I love Pocatello

We have been getting hate-comments due to not having a post since March, so since I am out of school and have a lot of time on my hands I thought I would put my first post on the Nielsen family blog. We have been living in Pocatello for almost a year and I wanted to share some words of wisdom I have heard from the locals and some experiences I have had that have taught me a lot. For those of you who don't know, Pocatello is a quiet town in Southeast Idaho. Much like Scranton, things move a little slower here in Pocatello. I thought I could paint a picture of what I have seen and learned in my short time here.

Experiences that I have had:

I went to the doctor’s office and the nurse asked me when I received my last immunizations, I said I served a mission in South America nine years ago and that is when I received everything. She said, “Oh, my grandparents just got called on a mission to South America”, and I asked what country and she said “Africa”. I looked at her and she didn’t even flinch, so I let it go.

The apartment manager one afternoon was found frantically running around to everyone’s doors to tell them to keep their kids inside because there are a couple of mountain lions on the loose.

In Gospel Doctrine class a member quoted Patrick Swayze from the movie Roudhouse. Swayze is a bouncer in a small town and he used the quote "pain don't hurt" in a comment. It is my favorite quote of the movie.

The morning DJ’s said they love it when people they know move back to Idaho from Salt Lake because they know all of the latest’s fashions and they dress really cool and have cool hair.

I asked one of my professors what they gave him when he ran the Pocatello marathon and he said “a sack of potatoes and a couple bags of hash browns”.

Our bishop’s alarm on his watch goes off every Sunday at 9:30. It is about as loud as my alarm clock and nobody tells him. It beeps every Sunday for one minute during someone’s talk.

My priesthood teacher has answered his cell phone during class twice, once right before the lesson and once during, while teaching. It was his daughter both times.

Some of my favorite quotes I have heard are:
“My grandpa is the most smartest man I know”, a member during his testimony.
“Pocatello doesn’t exactly have the same amenities as Salt Lake”
“Philo T. Farnsworth would be rolling in his grave if he knew what we were doing with TV”. Southeast Idaho is the birth place of TV.
“The Mariners have the record for the most wins in a season with 168” and I said are you sure about that and he said “I lived in Seattle and am a huge Mariners fan so I would know”.

Pocatello is great. It is a little behind the rest of the world. The majority of the people I know don't have any kind of cable or dish. Many of the members in our ward don't even have TV's, which is weird because Philo T. Farnsworth grew up about an hour from hear. We are the only people I know here that have some type of DVR. I also don't understand why no one from Utah has visited us more than once, I'm blaming Pocatello because me and Erin are pretty cool. I am going to try and help Erin post more so everyone can keep up on what is going on in the thriving community we live (Pocatello).