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Counter-point view - The lodge that works together stays together. I'm not afraid of being in a lodge that runs on shoe strings as long as there are activities on the calendar.

I presented a discourse on the topic at a Table Lodge for Lombard 1098 GLofIL several years ago. I don't recall posting it here. Maybe I'll check to see if I have a digital copy to paste as a new thread based on your request. By separate thread I meant the discussion of whether believing in...

I started my career at JPL/NASA and not all of the space scientists there understood what science actually is. They were very good at their part of it, but knowing a part does not equal knowing the whole. As much I am never surprised when anyone misses some f the principles of science, full...

Gold was at $25 per ounce until 1933. Silver was near $1 per ounce until 1963. Neither metal has been close to either for a long time and their ratios never were as stable has the minted coin sizes suggest. Annual dues before the civil war were around a half ounce of gold. Converting gold to...

Re: if i came to you lodge on a stated what would Two and two among my lodges. One dressy, three causal among my lodges. One of my lodges gives a lodge pen. If they have run out yet there was a stock of cufflinks ready to go as the next commemorative knickknack. I think there was a...

Darwin was a top notch geologist in his day. If geology were his strongest field few modern geologists would remember him and almost none outside of science would remember him. Newton was a top notch alchemist in his day. He lived in a time when chemistry had not yet emerged from natural...

Do you mean member lodges within Texas? Both regular and recognized jurisdictions in Texas have lodge locator links on their web pages - http://grandlodgeoftexas.org/lodgelocator http://www.mwphglotx.org/lodges.asp I do not know of any current phone app that charts the listed lodges by...

Re: Dual/plural memberships. Should Masons be able I referred to the price difference is to the lodge. Honorary membership in some jurisdictions - Neither dues nor per capita. The brother signs as a member not as a visitor. Easily given because of the price to the lodge. Life membership in...

Re: What are some of the reason you brothers have The only repeating I reason remember is they were happy with their membership in a different fraternity. I've heard this on several demits and on a couple of guys who weren't interested enough to request a demit. The one off reasons tend to...

When Otto von Bismark introduced a state pension at age 65 almost no one lived to that age, though many who did lived past 85. He was giving very little away other than a big PR gain for a tiny number of men. When Social Security went into effect in the US the retirement age was dropped to 62...

Re: Dual/plural memberships. Should Masons be able I hadn't considered the case of being an officer in more than one lodge at a time. The Texas rule is more generous, simpler and better written than my other jurisdictions. California - A brother can be an appointed officer in as many lodges...

I take it there are other orders that do this. Which ones? Some Elks have told me this is why their dues change year to year.

Any personally identifiable information is removed by the moderators. Private messages aren't searchable and should be used for that. I'm sad that you value the experiential parts of our experiences so little. Are you familiar with the difference between book learning and experience...

We also keep lists of famous Masons. We teach personal excellence and "we make good men better". How could we possibly be anything other than elitist? There are many conundrums for how Masonry works. This is one of them - We are openly and blatantly elitist yet we lead the world in teaching...

Memphis and Misriam has 99 degrees. Maybe he's a member. Maybe he just read a book about them. Making up his own grand lodge maybe he didn't even read a book about them.