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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / December 2006What type of car do you drive, a white one?
Get classified at the skadi forum: http://forum.skadi.net/forumdisplay.php?f=238 Tripe. For those not acquainted with the term, the stomachs of a cow..... Worse than Spam, which is at least fit for human consumption. Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA Peter, It's an aquired taste, I happen to like both, as well as other parts of cows, pigs, and other delicious animals. Anton > Tripe. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Peter Wieck > Wyncote, PA > Tripe. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Peter Wieck > Wyncote, PA You're not too far away from Philly. The home of pepper pot soup. Also known as Menudo to friends from south of the border. Over here in Ohio , Menudo comes in a can in the grocery store... >> Tripe. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > You're not too far away from Philly. The home of pepper pot soup. Also > known as Menudo to friends from south of the border. Yeah, lucky we are. I think cooking tripe may be worse that eating it. A friend familiar with Mexican food claims menudo is good for treating a hangover. > Over here in Ohio , Menudo comes in a can in the grocery store... >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> You're not too far away from Philly. The home of pepper pot soup. Also >> known as Menudo to friends from south of the border. I did consider white paint for the cabrio I was planning to buy 5 years ago but I was advised by various people not do do it as it would affect residuals. Funny thing, as in Europe up to the eighties white was very popular and was promoted by Merc on safety grounds. Plus Merc's very bright Arctic White was not available for this car. So I chose black instead. Almost as 'generic' as silver... :-) DAS For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- > Yeah, lucky we are. I think cooking tripe may be worse that eating it. > A friend familiar with Mexican food claims menudo is good for treating a > hangover. [...] ++++++++++++++++++ > I did consider white paint for the cabrio I was planning to buy 5 years ago > but I was advised by various people not do do it as it would affect [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > So I chose black instead. Almost as 'generic' as silver... :-) I wonder if changes in color preferences reflect a change in social psychology. A happy, confident, exuberant group might pick loud colours. A more cautious group may choose less attention getting colors. My impression is than in the last couple of decades people have moved to more muted colours, but I have no data to support that. . >> I did consider white paint for the cabrio I was planning to buy 5 years ago >> but I was advised by various people not do do it as it would affect [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > to > more muted colours, but I have no data to support that. And the lease company may prescribe muted colours for resale reasons. Then there's the observation that loud colors (bright red or yellow) tend to be the ones that fade long before the car is mechanically ready for the scrap heap. Faded paint coats look awful and repaint jobs are very expensive. Ximinez  SignatureOur three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/t1.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldlyTjXk9A Mercedes bright red or yellow, both of which I have seen (well, bright paint on Mercs, maybe aftermarket), won't fade prematurely... ;-) DAS SignatureFor direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- >>> I did consider white paint for the cabrio I was planning to buy 5 years >>> ago [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Ximinez > Mercedes bright red or yellow, both of which I have seen (well, bright paint > on Mercs, maybe aftermarket), won't fade prematurely... ;-) I recall seeing faded red w123's... Ximinez SignatureOur three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/t1.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldlyTjXk9A > >> I did consider white paint for the cabrio I was planning to buy 5 years ago > >> but I was advised by various people not do do it as it would affect [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > for the scrap heap. Faded paint coats look awful and repaint jobs are > very expensive. Yes, the bright colors do tend to fade faster than more muted colors, no matter the maker. Red was a popular Mercedes color, and it would turn dull after 10 years on the road. I suspect that leasing companies might select less bright colors because they would appeal to a wider audience on resale. Fading after 3 to 4 years on lease should not be noticable. > -- > Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency... > and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... > http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/t1.html > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldlyTjXk9A > Yeah, lucky we are. I think cooking tripe may be worse that eating it. > A friend familiar with Mexican food claims menudo is good for treating a [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >>> You're not too far away from Philly. The home of pepper pot soup. Also >>> known as Menudo to friends from south of the border. And here I was thinking Menudo was a really bad boy band from the 80's.... Sneaks '68 T1 >Tripe. