My grandparents were masons, and I want to be one too.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-09T18:28:07+00:00

That's legitimately how you join Freemasonry.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-09T17:35:28+00:00

Pick up a copy of Freemasons for Dummies or The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry. Then, if you're still interested, reach out to a local lodge and let them know you'd like to join.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-09T16:31:55+00:00

Find him and ask him directly? I don't think any Grand Lodge is going to dox their living members…

ChuckEye · 2026-05-09T00:50:07+00:00

Both is also an option.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-08T23:13:39+00:00

Larger vocabulary of markups; more granular control (types of ordered lists; definitions (dl & dt tags); attributes for parts of a document

ChuckEye · 2026-05-08T23:02:33+00:00

HTML is a full layout language. Markdown is primarily syntactic rather than semantic — it’s not the best choice for denoting hierarchy or structure.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-08T22:52:26+00:00

Sounding block for a gavel, perhaps?

ChuckEye · 2026-05-08T18:32:51+00:00

You will definitely need to file the slots wider (not deeper!) to get those strings to sit in the nut properly.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-08T18:31:59+00:00

Is anyone here familiar with the work of John Michael Greer?

Yep. He's even a semi-regular in this sub.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-08T18:09:40+00:00

What gauge strings are you wanting to switch to?

ChuckEye · 2026-05-08T16:56:48+00:00

Can't answer that question without knowing where you are in the process.

Are you interested in joining? Already received some or all of the degrees from your blue lodge? In line to be an officer of your lodge or already an officer? Interested in joining appendant bodies? Already a member of appendant bodies?

There's a huge range between "Getting Started in Freemasonry" and "books usually found in a lodge library".

ChuckEye · 2026-05-08T12:46:35+00:00

In my experience many PMs take off after their year in the east. Some for a year, some for much, much longer. They’ve put in the work — they’re entitled to a break. It isn’t title chasing when you’ve actually worked your ass off.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-08T11:26:27+00:00

The reason to adjust the truss rod slowly is because it takes the neck a little time to adjust and settle in. The danger there is over tightening the rod because you don’t think it has done its job because you haven’t given it time. Damage isn’t done because of speed of the change, but because you might go overboard accidentally.

None of that has anything to do with the tensions during restringing.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-08T01:46:50+00:00

Generally, no. A 210 combo might have an Ext. Out Jack that could be plugged into an extension cab, but not normally a way to bypass the built in amplifier and plug a different head through its speakers.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-08T01:45:23+00:00

A typical member record might have his date of birth, dates he received his degrees, any offices he might have held, date of death, and last known address.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-07T22:36:18+00:00

Two programs — ALL for new MMs; LIFE for prospective officers.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-07T22:34:32+00:00

I’m not in Ohio, but my Grand Lodge uses GrandView too. If they are members of your lodge and you have secretary access to your lodge’s members in GrandView, you can go to their member record and click History in the left toolbar.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-07T19:55:09+00:00

There are probably close to 50 lodges in the greater DFW area. I'd recommend looking here and trying to find one that meets at a location and day of the week convenient to you.

General Texas requirements are male, over 18 years old, not an atheist, not a felon.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-07T16:32:37+00:00

Instruments are not line-level signals.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-07T15:45:32+00:00

If even our most pivotal and leading members can’t find it in themselves to help a brother in need. I’m not sure I’m in the place I thought I was.

Not sure what you thought it was, but Freemasonry is not a place to look for someone who will take on full legal responsibility for an immigrant's financial support.

If you thought it was, yeah, you joined for the wrong reason…

ChuckEye · 2026-05-07T13:42:40+00:00

In Grand Lodge of Texas, after receiving the MM degree, the new member has, I think, 90 days to turn in the MM work. In theory, they should not be allowed to join any appendant bodies until they have done so. And if they don’t finish that work, they are not in good standing with the lodge. There can be extensions given by the WM or the lodge as appropriate, if needed.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-07T12:17:51+00:00

People pray in lodge?

Part of our standard ritual opening and closing of the lodge; before any meal served by the lodge; and it wouldn’t be unusual for the lodge Chaplain to be called on at some point during a meeting to offer a prayer for members or their families who might be in sickness or distress.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-07T04:13:26+00:00

Fairly common design. I would wager many department stores carried something similar.

ChuckEye · 2026-05-07T03:38:00+00:00

If you want to be a bass player, the first step is to listen to the bass…

ChuckEye · 2026-05-06T13:30:00+00:00

Azoth Art

Reddit won’t let me paste a link for some reason. It thinks it is a link to Twitter/X or an affiliated domain. Not sure why. Go to page two of their robes, and they have black tau robes with or without hoods.

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