| 01:41.20 | *** join/##lds aeryndunham (~aeryndunh@151.124.163.182) |
| 01:41.32 | aeryndunham | good morning |
| 01:45.16 | resplin | good morning |
| 01:49.58 | aeryndunham | How are you? |
| 01:50.56 | resplin | Neck deep in salesforce cases. <sigh> |
| 01:51.05 | resplin | What part of the world are you based in? |
| 01:51.25 | resplin | The channel is usually pretty quiet this time of day. |
| 01:51.34 | resplin | Well, it's pretty quiet every time of every day. <grin> |
| 01:52.31 | aeryndunham | I've popped in a couple times, and always silent |
| 01:52.42 | aeryndunham | I'm American, but I work on a cruise ship, and we're in Thailand right now |
| 01:53.01 | aeryndunham | so it's just about 9:00am |
| 01:53.08 | resplin | Ah, that sounds interesting. |
| 01:53.19 | resplin | Once in a while someone will start an interesting conversation in the channel. |
| 01:53.20 | aeryndunham | It is! I'm the internet cafe manager |
| 01:53.23 | aeryndunham | sp I'm online a lot |
| 01:53.37 | aeryndunham | I should just add it to my auto-joins so if someone does, I'm here :p |
| 01:53.43 | resplin | That answers my next question, about what brings you to IRC. <grin> |
| 01:54.08 | resplin | My coworker's wife worked as a cook on a yacht for a few years. She has some crazy stories. |
| 01:54.10 | aeryndunham | I'm on IRC a lot, happened across this channel name somewhere |
| 01:54.57 | resplin | Are you LDS? |
| 01:55.01 | aeryndunham | I'm not actually LDS but incredibly interested? |
| 01:56.04 | resplin | My Lyft driver last week worked on a cruise ship. He would go to Mormon Church service each Sunday. I was curious how widespread that was. |
| 01:56.47 | aeryndunham | You'd have to be on an intinerary where you were in port every Sunday in a place where you could find a service, I guess |
| 01:56.51 | aeryndunham | out here it'd be tough |
| 01:57.18 | resplin | He said they would do it on the ship on Sundays. They would reserve a meeting room, post it on the bulletin board, and a half dozen people would show up. |
| 01:57.40 | aeryndunham | aah |
| 01:57.42 | resplin | He mentioned how neat it was to meet such a wide variety of people. Must be interesting working on a cruise ship and seeing the world. |
| 01:58.03 | resplin | I've never been on one myself. |
| 01:58.10 | aeryndunham | There ARE some kind of crew church services, but since the Christian crew tend to be mostly Filipino, the services revert to Tagalog real quick :p |
| 01:58.23 | resplin | Yeah, that would be a hindrance. |
| 01:58.23 | aeryndunham | IT is! I've been very lucky, been almost everywhere |
| 01:58.41 | resplin | I've been to service in French and Dutch, neither of which I speak. It makes for a long meeting, but nice to be in fellowship. |
| 01:59.01 | aeryndunham | I haven't been to any kind of church service in a long time |
| 01:59.04 | aeryndunham | I'd like to |
| 01:59.15 | resplin | What do you find interesting about the LDS faith? |
| 01:59.21 | aeryndunham | I'm vaugely Christian some days... it's a work in progress :p |
| 01:59.23 | aeryndunham | brb |
| 01:59.28 | resplin | That's true for most of us. |
| 02:07.29 | aeryndunham | I guess I just find a lot of the LDS faith so much... nicer? Than the other Christian denomonations. The Plan of Salvation is practically universalism, which I find very appealing. People not being condemned just because they never learned about or accepted Christianity in their lifetime. |
| 02:07.59 | resplin | Agreed. |
| 02:08.17 | resplin | I'd have a hard time being a Christian if I hadn't been introduced to Mormonism. |
| 02:09.39 | aeryndunham | The things I'd struggle with would be my fondness for coffee and wine >.> |
| 02:10.02 | resplin | The adjustment comes quicker than most expect. |
| 02:12.29 | aeryndunham | I imagine. Just... a morning without coffee sounds so sad :p |
| 02:13.02 | resplin | Yeah, when I'm jet lagged I often think my coffee drinking coworkers have an advantage. But I guess that's why they call it faith. |
| 02:13.07 | resplin | I often consider that if it didn't require some sacrifice, it wouldn't be a meaningful commitment. Joseph Smith once said "a religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation". Thank goodness most of us don't actually have to sacrifice "all things". |
| 02:13.19 | resplin | What kind of Internet do you have on a cruise ship? Satellite? |
| 02:16.17 | aeryndunham | Yes, satellite |
| 02:16.28 | aeryndunham | It's expensive, but being the Internet Manager has its perks |
| 02:16.34 | resplin | <grin> |
| 02:16.41 | resplin | How many people can use it at one time? |
| 02:17.25 | aeryndunham | It's hard to tell exactly how many people are using at any given time, because the crew are charged per megabyte so lots leave their phones on all the time |