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Peter Wieck >Wyncote, PA I beg to differ! Delicious, especially when prepare sweet and sour style cheers I think anything can be made to taste great. But somewhere along the line I decided some things weren't meant to be eaten. Got tired of it reminding me of being a kid. I will however eat just about anything ,including menudo , If I make it myself. >>Tripe. >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > cheers > I beg to differ! Delicious, especially when prepare sweet and sour style De gustibus non est disputandum. Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA >> I beg to differ! Delicious, especially when prepare sweet and sour style > >De gustibus non est disputandum. ...... could it be malformed tastebuds? :-) cheers, guenter > ...... could it be malformed tastebuds? :-) Oh, I dunno. I have survived (and enjoyed) an actual "Goat Grab" in a genuine Bedouin tent with a genuine Bedouin family in the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia. But to this day, I still will not eat sweet potatoes (or yams) in any form, pudding in any form, or offal. It can wiggle, it can be strange, peculiar or mysterious, no problem. But those three things I can detect in any quantity from about any distance, and I cannot (not a matter of 'will not') eat them. Just won't get past the plate or onto the fork (or into the right hand as it happens). Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA >Peter Wieck >Wyncote, PA Hey! That wasn't you this afternoon in the Wyncote murder-suicide, complete with police SWAT team hours-long siege standoff was it? I was heading down 309 late this afternoon on my way home, and south of the turnpike and in the distance I could see two helicopters hovering. Always a bad sign. I thought it was a bit odd in that they were hovering rather higher than normal, but I guess that was to stay out of range of any stray rounds. I just prayed that it wasn't *yet another* clueless upside-down-and-on-fire twat without the skills to do the high speed 309 thing, and I was positively rewarded with a relatively quick exit via Washington Lane. So, was it you? I guess if you answer this, then it wasn't. SignatureDan. > I just prayed that it wasn't *yet > another* clueless upside-down-and-on-fire twat without the skills to > do the high speed 309 thing, and I was positively rewarded with a > relatively quick exit via Washington Lane. Of course, there is no Washington Lane exit from 309. So, what fantasy are you playing at? Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA >> I just prayed that it wasn't *yet >> another* clueless upside-down-and-on-fire twat without the skills to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Of course, there is no Washington Lane exit from 309. So, what fantasy >are you playing at? My mistake, I meant Greenwood Ave. Greenwood runs kind of parallel to Washington, which hits the *continuation* of 309, after it's called Ogontz Ave, as you well know. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/16137882.htm So, any SWAT action on your street? ObligatoryBMWContent: The fixing lugs on the little one inch square cover for the towing hook in the front bumper of my e39 were busted by the tow-truck gorilla, and now it won't stay in. I suppose that BMW is going to charge me $30 for a new one. It's a small piece of self-colored injection molded plastic that would, if it were a part of a washing machine or something like that, probably cost 25¢. SignatureDan. No no, you habe to post Mercedes and Volvo refs at the very least If you refer to cooled engines you will swat several birds with one stone (to mix my metaphors). DAS For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- [...] > ObligatoryBMWContent: The fixing lugs on the little one inch square > cover for the towing hook in the front bumper of my e39 were busted by > the tow-truck gorilla, and now it won't stay in. I suppose that BMW > is going to charge me $30 for a new one. It's a small piece of > self-colored injection molded plastic that would, if it were a part of > a washing machine or something like that, probably cost 25¢. > http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/16137882.htm > > So, any SWAT action on your street? You are not from "around here", are you? That address is almost in LaMott, about as far from us (just under 2 miles) as you were at the closest point on 309, assuming you were ever on 309. That they are both served out of the 19095 (Wyncote) Post Office is not relevant to how the residents feel and speak about their location and place-name. Those who live in that section will call themselves as living in Cedarbrook, LaMott or Wyncote depending on whether they are appealing their taxes, bragging about history or bragging for artificial status. They all pay taxes to Cheltenham Township in any case. Trust the Inquirer not to know these subtle differences. Greenwood cuts off 309, but again, goes *nowhere* near Washington Lane. 309 ends at Cheltenham Avenue, Washington Lane comes off Cheltenham a couple-four blocks ABOVE where it crosses Ogontz.... which joins the base of 309. I am still not sure what you are playing at? Note that Mapquest shows several intersections that do not exist and misses a few that do. So, if you were to program your GPS unit for the intersection of Chelten Hills Drive and Washington