Re: [MBZ] Another video, this time with pontoon and /8 aka

2005-12-06 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] Another video, this time with pontoon and /8 aka

2005-12-06 Thread Lee Einer
of protection makes sense. -Curt Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:08:49 -0700 From: Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Another video, this time with pontoon and /8 aka To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us

[MBZ] Trans shifting hard on 123 when cold

2005-12-08 Thread Lee Einer
when the beast is warmed up. It shifts whiplash-stiff when the car is cold. How concerned should I be about this? -- Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com

Re: [MBZ] Trans shifting hard on 123 when cold

2005-12-08 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] wife's 300CD

2005-12-08 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] NE NEW MEXICO

2005-12-09 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] NE NEW MEXICO

2005-12-09 Thread Lee Einer
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[MBZ] Fuel filter misadventures

2005-12-09 Thread Lee Einer
Just changed out both fuel filters on the 1980 300CD. Cracked open the banjo nut at the top of the filter and primed as directed. Or so I thought. *^([EMAIL PROTECTED] thing will not start now. Air in lines? How to fix? -- Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com

Re: [MBZ] OT: New word for the day

2005-12-11 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] OT: New word for the day

2005-12-11 Thread Lee Einer
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[MBZ] Trans fluid leak when cold starting

2005-12-12 Thread Lee Einer
it is started cold. This did not begin to happen until we had the cold days here, and it does not seem to persist once the car is warmed up. Is this common? How to fix? -- Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com

[MBZ] The Funny Looking Antifreeze

2005-12-19 Thread Lee Einer
should be used in Der Benz? I am guessing it is not to be found in the average Auto Zone. -- Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com

Re: [MBZ] O/T Merry Christmas

2005-12-24 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] computer question no mb

2006-01-03 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] Spare 115 relays?

2006-01-04 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] Center A/C Vents

2006-01-05 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] Pimp my W-126 Take 2

2006-01-06 Thread Lee Einer
Ed Booher wrote: Thought filters had Seek and Destroy orders on all Pimping! Wow, you have thought filters? With seek and destroy capabilities? The Bush administration wants your technology... Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com

Re: [MBZ] 240 vs SD Go

2006-01-08 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] VWTD

2006-01-12 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] Nice SDL in OKLA

2006-01-14 Thread Lee Einer
hunting dogs lounging on the front porch... And better than the non-functioning appliance, or perhaps its perfect accompaniment, is an old bench seat from a pickup truck sitting on the front porch, way classier than an old sofa - Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http

Re: [MBZ] Q for the Mac guys

2006-01-15 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Browser that's a close approximation of IE page displays?

2006-01-16 Thread Lee Einer
I have had luck with Konqueror. What OS are you running? Zeitgeist wrote: is there another browser alternative that should display web tables very closely to IE specifications? Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com

Re: [MBZ] OT: Browser that's a close approximation of IE page displays?

2006-01-16 Thread Lee Einer
market, and suggest that unless he wants to lose 10% or more of his business he needs to make the site browser-agnostic. Zeitgeist wrote: Win XP Had to give up on Opera, cuz it wasn't operating correctly within the system. Damn, this is maddening! On 1/15/06, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [MBZ] Centurion: 128-mpg Diesel-Powered Sports Car

2006-01-16 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] need to get this

2006-05-21 Thread Lee Einer
Sunil Hari wrote: In the video he used the word electrolysis - this means that this is a zero-sum game, thermodynamically. But it's a clever way to get your car to run on 120V without batteries. Thermodynamically, this would be worse than a zero sum, as their would inevitably be somewhat

[MBZ] Best battery for 300D

2008-01-07 Thread Lee Einer
Hi, all - It is another cold winter here in northeastern New Mexico, and the battery on the wife's 300CD has again taken a crap. It shows as fully charged when I hook up the charger, but there are no cold cranking amps and it won't turn the engine over fast enough to get it going. So now I must

Re: [MBZ] National Health Insurance: was: Coffee is Hot

2008-01-11 Thread Lee Einer
prices float to the level the public is willing to pay. People are willing to pay whatever they have to so they don't get sick and die. That's why capitalism sucks when applied to health care. Nobody is going to say fifty thousand dollars to remove that cancerous tumor? Highway robbery! I'll

