Peruviantiger

Yes it is an added benefit if one is stripping down to the wood. Me, I was just trying to remove some stubborn dirt not paint. The machine itself works great.

I can see that, because I bathe in unscented soap and use unscented detergent as well. You give me something to think about for sure.

That’s funny, never thought of it that way. ????

As one who designs parking from time to time, I can tell you that standard parking is between 9x18 and 9x20 with some instances being smaller (like a percentage of spaces used for compact cars.). On the surface your suggestion makes sense, but the issue would be the calculations that determine the number parking spaces required. There is only so much real estate to place parking on many of the lots that are available.

As one who drives an oversized truck (a crew cab Ram 3500 dually with a long wheel base), it depends on the angle of the parking. Angled parking I pull in, right angle parking I back in as it is easier to pull out of a space as compared to back out of the space. I always retract my mirrors if the space is tight.

Unloaded 15 50 pound sacks of feed from the truck and stacked them in their proper place, I thenfed the animals on the farm. I am now working to provide for my family.

What’s a penny right? Not much until you add it up. According to Google there are 285,000,000 registered vehicles in the US, and if that were to happen once a month to each vehicle, that’s 285,000,000 x .12 a year for an extra $34.2 million a year in their coffers. Thats no small change.

Yes I am using the digital read out on the dash. I was a little suspect at the beginning, but have come to accept it. I haven’t checked it independently . I will check it on my next fill up, as you have peaked my interest to see how accurate it is.

Now, the way I read your comment is that you don't approve of a pastor receiving a salary. This is typically the point of view of someone who doesn't go to church, or someone who has a misunderstanding of biblical teaching on finances, or someone who has been affected / hurt by someone in ministry who abused their position. There even may be another reason, to each their own. :cool:

However, biblically there is certainly an economy that the church has. This is taught by Paul, Peter even Christ taught on money. Typically the administrator of that economy in the local church should be the pastor ALONG with a board of elders (deacons in some denominations). That way there is a check and balances as well as transparency. It is with this economy that a pastor is paid a salary that the board of elders set, and is public knowledge among the church members. It is most certainly biblically acceptable for a pastor, or any minister of the Gospel to receive a salary if the church so deems to do so.

With that said, allow me to clarify something. What I have written now or before is not justifying nor declaring any wrong doing or any overt abuse of God's economy by Mr. Swaggart or anyone for that matter. If that were to be the case, each individual will be held responsible to God. I am explaining what could possibly be.

Another way to look at it is this. I am a bi-vocational pastor. I receive a salary (modest) from the church I pastor. The church offered me a housing allowance. I chose not to take it because I run my business through my home office. Can't do both.

Allow me to be very broad in my explanation. A couple of factors to keep in mind. Let's say the church has 500 members. A 500 member church has a typical 1.2 million dollar a year budget. The same church typically will allocate 30-40 percent toward the senior pastor's salary. So 30%. of 1.2 is $360k.

Now let's look at the housing. The housing allowance can be 100% of your church salary. I just looked online and saw a 4 million +/- home with an 18k mortgage. So if you take 18k x 12 months that is a salary of $216k a year. Sure that is no small amount, but with the size of the church that is less than the typical 30% salary alllotment. Therefore, though the house is very large, it when converted to a monthly payment added up over the year, is still a great bargain for the church as it $144k less per year than the average salary for a pastor of a church this size. Of course, this is based on the church can provide only his housing and he could live on the sales of his books, and music, etc. and not use a home office.

Of course this is very simplistic and we all know that taxes are not simplistic at all. Plus, I didn't know him, nor am I privy of his personal life details, I am just saying that it is possible that though the house is valued as such, it still could be a rather modest salary for the size of the membership of the church. Now if the church could only afford him a salary of $100k and bought a house as such, then all bets are off, and it would not be ethical.

I have a RAM 3500 dually 4 wheel drive, and used it less than a week ago. I don't use it a lot, but when I need it, I need it. Or in other words, better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

I get the excitement from last night, but these are not even in the same universe for multiple reasons.

1. NATIONAL CAMPIONSHIP VS regular season. Natty trumps everything.
2. Morris was injured most of the year, plus facing Morrison an all American pitcher, so his homer was completely unexpected (I think it might have even been his only one of the year). Where as, you think every time Jones gets to bat, there's a chance.
3. LSU was losing to Miami when Morris hit his, so it was win or go home. If Jones doesn't hit one, LSU is still playing the next inning.
4. As petty at the Vols are, not a single one laid down face first in the field and cried because they lost.

It will take not a walk off hit, but a come from behind walk off homer in Game 3 of the National championship series to rival or top Morris'. Though Jones' was an absolute bomb, and it couldn't have happened to a better team.