IIRC, Tina Turner had a hog digester to run her ThunderDome way back in the
’80’s. Must have learned that from before Peak Oil and Mad Maxx. Local
County landfill became a methane harvesting operation almost 30 years ago when
it was “de-comissioned”. Not sure it makes much power, but it is a
Youngest son is enthralled by Tesla cars. Had a great summer 2018 drooling
over all the examples in SEA, and the neighbor has two and just quit working
for Tesla Co. Over this past summer, he was on a quest to view a Tesla in ANC.
I think I found more OM617 power cars there than he did REV.
I thought those who frequent the site would enjoy the view Uncle Tom has about
the collective IQ of posters
https://youtu.be/Ku46HXegE6c
clay
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50-60f.
July would be the only reasonable time of top down travel.
clay
> On Aug 19, 2019, at 2:01 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> On 19/08/2019 3:53 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote:
>> I would love to have the car, but do not have the cash available to
sfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> There was a rumar (urban myth?) that all VW beetles produced in a certain
> MY in the 60s were operable by the same key.
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 4:30 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>> My 220D
I would love to have the car, but do not have the cash available to purchase,
nor a place to park it. The busted jeep owner does know how to drive a w115,
just think he has fewer available dollars than I do. No idea what his
automotive outlook is
clay
> On Aug 19, 2019, at 1:29 PM, Randy
My 220D was pretty theft proof. Never really locked it, since the cost to
replace the glass was more than the value of the car. Anybody able to figure
out the Gorilla Knob and getting the ignition working without a key would have
made off with it no problem. Most any Benz key of that era woul
Cars have become appliances that you toss out once the ash tray is full. My
personal vote would be for something old and simple that most any idiot at a
repair place can fix without computers. That speaks to being reliable, though
it might take some attention to keep it on the road. The new s
r is needed to make em run so he can sell em, gave me
> the story on the cheep engines. He also said earlier exploders are
> built so that it should be easy to stick an OM617 in them.
>
> Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote on 8/14/19 9:50 PM:
>> The Cheep Crap Cherkee of #1 boy,
The Cheep Crap Cherkee of #1 boy, the one with the inquiry about how to measure
ATF level seems to have crapped itself. Not sure of the extent of damage, but
too many sensors were feeding the wrong data and it went into terminal limp
mode. Knocking something horrid and not wanting to drive or
Depends on if you want a fun driver, or a trailer queen. I would love to have
a brand spanking new condition SL, but that first ding or scuff would break my
heart
clay.
> On Aug 14, 2019, at 9:25 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> There were,2 restored ones in recent Star. 225 & 2
My internist tried to put me on some statin 15 years ago. I thought better and
did not.
On my paternal side, my grandmother’s kin were dropping like flies with heart
issues. My grandfather was of a more sturdy stock and his kin dropped dead
well into their tenth decade, no matter what sort of
the bookmark for what I'm
> looking for didn't fall out.
> On Aug 13, 2019, at 4:28 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Caves of Steel?
>
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 18:43 Clay Monroe via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>> They may be known as the non-reprodu
The boy did get the Dorman generic wire dipstick. It is supposed to be
inserted until it hits bottom. There is a ruler of sorts at the end of the
stick with demarcations in mm to clue you in as to how deep the ATF is.
The jeep was serviced in SEA 30 months ago and has put almost 9k miles on th
I recall the butt smacking meted out by the principle with a paddle was a good
attention adjustment
clay
> On Aug 13, 2019, at 1:52 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> What about baby boomers? We didn't have dunce stools.
>
> Dwight Giles Jr.
> Wickford RI
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They may be known as the non-reproductive generation. Too engaged with screens
to actually connect in the flesh. Reminds me of an Asimov book. I think it
was “Robots of Dawn”. The humans each lived in their own homes surrounded by
robots, talked to each other electronically, but never met.