Re: [MBZ] National Health Insurance: was: Coffee is Hot

2008-01-11 Thread Lee Einer
Allan Streib wrote: I was responding to the earlier point about private insurers deny claims for necessary treatment, with my personal experience that the only denials my family and I ever encountered being from the government plan (Medicare). Allan I have worked for health insurers and

[MBZ] 300cd no-start hell

2008-01-26 Thread Lee Einer
Well, I went out to replace the glow plugs on my wife's benz, in front of our home where it has sat for two weeks because it would not start. Special-ordered glow plugs from auto-zone x2 because they got me the wrong plugs the first time out. Discovered to my dismay that some asshole hit the car

Re: [MBZ] OT, computers again

2008-01-27 Thread Lee Einer
Do some browsing on Tigerdirect.com. They should have some barebones systems with good prices and no OS. Its a personal bugaboo for me. Last time I went shopping for a computer (5 years ago or so) I walked into Best Buy, saw what I wanted and asked how much it would cost without the Micro$oft

Re: [MBZ] Favorable A-Class Review

2005-06-17 Thread Lee Einer
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[MBZ] Normally Aspirated Diesel at High Altitude

2005-06-19 Thread Lee Einer
to regain some of the performance at higher altitudes (besides adding a turbo?) -- Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com

Re: [MBZ] Normally Aspirated Diesel at High Altitude

2005-06-19 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] Favorable A-Class Review

2005-06-20 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] another stupid oil question

2005-06-21 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] OT: alternative energy - was SMART somethingorother

2005-06-23 Thread Lee Einer
conversion efficiencies having thermodynamics limits as high as 66%. Note the word could. That's a mighty big qualifier. Craig -- Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com

Re: [MBZ] Which Mobil One????

2005-06-23 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] cheaper CD

2005-06-25 Thread Lee Einer
It will likely only be cheap until you go to fix the AC. Lee Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=6330item=4556675296rd=1

Re: [MBZ] OT - Convince Me

2005-06-25 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] mbz.org what the story???

2005-07-02 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] Health insurance, OT, was Re: price of diesel...interesting theory...

2005-07-09 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] Re: price of diesel...interesting theory...

2005-07-11 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] Health insurance, OT, was Re: price of diesel...interesting ...

2005-07-11 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] VW speeds

2005-07-16 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] Beware!

2005-07-18 Thread Lee Einer
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Re: [MBZ] ethanol and biodiesel - waste of energy?

2005-07-19 Thread Lee Einer
: yep, and that is where the problems start. No more oil=alot less food and higher price of it and mass death rates. David Brodbeck wrote: Lee Einer wrote: Obviously, for most of human history, we have farmed successfully without reliance on petroleum products. That's because, for most

Re: [MBZ] ethanol and biodiesel - waste of energy?

2005-07-20 Thread Lee Einer
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Einer Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:19 AM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] ethanol and biodiesel - waste of energy? Does anyone have unbiased, objective numbers supporting the contention that transition to sustainable

Re: [MBZ] Combustion improving inventions

2007-11-15 Thread Lee Einer
There's one being pimped by a guy named Dennis Lee for gasoline engines - he claims fuel economy improvements of 50% to 200%. Purely voodoo. The guy also claims to have a pre-ignition catalytic converter that reduces fuel to plasma and will enable your engine to run on any liquid including steak

Re: [MBZ] [OT] Am I the only one that finds this bone chilling?

2007-01-24 Thread Lee Einer
John W. Reames III wrote: http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/011907Parry.shtml There is no expressed grant of habeas in the Constitution; there's a prohibition against taking it away, Gonzales said. Don't you LOVE tri-state logic? No. I don't. Habeus Corpus is a right which was

Re: [MBZ] [OT] Am I the only one that finds this bone chilling?

