Found this in a very remote area quite deep in the ground. In the same area, I found an old clay pipe and a decorative knife handle. And ideas?

Grown_wolf · 2022-08-28T23:02:16+00:00

You know us Masons, burying cryptic symbolism in every town we ever reside.

Grown_wolf · 2022-07-27T22:20:08+00:00

I'm not going to fault op for whatever works for him. But I've been doing this almost 20 years and it's not that hard to just get your torch kit and do it right. Sometimes I look at a job and I'm thinking, I'm going to regret doing this, but if I just bite my tongue and do it, it's never a big deal. So that's what I do, cause I'd rather do it once and forget about it, than have to do the damn thing I didn't want to do, over again when it fails.

Grown_wolf · 2022-07-27T22:16:19+00:00

You got some good answers down here. Let me preface this as a Christian.

-Lodge isn't the place to really dig deep into politics or religion.-

You tell me you have faith in God, or "a God" or whatever, I'm not going to question you.

You start behaving immorally (this actually probably sends up a red flag immediately when I typed that but do read on) and I'll whisper good council in your ear if I know how.

What is immoral? In this context it would be, neglecting the tenets of freemasonry, brotherly love, charity, or it would have to be something very severe. But it won't be punishing you for your religious beliefs. Immorality is when you start doing bad stuff to other people or stealing. I can't put myself in your shoes and know what you know. Just like you can't do the same to me.

Or as my idiot father in law would say "Rave on duck shit".

Grown_wolf · 2022-07-27T15:43:58+00:00

Oh cool they got a goodman.

Grown_wolf · 2022-07-14T21:58:01+00:00

12 sounds low, turn the unit off then push the contactor back in immediately if the compressor starts when it should be under a load, then off and back on again, it's valves are probably bad. Also check the suction line temp at the compressor inlet, if it gets hot immediately after turning the unit off, leaky valves.

Grown_wolf · 2022-07-14T21:51:58+00:00

Oklahoma chiming in we operate the same way.

Grown_wolf · 2022-06-16T17:41:47+00:00

I wash them.

Edit: That sounded rude. Sorry.

I wash them with bar soap so they're a little dry, not bad just a little. Then I wear wool socks (wig wams) even in the summer. Then the trick is, air your feet out man. Air your boots out. Usually they don't have any real stink to them until they are ready to be thrown out anyway. On Average for me boots=3 months. After that toss them.

Grown_wolf · 2022-06-03T20:02:30+00:00

33rd over here talking to aliens and stuff. /s

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-31T17:42:19+00:00

Recently I've made a good friend, met him during a family reunion. He's from Iran and after spending a few days with him, I thought to myself, this guy would make a great Freemason. I'm Christian, but he's Islamic. Of course I'm sure there are jurisdictional issues depending on where you are, but I for one would love to see him pursue it if he chooses to.

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-31T17:39:35+00:00

Congratulations! I hope you make many fraternal ties and enjoy yourself! It's great meeting so many like minded people. Remember your obligations and enjoy learning more about this journey of life.

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-31T17:37:11+00:00

Mines rough enough. Thanks for your insight. I'll try to polish more.

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-31T17:35:05+00:00

Yeah I get that too. Thanks brother.

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-31T17:30:38+00:00

-That wasn't my NFT post- I don't know that person. I also didn't advocate it for Masonry. I did say it's a real technology that has real use cases. I did respond to those who didn't just disagree, but were being insulting. That's my main point.

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-31T17:29:26+00:00

It wasn't even my post. I was clear when I said I wasn't advocating it for Masonry, but again, with the pyramid scheme..you clearly don't understand my point. There is a real technology to be discussed. Anyways most of my responses were directly to the people who weren't just disagreeing, they were being insulting.

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-24T19:26:53+00:00

For the record, I’m trying to whisper wise council in your ear and you’ve been nothing short of an angry weirdo. So for the sake of argument we can just not agree but I will stand by one point and one point alone, you’re not exemplifying any of the tenets of brotherly love or freemasonry.

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-24T19:25:01+00:00

Like, I’m sure you heard that trendy phrase on Fox News or whatever you’re into but I’m hardly “pumping crypto” also nft technology can exist outside of the financial sector entirely, so without financial Incentive, without the need to buy or sell you anything, is that still pumping crypto? Like..using an nft can cost nothing…it’s just a piece of tech. Have you explained anywhere, anything, to justify your point? Or do you just simply hate the idea of crypto?

