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In my limited experience, I would guess that number isn't too far off. -RM

The church does not release those financials so anything written here would be pure conjecture. -RM

Naw, I get it. We all have our own temptations in the chocolate department. The nice thing is it looks like your loss has been steady...seriously, way to go! -RM

I was going to respond, but now that I see PC did I think this thread is officially dead. -RM

1st: congrats! Not easy, but worth it and its always nice to see progress. But..... 2nd: M&M's?!?!?!?! All kidding aside. Good luck!

Indeed I was John, see the second line of my post...but thanks for having my back -RM

Always good to get some thing like that done AND have it work. Those look original! I do like the color...seems in nice shape for a 97. -RM

Lol no....but she does have some Italian heritage. -RM

Slam good luck...You may want to check online to make sure that the rapid fires will be ok..the 3.1's are pretty forgiving, and since they are delco's you should be ok...we put a set of bosch platinums in a 3400 once and got nothing but error codes and misfires. I would hate for you do do that work and then have to redo it. Beefche, Kathryn would be there in a heartbeat...she loves grease! Weird girl...lol! -RM

Slam, You may be able to loosen the front dogbone and rock the engine forward to access those plugs. Most plugs in new vehicles are good for 100,000 miles, but being a 97 is probably due no matter what. -RM

Even I wouldn't recommend it, but I would recognize that if everyone there was actually focusing on what they were supposed to be focusing on, it wouldn't matter if they were wearing any of those things, or none of them. -RM

You mean on Sundays between 10 and 1? My experience for most of the Aaronic Priesthood quorums I've been around have been Levi's and a t-shirt the vast majority of the time. -RM

See...got me again! -RM

Thanks. Always glad I can count on you to point out my ignorance Vort. How very Christlike. -RM

You don't say...I should get out more. On that same topic, white shirts and ties are not the standard of dress custom for the youth. -RM

I'm uncertain as to why a yellow, pink or blue shirt would be any more "distracting" than a white one...but then I'm kind of a live and let live sorta guy. I figure Jesus showed up in sandals, a robe, and a beard and seemed to do just fine with passing the sacrament and atoning for my sins, but what do I know. -RM

Is there another ward close by that you could attend instead? -RM

Well as someone once told me, "Jesus was perhaps the ultimate non-combative, non-conformist." -RM

So it really wasn't a choice at 8 then? -RM

Is that not the epitome of culture as opposed to doctrine though volgadon? -RM

I think you support her, and love her and HELP her explore. At the same times it has always struck me as curious how we believe that children, at the age of 8, are accountable/responsible enough to make an important decision regarding what church to join, but they amazingly aren't accountable/responsible enough at the age of 12, 14, 16 etc to decide to leave... -RM

I'm interested in what you think that might be? -RM

We were all challenged to do this during my mission....there was a day that the missionaries weren't allowed out, so the MP decided to issue this challenge to us to make productive use of our time. I completed it...interesting to read it that way, but you retain the story, not the details and specifics. It is possible, but you do have to be a relatively quick reader. Notice I said quick, not good. -RM

My understanding is that doing so in mainland China would be in violation of the law. -RM

The longer I am in the church the more I come to the conclusion that there is more cultural tradition and less doctrine that I was led to believe in my youth. -RM