Re: [MBZ] fuel cans - spouts

2016-05-10 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
I wonder if anyone has ever been buried in their Mercedes; sitting up at the wheel; like others have in several makes? On Tue, 10 May 2016 16:25:07 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > Mine is. And also to retain my fleet of cars. > > Sent from my iPhone >

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2016-05-10 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > I remember that as well, although not in WI. > I had a chance to enter the water chemistry graduate program on the Madison > campus Bacak in The Day. Did I go wrong in enrolling at the U of Minn and > pursuing geology instead?

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2016-05-10 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
"Stupid is apparently the most powerful force on the earth." Nope, the urge to reproduce clearly beats it by a nose. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

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2016-05-10 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Been that way for years, buddy. My neighbor in Wisconsin was a pediatrician who had to go into a clinical practice because there was no way she could make a living in a private practice. Between the lousy payouts from the insurance companies and the cost of

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2016-05-10 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Mine is. And also to retain my fleet of cars. Sent from my iPhone > On May 10, 2016, at 2:29 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Is your advanced directive "cryo-freeze and maintain" by any chance? > > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Dan Penoff via

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2016-05-10 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
ma...@gmail.com> To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List < mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] fuel cans - spouts On that note.. I have, in the past 2 months, had two friends who were caring for their 95 & 97 yr

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2016-05-10 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
< mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] fuel cans - spouts On that note.. I have, in the past 2 months, had two fr

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2016-05-10 Thread clay via Mercedes
, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >>>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yup, we in the USA, aren't allowed to have any discussion of the end of >>>>>> life so far too many people think granny is going to live forever. >>

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2016-05-10 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
to have any discussion of the end of >>>>>> life so far too many people think granny is going to live forever. >>>>>> Those >>>>>> people sue their doc when granny dies and thus... >>>>>> In a similar vein are the people who are

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2016-05-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
en granny dies and thus... >>>>> In a similar vein are the people who are surprised when the traffic >>>>> light >>>>> changes from green to red, a completely predictable action, just like >>>>> granny dying. In both cases we should be more

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2016-05-10 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
nny dying. In both cases we should be more surprised when they DON'T happen than when they do. -Curt From: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List < mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 12:41 PM Subject: Re:

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2016-05-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
le think granny is going to live forever. > Those > >>>> people sue their doc when granny dies and thus... > >>>> In a similar vein are the people who are surprised when the traffic > light > >>>> changes from green to red, a completely predictable ac

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2016-05-10 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
doc when granny dies and thus... >>>> In a similar vein are the people who are surprised when the traffic light >>>> changes from green to red, a completely predictable action, just like >>>> granny dying. In both cases we should be more surprised when they DON'T &g

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2016-05-10 Thread clay via Mercedes
n than when they do. >>> -Curt >>> >>> From: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> >>> To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 12:41 PM >>> Subj

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2016-05-10 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
uld be more surprised when they DON'T > > happen than when they do. > > -Curt > > > > From: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> > > To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Sent: Tuesday,

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2016-05-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
cases we should be more surprised when they DON'T > happen than when they do. > -Curt > > From: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> > To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 12:41 P

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2016-05-10 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
t; Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] fuel cans - spouts On that note.. I have, in the past 2 months, had two friends who were caring for their 95 & 97 yr old mothers. Each mother fell and suffered compound fracture of the upper right arm, just below the shoulder j

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2016-05-10 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
oney for > it. Actually the doc that should get in trouble is the one that put her in > surgery in the first place. > -Curt > > From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Andrew Strasfogel &l

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2016-05-10 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
I'm pretty sure Stupid is a Compound, not an Element ... Just my observation. Even "Just plain stupid" isn't. Virus-free. www.avast.com

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2016-05-10 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
in surgery in the first place. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] fuel cans - spouts

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2016-05-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Sure you want to do away with malpractice lawyers? Third leading cause of death is medical errors. On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > But I repeat myself... > > --R > > On 5/10/16 12:03 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > >> Southern

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2016-05-10 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
n List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] fuel cans - spouts I respectfully submit that it is not just Southern Redneck Crackers who make application to the Darwin Award Competitions In fact.

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2016-05-10 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
But I repeat myself... --R On 5/10/16 12:03 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Southern Redneck Crackers -- --BB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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2016-05-10 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
I respectfully submit that it is not just Southern Redneck Crackers who make application to the Darwin Award Competitions In fact.. it seems to have a universal appeal,, "Stupid is apparently the most powerful force on the earth."

