Personally, I love to argue. I leave the room when someone starts to take it personal. One of the nice things about the internet is it's hard to be personal (impossible in my opinion). I'm 57 years old, late to computers, and I don't think there is any such thing as personal that doesn't have a face to face component. That said, there still is civility and respect (self respect always precedes respect for others) in written communication. I personally don't sense any breech of that here on anyones part. I am particularly appreciative for the time spent, especially Longston's. I hope he gets his teeth into my other MB issues. As to where he received some criticism. The point that stuck in the back of my mind was early on where you said mine will be running while your's is in the shop. I thought that you were going to pay for that somewhere. That, you will agree, is a conclusion, but frankly to me the tone was light and the kind of thing I say in conversation all the time. I've told my kids many things that I personally hold dear and then said they are perfectly welcome to do what they want if they want to be wrong. I know they will do what they will and I don't want them to be wrong, nor do I really believe they are wrong for not going along with me. My face to face conversation is a mix of reason and levity because straight reason gets heavy. Most of all I appreciate your time getting real information and I agree with you, all of us will read what we read and go about our own business. I'll share with you when it works and I will also share with you when it blows up in my face.
Thanks to all, especially you guys who got involved in it.

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Dan Stadt
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'79 300SD
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