I Met A Freemason On Tuesday

[stringertom]

Nice chap who offered me a short edumicashun on the pedicab ride to his hotel.

Apparently the secret handshake has three varieties, all dependent on the level the Mason has reached within his chapter.

Also, to join all one needs to do is ask a member and the process begins.

My friend and I discussed movies that feature freemasonry as an integral part of the plot, including The DaVinci Code, The National Treasure franchise and The Man Who Would Be King.

I wish the ride lasted longer or that I had met him before the last night of the gathering he was attending. Unlike a lot of these gimmicky groups (multilevel marketers, yuk!), not a one of the Freemasons here for several nights ever tried to recruit me.

 

[Sentinel]

I also met a Freemason about 15 years back. Very nice guy conducting a 2 day course.

If i remember he said you can't join if you don't believe in God.

Also he said something like they don't tell others openly. It's a kind of hush hush group.

Yes. I can't stand those multilevel marketers from Amway, and various spiritual and religious organizations.

 

[stringertom]

I also met a Freemason about 15 years back. Very nice guy conducting a 2 day course.

If i remember he said you can't join if you don't believe in God.

Also he said something like they don't tell others openly. It's a kind of hush hush group.

Yes. I can't stand those multilevel marketers from Amway, and various spiritual and religious organizations.

The worst all incorporate in Utah and sell gimmicky snake oil supplements. I just saw an exposé on Vice News about a company called doTerra that is big time into essential oils. One of the more popular E.O.s is frankincense. The jerks in Utah are complicit in underpaying the harvesters that climb trees in the Horn of Africa and chip away at those tree trunks to capture the valuable substance. Horribly inefficient methods used and terrible underpayment, sometimes even being forced to trade their harvest for food.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Tennis players are some of the most frequent (non-ritualistic) users of frankincense.
Possibly half the (older) players in my area use boswellia as their go-to anti-inflammatory.

 

[stringertom]

Tennis players are some of the most frequent (non-ritualistic) users of frankincense.
Possibly half the (older) players in my area use boswellia as their go-to anti-inflammatory.

If you know them, make sure they buy from a source that doesn’t exploit those struggling “farmers” from Somaliland. Those warm people of doTerra in Utah threw the Vice reporter out of their building, a rather large unpleasant fella telling the petite journalist to GTFO of the beautiful lobby of their modern building.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

If you know them, make sure they buy from a source that doesn’t exploit those struggling “farmers” from Somaliland. Those warm people of doTerra in Utah threw the Vice reporter out of their building, a rather large unpleasant fella telling the petite journalist to GTFO of the beautiful lobby of their modern building.

I will look into it and ask what brand they buy- but, from what little I have read, the entire frankincense market is
plagued with such poor harvesting practices that its future seems doomed.
Do you know of a reputable supplier that I can suggest?

 

[stringertom]

I will look into it and ask what brand they buy- but, from what little I have read, the entire frankincense market is
plagued with such poor harvesting practices that its future seems doomed.
Do you know of a reputable supplier that I can suggest?

No, I’m not a consumer.

I have met a few multilevel skunks that deal in these essential oils and steer clear of them when their groups decide to descend on International Drive for conferences. doTerra is one of those pack of predators.

 

[Zara]

I know the title says Freemason but I read Threesome. In my defence, I might be slightly under the influence.

Yo Tom, hope all's well.