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I too chose military service over a mission. My regret is that I chose a temple wedding at the expense of my wife's non-Mormon family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmTqubjaIks Thanks for posting a link to that video. Fifty years on it is truly hard to watch. It reflects (to me, at least) the bou...

The most touching part of my dad’s funeral service was the young man who said,”On behalf of the President of the The United States, the U.S. Army, and a grateful nation…” presenting the folded flag to my mother. It was even more touching because we were expecting a big snow and ice event that day, ...

With advancing age one tends to look back over the decisions made at the turning points in their life and wonder how things might have turned out had they chosen the other fork in the road. I chose military service instead of a mission. At that age, I was more comfortable with the idea of being a Ma...

Responses to Malkie's questions below are based on more than 2 years of living and working, at times with my family in-country, in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Oman on three different assignments between 1986 and 2012. During that time, I traveled along the coast of Fujairah and Oman, driving on the...

I gotta tell ya, it would’ve just been better for God to have instructed them to build ships with rudders, sails, and ballast. You know. Since that’s an actual option on the table (ref Nephi). - Doc Just as embarrassing as the Jaredite fleet of semi-submersibles is the Book of Mormon tall tale of t...

(SNIP) and I’m thinking these things would fail catastrophically at ~ 15 feet. Anyone want to take a stab at this *cough* DR. W? - Doc Just realized that in responding to Doc Cam's question about catastrophic failure depth, the tacit assumption was that these barges were real. Since they were figme...

Any smart ones out there that could help a brotha out? At what depth would the barges have either imploded due to water pressure, OR the two hole stops would’ve blasted inward because of pressure? I’m looking at this hydrostatic pressure table here: https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/hydrostatic-pr...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wJP80_Wcpk&t=82s Nuthin but good analysis, fun, mockery and loud laughter on the Jaredite Barges as you so lovingly shared your stellar analysis with us lo those many years ago. I have reified the scholarship and praise be to thee Dr. W!!! Hey Prof. Sofee, Finally g...

Hey Tarski. It's good to see you are still out there. There's little of interest going on here nowadays and I don't post much anymore either. Words spoken, secrets revealed, and actions taken by LDS leadership in the last few years have broken shelves around here at an ever-increasing rate. Things w...

It’s worth noting this profit is only one aspect of the Church’s holdings. Is it too technical to point out that an asset that increases in value isn't "profit" until it's sold? I mean, if you look at what homes in my neighborhood are selling for, I "profited" hundreds of thousands of dollars durin...