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2016-05-10 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Sir, I must unrespectfully disagree. It's "Hey y'all ho mah beer n watchiss!" --BB On 5/10/16 11:55 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Product liability lawsuits are always filed for the amount of the product liability insurance limit held by the "offending company" ... Why is that, I wonder?

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2016-05-10 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Product liability lawsuits are always filed for the amount of the product liability insurance limit held by the "offending company" ... Why is that, I wonder? Funny thing.. you buy more insurance, and you get sued more often... Why is that, I wonder? The hypothetical question comes: What if we

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2016-05-10 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Paging Johnny Edwards... --R On 5/9/16 9:49 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: You're not taking into account the effect of the silver tongued shysters on the jury - - - On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:46 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Wow, I'm sure Trump will fix that!

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2016-05-09 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
I think a better explanation is a government-controlled education system that teaches dependence and hate for capitalism, rather than individual responsibility and liberty and a knowledge of free market economics. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On May 9, 2016 9:49:28 PM EDT, OK

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2016-05-09 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
You're not taking into account the effect of the silver tongued shysters on the jury - - - On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:46 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Wow, I'm sure Trump will fix that! > > Seriously, this is Exhibit A for What is Wrong With Our Legal System. > What

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2016-05-09 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Wow, I'm sure Trump will fix that! Seriously, this is Exhibit A for What is Wrong With Our Legal System. What moronic jury would decide that the gas can must be at fault if it explodes when gas is poured on to a fire? Hello, I'm pretty sure a reasonable man would decide that pouring gasoline

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2016-05-09 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
ay 9, 2016 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] fuel cans - spouts The first thing we do is kill all the lawyers...W.S. -Curt My friend who ran a grain elevator in the 80s farm meltdown wanted "Open season, NO bag limit" on shysters. I still think that is the best solution! What do you call

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2016-05-09 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
A good start. Isn't it funny how 99% of lawyers give the 1% a bad name? -Curt From: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ]

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2016-05-09 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
The first thing we do is kill all the lawyers...W.S. -Curt My friend who ran a grain elevator in the 80s farm meltdown wanted "Open season, NO bag limit" on shysters. I still think that is the best solution! What do you call 20,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?

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2016-05-09 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Why would anyone attempt to fill a gas tank with a Blatz can? We always used kegs, with the little hose and all right on there... On May 9, 2016 1:56 PM, "Mitch Haley via Mercedes" wrote: > Ever wonder what happened to Blitz Cans? > > > >

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2016-05-09 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The first thing we do is kill all the lawyers...W.S. -Curt From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Mitch Haley <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ]

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2016-05-09 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Ever wonder what happened to Blitz Cans?https://stateimpact.npr.org/oklahoma/2012/07/09/why-the-largest-maker-of-portable-gas-cans-is-going-out-of-business/Most of lawsuits against Blitz were brought by the same three lawyers, Marketplace reports.Lawsuits have accused the company of making faulty

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2016-05-09 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I remember that as well, although not in WI. I had a chance to enter the water chemistry graduate program on the Madison campus Bacak in The Day. Did I go wrong in enrolling at the U of Minn and pursuing geology instead? On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes <

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2016-05-09 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
When I was a poor college student at UW Madison, I ran out of gas just a couple blocks from a gas station, so I hiked over to get some gas. I found that either the city or the state has passed a law outlawing the practice of gas stations loaning out gas cans to stranded motorists. Apparently one

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2016-05-09 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
This is the tip of the iceberg. I hear that Pres. Hillary's first official act will be to outlaw funnels! On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:11 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Contrary to the royal edicts of the Peoples Republic of Kookifornia, you > can not legislate common

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2016-05-09 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Contrary to the royal edicts of the Peoples Republic of Kookifornia, you can not legislate common sense. Recently, I stopped to assist a motorist at the side of the road.. they had run out of gas. This was apparently a common event because they had a spare gas container in the trunk, with gas in

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2016-05-08 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
This is as it should be, our benevolent gummint watching out for our, something, while spending and causing to be spent billions of legal tenders. --R (sent from my miniPad) On May 8, 2016, at 10:10 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: I had a couple of fuel cans i

[MBZ] fuel cans - spouts

2016-05-08 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
I had a couple of fuel cans i have picked up along the way with no spouts. I decided to get some spouts this week and boy is that a trick! Apparently bug brud"DUH" bumster has decreed from on high that we can't buy a gas can anymore unless it has some mickey mouse malfunctioning valve