Hey Grant, I like the cut of your jib. Fax me your cell number so I can FW
all my landline calls
On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 12:04 PM G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> Computer voice robo calls require special handling to bust their chops
> properly. At the end of the computer voice, there is
Computer voice robo calls require special handling to bust their chops
properly. At the end of the computer voice, there is always the: "For
more information press "1" " . So, I press the required number,
introduce myself as "FBI, Telephone Fraud Hotline, Agent XXX" and ask to
speak with
I keep on getting robocalls in Chinese on my voicemails for my cell phone.
After re listening to these several dozen times, I am nearly fluent in
Mandarin.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2019, 11:52 AM Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 08:17:17 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> > Over the
On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 08:17:17 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> Over the course of the past month, the number of "robo calls" has
> dropped to almost zero.
What about the ones which have a recording/computer voice?
Craig
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Every day, I receive a number of "Robo Calls" on the phones, all of which
are unlisted, and all which are filed with "do not call" list.
In response to the calls, I started answering them using the following
script:
Rinn
"FBI, ... Telephone fraud hotline. Agent Stoner.
I read somewhere that the scammers somehow have political pull preventing
their being stopped. I'm not sure how though. I'm not sure if thats a
conspiracy theory kind of idea or not...
-Curt
On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 11:34:51 PM EDT, Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:17:30 -0400 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
> I am going to run for Congress based on 2 platforms: 1) using the full
> capabilities of National Technical Means to find and eliminate spam
> callers wherever they are on the planet: and 2) to abolish Daylight
> Savings
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:11:21 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes
wrote:
> I like how they use your exchange number to fool you into answering.
> Like if your number is 444-321-9034 they call you from a “321” exchange.
On our cell phone, I look at the number and if it's one I don't
recognize,
What’s wrong with that?
--FT
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> On Jun 25, 2019, at 9:40 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Much the same as taking a 600 pullman and slamming it, then giving it a
> rattle can spray to match the blacked out windows and LED underbody lighting
Another reason to move to the country - even on our small 1.25 acre lot, we
can't see another house from ours.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 8:54 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> We have the same thing going on in South Tampa. It’s a fairly compressed
> area that was
We have the same thing going on in South Tampa. It’s a fairly compressed area
that was populated with small bungalows built post WWII. Now they get razed and
a vertical McMansion goes up in place of the bungalow on a very, very small lot.
Almost as bad as the tearing down and replacement is the
I am having issue with the destruction of the more modest architecture in town.
The neighborhood really grew with post war housing and the bulk of homes
around me echoed the ethos of 1950s homes. Think Brady Bunch or Leave it to
Beaver. Now, with property values through the roof, these
Nothing that I know of. The only personal information they want is your name,
email address and the phone number you want to set up.
"How Does Nomorobo Stay In Business?
While the Nomorobo Landline service is free for consumers, businesses and
public safety organizations pay to license our
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:32:05 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes
wrote:
> I had a rash of those “This is Microsoft tech support - can you check
> your computer? It’s got a virus” a few weeks ago, which I play out for
> a good 5-10 minutes if I can until they realize I’m yanking their chain
> and they
What, no calls from the IRS wanting their back taxes with your VISA card or
they’re going to call the sheriff and have you arrested?
I love those. They’re so easy to mess with.
-D
> On Jun 25, 2019, at 5:37 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>
> We get a very persistent SS recording warning about
We get a very persistent SS recording warning about fraud. on our account.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 5:32 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I use the NomoRobo service for the land line, and every time it gets a
> call that’s bogus I report it. I kid you not, within a
I use the NomoRobo service for the land line, and every time it gets a call
that’s bogus I report it. I kid you not, within a couple of weeks with NomoRobo
set up the calls stopped dead. It easily rang 3-4 times a day during the week
when I was working from home, and since I set up NomoRobo it
Autodialers just go down the numbers and place calls, a lot of them
spoof the inbound number. I get 2-3/day that spoof my Houston number
exchange, and others from Texas. The land line probably gets 20 a day,
a lot of them spoofed. I got one a year or so ago from a friend's
number, answered
This should get u started:
https://community.ui.com/questions/HowTo-Ad-blocking-using-dnsmasq-d-instead-of-etc-hosts/1598a96d-28af-4f3f-ab96-97bccdb897b3
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 2:03 PM OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
> Hmm - are those ad server addresses listed somewhere on the web? I'd like
> to
I like how they use your exchange number to fool you into answering. Like if
your number is 444-321-9034 they call you from a “321” exchange.
-D
> On Jun 25, 2019, at 5:04 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> The problem these days is when they just call all 10,000 numbers on your
>
Yes they call them all but you can blacklist just like the internet.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 2:05 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > On June 25, 2019 at 4:27 PM Craig via Mercedes
> wrote:
> > Pi hole?
> >
> Raspberry Pi set up to do all your DNS lookups and send
> On June 25, 2019 at 4:27 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote:
> Pi hole?
>
Raspberry Pi set up to do all your DNS lookups and send the garbage requests
into neverneverland.
> A non-published phone number?
The problem these days is when they just call all 10,000 numbers on your local
exchange
Hmm - are those ad server addresses listed somewhere on the web? I'd like
to block them at the firewall (OK router now) also.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 2:18 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Pi hole. Raspberry pi. Blacklist type ad blocker. There are browser based
>
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:17:33 -0700 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
wrote:
> Pi hole. Raspberry pi. Blacklist type ad blocker. There are browser
> based services like nxfilter that work well, and the Brave browser. But
> I block about 30k ad server websites at the firewall.
Pi hole?
> Now I need a
Pi hole. Raspberry pi. Blacklist type ad blocker. There are browser based
services like nxfilter that work well, and the Brave browser. But I block
about 30k ad server websites at the firewall.
