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2019-03-16 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Nice color combination. Teal/parchment. On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 8:57 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Bizarre. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > > On March 16, 2019 8:28:13 AM EDT, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > https://www.co

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2019-03-16 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
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2019-01-31 Thread Craig via Mercedes
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2019-01-31 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
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2015-06-12 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
I believe that was The Sum of all Fears. > -Original Message- > From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 6:40 PM > > Remember Clear And Present Danger, where Clancy had the bad guys > detonating a nuke in an NFL stadium parking lot? > The opening of Bracken's first bo

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2015-06-12 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Cool and thanks - snagged all three. On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: > >> Thanks for the freebie tip, I also just DLd the first book. >> > > Looks like I should have checked before mentioning Bracken,

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2015-06-12 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: Thanks for the freebie tip, I also just DLd the first book. Looks like I should have checked before mentioning Bracken, I would have given a Kindle link. The whole Enemies Trilogy is free on Kindle right now. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=sea

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2015-06-12 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
Of > Mitch Haley via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 4:56 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Mitch Haley > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Check this out > > Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: > > Tom Clancy's last few books were almost prescient. > &g

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2015-06-12 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: Never heard of Bracken, but the web page sounded interesting. The first book of the series was a free Kindle download just now so I got it. I'll have to check it out. Remember Clear And Present Danger, where Clancy had the bad guys detonating a nuke in an NF

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2015-06-12 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
y via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 4:56 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Mitch Haley > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Check this out > > Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: > > Tom Clancy's last few books were almost prescient. > > I sure

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2015-06-12 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Under those conditions, the steep climb may have been necessary to avoid exceeding the gear limit speed. Such was the case with the F104. Whatever the technical reasons, it sure was fantastic to see it. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives h

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2015-06-12 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Under those conditions, the steep climb may have been necessary to avoid exceeding the gear limit speed. Such was the case with the F104. > -Original Message- > From: Mann via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 1:56 AM > > Zero passengers, zero cargo, Minimum fuel load, and a max p

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2015-06-12 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Tom Clancy's last few books were almost prescient. Not a fan of the current chinese goobermnt, but it is better than mao. I like most of the Chinese people I have met. Given a choice between bowing to the east and under the chicom thumb, I'd choose the thumb. All the haoles in China I know of

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2015-06-12 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: Tom Clancy's last few books were almost prescient. I sure hope Matt Bracken's Enemies books are not. http://www.enemiesforeignanddomestic.com/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/arch

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2015-06-12 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Tom Clancy's last few books were almost prescient. > -Original Message- > From: archer75--- via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 3:16 PM > >.. > China’s Deployment of Oil Rig near Vietnam > > "..one could argue that China’s current move will furt

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2015-06-12 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Now, the Shiites are our friends and the Sunnis are our enemies. Neither are our friends. Some of them are alternating opportunists. AC will electrocute just as sure as DC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive

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2015-06-12 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Curly McLain wrote: > I was also surprised that veetnam has an airline and that they buy > Boeing, not rooskie or airbus. I guess when you get right down to > it, they don't wanna die either! They must make a lot of money > tanning hides there. >.. China’s Depl

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2015-06-12 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Yup! Even my lowly 182 is a different machine when nearly empty than when at gross weight. It's a true "half ton pickup" - load capacity of 1006 lbs. On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:56 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Zero passengers, zero cargo, Minimum fuel load, and a max preformance > takeoff, in

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2015-06-12 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I'm sure, but did the Lear roll also? Have you seen the movie (transfered to video now) of Bob Hoover pouring a glass of tea while rolling an Aero Commander? On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have rolled in a Lear before > > -- O

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2015-06-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
ly McLain via Mercedes" > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Cc: "Curly McLain" <126die...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 10:33 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Check this out > > >> >I was beginning to think they might even roll it. &

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2015-06-12 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Yep. Tex. Thanks. Wilt - Original Message - From: "Rick Knoble via Mercedes" To: Cc: "Rick Knoble" Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Check this out ‎Wilton writes: Name of the Boeing pilot who >rolled a 707? 1 G roll; the 707 >

