science diet is just old roy reskinned for the completely idiotic
i prefer the plain old innova big dog formula. i don't buy the grain free
more modern innova formulation as i think dogs do well with some cereals and
fruits/vegetables. if i can't get innova as there are only two dealers
around
Any advise or thoughts for a really good cat food, both dry and wet ?
Ed
300E
2009/11/1 Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com
science diet is just old roy reskinned for the completely idiotic
i prefer the plain old innova big dog formula. i don't buy the grain free
more modern innova
if you try to buy beef that
is grass fed instead of fed chicken shit and corn, you are a nutter.
My brother raises cattle. That's the beef we eat.
Nothing put in them but grass.
-- Jim
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really? not corn and chicken shit? what are you, some kind of
anti-american iconoclast? you been in contact with hugo chavez?
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
if you try to buy beef that
is grass fed instead of fed chicken shit and corn, you are a
Good advice!
I was amazed when I adoted my German Pischer from the humane society
back in may, and decided to buy him good quality dog food. When I went
to the store I realized ALL of the brands were just corn meal- even
the very expensive ones. Some say 1st ingredient is meat, but they
Did replacing the o-rings and washers affect *anything* ?I'm in the
same boat - my DVs are leaking but my car runs so well I am hesitant to take
it all apart to repair the DVs as their leak seems *very* small - I see
only a small film of fuel on the top of the IP.
Thx -
LarryT
91 300D
I've got some Bosch parts manuals (from 1988). One is for things like
points and distr caps. There's a cross ref in the back of each manual. I
wouldn't say it's easy but it's possible to scan PN's and see how many
different applications are covered by 1 PN. Of course, if it were to be a
You wrote i can't imagine that the chinese ought to be all the
different from the
koreans. It;'s a total different mind set. Look how the Koreans have
done with their cars like
Hyundai - they were crap when 1st introduced and they listened to the
complaints and addressed
them all. Now,
LarryT wrote:
I've got some Bosch parts manuals (from 1988). One is for things like
points and distr caps. There's a cross ref in the back of each manual.
I wouldn't say it's easy but it's possible to scan PN's and see how many
different applications are covered by 1 PN. Of course, if it
LarryT wrote:
The Koreans dislike the Japanese intensely - part of it goes back to
WW2 and the way Japan
conquered the Koreans. They also feel the Japanese feel the world is
their breadbasket meaning
they believe the world is there to be used to keep Japan in a dominant
position.
That's
'Thought that was bassackwards. ;))
Wilton
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From: Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] You don't see these every day
Years back (1969-1970) in
A friend with a W124 300TE questions posed these questions below.
I was hoping list people could answer them:
1) How do you extend the cargo net (the cargo cover was a cinch)
2) How to remove the cargo cover/net unit in order to put the back
seats down and
increase the cargo area
3) How tp put
The external fuel leak is the o-ring seal, doesn't affect anything
but fuel milage, and then only if it's quite large.
However, to replace the o-rings you must remove the valve holder, and
hence must replace the seals as they won't usually seal when re-
used. New springs won't hurt
Costco's Kirkland brand Lamb Rice and Chicken Rice kibble are of
high quality, and they don't cost an arm and a leg. My Weims and
Dobes have thrived on it, along with the Kirkland wet food.
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Also, if your fuel tank is low and you park nose up on a slope, air will
enter the system, BTDT.
Harry
The external fuel leak is the o-ring seal, doesn't affect anything but
fuel milage, and then only if it's quite large.
However, to replace the o-rings you must remove the valve holder,
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dogs can't digest corn. i suspect that we can't either all too well. but
the USA grows corn, corn, corn, corn, corn, so something needs to be done
with it. combine that with chinese overproduction of melamine and it's just
a disaster in the making.
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Tyler
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:29 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote:
Any advise or thoughts for a really good cat food, both dry and wet ?
Hi Ed,
I don't know what you can get up in Canada, but down here in the USA
(I'm in Oregon) there are a few decent options. The problem is the
same as Hursty
Corn is fine once it's cooked with an alkali of some sort (eg hominy
cooked in lye or calcium oxide, masa from central america, etc).
Without that pre-digestion, many of the nutrients are unavailable and
the starch is hard to digest since it won't soften up very well in
short cooking
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:49 AM, L. Mark Finch mfi...@katzenfinch.com wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/yklabmf
Weird, did they mean to put in $1,000 and got confused on the zeros?
And what's with the vanity plate that says BRAIN?
Alex
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when you just start to really like woody allen movies. i am watching
whatever works and find it really good.
Have you seen the classics---Annie Hall, Manhattan, Broadway Danny
Rose, Hannah and her Sisters, Crimes and
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net wrote:
It (the Citroen) was just weird and backasswards.
