Re: [MBZ] I’m in love

I see the Kubota version pretty frequently on Craigslist, have thought about getting one but they almost never have a loader...Would certainly cut down my expense to mow on the farm. Two days work with the Super M is nearly $100 in fuel. -Curt On Thursday, February 22, 2018, 9:11:09 PM E

Re: [MBZ] I’m in love

Mahindra tractors are expensive. I was surprised, I could get an equivalent JD for the same money or Kubota for slightly less, Kioti like Scott's were considerably less with MF and Ford somewhere between Kioti and Kubota.If I were going to buy a very small tractor, the size above garden tractor

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

RTFM -- USER LICENSE By entering this vehicle the user agrees to the entirety of this agreement. . . . 37.B.7.h(5)iii:  The user of this device shall have no rights to any recourse should the user experience any event that the user deems unpleasant, up to and including death, dismemberment

Re: [MBZ] I’m in love

Me, apparently. Yes. --FT On 2/22/18 9:33 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: --FT wrote: I have a friend who had this little 12 acre horse farm sort of place. ... She has let the place go... Yesterday I cut about an acre of these pine trees and other scrub that were growing around the h

[MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

Chicago is one of the leading success stories for rich cultural diversity and the Democrat party; therefore, there can be nothing bad that anyone could possibly find there.  There might be some challenges and room for improvement that spending more money will clearly solve.  Send money.  Elect

Re: [MBZ] I’m in love

This thing is all Japanese, maybe a few stickers with some merkin on them to help the gaijin know what to do. I ran it out of fuel yesterday (the tank is rounded at the bottom so there is less in there than appears).  Filled it up and it wouldn't start.  Bled the filter and in/out lines and g

Re: [MBZ] Sump pump

Probably just needs a new check valve at the pump end of the discharge line. ___ 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

Re: [MBZ] 400E Fun

Not really. Keeps dangerous vehicles off the road. Dropped my gf at National airport at 5 AM today. A VA inspector was checking tags on all arriving vehicles and nabbed her for an expired license plate sticker. At 5 AM in the rain. Trying to catch a plane. Sick sadists. She talked him out of

[MBZ] A car for Curley

For the troglodyte who has everything. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1959-edsel-ranger-4-door-sedan/?utm_source=dailymail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-02-23 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsub

Re: [MBZ] 400E Fun

How exactly does it keep dangerous vehicles off the road? I've never seen any evidence to support. There are many states with no vehicle inspection at all and their rate of vehicular tragedy isn't significantly higher... -Curt On Friday, February 23, 2018, 8:33:31 AM EST, Andrew Strasfogel

[MBZ] 300D on Car Fix

They are putting a larger aftermarket turbo on a 300D. Should be interesting! Sent from my iPhone ___ 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/ma

Re: [MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

Some of you guys are old enough to remember this too: When I was in high school, the threats were not guns. Many of us had them in the car. It was bombs. The bomb threats started each year in the fall, let up in the winter, and became very often in the spring. The IRA was bombing. In thi

Re: [MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

Interesting interview on NPR this morning with a school district superintendent in Holiday, TX. Seems they allow firearms by staff and teachers on campus after a psych exam and in-depth training. The personnel who participate in this program are not identified nor are the administrators aware

Re: [MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

I'm not sure I understand what good the gun would do if they didn't actually have it. Also how would they stay anonymous if they had to go to a gun lockup/storage area? -Curt On Friday, February 23, 2018, 10:13:27 AM EST, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: Interesting interview on NPR thi

Re: [MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

Good questions, I don’t know the answers. -D > On Feb 23, 2018, at 10:25 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > I'm not sure I understand what good the gun would do if they didn't actually > have it. > > Also how would they stay anonymous if they had to go to a gun lockup/storage > area? > > -Curt >

Re: [MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

When I was in college, one day we (the rifle and pistol team) invited a USMC Sergeant who was part of the Navy ROTC unit to bring his personal weapons to our shooting range, which was located in the bowels of the football stadium (Camp Randall, an Army outpost, was land-granted to the UW system at