2007-01-24 Thread Lee Einer
John W. Reames III wrote: On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Allan Streib wrote: Well -- um. The actual text from Section 9 of the Constitution is: The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

Re: [MBZ] [OT] The Imperial Presidency

2007-01-24 Thread Lee Einer
Werner Fehlauer wrote: A good example of where our tax dollars are being wasted: This morning, on a drive from NJ to DC, I had occasion to drive by Newcastle County (Wilmington) Airport, and lo and behold, there sat Air Force 1 (747B) in all its glory. Seems the Prez had to make a visit

Re: [MBZ] OT- Hursty wants macs

2007-01-25 Thread Lee Einer
Redghost wrote: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sys/268219025.html $50 each -- That's $50 more than I will pay, but it's a great deal. I bet they will run Linux just fine. Lee

Re: [MBZ] A$$ dragging

2007-01-26 Thread Lee Einer
Maybe its A$$ itches. That's why my dog does it... Lee

Re: [MBZ] OT - Global Warming rebuttal

2007-02-06 Thread Lee Einer
L. Mark Finch wrote: Rebut this: http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitgcc/historical03.jsp http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.A3.lrg.gif Those temperatures were all recorded by lefties and environmental wackos. I'm sure of it. Lee

Re: [MBZ] OT - PCs and Macs (was) Accents

2007-02-20 Thread Lee Einer
I am now working (temporarily) as Features Editor of a local paper. They use mostly Mac G4s. IMO, the G4s suck like a rift in spacetime. I use a Sony Mavica for photography which burns to a mini-cd. Works fantastic whether you use Windoze or Linux. Apparently won't work on a Mac because OSX

Re: [MBZ] OT - PCs and Macs (was) Accents

2007-02-21 Thread Lee Einer
Peter Frederick wrote: External media communication with the Mac is only a problem because the vendors refuse to write the correct drivers, not because there is anything inferior about the Mac. And yet, the disc which the G4s could not detect works flawlessly on my linux box at home.

Re: [MBZ] OT - PCs and Macs (was) Accents

2007-02-21 Thread Lee Einer
Peter Frederick wrote: External media communication with the Mac is only a problem because the vendors refuse to write the correct drivers, not because there is anything inferior about the Mac. It's a pain, but then so is the fact that PC manufacturers ALWAYS decide to use a different

Re: [MBZ] OT - PCs and Macs (was) Accents

2007-02-21 Thread Lee Einer
Ed Booher wrote: On 2/20/07, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter Frederick wrote: External media communication with the Mac is only a problem because the vendors refuse to write the correct drivers, not because there is anything inferior about the Mac. And yet, the disc which the G4s

Re: [MBZ] OT - PCs and Macs (was) Accents

2007-02-21 Thread Lee Einer
the people in my office can't get their friggin' drive bays open without problems. Lee -Curt Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:10:25 -0700 From: Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - PCs and Macs (was) Accents To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] Vista hits the recyclers - hijacked to MS Office/Outlook replacement

2007-03-16 Thread Lee Einer
BillR wrote: Luther, and other computer savvy folks, I have a 2 - 3 year old Compaq Presario, which I am reasonably happy with [still miss my company owned laptop, though], running Windows XP. I would be happy to find a good replacement for MS Office Professional 2003 - especially

Re: [MBZ] Router and Firewall

2007-03-18 Thread Lee Einer
OK, first of all viruses vs hacker exploits are apples and oranges. Any system can be hacked, but a Linux system is typically secure against damage from viruses. In fact, of the few viruses which have been written for Linux, most have relied on social engineering to trick the user into doing

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-07-02 Thread Lee Einer
1. http://www.openoffice.org/ 2). The best things in life are free. Lee andrew strasfogel wrote: Where/How do I get OpenOffice and why is it free? On 7/1/07, Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems than at Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:45:45 -0400, andrew wrote: One compelling reason is that I

Re: [MBZ] OT: For MI-ers: THE MIGHTY MAC -- Our bridge at 50

2007-07-08 Thread Lee Einer
Maybe in the '70s. I lived in Detroit from 1981 to 1994 and didn't hear about it. The thing is, if they wanted to vandalize cars that were not US made, there were hundreds of Fords and GM vehicles that were built in Canada and rolled right over the Ambassador Bridge into Detroit on a daily basis.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Chickens

