tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post3269762912036158336..comments2024-03-19T10:35:55.877+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Freemasonry? No thanks! Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-87553676834015492582019-12-10T04:39:59.742+00:002019-12-10T04:39:59.742+00:00How I originally got involved with them was throug...How I originally got involved with them was through the Youth Club that I ran (for a year). We were raising money for a girl who'd had an accident and needed an electric wheelchair. We raised money by several different methods, including Carol Singing. I gave the cheque to them, made a small speech, and later they presented the wheelchair as if it had been all their own work. The children didn't mind too much as their aim had been achieved, but even so!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-71709179322256438372019-12-09T19:13:37.160+00:002019-12-09T19:13:37.160+00:00Quite popular up here but they do a huge amount of...Quite popular up here but they do a huge amount of charity work.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-72287303876698197162019-12-09T14:37:51.539+00:002019-12-09T14:37:51.539+00:00I'm sure they're not all bad. The one I kn...I'm sure they're not all bad. The one I knew in Shropshire was OK; he was my golfing partner, whilst I still played such things. Most of them, however, were pushy tradesman. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-90341871196985404982019-12-09T14:15:09.575+00:002019-12-09T14:15:09.575+00:00I’m with Oscar Wilde I this topic: I wouldn’t join...I’m with Oscar Wilde I this topic: I wouldn’t join any club that would have me. <br />About 50 years ago I was sharing digs with a man who was a mechanic with an F1 Team. One evening when our landlord who was a miserable old sod went out he forgot to take his Masonic book with him. He’d left it on the sideboard. So naturally being curious young men we took a little look inside. The next day our host asked us if we’d been reading his book and when we said No he went ballistic. Obviously we couldn’t leave fast enough. Within a couple of days we’d both found somewhere else. The most famous Austrian Freemason is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart so they can’t all be bad can they? Gwilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02631517112036109554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-61428212994990790682019-12-09T11:59:22.970+00:002019-12-09T11:59:22.970+00:00Are you sure JayCee?Are you sure JayCee?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-85001290390819303182019-12-09T11:55:28.591+00:002019-12-09T11:55:28.591+00:00Nothing to do with me! 😁Nothing to do with me! 😁JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-1520880272613136922019-12-09T11:09:05.721+00:002019-12-09T11:09:05.721+00:00When we were young, my husband joined the Jaycees ...When we were young, my husband joined the Jaycees of America at the urging of a friend. It is a leadership training/civic organization and can be good for one’s career. He belonged to it for a couple of years and it was excellent for job networking and they also had fun parties.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-75860662269544496542019-12-09T10:48:55.766+00:002019-12-09T10:48:55.766+00:00I do hope so. It would suit her.I do hope so. It would suit her.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-57704031743045244022019-12-09T10:48:05.993+00:002019-12-09T10:48:05.993+00:00The Rotary club I had dealings with seemed to be m...The Rotary club I had dealings with seemed to be more of a wife-swapping club.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14358934415911481602019-12-09T10:24:22.888+00:002019-12-09T10:24:22.888+00:00I wonder how Cressida Dick fits with the Masons. P...I wonder how Cressida Dick fits with the Masons. Perhaps she dons an apron and rolls her trousers up.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-16137782821252591732019-12-09T10:16:49.173+00:002019-12-09T10:16:49.173+00:00Just a couple of chaps and I can't see that ei...Just a couple of chaps and I can't see that either's trousers are patched. Our good friend who died last year was a Freemason, but he never talked about it. There was an awful lot of closeted gay men in such organisations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63064322050486442342019-12-09T09:50:31.344+00:002019-12-09T09:50:31.344+00:00Did they all have their trousers rolled up? I find...Did they all have their trousers rolled up? I find the whole Masonic thing rather silly.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-83202259976006005522019-12-09T09:49:32.717+00:002019-12-09T09:49:32.717+00:00I can think of nothing worse than being a mason. I...I can think of nothing worse than being a mason. I would hate it.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-39250531277011396272019-12-09T09:48:12.371+00:002019-12-09T09:48:12.371+00:00We can see The Brighton Masonic hall from my UK ho...We can see The Brighton Masonic hall from my UK home; it's HUGE.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-19119901207661265162019-12-09T09:34:56.949+00:002019-12-09T09:34:56.949+00:00Went to a funeral of a mason. At the appropriate m...Went to a funeral of a mason. At the appropriate moment, the brethren stood to sing the masonic hymn. Went to another funeral of a mason's daughter. Never been so much secretly pressed on the knuckle since. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86906718502418231442019-12-09T09:23:47.730+00:002019-12-09T09:23:47.730+00:00My brother was asked if he would like to join the ...My brother was asked if he would like to join the Freemasons. He was quite horrified, saying to me, "Do I come across as the sort of person who would want to benefit other than on my own merit?".<br />The other clubs seem to concentrate on charity/fund raising while having a good time. There are female clubs for wives of Rotary and Round Table members, also Soroptomists which are purely female. the veg artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029588460808570133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21097055536938137572019-12-09T08:07:33.469+00:002019-12-09T08:07:33.469+00:00My husband was invited to join the Masons. He was...My husband was invited to join the Masons. He was taken to the hall in London and was stunned at the sheer size and decoration - only to realise the hall was merely the 'holding room' for the main hall. He declined the invitation.Andi's English Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136573194920355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54539078625785605332019-12-09T05:56:55.193+00:002019-12-09T05:56:55.193+00:00I really know very little about the Rotarians. I w...I really know very little about the Rotarians. I was invited to meet journalist Brian Hanrahan at one of their dinners, just after the Falklands War (when he became famous), and the members simply ignored him. I felt sorry for him so we spent the evening together. They were a strange bunch.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-47281647890808886372019-12-09T05:44:50.163+00:002019-12-09T05:44:50.163+00:00Here Rotary is a service club like the Lions Club...Here Rotary is a service club like the Lions Clubs. I was always involved with Lions.Susan Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400003572211042194noreply@blogger.com