Yeah, I found that benz parts buyers are a humorless sort. I try to make the
copy interesting, but a few postings were flagged because I mentioned
historical incidents that the reader did not find to zer liking. Politics and
cars, or much of anything and cars seems verbotten
clay monroe
> I
Not nonsense. Jim had it. The fluid expands with rising heat in a vessel of a
given volume. Knowing the temperature of the fluid allows a person to gauge
how full up the millimeter stick said fluid has risen. The wire is marked in
millimeters, so one needs know the x (temp) and y(volume) to
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/d/seattle-mercedes-w123-odd-lot-euro-parts/694950.html
not sure this is helpful
My CL listing. I figure I could ship for $100
clay
> On Aug 12, 2019, at 3:04 PM, MG via Mercedes wrote:
>
> I saw a few on there that might do like the nice ones fr
The 77 is a pretty simple and solid engine/injection set up compared to D-jet.
The rest of the car is just upkeep and deep pockets. Might be the bulk of
niggling issues needing attention. Mine has liquidated the fix it budget every
year I have driven it. And still needs more items made better
Peoples choice cars for the past few years have been Adenauer, 190SL, 180d,
170, and some other old black sedans. Not that I quibble about how nice they
are. Just that the cars are mostly much younger than the owners, or of equal
age.
I jest, there is a fellow who rices the newer AMG rides.
t; Bob R
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 11, 2019, at 6:14 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes
>> wrote:
>>
>> No stacked diesels. A really nice 240d, a CD, a w115 240. As I said, old
>> men with cash to burn instead of picking up street walkers and dr
No stacked diesels. A really nice 240d, a CD, a w115 240. As I said, old men
with cash to burn instead of picking up street walkers and drinking expensive
scotch
clay
> On Aug 11, 2019, at 5:23 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Were there any diesels with exhaust stacks t
I resemble that remark. I fell down the rabbit hole and into previous geologic
layers of collections. Three days of assembling vintage Apple things and
segregating them into logical groupings, then tossing onto CL. I am getting a
few bites. The Benz items are also garnering interest, though
LAs Totally Awesome. Yellow stuff that you get to dilate as desired. I used
it full strength to remove engine cruft build up, as it will soften it and
allow for scraping, as well as flushing. Soak the oily gunk for a few minutes
and it washes right off with hose water.
Wheels you do not wan
I just allow the program to suck the pix off my stuff, then copy the photos to
folders based on subject matter. That makes deleting obsolete (sold items on
CL or Bay of Fleas) simple enough. Folders for each car and subs for each
project on said car.
clay monroe
> On Aug 9, 2019, at 5:34 P
AK Governor Dunleavy went on a budget gutting spree. Told each selected agency
how much he wanted them to cut their spending. The university system spent
their time sniveling in hopes somehow the cash would magically show up. It did
not. Now the three universities are having to come under on
The oil has finally caught up to Mercedes quality. Both are riding on the good
reputation the brand built up over many decades and then threw out.
clay monroe
> I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm
> looking for didn't fall out.
> On Aug 7, 2019, at 7
I have one oil change volume of M1 20-50 left for use in the R107. Then I will
be selling her. The diesels have been running store brand 15-50 the past few
years. Might need to toss the six or seven spare gallons of that onto CL while
I wait for a time to rid myself of the SDL
clay
> On
I seem to recall the DC-10 had issues. Did Boeing not end up taking over that
consortium, and now are the only aircraft maker here? At least the Boeing jets
are not cartwheeling down runways
clay monroe
> I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm
> looking
I retain the original Mac Plus carry case, the Powerbook Duo case, the Mac II
case, as well as the Mac Portable. The current macbook lives in the duo bag
clay monroe
> I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm
> looking for didn't fall out.
> On Aug 5, 20
On a spiritual level these FB idiots offend me. Probably because I might be
cut from the same cloth as Pierre Hedary, though he is a much younger and far
more technically blessed man than I. I can see allowing the idiots to defile
as many of these cars as possible, on the off chance that they
I contemplated considering my ban on become part of the faceplant zombies just
to marvel at the idiocy of the 123 group, but can not see how I would be able
to keep my trap shut long enough to not be summarily banned.
clay
> On Aug 2, 2019, at 2:22 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
> wrote:
The washington state nuclear build failure was to make five plants. One
actually was put online, the others were lost at various stages of development.