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

New placard for Uber vehicles, perhaps? Just a thought ;) [OK, a sarcastic thought... ] On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 6:05 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > RTFM -- > > USER LICENSE > > By entering this vehicle the user agrees to the entirety of this agreement. > >

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

Curley wrote: > Oh, sorry, facts and logic don't count. only emote. Ban emote. However, logic kills more than emote. Goobermint is the be all end all of all things, praise and worship to goobermint!! tin.man ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Sump pump

ned wrote: > Probably just needs a new check valve at the pump end of the discharge line. That was a guess that was suggested. It works for now - all fixed. tin.man ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubs

Re: [MBZ] 300D on Car Fix

Remember the guy with The 240D with 300D turbo in a Chevy van at the Q? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 8:40 AM, Dimitri via Mercedes wrote: > They are putting a larger aftermarket turbo on a 300D. Should be > interesting! > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___

Re: [MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

This (or a similar approach) has to happen in all public and large private schools. I would allow CC, as it will cut a minute or more off the response time. Once again, Texas takes a stand for liberty and for common sense. Viva Texas! Viva the Texas spirit! I also believe allowing retired

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

I love Congressman Davy Crocket 's last address to the congress. "You can all go to hell, as for me, I am going to Texas!" Mountain Man via Mercedes February 23, 2018 at 10:22 AM Ban emote. However, logic kills more than emote. Goobermint is the be all end all

Re: [MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

Cambridge MA was also a nukular-free zone. There was a sign just past the Mass Ave bridge as you came over from Boston. It was about 1/4mi from MIT’s reactor right there on Mass Ave you would drive by about 30sec later. Cambridge was also a domestic-violence-free zone. That worked out pretty w

Re: [MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

I'm thinking there was also a nuclear medicine clinic in the medical arts building. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:44 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Cambridge MA was also a nukular-free zone. There was a sign just past the > Mass A

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

Don't doctors kill more than all of those you listed? On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > "ban the cars" > > Cars kill far more teens than guns > > "Ban Chicago" > > Chicago kills more kids some weekends than were lost at the FL high > sc

[MBZ] More copart

There was a decent looking 95 s350 up for auction today in Texas. It was a donation vehicle. It sold for $300. I could not bid because apparently you have to have a business license to bid in titled cars in Texas. Crap. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.oki

Re: [MBZ] 300D on Car Fix

I do, I don't remember it having a turbo but I won't discount the posibility. It had the worst clutch pedal, built leg muscles for sure... -Curt On Friday, February 23, 2018, 12:28:23 PM EST, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: Remember the guy with The 240D with 300D turbo in a Chevy va

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

The phrase is "preventable medical mistakes" but we are somehow to believe an idiot kid working a 24 hour shift is less likely to make a mistake than a freshly rested one because the latter might not communicate with his fellows when going off shift. When I managed phone support techs failure t

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

OK Don wrote: > Don't doctors kill more than all of those you listed? awww... be fair. I like it. Doctors only "oversee" death. tin.man ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery opt

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

True! Ban the Doctors! The number they kill is staggering. Probably more than all the others combined! OK Don via Mercedes February 23, 2018 at 1:03 PM Don't doctors kill more than all of those you listed? On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Curley McLain via M

Re: [MBZ] More copart

Whazza stealer license cost in OKieland? Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes February 23, 2018 at 1:18 PM There was a decent looking 95 s350 up for auction today in Texas. It was a donation vehicle. It sold for $300. I could not bid because apparently you have to have

Re: [MBZ] More copart

I should find out Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 23, 2018, at 3:00 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Whazza stealer license cost in OKieland? > >> Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >> February 23, 2018 at 1:18 PM >> There was a decent looking 95 s350 up for

Re: [MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:25:33 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Also how would they stay anonymous if they had to go to a gun > lockup/storage area? The bad guy could station himself by the gun lockup/storage area and pick off the teachers coming to arm themselves ... Craig __

