- 81. Re: MGB at the movies (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:49:42 -0800
- Not movies, but adverts: for some time the AAA has been running an advert in which a rubber-bumper MGB rolls, driverless, into the side of some modern econobox. I cringe every time I see it.
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00047.html (7,284 bytes)
- 82. Re: MGB at the movies (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:30:22 -0800
- It's hard to see. The MG does not seem to have more than superficial damage, though. Regards, Simon
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00052.html (6,832 bytes)
- 83. Re: Virus alert. (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 16:30:41 -0800
- On 12/1/06, Ron Engelhardt <hardt@sonic.net> wrote: The list strips off attachments and just sends us the text part of the messages so you haven't infected us. You should let everyone in your address
- /html/mgs/2006-12/msg00025.html (11,228 bytes)
- 84. Re: Vote for "My Favorite Car" (MGA - Woohoo!) (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:04:38 -0800
- Barney and others, here is the correct link: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=traffic&id=4626766
- /html/mgs/2006-10/msg00275.html (8,609 bytes)
- 85. Re: Choke (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:56:22 -0800
- At the risk of being condescending.... You do know that the knob turns to lock and unlock it in position don't you (not sure if this is true for all model years)? Regards, Simon
- /html/mgs/2006-12/msg00163.html (7,072 bytes)
- 86. Quit testing! (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:49:20 -0800
- This is your second "test" to the list. Maybe you have an email problem, but it is YOUR problem. Not mine, not anyone else on the list. Most people get enough emails, without you using the list as a
- /html/mgs/2006-12/msg00167.html (6,503 bytes)
- 87. Some People on the list (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:18:52 -0800
- Well, I have been shocked by the response to my email asking Deano to quit testing. I used to think of this as a community that discussed MGs in a pleasant manner. Today, in my inbox, I found an emai
- /html/mgs/2006-12/msg00176.html (7,690 bytes)
- 88. Re: What are the normal voltages going to the dynamo D and F (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 10:14:45 -0800
- How quickly should the electro-mechanical regulator on an MGA switch? Should it switch fast enough to make a buzzing sound? Regards, Simon
- /html/mgs/2007-01/msg00013.html (7,223 bytes)
- 89. Re: What are the normal voltages going to the dynamo D and F (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:22:49 -0800
- I asked because fairly recently, I started noticing a buzzing noise that appeared to be coming from the bulkhead and was dependent on engine speed. I had never heard this before (or rather, never no
- /html/mgs/2007-01/msg00016.html (8,249 bytes)
- 90. Re: Selling 67B on Ebay (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:33:36 -0800
- I've read that there are unscrupulous buyers who will try to get more from the seller, in return for positive feedback (or rather to avoid negative feedback). It is because of this behaviour that man
- /html/mgs/2007-01/msg00060.html (8,308 bytes)
- 91. Re: Selling 67B on Ebay (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:34:01 -0800
- As a buyer more often than a seller, my experience is that the chance of getting feedback from a seller is getting lower and lower. If eBay is not worrying about this, they should, because the whole
- /html/mgs/2007-01/msg00069.html (7,810 bytes)
- 92. Re: OFF TOPIC-computer advice (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:41:46 -0800
- As a Linux user myself, let me suggest a slight modification to your suggestion: Ubuntu Linux. Regards, Simon (using Gentoo Linux on this machine, Ubuntu on others).
- /html/mgs/2007-01/msg00116.html (8,697 bytes)
- 93. Re: Linux (WAS: OFF-TOPIC computer advice) (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:24:33 -0800
- With Ubuntu, you have the choice: run from CD or install and run from the hard drive. I have 2 systems with Ubuntu installed -- both dual boot, one used mainly for Windows, the other (my laptop) mai
- /html/mgs/2007-01/msg00178.html (7,350 bytes)
- 94. Re: Information (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:19:46 -0800
- My MGA 1500 engine will get up to operating pressure on just the starter alone. Not immediately -- it does take a significant amount of cranking, but it gets there! Simon
- /html/mgs/2007-02/msg00041.html (6,799 bytes)
- 95. Re: OFF TOPIC-software question (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:52:26 -0800
- Download OpenOffice (free) and use it to open your Word documents. Regards, Simon
- /html/mgs/2007-02/msg00068.html (7,417 bytes)
- 96. Re: OFF TOPIC-software question (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:41:04 -0800
- Even more than that, I have used OpenOffice to "repair" Powerpoint files that PowerPoint would not open. Simon
- /html/mgs/2007-02/msg00073.html (7,052 bytes)
- 97. Re: List up? (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:08:57 -0800
- Yes, just quiet. Actually, today, I had an interesting experience: we had taken my wife's car to a local shop to have a problem fixed. I knew the owner was something of an LBC enthusiast, but in the
- /html/mgs/2007-02/msg00101.html (6,786 bytes)
- 98. Re: [MGS] Re: Greenstuff brake bads for MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 17:57:08 -0700
- I agree with you on this point, but I have another question for you: over how many revolutions do you measure swept area? Regards, Simon
- /html/mgs/2007-05/msg00085.html (6,898 bytes)
- 99. Re: [MGS] Fwd: 1980 MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 20:03:30 -0700
- Canyon Lake is where, exactly (or even approximately)? Also, the mailing list strips out attachments, so the picture did not come through. Perhaps you could upload it to Flickr and give a link? Simo
- /html/mgs/2007-05/msg00088.html (7,673 bytes)
- 100. Re: [Mgs] Electric Fans (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:26:33 -0700
- when I lived in Dallas (generally hotter than Houston), I never had problems with my '74B overheating. It was basically stock (no electric fan), but minus the smog pump. On the other hand, when I to
- /html/mgs/2007-06/msg00306.html (9,628 bytes)
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