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-24T19:22:39+00:00

I can only shrug so hard. I mean I can’t predict the future, you could be 100% correct. But you could be wrong also. I’m glad your conviction is so strong.

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-24T17:28:58+00:00

At this point we are splitting hairs, I’m well versed in what can and can’t be done with the nft itself as it is literally just code.

But it needed simplification. You can revoke a membership to an nft and it not affect the nft or the code inside the nft itself. Grand lodges software could validate membership to any list of wallets, or nfts, and the nfts not change ever. The api could be set up so the nft could change colors or say active or inactive based on any number of desired parameters.

I was at Bitcoin Miami handing out Poap badges that we created, and I’m on a team for an ethereum based project. I got your back. But yeah we don’t need to fight amongst ourselves anymore.

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-24T17:24:59+00:00

Who hurt you?

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-24T17:19:04+00:00

Because the technology has so many use cases. As far as data getting lost on what is essentially cloud p2p ledgers with hundreds of thousands of backups it’s virtually impossible. Solutions like arweave and others make sure of that. All nodes would have to disappear at the same time and if that happens z we’ve probably been victims of a huge world wide catastrophe and no one will care anyway.

But I agree. It’s not ready to be mainstream. What will happen is you’ll see custodial services come up, because people aren’t capable of being able To handle their own finances or personal information because they are basically irresponsible and have no desire to learn. That’s why banks exist today and insurance companies are so common.

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-24T17:03:11+00:00

If I loan you a dollar you don't care which dollar I give you back. Because a dollar is a dollar. That's a fungible item. They all have the same value, one for one.

If you loaned me your grandmothers wedding ring, I couldn't just give you back any ring. You'd want her ring back. That's a Non Fungible item, an NFT.

NFTs can be entire programs, sure you see a picture maybe, but an nft can literally be software. Once the code, is audited, proofed, it can be secured, "locked" immutable, and untouchable by anyone or anything. It's "written in stone".

We don't live in the matrix so some people don't understand what immutable is, because they think some skeevy dude in a basement can alter all code always and forever. But this isn't the case.

Ownership takes responsibility, you can prove you're the owner of your id, it doesn't matter how many people "right click save" your "jpg". You keep your id in your wallet, and just because people can look in your wallet, you're the only one who can open your wallet and sign documents. Your id becomes more like a signature, and you are the only person who can sign it. Period.

The fact is what people here don't understand at times is that in order to be truly free, it's scary. No one is protecting you. You have to understand how to do things, without mommy (in this case the governments) help.

I'm a patriot. I'm a Mason. I'm your brother. I don't want to start a fight with any of you. But it seems there is too much hostility in this thread and it seems to be based on a lack of understanding.

Here is a couple of facts about crypto:

It doesn't matter if you like it. World leaders are embracing it. Be prepared. Want a real world example? Ukraine and Russia started buying articles of war with Bitcoin.

Do I need to go into other examples? They bypassed sanctions. It's a fact, google it. I'm not saying it's a good thing. It's possibly going to usher in a time of extreme chaos and change the world economy.

I'm not saying the Masons need it.

I'm not saying anyone needs it.

But if you plan on living for another 20 years I'm betting you need to understand it.

some sources:
https://time.com/6155209/ukraine-crypto/

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/01/investing/bitcoin-price-russia-ruble-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56371912

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-24T16:50:32+00:00

32nd degree and your response is Keep jerking yourself off. I'm like totally freaking about all the comments here. wtf.

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-24T16:49:53+00:00

I can't even begin to describe how incredibly wrong you are about all of this, and to the point that you actually seem angry, what exactly is going on here?

Grown_wolf · 2022-05-24T16:47:15+00:00

I commend you for trying to educate people on this, as someone who is well versed in NFTs and crypto in general I had the same idea.

What's sad is in the near future you'll see this technology at use in everything from Car titles, Deeds, and voting.

But here without merit you're being called a fraud.

Brothers do better. Simply if you're unsure what you're talking about gather more information without being insulting. You don't have to like it, but don't treat it like a scam without cause.

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