Re: [MBZ] This is actually tempting

2014-10-22 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Especially since there is no indication the rodbender was replaced. So, the real price is $20,000 Isn't it way overpriced? On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 1995 Mercedes Benz S350D Turbodiesel

Re: [MBZ] This is actually tempting

2014-10-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
It's not a rodbender this is a fabled 25 vin that came from the factory with updated rods Sent from my iPhone On Oct 22, 2014, at 6:53 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Especially since there is no indication the rodbender was replaced. So, the real price is

Re: [MBZ] This is actually tempting

2014-10-22 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
He didn't say if it got 40mpg on (FREE!) veggie oil though. --R On 10/22/14 9:07 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: It's not a rodbender this is a fabled 25 vin that came from the factory with updated rods Sent from my iPhone On Oct 22, 2014, at 6:53 AM, Curly McLain via

[MBZ] OT - another non-political B-52 tale - CASUALTY AFFAIRS

2014-10-22 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
CASUALTY AFFAIRS By Wilton Strickland Almost every afternoon and/or early evening during the Linebacker II campaign, as we boarded buses and departed the crew quarters area to go to pre-mission briefings for additional trips to Hanoi, we observed casualty affairs crews gathering and

Re: [MBZ] This is actually tempting

2014-10-22 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Tell us more! Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Oct 22, 2014 9:07 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It's not a rodbender this is a fabled 25 vin that came from the factory with updated rods ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] OT - another non-political B-52 tale - CASUALTY AFFAIRS

2014-10-22 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Bravery in battle is defined as You are the only one who knows you've crapped your pants. The daily event you describe, the collection of personal effects, is one that drove home the endless paradox of going to war. Some of which I've never completely reconciled, likely never will. I'm not sure

Re: [MBZ] Slightly OT: Jetta hilarity

2014-10-22 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Mercedes almost never have this sort of problem. On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The day after I bought the pickup the wire to the high pressure switch broke. I'd noticed it was frayed so I'd fixed it, but I made it too short and the

Re: [MBZ] This is actually tempting

2014-10-22 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I forgot to notice - did they mention ICE COLD AIR? Dan Sent from my iPad On Oct 22, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: He didn't say if it got 40mpg on (FREE!) veggie oil though. --R On 10/22/14 9:07 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Slightly OT: Jetta hilarity

2014-10-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The Jetta has a lot of issues I wouldn't expect on a much older MB but it was a $16000 car in 1998 compared to a $2 car in the '80s Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

[MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Surprised no one has mentioned what happened in Ottawa this morning. We seem to breed pretty lousy terrorists here in Canada. This fellow (or these fellows) opened fire in a busy, highly populated urban area and only managed to kill one person before the authorities got him. Got to give our

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: Surprised no one has mentioned what happened in Ottawa this morning. We seem to breed pretty lousy terrorists here in Canada. This fellow (or these fellows) opened fire in a busy, highly populated urban area and only managed to kill one person before the

Re: [MBZ] Longer video Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 | World Premiere on YouTube

2014-10-22 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:30:59 -0400 Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Per Craig's request: Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 | World Premiere: http://youtu.be/7bFc0rBoFY8 Yes, good video! Thanks for posting! Craig ___

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 22/10/2014 4:19 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: Surprised no one has mentioned what happened in Ottawa this morning. We seem to breed pretty lousy terrorists here in Canada. This fellow (or these fellows) opened fire in a busy, highly populated urban

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread clay via Mercedes
It was a long range terror attack. The jihadi who ran down the soldiers, the crazed Ottowa shooter, there will be more. Montreal has a large population of potential jihadi. We will be attack with Poutine and steamers clay On Oct 22, 2014, at 2:12 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
In New York city I believe the police are legally required to at least wound one little old lady per shootout. Sometimes it seems like they need to go find a little old lady and drive her to the neighborhood so they can shoot her... -Curt From: Mitch Haley

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I heard a report on NPR's The World where an office worker from the building was as freaked out as you could get considering it was a pretty minor shooting all things considered. He said it had Rocked Canadians to the core. I sincerely hope most Canadians are made of sterner stuff. The ones I

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: I heard a report on NPR's The World where an office worker from the building was as freaked out as you could get considering it was a pretty minor shooting all things considered. He said it had Rocked Canadians to the core. I sincerely hope most Canadians are

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
As Randy has pointed out, there are fewer loose guns around in Canada thanks to their gun laws, so there are fewer such incidents. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: I heard a report on NPR's The World where

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
ATTABOY(S)! Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 5:12 PM Subject: [MBZ] the news Surprised no one has mentioned what happened in Ottawa this morning.

