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The problem is a taxation issue: if you, as an individual, raffle the gun, the proceeds would be considered earned income and should be reported (whether the IRS would ever actually ever find out about the income is an entirely different matter :D). Even if you reported the income and the...
to me it boils down to this:if you have visited different lodges, you have probably visited one where they obviously didn't know the work or they had a localized version that was unlike anything you have ever seen. Sometimes it is so bad that you are embarrassed for the lodge; and even more so...
My lodge is a moon lodge, we meet on the saturday on or before the full moon. There are very few left. It cause some weird things to happen though, this year we have two meetings in october and in november, but not one in September. Also We will probably have to be dark in July because the...
at Azle the stewards prepare the meals. The supplies are bought on the lodge's account at the local brookshire's. Donations are given for each meal. It usually pays for the meal. This includes the stated meeting and our weekly floor school.
JEbeling,
so what precisely do you think we should be? In previous posts you seem to imply that you think too much emphasis is placed on the ritual. What do you mean by "more to being a mason" and "or are we a lodge of masons"? what is the fraternity to you?
at a recent awards ceremony at the lodge, me and my fiancee were approached about joining the star. It was a real full court press; but she did seem interested, so we may end up joining after we are maried
Eureka #371
Ridglea #1341 (as an EA observing an EA degree)
I have relatives in West Virginia and was going to visit lodges when I ever got the chance to go and see my family, but after seeing all the crap going on up there, I'll just not visit any lodges if I am ever up there, until...
My fiancee bought me one and was going to give it to me in a couple of weeks for Christmas. She was keeping it in a little velvet bag in her purse. One night while driving back from stated meeting, her purse fell over in my messy floorboard and spilled everything out. She thought she had...