LDS mission rules concerning bedtime

[Donuthole]

Originally Posted by PaloAltoCougar

Sometime after my mission, recognizing the wussiness of those that were coming, they changed the wake-up time to 6:30, so you're probably cool. But it's a pity you weren't part of the royal generation, as we were so described in the '60s.

My MP was an army guy. We had a 45 page addendum to the White Bible, which primarily consisted of rules to tighten the rules in the WB. One such tightening was wake-up time, which was 6:00 a.m., despite the 6:30 rule in la Biblia Blanca. Another examples was the inclusion of the MTC issued haircut/grooming picture (you know the one, the front and side view of the blonde kid with "negative sideburns") with a caption stating "a picture is worth a thousand words-there are no sideburns."

Gestapoism notwithstanding, I really liked my MP.

[Clark Addison]

My first apartment on my mission was with three guys who were all within 2 months of going home. The first morning, I woke up, went out to study, and didn't see anyone else for 2 hours. It bothered me a little that day, but I quickly got to enjoy it, having the front room to myself for a couple hours each morning.

Outside of P-Days, I don't think I slept in more than two or three times, if that, my entire mission. I almost always woke up on time on P-Days, as well, but occassionally we had Risk or Hearts games that went until 2:00 AM the night before.

My mission may have been worth it just for that. Before my mission, it was a struggle to get out of bed before 8:00 and I would sleep until noon if I could. Ever since my mission, I am very different. I'm not like some of you, but I usually wake up at 5:30 on weekdays. On Saturdays, I sleep in, with no alarm, and usually wake up between 6:30 and 7:00. Last Saturday, I woke up at 5:00 and went for a 13 mile run. My wife thinks I am a moron.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by Clark Addison

My first apartment on my mission was with three guys who were all within 2 months of going home. The first morning, I woke up, went out to study, and didn't see anyone else for 2 hours. It bothered me a little that day, but I quickly got to enjoy it, having the front room to myself for a couple hours each morning.

Outside of P-Days, I don't think I slept in more than two or three times, if that, my entire mission. I almost always woke up on time on P-Days, as well, but occassionally we had Risk or Hearts games that went until 2:00 AM the night before.

My mission may have been worth it just for that. Before my mission, it was a struggle to get out of bed before 8:00 and I would sleep until noon if I could. Ever since my mission, I am very different. I'm not like some of you, but I usually wake up at 5:30 on weekdays. On Saturdays, I sleep in, with no alarm, and usually wake up between 6:30 and 7:00. Last Saturday, I woke up at 5:00 and went for a 13 mile run. My wife thinks I am a moron.

This is interesting because instead of breaking the morning rules, you guys apparently broke the go to bed rules. No judgments, just observing something that was common my mission, as well. We were often late getting back home....if there was a ward activity or we were teaching or whatever.

Risk was banned in my mission. No joke. Too many fights. Also, too many Bolivians that couldn't figure out the strategy behind the game.

[smokymountainrain]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

This is interesting because instead of breaking the morning rules, you guys apparently broke the go to bed rules. No judgments, just observing something that was common my mission, as well. We were often late getting back home....if there was a ward activity or we were teaching or whatever.

Risk was banned in my mission. No joke. Too many fights. Also, too many Bolivians that couldn't figure out the strategy behind the game.

Speaking of missions and Bolivia, when people in my mission (Uruguay) would ask where Utah is, I would always tell them that it's the small country just north of Bolivia. I would say about 90% of Uruguayans would either believe me or say something along the lines of "oh yeah, I knew that".

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

This is interesting because instead of breaking the morning rules, you guys apparently broke the go to bed rules. No judgments, just observing something that was common my mission, as well. We were often late getting back home....if there was a ward activity or we were teaching or whatever.

Risk was banned in my mission. No joke. Too many fights. Also, too many Bolivians that couldn't figure out the strategy behind the game.

I broke no rules; I was more German than the Germans. But I didn't berate others for being more lax, such as my first companion who made us go on a double date with two hot German students. Diversity was tolerated.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

This is interesting because instead of breaking the morning rules, you guys apparently broke the go to bed rules. No judgments, just observing something that was common my mission, as well. We were often late getting back home....if there was a ward activity or we were teaching or whatever.

Risk was banned in my mission. No joke. Too many fights. Also, too many Bolivians that couldn't figure out the strategy behind the game.

Were you in Bolivia at the same time as Mike Tyson?

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by creekster

Were you in Bolivia at the same time as Mike Tyson?

Possible. It's a big country.

[Clark Addison]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

This is interesting because instead of breaking the morning rules, you guys apparently broke the go to bed rules. No judgments, just observing something that was common my mission, as well. We were often late getting back home....if there was a ward activity or we were teaching or whatever.

Risk was banned in my mission. No joke. Too many fights. Also, too many Bolivians that couldn't figure out the strategy behind the game.

Yes. We felt that getting too much sleep was a worse sin than getting not enough. I think that kind of makes sense. And in our defense, it was only on the night before P-Day. Missionaries are odd that way; I lived with a guy who would turn on a Wham! tape every P-Day morning while we were cleaning the apartment, and would get very offended if you suggested he might be breaking the rules (our mission allowed no pop music by closeted homosexuals)

And I believe you about the dangers of Risk. After one heated game, when my companion thought he had been ganged up on, he threw an iron across the room, and not in the soft, gentle way you may be thinking.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Originally Posted by Clark Addison

And I believe you about the dangers of Risk. After one heated game, when my companion thought he had been ganged up on, he threw an iron across the room, and not in the soft, gentle way you may be thinking.

Aren't alliances in Risk the greatest cause of familial violence? My older brother would always get one of my sycophantic sisters to join him in destroying my empires (which were always models of enlightened governance). Those were pretty much the only moments in my life when I have ever become enraged, like Curly in the boxing ring when someone played "Pop Goes the Weasel."

Shortly after my bro received his mission call last year, I thought of ratting him out to the brethren for the treacherous weasel that he is. But then I realized he was about to become scoutmaster for three years in a backward nation, and I decided vengeance was finally mine.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by PaloAltoCougar

Aren't alliances in Risk the greatest cause of familial violence? My older brother would always get one of my sycophantic sisters to join him in destroying my empires (which were always models of enlightened governance). Those were pretty much the only moments in my life when I have ever become enraged, like Curly in the boxing ring when someone played "Pop Goes the Weasel."

Shortly after my bro received his mission call last year, I thought of ratting him out to the brethren for the treacherous weasel that he is. But then I realized he was about to become scoutmaster for three years in a backward nation, and I decided vengeance was finally mine.

When playing Risk, I always do 3 things...

1. Always choose black
2. Always start in South America.....fairly easy to defend, decent bonus cards after each round.
3. Most important.....each and every time I occupy a new territory, I use the same line...."And the dark army continues to cover the face of the Earth." It makes little sense, but after a few battles, it really annoys the heck out of everyone.

These strategies have little or no corrolation to my overall success in the game. I am simpy stating that I do them each time.

I also like to give real-time commentary....as in, just after I roll the dice, "And DDD takes yet ANOTHER army..."

I think that if I were ever in real combat, my own troops would go Platoon and kill me.