[MBZ] CQ XIII Goddard Park

I have reserved the sties for 9/12/20. Same sites as past 12 years. I have to send in check and get permit but no problem. Dwight Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] OT: huge amounts of data sent to amazonaws.com

What Russ said, but understand that many, many content providers use AWS as their storage platform, so it could be just about anything, and not necessarily something bad. -D > On Jan 6, 2020, at 12:04 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > I brought up a status window on my slow

Re: [MBZ] Wilton

I was thinking thats about what I paid for my elderly Craftsman at a yard sale. I think its a 10". Weighs about 100#, it was a long walk back to the car with it. -Curt On Sunday, January 5, 2020, 8:54:41 PM EST, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: A good vise at auction is usually

Re: [MBZ] OT: huge amounts of data sent to amazonaws.com

AWS could be just about anything since almost anybody can use them as a host. I agree that it sounds like Malware... -Curt On Monday, January 6, 2020, 12:05:11 AM EST, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: I brought up a status window on my slow internet connection, and found that firefox

Re: [MBZ] CQ XIII Goddard Park

Looking forward to it! Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 6, 2020, at 8:46 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > I have reserved the sties for 9/12/20. Same sites as past 12 years. I have > to send in check and get permit but no problem. > Dwight > Dwight E. Giles Jr. > Wickford RI >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

Yes indeed, the shells weighed about as much as a VW beetle, IIRC a range of over 30 miles (well over the horizon). I read a very impressive / humorous account of an Army patrol in Vietnam war that called for artillery support during an engagement with enemy forces. Their first call to the

Re: [MBZ] What do you guys think of this weld?

Meade Dillon via Mercedes writes: > That is my question too. If the original system had a joint that > could be undone with hand tools, why is that no longer the case? Low-end exhaust shops have a stock of generic pipes, a chop saw, and some benders, expanders, and shrinkers to make it all

Re: [MBZ] CQ XIII Goddard Park

Ok hope you can make it. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 12:09 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Got ya > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 6, 2020, at 7:47 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I have reserved

[MBZ] 140 300SD

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/723117564846621/ 1992 Mercedes 300d Walterboro, SC· about a day ago · $1 Car has no title, and no key..the car will crank and run. Asking best offer. Need gone

Re: [MBZ] 140 300SD

We looked at this turd last year, has a cracked head or failed head gasket. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 12:12 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/723117564846621/ > > 1992 Mercedes 300d >

Re: [MBZ] Aircraft nerding out

On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 05:26:24 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > Here’s a picture of my youngest son in the “boomer’s” cradle in a > KC-135. Don’t ask how I got it: No picture attached, Dan. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] 140 300SD

same car, different seller? Mitch. > On January 6, 2020 at 12:26 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > That's it, and yes it looks like a different location. Lost key and > title? Wonder how they got lost between then and now. ___

Re: [MBZ] 140 300SD

That's it, and yes it looks like a different location. Lost key and title? Wonder how they got lost between then and now. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 12:24 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Is that the same one? I thought it might be

Re: [MBZ] Windows 10 upgrade on PC

On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 10:45:45 -0600 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > I found info on the windows 7 update error which walked me thru > stopping serviced renaming some files, doing some other command prompt > items then restarting. It’s now checking for updates. It’s possible no > updates have

Re: [MBZ] bidding is open

IMO it is way less attractive the original gullwing. On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 11:37 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2011-mercedes-benz-sls-11/ > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > >

[MBZ] $33k for a project 190SL?

Although the price will likely rise even more before bidding ends. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1959-mercedes-benz-190sl-14/?utm_source=dailymail_medium=email_campaign=2020-01-06 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Aircraft nerding out

In a lot of the experimental incident reports I saw, it was 'mechanic error (owner/pilot/mechanic being the same person) > power loss > pilot error (often pulling the stick back in a panicky attempt to increase glide distance) > fatality. One classic example: 60 year old builds, IIRC, a

Re: [MBZ] $33k for a project 190SL?

