I should have included this in original reply:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qkblKElN4w
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From: Scott Ritchey
Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 1:07 AM
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List'
Subject: RE: [MBZ] Common sense seems to be lacking at home
Nothing except your kids
Nothing except your kids is worth you or SWMBO getting seriously hurt or killed
over. I endorse motion lights and security cameras. They may provide
deterrence but don't mount cameras too high; it's hard to ID tops of heads
under hoodies. I use Ubiquiti Nanostation M5 RF bridges to link my
No experience with ultrasonics but I use squirrel guards on the posts that
hold bird feeders and above hanging feeders. Not unlike this
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/audubon-cone-squirrel-baffle except I
fabricate them from a roll of thin aluminum trim covering (like roofers
use). The only
I feel compelled to comment: by 2030, CO2 emissions will be the least of
their worries. IMO.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Sent: Monday, March 1, 2021 11:18 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Floyd Thursby
Subject: [MBZ] Editorial: To save
These guys crack me up. 90% of emissions come from outside the US,
especially China and India who are only increasing their number of coal
plants. US emissions could go to zero and it wouldn't matter. I think
China commissions a new coal plane daily, on average. Second, the US was
already on
The SAE "logo" should say if it's Diesel (Cx) rated. I understand that gas
engine oil (Sx) is actually a better lubricant but doesn't handle suspended
soot as well.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 9:46 AM
To:
In NC, a few weeks after COVID shots were approved 65 and up I called the
County Health Dept on a Monday and they scheduled me that Wednesday, very
easy. Maybe I just timed it right? Got the first shot (Moderna) with no
side effects except tenderness at injection site the next day, about like a
As I recall the story, a bastard-child division of IBM decided to produce
the PC using CPM for the disk operating system. But the folks that owned
CPM saw all those Big Blue dollar signs and got greedy. In the meantime,
Bill Gates had observed a demonstration of a disk operating system (forgot
That is a standard 3-stage (lead-acid) charge profile (without
de-sulfating). Before digitally controlled chargers that was considered
ideal. I don't know if current thinking has changed.
"1.5A power output, regulated to 14V. In practice you get 1.5A until
voltage rises to 14, then you get
Looks like the one I sold for $1500 on 2007 except with better paint.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2021 11:13 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Floyd Thursby
Subject: [MBZ] 1979 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz 300 D .
If you have an AOL account and use a third-party client (like Outlook or
Gmail) your password may stop working work. If so, you need to log onto
aol.com, go to account/security and generate a new password. You may be
able to just update the password or maybe delete and recreate the account in
I've never used either so cannot comment.
>From long term use I can recommend Battery Minder.
The cheap chargers may be fine (and the brand names probably cost no more to
manufacture) but why take a chance unless you want to bet your battery of
measure the actual (time varying) V-I charge
True story. Many of the new fancy chargers will not even try unless they
know the voltage of the "dead" battery, which typically requires something
over 10v. In the past I used an old dumb charger to get the voltage up to
the point the smart charger would work. Jumping works too but I have more
I have used Battery Tenders and Battery Minders. Someone on this list said
the Battery Minder was better; I think that is true. Battery Minders
allegedly have better regulation and de-sulfate action. Northern Tool had
some Battery minders on sale (looked like older model) a few years back and
I
Odd. The gas heat/electric AC units I've had in the past had the AC coils
upstream the fire box. I thought that was standard.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 10:31 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc:
ue, Feb 16, 2021 at 11:08 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> The brushless generator in my Generac produces noisy power, which I
> think is typical of brushless designs. But nothing in my house seems
> to care.
>
> My heat pumps are not on the t
That's why I keep my old incandescent bulbs; heat. I have two bulbs near my
well pump, which is in a below-ground concrete shelter and one in my barn where
the water pipe enters from outside (all on plug-in thermostats). Back in the
day of carbureted cars it was common to run a drop light
Perceived temperature are greatly influenced by sunshine, wind, and humidity.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 12:40 PM
To: OK Don via Mercedes
Cc: Randy Bennell
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Here Is Why Texas Is Dark
I 'spect natural gas was a lot more costly then. The price has come WAY down
since fracking (and will probably go way back up now).
