March 7, 2022, 01:02:05 PM EST, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
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We have a wood
Can't help but think that there will be more low life folks sneaking
around in the night stealing fuel from your vehicles too. I park my
truck outside of the garage on a back lane so I half expect to find I
have been robbed of gas over night. I hope they just stick a hose down
the filler and
Even without a catalyst most (all?) new stoves have secondary burn that will
burn off most of the volitiles. My stove is an older Jotul 118, probably from
the '80s. It's got a big secondary burn chamber which also recovers heat from
that stuff being burnt off. Once it's burning good it rarely
We have a wood stove/fireplace insert that puts out a lot of heat once you get
it going. I hate dealing with it though so it’s only used in emergencies.
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> On Mar 7, 2022, at 12:00 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
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> A wood stove fire is sort of nice if you are
Dunno, the Germans said they won't sanction Russian oil:
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Oil-Prices-Sink-As-Germany-Takes-A-Stance-Against-Ban-On-Russian-Crude.html
It seems to me like if we (the global we) were really serious about this thing
we (again globally) need to
A wood stove fire is sort of nice if you are going to sit around the
stove feeling the heat and hearing the fire crackle. Not so wonderful if
you need to heat your home with it.
If you are going to heat with a wood stove, it needs to be in the middle
of the house and the rooms need to be sort
It went up here another 30 cents since last night
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> On Mar 7, 2022, at 11:49 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
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> Still available here at $3.99, for now. First time I have seen prices stable
> for two days since this all started.
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>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, at
We're fortunate to have a small house with the wood stove in the basement. It
heats up the floors and thus the upstairs.
Our bedroom is the farthest room from the stove and thus the coldest. To heat
that room up I vacuum the bedroom. We've got central vac, the canister for
which is in the
Crude oil just posted at $130 per barrel. Expect another huge rise at the
pump price soon.
The trading day isn't over yet, and could likely go even higher by days end.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 10:49 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
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> Still available here at $3.99, for
Still available here at $3.99, for now. First time I have seen prices stable
for two days since this all started.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, at 12:41 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
> Filling up with diesel at sams this morning
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Filling up with diesel at sams this morning
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That was a d*ck move on your neighbor’s friend’s part. Really.
-D
> On Mar 7, 2022, at 12:20 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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> The average pickup truck buyer is all sizzle and no steak.
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> A friend of my neighbor asked to borrow my truck to move some stuff with.
> He's got a
True, but I feel just as good about turning up the thermostat, more so than
lugging wood into the house from outside several times a day, having to
light/start a fire every morning, and cleaning out the wood stove and dumping
ashes daily.
-D
> On Mar 7, 2022, at 12:22 PM, Allan Streib via
Same with the ”Raptor”. It’s like they’re trying to sell a consumer version of
a monster truck. Yeesh.
-D
> On Mar 7, 2022, at 12:14 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
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> Truly, an ugly truck. Why are the manufacturers trying to make the pickup
> trucks look so huge?
> I sort of
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, at 12:18 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote:
> With a gas bill of under $100/month in the coldest part of the year
> it’s difficult to justify the time and effort to burn firewood, not to
> mention it’s not exactly the most efficient or cleanest way to heat,
> either.
Possibly. I’ve heard of people having to replace rear wheel bearings on these.
The tires are very limited as far as availability, they’re a weird size that
only a couple manufacturers make. I had one that was bad on my former ML500
beater that made a lot of noise. Had a really bizarre wear
The average pickup truck buyer is all sizzle and no steak.
A friend of my neighbor asked to borrow my truck to move some stuff with. He's
got a couple year old Chevy 2500 in perfect condition. I asked why he didn't
just use his own truck. "I don't want to get mine dirty. Yours is rusty."
What
We ran the wood stove for a few days to see how it would go, and while it made
that part of the house “toasty”, there was no good way to distribute the heat
throughout the rest of the house. The wood stove is in the far corner of a
former 2 car garage that was converted to living space many
Truly, an ugly truck. Why are the manufacturers trying to make the
pickup trucks look so huge?
I sort of understand trucks becoming taller given they are pretty much
all 4 wheel drive now, but I don't really understand the tall hood and
massive grill. They are putting smaller engines in - V6
I know that code requirements for blow-in insulation in Flagstaff is R44, which
is around 15” thick using fiberglass.
-D
> On Mar 7, 2022, at 11:31 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes
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>> How much insulation do you have in the attic?
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> It's probably about 1' deep.
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The automotive equivalent of stuffing a sock in your pants
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, at 11:40 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:
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"there is a sound from the rear at higher speeds"
Could just be tires I guess, but I was thiking wheel bearing?
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, at 10:58 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote:
> Most are relatively simple stuff, except maybe the coolant leak.
> Exhaust hangers are simple, and the lock
I've been slowly adding insulation to our attic. This week I plan to go get the
rest, I've got a bunch of Home Depot gift cards...
I've been using unfaced fiberglass laid perpendicular to the existing
fiberglass. The rafters are 2x6 so like R19, I'm adding R30. Even having done
only half the
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> How much insulation do you have in the attic?
It's probably about 1' deep.
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I totally agree about the windows. All of our expensive triple pane
windows have broken seals and moisture in between the panes. It upsets
my wife but I have been in no hurry to change them.
How much insulation do you have in the attic?
Randy
On 07/03/2022 10:23 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes
_All_ we did was double up the attic blown-in insulation. Made a very
noticeable difference. We use wood auxiliary heat, maybe 5 cords a year.
I've never paid a dime for any of it. Free downed trees, or I cut off of our
acreage in a pinch.
I dislike sealed multipane windows, they're all
Probably a viable restoration candidate if not rusted out.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 10:06 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
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> Doesn't look too bad for the money if you wanted a project
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Not just any green, but Kaledoniengrün 867! Just like my 76 300D.
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"Has no significant damage or problems."
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> I thought the paper/moisture barrier always faced the living space?
The moisture barrier always faces the wetter side. Usually that's the
inside, but not in all locales.
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"Needs nothing" redefined: *Needs absolutely nothing mechanically and I
currently average 26 mpg! There are only 3 issues with it: the rt rear
window motor, the pwr antenna & the rt rear side marker light don't work. *
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 9:37 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
Most are relatively simple stuff, except maybe the coolant leak. Exhaust
hangers are simple, and the lock issue is likely the “machine gun” problem
these all experience.
$1500-$1800 is about where it should fall, I would think.
-D
> On Mar 7, 2022, at 10:50 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
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Seller seems honest, but I think the ask is too high given the problems.
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Doesn't look too bad for the money if you wanted a project
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Could put this in your hood stack and look like an old locomotive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYU7iVSsf5E
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Yes, you used to be able to write off the difference on your taxes but can’t do
that anymore. They don’t allow any claiming of miles for work unless it’s a
schedule c.
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> On Mar 7, 2022, at 6:41 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes
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> It’s their choice.
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> I
It’s their choice.
I dealt with that when I was a field tech with the school system. Cheap
bastards gave you two choices: Accept their paltry mileage reimbursement on a
monthly basis, or just put in for it yourself with your taxes. I did both,
which seemed to confuse them. I claimed the
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