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I think this entire conversation is going down a very useless path. The argument being put forth is the impact Christianity has had in the past on us as a people. This impact, good or bad, is undeniable. However, I think a better way to reason about it is with the analogy of a child being forced to wear a diaper in the earlier parts of her life. At some point, the diaper is no longer needed and just comes off. I feel the same about religion ... it's time to grow up.

Sasun, this *might* be what you are looking for but verify first before buying. A local car audio store might be a good source of info for things like this. But as far as installation, it is REALLY easy if you can get the dash apart to plug it into the back of the stereo. If touching the dash of a new car is somewhat of a scary proposition, again you might want to consult the pros In my jeep, I didn't even have to take the dash apart since I could just reach around behind the stereo by removing the glove box. But not too many passenger cars are as easy to mess with as jeeps.

Yes. I would personally avoid anything that is IPOD specific. A generic audio-in module would be much more preferred in my opinion. We would need to know what kind of radio you have in your car ... more specifically, whether it has CD changer controls on it or not. But here's one link to get you started: http://www.pie.net

Obviously, I couldn't disagree more.

Following that logic, should I still be living in a cave, drawing on walls?

Congrats! I hope it serves you well for many many years.

Eve, all I can say is this all seems to me like of some sort of M. Night Shyamalan creation ... I would have never guessed for you to make such a thread (and the post above), yet now that I read it, I realize all the clues were there all along!!! Congrats and wish you aaaaaaaaaall the best

I personally would take topanga over west on the 101 to Malibu cyn road, down to the ocean, and then over to santa monica. I wouldn't mind living in Malibu or pacific palisades

I would disagree with you Azat. For someone that lives in LA or is in Burbank all the time, yes. I agree with you. However, from someone who is visiting from abroad and wants to see this "Armenian subculture" in the LA area, that is one of the best places to visit. On a typical friday and saturday night, that place is PACKED with the armenians. As far as restaurants and shops, it's nothing special I agree.

Westwood is still a great place ... but of course I can't compare it to what it was 20 years ago because I don't know. They seem to be a lot of rich Iranians hanging around westwood ... but of course just a slight detour to the east and north east, and one finds himself in one of the richest (probably THE richest?) neighborhoods in the world. I've said this before but it is really not uncommon to be surrounded by 2 million dollars worth of automotive equipment at a typical traffic light there ... sometimes a LOT more!

Yah in LA you HAVE to know where to go. Otherwise, you are very likely to end up in a 3rd world country Jugs, tell her to go check out 3rd street promenade and the pier in Santa Monica, Old Town Passadena, and also maybe spend an evening in Burbank, more specifically, walking around on San Fernando Blvd, between Magnolia and Olive streets. As far as Hollywood, in addition to Hollywood and Vine (I haven't been there much), she should also check out Kodak theater at Hollywood and Highland. Inside is great with stores and restaurants but outside, I'd say about 2 blocks to either east or west along hollywood blvd is the max she should walk. After that, it's just fugly. By the way, that's where all the stars and stuff are along the sidewalk (walk of frame).

It's the longest day of the year

It's a pretty good idea. I would vote for June 21st.

Thanks and right before I was about to go to sleep

This is NOT good. I'm not sure how to feel about it at this point but my gut says this is not good.

As far as Chevy (small car), the Cobalt gets my vote. Actually we recently bought one for my little brother. Excellent milage and a very well made car (from what I have seen so far). These new little GM sedans (cobalt in specific) are nothing like the old pices of junk GM used to dump in the market. Also, something like the Pontiac Vibe is almost exactly the same as the Toyota Matrix so it's very difficult these days to make the disctinction of what is "American" and what is "Foreign". Ford owns mazda and they typically make a lot of junk (the trucks are ok) .. but the Mazda 3 is one of the few that is trully made in Japan ... another very very excellent car in the cheap/economical sedan category.

haha ... a friend of mine recently interviewed at Apex here in Madison ... they have grown to become a HUGE company in the last few years here and they do all these medical database type software things so you know they have a huge market as well... Anyway, they told her they always get a kick out of newbies showing up and trying to stuff money into the vending machines the first day or two

Arpa, what are you doing looking at Hyundai's in the first place? I think the best new economical car for the 2007 would be the Toyota YARIS

Really?!!! NICE and BAD BAD BAD! I just spend more than $500 yesterday on new tires for the blazer It is all paid off so it would be very tough to get rid of it now and go into more payments ... But ay ay ay that FJ is nice. It's also perfect for what I want it to do. The only thing that I might consider better is if GM brings back the 2 door K5 (later on Tahoe and Yukon) back with the good old 350 V8.

That's cool! I have a friend that works for Nintendo in texas and sometimes he goes back to work at 11pm just to play!!!

How did you interpret it? And thanks Queb!

Gams, if you did that, I'd call it ... Ayo-ko-hamar

I read this earlier today and wasn't too impressed ... I don't see anything new here to get excited over it too much. It's yet another gadget there ...having used both PDAs and TabletPCs quite extensively, I still prefer my ultra-portable sony vaio (t-series) laptop a LOT more. Plus I easly get 6+ hours of battery life on the laptop with a real keyboard which makes it much easier to work on.

Thank you thank you .... This one is a repeat but I think it deserves a repost in this thread! http://www.seapahn.us/hf/mos_hunt.jpg Mosjan hunting in Colorado ...

Exactly and vice vera!!! So what makes their realization so much better than mine? When you say "elders at my church", you have to realize that you are already talking to a very biased bunch of people. So forming any opinion based on what they say, might be quite biased if you don't talk to other people with other views. I think it is at least promising to see you talking to other people outside of your church.