Somebody said (I'm paraphrasing) that a Citroen was what you would get
if you told a bunch of Martian engineers that a car was a
self-propelled means of transport
Well, they ARE very different. Not really all that much worse, or
better, just different.
After all, there is no metaphysical reason to number cylinders
starting at the front, is there? From the rear works just as well.
And why not use the shift lever as the starter switch? No way to
+1 on the Canidae! That's the stuff we feed our Nova Scotia Duck Tolling
Retriever, aka Toller. His name is Rogue, named for the river in Oregon.
Greg
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Sent: Sunday, November
Remember folks, responsibility for many of the lousy products from China which
are sold in this country can be laid at the feet of the high level managers of
the U.S. companies who started outsourcing to places like Mexico first in order
to increase their profit margins. I remember an episode
I don't buy food of any kind made in China, whether it's for human or canine
consumption. That makes shopping a bit slower with all the stopping to read
the fine print.
Greg
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Alex wrote: Edmunds.com says the last year for the Reatta was 1991. Snook,
are you talking about the Riviera made at the same time as the Reatta, or the
next generation after that, sold 1995-1999? I've always thought the latter was
a drop-dead gorgeous car---sometimes GM's styling department
jabba wrote:
i know a little bit about car parts and a little bit about dog food, and in
both areas that chinese are an absolute disgrace. i suspect it is not
isolated to these two areas.
I think you hint at the real problem.
I am thinking it is not the chinese by themselves that produce
after gradually getting my wife to understand what the ingredients in
the dog food she wanted to buy really were and getting her to think
about what dogs (or wolves, their closest ancestors) would really have
been eating in the wild before kibble was created for the convenience of
humans, the
Guam?
Wilton
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From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com
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Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] gosh, no bids?
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:49 AM, L. Mark Finch mfi...@katzenfinch.com
wrote:
You are correct -- the comment on the lead in paint on toys was
well, if you didn't insist on prices below production costs, no one
would cut corners.
However, the Chinese do have a very long standing culture of
resistance to authority, to my mind due to the very long history of
being
My dog gets Nutro, lamb and rice I think. It seems like good stuff, he likes it.
Science diet is a mega scam as is anything with beet pulp which is a residue
left over from making sugar. Its a filler and nothing more and many dogs are
allergic to it.
Natural Balance is good stuff, we get it
I wish we could find a good source for grass fed beef. Every one I've found
wants me to buy a whole side at a time. I could do a quarter but not a whole
animal.
We've gotten some lamb but they'll still hold us to 10# at a time. My wife
doesn't really eat lamb which makes it tough for us.
I'd
The other trick is they'll list each ingredient by weight but have the meat be
wet weight and the corn is dry weight. They should force all ingredients to be
listed in dry weight or by volume which is really what counts.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 02:00:19 -0800
From: Tyler
Unfortunately the dog food rating site is down right now.
I did find a list of ingredients, the only questionable one I saw was beet pulp
but there were many ingredients and many where I didn't know what they were. I
want things I can identify.
Another listing said it was $15 for 40#. How is
You can't digest corn very well either until you make it into hominy which
converts it somehow...
-Curt
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:52:49 -0400
From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dog Food was Re: Chinese Volvos
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Peter Frederick wrote:
However, the Chinese do have a very long standing culture of resistance
to authority,
Interesting thought, that it might be as hard to get quality out of a Chinese
factory worker today as it was to get it out of a British factory worker 35
years ago. Too much
Oops, I forgot, Perpetual is in Hong Kong. Totally different place compared to
China.
Mitch.
Mitch Haley wrote:
You can get incredible quality out of small mom pop Chinese businesses
today.
All it takes is an owner who cares about his reputation and knows what
each employee is doing. Case
The best of all IMHO were Sleeper and Everything you wanted to know about
S*x...
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wrote:
when you just start to really like woody allen movies. i
I've sent out two messages to the list in the last couple days but not a
solitary response, which is unprecedented.
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judging by the extra unexplained plumbing visible in the engine
compartment on the port-side fender, someone has tried to do a Veggie
Oil conversion on this car, and not done it well.
(there is no conversion necessary for BioDiesel.)
while you might get away with this for a while,
Grits are good for you.
http://hominygrill.bigcartel.com/product/t-shirts
--R
Curt Raymond wrote:
You can't digest corn very well either until you make it into hominy which
converts it somehow...
-Curt
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:52:49 -0400
From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com
Subject: Re:
You failed.
--R
andrew strasfogel wrote:
I've sent out two messages to the list in the last couple days but not a
solitary response, which is unprecedented.
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I liked the hydraulic leveling and ground clearance/jack system, and being
able to run [the station wagon at least] a fully loaded one without one of
the rear wheels.
