stan_the_man
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I seem to get quite a lot of cuntstomers who are quite clearly masons (Bizarre fumbly handshakes and jewelery etc).
Anyone know anything about them?
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Cavey
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[Edited on 03-03-2011 by Cavey]
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stan_the_man
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quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
[img]http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/fiction/images/simpsons_handshake.jpg[\img]
Image link fail.... :-P
[Edited on 03-03-2011 by stan_the_man]
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alan-g-w
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Yes, can't say anything about it though.
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Ben G
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mate at work is in with the masons. weird thing he's really secretive about it.
i think it's just a gay orgy organisation.
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Matty W
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theres a place up the road from me where the local lot meet up.. no front entrance, its all a bit secretive.
i recon its all wife swapping and hog roasts
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C2RL R
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Bunch of crazy bastards
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Jambo
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My Dads mate is one, its just a boys club where you go to get away from the wife and smoke cigars tbh
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Ben J
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Its basically an invitational group in a local area. Usually members are business owners etc and its all very you scratch my back, i'll scratch yours.
Ran a Mason's function once at the hotel.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
My Dads mate is one, its just a boys club where you go to get away from the wife and smoke cigars tbh
no women? sounds gay.
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csweatherston
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My area has two of the biggest "lodges" in the country.
Funnily enough i know alot of them.
What do you want to know exactly?.
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VrsTurbo
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my dad and grandad are in it
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derick-sport
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my work colleague organises a freemasons boxing night for the local lodge alot of money changes hands, apparently you can only be invited in and have to be of a certain social criteria
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Nismo
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Yeah its business related as Ben said , local communitys where back handers go on, Mr A needs planning permission to build a 10 story block of flats in a grade 2 listed area... gets the planning without any problems... Mr A is well in with the Masons where Mr B is the locol mayor etc...
[Edited on 03-03-2011 by Nismo]
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Marc
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I hear Jimmy Bennett is one.
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LeeM
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my dad and grandad are masons, ill probably join after uni. can come in handy i imagine
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Hammer
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I'm a mason.
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Steve
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RS6
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my dad was one 
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pow
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My Grandad was one, I'm pretty sure it's just somewhere to drink and smoke cigars  L
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emicen
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
Yeah its business related as Ben said , local communitys where back handers go on, Mr A needs planning permission to build a 10 story block of flats in a grade 2 listed area... gets the planning without any problems... Mr A is well in with the Masons where Mr B is the locol mayor etc...
[Edited on 03-03-2011 by Nismo]
No it isn't.
If you enter thinking its all about backhanders, back scratching and stonecutters style empires you'll be sorely disappointed and probably not welcome for long.
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pow
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It's deffo not backscratching like that
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Hammer
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It defo is back scratching like that.
A mason holds every other mason in higher regard than 'the higher power' i.e. God.
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Whittie
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My dad is a mason, I did some labour at the local masonic hall, really interesting stuff there.
Probably join up when i'm about 35ish.
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Fonz
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
My Dads mate is one, its just a boys club where you go to get away from the wife and smoke cigars tbh
quote:
Originally posted by Ben J
Its basically an invitational group in a local area. Usually members are business owners etc and its all very you scratch my back, i'll scratch yours.
Ran a Mason's function once at the hotel.
a friend of mine is one, as his is Dad and his Grandad. I have been invited to two events (dinner dances) and got on well with it. been invited to a third dinner but i have a wedding invite that day so can't make it. last time he asked if would be interested in joining, my GF is convinced he was going to ask me next time to be one, will have to wait and see now.....
but in my limited experience at the dinners and a very open look around the temples the above is right. a load of chaps getting together doing right (raising for charity) and using their business contacts to help make life a bit more bareable with some ceremonial joining methods....
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