Re: [MBZ] Slightly OT: Jetta hilarity

2014-10-22 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
BTW, my Goform tires aren't smooth - that was the wrong word. They are SILENT. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The Jetta has a lot of issues I wouldn't expect on a much older MB but it was a $16000 car in 1998 compared to a $2 car

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
IDK about LA, but NYC training in firearms is very poor, as is all their equipment and training. I trained in the same facility as they did at one time and had the opportunity to observe them, plus heard firsthand accounts from some of their officers. Greg -Original Message- From:

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Too right. If I were tyrant I'd make 2 basic changes to schools. #1. Everybody gets gun education which includes shooting. No exceptions (tyrant remember). This education will include safety, in fact it'll have safety instruction LONG before range time. It'll also talk a lot about ethics and

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
Chicago and DC have even stricter laws than Canada, yet have more incidents. Switzerland has looser laws than many places in the US, yet have just as few incidents as Canada. Perhaps there are other factors causing large numbers of incidents. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I suspect thats true most everywhere. I don't remember if I've told the story here yet but when I was in high school and college I used to shoot metallic silhouettes a lot. The version we did is called Hunter's Pistol and involves mostly single shot pistols shooting metallic targets at 40, 50,

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:10:47 -0700 To: mi...@mitchellhaley.com; mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] the news From: mercedes@okiebenz.com In New York city I believe the police are legally required to at least wound one little old lady per

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread clay via Mercedes
Lead poisoning. local rag has been doing anti gun reporting, in the form of how evil guns are because gun ranges are EPA horror stories. High lead pollution that results in near terminal exposure by workers and users. So bad is the lead dust, that people are getting their kids ill by

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread clay via Mercedes
swiss have better gun training, looser hooker and drug laws. USA has no gun training, hard up laws on hookers and guns. Canada is more lax with hookers and drugs, but tight on guns. Swiss have a more homogeneous society, and a common identity, even if they speak three languages. Canada was

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Except its not true. When I was a youth we shot a lot, like 3 times a week a lot. At the peak my dad and I were probably shooting 200-300 shots a week each. Because of that we were tested for lead exposure yearly and never had any tests show anything out of line. We also did a lot of testing

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Typical. I finally taught dad to wash his hands before leaving the range. At one point when we were shooting a lot of trap the steering wheel on his car was completely black with lead and powder residue. He was still smoking then and if the worries about lead poisoning were true he'd ought to

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Much harder to kill a bunch of people with a 5 shot hunting rifle, which is probably what he had. Handguns, at least when I lived in Canada, were VERY hard to come by, legal or not. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Slightly OT: Jetta hilarity

2014-10-22 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: BTW, my Goform tires aren't smooth - that was the wrong word. They are SILENT. Nice. And they stick to the road? Are there UTQG markings on the tire, like 300AA or something? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: The exception is an indoor range but only at the firing line and only for a second, again lead is heavy so it falls out of the air quickly, you just set up your airflow so it moves in the smart direction (inflow above the shooter, return below, don't

Re: [MBZ] Slightly OT: Jetta hilarity

2014-10-22 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: BTW, my Goform tires aren't smooth - that was the wrong word. They are SILENT. Gofer 'em tires? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
As Randy has pointed out, there are fewer loose guns around in Canada thanks to their gun laws, so there are fewer such incidents. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Well, unlike the braintrust in DC, at

[MBZ] Selling Mercedes Benz 1983 300D Turbo Diesel w/202K - Westchester County New York

2014-10-22 Thread Robert Koziak via Mercedes
Hi all, I am selling my 1983 300D Turobo Diesel w/ 202K for $2.995. I live just outside of NYC in Westchester County. If anyone in the area is interested let me know. Here is the Craig's List ad. I have extra parts that were collected after 24 years of ownership.

Re: [MBZ] Selling Mercedes Benz 1983 300D Turbo Diesel w/202K - Westchester County New York

2014-10-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Nice! Wish you'd waited until spring, I'd probably have sprung for it, I think I'm ready to let my 190D move on to other pastures but its got snow tires so it'll go one more winter. Good luck, selling cars can be a pain in the butt which is another reason I'm slow to get rid of my 190D. -Curt

Re: [MBZ] the news

2014-10-22 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Having been in NYC two weeks ago, I can say that I would be surprised if innocent bystanders weren't shot in every shooting incident - there are just so MANY of them, everywhere, ALL the time. Glad to have left the place. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes