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On Jun 13, 2015 8:30 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Tommy, You need to go to the tent sale. It’s well worth the trip and you can snag some unbelievable deals on A-E shoes. Definitely an item on any A-E wearer’s bucket list. And you can meet up with the Doobie Brothers while you’re there. Well, at least one of them. Well, I am driving through Wisconsin on Tuesday... but do you really get better pricing on site than over the phone? It is moot, alas; between vacation, new glasses, and a broken dishwasher, I'm not buying any shoes this month (or next). Tom ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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The tent sale is the week of July 4th, or the first week in July, if I recall correctly. They probably have something about it on their web site. When I lived in Port there were no deals at the factory, other than they almost always had just about any shoe you wanted out of their selection. Dan On Jun 14, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Tom Savage via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Well, I am driving through Wisconsin on Tuesday... but do you really get better pricing on site than over the phone? It is moot, alas; between vacation, new glasses, and a broken dishwasher, I'm not buying any shoes this month (or next). Tom ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Beats me, that’s why it’s best to check. I recall it being around the end of June, first week of July, but the dates could change on a yearly basis. What’s cool is that A-E uses this time to have a national sales meeting for all of their sales people, so the guy that’s waiting on you in the tent is often one of their regional sales people. They’ll look over a shoe that’s tagged as a “second” and point out how one little stitch is a half a millimeter shorter than all the others. You look at it and can’t tell the difference. Dan On Jun 14, 2015, at 3:37 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I thought it was going to start this Thursday. I was planning on calling in a phone order to the Port Huron Shoebank. Mitch. ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: The tent sale is the week of July 4th, or the first week in July, if I recall correctly. They probably have something about it on their web site. I thought it was going to start this Thursday. I was planning on calling in a phone order to the Port Huron Shoebank. Mitch. ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Beautiful and picturesque Port Washington, WI. About 30 miles north of Milwaukee. My former abode prior to moving to Florida. Wonderful place. Dan On Jun 13, 2015, at 9:54 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 09:29:48 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Tommy, You need to go to the tent sale. It’s well worth the trip and you can snag some unbelievable deals on A-E shoes. And where might that be located? Craig ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 09:29:48 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Tommy, You need to go to the tent sale. It’s well worth the trip and you can snag some unbelievable deals on A-E shoes. And where might that be located? Craig ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Tommy, You need to go to the tent sale. It’s well worth the trip and you can snag some unbelievable deals on A-E shoes. Definitely an item on any A-E wearer’s bucket list. And you can meet up with the Doobie Brothers while you’re there. Well, at least one of them. Dan On Jun 13, 2015, at 12:29 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Tom Savage via Mercedes wrote: It looks like only black, brown and burgundy for a while from AE. I badly want some burgundy shell Leeds but can't bring myself to drop that sort of coin yet. Last month when the shell seconds were on sale for $399 I should have just bought a couple of $200 gift cards for $300 with the Amex deal and pulled the trigger. $300 for imperfect shell is a lot, but at least it isn't $650. Mitch. ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I almost forgot to mention that I'm the guy with a collection of $20 a pair socks so I'm probably not the best to talk to about prices. Although you've got shoes that cost more than my Italian hiking boots... -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Okie Benz mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON It’s probably been a couple of years since I bought t-shirts, so it’s very possible their prices have gone up - I need to look at that and see, as I could have unrealistic expectations of the current prices. I was just really caught off guard when I went into Penney’s the other day. My Dad had a tailor for years, and both my brother and I went to him until he passed. He would measure you up, have you pick the fabric, and a week later you had your shirts. Want more? Just call and tell him what you want as far as fabric and he makes up more from your patterns. My brother is a “big and tall” guy, and he often remarked that the term was simply a marketing ploy for retailers to increase the price of clothing another 20%-30%. For what it cost to have Nick make a shirt for him he would have been hard pressed to find something of the same quality off the rack, and that’s if it fit. It’s tough to find someone with these skills any more. I tried to find someone in Tampa like him, but no luck. I didn’t want a high end men’s store tailor, I wanted some guy running his own operation who you could trust to take good care of you and give you good service. Dan On Jun 12, 2015, at 5:11 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Oh man, I wish I could find somebody to make shirts for me. I hate how light most dress shirts are. They're good for the summer but I like a heavy shirt... American Apparel has t-shirts for $28 EACH, but they're made in the USA. Just about every other shirt you might buy will be sending money overseas. The shirts I'm having made are American Apparel, their wholesale prices must be fantastic if the screen printer can make them for me at $12.50 each with a 2 color print. I'll be selling some for $20/ea and giving some away to promote my YouTube show, Lantern Lab. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Okie Benz mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON I was going to buy a week’s worth, which, at their prices, would have been $56. I’m not worried about it, I just know that the same shirts can be had for less elsewhere. If there was a local manufacturer I could buy them from, I would gladly pay $7 a shirt (or more) to support them AND keep the money in the community. I routinely pay more for some products and services I buy locally for just this reason. I used to have my dress shirts made by a local tailor, for probably in the neighborhood of $50-$75 a shirt. Didn’t care about the price because Nick, the little Greek guy who made them, lived in the same area. I knew the money I spent with him stayed right in my community and helped put his kids through college. Sadly, Nick passed away a few years ago and he had no successors for the business. I haven’t been able to find someone to replace him. I’m not going to pay Dead Sam, who exploits its workers and sends our money overseas. Dan On Jun 12, 2015, at 3:45 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Really, you're all worried about $7 a shirt? I'm having some shirts made and the cheap ones were $7.50 each (thats with 2 color screen printing) the made in USA American Apparel ones I'm getting are $12.50 each. I would suggest that you maybe have a warped opinion on what the shirts should cost. Penny's has to make a little profit too... Actually this is kind of whats wrong with America, how many shirts are you going to buy that it would cost a small fortune? What else would you do with the money? The cheapest means somebody doesn't get to eat. As much as I like Amazon for selling me weird stuff I can't find anywhere else I like buying from local companies so my neighbors have jobs. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Here's a weird one: I wanted to buy some plain cotton t-shirts (undershirts). I don't want to give Dead Sam my money, so I notice that we had all these coupons from J.C.Penneys. I pop into Penneys yesterday, go to the Men's department and locate the row of t-shirts. OMG!!! A package of four (4) Hanes or Fruit of the Loom t-shirts are $28.00 Even with the stupid 20% off, additional discount for Penneys card holders, etc., they would still be a small fortune. I'm