Lane, you would be in for a very long drop. Peter Wieck Wyncote PA Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA >> http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/16137882.htm >> >> So, any SWAT action on your street? > >You are not from "around here", are you? Thank god, no. I have just been living around here for a few years, and I pass through sections of Cheltenham on my daily commute. >That address is almost in LaMott, about as far from us (just under 2 >miles) as you were at the closest point on 309, assuming you were ever >on 309 My commute also takes me past Jenkintown station. You're familiar with that? And the Lukoil gas station just across the road? OTOH, if it really bothers you, I'll deny that I drive through there nearly every day... >That they are both served out of the 19095 (Wyncote) Post >Office is not relevant to how the residents feel and speak about their [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >bragging for artificial status. They all pay taxes to Cheltenham >Township in any case. >Greenwood cuts off 309, but again, goes *nowhere* near Washington Lane. >309 ends at Cheltenham Avenue, Washington Lane comes off Cheltenham a >couple-four blocks ABOVE where it crosses Ogontz.... which joins the >base of 309. > >I am still not sure what you are playing at? You seem very touchy about what neighborhoods people live in. I'm not playing at anything, just making a joke about there being a murder-suicide, a SWAT team and news helicopters in your neck of the woods that, thankfully, did not impact my journey. That's all, honestly. Calm down. >Note that Mapquest shows several intersections that do not exist and >misses a few that do. So, if you were to program your GPS unit for the >intersection of Chelten Hills Drive and Washington Lane, you would be >in for a very long drop. Well, if *you* drove 309 at all regularly, you'd be aware of the massive reconstruction that's been going on there for the past year or more, and you would understand why map databases have not yet caught up. Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming... SignatureDan. > Well, if *you* drove 309 at all regularly, you'd be aware of the > massive reconstruction that's been going on there for the past year or > more, and you would understand why map databases have not yet caught > up. These are long-standing errors. I am privileged to be able to commute all 9.8 miles 100% on back roads, although 309 is a quick alternate for the first/last leg of the trip depending on conditions. Not so much touchy at all, as responding in an equally leaden way to your post. For all that you might think of this area, we are still able to leave our doors unlocked and get deliveries dropped on the porch without worry. Of course any stranger on the block would not get 50 steps without some neighbor generally politely asking after their bona-fides. Lemme see... we have 21 adults, 15 children, 6 cats, 9 dogs and 3 turtles on the block. No trouble finding sitters. Age of residents is ~75 to new-born. We lost our oldest resident (91 then) four years ago. Cheltenham is one of the oldest suburbs in the region, the foundations of the oldest residences were laid in 1682, some seven years before the Wynn house in Wynnfield. LaMott was a terminus of the Underground Railroad, hence the friendly-but-pointed rivalry between the two Historic Districts (Wyncote & LaMott) and who lives where. "Cedarbrook" is kinda-sorta where the old quarry (and the township leaf-composting facility) is and along Cheltenham Avenue (the city line) and so referenced humorously at tax-time... run-down property, funny smells and all that. And, of course, our train stations were designed by Horace Trumbauer, not that upstart Frank Furness... and so forth. Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA >Of course any stranger on the block would not get 50 >steps without some neighbor generally politely asking after their >bona-fides. Come now, that would not happen. *Relatively* safe you may be, but I know that block. It is on a busy street with traffic lights at one end of it, overlooking a large train station car park It is not some old fashioned rural village. SignatureDan. > It is not some old fashioned rural village. You do reach. And you do speculate pretty wildly. No, it is not a rural village. But safer based on 24 years on the block than our rural summer house up in Columbia County. Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA >> It is not some old fashioned rural village. > >You do reach. And you do speculate pretty wildly. I don't see where I did either, but hey - maybe that's just me. I really don't think it's a good idea to leave your doors unlocked though. SignatureDan. > I really don't think it's a good idea to leave your doors unlocked > though. The dogs certainly do. Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA >> I really don't think it's a good idea to leave your doors unlocked >> though. > >The dogs certainly do. That's one of the problems with dogs. I have a small flap in the back door that lets my two cats come and go as they please while at the same time allowing *me* to keep the doors locked. The downside is that they sometimes bring small to medium sized mammals into the house and then bloodily slaughter them, but I digress... "Cats rule, dogs drool." Dogs are just too much damned trouble, IMHFO, and cats have bags more personality anyway. Women have always known this, and it's one of the few things that they're actually right about. How's that? Or am I reaching and speculating wildly again? SignatureDan. We keep two cats and two dogs. If not known-to-family, 30 - 100 pounds = breakfast. 