2008-02-26 Thread Lee Einer
Chickens have multiple benefits, and there is a veritable explosion in home urban chicken raising for this reason. There is a reason why chicken feed is a slang expression for cheap. And chicken feed may not be needed for much of the year. Here in New Mexico, we get hordes of grasshoppers that can

Re: [MBZ] OT: 100 MPG is it really possible

2008-02-27 Thread Lee Einer
Blow off the assumption of 3,000 lbs vehicle weight. My wife's four-door Jetta weighed about half that. And carbon fiber technology can build sturdy vehicles that are MUCH lighter. There are cars on the road now that get 80 - 90 MPG. Not here, our gummint tends to keep them out, but in Europe,

Re: [MBZ] Battery mischief in the 300 Coupe

2006-07-17 Thread Lee Einer
Jim Cathey wrote: you need to replace your front and rear window seals. In the front, you might also have a hole in the firewall under the battery tray. Yeah, I'm told that acid from the battery commonly eats a hole through the firewall there, causing leaks. -- Jim Along similar

Re: [MBZ] eba seller on crack

2006-07-21 Thread Lee Einer
Robert Tara Ludwick wrote: That guy's on industrial strength crack. I ought to email him and see if he'll take $50 for it :-) $50 is probably cheap for industrial-strength crack... Lee

Re: [MBZ] 1981 300CD keeps going and going and going and...

2006-08-01 Thread Lee Einer
I have a 1980 300CD which initially had serious problems with excessive blow-by and associated oil consumption. The prescription: Diesel purge, regular Italian tune-ups and drive it like yer pants are on fire and yer ass is catchin'. The blow-by is quite likely due to rings which are crapped up

Re: [MBZ] the pipeline

2006-08-08 Thread Lee Einer
Luther Gulseth wrote: Ya'll are screwed. Those on homebrew alternative fuels are nearly immune to that! No, really, we're all screwed. Those of us who use biodiesel are just somewhat less screwed. How does your food get to your local supermarket? What fuels the farm machinery that

Re: [MBZ] converting a text file into a pdf

2006-08-08 Thread Lee Einer
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Anybody know of any free program that will convert a plain text file into a pdf file, which can then be read by OCR software? Thanks OpenOffice should open an plain text file with no problem and export it into a .pdf file. Lee

Re: [MBZ] converting a text file into a pdf

2006-08-08 Thread Lee Einer
LarryT wrote: So far, I have used the word processor - called AbiWord 2.4 - and it works much like Word. It does everything I needed except for printing addresses on envelopes - but that's a small matter. They also have a database, a program similar to Powerpoint, Excel, etc. ???!

Re: [MBZ] Small Diesel PU

2006-08-08 Thread Lee Einer
Robert Tara Ludwick wrote: I filled a 1973 F100 with oats and drove it to the elevator. My usual weigh slip was something like 4400lb (weight of oats, not the truck). Truck was stock except for air shocks in the back. It was riding low, but seemed to take it in stride. I don't think I'd

Re: [MBZ] Small Diesel PU

2006-08-09 Thread Lee Einer
True, the Element is one of those that, from the back, looks like it has a load in its pants. But sometimes ugly can be good. I still like the look of the old Toyota FJ40s and the FJ55 (so ugly it was dubbed the Iron Pig.) Lee Potter, Tom E wrote: I agree that GM needs a new design department,

Re: [MBZ] the pipeline

2006-08-09 Thread Lee Einer
Craig McCluskey wrote: Assuming gasoline (diesel has a higher heat content), the energy of 1 gallon is 100,000 BTU. This equates to just over 25,000 kilocalories (the calorie used in food). So, 10 calories of petroleum is 10/25000 (0.0004) gallon of gasoline. Pretty good ratio, it seems

Re: [MBZ] converting a text file into a pdf

2006-08-09 Thread Lee Einer
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: yea, thats what I want, but the osr script as they call it that is supposed to go thru and pull out the ads and batch them for some reason wont work like its supposed to. It works perfectly scanning newspapers, reading them, then saving them as text in an html

Re: [MBZ] Short??