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I wonder if theres a real market for that these days. There are lots of folks my age and younger actually making things and the maker movement has no shortage of sew-ers. Looks like Amazon will come in around half of what you saw at Penny's. I bet Wal-Mart does too but I bet the shirts at the Mart are cheapened to match... -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Okie Benz mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON It’s probably been a couple of years since I bought t-shirts, so it’s very possible their prices have gone up - I need to look at that and see, as I could have unrealistic expectations of the current prices. I was just really caught off guard when I went into Penney’s the other day. My Dad had a tailor for years, and both my brother and I went to him until he passed. He would measure you up, have you pick the fabric, and a week later you had your shirts. Want more? Just call and tell him what you want as far as fabric and he makes up more from your patterns. My brother is a “big and tall” guy, and he often remarked that the term was simply a marketing ploy for retailers to increase the price of clothing another 20%-30%. For what it cost to have Nick make a shirt for him he would have been hard pressed to find something of the same quality off the rack, and that’s if it fit. It’s tough to find someone with these skills any more. I tried to find someone in Tampa like him, but no luck. I didn’t want a high end men’s store tailor, I wanted some guy running his own operation who you could trust to take good care of you and give you good service. Dan On Jun 12, 2015, at 5:11 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Oh man, I wish I could find somebody to make shirts for me. I hate how light most dress shirts are. They're good for the summer but I like a heavy shirt... American Apparel has t-shirts for $28 EACH, but they're made in the USA. Just about every other shirt you might buy will be sending money overseas. The shirts I'm having made are American Apparel, their wholesale prices must be fantastic if the screen printer can make them for me at $12.50 each with a 2 color print. I'll be selling some for $20/ea and giving some away to promote my YouTube show, Lantern Lab. -Curt ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Most of the men usually wore Fedoras, even straw or old Fedoras when working in the fields. Many wore farmers' straw hats; some wore pith helmets. At about 12, I acquired a pith helmet, but I soon cut off almost all of the brim, except a small area in front (for a bill), and painted the hat white to make it look like an Indy racing helmet, which I wore for several years and/or renewed as necessary. For the few around who did not know my name, I was known as that boy who wears the racing helmet. From a distance, one could swear it was a racing helmet. I've seldom worn a hat except when required as part of an Air Force uniform or for a bit of cover from the intense sun in the fields in summer. The only time(s) I've worn a ball cap was with the fatigue/utility uniform during the 3½ years I was enlisted and a B-47 maintenance crew chief. In a drawer upstairs, I still have the one that I last wore in early March 1960, when I left Lincoln AFB, NE, to attend Officer Candidate School (OCS). I take it out occasionally and study it as a reminder - that's not with nostalgia - just a reminder to be thankful. I don't remember seeing so many ball caps before, maybe, 25 years ago. I have not succumbed to the fashion; I've been lucky enough, though, to have always (even now) had plenty of hair, now white. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 1:06 PM Subject: [MBZ] hey WILTON I was thinking of you and your stories of your youth. What sort of hats did you all wear back then? Hats are an odd thing. Useful for folks who work outdoors like farmers and decorative to some extent for the ladies etc but apart from baseball hats, seem to have all but faded from the scene. I have a couple of Tilley hats that I wear from time to time but my boys did not want to be seen with me when I wore them. RB ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I was going to buy a week’s worth, which, at their prices, would have been $56. I’m not worried about it, I just know that the same shirts can be had for less elsewhere. If there was a local manufacturer I could buy them from, I would gladly pay $7 a shirt (or more) to support them AND keep the money in the community. I routinely pay more for some products and services I buy locally for just this reason. I used to have my dress shirts made by a local tailor, for probably in the neighborhood of $50-$75 a shirt. Didn’t care about the price because Nick, the little Greek guy who made them, lived in the same area. I knew the money I spent with him stayed right in my community and helped put his kids through college. Sadly, Nick passed away a few years ago and he had no successors for the business. I haven’t been able to find someone to replace him. I’m not going to pay Dead Sam, who exploits its workers and sends our money overseas. Dan On Jun 12, 2015, at 3:45 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Really, you're all worried about $7 a shirt? I'm having some shirts made and the cheap ones were $7.50 each (thats with 2 color screen printing) the made in USA American Apparel ones I'm getting are $12.50 each. I would suggest that you maybe have a warped opinion on what the shirts should cost. Penny's has to make a little profit too... Actually this is kind of whats wrong with America, how many shirts are you going to buy that it would cost a small fortune? What else would you do with the money? The cheapest means somebody doesn't get to eat. As much as I like Amazon for selling me weird stuff I can't find anywhere else I like buying from local companies so my neighbors have jobs. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Here's a weird one: I wanted to buy some plain cotton t-shirts (undershirts). I don't want to give Dead Sam my money, so I notice that we had all these coupons from J.C.Penneys. I pop into Penneys yesterday, go to the Men's department and locate the row of t-shirts. OMG!!! A package of four (4) Hanes or Fruit of the Loom t-shirts are $28.00 Even with the stupid 20% off, additional discount for Penneys card holders, etc., they would still be a small fortune. I'm going to try Target this weekend. I will absolutely not give Dead Sam my money unless absolutely necessary. Maybe I'll look at Amazon tonight, too. Grrr. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jun 12, 2015, at 3:12 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Sadly, the failure was not mysterious. Target totally misjudged the Canadian market. They assumed that we were like the USA and would flock to Target once they opened. They did not fully appreciate the foothold that WalMart already has here. Apparently (it is not obvious to me but I don't spend much time in either store so what do I know?) in the USA, Target is considered up-market from WalMart. Target assumed that the middle class and up would abandon WalMart in favour of Target. It did not happen. Target opened too many stores all at once and did not have a supply network able to stock them. Their stores did not have enough stock and much of what they did have was not of obvious quality. Many people went to Target once, looked around, and did not go back. I did not even go once. My wife went, told me it was a lost cause, and did not go back. I listened to her and did not bother to go there. I go to WalMart around here about once a year. I go to a WalMart in Grand Forks ND several times a year and mostly buy M1 oil. So, the MBA's who drove the Target bus into Canada were not doing their homework and should have been fired for what they did. RB On 12/06/2015 1:44 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Fedoras are for sale all over the place, big stores like Target (which of course you don't have since it mysteriously failed in CA) will have a big ole stack of 'em... -Curt ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Oh man, I wish I could find somebody to make shirts for me. I hate how light most dress shirts are. They're good for the summer but I like a heavy shirt... American Apparel has t-shirts for $28 EACH, but they're made in the USA. Just about every other shirt you might buy will be sending money overseas. The shirts I'm having made are American Apparel, their wholesale prices must be fantastic if the screen printer can make them for me at $12.50 each with a 2 color print. I'll be selling some for $20/ea and giving some away to promote my YouTube show, Lantern Lab. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Okie Benz mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON I was going to buy a week’s worth, which, at their prices, would have been $56. I’m not worried about it, I just know that the same shirts can be had for less elsewhere. If there was a local manufacturer I could buy them from, I would gladly pay $7 a shirt (or more) to support them AND keep the money in the community. I routinely pay more for some products and services I buy locally for just this reason. I used to have my dress shirts made by a local tailor, for probably in the neighborhood of $50-$75 a shirt. Didn’t care about the price because Nick, the little Greek guy who made them, lived in the same area. I knew the money I spent with him stayed right in my community and helped put his kids through college. Sadly, Nick passed away a few years ago and he had no successors for the business. I haven’t been able to find someone to replace him. I’m not going to pay Dead Sam, who exploits its workers and sends our money overseas. Dan On Jun 12, 2015, at 3:45 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Really, you're all worried about $7 a shirt? I'm having some shirts made and the cheap ones were $7.50 each (thats with 2 color screen printing) the made in USA American Apparel ones I'm getting are $12.50 each. I would suggest that you maybe have a warped opinion on what the shirts should cost. Penny's has to make a little profit too... Actually this is kind of whats wrong with America, how many shirts are you going to buy that it would cost a small fortune? What else would you do with the money? The cheapest means somebody doesn't get to eat. As much as I like Amazon for selling me weird stuff I can't find anywhere else I like buying from local companies so my neighbors have jobs. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Here's a weird one: I wanted to buy some plain cotton t-shirts (undershirts). I don't want to give Dead Sam my money, so I notice that we had all these coupons from J.C.Penneys. I pop into Penneys yesterday, go to the Men's department and locate the row of t-shirts. OMG!!! A package of four (4) Hanes or Fruit of the Loom t-shirts are $28.00 Even with the stupid 20% off, additional discount for Penneys card holders, etc., they would still be a small fortune. I'm going to try Target this weekend. I will absolutely not give Dead Sam my money unless absolutely necessary. Maybe I'll look at Amazon tonight, too. Grrr. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jun 12, 2015, at 3:12 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Sadly, the failure was not mysterious. Target totally misjudged the Canadian market. They assumed that we were like the USA and would flock to Target once they opened. They did not fully appreciate the foothold that WalMart already has here. Apparently (it is not obvious to me but I don't spend much time in either store so what do I know?) in the USA, Target is considered up-market from WalMart. Target assumed that the middle class and up would abandon WalMart in favour of Target. It did not happen. Target opened too many stores all at once and did not have a supply network able to stock them. Their stores did not have enough stock and much of what they did have was not of obvious quality. Many people went to Target once, looked around, and did not go back. I did not even go once. My wife went, told me it was a lost cause, and did not go back. I listened to her and did not bother to go there. I go to WalMart around here about once a year. I go to a WalMart in Grand Forks ND several times a year and mostly buy M1 oil. So, the MBA's who drove the Target bus into Canada were not doing their homework and should have been fired for what they did. RB On 12/06/2015 1:44 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Fedoras are for sale all over the place, big stores like Target (which of course you don't have since it mysteriously failed in CA) will have a big ole stack of 'em... -Curt
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It’s probably been a couple of years since I bought t-shirts, so it’s very possible their prices have gone up - I need to look at that and see, as I could have unrealistic expectations of the current prices. I was just really caught off guard when I went into Penney’s the other day. My Dad had a tailor for years, and both my brother and I went to him until he passed. He would measure you up, have you pick the fabric, and a week later you had your shirts. Want more? Just call and tell him what you want as far as fabric and he makes up more from your patterns. My brother is a “big and tall” guy, and he often remarked that the term was simply a marketing ploy for retailers to increase the price of clothing another 20%-30%. For what it cost to have Nick make a shirt for him he would have been hard pressed to find something of the same quality off the rack, and that’s if it fit. It’s tough to find someone with these skills any more. I tried to find someone in Tampa like him, but no luck. I didn’t want a high end men’s store tailor, I wanted some guy running his own operation who you could trust to take good care of you and give you good service. Dan On Jun 12, 2015, at 5:11 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Oh man, I wish I could find somebody to make shirts for me. I hate how light most dress shirts are. They're good for the summer but I like a heavy shirt... American Apparel has t-shirts for $28 EACH, but they're made in the USA. Just about every other shirt you might buy will be sending money overseas. The shirts I'm having made are American Apparel, their wholesale prices must be fantastic if the screen printer can make them for me at $12.50 each with a 2 color print. I'll be selling some for $20/ea and giving some away to promote my YouTube show, Lantern Lab. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Okie Benz mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON I was going to buy a week’s worth, which, at their prices, would have been $56. I’m not worried about it, I just know that the same shirts can be had for less elsewhere. If there was a local manufacturer I could buy them from, I would gladly pay $7 a shirt (or more) to support them AND keep the money in the community. I routinely pay more for some products and services I buy locally for just this reason. I used to have my dress shirts made by a local tailor, for probably in the neighborhood of $50-$75 a shirt. Didn’t care about the price because Nick, the little Greek guy who made them, lived in the same area. I knew the money I spent with him stayed right in my community and helped put his kids through college. Sadly, Nick passed away a few years ago and he had no successors for the business. I haven’t been able to find someone to replace him. I’m not going to pay Dead Sam, who exploits its workers and sends our money overseas. Dan On Jun 12, 2015, at 3:45 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Really, you're all worried about $7 a shirt? I'm having some shirts made and the cheap ones were $7.50 each (thats with 2 color screen printing) the made in USA American Apparel ones I'm getting are $12.50 each. I would suggest that you maybe have a warped opinion on what the shirts should cost. Penny's has to make a little profit too... Actually this is kind of whats wrong with America, how many shirts are you going to buy that it would cost a small fortune? What else would you do with the money? The cheapest means somebody doesn't get to eat. As much as I like Amazon for selling me weird stuff I can't find anywhere else I like buying from local companies so my neighbors have jobs. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Here's a weird one: I wanted to buy some plain cotton t-shirts (undershirts). I don't want to give Dead Sam my money, so I notice that we had all these coupons from J.C.Penneys. I pop into Penneys yesterday, go to the Men's department and locate the row of t-shirts. OMG!!! A package of four (4) Hanes or Fruit of the Loom t-shirts are $28.00 Even with the stupid 20% off, additional discount for Penneys card holders, etc., they would still be a small fortune. I'm going to try Target this weekend. I will absolutely not give Dead Sam my money unless absolutely necessary. Maybe I'll look at Amazon tonight, too. Grrr. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jun 12, 2015, at 3:12 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Sadly, the failure was not mysterious. Target totally misjudged the Canadian market. They assumed that we were like the USA