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 3:21 PM
To: Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Cc:
The decisions that limit current Texas power sharing were made long before
anyone heard of TEXIT.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of OK Don via Mercedes
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 4:19 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: OK Don
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Here Is Why
That was my thought, exactly. Ignorance and superstition rule. Higher
education has become nothing more than plush, overpriced re-education camps.
Let the witch trials begin for anyone that rejects the new religion of
GREEN.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Rick Knoble via
Ungainly for most of us. What you said plus it needs to be wired in and
anchored to the ground.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 5:24 PM
Cc: Kaleb Striplin ; Okiebenz via Mercedes
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Generator
I bought one of those 2KW inverter units from Harbor Freight a few years back:
https://www.harborfreight.com/engines-generators/gasoline-generators/2000-watt-super-quiet-inverter-generator-62523.html
I got it on sale for $450. It's fairly quiet and it has a low power mode that
is even
My last Dayton OH house had an iron stove in a corner on raised brick with
brick along both walls. After it got going good I could damper it down and
keep the house cozy all night. And it did get cold there. I recall a
two-week period it never got above zero f.
Maybe I should look into one of
The brushless generator in my Generac produces noisy power, which I think is
typical of brushless designs. But nothing in my house seems to care.
My heat pumps are not on the transfer switch and I don't know if the 15KW
generator could handle the inrush current. I haven't tried moving a heat
I can’t say I have noticed if
>>>> it’s ran a defrost cycle or not. I think here shortly I will go out and
>>>> look at the coils and see if they are clear or have started frosting up
>>>> again.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
My Sonoma has a short (6 ft) bed but there are "notches" in the bed walls
for four 2x6 boards (the right length) that support 4x8 sheets above the
wheel wells.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 8:18 AM
To: Mercedes
Probably, given the outside temps and state of charge, the gas pressure going
into the compressor gets too low if ice prevents the coils from absorbing
enough heat to raise the pressure (from that very cold air).
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
For recent systems there are two basic defrost schemes: demand defrost and
time/temp defrost.
Time/temp is cheaper and most common. The time can usually be set by jumpers
or DIP switches. If time is set to 30 min (for example) the coil temp sensor
is checked every 30 minutes and a defrost
An empty tank could hold air, which could support combustion. Also, air
(which won't condense) would screw-up the filling process. But purging is
not a big deal (or it wasn't in the old days) as the heavier LP gas forces
air out the top. I don't know what they do now with overfill protection
certified or whatever and if a propane
company will fill it.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 15, 2021, at 2:46 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> If a big propane tank is rented and you terminate service, the LP company
> usually comes and picks up and hauls off the w
them for the camp
> because they're hard to handle and we only use 2x 20# cans in a normal week
> at camp. Actually before we got the fridge we wouldn't even use 2 full tanks.
>
> -Curt
>
>On Sunday, February 14, 2021, 8:18:07 PM EST, Scott Ritchey via
>Mercedes wrote:
>
hey're hard to handle and we only use 2x 20# cans in a normal week
> at camp. Actually before we got the fridge we wouldn't even use 2 full tanks.
>
> -Curt
>
>On Sunday, February 14, 2021, 8:18:07 PM EST, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Kaleb,
le and we only use 2x 20# cans in a normal week
> at camp. Actually before we got the fridge we wouldn't even use 2 full tanks.
>
> -Curt
>
>On Sunday, February 14, 2021, 8:18:07 PM EST, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Kaleb, You need to think through whic
backup generator and run it off propane, and
also run a line out to the shop for the heaters there. Maybe even replace the
stove/oven with propane instead of electric
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 14, 2021, at 5:11 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Power was out here fro
To: Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Cc: Allan Streib
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Blizzard
Scott Ritchey via Mercedes writes:
> The tank needs to absorb enough heat from the environment to "boil
> off" LP gas as you use it.
Is there some way to use the waste heat from the generator engine to heat
whole home backup generator and run it off propane, and
also run a line out to the shop for the heaters there. Maybe even replace the
stove/oven with propane instead of electric
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 14, 2021, at 5:11 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Power was ou
me backup generator and run it off
> propane, and also run a line out to the shop for the heaters there.
> Maybe even replace the stove/oven with propane instead of electric
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 14, 2021, at 5:11 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okieben
Power was out here from about 0700 to noon, probably caused by an ice storm. I
was unaware of that until I got to my kitchen and heard the generator running.