100 pounds or larger = all day. Our neighbors' dogs and cats feel much the same. We/they all know each other, and the "Pack" is naturally wary of strangers. As to cats: The larger cat (for now) has brought home up to his own size and weight (16#) in prey... with specific reference to a young raccoon brought in more-or-less intact then chased up stairs, into the bathroom and finally dispatched in the bathtub. Animal Control still does not believe what they saw. He is FAST! The young one is not quite allowed out yet, but he looks to be much larger eventually, as he is 12 pounds at 11 months. When we were in Saudi, the big cat learned to catch rats.... which, until the underlying problem was found and solved (a void in the concrete under the recyling corral), he would lay out two or three per night at our kitchen door. Saudi was also the only place he ever expressed any interest in birds, as Turtle Doves were a major pest in that area... we were the only villa around without any bird crap, he averaged 2-5 per week. Gekkos were candy, although he only chased those if they were inside. In any case, even after 12 years of predatory behavior he has come through all his encounters without a scratch on him. But for damned sure, his rabies and other shots are current. Since we have been back (two years come February) he has not even looked at a bird. Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA Not only that, but he wears a bell and always has. Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA >When we were in Saudi, Well, I could tell you many tales of when I lived in exotic foreign parts, and of local habits of keeping animals both as "pets" and for food, as well as the variety of meat available from local butchers and farmers. I have always said that I will eat anything that moves slower than I do. I still say it. But, I think this has gone far enough. SignatureDan. My goodness. Mind-numbing micro-detail. Can I have a number for the number of drainage points per yard for said stretch or road and the angle of the camber? Which reminds me of Ball's Law The Angle of the Dangle Is proportional to the Thrust of the Bust And inversely proportional to the Mass of the a.s Provided that The Heat of the Meat between the two feet remains constant. DAS For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- [...] > These are long-standing errors. I am privileged to be able to commute > all 9.8 miles 100% on back roads, although 309 is a quick alternate for [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Peter Wieck > Wyncote, PA > Tripe. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Peter Wieck > Wyncote, PA Hmmm.... Pho is another tripe based soup which is delicious and of course the Scots have their haggis and the southerners love those chitlins and fried pork rinds. Sausage, liver, kidney, brain, sweetbreads, blood pudding, scrapple, blutwurst, duck tongues, pickled pigs feet, beef tongue, etc., etc are but a few delicacies enjoyed by a lot of people. Expand your horizons beyond that overly salted and chemically preserved Spam and you might find some real dining pleasure. > Expand your horizons beyond that overly salted and chemically preserved > Spam and you might find some real dining pleasure. See yesterday's reply... I have "been around" somewhat. Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA > pfjw@aol.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Peter Wieck > Wyncote, PA Well, I can't even begin to comprehend why yams or sweet potatoes are so awful they would rank with offal. And I'm not even sure just exactly what offal really is, since many cultures use most every part of the pig or cow but their respective oink or moo. Most meat products are really nothing more than tasty protein if fixed properly. Sweetbreads sauteed in a wine sauce are delicious for dinner, as is a chopped chicken liver sandwich for lunch. And who could pass up that Pennsylvania delicacy fried scrapple with scrambled eggs for breakfast. I would venture to say that some people would lose their appetite for a lot of common meat products if they saw a feeding operation or visited an abattoir. Me, for example. Yuuuukkkhhhh....bleahhh........ DAS SignatureFor direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- [...] And who > could pass up that Pennsylvania delicacy fried scrapple [...] uhmmmm, pho > > Tripe. > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Expand your horizons beyond that overly salted and chemically preserved > Spam and you might find some real dining pleasure. Were you making a statement or posing a question with your uhmmming. > uhmmmm, pho > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Expand your horizons beyond that overly salted and chemically preserved > > Spam and you might find some real dining pleasure. no question, just all this pho and tripe talk is making me hungry. That is all, Anton > Were you making a statement or posing a question with your uhmmming. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > Expand your horizons beyond that overly salted and chemically preserved > > > Spam and you might find some real dining pleasure. |
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