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Sadly, the failure was not mysterious. Target totally misjudged the Canadian market. They assumed that we were like the USA and would flock to Target once they opened. They did not fully appreciate the foothold that WalMart already has here. Apparently (it is not obvious to me but I don't spend much time in either store so what do I know?) in the USA, Target is considered up-market from WalMart. Target assumed that the middle class and up would abandon WalMart in favour of Target. It did not happen. Target opened too many stores all at once and did not have a supply network able to stock them. Their stores did not have enough stock and much of what they did have was not of obvious quality. Many people went to Target once, looked around, and did not go back. I did not even go once. My wife went, told me it was a lost cause, and did not go back. I listened to her and did not bother to go there. I go to WalMart around here about once a year. I go to a WalMart in Grand Forks ND several times a year and mostly buy M1 oil. So, the MBA's who drove the Target bus into Canada were not doing their homework and should have been fired for what they did. RB On 12/06/2015 1:44 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Fedoras are for sale all over the place, big stores like Target (which of course you don't have since it mysteriously failed in CA) will have a big ole stack of 'em... -Curt ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Here's a weird one: I wanted to buy some plain cotton t-shirts (undershirts). I don't want to give Dead Sam my money, so I notice that we had all these coupons from J.C.Penneys. I pop into Penneys yesterday, go to the Men's department and locate the row of t-shirts. OMG!!! A package of four (4) Hanes or Fruit of the Loom t-shirts are $28.00 Even with the stupid 20% off, additional discount for Penneys card holders, etc., they would still be a small fortune. I'm going to try Target this weekend. I will absolutely not give Dead Sam my money unless absolutely necessary. Maybe I'll look at Amazon tonight, too. Grrr. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jun 12, 2015, at 3:12 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Sadly, the failure was not mysterious. Target totally misjudged the Canadian market. They assumed that we were like the USA and would flock to Target once they opened. They did not fully appreciate the foothold that WalMart already has here. Apparently (it is not obvious to me but I don't spend much time in either store so what do I know?) in the USA, Target is considered up-market from WalMart. Target assumed that the middle class and up would abandon WalMart in favour of Target. It did not happen. Target opened too many stores all at once and did not have a supply network able to stock them. Their stores did not have enough stock and much of what they did have was not of obvious quality. Many people went to Target once, looked around, and did not go back. I did not even go once. My wife went, told me it was a lost cause, and did not go back. I listened to her and did not bother to go there. I go to WalMart around here about once a year. I go to a WalMart in Grand Forks ND several times a year and mostly buy M1 oil. So, the MBA's who drove the Target bus into Canada were not doing their homework and should have been fired for what they did. RB On 12/06/2015 1:44 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Fedoras are for sale all over the place, big stores like Target (which of course you don't have since it mysteriously failed in CA) will have a big ole stack of 'em... -Curt ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Interesting. I go to Target occasionally because I hate Wal-Martians and the shoppers at Target are at least 20% less aggravating. The only reason I can tell you the last time I went to Wal-Mart is because Dad made me go with him last month to buy a 4G hot spot... -Curt From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Sadly, the failure was not mysterious. Target totally misjudged the Canadian market. They assumed that we were like the USA and would flock to Target once they opened. They did not fully appreciate the foothold that WalMart already has here. Apparently (it is not obvious to me but I don't spend much time in either store so what do I know?) in the USA, Target is considered up-market from WalMart. Target assumed that the middle class and up would abandon WalMart in favour of Target. It did not happen. Target opened too many stores all at once and did not have a supply network able to stock them. Their stores did not have enough stock and much of what they did have was not of obvious quality. Many people went to Target once, looked around, and did not go back. I did not even go once. My wife went, told me it was a lost cause, and did not go back. I listened to her and did not bother to go there. I go to WalMart around here about once a year. I go to a WalMart in Grand Forks ND several times a year and mostly buy M1 oil. So, the MBA's who drove the Target bus into Canada were not doing their homework and should have been fired for what they did. RB On 12/06/2015 1:44 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Fedoras are for sale all over the place, big stores like Target (which of course you don't have since it mysteriously failed in CA) will have a big ole stack of 'em... -Curt ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Oh and looking back I realize that American Apparel has a basic t-shirt for $11 on sale for $9. I've got one and I didn't think I had paid $28 for it. Its a good shirt, they have decent socks too although for tube socks I prefer Wigwam which is also made in USA. -CurtI have plenty of stuff, I'll take the Made in The USA item please. From: Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON I almost forgot to mention that I'm the guy with a collection of $20 a pair socks so I'm probably not the best to talk to about prices. Although you've got shoes that cost more than my Italian hiking boots... -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Okie Benz mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON It’s probably been a couple of years since I bought t-shirts, so it’s very possible their prices have gone up - I need to look at that and see, as I could have unrealistic expectations of the current prices. I was just really caught off guard when I went into Penney’s the other day. My Dad had a tailor for years, and both my brother and I went to him until he passed. He would measure you up, have you pick the fabric, and a week later you had your shirts. Want more? Just call and tell him what you want as far as fabric and he makes up more from your patterns. My brother is a “big and tall” guy, and he often remarked that the term was simply a marketing ploy for retailers to increase the price of clothing another 20%-30%. For what it cost to have Nick make a shirt for him he would have been hard pressed to find something of the same quality off the rack, and that’s if it fit. It’s tough to find someone with these skills any more. I tried to find someone in Tampa like him, but no luck. I didn’t want a high end men’s store tailor, I wanted some guy running his own operation who you could trust to take good care of you and give you good service. Dan On Jun 12, 2015, at 5:11 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Oh man, I wish I could find somebody to make shirts for me. I hate how light most dress shirts are. They're good for the summer but I like a heavy shirt... American Apparel has t-shirts for $28 EACH, but they're made in the USA. Just about every other shirt you might buy will be sending money overseas. The shirts I'm having made are American Apparel, their wholesale prices must be fantastic if the screen printer can make them for me at $12.50 each with a 2 color print. I'll be selling some for $20/ea and giving some away to promote my YouTube show, Lantern Lab. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Okie Benz mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON I was going to buy a week’s worth, which, at their prices, would have been $56. I’m not worried about it, I just know that the same shirts can be had for less elsewhere. If there was a local manufacturer I could buy them from, I would gladly pay $7 a shirt (or more) to support them AND keep the money in the community. I routinely pay more for some products and services I buy locally for just this reason. I used to have my dress shirts made by a local tailor, for probably in the neighborhood of $50-$75 a shirt. Didn’t care about the price because Nick, the little Greek guy who made them, lived in the same area. I knew the money I spent with him stayed right in my community and helped put his kids through college. Sadly, Nick passed away a few years ago and he had no successors for the business. I haven’t been able to find someone to replace him. I’m not going to pay Dead Sam, who exploits its workers and sends our money overseas. Dan On Jun 12, 2015, at 3:45 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Really, you're all worried about $7 a shirt? I'm having some shirts made and the cheap ones were $7.50 each (thats with 2 color screen printing) the made in USA American Apparel ones I'm getting are $12.50 each. I would suggest that you maybe have a warped opinion on what the shirts should cost. Penny's has to make a little profit too... Actually this is kind of whats wrong with America, how many shirts are you going to buy that it would cost a small fortune? What else would you do with the money? The cheapest means somebody doesn't get to eat. As much as I like Amazon for selling me weird stuff I can't find anywhere else I like buying from local companies so my neighbors have jobs. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent
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Having not been there I really can't say but I've had excellent luck in Burbank. A lot of costume stuff that was bought for big movies and such ends up at Thrift stores where it ironically gets bought for other movies and productions... New England I think has some of the worst thrift stores. I don't think its because people don't get rid of stuff, they do. I think its more because they are heavily shopped so the good stuff goes early. Yankee thrift and all that. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 2:37 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON WInnipeg has the best thrift stores in North America, hands down. On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Well, I know or knew, as I have not seen them in a while, a couple of young fellows who played in a band and they wore hats that they must have obtained from the Goodwill store or such as I have no idea where one would buy a hat like that. It was a jazz band and the one fellow played a trombone and the other a saxaphone. The sax player is my neighbour's younger son and the trombone is his cousin who used to live accross the lane from us too. RB On 12/06/2015 12:14 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Apparently you don't know any hipsters. The Fedora has made a return, its the in thing... -Curt Subject: [MBZ] hey WILTON I was thinking of you and your stories of your youth. What sort of hats did you all wear back then? Hats are an odd thing. Useful for folks who work outdoors like farmers and decorative to some extent for the ladies etc but apart from baseball hats, seem to have all but faded from the scene. I have a couple of Tilley hats that I wear from time to time but my boys did not want to be seen with me when I wore them. RB ___ ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Fedoras are for sale all over the place, big stores like Target (which of course you don't have since it mysteriously failed in CA) will have a big ole stack of 'em... -Curt From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Well, I know or knew, as I have not seen them in a while, a couple of young fellows who played in a band and they wore hats that they must have obtained from the Goodwill store or such as I have no idea where one would buy a hat like that. It was a jazz band and the one fellow played a trombone and the other a saxaphone. The sax player is my neighbour's younger son and the trombone is his cousin who used to live accross the lane from us too. RB On 12/06/2015 12:14 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Apparently you don't know any hipsters. The Fedora has made a return, its the in thing... -Curt Subject: [MBZ] hey WILTON I was thinking of you and your stories of your youth. What sort of hats did you all wear back then? Hats are an odd thing. Useful for folks who work outdoors like farmers and decorative to some extent for the ladies etc but apart from baseball hats, seem to have all but faded from the scene. I have a couple of Tilley hats that I wear from time to time but my boys did not want to be seen with me when I wore them. RB ___ ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Really, you're all worried about $7 a shirt? I'm having some shirts made and the cheap ones were $7.50 each (thats with 2 color screen printing) the made in USA American Apparel ones I'm getting are $12.50 each. I would suggest that you maybe have a warped opinion on what the shirts should cost. Penny's has to make a little profit too... Actually this is kind of whats wrong with America, how many shirts are you going to buy that it would cost a small fortune? What else would you do with the money? The cheapest means somebody doesn't get to eat. As much as I like Amazon for selling me weird stuff I can't find anywhere else I like buying from local companies so my neighbors have jobs. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Here's a weird one: I wanted to buy some plain cotton t-shirts (undershirts). I don't want to give Dead Sam my money, so I notice that we had all these coupons from J.C.Penneys. I pop into Penneys yesterday, go to the Men's department and locate the row of t-shirts. OMG!!! A package of four (4) Hanes or Fruit of the Loom t-shirts are $28.00 Even with the stupid 20% off, additional discount for Penneys card holders, etc., they would still be a small fortune. I'm going to try Target this weekend. I will absolutely not give Dead Sam my money unless absolutely necessary. Maybe I'll look at Amazon tonight, too. Grrr. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jun 12, 2015, at 3:12 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Sadly, the failure was not mysterious. Target totally misjudged the Canadian market. They assumed that we were like the USA and would flock to Target once they opened. They did not fully appreciate the foothold that WalMart already has here. Apparently (it is not obvious to me but I don't spend much time in either store so what do I know?) in the USA, Target is considered up-market from WalMart. Target assumed that the middle class and up would abandon WalMart in favour of Target. It did not happen. Target opened too many stores all at once and did not have a supply network able to stock them. Their stores did not have enough stock and much of what they did have was not of obvious quality. Many people went to Target once, looked around, and did not go back. I did not even go once. My wife went, told me it was a lost cause, and did not go back. I listened to her and did not bother to go there. I go to WalMart around here about once a year. I go to a WalMart in Grand Forks ND several times a year and mostly buy M1 oil. So, the MBA's who drove the Target bus into Canada were not doing their homework and should have been fired for what they did. RB On 12/06/2015 1:44 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Fedoras are for sale all over the place, big stores like Target (which of course you don't have since it mysteriously failed in CA) will have a big ole stack of 'em... -Curt ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Wal-mart has 3 packs of Fruity Loomies for 8.46 and Hanes Hates The 2nd Amendment for $11.37. A brand I never heard of, Gildan, is 5 for 9.97 but not in any store within 50 miles of me. Mitch. ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Gildan is the standard for make your own printed shirts. Anybody that got the ChowdaQ shirt (what year did I make those? 2012?) got a Gildan shirt. They're okay but thin. -Curt From: Mitch Haley mi...@mitchellhaley.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Wal-mart has 3 packs of Fruity Loomies for 8.46 and Hanes Hates The 2nd Amendment for $11.37. A brand I never heard of, Gildan, is 5 for 9.97 but not in any store within 50 miles of me. Mitch. ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: I don’t need wingtips for work, so I’m slowly but surely phasing them out of my rotation. I don't actually need wingtips at the necktie-free office I've been at the last few tax seasons, but the distressed grey ones are all-purpose shoes, and the black ones work OK with slacks and an open dress shirt. I bought the greys mainly to have something for 'blue jean Saturday' at the office after the sole on one of my made in India Nunn Bush loafers disintegrated. I guess I just really like wingtips. And these are incredibly comfortable: http://dappered.com/2013/03/in-person-the-allen-edmonds-mctavish-in-grey/ ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Yeah, I know you can't pronounce an r pahdnah. McCloud managed to be a cowboy in NYC. No reason you can't be a man and wear a western shirt without buttons where you live. pencilneck bowtie girlieboys in san fransicko are descended from a company that used to make jeans for men. I won't buy their stuff, unless it is in a thrift store. Buying their stuff in a thrift store does not support their wacko agenda. Someone else already did when the stuff is in the thrift store. You know I live in the east right? :)They'd work out if I cut the sleeves off I reckon... When you talk of the girlie boys did you mean American Apparel? That'd be in LA, they're pencil necked, mustachioed, skinny jean wearing girlie men. Theres a difference. ;) -Curt From: Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Wal-mart has 3 packs of Fruity Loomies for 8.46 and Hanes Hates The 2nd Amendment for $11.37. A brand I never heard of, Gildan, is 5 for 9.97 but not in any store within 50 miles of me. Mitch. GIldan makes lots of tshirts the screen printers use. Curt, for heavy shirts check these out: http://www.wrangler.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10751langId=-1productId=180665cm_mmc=CSE-_-Google-_-CPC-_-Productgclid=Cj0KEQjwhuqrBRCFuPz4ipOx5JIBEiQAZJ7F-iAEftT2XJalV2Fdtyt9Mgf_ivFLLci8KU9plQJfNq4aAnFE8P8HAQ They last for years. I also like the Blue Generation button shirts from screen printer/embroidery shops. They are about 25 bucks embroidered. I am fixin ta buy a few more of them some day. Mine are 10 years old and I've worn them almost every day. THe collars are wearing out now. Best of all, they are not from the pencilneck bowtie girlieboys in san fransicko ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Actually I speak northern Maine which means I tend to sound Canadian more than anything else... -Curt From: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Yeah, I know you can't pronounce an r pahdnah. McCloud managed to be a cowboy in NYC. No reason you can't be a man and wear a western shirt without buttons where you live. pencilneck bowtie girlieboys in san fransicko are descended from a company that used to make jeans for men. I won't buy their stuff, unless it is in a thrift store. Buying their stuff in a thrift store does not support their wacko agenda. Someone else already did when the stuff is in the thrift store. You know I live in the east right? :)They'd work out if I cut the sleeves off I reckon... When you talk of the girlie boys did you mean American Apparel? That'd be in LA, they're pencil necked, mustachioed, skinny jean wearing girlie men. Theres a difference. ;) -Curt From: Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Wal-mart has 3 packs of Fruity Loomies for 8.46 and Hanes Hates The 2nd Amendment for $11.37. A brand I never heard of, Gildan, is 5 for 9.97 but not in any store within 50 miles of me. Mitch. GIldan makes lots of tshirts the screen printers use. Curt, for heavy shirts check these out: http://www.wrangler.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10751langId=-1productId=180665cm_mmc=CSE-_-Google-_-CPC-_-Productgclid=Cj0KEQjwhuqrBRCFuPz4ipOx5JIBEiQAZJ7F-iAEftT2XJalV2Fdtyt9Mgf_ivFLLci8KU9plQJfNq4aAnFE8P8HAQ They last for years. I also like the Blue Generation button shirts from screen printer/embroidery shops. They are about 25 bucks embroidered. I am fixin ta buy a few more of them some day. Mine are 10 years old and I've worn them almost every day. THe collars are wearing out now. Best of all, they are not from the pencilneck bowtie girlieboys in san fransicko ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Tom Savage via Mercedes wrote: It looks like only black, brown and burgundy for a while from AE. I badly want some burgundy shell Leeds but can't bring myself to drop that sort of coin yet. Last month when the shell seconds were on sale for $399 I should have just bought a couple of $200 gift cards for $300 with the Amex deal and pulled the trigger. $300 for imperfect shell is a lot, but at least it isn't $650. Mitch. ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Wal-mart has 3 packs of Fruity Loomies for 8.46 and Hanes Hates The 2nd Amendment for $11.37. A brand I never heard of, Gildan, is 5 for 9.97 but not in any store within 50 miles of me. Mitch. GIldan makes lots of tshirts the screen printers use. Curt, for heavy shirts check these out: http://www.wrangler.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10751langId=-1productId=180665cm_mmc=CSE-_-Google-_-CPC-_-Productgclid=Cj0KEQjwhuqrBRCFuPz4ipOx5JIBEiQAZJ7F-iAEftT2XJalV2Fdtyt9Mgf_ivFLLci8KU9plQJfNq4aAnFE8P8HAQ They last for years. I also like the Blue Generation button shirts from screen printer/embroidery shops. They are about 25 bucks embroidered. I am fixin ta buy a few more of them some day. Mine are 10 years old and I've worn them almost every day. THe collars are wearing out now. Best of all, they are not from the pencilneck bowtie girlieboys in san fransicko ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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They make nice heavy ones tshirts too, but most folks won't pay for them Gildan is the standard for make your own printed shirts. Anybody that got the ChowdaQ shirt (what year did I make those? 2012?) got a Gildan shirt. They're okay but thin. -Curt From: Mitch Haley mi...@mitchellhaley.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Wal-mart has 3 packs of Fruity Loomies for 8.46 and Hanes Hates The 2nd Amendment for $11.37. A brand I never heard of, Gildan, is 5 for 9.97 but not in any store within 50 miles of me. Mitch. ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Seattle has a very exceptional thrift store presence. There was even a hippity hop song about it last year. There are a few buyers of thrift items, but not enough to keep stores from loading up dumpsters with items that lived on shelves too long. I think it is all of 20 day turn around. Big box stores with thousands of feet of floor space. Anchorage has some of the worst stores I have seen. Small (1k sqft), slim pickings and out of date products. Maybe the market has 24 hour turn around, but it did not look like there was any traffic. clay On Jun 12, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Having not been there I really can't say but I've had excellent luck in Burbank. A lot of costume stuff that was bought for big movies and such ends up at Thrift stores where it ironically gets bought for other movies and productions... New England I think has some of the worst thrift stores. I don't think its because people don't get rid of stuff, they do. I think its more because they are heavily shopped so the good stuff goes early. Yankee thrift and all that. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 2:37 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON WInnipeg has the best thrift stores in North America, hands down. On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Well, I know or knew, as I have not seen them in a while, a couple of young fellows who played in a band and they wore hats that they must have obtained from the Goodwill store or such as I have no idea where one would buy a hat like that. It was a jazz band and the one fellow played a trombone and the other a saxaphone. The sax player is my neighbour's younger son and the trombone is his cousin who used to live accross the lane from us too. RB On 12/06/2015 12:14 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Apparently you don't know any hipsters. The Fedora has made a return, its the in thing... -Curt Subject: [MBZ] hey WILTON I was thinking of you and your stories of your youth. What sort of hats did you all wear back then? Hats are an odd thing. Useful for folks who work outdoors like farmers and decorative to some extent for the ladies etc but apart from baseball hats, seem to have all but faded from the scene. I have a couple of Tilley hats that I wear from time to time but my boys did not want to be seen with me when I wore them. RB ___ ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Aww, you ratbag. I was thinking about the tent sale today. That is, by far, the absolute best place to get a heck of a deal on anything A-E. I’m going to go over to their retail store in Whorelando in the next week or two and buy a pair of brown or chili loafers. I don’t need wingtips for work, so I’m slowly but surely phasing them out of my rotation. Dan On Jun 12, 2015, at 7:06 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I've got some heavy high quality white Ts that came from a screen print shop up north. Anvil is the brand I think. I've also got some thinner ones. Guess what I like to wear under a dress shirt when it's more than 65 degrees indoors? Oh, I caught your comment about Dan's shoes. I have two pair of 'casual wing tips' that I bought before tax season this year, the McTavish model in black wax infused cowhide and smoky gray distressed leather. The gray ones are a lot softer, the black ones get uncomfortable after the first ten hours or so. Black was on sale for $199 and I had a $50 credit on $200 purchase offer from American Express. Gray were on clearance for $147. Now I'm on the hunt for something in brown, burgundy, or tan. Would really like to get something in walnut or chili colored shell cordovan. Unfortunately the only 10E Cambridge wing tips I can find at shoebank are black. Will hit the tent sale next week, already bought a $200 gift card with the current Amex offer in case I find shoes that don't cost $200 I'll still get the $50 statement credit. Mitch. ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Gildan is the standard for make your own printed shirts. Anybody that got the ChowdaQ shirt (what year did I make those? 2012?) got a Gildan shirt. They're okay but thin. I've got some heavy high quality white Ts that came from a screen print shop up north. Anvil is the brand I think. I've also got some thinner ones. Guess what I like to wear under a dress shirt when it's more than 65 degrees indoors? Oh, I caught your comment about Dan's shoes. I have two pair of 'casual wing tips' that I bought before tax season this year, the McTavish model in black wax infused cowhide and smoky gray distressed leather. The gray ones are a lot softer, the black ones get uncomfortable after the first ten hours or so. Black was on sale for $199 and I had a $50 credit on $200 purchase offer from American Express. Gray were on clearance for $147. Now I'm on the hunt for something in brown, burgundy, or tan. Would really like to get something in walnut or chili colored shell cordovan. Unfortunately the only 10E Cambridge wing tips I can find at shoebank are black. Will hit the tent sale next week, already bought a $200 gift card with the current Amex offer in case I find shoes that don't cost $200 I'll still get the $50 statement credit. Mitch. ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Hey Curt let's make chowdahQ shirts this year so Dan gets one to take back to FL. We have some money in the kitty. On Jun 12, 2015 6:36 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Gildan is the standard for make your own printed shirts. Anybody that got the ChowdaQ shirt (what year did I make those? 2012?) got a Gildan shirt. They're okay but thin. -Curt From: Mitch Haley mi...@mitchellhaley.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Wal-mart has 3 packs of Fruity Loomies for 8.46 and Hanes Hates The 2nd Amendment for $11.37. A brand I never heard of, Gildan, is 5 for 9.97 but not in any store within 50 miles of me. Mitch. ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Being almost bald, I wear a hat most times when I'm outside. It feels like my brain (what's left of it) is frying in the OK sun if I don't. Since it's an issue of the sun, I wear one with a wide brim to protect my ears and neck. I only wear the ball cap in the airplane - due to the headset and needing the visor when flying West into the setting sun . . . My son will only wear a ball cap on occasion, and when flying - wouldn't be caught dead in one of my other hats. On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I was thinking of you and your stories of your youth. What sort of hats did you all wear back then? Hats are an odd thing. Useful for folks who work outdoors like farmers and decorative to some extent for the ladies etc but apart from baseball hats, seem to have all but faded from the scene. I have a couple of Tilley hats that I wear from time to time but my boys did not want to be seen with me when I wore them. RB -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Apparently you don't know any hipsters. The Fedora has made a return, its the in thing... -Curt From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 1:06 PM Subject: [MBZ] hey WILTON I was thinking of you and your stories of your youth. What sort of hats did you all wear back then? Hats are an odd thing. Useful for folks who work outdoors like farmers and decorative to some extent for the ladies etc but apart from baseball hats, seem to have all but faded from the scene. I have a couple of Tilley hats that I wear from time to time but my boys did not want to be seen with me when I wore them. RB ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Well, I know or knew, as I have not seen them in a while, a couple of young fellows who played in a band and they wore hats that they must have obtained from the Goodwill store or such as I have no idea where one would buy a hat like that. It was a jazz band and the one fellow played a trombone and the other a saxaphone. The sax player is my neighbour's younger son and the trombone is his cousin who used to live accross the lane from us too. RB On 12/06/2015 12:14 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Apparently you don't know any hipsters. The Fedora has made a return, its the in thing... -Curt Subject: [MBZ] hey WILTON I was thinking of you and your stories of your youth. What sort of hats did you all wear back then? Hats are an odd thing. Useful for folks who work outdoors like farmers and decorative to some extent for the ladies etc but apart from baseball hats, seem to have all but faded from the scene. I have a couple of Tilley hats that I wear from time to time but my boys did not want to be seen with me when I wore them. RB ___ ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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WInnipeg has the best thrift stores in North America, hands down. On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Well, I know or knew, as I have not seen them in a while, a couple of young fellows who played in a band and they wore hats that they must have obtained from