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Ask what the usual dress code is for your lodge and go in that. Lodges range from tux to coveralls. When in doubt dark suit and tie works pretty much everywhere.

Social events are not tiled lodge and thus do not fall under the oath. Has a woman ever attended an open installation or lodge sponsored ladies night dinner at your lodge? The way you appear to have phrased it you swore an oath to not let that happen either. You understand that it works...

In the US there are no invitations so a man has to ask to start the process. An investigation is a step later in the process.

Involvement is always welcome.

There are 8 of our lodges in Travis county and I haven't looked up PHA lodges to add to the total. Where's the next nearest Comason lodge? Le Driot Domain doesn't list any lodges in Texas but they have 16 in all of the US. Co-Masonry.org does not offer a list of lodges but they aren't going...

I wouldn't have it any other way. Disagreement is good. It's interesting how few ever notice inflation relative to investing. Before the 1929 stock market crash the Dow was approaching 1000. Has the Dow *ever* reached 1000 after adjusting for inflation? It depends on how you define the word...

A memorable and dignified experience. Some brothers are suspicious and want to know as much as possible about the ceremony beforehand. Some brothers are trusting and want to go in cold to make the experience as new and as unexpected as possible. I recommend the trusting option. If you're not...

I recently relocated from Chicago western burbs to San Antonio and had a similar issue. The problem is three are nice areas all over and each of us judges nice differently. Plus who wants to say that's a bad neighborhood and then a friend at lodge lives there. There isn't a good way to...

If he comes with an apology. It's a big if. Without such an apology I'd be inclined to vote against him and even to speak against accepting his petition for affiliation the meeting it is read by reciting his history in the lodge. More than one demit over disharmony issues and damaging a VSL...

In Los Angeles metro Vallee de France conducts its first degrees in impressive style, conducts its meetings in French. Their 2nd and 3rd degrees are translations of California ritual into French. I think exhibition degrees should be encouraged. If the exemplar is already a Master mason then...

In Japanese the word ohio means greetings. So the subject line "Greetings from Ohio" is a wonderful pun for some. :001_tongue:

The bounce of price above and below value teaches us how inefficient a market is and how emotional people can be. Price is a matter of supply and demand and as such the market does define the price. Value is a matter of how much work it would take to build the resources of the deal. They are...

Just as whatever mystery schools existed in Europe did not do well during the Inquisition. Exactly. Yet another layer to the symbolic meaning of "It is the internal and not the external qualifications that recommend a man to be a Mason". There are western mysteries that have emerged since...

When it's not a tiled meeting I think the technical term for it is "Festive Board". It is wonderful to hold such events and even better to include our beloved ladies. If you've never been to a tiled Table Lodge you've missed out on one of the best events local Masonry has to offer. Consider...

Folks say "it keeps me off the streets" as if it's a good thing. It is a good thing in many contexts. Masonry does it the other way around. Lodge keeps me on the street but it gives me wholesome activities to while I'm out and about away from home. If you're not aware of any masons in your...

Masonry encourages the study of all ideas. There are Masons who study those ideas and there are masons who have no interest in them and that's as it should be. Our light is the divine however each of us view the divine. So if your idea of Plato's light is your idea of the divine then yes for...

Maybe they take the slowest growing hairs if you have short hair. Might that be chest hair? Those of use who look a bit like wolf man if we take our shirt off should be less suspicious ... Chortle.

Glad to hear you actually got a petition form so you know exactly what's on it. There are personal aspects for a reason - We are a fraternity and the degrees are adoption ceremonies. Once a mason you're our family and we're yours. This isn't as symbolic as you might think.

You can suggest that as a by-laws change for your own lodge. There's a process to do so that doesn't involve GL except to review the change I suspect.