Re: [MBZ] More copart

Oh Man!This sounds like it is from the people republic if New york, not a state adjoining TX. OK requires ALL THIS CRAP plus a $25,000 bond! Applying for an OK Used Car Dealer License The Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle and Parts Commission provides a*used motor vehicle dealer license app

Re: [MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

Both reasons why I'd modify it to allow CC, or for those not willing to CC: something like a well secured fingerprint locker hidden in the room the person normally was in. Craig via Mercedes February 23, 2018 at 3:20 PM On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:25:33 + (UTC) C

Re: [MBZ] More copart

Yep, now I remember why I have not previously done it. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 23, 2018, at 3:24 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Oh Man!This sounds like it is from the people republic if New york, not a > state adjoining TX. > > OK requires ALL THIS CRAP plus a $25,000 b

Re: [MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

I believe any kind of off-body carry is inferior. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Curley McLain via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 4:27 PM > > Both reasons why I'd modify it to allow CC, or for those not willing to

Re: [MBZ] 300D on Car Fix

Curt, We should check my memory but I recall a custom 5 cylinder head that he got in CA for the turbo. The fifth cylinder was either cut off on the head or v blocked. It was weird. Fred?? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 2:21 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > I do, I don't remembe

Re: [MBZ] More copart

I could probably do it if I installed a bathroom out in the shop maybe. I have a dealer friend who has a buddy that got a license by having his office in one of those storage buildings sitting on his property. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 23, 2018, at 3:44 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >

Re: [MBZ] 300D on Car Fix

Dwight, Curt. I wasn't paying enough attention to his descriptions to Know. Vague memory of truncated manifold(s) on a 240 head? Fred. Fred Moir. Lynn MA. Diesel preferred. From: Mercedes on behalf of Dwight Giles via Mercedes Sent: 23 February 2018 16:47 To

[MBZ] Who needs a semi-auto?

I hear many pundits calm that nobody needs to own an AR-15. Looks aside, the AR-15 is just a modular self-loading rifle in .223/5.56 caliper. This is a “reduced power” round that originally evolved from a varmint round. Consider: * There may be more than one attacker * You almos

Re: [MBZ] 300D on Car Fix

Yes maybe it was a truncated manifold. I will have to find his address and write to him. Somewhere I have photos too. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 4:59 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Dwight, Curt. > > I wasn't paying enough attention to his

Re: [MBZ] Who needs a semi-auto?

And all those fools with a microphone (who claim nobody needs and AR-15) don't own one, have never shot one, and the majority have never hunted or enjoyed shooting sports. They just parrot the lenin line. They do this becaust the party line is to disarm the citizens so they can run a tyranni

Re: [MBZ] Good idea or will it kill

On 22/02/2018 6:56 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: Shakespeare's Henry Vl , Part 2, Act lV, Scene 2 Shakespeare's exact line ''The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,'' was stated by Dick the Butcher in ''Henry VI,'' Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73. Dick the Butcher was a fo

Re: [MBZ] 300D on Car Fix

I vaugely remember that now but maybe it was just the intake. Modifying the head like that seems like a massive undertaking. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 4:47 PM, Dwight Giles wrote: Curt,We  should check my memory but I recall a custom 5 cylinder head tha

Re: [MBZ] More copart

> Kaleb wrote: > ... apparently you have to have a business license to bid... Maybe it's time for you to get a license. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

> Curley wrote: > True! > > Ban the Doctors! > > The number they kill is staggering. Probably more than all the > others combined! Quoting from the "Virtual President" article that was posted recently: In 2011, total firearm murders came to 8,583, according to the FBI. ... the total mur

Re: [MBZ] 300D on Car Fix

Yes I think that is right. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Feb 23, 2018 5:52 PM, "Curt Raymond" wrote: > I vaugely remember that now but maybe it was just the intake. Modifying > the head like that seems like a massive undertaking. > > > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., after heart disease and cancer, causing at least 250,000 deaths every year,... vs Cars: 30,000 (presumably nearly all are accidents) vs Guns: 30,000 (but 2/3 are suicides and some of the remaining 10K are lawful, proper acts) > ---