2006-08-28 Thread Lee Einer
If the SD is similar to the D, removing the turn signal assembly is not difficult, and it is there that your problems may lie with the blinker. The wires inside bend every time you move the turn signal arm, and are prone to metal fatigue and general misadventure. I had all kinds of craziness with

[MBZ] How much Antifreeze do I need

2006-09-18 Thread Lee Einer
Hi, all- It's time for me to put a block heater in da Benz (1980 300CD.) How much fluid do I need to fill the radiator back up once I drain it? Lee

[MBZ] Oil Filter Change

2006-09-22 Thread Lee Einer
The Benz (1980 300CD)is due for an oil change. Happy to see the filter is accessible from the top of the engine (never done my own change on this beast before.) Plan to use Wilton's $2 supersucker to drain the oil. The Official CD is not terribly helpful. It indicates that I am to tighten the two

Re: [MBZ] OT: Linux recommendations

2006-09-30 Thread Lee Einer
Ed Booher wrote: Ubuntu Debian based, easy to install. They will even send you a full install CD for no charge to you if you don't want to take an hour to download it, etc. Probably be just the thing for a young person who knows about computers and wants to learn Linux. I just

[MBZ] The Supersucker

2006-09-30 Thread Lee Einer
I made a supersucker using my 6 horsepower shop vac. It supersucked. Not in a nice way. The plastic buckets tended to buckle and collapse, which also caused the lid to bend, warp and split. The contorted bucket tended to splash the waste oil back up towards the vacuum nozzle, resulting in a bunch

Re: [MBZ] Feeling blue over trying to be green

2008-05-05 Thread Lee Einer
Mitch Haley wrote: When was the last time you heard of somebody clear-cutting land so they could grow soybeans and corn? Do these people have any idea how much cropland the government is currently paying farmers to not grow crops on? Or is that what they mean by grasslands? Grasslands? I

Re: [MBZ] computer OS other than MS

2008-05-06 Thread Lee Einer
Try ActiveClient for Linux - http://www.actividentity.com/products/activclient_linux__home.php Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN Charleston SC J63 wrote: Linux gurus and others, Here is the show-stopper that I see for MY situation. Review: plan is to purchase cheap laptop for use while I

Re: [MBZ] OT, replace computer

2008-05-06 Thread Lee Einer
Curt Raymond wrote: There are also STACKs of stripped down Linux distros catering to the older hardware crowd... It truely is a great time to have an old computer. True! Antix Linux may have a few warts, but I can get it to run on damn near anything. Antix 6.5 even runs on old AMD K6s.

Re: [MBZ] [Banned] OT rotisserie question

2008-05-16 Thread Lee Einer
I use a Texas smoker, no propane or rotisseries here. Brine 'em first, helps keep moist. Lower is better, temp-wise. When I do up a brisket, I typically get up to build the fire around 2:30 - 3 a.m. and let her smoke slow and easy on an oak fire, for 10 hours or so. Keep the temp low, and it

Re: [MBZ] [Banned] OT rotisserie question

2008-05-17 Thread Lee Einer
Another observation on the genesis of marijuana prohibition - The prohibition against alcohol resulted in an enormous build-up of the police force, FBI, prisons, etc, a whole burgeoning bureaucracy. Then prohibition was nixed - and we had a powerful bureaucracy with no justification for its

Re: [MBZ] Hydrogen Power?