One plant made it all the way to building the cooling towers. Whatever stage
that is. I suspect that was the most completed outside of Hand
VW Tuners seem to be seen on par with ricers
clay
> On Jul 28, 2019, at 7:46 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> What’s the issue with the Sirocco boys?
>
> --FT
> Sent from iPhone
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Ran like a scalded cat once the fresh injectors were in.
clay
> On Jul 28, 2019, at 5:24 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> And what a difference that made, didn’t it?
>
> -D (not the saint or angel responsible)
>
>
>> On Jul 28, 2019, at 8:17 PM, Clay
The club event for the day was to take our cars to a gathering of the other
marques from the fatherland for a gathering. Porsche, BMW, Audi, Benz, and the
bastard children…VW who are not part of the group, but invited the Bug bunch
for some good reason. No bugs showed up. The Sirrocco and ot
Were that it were only the carb!
I got back to SEA last night and it was too dark to make out the mess that four
weeks of unattended lawn growth was going to be found in the morning. Last
home visit I was confronted with almost waist high grass after near five months
of absence. I came right
BTDT in a manner. I was not wanting to pay MAACO lots of cash to paint the SD,
so I figured I might use this as an opportunity to learn vs tossing cash at the
issue.
I have a 29 gallon (non HF) compressor, which I thought would be stout enough
to shoot paint with no trouble. It was a tad sma
> Does CL not charge for parts cars versus “whole” cars? Could someone be so
> cheap as to not be willing to drop $5 to advertise a car?
>
> -D
>
>
>> On Jul 26, 2019, at 10:05 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes
>> wrote:
>>
>> He does not want to pay CL t
I suspect the point was that CO2 is an insignificant aspect of the total gas
mix and can climb to stupid levels with minimal impact, as the real culprit of
green gas houses is water vapor. Clouds and lack thereof will have more
impact, and there is co-relation, but no obvious causation between
There was somebody, a Saint and Angel, on this list who did a rebuild of
injector for me. Sent them back within 5psi matched.
clay
> On Jul 26, 2019, at 8:29 PM, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I wonder what they think of having new injectors pop tested and matched to
> within 5 bar
>
> I can hook your SWMBO up with the technology to make fuel out of that stuff.
> not mine etc... But I know people.
>
> Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote on 7/26/19 7:50 PM:
>> http://techworldupdate.com/the-plain-error-of-biomass-emissions/
>>
>> With all the wild
I just got back into SEA last night. THANK THE LORD I filled the tank prior to
leaving in June. I got real used to the low ball pricing up in GWN of
$2.83/gal. Drove to the MBCA’s shared event with the Porched, Beamer, and
Aw-Duh clubs (the Bug boys were invited but chose not to show up). #2
He does not want to pay CL to list the car as a real car. The selling price
tells you that it is a fine car, not some scrap yard bound wonder. Looks like
there is nothing glaringly wrong with it, and a test ride will probably bear
that out
clay
> On Jul 26, 2019, at 5:57 PM, Kaleb Striplin
http://techworldupdate.com/the-plain-error-of-biomass-emissions/
With all the wildfires around AK and the attendant smoke troubles, I suspect
that clearing up the duff and other combustables would allow them to be used to
make “green” power instead of wasting kilowatts. I think the same might b
GNW fails to allow for the use of plug in cars for much other than replacing
golf carts for puttering around town. No way these would function in the cold
and exceedingly long roads with limited fuel stops, let alone roadside 240v
plugs. Recent pricing for electrons hovers around $0.20 Kw/h up
Take a gander at the mapz of Goog. The town is a literal residential dead end.
Maybe that is the new thing, but I come from a world were streets line up in
some manner and you are able to get to other places from here. ANC has few
residential roads that are not dead ends. Subsections and los
A number of schools I attended had two classes for each grade through Jr. High.
There was the dummy class and the bright kids. Some occasional flow between
groups, I suspect to keep the dumb kids from figuring out just how limited
their prospects for higher education might be. The same kids t
We have had dysfunctional parenting for ages. What makes the current batch of
idiots so bad is that the Greatest Generation wanted a better world for their
children that they were a bit more forgiving about discipline. The boomers
went nuts being their own brand of people and had children who
Not much issue with that here in ANC. Not that many multi lane roads. Once out
of town it is two lane roads with the occasional slow driver turn outs. Summer
is a rolling blockage with the tour busses full of cruise passengers and a
parade of rental RVs competing with the locals on their way t
My morning constitutionals around the neighborhoods bears this out for ANC.
There is a short construction season, but even the $500k homes are built with
low-end big-box store bargain materials. The temps swung from below -40c to
over +30c this past year. The use of rebar or steel mat in conc
> Now all you have to do is find out how to spin it to get the oil pickup on
> the bottom when it is in it's new position on the Mercedes.
>
> MG
>
> Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote:
>> I rescued one from a Chebby truck at PnP. Not bad for the price and had a
>>
The quest for a vehicle continues unabated for me. Since all the new offerings
consist of hard plastic and dreck made from recycled pop bottles and newspaper,
they probably will rot out and suffer electronic failure within a few years of
each other. Confronted with that limitation, the greates
The parish school taught #1 boy cursive and other old school tricks. Seven
years later, #2 boy did not get this training. He is confused when he is
confronted with anything but Times Roman or some san serif lettering. He is
very concerned about feelings and justice for socialist though
clay
Civilization is a thin veneer over rampant chaos once the lights go out. I
guess the troops are able to swoop in and set up their own pocked of calm in
the midst of disaster, but getting things set right once again takes time. I
have been in situations long ago where SHTF for a prolonged perio
I rescued one from a Chebby truck at PnP. Not bad for the price and had a 12v
supply in the tool box to check the clutch would engage. Think I paid $12.
Made sure to cut the hoses far from the working bits and stopper them with a
duct tape bandage to keep it sanitary
clay
> On Jul 22, 2019
The indy who worked on my E300D and other benz would evacuate the system
(having all the tools and holding tanks) then insert the appropriate amount of
refrigerant. That gets real expensive when we were looking for the mystery
leak. Gave up on the ice cold air after many Benjamins were spent
The Swiss require three generations to have resided prior to allowing a person
to request citizenship.
US nationals need to contact their embassy or Consulate to register the birth
of their progeny should it take place in a location not AMERICA!!! That is how
McCain was able to run for highest
First nations people count back seven generation. No idea why, just know they
do. That would make long term residents Natives.
The US Constitution grants you to be Native Born if you fall out and land on US
soil.
A great many long term family residents may have non european blood lines
inter
I do try to reserve that for use when actually wrenching. F bombs are good for
loosening recalcitrant parts with vim and gusto. For best shock value, I have
decided that the unspeakable N word could replace the much overused F bomb
clay
> On Jul 20, 2019, at 8:15 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Merced
It has been creeping around 20c the past few days in ANC. Still a bit too warm
for the boys and girls fighting wildfires. Today will be a stretch to make 15c
and that will bring more smoke? Not sure how that functions. No cars to work
on, little in the way of yard to screw with, been rather
Glad you are well and the w210 was able to see you walk away from the encounter
clay
> On Jul 15, 2019, at 7:50 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Rode to a community meeting this evening with a buddy. Left his house to come
> home about 930. We had big tstorm roll through earlie
A fellow I supplied with a bunch of my spare R107 parts for his rebuild of a
1972 SL had to unbunggle many bits. One was the ignition from a w124. I had a
quartet of the obsolete ignition switches he took with.
clay
> On Jul 15, 2019, at 1:10 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> wrote:
> So
The SD had that issue, sort of. There is the end of the tumbler that fits into
a sliding switch mechanism once you turn the key. The SD had somehow buggered
that up, so that it would not disengage the steering lock and allow the key to
turn. I had to get the tumbler out to see if a flat head
I was able to get the key to do one last turn by flushing the lock with
Tri-Flow and running the jiggly sander on the key for five to ten minutes over
a four day period. It finally got one last good turn. At that point you want
to remove the tumbler and make haste to your most trusted locksmit
Toada PieAss
Those are the definition of uncomfortable. Neighbors in SEA have them. Heck,
SEA has them in spades. The things make the early VW Bug seem plush in regards
legroom and seat comfort. And like the bug, adults sit up front, the kids in
the back. Made to fit dwarves or hobbits, bu
I seem to recall there is a bleed screw on the filter housing that can be
fiddly. I had an issue with leakage, and when I tried to tighten it, somehow
that cut off fuel flow. I do not recall it drawing in air though
clay
> On Jul 13, 2019, at 10:36 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
SWMBA drives a RAT 4. It is small. Quite small and lacks leg room for
standard humans. She is petite, so has no issue with leg cramps no matter
which seat she takes. I can ride in it around town if we are hopping from shop
to shop, but the back seat kills me for longer than 15 minutes. She
The Pacifica seems to be the hot new pseudo van to have. Does not bear much
resemblance to the R class anymore. I would be all over a Sprinter van
clay
> On Jul 12, 2019, at 7:48 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Great Idea, The TC/GC are very versatile. Engines are not the b
Up here the small vans are mommy transporters and tend to be owned until
trashed, so there are few that make it to the secondary market and within the
low miles, fresh interior, no damage requirements SWMBA has.
clay
> On Jul 12, 2019, at 7:26 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
SWMBA is in a tizzy to replace the POS y2k Cheep Ground Turkey that she would
not invest a penny into making a safe vehicle. Now the thing is an unknown as
to whether it will function from day to day. No surprise, but I keep my mouth
shut.
The selection of viable vehicle here is overly limite
I have one of those dell things that has all the CD manuals living inside. It
took about 30 minutes of charge to get the battery to wake enough to charge and
power on.
clay
> On Jul 11, 2019, at 3:05 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I have a Dell D630 that is my old SDS syst
The mix is toward caucasians on summer job with a few supervisors with brown
eyes and dark hair. The business is year round to plow snow and then mow lawns
when there is no snow to be had. The supervisors drive, the white boys mow,
rake, spread fertilizer. No lolly-gagging, a very well oiled
There has been great heat in ANC this past week. The bulk of the neighbors are
pasty white and afeared of the blazing ball of heat in the sky, so cover
themselves fully. I tried that for a few minutes then gave up. Been shirtless
working in the yard and puttering around the ‘hood. There migh
SWMBA has HOA that prohibits yard signs, among many other silly things. She
was forced to pull her sign promoting keeping enviro-weinies from taking over
the state.
I was overwhelmed with the malign proliferation of virtue signaling signage all
over the routes of my morning constitutional in S
I put the film on the R107 euro lights. Hard enough finding the glass, so a
worthy investment.
Are the w124 lights on the wagon not the same as those that would have come on
the 94/95 w124? If the glass is a rare or hard to source item, film would
give a modicum on protection. Installatio
Might also be buyer location, though now the state of washington is no longer
honoring purchasers from locals without sales taxes. Used to be you could show
your ID and the merchant would not collect tax. This year you pay the tax and
have to keep your sales papers so you can ask for a reimbu
July 4 broke their all time high. Made it to almost 90f. Should see 30c
sometime this week.
Driving out might be fine the first few days. Lots of night light. Closer to
the 49th parallel, it would be dark around 9pm
clay
> On Jul 6, 2019, at 9:41 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
All my Martha things are in SEA. Another trouble is that on the ferry we are
not allowed to handle the vehicles, as it may be related to our terror
activities is what I have been told. I could put it in a container on a barge
and live inside until I got to town, but would require somebody to b
Canadian Tyre probably does not have access to those hoses. You might contact
Pierre Hedary (MB ewetoob star) to see if he has a good source to recommend.
He just did a video about where to get new as well as used parts.
I sourced my hoses from Rusty when I needed them. Might have been WorldP
https://anchorage.craigslist.org/cto/d/anchorage-1971-mercedes-benz-280se-280/6919296136.html
The car probably only needs a decent Martha to make it BAT ready.
I do not think I could drive it south in time for the local section Show and
Shine and give it the detailing it needs.
clay
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I provided a paper city map to #2 boy so could explore beyond the college. He
said he had a phone. I told him this was a more complete big picture view that
allows for better granularity.
clay
> On Jun 30, 2019, at 4:05 AM, MG via Mercedes wrote:
>
> I love to look up where I want to go o
#1 boy attended a state school out of state with rebate on tuition for
attending a school part of a multi-state sharing program (we offer you lower
tuition so you offer our kids lower than out of state deal). Annual cost was
about $22k. #2 boy attends private institution at $65k per annum.
