Father in law comes home from Iraq next week!

undone · 09-15-2005, 02:35 PM

After nine long months my father in law is coming home. He has been in Fallujah. He is a master chief in the seabee division of the navy and has been working on the rebuilding. Anyone out there have any advice on how I can make his transition to "normal" life any easier?

NovemberRain · 09-15-2005, 02:39 PM

Wean him off the beans and roast beef slowly.

Happy Monkey · 09-15-2005, 02:43 PM

Sneak in his room at night and bang some pots together.

BigV · 09-15-2005, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Sneak in his room at night and bang some pots together.

Question, which is sadder? A--That I found this funny? or B--That it may work?

plthijinx · 09-15-2005, 03:00 PM

C-All of the above!

undone · 09-15-2005, 05:18 PM

yoooou guys

xoxoxoBruce · 09-15-2005, 05:56 PM

Welcome him home and let him chose the topics for discussion.

NovemberRain · 09-15-2005, 05:56 PM

What? We're trying, honest we are!

zippyt · 09-15-2005, 11:36 PM

think chill and relaxed , hell throw a sholder on the smoker and let him sit around with his friends and family drinking and talking while it cooks , the smells and sounds will bring him back to reality

undone · 09-16-2005, 10:12 AM

Now that is some advice!
Thanks guys. He has been hankering for some Jack Daniels. I have always delegated myself as his bartender so I am going to mix him up some stiffys.
We are having a party for him as he arrives home from the airport...all his good friends and his family-burgers-brats etc...He deserves a hero's welcome.

Elspode · 09-16-2005, 12:36 PM

Alright, make up your mind. Are you gonna fix him up some stiffys or get him drunk? And where does one go with a bunch of stiffy's in Utah, anyway?

Seriously, make sure you tell him thanks for his service from The Cellarites.

undone · 09-19-2005, 05:47 PM

I have no doubt my mother in law will take care of the stiffys.
One may have to make an effort but there is booze to be had here. We have to buy it from a specially designated liquor outlet. You'd think there'd be people there throwing rocks and calling names but there aren't. I'll be sure and tell him thanks from you guys.

Tonchi · 09-19-2005, 08:03 PM

Booze IS available in SLS and not just in the ski areas. These outlets, which often sell at twice the price elsewhere in the country, are even owned by Mormons. You see, a Mormon is not obliged to worry about saving the "gentiles" from their vices, they just police other Mormons (and monetary gain is a prime directive anyway). Their handbook for conversions by their missionaries tells them to go for the easy shot, the sick and lonley and weak. You aren't going to be brought into their fold anyway so basically you don't exist, you are just one of the damned. Drink up!

wolf · 09-20-2005, 02:02 AM

So, if you walk into a Mormon-owned purveyor of adult beverages, do they check you for Jesus Drawers before allowing you to make your purchase?

Tonchi · 09-21-2005, 01:01 AM

The way I understand it, it's not the merchant's job to police the morality, he just makes as much money as possible because that proves the extent to which God loves him. I doubt many members would admit how much ratting out goes on, but anybody backsliding is definitely fair game for constant lecturing from any of the other "devout". Checking up on (male) members is very well handled by the stake presidents (or his designee, can't remember all the fine points just now), who keep a detailed file on every single stake member and can call them in for a regular review and "correction" or "attitude adjustment". Participation is not optional. Enforcement tools include the ability to prevent marriages, job advancement, or participation in the community or family you belong to. Better not get me started on what I think about this, umm, "church", I have learned ten times what my Mormon relatives have been allowed to know and that is probably the only reason they have put up with this control all their lives

09-15-2005, 02:35 PM	#1
undone work in progess Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 100	Father in law comes home from Iraq next week! After nine long months my father in law is coming home. He has been in Fallujah. He is a master chief in the seabee division of the navy and has been working on the rebuilding. Anyone out there have any advice on how I can make his transition to "normal" life any easier? __________________ If ignorance is bliss...Why aren't more people happy?

09-15-2005, 02:39 PM	#2
NovemberRain Don't Call Me Shirley Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 79	Wean him off the beans and roast beef slowly. __________________ "America is not a young land. She is very old. Before the white man, before the Indian, the evil was there, waiting." - William Burroughs, The Naked Lunch

09-15-2005, 02:43 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Sneak in his room at night and bang some pots together. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-15-2005, 03:00 PM	#5
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	C-All of the above! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

09-15-2005, 05:18 PM	#6
undone work in progess Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 100	yoooou guys __________________ If ignorance is bliss...Why aren't more people happy?

09-15-2005, 05:56 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome him home and let him chose the topics for discussion. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-15-2005, 05:56 PM	#8
NovemberRain Don't Call Me Shirley Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 79	What? We're trying, honest we are! __________________ "America is not a young land. She is very old. Before the white man, before the Indian, the evil was there, waiting." - William Burroughs, The Naked Lunch

09-15-2005, 11:36 PM	#9
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	think chill and relaxed , hell throw a sholder on the smoker and let him sit around with his friends and family drinking and talking while it cooks , the smells and sounds will bring him back to reality __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

09-16-2005, 10:12 AM	#10
undone work in progess Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 100	Now that is some advice! Thanks guys. He has been hankering for some Jack Daniels. I have always delegated myself as his bartender so I am going to mix him up some stiffys. We are having a party for him as he arrives home from the airport...all his good friends and his family-burgers-brats etc...He deserves a hero's welcome. __________________ If ignorance is bliss...Why aren't more people happy?

09-16-2005, 12:36 PM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Alright, make up your mind. Are you gonna fix him up some stiffys or get him drunk? And where does one go with a bunch of stiffy's in Utah, anyway? Seriously, make sure you tell him thanks for his service from The Cellarites. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-19-2005, 05:47 PM	#12
undone work in progess Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 100	I have no doubt my mother in law will take care of the stiffys. One may have to make an effort but there is booze to be had here. We have to buy it from a specially designated liquor outlet. You'd think there'd be people there throwing rocks and calling names but there aren't. I'll be sure and tell him thanks from you guys. __________________ If ignorance is bliss...Why aren't more people happy?

09-19-2005, 08:03 PM	#13
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	Booze IS available in SLS and not just in the ski areas. These outlets, which often sell at twice the price elsewhere in the country, are even owned by Mormons. You see, a Mormon is not obliged to worry about saving the "gentiles" from their vices, they just police other Mormons (and monetary gain is a prime directive anyway). Their handbook for conversions by their missionaries tells them to go for the easy shot, the sick and lonley and weak. You aren't going to be brought into their fold anyway so basically you don't exist, you are just one of the damned. Drink up! __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

09-20-2005, 02:02 AM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	So, if you walk into a Mormon-owned purveyor of adult beverages, do they check you for Jesus Drawers before allowing you to make your purchase? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-21-2005, 01:01 AM	#15
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	The way I understand it, it's not the merchant's job to police the morality, he just makes as much money as possible because that proves the extent to which God loves him. I doubt many members would admit how much ratting out goes on, but anybody backsliding is definitely fair game for constant lecturing from any of the other "devout". Checking up on (male) members is very well handled by the stake presidents (or his designee, can't remember all the fine points just now), who keep a detailed file on every single stake member and can call them in for a regular review and "correction" or "attitude adjustment". Participation is not optional. Enforcement tools include the ability to prevent marriages, job advancement, or participation in the community or family you belong to. Better not get me started on what I think about this, umm, "church", I have learned ten times what my Mormon relatives have been allowed to know and that is probably the only reason they have put up with this control all their lives __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

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