In today's irrational collector car universe you may very well be right. My guess is $39K due to the high cost of restoration. On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 2:14 PM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I say >$75K > > Bob R > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 6, 2020, at 11:35

[MBZ] overpriced E320 turd

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2490127744608505/ -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Here you go Andrew a white one

Love the photographs... - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 12:17 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/535006110581667/ > > 2011 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class GL 350 BLUETEC 4MATIC Sport Utility 4D > North

Re: [MBZ] OT: huge amounts of data sent to amazonaws.com

Problem went away when I banned scripts from amazonaws.com and disallowed everything I'd whitelisted in NoScript. Then a web page that used ReCaptcha (spelling?) forced me to allow scripts from ReCaptcha. And when I allowed scripts from the most popular human verifying system on the planet,

Re: [MBZ] Aircraft nerding out

You can't lump all homebuilts into one group. I've wondered about flying the ultralights where the stall at 25 and cruise at 45. Not much spread there. An average Tailwind stalls at about 65-70 and cruises at 180 - plenty of spread! This from a 1953 design ... no, it was never true. On Mon, Jan

Re: [MBZ] Here you go Andrew a white one

Yeah, that plus the low miles - something is fishy. On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 12:21 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Love the photographs... > - > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 12:17 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >

Re: [MBZ] OT Hog advice

But he was really SAD not to be playing with his teammates. How do you value this loss? On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 5:56 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 6 mill ion for sitting on your okole, is a good gig. Where do I sign up! > > > Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes

[MBZ] Restored '77 Gremlin on BAT

Any bets as to where this will land? I would hazard a guess $18K. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-amc-gremlin-x-2/?utm_source=dailymail_medium=email_campaign=2020-01-05 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] CQ XIII Goddard Park

Got ya Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 6, 2020, at 7:47 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > I have reserved the sties for 9/12/20. Same sites as past 12 years. I have > to send in check and get permit but no problem. > Dwight > Dwight E. Giles Jr. > Wickford RI >

Re: [MBZ] 78 300CD

This place, a small restaurant on the Island called Sunrise Bistro, has eggs, ham, sausage, bacon, and some veg, it was kinda like a loose omelet over the (pepper jack) cheese grits.  With an awesome biscuit!  It was very good, enough to last you all day! Not what I would eat every day (I

Re: [MBZ] $33k for a project 190SL?

I say >$75K Bob R Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 6, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Although the price will likely rise even more before bidding ends. >

Re: [MBZ] CQ XIII Goddard Park

Maybe I should couple a the CQ XIII with a trip to Laconia, NH since I’ve heard tell that’s a swell place to retire. Bob R Sent from my iPad > On Jan 6, 2020, at 10:14 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > Ok hope you can make it. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > >> On Mon, Jan

Re: [MBZ] Who wants a cheap Sprinter?

290 k "not actual" miles meaning what? Could be less than 290K?? On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 8:52 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > I'm not interested, just curious ... > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 6:28 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Gotta look at it in person or

Re: [MBZ] 78 300CD

What else is in a grits bowl? On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 9:10 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Gullah Bier, beef tacos, Grits bowl! The world's best biscuit, getting > chauffeured around in a Mercedes Benz, and Benzing with good guys! It > was a great time. > > >

Re: [MBZ] CQ XIII Goddard Park

Take time to visit "Fun Spot", the largest arcade in the world.https://www.funspotnh.com -Curt On Monday, January 6, 2020, 12:41:39 PM EST, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: Maybe I should couple a the CQ XIII with a trip to Laconia, NH since I’ve heard tell that’s a swell place to

Re: [MBZ] CQ XIII Goddard Park

4 months of the year except when the race is going on and the motorcycles invade --FT On 1/6/20 12:40 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: Maybe I should couple a the CQ XIII with a trip to Laconia, NH since I’ve heard tell that’s a swell place to retire. Bob R Sent from my iPad On Jan 6,

Re: [MBZ] Who wants a cheap Sprinter?