#1
Higher education is being wasted on making and keeping the unemployable
illiterati population expand so that college teachers can keep raking in a
cheque. They do not expand on the knowledge base in any appreciable manner.
Just seem to build a larger class of indoctrination spewers who pollute
https://www.apnews.com/b39c6e89a11a4c2fb9ed424614af820b
So, the rich and beautiful have left the city, so ….
I will grant that there is a dearth of pretty people in the state, and those
people I ran into seem to make Costco their fashion store of choice. That or
REI, which just built themselv
PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
>> wrote:
>>
>> I hate to disappoint you but you will only get to write off whatever it
>> sells for.
>>
>> On 6/27/2019 6:03 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote:
>>> I just off loaded the SD. Some vietnamese fellow
I shared it with the past section president who just finished restoring a
gasser. One of his boys drives something in much the same condition as this
example.
I would consider it, but I am headed north for a few weeks, so could not drag
it home until August
clay
1974 450sl - Frosch - Tw
I got fluffy after she put a ring on me. But I was doing the cooking, so my
own fault. SWMBA remains rail thin even after popping out two kids.
There are a few gals that #1 boy knows who did not need a ring to plump up.
They nailed down a fella and he had employment, the gals were “finding
This morning read an article from BBC about how Frod is cashing out 12k
employees ahead of brexit. The japanese are also chatting with the brits on
how to keep making cars there instead of just installing robots. There are a
great number of jobs that will be automated. SWMBA and her legal ski
The 510 is very sought after in PNW. The people who rode in them as kids are
now able to afford to relive their childhood joys. The boys who brought us
Cellular One (McCaw) have a race garage with an example they rally
clay
On Jun 27, 2019, at 9:41 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
>
I just off loaded the SD. Some vietnamese fellow came with the wrecker and now
the car will be used to fund care at the local childrens hospital. I get a tax
write off for far more than scrap value
clay
> On Jun 27, 2019, at 5:34 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I guess so, ins
Grin and bear it. We were idiots of the same caliber at that age.
I finally was able to get through to #1 boy that being a wage slave was not a
reliable way to make a living. He decided that maybe I might be correct and
has taken the first steps (getting hired) to becoming an electrician. T
I use 205/70 unless there is a good reason to run the 195/75
clay monroe
> I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm
> looking for didn't fall out.
> On Jun 26, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> What are you running on your 14s?
I am trying to figure out what qualifies as Decent. The more recent vehicles
just do not seem of value in relation to asking prices. Maybe I am becoming my
Dad, who kept wanting to know why skivvies were so damn expensive now and why
could he not find a decent pair of Keds for a reasonable pri
+1 on heaters aging out.
The tank we installed in 1996 had the melting dip tubes. The tube got replaced
a dozen years in after dissolving through the copper pipes. Four years later
the tank drained from a pinhole in the base. A couple hundred gallons or
initially hot water filled the basemen
PDX sent their aquatic rescue forces out on an extended mission this week.
They were diving for electric scooters. Seems a multitude of the wee beasties
had been sent to their demise off a local bridge into the river below. IIRC
there were more than a dozen spotted, but only around a dozen w
Based on the limited exposure I had with a week long rental cabin, the tanks
are far too small to provide adequate heated water for more than one occupant.
The tanks will spew out hot water for ages. There just are far too many
demands on the thing for it to do a decent job for more than one
We will see just how much Green New Deal power there is if that idiot from WA
has his way. He has gotten the SEA persecutor to now want to go after the
fossil fuel industry in town. Makes you wonder how these idiots will heat
their homes in the winter. Fire wood? Not going to be oil or natur
I am having issue with the destruction of the more modest architecture in town.
The neighborhood really grew with post war housing and the bulk of homes
around me echoed the ethos of 1950s homes. Think Brady Bunch or Leave it to
Beaver. Now, with property values through the roof, these homes
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