| 02:17.33 | aeryndunham | current active sessions are 261 |
| 02:17.43 | aeryndunham | but most of those who are crew who probably aren't actually using it |
| 02:18.04 | resplin | Crazy to think you can have 200 people using the Internet in the middle of the Ocean. |
| 02:18.29 | aeryndunham | Yeah, it really is pretty cool |
| 02:18.33 | aeryndunham | Much slower than land |
| 02:18.52 | aeryndunham | And then I go and do crazy things like squander 300MB on a game download :p |
| 02:19.03 | aeryndunham | it actually only took about an hour |
| 02:20.53 | resplin | The perfect environment for IRC |
| 02:23.20 | aeryndunham | Yeah, exactly |
| 02:23.36 | aeryndunham | Doesn't drain megabytes and keeps working even when the internet is super slow |
| 02:27.09 | resplin | The LDS Church makes some great mobile apps to give access to the scriptures and other inspiring material. I have a habit of downloading everything before I leave the country so that I have access to everything even when I have no network. |
| 02:27.31 | aeryndunham | I have the BoM on my Kindle, that's about it at the moment |
| 02:27.43 | aeryndunham | I read GC talks on lds.org a lot too |
| 02:27.49 | aeryndunham | or BYU Speeches |
| 02:28.01 | resplin | Wow, you know a lot more about Mormonism than most people that happen by this channel. <grin> |
| 02:29.20 | aeryndunham | hah |
| 02:29.30 | aeryndunham | I've been interested for a long time |
| 02:29.43 | aeryndunham | I lived in SLC for a really short time a few years ago |
| 02:30.06 | resplin | What part? |
| 02:30.14 | resplin | I live in Utah. Grew up in Sandy. |
| 02:30.20 | aeryndunham | I took a walk to a temple once in the one port where there was one in walking distance |
| 02:30.25 | aeryndunham | ah, University of Utah for a semester |
| 02:30.29 | aeryndunham | lived on campus |
| 02:30.38 | resplin | I love that area. Lots of great mountian biking behind Red Butte Gardens. |
| 02:30.46 | aeryndunham | Went to Temple Square at Christmas, was nice |
| 02:31.04 | resplin | The LDS Library app is great. I also like to download the Ensign as PDF each month. Lots of great stuff there. |
| 02:31.26 | resplin | But currently I'm working through the backlog of the Maxwell Institute Podcast. It's fantastic. |
| 02:31.42 | aeryndunham | ah cool |
| 02:31.51 | aeryndunham | podcasts use up sliiiightly too much bandwidth for me |
| 02:31.55 | resplin | It's a scholarly look at religion, scriptures, and Mormonism. |
| 02:32.05 | resplin | You might enjoy a lot of the articles there too. http://mi.byu.edu/ |
| 02:32.14 | resplin | Yes, definitely something to download when at port. <grin> |
| 02:32.28 | resplin | My kids say I should go be a dad for a while. I hope you add this channel to your auto-join list. |
| 02:32.38 | resplin | Safe sailing! |
| 02:34.36 | aeryndunham | Thanks! |
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| 09:14.01 | aeryndunham | good afternoon |
| 12:27.54 | *** join/##lds aeryndunham (~aeryndunh@151.124.163.182) |
| 12:48.19 | aeryndunham | good evening |
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| 17:24.31 | romanovic | good evening aeryndunham! |
| 17:24.42 | aeryndunham | Hi! |
| 17:25.49 | romanovic | wait, you said good evening 5 hours ago. does that mean it's late at night where you are now? |
| 17:26.32 | aeryndunham | Ha, yeah, it'd 12:30am |
| 17:27.01 | romanovic | I saw your conversation yesterday. are you in port or at sea? |
| 17:27.21 | aeryndunham | We're at sea right now, and then all day tomorrow |
| 17:27.36 | aeryndunham | the next day we're at the port closest to Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam |
| 17:29.24 | romanovic | where's your ship's home port? |
| 17:30.18 | aeryndunham | at the moment, Singapore |
| 17:32.26 | aeryndunham | we change to Shanghai in May |
| 17:32.40 | aeryndunham | but the company I work for has 17 ships sailing all over the world |
| 17:35.26 | romanovic | wow, how do they manage employees from different parts of the world? do they have to pay taxes in different countries, or are you all technically employed out of whatever country HQ is in? |
| 17:37.07 | aeryndunham | Sometimes your taxes differ if you are from the country your ship is registred to (ours is registred to London).. for the most part, crew don't seem to pay taxes |
| 17:37.19 | aeryndunham | I'm from Massachuetts so I pay full federal and state taxes |
| 17:37.27 | aeryndunham | but Americans seem to be basically the onyl ones |
| 17:39.12 | romanovic | interesting. |
| 17:39.31 | romanovic | brb phone call... |
| 17:53.29 | aeryndunham | I'm glad there are people in here! |
| 17:56.22 | aeryndunham | but it's 1:00am now and I have a busy day tomorrow |
| 17:56.25 | aeryndunham | But I'll come back! |