Sale Status: Minimum Bid Current Bid: $0 USD Seller Reserve Not Yet Met Starting Bid: $ Incremental Bid Guidelines ($150 USD Bid Increment) No bids but there is a reserve.  Would be interesting to toss a $300 bid and see what happens.  Even if the engine is all blowed up it would probably

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 09:58:38 -0500 Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Yes indeed, the shells weighed about as much as a VW beetle, IIRC a > range of over 30 miles (well over the horizon). When I was in college, there was an article in the Los Angeles Times which stated exactly that. > I read a

[MBZ] bidding is open

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2011-mercedes-benz-sls-11/ -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Aircraft nerding out

There is a good vid on this by AOPA looking at LSA safety issues. On Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 11:27 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 11:40:41 -0600 > OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > > The Tailwind can operate out of almost any airport, while the canards >

[MBZ] Here you go Andrew a white one

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/535006110581667/ 2011 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class GL 350 BLUETEC 4MATIC Sport Utility 4D North Charleston, SC· over a week ago · $12,990 * About This Vehicle * * o

Re: [MBZ] This

That would be too much to hope for. On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 3:51 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It’s not a 6.9 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 4, 2020, at 2:47 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Showed up at a Pick and

Re: [MBZ] Aircraft nerding out

<<< I've been involved with the home built / experimental aircraft world for the past 40+ years and the most common cause of accidents remain's "pilot error", rather than "aircraft stall", so I think it is unlikely the original premise was well founded. The difference between cruise speed

Re: [MBZ] 140 300SD

Is that the same one?  I thought it might be but looked like some other location.  Yeah that poor kid got taken by some shady UCD. --FT On 1/6/20 12:18 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: We looked at this turd last year, has a cracked head or failed head gasket. - Max Charleston

Re: [MBZ] Friend selling this in Athens

Even a newer bluetec SUV would cost less. On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 3:48 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Price seems about double what a 100-150kmi car would go for. > How much more is it worth to have a BATworthy odometer reading? > Mitch. > >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OmOQs0ziSU Training video for 16 inch gun operation.. circa WW2 On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 4:58 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yup. Mechanical computers in the fire control station actually aim and > fire the guns. I don't

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

Sadly they are either floating museums or in mothballs again, and I do believe they are no longer viable to be recalled back into service. They were enormously expensive to operate (steam plants burning bunker oil, and any casualty to the propulsion plant would pretty much require custom

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

I was told back in the day that one of those 16" HE shells did a fine job of opening up a helicopter landing zone. The AP shells, on the other hand, often went right through light ships (merchant marine converted carriers for instance) and exploded in the water on the far side. Bunker busters

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

As I recall they used mechanical fire control computers to aim the guns. They compensated for all kinds of variables including ship motion, powder load, atmospherics, and such. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jan 6, 2020, at 4:58 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > Good story! The

Re: [MBZ] OT: huge amounts of data sent to amazonaws.com

Confirmed success. In the past 90 minutes of browsing, 3 meg up, 52 meg down. Beats the heck out of 6-7mb per minute up. But why in the world is recaptcha.net trying to harvest huge quantities of data from my computer? > On January 6, 2020 at 5:37 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > >

Re: [MBZ] Aircraft nerding out

Correct on all accounts -- On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 2:08 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I remembered a lot of the details wrong with the orange silicone guy. > http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2014/06/toledo-lincoln-county-oregon.html > > It was the fuel flow

Re: [MBZ] $33k for a project 190SL?

I ran into this guy at a Q joint in town last summer who I saw roll up in a pretty nice red 190SL, he was standing in front of me in line.  I got talking to him, he said he had owned it a long time and pretty much drove it all the time, was nothing particularly special to him but he liked it. 

[MBZ] Windows 10 upgrade failed again

Kaleb, What was the error code this time? And please look for a log file for more specifics. I'll bet when you find the cause it is something simple. Do you have any "strange apps" that Win10 needs to make compatible from Win7? Take everything out of your startup folder and retry. You

[MBZ] Friend selling this in Athens

Folks, a good friend is selling this one in Athens, ga It is his Girlfriend’s car and he is a straight shooter https://athensga.craigslist.org/cto/d/athens-2007-mercedes-benz-e320-bluetec/7050928201.html I’m just throwing it out to you guys Xx rick ___

Re: [MBZ] Friend selling this in Athens

Price seems about double what a 100-150kmi car would go for. How much more is it worth to have a BATworthy odometer reading? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

Re: [MBZ] $33k for a project 190SL?