That (15KW Generac) LP-fired standby generator was nice to have then but there
are costs.
I think the equipment was about $3500 (in
Wind and Solar power require backup generation for whenever the sun don't shine
(most of the time) and the wind don't blow (varies). As far as infrastructure
is concerned that means "green" power generation doesn't replace other sources
but is IN ADDITION to traditional sources. Also, the
There is much good to say about the F-16 but nothing has the visceral impact
of F-4s at very low level.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 8:52 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: mi...@mitchellhaley.com
Subject: [MBZ]
You need to develop a "feel" for how much adjustment is needed to change the
gap by a thousandth or two. You can only measure the gap with the jam nut
tight so it's: measure, loosen, tweak, tighten, and measure again; then
repeat until it's in spec. After a the first few valves you should be
Biden's principle contribution will be to serve as a bad example.
Unfortunately the rest of us will pay for the lesson.
Trump's principle contribution was to show the ruling class was corrupt and
incompetent, not to mention evil.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb
That one is too nice to put in the water. When I re-registered cars today
(my name only) the clerk asked if they were ever in a flood. How would an
amphicar owner answer that one?
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, January 19,
Trying to back up uphill is the worst (in empty pickup). Once (spinning
rear wheel on pine needles) I thought I would need the tractor to retrieve
the truck. Ever since, I park pointed uphill if traction is iffy. I bought
a used Torsen differential but haven't installed yet.
-Original
The Par ler COE said (on TV last night) that they used AWS servers for
development (dumb, IMO) and were unable to download all their codes, etc.
before Amazon pulled the plug. Bad on Amazon but Par lor should have had safe
backups. I have multiple local and cloud backups for even for my
My brother in FL has one with service from a company called LifeLine
(probably local). He has needed it a couple of times and the service was
very good (even if they woke me at 0400). If they could nor confirm a false
alarm (and there were several) they dispatch an ambulance and notify the
I agree. These PF Farm reviews seem thorough and address several things I
care about. I suppose the guy must make money from the site because it
costs him to do these vids.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2021 10:55 PM
I think it's more a matter of storage temperature than time. I heard the
Pfizer vaccine must be stored at cryogenic temps and (obviously) warmed
before use; so you want to use up the whole vial once it's out of the deep
freeze. I think Moderna is less critical.
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From:
: Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots
It's good news, but probably won't matter much until they get more vaccine
stockpiled.
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 7:29 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> As of today, COVID shots are available for everyone over
As of today, COVID shots are available for everyone over 65 in NC.
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Carrier aviation amazes and scares me.
https://youtu.be/4gGMI8d3vLs?t=3
After watching flight ops on Kittyhawk for a few hours it was hard to believe
nobody was killed.
> On Jan 11, 2021, at 5:32 PM, G Mann via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Normal approach to landing in the crop dusting
For another piece of aviation history, consider "The Legend of Pancho Barnes
and the Happy Bottom Riding Club." It's on Netflix and probably other
places.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of greg via Mercedes
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 6:57 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc:
I'll offer my two cents. I am retired.
My adequate net worth came from three sources: real estate (my personal
homes), IRA/401K investment, and military pension/social security. I
mention the last two only because I can live on them without needing to
liquidate investments.
I literally had
It seems the shot (including steel) would stay in the wad (basically a
plastic cup) until clearing the barrel. Does anyone know if this is right?
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 11:58 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion
As a young child in the 50s I ate some roasted chestnuts at a family
Christmas gathering. I did NOT like them. But there were many things that
young child didn't like that he likes now.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, December
Things are different now but SWMBO could barely walk, much less run, when
she was alive. Run is good if you can, safely. Lethal force plus 911 if
you can't. ABC: arm, barricade, and communicate.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday,
Karl, In your experience, do you think illegal immigration across the
southern border could be a factor, especially in CA?
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2020 11:01 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Peter
"the "government money" comes from the citizen taxpayers." And also a wealth
tax, called inflation, on people that own dollars.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 2:51 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Kaleb
"If they are going to require owners to keep tenants who are not paying then
the government should be paying their rent. The government should also be
paying for any damages that occur."