Re: [MBZ] 400E Fun

Yup. That's why FL quit doing auto inspections. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Curt Raymond via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 8:40 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Curt Raymond > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 400E Fun

Re: [MBZ] 400E Fun

I’ve lived here for over 20 years, and the only inspections that were ever done were for emissions, and those were only done around the Tampa area. Indiana used to do inspections and it was a horrible system that was arbitrary and only really benefitted the shops that did it. If I knew someone

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

> Scott wrote: > Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., > after heart disease and cancer, causing at least 250,000 deaths > every year,... vs Cars: 30,000 (presumably nearly all are > accidents) vs Guns: 30,000 (but 2/3 are suicides and some of the > remaining 10K are law

Re: [MBZ] 400E Fun

We quit doing them in 2000 or 2001. You pulled into the gas station, paid $5, then put a sticker on your car. That was it. Every now and then you might get some guy who was on a power trip and wanted to nit pick something to drum up a muffler repair or something like that. You just left and went

Re: [MBZ] More copart

Around here the donation charities don't want to take title to the cars in their own names, and they don't have dealer licenses, so they only auction cars to licensed dealers. You can only convey title if you are the named owner on the front of the title or if you are a licensed dealer. Mitch.

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

While I support gun rights, I do have to suggest that those "studies" about prevented crimes use numbers that were pulled from their asses. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 7:02 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > > Scott wrote: > > > Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., > > afte

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

I wondered about that myself since I work with data. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Feb 23, 2018 8:49 PM, "OK Don via Mercedes" wrote: > While I support gun rights, I do have to suggest that those "studies" about > prevented crimes use numbers that were pulled from their asses. > > On Fri, Feb

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

A 1994 study commissioned by W. Clinton found 1.5 million crimes stopped or prevented by armed citizens. I am looking for the study. I may find it later tonight or tomorrow. Rick   Original Message   From: OK Don via Mercedes Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 7:49 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List R

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

Wonder if there is a more recent study? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Feb 23, 2018 10:01 PM, "Rick Knoble via Mercedes" wrote: > A 1994 study commissioned by W. Clinton found 1.5 million crimes stopped > or prevented by armed citizens. I am looking for the study. I may find it > later tonight

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

Well, we know for sure the numbers the gun grabbers use are completely designed to be misleading. They include accidents, suicides and justified popo shootings. Their 30,000 is a far cry from 300 some deaths from rifles, and IS deliberately intended to be misleading. Regardless, the killing

Re: [MBZ] Ban the cars

> > I do have to suggest that those "studies" about prevented crimes use > numbers that were pulled from their asses. They would have to. How do you definitively count a negative? Estimations and anecdotes. Still, as fecally-tainted as such numbers must necessarily be, they've got to be _far_

Re: [MBZ] OT Who needs a semi-auto?

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > And all those fools with a microphone (who claim nobody needs and AR-15) > don't own one, have never shot one, and the majority have never hunted or > enjoyed shooting sports. They just parrot the lenin

Re: [MBZ] OT Ban the cars

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:38 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I do have to suggest that those "studies" about prevented crimes use > > numbers that were pulled from their asses. > > > They would have to. How do you definitively count a negative? Estimations >

[MBZ] OT a little truth for the albore crowd.

The sky is falling!The sky is falling The Global deep freeze has started. "We all gonna die" (Country Joe and the Fish, Woodstock) The coming ice age has commenced. If y'all send me money, we can save the earf! https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a18697409/ross-ice

Re: [MBZ] OT Re: Ban the cars

State of Texas passed a law that has teachers who volunteer for the task go through 80 hours of Law Enforcement Officer training and upon completion, they are made Marshals with full LEO powers of arrest. It is the same course and training qualifications that all LEO officers must pass. As Marshal

Re: [MBZ] OT Ban the cars

Andrew's cat got his tongue? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On February 23, 2018 11:31:30 PM EST, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:38 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < >mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> > I do have to suggest that those "studie