BillR
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On Nov 1, 2009, at 11:05 AM, mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com wrote:
3) How tp put the back seats down to increase the cargo area
This is the only one I know the answer to. Flip the seat bottoms up by
lifting on the latch (it has finger grips molded into it) on the side
of the seat bottom.
You will also need to remove the rear seat head supports to fold the
rear seat down.
The seat back is latched by the door, but they usually stick and some
force (accompanied by several open/close cycles of the door) may be
required to get them lose.
There is a red molded hand grip on
you failed
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I've sent out two messages to the list in the last couple days but not a
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Mitch wrote:
Oops, I forgot, Perpetual is in Hong Kong. Totally different place compared
to China.
Hong Kong is China - it went to China in 1999 - no?
mao
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So a few weeks ago messing with my new 90 2.5, I discover it is not
charging. I swap in a different regulator and it still does not
charge. The regulator that was on there had really short brushes, the
one I put on had long ones. Anyway, I go to pull the alternator only to
discover the
Mountain Man wrote:
Hong Kong is China - it went to China in 1999 - no?
Yeah, but HK is a different culture, so it's like saying Butte and Chicago are
in the same country. I get the idea that HK is closer to Japan economically.
Mitch.
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Subject: [MBZ] 2.5 turbo alternator adventure
So a few weeks ago messing
Yes, but no. HK is under the PRC, but it is a Special Administrative
Region HKSAR which even has its own different passport.
Greg
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Kaleb,
No problem, just suck the oil out the dipstick tube. With all the cars you
have, I would think that such a time/labor saving device (oil sucker) would
be one of your favorite tools.
If you still want to get that off, a pipe wrench or a big vice grips
(something with some real teeth
I am pretty sure nothing but mexicans can digest corn. And even they
have some troubles
clay
On Nov 1, 2009, at 8:52 AM, Gary Hurst wrote:
dogs can't digest corn. i suspect that we can't either all too
well. but
the USA grows corn, corn, corn, corn, corn, so something needs to be
done
If you have no dash lights, how is the initial field current supposed to go
through the alternator indicator lamp to the regulator to make the alternator work?
Mitch.
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yea, but I would still like to get that bolt out.
WILTON wrote:
Don't drain it - suck it out via the dipstick tube.
Wilton
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how would I know. With the regulator in there that works, all the
lights lite up now.
Mitch Haley wrote:
If you have no dash lights, how is the initial field current supposed
to go through the alternator indicator lamp to the regulator to make
the alternator work?
Mitch.
On Nov 1, 2009, at 5:59 PM, mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com wrote:
Headrests will have to be stored somewhere else, alas.
On mine, there are holes to insert the headrest support rods into on
top of the upward-facing edge of the seat bottoms when the bottoms are
folded up against the front
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
how would I know. With the regulator in there that works, all the
lights lite up now.
OK, so it was the regulator, not the fuses.
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Ain't you got no vice grips at Okie Acres?
Then get you a sharp chisel and use that...
Or weld a crossbar on and use that.
Or cut a groove in it and use a screwdriver.
Or do like Germany intended and don't use the stupid drain plug. I've NEVER
used the drainplug on my 190D. Its probably
Hours away from me, way out of FM range. I am in an all-metal building
(right down to the 2x4s) and can't even get the local Jefferson FM radio
station from my office.
But Sioux City was correct -- and I heard the announcement too.
FM range for me is Des Moines or Ames.
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at
exactly on the switching foods. i switch often with no problem
you eat mcdonald's and you get sick. you eat something of quality and you
don't. not difficult to grasp. same with the animals. they have to adapt
themselves to tolerate the old roy/ science diet grade of food without
getting
the argentines are real sticklers on beef. if you have a community of them
around you, go contact for grass fed beef. markets like whole foods also
sell better quality stuff, but big $$$s. i also go tot he koreans for
quality, but the language barrier is often too much of an obstacle as even
Both the Merrick and the Dick Van Patten stuff give him gas, the Nutro doesn't
and he loves it in a way he didn't with the SD junk.
Of course when we visit my wife's aunt he loves the cheapo Wal-Mart crap she
feeds her dogs. Doggie junk food.
Interestingly the aunt's dogs won't touch my dog's
'Was afraid of that.
Wilton
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Hours away from me, way out of FM range. I am in an
One of the guide dog trainers feeds the Kirkland Lamb and Rice Kibble to her
dogs with good results as well. It's cheaper than the Natural Balance too.
Petco is closer to me, so that's where I went.
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR, between MB Diesels
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I wish we could find a good source for grass fed beef. Every one I've
found wants me to buy a whole side at a time.
That's what we do.
I could do a quarter but not a whole animal.
A quarter is a tougher split. Asymmetrical, you see.
Go in with friends, and play poker for the best steaks?
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