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MikeWaters · 05-15-2008, 04:29 PM

The long-white-boxer-poking-below-the-shorts look.

Also, the hands-in-pocket-scrunching-up-long-white-boxers-wanting-to-poke-below experience.

minn_stat · 05-15-2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Solon

Sometimes it's tough to live an LDS lifestyle - especially for teenagers or singles. Two areas, though, where my LDS upbringing has paid off:

1. Public Speaking. I'm consistently surprised by how poorly my students do when giving presentations to the class. I know they can take speech classes, but the LDS practice of regular teaching and speaking in front of groups is a big advantage.

2. Lab research. There are a couple of food labs on campus that are always looking for subjects to test. They look for healthy, non-smokers who don't drink too much. Needless to say, at this campus, they're always desperate for subjects. I've made hundreds of dollars, and get free food, for doing these studies.

Anyone found similar, ancillary benefits to an LDS lifestyle?

When your company doesn't pay for your move, the EQ moving company is always available, and at very cheap rates.

creekster · 05-15-2008, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

The long-white-boxer-poking-below-the-shorts look.

Also, the hands-in-pocket-scrunching-up-long-white-boxers-wanting-to-poke-below experience.

Your posts are so nice, you post them twice.

MikeWaters · 05-15-2008, 04:43 PM

test. see if still posting twice.

bluegoose · 05-15-2008, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Unusual tan lines

True, but still not as bad as cyclist tan lines.

il Padrino Ute · 05-15-2008, 07:13 PM

Learning to manage time and money; learning to truly serve others; learning that you're word is a fair gauge of your integrity; learning to adapt to your companion's different if not flat out bizarre eccentricities - these are invaluable things I learned while on a mission.

Friends of mine who are no longer practicing Mormons and even one who has decided that the LDS church is the great and abominable church of the devil and everyone I know who is active or partially active all say that they are grateful to have served a mission - and nobody has regretted it - for the reasons stated above.

MikeWaters · 05-15-2008, 07:15 PM

SU regrets it.

il Padrino Ute · 05-15-2008, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

SU regrets it.

For the reasons I stated?

I didn't mention the dissemination of stories about Semitic blood in Apaches.

Detroitdad · 05-15-2008, 11:13 PM

Constant questions from people when I first meet them has put me at ease in meeting new people.

Flystripper · 05-15-2008, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BYU71

When we are out of town my associates never invite me to go to the strip clubs with them.

That's a benefit?

05-15-2008, 07:13 PM	#16
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Learning to manage time and money; learning to truly serve others; learning that you're word is a fair gauge of your integrity; learning to adapt to your companion's different if not flat out bizarre eccentricities - these are invaluable things I learned while on a mission. Friends of mine who are no longer practicing Mormons and even one who has decided that the LDS church is the great and abominable church of the devil and everyone I know who is active or partially active all say that they are grateful to have served a mission - and nobody has regretted it - for the reasons stated above. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

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MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	The long-white-boxer-poking-below-the-shorts look. Also, the hands-in-pocket-scrunching-up-long-white-boxers-wanting-to-poke-below experience.

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MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	test. see if still posting twice.

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MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	SU regrets it.

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Detroitdad Resident Jackass Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Roswell, New Mexico Posts: 1,846	Constant questions from people when I first meet them has put me at ease in meeting new people.