From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Mon Aug 1 12:22:46 2005 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Monday, August 1 2005 Volume 01 : Number 2484 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: fsj: Re: [db] adventures in Tokyo... fsj: My Cherokee is gone. RIP fsj: administrivia: notes on using this list Re: fsj: My Cherokee is gone. RIP Re: fsj: My Cherokee is gone. RIP Re: fsj: My Cherokee is gone. RIP fsj: random OT stuff fsj: Japanese 4x4s FSJ Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/jeeps/fsj/ Send submissions to fsj-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to fsj-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to fsj-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 08:22:07 -0700 From: "Jim Blair" Subject: fsj: Re: [db] adventures in Tokyo... A: I was talking to some Mercedes people and apparently the trans/tcase you want (that will bolt up to Mercedes diesel) was available in the SUVs in Europe and Australia. From: john Subject: fsj: Re: [db] adventures in Tokyo... do tell me more about things to see in Tokyo, I'm staying at the Keio Plaza Hotel... I fly in late Sunday and immediately have to configure two Sun servers and a Linux server for a technology conference, I'll have some time during the day on Monday and on Friday... maybe time during the week, we'll see. in other news, I'm trying to decide if my next project will a Cherokee Diesel with a 2.4L Benz, or a 4x4 620D. :) The Jimmy comes home today... I'm leaning toward the 620D... john ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 10:05:46 -0700 From: "Tacoma White" Subject: fsj: My Cherokee is gone. RIP Since no one saved it, my beloved Cherokee is on its way to the scrap heap. Sad to see it go, but it's gone. RIP, Chief! in other news, the 715 is in excellent shape, save for the crunched front end that I have parts for, and work on disassembly of the front clip proceeds nicely. Yesterday's thrilling adventure (in which I chucked a rear driveshaft out of my Blazer at the cars behind me: effective anti-tailgating measure but time-inefficient) took up a bunch of my Jeep time. Lucky me, I happened to have a tow rig and trailer handy. And I got a free slip yoke to replace the stock one that I busted the ear off of, so that worked pretty good too. Would a 715/725 be considered a SuperSized Jeep? The SSJ? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:15:00 +0000 From: Richard Welty Subject: fsj: administrivia: notes on using this list Digest.Net mailing list "Meta FAQ" These general notes on using Digest.Net mailing lists are posted on the 1st and 15th of each month. This file may be found on the web at http://www.digest.net/general-notes.txt [last revised 5/1/02; removed list of spam strings, as i'm not the only one filtering on them -- rpw] Additional information on Digest.Net's spam policies may be found at http://www.digest.net/email-policy.html and http://www.digest.net/blocked.html Table of Contents 1. Why don't my postings go through? 2. Why can't I unsubscribe? 3. How do I post to the list? 4. Where are the archives? 5. What other lists are on digest.net? 6. Is there a web subscription form? 7. Why not move the lists to someplace like (egroups, topica,...)? 8. How do I contact the server adminstrator in an emergency? 9. What is Krusty Motorsports, anyway? The Meta-FAQ 1. Why don't my postings go through? There are several things that may interfere with postings making it to the list. a) Are you a member? Some read the ftp archives rather than receiving the list in email. 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I am monitoring the logs on the server, and when I see TLS related problems, I manually place the problem destinations on a special exception list; however, this may delay email to the destination host until I make the exception. 2. Why can't I unsubscribe? a) are you using the right address? send to majordomo-at-digest.net, and the command format is unsubscribe list-name my-email-address b) has your email address changed? majordomo has no way of knowing that Fred.Flinstone-at-BarneyCo.com was once fflintstone-at-bedrock.org. you can check this with the which command (see 1.b) above for details) 3. How do I post to the list? You may use either one of two addresses: for example, the bmw-digest may be reached using either bmw-at-digest.net or bmw-digest-at-digest.net If you are using the correct addresses and your posts don't show up, check out the stuff in 1. above. 4. Where are the archives? see ftp://ftp.digest.net/ for digest archives. the web archives have proven problematic, and are awaiting time for a systematic attack on the problems they've been having. 5. What other lists are on digest.net? see http://www.digest.net/ for more information. 6. Is there a web subscription form? Yes, recently added. go to http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi 7. Why not move the lists to someplace like (egroups, topica,...)? The Krusty Motorsports server (aka, digest.net) was explicitly to provide for efficient management of the various automotive mailing lists, done the way that the owner of the server wanted it done. Any migration off of the server (which is already bought, paid for, and configured) would create any number of issues. 8. How do i contact the Server Administrator in an emergency? If my regular email address (rwelty-at-krusty-motorsports.com) isn't working for you, you can fall back on rwelty-at-suespammers.org 9. What is Krusty Motorsports, anyway? Krusty Motorsports (http:/www.krusty-motorsports.com/) is a business which is owned and operated by Richard Welty (rwelty-at-krusty-motorsports.com). Krusty is an S-Corporation in the State of New York. Krusty provides a number of Internet related services, such as mailing list, web sites, pop3/telnet accounts, and consulting on internet related issues. For more information, see the web site. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 23:15:22 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: fsj: My Cherokee is gone. RIP the SSJ? supersonic Jeep? only if you attached Jatos to it... ;) john On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Tacoma White wrote: >--> Since no one saved it, my beloved Cherokee is on its way to the scrap heap. >-->Sad to see it go, but it's gone. RIP, Chief! >--> >--> in other news, the 715 is in excellent shape, save for the crunched front >-->end that I have parts for, and work on disassembly of the front clip proceeds >-->nicely. Yesterday's thrilling adventure (in which I chucked a rear driveshaft >-->out of my Blazer at the cars behind me: effective anti-tailgating measure but >-->time-inefficient) took up a bunch of my Jeep time. Lucky me, I happened to >-->have a tow rig and trailer handy. And I got a free slip yoke to replace the >-->stock one that I busted the ear off of, so that worked pretty good too. >--> >--> Would a 715/725 be considered a SuperSized Jeep? The SSJ? >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 23:33:08 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: fsj: My Cherokee is gone. RIP On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Tacoma White wrote: >--> Smart of you to use the plural. It is going to be very heavy. but of course... :) did you see that episode of Myth Busters where they actually attached rockets to a Chevy and took it out on a dry lake bed? :) john >--> >--> >-->----- Original Message ----- >-->From: "john" >-->To: "Tacoma White" >-->Cc: "fsj list" >-->Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:15 PM >-->Subject: Re: fsj: My Cherokee is gone. RIP >--> >--> >-->> >-->> the SSJ? supersonic Jeep? only if you attached Jatos to it... ;) >-->> >-->> john >-->> >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 23:40:52 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: fsj: My Cherokee is gone. RIP it's 3:30pm in Tokyo on Monday, Aug 1... what time ya got? My pc reports 11:30pm Sunday July 31st... (that could explain why it seems so slow here... ;) I was going to go down to check out the Japanese Cherokee today, but the plans got changed and then changed again so I could have gone, had I gotten directions on how to get there from my Japanese contact. :) I have to move 450lbs of Sun server into a conference room on the 8th floor in the other tower... my room has finally cooled down... :) it's hot and muggy here... it's gross... everything feels sticky... now I know why I don't live in the Chicago area or the South any more. ;) Anyway, it looks like Friday will be the day of adventure, plenty of time to plan... will have the servers packed up and ready to go Thursday night... They had so much trouble in Amsterdam that they decided to chain me or my boss to these systems when they send them out... I'm hoping my boss doesn't attach the chain to himself when they send it to Norway next year... ;) This country of the month club thing is ok, sometimes... ;) Speaking of which, I'm going to head out and photograph more cars... and find some meat... no wonder these people are so small, they don't eat very much... :) I ordered a steak last night that cost something like $35 and the .99 cent burger at McD's or Jack in the Box would have had more meat on it... I actually ate bait today... raw tuna... can't believe it... Don't tell any of my friends in the MidWest... ;) I did find the local McDonalds, not sure if I want to go to Tullys for a Latte or McDonalds for some meat... ;) john On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Tacoma White wrote: >--> Smart of you to use the plural. It is going to be very heavy. >--> >--> >-->----- Original Message ----- >-->From: "john" >-->To: "Tacoma White" >-->Cc: "fsj list" >-->Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:15 PM >-->Subject: Re: fsj: My Cherokee is gone. RIP >--> >--> >-->> >-->> the SSJ? supersonic Jeep? only if you attached Jatos to it... ;) >-->> >-->> john >-->> >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 08:00:13 CDT From: Dan Black Subject: fsj: random OT stuff john said: {- I have to move 450lbs of Sun server into {- a conference room on the 8th floor in the other tower... [...] {- They had so much trouble in Amsterdam that they decided to chain {- me or my boss to these systems when they send them out... I'm hoping {- my boss doesn't attach the chain to himself when they send it {- to Norway next year... ;) Sounds like you'd better carry a set of bolt cutters in case they try to throw the systems out the window... {- I actually ate bait today... raw tuna... can't believe it... Don't {- tell any of my friends in the MidWest... ;) Ack, the horror! I'm tellin' the world! I had steak Saturday night and two steaks Sunday for lunch... Unfortunately, all three were disappointing. I always order them medium-rare; the first pair Sunday came back definitely well-done, charred on the outside and just the tiniest bit of pink in the very center. They finally took them back and I had to wait another 15-20min for them to bring out the replacements, one of which was mostly fat and very chewy. Time to go to the local grill-it-yourself place, I guess. But from what I've heard of the west coast, they were probably all better than what y'all get out there. The fresh fish out there _is_ good, though -- sucks here in the midwest -- but I wouldn't trade it for the steak long-term. Oh, and have you ever _seen_ real live tuna? I saw them at the Monterey aquarium last year... I imagined little Charlie the Tuna fish a couple inches long that they catch by the millions in nets. Turns out, tuna are huge, a couple feet long and a couple feet tall and a foot or two wide, and they're some of the ugliest things you've ever seen. Suddenly I realized why people first ate them -- lots of meat, and they're so ugly that you have no remorse about killing them. ;) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When it rains, why don't sheep shrink? - -------------- Dan Black ------------------------- dan-at-black.org -------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:18:37 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: Japanese 4x4s I'm hoping to get over to the Off-Road Center, it's supposed to be 30 minutes from Shinjuku... looks like Friday if I can get the servers packed up Thursday night. :) john On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Nick Eckert wrote: >-->John, >--> >--> You could look at putting it into a real off-roader ;-) I know >-->of several people who have put the engines into older Land Rovers. >--> >--> I lived in Japan for several years, you have to get out of the >-->sprawling megapolis of Tokyo to see the real fun vehicles. Mitsubishi >-->makes a road legal vehicle that is a spitting image of a 1940's era >-->Willy's. No plastic whatsoever, gauges in the center, all steel. With a >-->nice turbo diesel engine. I have magazine articles about all in >-->Japanese, of course. >--> >-->Cheers, >--> >-->Nick >-->+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >-->You wrote: >--> >--> >-->Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:14:51 -0700 (PDT) >-->From: john >-->Subject: [db] rescue this 240D... before it becomes a 620D... :) >--> >-->location - Seattle... >--> >-->http://JohnMeister.com/DieselBenz/CARS/1980-240D/ >--> >-->I'll probably fix the transmission... the insanity of putting >-->this on the Jimmy chassis has little support from my trusted >-->consultants. :) >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #2484 **************************