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"California Masonic Code". The original subject line really should have used a different word for that reason.

That's the meaning where code means rules. Citing the rules by paragraph number is called referencing the code. Most of this thread is about a different meaning.

I saw the recipe in PM and responded. Then I read the rest of this discussion. Hopefully the steps or sequence I separated it out to matches ...

Re: Fraternal Relations Committee (Grand Lodge of Happy dance! You Brothers rule. Thanks! Now it's two weeks to the GLofTX annual meeting. Committees are supposed to make recommendations in their reports. The report and and discussion should be on the agenda. I say they should recommend...

Start with minimal equipment - You never know how long your interest will last. As Bro JC Walker wrote stress cleanliness. Build your equipment a little at a time as you make more batches. You'll end up with mismatched equipments - That's a sign of doing the hobby the right way. I knew a guy...

The word "lodge" does have more than one meaning but the most important one is the room that is tiled during the time it is tiled. A lodge is a certain number of brothers and so on. A lodge is the people not the stuff. The building is often referred to as lodge but technically it is the...

Memory works different ways for different activities. Go to a location where no one will hear you and speak it out in a regular voice at regular volume. This will make a huge difference compared to visual reading. As top speaking in front of groups that's something we have all been through...

The pragmatic approach is based on demographic data not on arguments from principle. From a pragmatic standpoint, data beats principles. When a pragmatic result set conflicts with commonly held principles this sort of discussion is to be expected and is healthy. The available demographic data...

In most states yes with the amount varying widely. Washington even has both Gr Sec offices sharing office space. Jurisdictions where recognition has been in place for many years have both grand lines attending each others' annual communication plus common visitation by the brethren. In Texas...

Why "or"? I prefer "and" in your question above so I can just answer yes. There's nothing wrong with writing notes by hand in the official book then transcribing later if a secretary so wishes. I type nearly as fast as folks talk but not everyone has spent the time to acquire that particular...

The reasons I petitioned are very different from the reasons I remain active. The reasons I petitioned remain valid but what I found in Masonry once I started attending meant more to me than I expected. Petitioned because I wanted some civic activity without being politically active...

Having a separate area for Masons only is an *event* not a *location*. It's called a Table Lodge. A lodge isn't a building it's a number of brothers meeting with an S&C, Volume of Sacred Law and a Charter. A lodge can have several types of meeting. A Table Lodge is one of those types. We...

It's an obsolete representation of what was then the best available evidence of how our ancestors changed over time. The fact that the last picture doesn't look anything like a combination of the two of us is one of its many problems. As the evidence grows it becomes more obsolete over time...

Sometimes decisions have to be made pragmatically based on result data. These decisions end up working well but do not necessarily map well into principles. The drinking age of 21 is because traffic deaths are significantly higher if the drinking age is lower than that. This is offset by the...

Many quantum mechanics experiments give different results depending on the approach of the observer. When I read the brief article in the wikipedia search it sounded to me like he substituted the word life for the word observer. It is an interesting idea until you think about how to test it...

What this means is often misrepresented about science. Science is a process of endlessly refining mathematical models of reality. The current match and mismatch between science and reality is described with error bars - An estimate of how much reality and the science of today deviate from each...

There are events in the world that are beyond the scope of current science. Experiences of deity and certain parts of near death experiences are among them. There is no guarantee that science will ever explain everything that happens in the universe. Hypothesis are measured against the...

The most general question would be - Are there any X lodges? The answer is usually no. The tradition of lodges having specialty membership died everywhere I've heard of multiple decades ago. Lodges of a specific profession, specific religion, specific national origin have all pretty much...

My wife and I laughed about that as we watched the episode. Laying a cornerstone is cheap long term PR. Some brother often donates the stone. Some brother often carves the thing for free. There's a press appearance for the ceremony. It puts the S&C out in public where it will last at least...

I wave and pass them so they can see my Master Mason license plates and the plastic frame that says "Proud to be a Shriner". Often the brother passes me and waves back. On rare occasions I have changed the wave a bit but that's mostly when driving to and from GL so there are tons of Brothers...