Vaping in lodge

[JMartinez]

How do you guys feel about vaping in lodge? Or vaping in general? I've seen it done in lodge by old and young members

 

[Brother JC]

It's still smoking as far as I'm concerned and has no place inside a building, and certainly not in lodge. If you can't wait until the meeting is over, you need help.
Keep your stench to yourself, please.

 

[Bill Lins]

Just like smoking, vaping in Lodges is prohibited under GLoTX law.

 

[Companion Joe]

We finally voted to move smoking out of our building two months ago. There wasn't smoking in the lodge room itself, but we had it in the lobby. It was a battle.

 

[Ripcord22A]

Vaping is the most ridiculous thing on the planet!

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[vangoedenaam]

It takes a man to stop habits like smoking. Hopping over to vaping isnt the way to go and certainly not a way to escape from smoking related limitations.

It takes a man to not bother others with his bad habits. Keeping his passions in due bounds and out of due noses and lungs.

It takes a man to be a mason....

 

[chrmc]

No, no and no. Especially in lodge!

 

[Brother JC]

It takes determination to quit smoking, and an incredible amount of willpower. Gender has nothing to do with it.

 

[Ripcord22A]

I smoke. But i step outside away from the building. Vaping is silly. Makes huge clouds, the devices look dumb.

Using an ecig is one thing but using a vape thats the size of an oldschool atari co troller just make u look ridiculous

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[Glen Cook]

I smoke. But i step outside away from the building. Vaping is silly. Makes huge clouds, the devices look dumb.

Using an ecig is one thing but using a vape thats the size of an oldschool atari co troller just make u look ridiculous

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Hey, careful there. I spent a lot of time killing space invaders on my Atari.

 

[Ripcord22A]

As did I. But putting it in ur mouth and smoking through it is retarded

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[acjohnson53]

Call me man, when I quit it was the best thing that ever happened to me, food taste better, clothes don't smell of smoke. put on a few solid pounds, added more time on my life...

 

[Ripcord22A]

When has substance abuse ever been socially acceptable?

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[hanzosbm]

When has substance abuse ever been socially acceptable?

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He said addiction, not abuse.

On the original topic, not only do I not believe that it has any place in Lodge, as was alluded to earlier, learning to circumscribe our desires and keep our passions within due bounds would certainly seem to me to instruct us to rid ourselves of any additions, substance or otherwise.

 

[Ripcord22A]

He said addiction, not abuse.

On the original topic, not only do I not believe that it has any place in Lodge, as was alluded to earlier, learning to circumscribe our desires and keep our passions within due bounds would certainly seem to me to instruct us to rid ourselves of any additions, substance or otherwise.

my comment is still valid...when has addiction ever been socially acceptable?

and you are correct as far as our passions within due bounds. The WM of my home lodge used to have a dip in during lodge, hed stomach it, meaning not spit the juice out. I asked him about it one day, I said hey aren't we supposed to keep our passions within due bounds, he said..Ya. I said then why do you dip in lodge? and he looked at me funny and didn't do it again, atleast not while I was there.

 

[Bloke]

When has substance abuse ever been socially acceptable?

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In Australia, we've got a strong drinking culture, getting drunk in some circles is not only socially acceptable but encouraged.... and those circles are extremely diverse....

 

[Ripcord22A]

Yeah same here in America. Getting drunk is different from abuse and/or addiction. As for smoking in ww1 again thats not abuse. Abuse is when ur nees for something causes u to neglect other things. Trying a drug once or smoking cigerettes regularly or even drinking regularly does not equal addiction or abuse

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[Bloke]

I would find someone having a coffee in lodge unacceptable. Vaping, drinking, eating etc etc are all activities for outside. The two exceptions seem to be a sly glass or drink bottle of water, especially in summer: i guess its seen like a glass of water in front of some giving a speech.....

......and lollies, even ones in noisey wrappers, a good tyler seems to be expected to have a supply of these

 

[MarkR]

In Australia, we've got a strong drinking culture, getting drunk in some circles is not only socially acceptable but encouraged.... and those circles are extremely diverse....

One of the biggest drunks I ever tied on was drinking with Aussie troops in their NCO club in Vung Tau, Viet Nam. Great guys, I was drinking on their money because all I had was American Military Payment Certificates (MPC) which had no value in an Australian club, but they kept ordering more rounds.

 

[Bloke]

One of the biggest drunks I ever tied on was drinking with Aussie troops in their NCO club in Vung Tau, Viet Nam. Great guys, I was drinking on their money because all I had was American Military Payment Certificates (MPC) which had no value in an Australian club, but they kept ordering more rounds.

Australian's are all evil