Isn't it interesting that state governors (not the feds) mandated these
lockdowns but those states are all
19, 2020, 8:16 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Maybe the normal operations of the CDC needed interference?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:03 PM
>
t; of examples of countries that had a strong centralized government
> response, and did far better than we have in terms of deaths per 100k.
>
> On Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 8:16 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Maybe the normal operations
Maybe the normal operations of the CDC needed interference?
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:03 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Karl Wittnebel
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Covids vax
Sorry guys, but the topic
Thanks for these numbers and explanation. I got one of those finger things
back when COVID started. I notice about 95% resting (watching TV) but 95-97%
if more active. Seemed counterintuitive but this explains it
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Hint: If you buy a Walmart battery, but it online for in-store pickup.
Last time I got one I saw a good price online and just went to the store to
pick one up. When they "rang it up" the cost was almost double the online
price. If I had had any sense I would have cancelled that sale, ordered
Many variables but 2 GPM should be ballpark, so about 40,000 gal. Or enough
to fill a 40 ft by 200 dt swimming pool 7 ft deep. Obviously this is not a
septic tank situation.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2020
y doesn’t have the capacity for such
>> alterations, and even if someone tried it, the audits done using the
>> physical paper ballots would quickly reveal any discrepancies.
>> Mistakes do happen, and they’re typically identified in short order
>> when audits are performed a
My current NC county as well as my previous FL county used this system. After
marking a paper ballot the voter feeds it into a reader which indicates that
the ballot was accepted (read OK) or rejected (spit back out). Accepted
ballots are held within the machine. This is the best system I
Exactly. Most diesel idle fuel consumption is for accessories (AC,
alternator, oil pump, etc.) which you probably still want at a long stop
light or in stop and go gridlock.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 2:56 PM
If we still have the Internet and virtual processes used during COVID, do we
really need markets and exchanges in big cities? Why can't all that be
virtual from wherever? With online banking, investing, etc. I think we are
close to that now. There is, however, a serious drawback in reduced
Windows Classic Shell can provide a very W2K/XP interface:
http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/
It's all I use. I never saw any benefit to those stupid boxes in Win10.
AND it's not worth my time to learn a new GUI every time some liberal arts
clown at Micro$oft has a wild hair.
VD Hanson podcast episode 44 talks about the urban-rural divide:
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-victor-davis-hanson-podcast/episode-44-the-critical-essence-of-the-country-mouse/
One key take-away, IMO, is the urban folks cannot survive without country folks
that provide food, water,
During WII, Hitler planned to literally ship dirt from USSR to Germany to grow
food.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of OK Don via Mercedes
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2020 10:57 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: OK Don
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Opportunity?
On Sat, Nov
Here's a thought: The big coastal metro areas NEED flyover country, at least
if they want water, food, and power. But flyover country does not need those
cities.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Clay Monroe via Mercedes
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2020 5:37 PM
To:
In NC, open carry is legal unless you are a prohibited person, underage, or in
a no-gun zone (hospital, post office, Cop shop, school, courthouse, etc. or
anywhere the owner posts a no-gun sign).
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday,
A data point. My dad had lung problems and I took him to Mayo in Jacksonville
in 1995. Mayo discovered he had aggressive small-cell lung cancer, past point
of surviving. His local pulmonologist previously screwed around for several
months but never discovered the cancer. I was impressed
Somehow I can't help but think the answer to the "firearms in the house"
question would not remain between me and my doctor.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Allan Streib via Mercedes
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 8:41 PM
To: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Cc: Allan Streib
How do you prevent recurrence? Warfarin (rat poison) is tricky and requires
monitoring and diet control. SWMBO switched to Pradaxa which costs more but
does not require frequent monitoring or diet restrictions. Pradaxa has
similar competitors now, so may get cheaper.
-Original Message-
Thank you all for your kind thoughts.
