From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Sun May 27 16:39:35 2007 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Sunday, May 27 2007 Volume 01 : Number 2464 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: [db] A car for SWMBO? [db] procrastination [db] possible sale of 190D for Jeep Cherokee 2.5TD Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-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 stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 09:09:18 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] A car for SWMBO? looks like the fog lights were broken as well... must have bumped someone... doesn't look too serious... john On Fri, 25 May 2007, jasonbassett-at-juno.com wrote: >-->ebay id 130117338115 >--> >-->I have requested pics of the interior in more detail. >--> >-->Is the front bumper odd on this one or is it just me? >--> >-->BTW, how much would it cost to paint it silver? >--> >-->Jason >--> ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://freegift.com ** http://wagoneers.com ** - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 15:15:28 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] procrastination as we face a 3 day weekend... how many plans do we have? how many projects WILL we actually complete? :) saw this article... thinking about all the projects I've got in work... thinking about all the delays... years have gone by on some projects... books that need to be read, written, inventoried... jeeps in pieces, maintenance to be done... sure my task list is only one page... but it's size 8 font... :) anyway, when you get "a round to it", you might want to read the article below... :) http://career-resources.dice.com/job-technology/ten_procrastination_avoidance _techniques_for_techies.shtml john summary: 1. Avoid distractions. let calls go to voicemail, hang a b^\Do Not Disturb: Coding Deadlineb^] sign outside your cubicle, and consider noise-canceling headphones. 2. Back away from the e-mail. 3. Defuse bad habits. 4. get sufficient sleep and exercise, eat right, and lay off the Mountain Dew and Red Bull. pursue unpleasant tasks when energy levels are high; youb^Yll accomplish them more easily and quickly. 5. getting started is the hard part. break a task into small enough pieces that you can visualize each oneb^Ys outcome, then spend 10 minutes on one chunk. After 10 minutes, continuing for another 10 minutes b^T and so on 6. Procrastinate by working. work on things that you've been procrastinating... b^\...a lot of students were cleaning the stove the night before an exam.b^] 7. Build good habits. start simply by breaking tasks into smaller chunks. 8. Donb^Yt play Spock. b^\itb^Ys best to work with who you are, rather than who you want to be.b^] 9. Separate work and play: Working makes you work more; playing makes you play more. 10. Think you can. While it might sound trite, overcoming procrastination requires positive thinking. b^\The more self-doubt you have, the lower your motivation,b^] DETAILS: How to Manage Procrastination So how can techies avoid procrastinating? b^\We need to get this mismatched person and environment to somehow fit together,b^] notes Steel. Accordingly, start by pursuing these 10 changes: 1. Catalog distractions. According to a 2005 study from Basex, distractions consume 28% of a knowledge workerb^Ys day. Accordingly, attempt to minimize workspace interruptions: let calls go to voicemail, hang a b^\Do Not Disturb: Coding Deadlineb^] sign outside your cubicle, and consider noise-canceling headphones. 2. Back away from the e-mail. Of all corporate distractions, e-mail arguably zaps the most productivity. b^\If you want to be 10b^S15% more productive, and this means probably an extra 30 days of work a year, turn off the automatic indicator on your e-mail,b^] says Steel. In other words, b^\lose the ding, and lose the [notification] icon too.b^] 3. Defuse bad habits. Make bad habits b^T your IM addiction, or checking MySpace nonstop b^T harder to indulge by deleting quick-launch buttons and desktop links to related applications. b^\As soon as you have an impulse, even if itb^Ys fleeting, youb^Yll act on it, if itb^Ys available in those few seconds,b^] notes Steel. 4. Banish the Dew. The predominant reason people put off tasks: theyb^Yre too tired. So get sufficient sleep and exercise, eat right, and lay off the Mountain Dew and Red Bull. Most of all, pursue unpleasant tasks when energy levels are high; youb^Yll accomplish them more easily and quickly. 5. Chunk it up. b^\A lot of tasks have something called motivational surface tension,b^] notes Steel, meaning getting started is the hard part. So break a task into small enough pieces that you can visualize each oneb^Ys outcome, then spend 10 minutes on one chunk. After 10 minutes, continuing for another 10 minutes b^T and so on b^T probably seems like no bother. 6. Procrastinate by working. b^\When I find myself procrastinating,b^] says Steel, b^\I allow myself to procrastinate as long as I do another piece of work I was procrastinating on.b^] His inspiration: that unrivaled procrastinator, the college student. b^\I caught onto this when I found out a lot of students were cleaning the stove the night before an exam.b^] 7. Build good habits. Psychologists say routines help us avoid procrastinating. To build good habits, start simply by breaking tasks into smaller chunks. b^\In the long term, as you get better at things, you can start chunking upwards, the tasks donb^Yt have to be so small, and thatb^Ys where the routine comes in,b^] says Steel. 8. Donb^Yt play Spock. Remember, many human tendencies are incredibly hard-wired. b^\Web^Yre not Spock from the Planet Vulcan, web^Yre quasi-rational,b^] he says, b^\and itb^Ys best to work with who you are, rather than who you want to be.b^] In other words, strive for changes relative to your existing procrastination habits, instead of some abstract ideal. 9. Separate work and play: Working makes you work more; playing makes you play more. Yet how can techies b^T for whom work often resembles play b^T strike a balance? Start by hiding the work laptop when youb^Yre not at work. According to Steel, b^\itb^Ys almost worth it for professionals to have two computers: one for surfing and video games, and one for working.b^] 10. Think you can. While it might sound trite, overcoming procrastination requires positive thinking. b^\The more self-doubt you have, the lower your motivation,b^] he says. b^\As a general rule, itb^Ys best to be your own number-one fan, and to err on the side of believing you can do it.b^] ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://freegift.com ** http://wagoneers.com ** - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 00:21:12 +0100 From: "Stephen Rigley" Subject: [db] possible sale of 190D for Jeep Cherokee 2.5TD Hi folks, We are debating here at home whether to sell the '88 190D in favour of a '96/'97 Jeep Cherokee Diesel... and I thought.. "hang on.. I know just the crowd to ask about this.. " ;-) I'll still have the diesel W123 T to keep me tinkering along with diesel Mercs so no worrys there. ;-) So... good move or bad? Any pointers for me if I go looking at a few tomorrow? What would you do? Is mileage an issue on these vehicles? Any common faults? etc.etc.. Many thanks! Steve ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #2464 **********************************