Sunday21

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  1. 17 minutes ago, Just_A_Guy said:

    Indeed.  What does a 6th century BC Jew like Nephi know about “churches”, anyways?  It’s still debated as to whether synagogues had even been invented yet.  

    The word “church” may have been the nearest 19th century AD equivalent to what Nephi saw, but it’s still probably light years away from what Nephi actually envisioned.  

    This may explain ‘the horses’. Imagine translating complex material quickly. You envision a lama pulling a cart. You have never seen a lama so ‘horse’. Joesph Smith probably did not have an extensive vocabulary at point in his life nor much experience in deciphering complex word problems. I wonder if he owned a scrabble board or similar? 

  2. 53 minutes ago, Grunt said:

    Everything looks fine to me.  Valve is off.  I assume the PEX goes to your supply and the copper goes through the wall.  Depending on where you live I'd shut that off in winter.  Maybe install an anti-freeze faucet.  Solder job is rough and looks like there is some extra flux there.  

    Did you have a specific issue you were concerned with?

    @Grunt Thanks for your comment! I did not know if the valve was letting water out or if the valve was turned off! 

  3. On 10/8/2019 at 5:35 PM, Melanie Wight said:

    So I was trying to scour the internet in hopes of  finding a way to get a "as new as possible blue leather scripture triple combination and bible" for my daughters 8th birthday. I found this site because back in 2014 someone else was looking for the same thing and someone here had a set she bought from them! I am hoping for the same miracle if possible 😂.  Does anyone have some new or very lightly used blue leather scriotures just lying around? My daughter would be SO happy and grateful! And so would I. Thank you!!

    Melanie

    I googled and found this site. https://www.customldsscriptures.com/shop/triple-combination-regular-size/

  4. Dear Smart People,

    This is a valve situated inside my house that turns the water on/off to an exterior garden hose. First position: As per the photo. The handle is currently as far clockwise as it will go.

    Second position: If you turn the valve counter clockwise, the second position occurs when the valve lines up so that it is vertical as is the blue pipe. 

    So what do you think? Is the valve in the photo open or closed? Do you happen to know what this type of valve is called?

    Once we work this out, I will label the pipe! I think that the kind and industrious couple who used to own this house missed this pipe because every other pipe in the house is carefully labelled!

    Many thanks!

     

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  5. 53 minutes ago, prisonchaplain said:

    A little over a year ago I had the opportunity to join a few 10-thousands of LDS members in worship. The church rented Safeco Field (or it may have been Centurylink), and I got an invite by one of our officers to join him and his family. President Nelson spoke, as did a few other leaders. The music was classic hymns, and the messages were delivered in a conversational style, with messaging that could easily have been accepted in most Evangelical congregations. Participants seemed so pleased to hear from church leaders live. Perhaps the most interesting aspect was that, despite the venue and presence of dignitaries, the service felt like what I suppose happens most Sundays in wards. The lack of need for special effects etc. was impressive. People went to hear leaders speak and to have church--not to be entertained or "wow-d."

    So... have you ever been to a non-LDS service, and what were your impressions?

    I attended an evangelical church today. Wooo! Rock band! Strobe lights! Noise! Noise! People standing and swaying to the music and clapping hands. A thinly veiled sermon on the correct political party for the upcoming election. After 3/4 hour I thanked my friend for the invite to the blessing ceremony for her young relative and I fled. And lots and lots of coffee! Coffee fumes! Coffee fumes! 

    The people were exceptionally fun, kind, and interesting. Another flavour of Christianity and other than the political prompting from the pulpit, a positive experience. If the LDS decided to change the service to be similarly lively, I am sure that I would get used to it. Lovely people 💜  

     

  6. @SpiritDragon Thanks so much! I had decided that you had left the forum so I stopped checking for your response. I agree with you about Justin. I would like to see the back of him. I am amazed that Justin gets away with the things that he does. He interfered in the objectiveness of our judicial system! How dare you! What more do you need to do to get voted out of office? And the dressing up thing? Could you grow up please? 