the Goodwill store or such as I have no idea where one would buy a hat like that. It was a jazz band and the one fellow played a trombone and the other a saxaphone. The sax player is my neighbour's younger son and the trombone is his cousin who used to live accross the lane from us too. RB On 12/06/2015 12:14 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Apparently you don't know any hipsters. The Fedora has made a return, its the in thing... -Curt Subject: [MBZ] hey WILTON I was thinking of you and your stories of your youth. What sort of hats did you all wear back then? Hats are an odd thing. Useful for folks who work outdoors like farmers and decorative to some extent for the ladies etc but apart from baseball hats, seem to have all but faded from the scene. I have a couple of Tilley hats that I wear from time to time but my boys did not want to be seen with me when I wore them. RB ___ ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Hi Wilton, is all that work the result of our severe winter weather this year or was it just a matter of regular maintenance catching up with you? Personally, I tend to put things off longer than I should until i have numerous things that need attention. I used to be better at doing stuff as needed, which prevented a land slide of work at once.I must be getting lazy in my old age.? ;-) The 300D is like that. Need to do the front wheel bearings and the front struts as well. Also need to have rear brake hard piping replaced and check the rear suspension bushings.Oh yeah, I need to find the leak in the AC system. If it's in the evap inside the dash I may have to buy another car as my wife cannot have a daily driver without AC in our Va summer heat. So much stuff, so little time Good luck with all that stuff Wilton! Sincerely, Larry On 3/14/2014 5:16 PM, WILTON wrote: Yep, computer kaput for a while and been busy with getting extensive repairs done on the house (repairs to siding, and hidden gutters, new roof and railings on widow's/captain's walk, new roof on large bay window area, new door from outside to basement). Now I need beaucoup glycerin pills and/or gold, oil or diamond strike on the property to help with the bill for it. 'Still not done - gotta get it all properly painted. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 2:52 PM Subject: [MBZ] hey WILTON Are you ok? You have been pretty quiet lately. Randy ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Much of is a matter of stuff catching up sense I've been unable to do it myself for nearly 15 years. Widow's walk roof has been leaking since I've been here for 26 years; others who worked on it did inadequate jobs; 'kept telling 'em we need to dismantle the railings and replace the roof before repairing/rebuilding railings. Finally got roof replaced coupla weeks ago with EPDM (membrane); same on bay area roof. Wilton - Original Message - From: Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Hi Wilton, is all that work the result of our severe winter weather this year or was it just a matter of regular maintenance catching up with you? Personally, I tend to put things off longer than I should until i have numerous things that need attention. I used to be better at doing stuff as needed, which prevented a land slide of work at once.I must be getting lazy in my old age.? ;-) The 300D is like that. Need to do the front wheel bearings and the front struts as well. Also need to have rear brake hard piping replaced and check the rear suspension bushings.Oh yeah, I need to find the leak in the AC system. If it's in the evap inside the dash I may have to buy another car as my wife cannot have a daily driver without AC in our Va summer heat. So much stuff, so little time Good luck with all that stuff Wilton! Sincerely, Larry On 3/14/2014 5:16 PM, WILTON wrote: Yep, computer kaput for a while and been busy with getting extensive repairs done on the house (repairs to siding, and hidden gutters, new roof and railings on widow's/captain's walk, new roof on large bay window area, new door from outside to basement). Now I need beaucoup glycerin pills and/or gold, oil or diamond strike on the property to help with the bill for it. 'Still not done - gotta get it all properly painted. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 2:52 PM Subject: [MBZ] hey WILTON Are you ok? You have been pretty quiet lately. Randy ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON
Well, since, that is. ;) Wilt - Original Message - From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:59 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Much of is a matter of stuff catching up sense I've been unable to do it myself for nearly 15 years. Widow's walk roof has been leaking since I've been here for 26 years; others who worked on it did inadequate jobs; 'kept telling 'em we need to dismantle the railings and replace the roof before repairing/rebuilding railings. Finally got roof replaced coupla weeks ago with EPDM (membrane); same on bay area roof. Wilton - Original Message - From: Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON Hi Wilton, is all that work the result of our severe winter weather this year or was it just a matter of regular maintenance catching up with you? Personally, I tend to put things off longer than I should until i have numerous things that need attention. I used to be better at doing stuff as needed, which prevented a land slide of work at once.I must be getting lazy in my old age.? ;-) The 300D is like that. Need to do the front wheel bearings and the front struts as well. Also need to have rear brake hard piping replaced and check the rear suspension bushings.Oh yeah, I need to find the leak in the AC system. If it's in the evap inside the dash I may have to buy another car as my wife cannot have a daily driver without AC in our Va summer heat. So much stuff, so little time Good luck with all that stuff Wilton! Sincerely, Larry On 3/14/2014 5:16 PM, WILTON wrote: Yep, computer kaput for a while and been busy with getting extensive repairs done on the house (repairs to siding, and hidden gutters, new roof and railings on widow's/captain's walk, new roof on large bay window area, new door from outside to basement). Now I need beaucoup glycerin pills and/or gold, oil or diamond strike on the property to help with the bill for it. 'Still not done - gotta get it all properly painted. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 2:52 PM Subject: [MBZ] hey WILTON Are you ok? You have been pretty quiet lately. Randy ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON
Yep, computer kaput for a while and been busy with getting extensive repairs done on the house (repairs to siding, and hidden gutters, new roof and railings on widow's/captain's walk, new roof on large bay window area, new door from outside to basement). Now I need beaucoup glycerin pills and/or gold, oil or diamond strike on the property to help with the bill for it. 'Still not done - gotta get it all properly painted. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 2:52 PM Subject: [MBZ] hey WILTON Are you ok? You have been pretty quiet lately. Randy ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] hey WILTON
Very good. Happy to hear all is well and you are just busy. Randy On 14/03/2014 4:16 PM, WILTON wrote: Yep, computer kaput for a while and been busy with getting extensive repairs done on the house (repairs to siding, and hidden gutters, new roof and railings on widow's/captain's walk, new roof on large bay window area, new door from outside to basement). Now I need beaucoup glycerin pills and/or gold, oil or diamond strike on the property to help with the bill for it. 'Still not done - gotta get it all properly painted. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 2:52 PM Subject: [MBZ] hey WILTON Are you ok? You have been pretty quiet lately. Randy ___ ___ 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/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hey Wilton!
Another somebody with more money than brains and taste. Wilton - Original Message - From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:29 AM Subject: [MBZ] Hey Wilton! This beauty rides as smooth as a . forklift. http://i39.tinypic.com/4kcpl0.jpg ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