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2015-06-12 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
‎Wilton writes: >Name of the Boeing pilot who >rolled a 707?  1 G roll; the 707 >never even  >knew it. Tex Johnston. Thanks Wilton. Interesting video.  http://youtu.be/AaA7kPfC5Hk "You know that, and we know that. Just don't do it again. " Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___

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2015-06-12 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Name of the Boeing pilot who rolled a 707? 1 G roll; the 707 never even knew it. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Curly McLain via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Curly McLain" <126die...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 10

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2015-06-12 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
I was beginning to think they might even roll it. Wilton I was thinking that too, but also thinking naaa, they'd probably get in big trouble with the feds and probably even the company if they did. I was also surprised that veetnam has an airline and that they buy Boeing, not rooskie or ai

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2015-06-12 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
I was beginning to think they might even roll it. Wilton - Original Message - From: "G Mann via Mercedes" To: "Curt Raymond" ; "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "G Mann" Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 1:56 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Check this out Z

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2015-06-12 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Kinda looked like an F104 Take off and go straight up until the air gets too thin. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinf

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2015-06-12 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So one of the 787 factories is at the local aerodrome, CHS, I was up there last weekend and there were 5 or 6 new planes sitting out by the big factory hangar waiting for delivery. They are also expanding the factory (its only 2-3yo now) to build the -10 variant. There were 4 of the fat 747 "

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2015-06-11 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Zero passengers, zero cargo, Minimum fuel load, and a max preformance takeoff, in a new airplane with the companys blessing.. How could it be more fun!! . On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:37 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I was thinking that the 787 I was on the other

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2015-06-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I was thinking that the 787 I was on the other day took off kind of steeply, or steeper than the smaller regional jets (737 or A320) I usually fly on but nothing like that! -Curt From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Thursday,

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2006-10-16 Thread R A Bennell
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 1:55 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] check this out What odd sink fixtures. Where's the bidet? It would have been interesting to see a photo o

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2006-10-16 Thread andrew strasfogel
What odd sink fixtures. Where's the bidet? It would have been interesting to see a photo of the missing/rusty floor section the needs replacing... On 10/16/06, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3

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2006-10-16 Thread David Brodbeck
Dan Weeks wrote: > The 240 engine is not the only 4-cyl MBZ made. There was a 4 cyl, > 5-liter (!) NA diesel truck engine used in Mercedes > airport-shuttle-type busses. Man, that's a big 4-cylinder. The vibration at idle must be horrendous! Is this a medium-speed diesel, like in big trucks, i

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2006-10-16 Thread David Brodbeck
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330039430134&fromMakeTrack=true > Pretty cool. 14 mpg is actually pretty good for a motorhome of that size, especially a 1976 model. A friend has a Minnie Winnie on a Ford van chassis, with a gasoline Win

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2006-10-16 Thread Zoltan Finks
That is amazing. The engine that powers my 3500 lb. or so sedan somewhat satifactorily (though if I ever really needed to get out of the way of something fast, I'd be in trouble) is used to try to move a motor home. It must have a really low first and second gear. My little 240 is nice and zippy

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2006-10-16 Thread Dan Weeks
The 240 engine is not the only 4-cyl MBZ made. There was a 4 cyl, 5-liter (!) NA diesel truck engine used in Mercedes airport-shuttle-type busses. A friend of mine has a 309 converted to a motorhome (it was mentioned on this list for sale, I passed the info on to him, and about a year ago he bo

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2006-10-16 Thread Mitch Haley
Zoltan Finks wrote: > > I had no idea Mercedes made a motor home. It has a four cylinder? Is has to > be something of bigger displacement than the 2.4. There are 240D motorhomes out there. They make a LeSharo look fast by comparison. This might be one of them.

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2006-10-16 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:53:54 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330039430134&fromMakeTrack=true And he's even starting out below the Kaleb price! Craig

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2006-09-16 Thread Mitch Haley
"Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxij8gTpm7o > Simulated freeway pile-up. Getting rear-ended by a Civic / MG Metro doing 70mph isn't fun, but getting hit by a high speed W126 after the Civic has taken it turn would be awful.

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2006-09-16 Thread OK Don
The 126 was pretty impressive! On 9/15/06, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxij8gTpm7o -- -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives." Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '8