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    Traveler got a reaction from laronius in The United Order   
    My family is the holder of the best known copy of the Rules of the United Order.  For your fun and enjoyment I have printed out a copy (on my compurter not a photo copy) of the rules of the United Order.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler reacted to Emmanuel Goldstein in The United Order   
    As I read through this, I found that my family and I are already doing most of these. A few still need a little more effort.
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    Traveler reacted to LDSGator in Social Security Going Bankrupt?   
    Free to Choose should be read by everyone. 
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    Traveler got a reaction from Backroads in Social Security Going Bankrupt?   
    Greetings @JohnsonJones:
    Back in the 80’s an international acclaimed economists (Milton Friedman) did an audit of the Social Security for then President Ragan.  His audit was somewhat unpopular – especially for the Democrats but it did upset Republicans as well.  Two of the biggest problems with the Social Security Department was the expanded use of the funds (for example the funding of Black Military Ops) and the exorbitant overhead costs (10 time the allowable overhead costs – by law – for privately funded retirement funds).
    According to Friedman, there has never been a shortage of funds, rather poor management (including unfunded changes).  As near as I can tell - none of Milton's recomendations have been adopted.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler got a reaction from Anddenex in The United Order   
    My family is the holder of the best known copy of the Rules of the United Order.  For your fun and enjoyment I have printed out a copy (on my compurter not a photo copy) of the rules of the United Order.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler got a reaction from Just_A_Guy in The United Order   
    My family is the holder of the best known copy of the Rules of the United Order.  For your fun and enjoyment I have printed out a copy (on my compurter not a photo copy) of the rules of the United Order.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler got a reaction from LDSGator in Social Security Going Bankrupt?   
    Greetings @JohnsonJones:
    Back in the 80’s an international acclaimed economists (Milton Friedman) did an audit of the Social Security for then President Ragan.  His audit was somewhat unpopular – especially for the Democrats but it did upset Republicans as well.  Two of the biggest problems with the Social Security Department was the expanded use of the funds (for example the funding of Black Military Ops) and the exorbitant overhead costs (10 time the allowable overhead costs – by law – for privately funded retirement funds).
    According to Friedman, there has never been a shortage of funds, rather poor management (including unfunded changes).  As near as I can tell - none of Milton's recomendations have been adopted.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Social Security Going Bankrupt?   
    For those that are wondering, there is not a penny left in the Social Security trust fund.  What is left in that trust fund is an IOU from the federal government.  Sadly, that IOU is not referenced nor considered when the national debt is calculated.   It is perhaps the happiest place for the federal government to borrow money because there is no interest paid on the money that is borrowed from Social Security.
    I am sure if you ask anyone in the Social Security Administration – they will tell you that Social Security is as secure as our borders.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler got a reaction from LDSGator in The United Order   
    My family is the holder of the best known copy of the Rules of the United Order.  For your fun and enjoyment I have printed out a copy (on my compurter not a photo copy) of the rules of the United Order.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler got a reaction from zil2 in The United Order   
    My family is the holder of the best known copy of the Rules of the United Order.  For your fun and enjoyment I have printed out a copy (on my compurter not a photo copy) of the rules of the United Order.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler reacted to mikbone in Social Security Going Bankrupt?   
    This is what the government shows me for my options. 
    Im hoping the the 2nd coming occurs prior to Social Security failure.
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    Traveler reacted to Backroads in Social Security Going Bankrupt?   
    One concerning incident I was involved with as a teacher was a family trying to get their kid declared disabled in order to get SSI. No one in the family worked (Mom, Dad, and Grandma) and relied on an assortment of programs to survive.
    Kid had ADHD, which, if extreme enough, can qualify for a disability, sure.
    The parents' strategy was to enroll him in online school to manipulate his school work and use that to try for an IEP (which apparently can help with SSI cases).
    Kid didn't qualify for IEP because our only evidence of any learning issue was the parents not sending him to class and then obviously manipulating his school work.
    Mom threw a tantrum, then complained in a mutual Facebook group how concerned she now was about finances since they couldn't rely on a 6-year-old's SSI.
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    Traveler got a reaction from Still_Small_Voice in Relief Society Presidencies no longer sit with Bishopric   
    Just for fun – a long time ago, when the wife and I were still raising our children, I kept a notebook of stupid things I said.  All with the idea of perhaps someday publishing a book of humor.   Some examples: 
    “Your mother is coming over today?  Does she need to borrow your broom?”
    “Your sister is on another diet?  Did she break her Richter scale?”
    The husband comes home from work and the wife is in the kitchen fixing hamburgers for dinner.  
        Husband: “Why are the hamburgers so big?”
        Wife: “Because I got big buns.”
         Warning!!!! Whatever cute and fun thing you are thinking of saying could be damaging to your health.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler got a reaction from Still_Small_Voice in Relief Society Presidencies no longer sit with Bishopric   
    I have a daughter that left the Church because she has concluded that women are 2nd class citizens within the society of Latter-day Saints.  For a number of years this controversy caused divisions (sometimes angry exchanges) within our family and particularly between myself and my daughter.  Over the years I have come to the conclusion that angry exchanges are harmful to both myself and my daughter so for a while I avoided such topics.  Currently, I am able to discuss things without becoming angry or responding to her anger and things have gotten much better --- but there is another side to all this.  Her 4 children (my grandchildren) have continually drifted and have become quite confused over morals.  For a while the grandkids would attend church with us when we visited, or they visited us.  It has been a long time since they have chosen not to go with us to church.
    It was decided by my daughter and her husband that kids should figure out their own moral directions and religious connections.  This has been most difficult for the kids and as they are reaching adulthood in this confusing world they have not done well.  Two of the children have become lost and developed addictions.   The addictions have resulted in severe mental illness issues to the point that it is doubtful that they will ever be able to ever live on their own without some assistance.   Sadly, daughter is coming to her senses and realizing that leaving the church and the moral mooring living standards bring – is the primary factor in her children succumbing to damaging temptations – just not enough yet to return to protections of living by covenant.
     It is important that each person develop their own faith in G-d but if a person determines to become an agent unto themselves – it is not just their lives that are affected.  It is not uncommon for innocent children (or others) to suffer consequences sometimes for many generations.  With such damage I marvel that the atonement of Christ is able to unravel whatever damage we can do to ourselves and others.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler reacted to askandanswer in Trivia   
    It would have been very helpful if you had mentioned this earlier! I've been trying to work out what I've been doing wrong. Perhaps I should start trying to go through trees instead of trying to go around them. I'll have to think about that a bit. 
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    Traveler got a reaction from LDSGator in Relief Society Presidencies no longer sit with Bishopric   
    Just for fun – a long time ago, when the wife and I were still raising our children, I kept a notebook of stupid things I said.  All with the idea of perhaps someday publishing a book of humor.   Some examples: 
    “Your mother is coming over today?  Does she need to borrow your broom?”
    “Your sister is on another diet?  Did she break her Richter scale?”
    The husband comes home from work and the wife is in the kitchen fixing hamburgers for dinner.  
        Husband: “Why are the hamburgers so big?”
        Wife: “Because I got big buns.”
         Warning!!!! Whatever cute and fun thing you are thinking of saying could be damaging to your health.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Relief Society Presidencies no longer sit with Bishopric   
    Just for fun – a long time ago, when the wife and I were still raising our children, I kept a notebook of stupid things I said.  All with the idea of perhaps someday publishing a book of humor.   Some examples: 
    “Your mother is coming over today?  Does she need to borrow your broom?”
    “Your sister is on another diet?  Did she break her Richter scale?”
    The husband comes home from work and the wife is in the kitchen fixing hamburgers for dinner.  
        Husband: “Why are the hamburgers so big?”
        Wife: “Because I got big buns.”
         Warning!!!! Whatever cute and fun thing you are thinking of saying could be damaging to your health.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler reacted to Anddenex in Seeking Home   
    I'm would think it is the same process that Abraham followed on an individual level, except with the city it was a collective decision accomplished by individual choices by each member of the society (Abraham 1:2). I also think it helps to have a leader to who lived as long as Enoch.
    If we were to take the 10 commandments, and every one in a society/village decided to follow those ten commandments (with full purpose of heart and with real intent) imagine in three generations how strong that society would be/become. There would be no:
    Adultery Fornication (including rape) Stealing Lying Dishonoring parents (one of the great doorways of our society toward evil) Perversions of Sex/Gender Murder War Welfare Occupation This is a society that can only be accomplished through a belief in Jesus Christ, and we would start seeing:
    Stronger families Honesty in all dealings Service Industry Forgiveness Repentance  
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    Traveler reacted to laronius in Seeking Home   
    Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
    These verses have always struck a cord with me. When Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden into the lone and dreary world, they longed to return home again, back into God's presence. In the scriptures we read of this longing for a home (promised land) over and over again. But receiving a land of inheritance is only the beginning. It's not truly home until God resides there as well, in other words, Zion. We see the perfect example of this with Enoch. He helped create a true Home on earth and then were taken up into God's bosom.
    It makes me wonder what that process was like. Surely they experienced many of the same struggles that modern families and communities deal with. And yet they were able to endure and eventually overcome them. 
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    Traveler got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Trivia   
    I believe the point is - if someone is going to take up a potentially dangerous physical activity – they should not wait until their physical capabilities are in serious decline.  I have been involved in human powered cycling and skiing for over 60 years.  I realize that there are some not so rigorous cycling trails as well as blue and green ski trails.  However, if one’s goals involve 2,000 feet climbs cycling and double black diamond runs through the trees as a means to recover from knee and hip replacements – they may think about a second opinion.
    On another note – if you are going to ski through trees make sure you are capable of keeping both skis on the same side of all the trees.  Otherwise, you could not just have a bad day for yourself, but you can make it a bummer for everybody that is with you and cares about you.  😬  Just ask Sunny Bono and friends.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler reacted to mikbone in Trivia   
    Me and all my colleagues request that this nonsense stop.
    Past the age of 60 you are better off taking up this sporty ride.

     
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    Traveler reacted to zil2 in Trivia   
    I tried to follow all that, but had a hard time staying focused.
    Proper trivium:
    1mL of fountain pen ink, in a fountain pen, will write roughly 10 letter/A4 pages, front and back.  ("Roughly" because every paper, pen, ink, and writer combination is unique.)
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    Traveler got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Trivia   
    There was a complaint a while back that posting on the forum (primarily in the General discussion thread) is dying.  I had what I believe to be a fun idea in posting some worthless trivia – thus this thread.  So here is some trivia about motorcycles.
    I have a brother that loves to ride his Harley but recently sold it and does not plan to purchase another – he is done riding.  I asked him why.  The reason for him is that riding requires too much concentration.  For example, driving a car down a road at 60 mph and encountering a tennis shoe is not much more than an annoying thud.  Not really a problem.  On a motorcycle, hitting a tennis shoe can ruin your whole day – especially on a turn.   Riding with a group is kind of a thing but on a two-lane winding country road – trying to get a group of motorcycles past a semi is no longer fun for him.
    Because riding a motorcycle requires much more concentration – rides over an hour has become too tiring for my brother, taking the fun out of trips.  This brings me to another trivia point I read a couple of decades ago.  It is that if someone past the age of 60 decides to purchase their first motorcycle to fulfill some dream – they have a 70% chance of dying on that motorcycle.  I have concluded this is part of the concentration thing and that as we get older remaining focused does not work so well.  I guess that if someone does not want to waist away in a hospital bed as an end of life scenario – taking up motorcycling in your retirement, may not be a bad idea.
    I learned about the high-rise handlebars – the term for those handlebars are “ape hangers”.   We can speculate how cycle riders came up with that.  In the state of Utah (and several other states) it is illegal to have ape hangers that require one’s hands to be higher than their arm pits.  This is not because someone wants to give certain kinds of riders a bad time.  It is because holding one’s hands (or hand) above their heart for prolonged periods of time will cause their hand to go to sleep.  This little fact of life causes me to wonder why such a law would be required in the first place????  This should be a matter of evolution that would quickly remove certain mentalities from the gene pool.
    Anyway – If someone wants to chime in – please do.  If you have any point of trivia to add to this thread – for fun or pet peeve – have at it.  For fun if nothing else.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler got a reaction from Deseretdog in Deseretdog   
    A note – I am a retired engineer and scientist in the field of automation, robotics and artificial intelligence.  Most everything I have studied concerning the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints resonates with me as well.  There are some things that initially seemed out of place or not quite right but over time have proven to be exactly spot on and prophetic.   The strongest piece of evidence for me has been the Book of Mormon.  If I were to highlight any possible contrary element it would be a few members that have overrated themselves.  But even considering such members and compared to any other organization – there is no other institution on earth I personally trust more.  Even the most enlightened and intelligent institution in the universe (heaven) produced an abundance of (though very intelligent individuals) that way overrated themselves as well.   Pride is such an enemy and hindrance to peace and unity of society.
     
    The Traveler
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    Traveler reacted to Vort in Relief Society Presidencies no longer sit with Bishopric   
    Good for you, though I'm very sorry for the tragic route you've taken. Ftr, I'm talking about the parents who smile benignly as their little children run screaming through the aisles.