Good one.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC6OJOHGmv8

What you think -- isn't reality, right?

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

You expected anything else?

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83 SD

84 CD

The thing that most people fail to realize is that Murphy was a bright-eyed, cock-eyed optimist. The painful reality is far worse.

You know, Murphy's Law MUST apply to the Health Care Bill, too.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

Murphy was an engineer. He was just stating the obvious. A part is going to fail, when it is at its maximum stress state. That is usually when it is not the best situation for it to fail.
Now Don's real problem is the Delorean factor . He owned one so he is curse. But he should cheer up. At least he doesn't have to deal with the Bricklin curse. Its worse.
Like yesterday, I took off work. I sold a lathe on E-Bay and I needed to take it to Indy, for shipping. The day was sunny. I got the lathe shipped fairly quickly. The parts store, didn't have the brake hose for the Contour SVT I ordered. So, it might be today or Saturday. I did change the cabin air filter, PVC valve and the fuel filter. So, not a total loss. I was going to get the rotors off ect. The one brake hose I did get, didn't look right.
Well, with that lathe sold, and not doing the rear brakes, I started to clean the shop. I have been working on getting power to another lathe. Its been slow getting a Variable Frequency drive (VDF) hooked up. I only have about 17 inches between the lathe and the wall. The VDF takes about 6 inches. Yes, its cramped. I finally, get power to it, and I get an error message. I think low voltage. Possibly defective VDF. Its been that way on my other machines . Someday, I might be able to make a part.
Tom

This reminded me of a great old blues song called "Everything Is Broken." I don't know who wrote it, but I've only heard RL Burnside sing it. You should listen to it sometimes. Some days it just seems like everything is broken . . .

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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

Bob Dylan....from his 1989 release "Oh Mercy"....

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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Bob Dylan wrote that song? I assumed it was older than Bob Dylan.

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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

That's why I just remember my favorite songs and hum them.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Seems that way for a lot of Bob's songs....

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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Ive had the same problems with cell phones !

Follow this flow chart:

Find a good solid wall or the ground.

Throw product at it as hard as you can.

Is it working?

If yes continue on.

If no buy a new one as now its clear what is wrong with it.

works on cellphones but its worth a try on a Ipod.

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Experience : what you receive 3 seconds after you really needed it !!



86 300SDL 387,000? Motor committed suicide
81 300SD 214,000 "new" 132,000 motor
83 300SD 212,000 parts car
83 300SD 147,000

91 F700 5.9 cummins 5spd eaton 298,000
66 AMC rambler American 2dr auto 108,000
95 Chevy 3/4 ton auto 160,000
03 Toyota 4runner 180,000 wifes

I have actually had three cellphones I have performed this test on, and they all continued their lackluster performance for several months after. One even got dropped ~40ft onto concrete.
Of course, had I had anything important on them they would not have worked. That's Murphy's Law as applied to electronics.

Working in the construction materials testing field does have its advantages. Our standard procedure for frustrating cell phone performance is to place the offending cell phone in our 250,000 pound compression test device. We used enough force on one to create a shallow, cell-phone -shaped depression in a steel spacer.
At least we know what is wrong with them, then.

I had one fall out of my shirt pocket and immediately under the wheel of a 20 ton smooth drum vibrating asphalt roller. When the roller didn't do, the 300+ degrees hot asphalt did. I was not even able to retrieve the SIM chip from that one.

I also had one fall out of a shirt pocket into a tank where we cure our concrete test specimens. The tank is filled with a lime-saturated solution. The cell phones do not tolerate even a quick dip.

My office wanted to give me a Blackberry. I asked them to ask the salesperson how well they tolerated a hostile environment, reminding them that I am a hostile environment. To date I still do not have a Blackberry.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags