I learned in church today

[FN Phat]

LOL. You forgot to mention they use shotguns instead of rifles. All the drinking makes it more of a sport.

depends on the state. VA is rifles but WVA is shotguns. KY is rifles and IL is shotguns. Doesn't make any sense.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Really? Maybe I haven't seen enough whitetails, but they sure seem small.
It seems like shooting a large dog to me, although I think they are prettier than mule deer.

In PA, the guys would sit in tree-blinds and drink all day hoping a deer wandered into their clearing.
Maybe you really just want to drink in your treehouse? In which case, I'm in!

[Flystripper]

depends on the state. VA is rifles but WVA is shotguns. KY is rifles and IL is shotguns. Doesn't make any sense.

Shotguns with slug ammo right?

[FN Phat]

Shotguns with slug ammo right?

for the most part. In VA we were part of a hunt club that used 00 buck shot. It is legal, and quite popluar, to hunt deer with dogs. People got tired of shooting and killing their dogs with a missed shot at a deer.

[Omaha 680]

I learned that being in Northern Ireland will make my wife want to go to 3 hours of church on vacation. She wants to move here for real.

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[clackamascoug]

Thus the early time signature on your post.

How come nobody ever talks about Southern Ireland?

[Clark Addison]

As I type this, I am sitting on the stand in Sacrament a Meeting, substituting as ward chorister. The opening hymn was "Now Thank We All Our God". This is not a very familiar hymn, so there was not a lot of singing going on.

One line of the is:

"Who, from our mothers' arms, hath blessed us on our way"

I try not to stare at the book too much, so I sometimes mix up words, and sang instead:

"Who, from our mothers' womb, hath blessed us on our way"

Oh, well. Close enough.

[Harry Tic]

I learned that one of the best examples we have of continuing revelation today is the creation of additional quorums of seventies. I wish I would have used that line on my mission a little more often.

I'm confident that future generations will fondly recall the revelation that required church members assume greater responsibilities for keeping the building clean, as well as the revelation of the correlated password for all wireless systems throughout the church.

And, call me simple-minded, but I like to think that I can see the hand of the Lord in the directive to use kitchen spaces for heating food, not preparing it.

[TripletDaddy]

I learned that there is a "married adult fireside" tonight for married couples of all ages.

My wife learned that I won't be attending the "married adult fireside" tonight for married couples of all ages.

[Jeff Lebowski]

My MIL is in a local rest home in the Alzheimer's unit so each week after sacrament my wife and I skip the other two meetings and attend with her. They do a short service conducted by volunteers from our stake. The entire meeting is 30-40 minutes max. Hymn, prayers, sacrament (deacons from our stake) and then a musical number and a short talk. The musical numbers are always top notch. A few weeks ago they did an piano-violin number that might be the best thing I have ever heard at church. Two professional musicians. This week it was a vocalist from BYU and she was superb. It is quite touching to see so many volunteers give such great service. These elderly people don't have a lot of dignity left (most are in diapers) but they are treated with deep respect and love. It will be a blessing when my MIL passes, but I am going to miss attending church there.

So today we attended and they had a group of 10-11 yr-old primary girls sing a few numbers. Then they started the meeting and we had a short welcome from the branch president and then the sacrament. Then a 14-yr-old kid gave a great talk on gratitude and when he sat down the adult speaker stood up and said "Well it seems we are over our time limit so I am going to scrap my talk and just bear my testimony.". When he said that I looked at the clock and noted that the meeting had been going for 32 minutes. We were done in 35. Mind blown.

[RC Vikings]

The streak is over. My wife and I have gone twenty two years without having to talk in sacrament meeting. She had to talk today and had me write her talk for her. It went well for her and I was happy to be able to throw a line from a Sheryl Crow song in there.

[Pheidippides]

So today we attended and they had a group of 10-11 yr-old primary girls sing a few numbers. Then they started the meeting and we had a short welcome from the branch president and then the sacrament. Then a 14-yr-old kid gave a great talk on gratitude and when he sat down the adult speaker stood up and said "Well it seems we are over our time limit so I am going to scrap my talk and just bear my testimony.". When he said that I looked at the clock and noted that the meeting had been going for 32 minutes. We were done in 35. Mind blown.

Is this the blessing I get to make up for going senile in my old age?

[San Juan Sun]

The streak is over. My wife and I have gone twenty two years without having to talk in sacrament meeting. She had to talk today and had me write her talk for her. It went well for her and I was happy to be able to throw a line from a Sheryl Crow song in there.

"If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad."?

[CardiacCoug]

"If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad."?

I was thinking:

"Jump in, let's go
Lay back, enjoy the show
Everybody gets high, everybody gets low,
These are the days when anything goes"

[Pheidippides]

I was thinking:

"Jump in, let's go
Lay back, enjoy the show
Everybody gets high, everybody gets low,
These are the days when anything goes"

These are the days of empty kitchens
The rise and fall of Mary Ellen's hairdo
I think she's found a new religion
Studying the Kabalah in her J Crew

And all the rich kids shake their asses
Looking for the two and four
Well I'll have mine with Blackstrap molasses
Cause I can't taste it anymore
No I can't taste it anymore"