I see that the thread has died down and all the comments have pretty much faded away. There's been no activity on this thread for 10 days. So now I'm going to apologize. I'm not going to try to defend my actions or justify or explain, because we've been over that already and no one listened, so I'm not going round again. First, to the people I've caused inconvenience to by taking engines apart, pulling parts out of them or getting ready to ship to me, I sincerely apologize. I'm very sorry for any miscommunication on my part that implied I expected anyone to do anything to their engines before I paid them. I did not, and I will take responsibility if I was unclear about that or anything else. I'm sorry. Now to anyone else I may have offended, I'm sorry if you feel that I've somehow disrespected or harmed this community in any way. I certainly did not mean to. I apologize to the community as a whole for any malice or ill will my actions have incited. If you were not personally involved in a dispute over engines or parts and yet have taken personal offense from anything I've said or done, I offer you no apology, as it wasn't your business to begin with. I offer my sincere apologies to the community as a whole, and to the individuals who were personally involved in trying to help me. I offer nothing less, nothing more. Take it or leave it. I will monitor this thread anonymously for activity, but I will add no further comments unless I deem it necessary, nor will I be participating in this forum in any other fashion. How do I monitor a thread anonymously? By not logging in. I will determine a necessary response, if any, to each new comment on an individual basis, if and when I feel like reading them. I do have a life regardless of what anyone here may believe and opinions about my personal life are irrelevant as I know what my life is and what kind of life I really have, it's simply not possible for anyone on the Internet to know one way or the other. And I'm not going to be sitting here 24/7 waiting for people to write stupid comments so I can argue with them. I'm already expecting more of those type of comments, and have no more interest in arguing. If I did, I'd already be arguing instead of apologizing, because there's been plenty of comments I could pick fights over already. If I do choose to respond to any new comments, it will either be in kind or answering legitimate questions that harbor no negativity or ill will. I've simply come to apologize and let you know that if or when I choose to participate in this thread further, it will be peacefully. And I will leave you all with that to take or leave as you will.