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Post by a on Mar 5, 2005 11:24:42 GMT
Steve
Just read your post. I guess that my chances would be helped if I were a Catholic, though as Ruff has said that is no bar. I am certainly a follower of Christ, and while I would (seriously) very much like to sit down with some Cardinals/The Pope and try to understand their position on certain things, I will not arrange my ticket to The Vatican quite yet.
I quite fancy the Secretary General of the United Nations job, though what would make me the most happy would be a position where:-
1. I could get Freemasonry working a little better in our world. Though I appreciate that some would argue that Freemasonry is as good as it can or needs to be.
2. Get the various "powers that be" in our world, including The Pope, but also all other religions, and all of the other powers that be, to work better together. Though I do realise that there are limits to what can be done from the top, for it will take the will of everyone to open their hearts for true progress to be made in our evolution.
3. And you will love this one. Work on the "alien" issues.
I can but dream. Mind you that distillery job does sound tempting. Really tempting.
And as Middlepillar said on another thread, I could be great but I could also be a disaster. And he is right, for that is the way of duality. The trouble is that when you do all of the esoteric and spiritual work on your own (so to speak) you have little in the way of physical benchmarks, which is one of the real values of the esoteric societies and religions, to guide and teach and provide a benchmark and ensure rounded balanced development. Something which I have had to work without, which is possibly why it has taken me so long.
Anyway I am off to get my feet firmly back on the ground. But I can still dream.
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Post by leonardo on Mar 5, 2005 14:55:58 GMT
Thank you all "her who must be obeyed has spoken" I have enjoyed reading your suggestions and some have made me laugh, some have made me smile, and some have made me think. My wife has chosen:- Middlepillar. However as Middlepillar won the last competition she also picked Sarge. So, Middlepillar, I will post a different selection of items to you on Monday, and Sarge, if you want to email me your address I will send your prize to you. Thanks for taking part everyone. Fix!
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Post by a on Mar 5, 2005 14:58:05 GMT
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Post by leonardo on Mar 5, 2005 16:42:41 GMT
Congratulations to Chris and Sarge.
I thought my one about never having to worry about pulling birds again would have got at least a mention ;D
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Post by a on Mar 5, 2005 16:47:03 GMT
Leo
Darn good joke yes, can't deny that, but you were limping on the back of Middlepillars rather amusing and original job suggestion. Which was increddibly funny.
However as you are clearly so upset, I will send you a small consolation prize if you furnish me with an address.
Anyone else want a consolation prize while I am at it?
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Post by leonardo on Mar 5, 2005 18:11:26 GMT
However as you are clearly so upset, I will send you a small consolation prize if you furnish me with an address. If this consolation prize is you credit card details I'll gladly accept ;D ;D
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Post by a on Mar 5, 2005 18:41:49 GMT
Wouldn't do you much good I am afraid. The wife is a joint holder..say no more.
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Post by leonardo on Mar 5, 2005 21:23:55 GMT
Wouldn't do you much good I am afraid. The wife is a joint holder..say no more. I know the craic - I'm in the same boat ;D
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Post by staffs on Mar 6, 2005 19:42:56 GMT
Stewart,i thought my suggesting was the most enlightening and surely deserves a consolation prize.
I bet Middlepillar always wins the raffle at the Festive Board ?
Lucky ,Lucky,Lucky. Same old faces eh ?
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Post by a on Mar 6, 2005 19:56:44 GMT
Staffs
Email me an address and I will send you a small consolation prize. In fact you can have Leos as he doesn't appear to want one.
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Post by middlepillar on Mar 6, 2005 20:09:36 GMT
Lee
I will tell you another true story about me and Raffles
I went to a Footbal Night organised by Brentford and my Partner and I bid £200 to buy a horse in a race night type race. The Prizes for the winning horse were as follows; £200 Ladbrokes Voucher, £200 William Hill voucher, Signed Jack Nickalaus Chipper, Signed England Football, Signed Arsenal Football, signed George Best Framed Picture and some other memorabillia. Anyway our horse won the race so me and my partner go up to pick up our prizes, and on the way back they draw the raffle (1st Prize return First Class Air tickets to Rome) no one claims the prize and as I get to the table sure enough I have to turn around and go and get the Air Tickets! Now thats what I call lucky!
BTW our 2 boys were very young then so I let my wife go with my sister and put them up in the Hilton at Rome (Cost me a bl@@dy fortune).
In answer to your comment, I have always been reasonably lucky, but I know I will never win the Lotto.
Probably because I dont do it ;D ;D ;D
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Post by staffs on Mar 6, 2005 20:13:59 GMT
We won the Raffle last Night and my wife won the table prize,
When we went to jerrys lodge the Brighton boys won most of the raffle there
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Post by waynecowley on Mar 7, 2005 8:26:53 GMT
We won the Raffle last Night and my wife won the table prize, That happened to us three weeks ago at a Valentine's dance. As they went to make the draw my wife said "If I don't win I'm not coming again". She went on to win the first prize and both table decorations. Then after years of not winning a raffle myself I picked up a bottle of whisky at a lodge last week - will probably find its way back to a raffle in my lodge though as I very rarely drink whisky One bottle did the rounds of my chapter for 4 years (allegedly) - each time it was handed back as a prize for the next meeting Wayne
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Post by staffs on Mar 7, 2005 8:46:33 GMT
At Southwick Lodge they have a booby prize that no one takes away of a Des o Connor album and it getts signed by the winner and left.
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Post by middlepillar on Mar 8, 2005 22:44:29 GMT
Stewart
My Prize arrived today, thank you! And I must say that my youngest son is having a whale of a time, he has now watched the levitation video and does a mean job, and he has got the rope trick off to a tee, I am now looking forward to him becoming a member of the magic circle! rather than the mystic circle I was originally hoping for! ;D
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Post by a on Mar 9, 2005 7:41:12 GMT
You see folks you never know when magic can come in handy.
Sarge I am not sure how long your pack will take to arrive, but it was posted Monday.
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Post by sarge on Mar 9, 2005 13:38:28 GMT
thanks Stewart my grandson ( 6 yo ) has rung twice today to see if the postman has been sarge
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Post by taylorsman on Mar 9, 2005 17:50:38 GMT
"At Southwick Lodge they have a booby prize that no one takes away of a Des o Connor album and it getts signed by the winner and left. " Have they STILL got that!!!!!!!!!!!! ? I thought Tony Scrase took it home after one Meeting, maybe he taped it? SAD! ;D
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Post by ruffashlar on Mar 10, 2005 12:49:25 GMT
I remember I once got the booby prize.
Up here, raffle prizes are usually booze - whisky, gin, vodka, etc. - and some lodge or other thought it would be a great laugh to chuck in a bottle no sane, self-respecting man would accept: Buckfast Tonic Wine, which is brown in colour and tastes like veterinary cough medicine, and is widely believed to be responsible for nine out of ten criminal convictions in urban Scotland.
Well, the joke was on them. I took it by the neck and sank it like the Hindenburg.
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Post by a on Mar 16, 2005 20:53:14 GMT
Well I am now left with a consolation prize that nobody appears to want. If anyone would like a small suprise gift, please let me know, the first one who claims it gets it. Middlepillar and Sarge are clearly excluded from this offer.
Just don't know why I bother sometimes, just can't give the stuff away. What is the world coming to...moan....moan.
I will however say that unless you have an esoteric interest you may not appreciate it.
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