Peter, good idea on the trust. My mother did that and it might make sense
for me too.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2020 4:53 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Peter
SWMBO recently turned 90 (I'm a few years behind). Except for A-Fib, she
was in generally good health but experienced nausea a few times a month
after dinner, which usually passed in a few hours or by morning. Two weeks
ago she got sicker and sicker until she agreed to go to the ER. A CT scan
Don't forget that the Obamacare electronic records requirement also drove
small, independent doctors either out of business entirely (if they were close
to retirement) or forced them to "team" with a big healthcare business. A
small operation can't afford a dedicated IT staff. My
If you saw the news 7-10 days ago ... same, same.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2020 12:50 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Kaleb Striplin
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Looks like I get to spend several days in the hospital
Kaleb, I wish you a speedy and successful procedure. Scott
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:41 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: Kaleb Striplin
Subject: [MBZ] Looks like I get to spend several days in the
Geothermal uses the temperature difference between the hot source and cool
sink: more is better. In places like Iceland where the earth's crust is thin
and mantle closer to the surface, geothermal is very practical and powers most
of that island. Other places not so much. The article has
I hear you.
Power outages at our NC house were common in the past, but rare recently. I
think we had less than 10 hours of actual power outage over 15 years since we
installed a generator. I'm still glad we have it, especially if (when?) one of
us needs powered home medical equipment in
I foresee a coming mandate for EV imbedded GPS mileage (and who knows what
else) logging with auto download to servers when within Wi-Fi coverage.
Doesn't Tesla already have the hardware for this? Big brother is watching.
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes
can also be scheduled to do so. Batteries can also
> > be employed, including car batteries, to manage the load. And power
> > infrastructure can also be upgraded, which is long overdue anyway in
> > many areas, and already being reviewed due to forest fires. Solar is
> > pretty go
Where will they get the power to charge all those electric cars? Do we
know that those power plants and distribution infrastructure will be
cleaner than IC cars?
On Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 07:50 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> California is banning sales of new
I have a 8 gal 2 hp horizontal tank unit I got from HF, maybe 10 years ago.
Works fine except the check valve for the unloader slow-leaks after the
spring rusted out. Fine for small projects but not high volume, like a big
nail gun used all day. My neighbor has a large vertical style compressor
What about vinegar? It's safe, cheap, and should penetrate porous materials.
I understand the acid in vinegar breaks down the proteins in animal urine. I
have had some success with vinegar in carpet but my problem was much easier.
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes
For those that believe everything should be natural (no insecticides, no
internal combustion engines, tools, etc.) I have news.
In the struggle between man and nature, nature wins unless man uses his
brain to cheat.
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I really hope CA, WA, and OR secede. Then the remaining states can declare war
on the "West", occupy (probably without resistance) everything but some coastal
enclaves and shut off the water and power to those blue anthills. We won't be
so lucky.
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes
The older pumps were designed to shut down and lock out if they ran too long
(e.g. a leak) so they wouldn't burn out or run down the battery. Common leak
points are the diaphragms in the pods the soft rubber Ts and Xs that connect
the hard tubes, and the vacuum reservoir. Recommend you
we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history,
about our traditions, and about our culture, and we stop this general bout of
self-recrimination and wetness.”
B. Johnson
01/09/2020
> On Sep 19, 2020, at 12:52 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Me too. Bac
AGM=Absorbed Glass Matt. Instead of plates immersed in liquid sulfuric acid,
AGM plates are separated by fiberglass mats that are saturated (like a sponge)
with a thickened electrolyte that stays in place (doesn't run off). These
batteries can usually be mounted in any orientation. They are
Here is that PF YouTube review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN8A2nIMUWA=youtu.be=6
-Original Message-
From: Scott Ritchey
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2020 4:52 PM
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List'
Subject: RE: [MBZ] Batteries, was: Daimler cheated too? (I'm sure VW feels
better
Me too. Back in the day it seemed batteries died gradually but now it's
sudden death in my experience. Jumper cables are OK but you need an second,
healthy car. What is the consensus about these Lithium-ion jump packs?
I bought a Noco Genius Boost Plus GB40 1000 Amp jump pack. Looked nice and
Remember the slant six? It too was a "visible" model.
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From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 8:54 AM
To: Mercedes List
Cc: Dan Penoff
Subject: [MBZ] This is Cool
Reminds me of the “Visible V8” model I built when I was a
ersonally I like blacklisting for a church site. People can look at youtube
> and
> fb somewhere else.
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2020, 11:36 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Kark, Thanks. I have some studying to do.
> >
>
via Mercedes
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 7:53 AM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Cc: mi...@mitchellhaley.com
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Chain Saw Recommendations
>
> On Thu, September 10, 2020 2:17 am, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote:
> > Does Stihl have some uniqu
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