Now I need a call blocker for the telephone...
On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 2:42 PM fmiser via Mercedes
On 24/06/2019 4:35 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
There are some decent normal folks there but for the most part it’s ignorant,
unwilling to listen to advice, slam car to the ground, exhaust pipe sticking
out of hood snowflake Kidd’s
Well, do remember that some people take a long
Or maybe both
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 3:28 PM Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I actually had one of the guys over on Saturday to take some wheels I gave
> away on the group. He seemed pretty normal, actually drive a daily car
> that
> Rick wrote:
> > Craig says:
> >
> > I can select "Temporarily allow all this page."
I rarely use that option. I may have to reload the page 5-6 times
but I add sites one or two at a time based on domain. Often just
the hosting domain and their "cds" (contend delivery system) is
enough for
There are some decent normal folks there but for the most part it’s ignorant,
unwilling to listen to advice, slam car to the ground, exhaust pipe sticking
out of hood snowflake Kidd’s
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 24, 2019, at 2:27 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I actually
Whatcha expect from a brat who stole the company from the guys with the
idea?
G Mann via Mercedes wrote on 6/23/19 3:12 PM:
Besides, Zuckerbat is
incipiently evil under the color of "business".
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I actually had one of the guys over on Saturday to take some wheels I gave
away on the group. He seemed pretty normal, actually drive a daily car
that was nearly new and unmodified. And he was looking to undo
modifications on his W123 done by the previous owner.
Maybe there is a bit of hope.
Reinvent the wheel is an imbecile. His parts are pretty much junk that I can
source at PnP for pennies on his asking price, and the gamble as to function is
the same. I was looking for replacement OM617 for the SD last fall. He was
pushing what were basically core returns for $1500. For a
Craig says:
>Then you have scripts running from 35 - 45 different web sites.
Yup. I wish I had a better understanding of scripts and tracking cookies and
such. I recently read this article on Google chrome. Quite an eye opener.
On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 02:45:01 + Rick Knoble via Mercedes
wrote:
> Craig writes:
>
> >I found winhelp2002.mvps.org, which provides a script which modifies
> >one'shost file
>
> Good looking hosts file. I don't access FB through the app, I use a
> mobile Firefox browser, with Adblock Plus,
Sent: June 23, 2019 9:28 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: dillonm...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook
Thanks!
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Craig writes:
>I found winhelp2002.mvps.org, which provides a script which modifies one'shost
>file
Good looking hosts file. I don't access FB through the app, I use a mobile
Firefox browser, with Adblock Plus, Privacy Badger, and Noscript add-ons. You
would be amazed at the amount of
Thanks!
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Charleston SC
On June 23, 2019 9:50:16 PM EDT, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
wrote:
>https://m.facebook.com/groups/1444767035590031
>
>Mercedes W123 (North America)
>
>Rick
>
>
>
> Original Message
>
>
>
>I'll take your place. Tell me the name of the group.
>--
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 13:12:29 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> Personally, I refuse to have anything to do with facebook.
> Amazing, but I feel no pain from that, ever.
> Seems like a fair trade... I don't support them, they don't sell my
> personal information or interests to anyone. Besides,
https://m.facebook.com/groups/1444767035590031
Mercedes W123 (North America)
Rick
Original Message
I'll take your place. Tell me the name of the group.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
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The reinventthewheel people are whack jobs and I can’t even begin to imagine
are a long term profitable concern, in my opinion.
I think it’s one of those “we think we have a gold mine and we want to share
the wealth” deals with their constant offers to sell interest in the company.
What this
Tell that to the reinventingthewheel dudes.
I think there is a ton of value in making a website where people only have
to point and click to buy a used part. A lot of work but they charge for it
On Sun, Jun 23, 2019, 2:59 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Yep,
Yep, the guy does not know his ass from a hole in the ground. He talks
like he runs a shop and supposedly works on these cars for a living yet
lacks some of the basic tools you would need to do many of the jobs and
give very dangerous advise sometimes. All the fools there listen to him
and
There's a couple of them that have shops that supposedly work on 123s,
and one guy drags a trailer all over creation behind a TD picking up
parts and cars and junk, who is apparently the page guru or something.
I think he lives in KY or TN somewhere, he has discovered old Benzes and
is now
I should join with my sock puppet FB account and just sir up trouble, which
doesn’t sound like it would be difficult to do amongst all these mental giants.
-D
.
> On Jun 23, 2019, at 3:55 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I'll take your place. Tell me the name of the group.
> --
>
Personally, I refuse to have anything to do with facebook. Amazing, but I
feel no pain from that, ever.
Seems like a fair trade... I don't support them, they don't sell my
personal information or interests to anyone. Besides, Zuckerbat is
incipiently evil under the color of "business".
On Sun,
I'll take your place. Tell me the name of the group.
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Max Dillon
Charleston SC
On June 23, 2019 2:37:02 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
wrote:
>
>The post about lowering cars is all I could take. I asked them why they
>insist on destroying fine German cars but instead do it to a rice
, you just got tired of being schooled on W123's. You old guys just don't
know anything.
Rick
From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: June 23, 2019 1:37 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: ka...@striplin.net
Subject: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook
The post
Ah, you just got tired of being schooled on W123's. You old guys just don't
know anything.
Rick
From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: June 23, 2019 1:37 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: ka...@striplin.net
Subject: [MBZ] Finally had enough of the 123 fakebook
The post about lowering cars is all I could take. I asked them why they insist
on destroying fine German cars but instead do it to a rice burner. I was then
told I as not in charge and that was a derogatory statement and I was muted for
24 hours, whatever the hell that means. I decided trying
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