2008-05-18 Thread Lee Einer
A local mechanic here is selling a snake-oil contraption which makes browns gas as well as tinkering with the ignition timing and he claims it gets mileage improvements of over 100%. It is Dennis Lee's device, and it is BS. A good place to start the inquiry is by asking how much of the gasoline

Re: [MBZ] Military Service - Was: America's Climate Security Act

2008-06-05 Thread Lee Einer
Zits break out. Wars are volitional. Wars can break out at any time. The franchise came from being _willing_ to be part of the spear, if required. Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For

Re: [MBZ] OT: Kit Cars, was: Best Porsches

2010-03-21 Thread Lee Einer
There are also TDI to bug kits, or so I have heard, so you could do a 50 mpg porche kit car. From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sun, March 21, 2010 6:19:24 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Kit

Re: [MBZ] OT Red Anaheim Chilis

2008-08-03 Thread Lee Einer
Normally you would harvest peel anaheims when they are green. Oh, well, have a taste and use your mouth-imagination to figure what they would go well with when red. Roasted green chiles, in the proud New Mexico tradition, go well with anything except perhaps pancakes or ice cream. Scramble 'em

Re: [MBZ] OT Red Anaheim Chilis

2008-08-03 Thread Lee Einer
strings of dried red chilies? Are they Anaheims? On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Normally you would harvest peel anaheims when they are green. Oh, well, have a taste and use your mouth-imagination to figure what they would go well with when red. Roasted

Re: [MBZ] OT Red Anaheim Chilis

2008-08-03 Thread Lee Einer
next season, so thought we'd try the anaheims in addition this year. The chilies and okra are about all that last through the 100+ heat here - so the more the merrier! We had three of the fresh red anaheims tongiht in a curried orka dish that was yummy. - On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Lee

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Vista disaster continues for Microsoft

2008-08-19 Thread Lee Einer
Count me among them. Unless you count that whole spontaneous crash thing, there is not much you can do on Micro$oft that you can't do on Linux. I haven't used Microsoft at home for at least a decade. Lee On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder how many

Re: [MBZ] OT: The Vista disaster continues for Microsoft

2008-08-19 Thread Lee Einer
. im' sure there are a few other things as well. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Count me among them. Unless you count that whole spontaneous crash thing, there is not much you can do on Micro$oft that you can't do on Linux. I haven't used Microsoft

Re: [MBZ] OT correction Now we're bailing out commercial paper too but it is not the fault of capitalism?

2008-10-07 Thread Lee Einer
1). Government is the bitch of big business. 2). Big business operates by crisis capitalism, create a clusterfsck and then capitalize on the desperation and panic. -- Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut ___

Re: [MBZ] sheriff who violated the Hatch Act

2008-10-11 Thread Lee Einer
Allan Streib wrote: In fact the conspiracy theorist could easily imagine that the current crisis was engineered by the left to better the chances of regaining the white house. I don't give them that much credit, but this whole election is shaping up with eerie similarities to the

Re: [MBZ] OT - trouble in Iraq - what is war

2008-10-13 Thread Lee Einer
Well said, Bill. To that I would add, when natural resources are stolen out from under the feet of those third worlders, it is generally done legally. But those who are doing the stealing are also making the laws. It has been ever thus. Lee Bill R wrote: OK, I ignored the stuff about

[MBZ] Power antenna not working

2009-04-12 Thread Lee Einer
Hi, all - The power antenna on my 1980 300CD has ceased going up and down. It stuck about halfway a few days ago and bled the battery down trying to lower itself the rest of the way, but that is another story. It is now in the fully retracted position. Should I just get a new mast and hope for

Re: [MBZ] Buying freeze is back on, just don't get hypothermia

2008-12-28 Thread Lee Einer
LarryT wrote: You wrote turning away a very sick person because of insurance issues is not a mistake it's capitalism at it's worst Actually, it's illegal - signs are posted openly throughout the hospital - near ER, REception, on every floor in hallways - etc - only a blind person would

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-20 Thread Lee Einer
For one, you need to hit the stop button before you can save. Loren Faeth wrote: OK, Youse guys recommended Audacity. I think I was successful to record from a microphone with it. At least there are lots of squiggles on the chart that scrolls across. It won't let me save what I

Re: [MBZ] OT Audacity recording

2009-01-20 Thread Lee Einer
Have you tried exporting as a .wav or .mp3 file? Lee Loren Faeth wrote: yes, did that. Then tried everything i could think of to get it to save the file. It has been sitting on my desktop for a few days while I tried to figure out how to save the file. It is about an hour and 20 minutes

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