    I once invited a nonmember to an lds Halloween dance. We had coordinated outfits. I was southern belle and he was to be a southern beau. I arrived in my elaborate getup with all the trimmings. When I was rolled out of the car with the big skirt and parasol, there was a group of young woman at the curb. They had assembled to prevent me from killing my beau who unbeknownst to me had donned blackface.  That was a very longtime ago and everyone knew it was deeply wrong. I think he was making a statement about our former exclusion of blacks from the priesthood. Anyway. No one was happy. From the youngest to the oldest, we knew this was not a good thing to do. 

    I teach young people in their 20s. At least 1/2 are brown. I am involved in the structure that prods them into the job market. They are a mixture of ambition laziness and sheer foolishness that drives me crazy. We are increasingly brown in the University population so racial tension is the very last thing we need. I see the conservative ad as an invite to those looking for a way to keep back the non -white tide. This invite scares the hell out of me.

    i really don’t know what to do about this election. The PCs must have had a lot of meetings during which they pitched ideas, discussed these ideas, and approved that ad. I suspect that if we were to have a record of racial groups who graduate from UNI we would see that the future of some parts of the country will be brown. We are multicoloured and we need to embrace this.

    Anyway thanks so much for your comprehensive responses! What a miserable election!

  7. 21 hours ago, SilentOne said:

    It was long enough ago that I don't remember my feelings too well, but I think it was pretty good but spoiled a bit for me from spoilers and overly high expectations.

    And then there were none also called Indian Island, is quite good by same author

  8. 1 hour ago, Connie said:

    Wow! Brave of you to read that! I'm familiar enough with the history that I don't think I could stomach it. Reminds me of the time my husband recommended The Hot Zone. I told him to go jump in a lake.

    It was so difficult read...oh my...I only made it through because I hope to attend a book club that assigned the book! Now I have to look up the hot zone! 

    Oh my! Read the review! No no no!

  9. 34 minutes ago, Connie said:

    Well enough. You?

    Doing so-so. Read Radium Girls about women working with radioactive materials in northern states from WWII forwards. So depressing! But incredibly well researched and written. I was really impressed by the husbands of these women. They stood by there wives through it all!  

  10. Tennessee 

    https://www.workforce.com/2019/05/08/workplace-civility-shouldnt-be-something-we-have-to-legislate/. WARNING! There is at the very end of this article some profanity inserted by the lawyer describing this new law. Thus, I would not click on this link. I include it only as backup for the quote below. The quote below has no profanity.

    For example, consider Tennessee’s Healthy Workplace Act. It encourages anti-bullying and respectful workplace policies by granting immunity to an employer from lawsuits alleging negligent or intentional infliction of emotional distress if that employer adopts such a policy. Tennessee even provides a Model Abusive Conduct Prevention Policy [pdf].

    As originally drafted, Tennessee’s law only applied to public employers. Last week, Tennessee amended it to apply to all employers in that state.

    Bravo to Tennessee for taking a stand against abusive bosses and other bullies at work. But also, how sad that we need a law to tell employees to treat each other like, well, like people.

    The [Insert Entity Name] is firmly committed to a workplace free from abusive conduct as defined herein. We strive to provide high quality products and services in an atmosphere of respect, collaboration, openness, safety and equality. All employees have the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

    The policy prohibits employees from:

    • Repeated verbal abuse in the workplace, including derogatory remarks, insults, and epithets;
    • Verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a threatening, intimidating, or humiliating nature in the workplace; or
    • The sabotage or undermining of an employee’s work performance in the workplace.

    And it requires supervisors to:

    • Provide a working environment as safe as possible by having preventative measures in place and by dealing immediately with threatening or potentially violent situations;
    • Provide good examples by treating all with courtesy and respect;
    • Ensure that all employees have access to and are aware of the abusive conduct prevention policy and explain the procedures to be followed if a complaint of inappropriate behavior at work is made;
    • Be vigilant for signs of inappropriate behaviors at work through observation and information seeking, and take action to resolve the behavior before it escalates; and
    • Respond promptly, sensitively and confidentially to all situations where abusive behavior is observed or alleged to have occurred.

    Such admirable goals. It’s just so sad that we need to legislate them into existence