I sold one in 2007 for 22k. They have gone up since then. On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 12:51 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I ran into this guy at a Q joint in town last summer who I saw roll up > in a pretty nice red 190SL, he was standing in front of me in line. I >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

Good story! The accuracy of the rolling battleship miles from the target is remarkable. Are battleships still part of the fleet? Gerry On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 09:58:38 -0500 Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Yes indeed, the shells weighed about as much as a VW beetle, IIRC a range > of over 30

Re: [MBZ] OT: huge amounts of data sent to amazonaws.com

I thought I had it blocked several times, but it kept coming back. Finally, I used Firefox about:config, searched for and deleted every instance of recaptcha.net, and I'm no longer getting max speed upload calls to compute.amazonaws.com So it was indeed ReCaptcha which acted like it was trying

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

roughly 2000 to 2700 lb. They are 3-4' tall, and most are around 4. archer75--- via Mercedes January 6, 2020 at 12:49 AM Awesome! Sixteen inches is a huge projectile. Gerry ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] Aircraft nerding out

When I was a kid my dad worked at an army base in Riyadh and you could always tell when the 135s took off to refuel the awacs because the rafters would literally shake and the skylights would rattle. His office was basically right next to the runway. That was in the 70s and 80s, before the 135

[MBZ] Windows 10 upgrade failed again

After installing all windows 7 updates available and I have no av software running I ran the upgrade again. Failed again. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] $33k for a project 190SL?

AKA a poor man's 300SL roadster. Yet sold for $48,777 On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 4:58 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I sold one in 2007 for 22k. They have gone up since then. > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 12:51 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

Yup. Mechanical computers in the fire control station actually aim and fire the guns. I don't believe they were upgraded to electronic in the 80's, but I don't know for sure. No, there are no battleships left in the fleet. They still exist in the "mothball fleet" but I don't believe any are

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

What about the 16"? We still have ammo for that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxRBP2ZKUZY ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Aircraft nerding out

I remembered a lot of the details wrong with the orange silicone guy. http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2014/06/toledo-lincoln-county-oregon.html It was the fuel flow transducer, not the carburetor, that he plugged with a loose lump of silicone. He was in radio contact with nobody. He was about

Re: [MBZ] Windows 10 upgrade failed again

Try this, if you have a spare hard drive so you can keep the old and not lose your data. Download the clean installation from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10 Install a clean version, and when you connect to internet and it asks for the key, use your Win7 key.

Re: [MBZ] Windows 10 upgrade failed again

Just did it, worked perfectly. Nice, I've got win 10 using 64 but and recognizing all 8 GB RAM. Next is install software and restore date files, etc. Are you trying a clean install, or upgrade with keeping your files / data etc.? Max Dillon Charleston SC Jan 6, 2020 4:50:13 PM Meade Dillon :

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

We just returned from a trip to see the BB-64, BB-55,  CV-10 (Yorktown) and the USS Laffey.   In May we went to the BB-61 and the CV-41 (Midway)  and April, BB-60.  All very impressive! USS Iowa  BB-61  I believe was released from "reserve" status for active duty this past summer.   It was on

Re: [MBZ] OT: huge amounts of data sent to amazonaws.com

> On January 6, 2020 at 10:16 PM fmiser via Mercedes > wrote: > > > > Mitch wrote: > > > But why in the world is recaptcha.net trying to harvest huge > > quantities of data from my computer? > > An errant script running in circles? After I close all 50 open tabs and ban all scripts, it

Re: [MBZ] OT: huge amounts of data sent to amazonaws.com

> Mitch wrote: > > ec-2-3-137-33-26.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com is back. > About 10-100 bytes per second instead of 100k, but it is > uploading on occasion, and all I have open is my webmail and a > forum. Maybe FMiser is right and it's a minor background > tracking nuisance that ran amok

Re: [MBZ] OT: huge amounts of data sent to amazonaws.com

> On January 6, 2020 at 9:17 PM Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > > But why in the world is recaptcha.net trying to harvest huge quantities > > of data from my computer? > > Now that's a good question! And the answer is, Goolag! (which beats encryption ransomware, I guess) reCAPTCHA is a free

