Once and for all memory issues

I tell you there is nothing more frustrating than seeing the memory usage go up and up until you decide that the code cannot be simpler and the references fewer.  After testing every component, I have come to the conclusion that the garbage collector is less judicious than I OCD but that the garbage collector does remove unused items.  You can see when you limit the vm to a certain amount of memory.  So, moral of the story...trust the vm and the garbage collection.