sitting here hitting my head against the wall as I do calc.. as usual.. effing class

Packing up the Mercedes for another road trip again this time to Los Angeles.
I will meet up withsome friends from here and benzworld too.

This time I will be putting it in a car show for the first time, it's finally fully restored now.


Saturday there will be a 5 car 500/560 SEC caravan (of BW & MShop SEC drivers and owners!) out of Glendale, CA going to the car show, together, which is near Los Alamitos AFB near Long Beach/Signal Hill. There should be plenty of photos for this, it is big show, almost 150 different Mercedes cars will be exhibited at the show.

After I polished the aluminum air cleaner lid, I covered it with clear shoe polish to keep it clean for a while.


I will be hitting some Mercedes junkyards in Sun Valley, while there, and I have a date with a woman that lives in San Diego too.


I am way under my Mojito limit for the year so I will need to catch up on that too.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

We'll be looking for the pictures of that, Jim. Sounds like fun.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

OMG- muy muy busy at work. All 3 computers and printers going full tilt boogey. Hope everyone has a great day.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Good thing you had your mac an' cheese last night!

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

It's still Tuesday night, but I'm thrilled to have finally finished painting my dining room. I guess now it will be on to the living room. After that the upstairs and downstairs halls, the staircase, and then on to the garage. I aim to get the whole house repainted by January.
Hope everybody has a great hump day tomorrow.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I've got surprisingly little going on today. I'm trying to come up with some ideas for a company page on Facebook so I've been checking out some different company, gardening groups and organization pages. We've also got a consultant coming in to revamp our website which is horribly laid out, terribly outdated and virtually useless as anything else but a place setter on the www.

The kids have another 1/2 day for parent-teacher conferences (had one yesterday and one tomorrow) so the Mrs. will be extra pleasant again today when I get out of work. We had son #2's IEP meeting yesterday and while it was tough hearing all of the milestones he's lagging behind his peers (which we already knew but it's still hard to hear it), everyone was very pleased with his progress and adapting to kindergarten. There are a number of areas that he's right on par so it wasn't all negative and socially he's excelled. Have my daughter's today and son #1's tomorrow.

Then I have nothing this evening! A guy is coming down from the Pocono area to pick up my old Scout on Saturday so I've got to get all of the parts loaded into it and get the rear tire inflated so I can pull it out of the garage. It's bittersweet but it will open the garage up to a more manageable project. Or maybe a Man Cave...

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Trying to think at least a little about work, realizing that we've gotten maybe 20% of the packing we'd hoped to have done by now actually done, dealing with loan officers and underwriters and title agents and contractors (all of whom, to their richly deserved credit, have been wonderful), making sure we have drivers for all 5 of the cars that have to go to MD tomorrow, and developing a keen awareness of just how much colder I feel when stressed.

And none of that stuff ^ up there is the causing the stress - that stuff is actually fun and exciting.

Ma-in-law (uninsured Ma-in-law) went in to urgent care Sunday for a can't kill it chest cold which was quickly termed "pneumonia and we really don't like the look of that lump in your lung and those spots on your liver."

Cat scan of the higher resolution variety run yesterday at least cleared the liver (cysts) but left doc talking about small cell tumor (the more unpleasant flavor) in the lung. Biopsy was early this morning. All involved are a bit shaky at this point.

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

That's a lot to have on your plate Jim. My prayers are with your MIL. Good luck with all your coordination efforts.


Hey Swamp, I hope your Scout sale goes well and your "man cave" turns out like you imagined it.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

Damn Jim, sorry to hear that. Our thoughts are with you and yours.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

In my head it's a fantastic place, reality will probably be a few lawn chairs, a poker table, a B&W tv, my wife's old 80's boombox and a fridge.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

With beer in the fridge, it sounds like paradise. Just having a spot of your own away from the kids without any of their toys cluttering it would be wonderful.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

Sounds like a REAL man cave to me, Swamp. Might need a space heater, but you'll be in heaven.

__________________
" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

"No chillins or wimmin folk allowed!"

However I do see infiltration by both parties.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

The fastest way to make somebody want something is to tell them they can't have it.

__________________
" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles