mordorbund Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 NeuroTypical 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 9 hours ago, MrShorty said: tesuji's response reminded me of the problem of finding the right building. "We're looking for the Smith's baby blessing." "Do you know what ward or building?" "The 242nd ward." "This is the 142nd ward. The 242nd ward meets a block down on the NW corner of the intersection. Be sure to get the right building, because the SE corner of that intersection is the 342nd ward." You are killing me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 5 hours ago, mordorbund said: Nope, I have also been buying all your underwear online for the last 10 years. Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 20 minutes ago, mordorbund said: And who might this be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted September 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) 10 hours ago, tesuji said: I now live a block from the meetinghouse. Yeah, we're late every week When we purchased our home, we were pleased it was kitty-corner from a church. We mistakenly assumed that was our ward building and that we'd never have to try to be on time again. No, not the newer lovely church surrounded by pretty trees. Which were torn to pieces in last week's tornado, so perhaps we're good traveling a block. Edited September 27, 2016 by Backroads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 11 hours ago, Sunday21 said: And who might this be? I have no clue - other than someone I wish to back slowly away from, avoiding eye contact. (I also don't think I'll be accepting underwear from this guy any time soon...) Sunday21, Maureen, zil and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytebear Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 When my mom moved into a new house, a friend remarked, "Oh, how nice, the chapel is right behind your house (literally, the parking lot fence was her back yard fence. "Oh, no, that's not my ward building. Mine is down the street." Sunday21 and Backroads 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 5 hours ago, bytebear said: When my mom moved into a new house, a friend remarked, "Oh, how nice, the chapel is right behind your house (literally, the parking lot fence was her back yard fence. "Oh, no, that's not my ward building. Mine is down the street." You guys are killing me! For some reason, almost wherever I have lived, the chapel is always in the back-of-beyond. Okay in Ottawa it was 5 blocks away, on Kimball & Cumorah. We must have had a member in the city planning department or maybe Moroni wandered by and named the street in his wanderings. Backroads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anatess2 Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 I betcha you walk to your Stake Center too. Poor me have to drive 45 minutes... Backroads and zil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytebear Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 Even here in California, we have about as many churches as Targets (which is a lot). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane_Doe Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 (edited) 28 minutes ago, bytebear said: Darn computer glitch..... Edited September 29, 2016 by Jane_Doe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSG Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 On 9/28/2016 at 0:41 PM, anatess2 said: I betcha you walk to your Stake Center too. Poor me have to drive 45 minutes... 50 minutes from here, and of course the chapel is on the other side of town and uphill from me; nearly a 20 minute bike ride, but I can be home in a bit over 12 minutes. For a town that's a hair under 12 square miles, it seems Baptist is more practical; there are at least 7 assorted Baptist churches here. Only two Methodist and two CoC. Rumor has it there's a second AoG one tucked in somewhere, and of course, there are assorted non-denominational ones on various levels of come-as-you-are to try-to-at-least-pretend-it's-a-real-church. Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anatess2 Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 13 minutes ago, NightSG said: 50 minutes from here, and of course the chapel is on the other side of town and uphill from me; nearly a 20 minute bike ride, but I can be home in a bit over 12 minutes. For a town that's a hair under 12 square miles, it seems Baptist is more practical; there are at least 7 assorted Baptist churches here. Only two Methodist and two CoC. Rumor has it there's a second AoG one tucked in somewhere, and of course, there are assorted non-denominational ones on various levels of come-as-you-are to try-to-at-least-pretend-it's-a-real-church. At least the temple is only 2 1/2 hours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSG Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 10 minutes ago, anatess2 said: At least the temple is only 2 1/2 hours... Depends on traffic. 2 if you miss all the construction and there aren't any wrecks, but easily 3 some days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrShorty Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 8 minutes ago, anatess2 said: At least the temple is only 2 1/2 hours... Another perfect example of a Utah Mormon problem -- choice overload paralysis. If we give ourselves 2.5 hours, we can choose one of at least half a dozen (or more) temples to attend. It can be overwhelming to have so many choices. Kind of like when you go into Baskin Robbins or the BYU Creamery or the Aggie Ice Cream store (the worst I've been to is the Tillamook Creamery in Tillamook OR, but that's not in Utah) and have to choose what flavor ice cream you want. Sunday21, Backroads, zil and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 I hate you guys! We have, I don't know maybe 7 temples in this entire country and I drive to the states to go to mine! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 I did get a rather amusing talk from my bishop on American culture before sending me off to work in the us temple. 'Now remember it's another culture and they tend to react more strongly than we do up here' true! Backroads and zil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zil Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 2 hours ago, Sunday21 said: I did get a rather amusing talk from my bishop on American culture before sending me off to work in the us temple. 'Now remember it's another culture and they tend to react more strongly than we do up here' true! That's just cuz we don't have to expend so much energy thawing out first. Backroads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 5 hours ago, zil said: That's just cuz we don't have to expend so much energy thawing out first. Yes, you have warm hearts! zil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
askandanswer Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Where we used to live it was a 12 hour trip to the temple. The monthly stake temple trips involved getting on the bus at 6:00 pm Friday, travelling 12 hours, arriving at 6:00 am Saturday, spending 6 hours in the temple, getting back on the bus at 12:00 pm Saturday afternoon and arriving back at the chapel at midnight Saturday night. When we moved to where we live now we rejoiced that the temple was only 3 hours away. We stopped rejoicing about a year later when the church announced that they were building a temple only 20 minutes from where we used to live. dahlia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zil Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 22 minutes ago, askandanswer said: Where we used to live it was a 12 hour trip to the temple. The monthly stake temple trips involved getting on the bus at 6:00 pm Friday, travelling 12 hours, arriving at 6:00 am Saturday, spending 6 hours in the temple, getting back on the bus at 12:00 pm Saturday afternoon and arriving back at the chapel at midnight Saturday night. When we moved to where we live now we rejoiced that the temple was only 3 hours away. We stopped rejoicing about a year later when the church announced that they were building a temple only 20 minutes from where we used to live. Maybe you should test this sequence by moving again... Backroads, SilentOne and Sunday21 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
askandanswer Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 11 minutes ago, zil said: Maybe you should test this sequence by moving again... Nah, I think I'll just build my own. With funding crowd-sourced from the members of mormonhub.com. That way I get to choose the location and design. Backroads, zil and Sunday21 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 1 hour ago, askandanswer said: Where we used to live it was a 12 hour trip to the temple. The monthly stake temple trips involved getting on the bus at 6:00 pm Friday, travelling 12 hours, arriving at 6:00 am Saturday, spending 6 hours in the temple, getting back on the bus at 12:00 pm Saturday afternoon and arriving back at the chapel at midnight Saturday night. When we moved to where we live now we rejoiced that the temple was only 3 hours away. We stopped rejoicing about a year later when the church announced that they were building a temple only 20 minutes from where we used to live. Oh brother! Isn't that the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSG Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 On 9/30/2016 at 9:53 PM, Sunday21 said: I hate you guys! We have, I don't know maybe 7 temples in this entire country and I drive to the states to go to mine! ? One per soul? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 6 hours ago, NightSG said: One per soul? Cheeky! 1.8 million but I see your point. Most of the country is empty. You should see Manitoba (up north of North Dakota). Hardly any one in the entire province. One big wilderness. Never, never drive across Manitoba. Deadly. Not a person to be seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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