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

16" dummy shell and 6 dummy powder bags. Mitch Haley via Mercedes January 6, 2020 at 7:32 PM What about the 16"? We still have ammo for that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxRBP2ZKUZY _ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

Funny, but they were bombing bagdad from more than 20 miles away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armament_of_the_Iowa-class_battleship Pay particular attention to the second paragraph. Peter Frederick via Mercedes January 6, 2020 at 5:53 PM Yup. Mechanical

Re: [MBZ] OT: huge amounts of data sent to amazonaws.com

ec-2-3-137-33-26.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com is back. About 10-100 bytes per second instead of 100k, but it is uploading on occasion, and all I have open is my webmail and a forum. Maybe FMiser is right and it's a minor background tracking nuisance that ran amok and had to be reset.

Re: [MBZ] bidding is open

https://www.google.com/search?q=nationals+captain+obvious=firefox-b=ACYBGNTwHR9Ph-FMmfWle60vr9-NsdjtoA:1578369235952=isch=iu=1=TcA81coUB5i9mM%253A%252C26nbLYMeRmjE8M%252C_=1=AI4_-kTfdLzLlcL51GqIN1pPHz9s1Z_Aiw=X=2ahUKEwj8l4jNy_DmAhVjoFkKHayWDVsQ9QEwAXoECAkQBg#imgrc=TcA81coUB5i9mM : On Mon, Jan 6,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

One of the forward turrets on the Iowa was burned out by a cordite flashover in the 80's, 86 or 87 I think. I remember it being A, but I could easily be wrong. Killed everyone in the turret and damned near blew the ship up. Don't know if they lifted the turret and set it back on the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

The were not "bombing" Baghdad with shells fired from a 16" gun. The Iowa class was upgraded with missile batteries during the 80's, different weapon. Max range for might be a little more than 20km, but not by much for a gun. Missiles are another story altogether.

Re: [MBZ] bidding is open

It is.    Frame it: Andrew is Right! Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes January 6, 2020 at 1:38 PM IMO it is way less attractive the original gullwing. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

That makes sense.   I never bought the blame when it happened, and I didn't buy the BS they had in the accident display onboard. at any rate, it led to the mothballing again of the BB fleet. Peter Frederick via Mercedes January 6, 2020 at 9:50 PM One of the

Re: [MBZ] OT: huge amounts of data sent to amazonaws.com

On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 18:57:51 -0500 (EST) Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > Confirmed success. In the past 90 minutes of browsing, 3 meg up, 52 meg > down. Beats the heck out of 6-7mb per minute up. Congratulations! > But why in the world is recaptcha.net trying to harvest huge quantities > of

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

Those computers fill a small room.   They stand about 4' tall.    They are as accurate as any digital computer, and have the added bonus that the smoke NEVER comes out!   THey will ALWAYS work.  USN did consider replacing them in 1987-88 refit, ( I was told aboard the USS Iowa, BB-61) but

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

Battleships were obsolete in 1941, I really don't think anything has happened since then that would return them to utility! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT: huge amounts of data sent to amazonaws.com

> On January 7, 2020 at 12:05 AM fmiser via Mercedes > wrote: > > It sounds like that is not your situation. But I don't ever > remember having to enable amazonaws.com to get capcha to work. To > be fair, I rarely bother with sites that require it. Paypal requires recaptcha to allow you to

Re: [MBZ] OT: huge amounts of data sent to amazonaws.com

> Mitch wrote: > But why in the world is recaptcha.net trying to harvest huge > quantities of data from my computer? An errant script running in circles? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

1955 actually.    They show that one on the Iowa, beside #1 turret. G Mann via Mercedes January 6, 2020 at 6:38 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OmOQs0ziSU Training video for 16 inch gun operation.. circa WW2 Also see:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Temperature in MidEast just went up

Missile, goes Boom. Bomb dropped from airplane goes Boom 16" shell goes Boom Rocket from airplane goes Boom All make a big hole in the ground. different means of delivery, but the result is the same.  only some variance in size of the crater. 16" dummy shell, and 3 powder bag canister: