I learned in church today

[Dwight Schr-ute]

L. Tom spoke at our stake conference and said that the sister missionaries are like "pen up girls".

Pent up would make a lot more sense.


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[Uncle Ted]

wth does that even mean?

I think he meant it as a compliment about their beauty.

Pent up would make a lot more sense.

Yes, that is what I meant to type.

[SCcoug]

I think he meant it as a compliment about their beauty.

If he was reminiscing about his marine days he should have said pin up girls.

[clackamascoug]

Another building in our stake got the gym floor refinished this week, and it still smelled so bad, that the other building combined into our building for the day. Each of our wards had a guest ward in our meeting block. Two wards, one service. I don't believe I've ever seen that before. It was kind of interesting. Our ward had business/announcements, the other ward had business/announcement, the stake had business/announcements. I can see the wisdom of having smaller wards rather than huge wards.

[SCcoug]

Another building in our stake got the gym floor refinished this week, and it still smelled so bad, that the other building combined into our building for the day. Each of our wards had a guest ward in our meeting block. Two wards, one service. I don't believe I've ever seen that before. It was kind of interesting. Our ward had business/announcements, the other ward had business/announcement, the stake had business/announcements. I can see the wisdom of having smaller wards rather than huge wards.

Huge wards would only have one set of business/announcements same as small wards.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

L. Tom spoke at our stake conference and said that the sister missionaries are like "pen up girls".

And then didn't get a ride home from the airport tonight!
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By the time I realized it was him I was already on the escalator, I offered a ride in spirit. Which I'm told at testimony meeting counts.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

And then didn't get a ride home from the airport tonight!

By the time I realized it was him I was already on the escalator, I offered a ride in spirit. Which I'm told at testimony meeting counts.

Ha! My sister used to live in the same building as Elder Haight. On more than one occasion, she would find him in the foyer of the building alone. He'd look up and say, "I guess Sister Haight has left me again, would you mind giving an old man a ride to church?" I don't think it ever happened on a Sunday.


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[Paperback Writer]

Ha! My sister used to live in the same building as Elder Haight. On more than one occasion, she would find him in the foyer of the building alone. He'd look up and say, "I guess Sister Haight has left me again, would you mind giving an old man a ride to church?" I don't think it ever happened on a Sunday.[/URL]

I can vouch for Uncle Ted's L.Tom sighting in the Dallas area. I got volunteered to pick up a pair of sister missionaries at that stake center on Saturday night as part of a missionary split. So I'm waiting in the car after being told by a sister that something had been forgotten and it would be "just a minute". Waiting, waiting...Finally, the spouse sends me back into the building to find out if they need any help locating something or what the hold up was. The sisters confess that they were stalling in the foyer as they had found out L. Tom was in a meeting in the stake center and were hoping for their own sighting and a hand shake. I wasn't on board with that and told them their ride was leaving...now! They pleaded with me to wait longer but I lied and said that I had already met L. Tom several times and wanted to start the 45 minute ride back to their area.

If there's any justice, upon their arrival home to SLC (or where ever), their family will find out that L.Tom or another Q12 is in the vicinity and want a handshake while they roam the airport terminal wondering where everyones at.

[Uncle Ted]

I can vouch for Uncle Ted's L.Tom sighting in the Dallas area. I got volunteered to pick up a pair of sister missionaries at that stake center on Saturday night as part of a missionary split. So I'm waiting in the car after being told by a sister that something had been forgotten and it would be "just a minute". Waiting, waiting...Finally, the spouse sends me back into the building to find out if they need any help locating something or what the hold up was. The sisters confess that they were stalling in the foyer as they had found out L. Tom was in a meeting in the stake center and were hoping for their own sighting and a hand shake. I wasn't on board with that and told them their ride was leaving...now! They pleaded with me to wait longer but I lied and said that I had already met L. Tom several times and wanted to start the 45 minute ride back to their area.

If there's any justice, upon their arrival home to SLC (or where ever), their family will find out that L.Tom or another Q12 is in the vicinity and want a handshake while they roam the airport terminal wondering where everyones at.

The missionaries told me they all had a meeting with L.Tom on Saturday. I guess those "pin-up girls" missed out.

L.Tom also told a story about how his dad would go out to some turkey farm and get a live turkey for thanksgiving. He and his brother would hold the turkey down in the backseat of the car while his dad drove home. Once home they then would cut off its head with an axe. I have no idea what the story had to do with the topic but liked it anyway.

I shared an elevator ride with L. Tom once. He seems like a very nice guy.

[Clark Addison]

The missionaries told me they all had a meeting with L.Tom on Saturday. I guess those "pin-up girls" missed out.

L.Tom also told a story about how his dad would go out to some turkey farm and get a live turkey for thanksgiving. He and his brother would then the turkey down in the backseat of the car while his dad drove home. Once home they then would cut off its head with an axe. I have no idea what the story had to do with the topic but liked it anyway.

I shared an elevator ride with L. Tom once. He seems like a very nice guy.

Tom will always have a soft spot in my heart for the way he acted during BYU basketball games when I was a student.

[Harry Tic]

I remember when I learned the word "avuncular." I thought it sounded bogus and doubted that it would ever come in handy. But darned if that adjective doesn't capture L-Tom perfectly.

And Pres Monson too, come to think of it.

[Paperback Writer]

The missionaries told me they all had a meeting with L.Tom on Saturday. I guess those "pin-up girls" missed out.

L.Tom also told a story about how his dad would go out to some turkey farm and get a live turkey for thanksgiving. He and his brother would then the turkey down in the backseat of the car while his dad drove home. Once home they then would cut off its head with an axe. I have no idea what the story had to do with the topic but liked it anyway.

I shared an elevator ride with L. Tom once. He seems like a very nice guy.

I dunno. Maybe L. Tom didn't shake everyone's hand after the missionary meeting or they wanted a second handshake. I just know I got a call from the WML that I only answered because I HT his family and he was bailing on picking up the sisters...during prime college football: Notre Dame-BYU; Penn St.-Nebraska.

I agree, L. Tom Perry is a nice guy. Wouldn't have minded if my day was interrupted to pick him up. But waiting on sister missionaries for a potential handshake? And now I learn it could have been a second handshake??? Maybe L. Tom is just that high on the Mormon celebrity meter.

[Northwestcoug]

I dunno. Maybe L. Tom didn't shake everyone's hand after the missionary meeting or they wanted a second handshake. I just know I got a call from the WML that I only answered because I HT his family and he was bailing on picking up the sisters...during prime college football: Notre Dame-BYU; Penn St.-Nebraska.

I agree, L. Tom Perry is a nice guy. Wouldn't have minded if my day was interrupted to pick him up. But waiting on sister missionaries for a potential handshake? And now I learn it could have been a second handshake??? Maybe L. Tom is just that high on the Mormon celebrity meter.

Maybe he's 'pin-up GA' material....

[TripletDaddy]

LTP is a cheapskate. Won't pay over face value for a pair of ducats.

[Omaha 680]

Ha! My sister used to live in the same building as Elder Haight. On more than one occasion, she would find him in the foyer of the building alone. He'd look up and say, "I guess Sister Haight has left me again, would you mind giving an old man a ride to church?" I don't think it ever happened on a Sunday.


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My freshman year we bumped into Haight at the mall across from Temple Square staring out the winding "waiting for [his] ride". He chatted us up for a while and was always one of my favorites after that.