Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Yeah, probably coincidence.  I think nationwide there were about 1000 deaths attributed to the vax so far, out of 70 million.  Those are pretty good odds. Max Dillon Charleston SC Mar 7, 2021 9:44:13 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes : > It's a nursing home though. Good bet just about everybody

[MBZ] I'm making a youtuber

2021-03-08 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I watch these guys with their youtuber channels about their cars so I decided to make one too.  I made some vids of this "new" 97E420 I am putting on a youtuber channel.  For now I haven't done any editing so I am just posting the raw vids I shot.  I guess at some point I will need to be a

Re: [MBZ] I'm making a youtuber

2021-03-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Floyd's flips? On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 9:49 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I watch these guys with their youtuber channels about their cars so I > decided to make one too. I made some vids of this "new" 97E420 I am > putting on a youtuber channel. For now I

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
It occurred to me that we might be able to get the vaccine while we’re in Indiana, as they’re far ahead of Florida’s program and we’re not friends of the governor nor a large property developer. Down here you still can’t get an appointment unless you’re over 65 or have some sort of a medical

Re: [MBZ] I'm making a youtuber

2021-03-08 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Floyd's flips? Floyd's flips and flops is more alliterative. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I suspect this is similar to New Jersey's unemployment system, never intended to handle the load that its being subjected to. In fact I'm not sure, for COVID vaccine booking, that you could possibly build a system up to the task, especially somewhere like Florida... -Curt On Monday, March

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Out of curiosity I went and checked how it works in MA. We're currently in phase 2 of 3, folks 65+, those who have 2 co-morbidities, healthcare workers, etc. you get the idea. Phase 3 is expected to start in April which, supposedly is going to open the cattle call. I saw somebody getting the

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
I saw on the news in Memphis that starting today it’s anyone 16 and up. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 8, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > We’re going to be up there this weekend, but no appointments on that short > notice, unfortunately. We’ll be back in mid April so

Re: [MBZ] Stuck in limp mode -- 97 Mercedes c230 - $850 (North Myrtle Beach)

2021-03-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
C class with 250K miles + bad tires + limp + ugly dent. Not much to flip. On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 11:00 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Doesn't look half bad, could be a quick flip. hm... > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Dan Penoff via Mercedes writes: > They just opened up vaccines for people with medical issues under > 65. The form came out last Tuesday, but the state has yet to define > what the medical conditions are that qualify you. Indiana is now open to anyone aged 50+. They dropped from 65 to 50 within

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
"How can we make it look like we care about people without actually caring about people?" -Curt On Monday, March 8, 2021, 11:19:45 AM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: My county went with a Federal system that apparently works well. The catch is the lousy job of allocation the

Re: [MBZ] Problems with our '93 300D

2021-03-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Happened to me a couple times in my '83 300TD - lost power going up hills. It was due to a clogged main fuel filter. Once that was changed all was well again. On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 11:07 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I actually had something similar happen

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Curt - we were vaccinating over 1 million per day under Trump, and Biden* has managed to keep that going, so we are north of 70 million vaccines now. About 30 million people have had the infection and recovered, estimate somewhere around 5x or more that had the infection - were asymptomatic /

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
1000 deaths due to the vaccine of people who would otherwise have lived?? Please provide a link to a reliable source. On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 8:17 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yeah, probably coincidence. I think nationwide there were about 1000 > deaths attributed

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Did 29 people really die because of the COVID 19 vaccine? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/norway-vaccine-deaths/ On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 12:31 PM Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > 2.9 million were vaccinated yesterday. Will exceed 100 million easily in > 100 days. > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 12:22 PM

Re: [MBZ] Problems with our '93 300D

2021-03-08 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Don't know if you got any answers, but my '91 300D did the same thing a few times.  After discussing it here, I ended up believing I had carbon buildup in the cylinders and put some liquid "fixer" in that was said to break the carbon up.  My wife had just started a job where she was driving

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
My SWMBO's mom in Naples qualifies in every regard but they are still struggling to get her first dose of any vaccine. The reservation system is apparently overwhelmed on a daily basis. And these are computer savvy people. On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 7:11 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <

[MBZ] Stuck in limp mode -- 97 Mercedes c230 - $850 (North Myrtle Beach)

2021-03-08 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Doesn't look half bad, could be a quick flip.  hm... https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/pts/d/north-myrtle-beach-97-mercedes-c230/7286484653.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
My county went with a Federal system that apparently works well. The catch is the lousy job of allocation the state is doing, no thanks to our POS governor who wants to politicize every aspect of the process to get face time. I briefly mentioned his last faux pas, where the Federal government

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
We’re going to be up there this weekend, but no appointments on that short notice, unfortunately. We’ll be back in mid April so I’m thinking about setting appointments up then. My only concern is that we might not be back in time for the follow up dose. -D > On Mar 8, 2021, at 11:27 AM, Allan

Re: [MBZ] I'm making a youtuber

2021-03-08 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
hahaha I like that! -_FT On 3/8/21 10:17 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: Floyd's flips? Floyd's flips and flops is more alliterative. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

[MBZ] take my blown shocks

2021-03-08 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
recycling spirit! https://charleston.craigslist.org/pts/d/mount-pleasant-oe-mercedes-rear-air/7287681087.html Replaced OE Mercedes SUV rear airmatic air ride starting to show signs of failure around 6 yrs 65k miles. 2014 manufacture date. I understand these may have value to be rebuilt or

Re: [MBZ] Problems with our '93 300D

2021-03-08 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I actually had something similar happen with every MB I owned, most especially with my '85 190D. I thought I was in real trouble, engine lost all power on a long hill. I started to pull over, then a huge cloud of smoke and suddenly all the power was back and then some, it ran like a new car...

Re: [MBZ] Problems with our '93 300D

2021-03-08 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The difference being that with a plugged fuel filter the power wouldn't suddenly return to you... -Curt On Monday, March 8, 2021, 11:48:03 AM EST, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Happened to me a couple times in my '83  300TD - lost power going up hills.  It was due to a clogged main fuel

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
2.9 million were vaccinated yesterday. Will exceed 100 million easily in 100 days. On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 12:22 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Out of curiosity I went and checked how it works in MA. We're currently > in phase 2 of 3, folks 65+, those who have 2

Re: [MBZ] Stuck in limp mode -- 97 Mercedes c230 - $850 (North Myrtle Beach)

2021-03-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
$500, $250 for conductor plate etc. let someone else worry about tires. $1500. But yeah, you’re more right than wrong --FT Sent from iPhone > On Mar 8, 2021, at 11:02 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > >  > C class with 250K miles + bad tires + limp + ugly dent. Not much to flip. > >> On Mon,

Re: [MBZ] OT Indy COVID vaccine logistics

2021-03-08 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I think we are over 90 million vaccines as of today. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 12:32 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 2.9 million were vaccinated yesterday. Will exceed 100 million easily in > 100 days. > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at

Re: [MBZ] I'm making a youtuber

2021-03-08 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
"The Counter Hoovie Channel" On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 3:20 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Maybe more like Floyd has Flipped? > > RB > > > On 08/03/2021 9:17 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > >> Floyd's flips? > > Floyd's flips and flops is more alliterative. >

Re: [MBZ] I'm making a youtuber

2021-03-08 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes: > I wonder how the youtuber revenues work, he gets hundreds of thousands > of views so that counts for something. Yes, it's all based on views. If you have enough views, advertisers are interested in getting those eyeballs, and you can make some money. So it

Re: [MBZ] I'm making a youtuber

2021-03-08 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Maybe more like Floyd has Flipped? RB On 08/03/2021 9:17 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: Floyd's flips? Floyd's flips and flops is more alliterative. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] I'm making a youtuber

2021-03-08 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
That guy has really monetized his nonsense, good for him.  He is rather engaging and seems like a nice guy.  I think too he (family) is quite wealthy based on some franchise chain of burger joints or something in the midwest, and his wife is some kind of doc too, so he has some good dineros

Re: [MBZ] I'm making a youtuber

2021-03-08 Thread Kevin Kraly via Mercedes
I’m going to start a YouTube Channel called No see’em RC! It will feature driving footage, how to videos and other RC related content. It should be fun! Kevin Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 8, 2021, at 3:03 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > "The Counter Hoovie Channel" > > >> On Mon, Mar

Re: [MBZ] I'm making a youtuber

2021-03-08 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
You remind me, Hoovie has a show on Motortrend on Demand "Car Issues with Tyler Hoover". I watched the first episode during lunch the other day, it's not terrible. I wouldn't go out of my way for it, certainly wouldn't pay for MToD to get it but since I've already paid... -Curt On Monday,

Re: [MBZ] I'm making a youtuber

2021-03-08 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
YouTube money is dependent on half a billion factors most of which they don't tell you. When I hit 2,000 subscribers my money per view doubled, I went from about $9/mo to about $20/mo nearly overnight. I also started showing up in a lot more suggestions (meaning YouTube recommends me more) so

[MBZ] fuel filter tubing om606

2021-03-08 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Does anyone know offhand the tubing type and size between the filter and the pump on an om606? I just put a myna pump on and it has one more fuel inlet than the standard pump so some tubes need alteration. The existing tubing is too fossilized to reuse, as it will not go onto a new barb after it

Re: [MBZ] New One for the Back Forty @ Okie Acres

2021-03-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Put it on an old bus chassis and make it an RV! --FT Sent from iPhone > On Mar 8, 2021, at 7:59 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2726853210961948/ > > For those that don’t do FB it’s a Boeing H47 Chinook fuselage built out as an > office.

[MBZ] While sitting in my living room smoking meth I list my car for sale

2021-03-08 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/776870686292796/ 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:

[MBZ] New One for the Back Forty @ Okie Acres

2021-03-08 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2726853210961948/ For those that don’t do FB it’s a Boeing H47 Chinook fuselage built out as an office. Only $65,000! -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] fuel filter tubing om606

2021-03-08 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Crap I just realized they refused the 603 fuel filter when they did the swap so it is not the 606 setup. Just barbed brass banjos and tubes. On Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 5:13 PM Karl Wittnebel wrote: > Does anyone know offhand the tubing type and size between the filter and > the pump on an om606? I

Re: [MBZ] While sitting in my living room smoking meth I list my car for sale

2021-03-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Hi Ricky, is this still available? --FT Sent from iPhone > On Mar 8, 2021, at 10:17 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/776870686292796/ > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > >