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Post by waynecowley on Jun 27, 2008 14:40:57 GMT
Well mine is simple - it's the name my parents gave me! ;D
Wayne
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Tamrin
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 27, 2008 15:46:33 GMT
Tamrin Quote 1During Makeda’s reign Ethiopia was famous for her vast export/import trade with nations throughout the known world. Ethiopia’s chief exports were gold and silver, which were handled by Ethiopian merchants particularly in the Kingdom of Axum. One the best known merchants was Tamrin, a man of high qualifications who handled the queen's transactions. At that time King Solomon of Jerusalem was building the Temple of God and his navy was navigating the Red Sea coast in search of gold in Ophir and wood for the pillars of the Temple and for his own palace. Solomon heard about Tamrin and enlisted him along with other merchants, and Tamrin brought to Jerusalem gold, precious stones and Blackwood from Ethiopia. Upon his return to Ethiopia Tamrin gave an account of what he saw to the queen. He reported how he saw the construction of the Temple of the Ark of the Covenant of God and that King Solomon was the “richest King on earth, who ruled with the wisdom of a sage.” The queen, extremely amazed at Tamrin’s report about King Solomon, decided to take the long strenuous journey to Jerusalem to see King Solomon. (Yesehaq, 5) Tamrin Reports to the Queen of Sheba Quote 2How did Sheba learn of the wisdom of King Solomon? The leader of her trade caravans, Tamrin, owned 73 ships and 787 camels, mules and asses, with which he journeyed as far as India. Having also traded with Israel, he brought gold, ebony and sapphires to Solomon, for use by his 700 carpenters and 800 masons who were building the great temple of Jerusalem. Tamrin told Sheba about the temple, and: "how Solomon administered just judgement, and how he spake with authority, and how he decided rightly in all matters which he enquired into, and how he returned soft and gracious answers, and how there was nothing false about him.... Each morning, Tamrin related to the Queen about all the wisdom of Solomon, how he administered judgement ... and how he made feasts, and how he taught wisdom, and how he directed his servants and all his affairs... and how no man defrauded another... for in his wisdom he knew those who had done wrong, and he chastised them, and made them afraid, and they did not repeat their evil deeds, but they lived in a state of peace."
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Post by leonardo on Jun 27, 2008 16:32:26 GMT
"Leo" is short for Leonardo Da Vinci. I am a bit of a fan of this great man
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imakegarb
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Post by imakegarb on Jun 27, 2008 16:42:08 GMT
Whadya mean what's behind it? That's the shot taken of me at my last family reunion K, very early (little more than two years ago) in my journey among online Freemasons, before I was initiated, I posted my photograph. However, as I moved along, I noticed my gender scared the bejeebus out of quite a few Male-Only Masons. I don't know why, though I've pondered it. And I felt badly that they should be so frightened, for it's not my intent. So I tried to come up with a more reassuring avatar,one that would says "shhhhhhhh, it's OK", "don't be afraid", "come closer", "I'm harmless," "soft", "cute, maybe", "nothing to be afraid of " . . . you get the idea. I mean, this didn't cut it: So I needed to find something better. As I recall, I was rereading Robert Burns "To a Mouse" and a line in there, which I've noticed before, seemed to me appropriate. In the poem, Robert has been plowing a field and he unintentionally overturns the warm nest of a field mouse. He refers to himself as her "poor, earth-born companion". I thought, "Wow". For that's all any of us is to each other. Fellow travelers thru Manifestation. So I went looking for a mouse. There certainly are plenty to choose from but my fave is the one I use. She seems, to me, to be slightly pondering, willing to move ahead and yet cautious. Or, as we say, n*r r*sh nor f*ful. About a year ago, a Brother known online as Georgethe3rd made me this: Perfect
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Post by leonardo on Jun 27, 2008 16:51:09 GMT
Pssss! I don't think the question was to do with your avatar ;d
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Post by imakegarb on Jun 27, 2008 16:58:56 GMT
Oh. You're right. Whoops. I make garb. Really, I do.
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Post by lauderdale on Jun 27, 2008 17:21:01 GMT
Straightforward really.
When I first posted here many years ago I was a member of UGLE and my favourite Ritual used by that Grand Lodge was "Taylor's Working". Hence in those days I used the nom-de-plume of "Taylorsman"
I left this Forum for a few months, the reasons need not be metioned now as the cause has been alleviated to my satisfaction. As by the time I returned I was a member of Le Droit Humain rather than UGLE and the Ritual I like best therein is called the Lauderdale Ritual, I used that as my pseudonym.
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Post by penfold on Jun 28, 2008 19:29:36 GMT
Big fan of Dangermouse the cartoon, and once got nicknamed Penfold due to some passing resemblence someone thought they saw... It is also the name of a very nice winemaker....and a golf ball manufacturer, pastimes I have been known to indulge in on occasion.
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Post by windtimber on Jun 29, 2008 13:11:18 GMT
Mine was visited upon me by my 2 oldest children after they learned of a certain colloquialism used by turn of the 20th Century lumberjacks in Northern Wisconsin. They deemed the handle appropriate based upon certain physiological proclivities. Now with that hint...you guys figure it out!
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Post by penfold on Jun 29, 2008 15:09:25 GMT
PARP!
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Post by Siontific on Jul 4, 2008 17:29:31 GMT
Well, Siontific is mainly a play on words, representing the real and the imaginary. At the time I was reading Dan Brown, a range of books on Freemasonry plus The Invisible College and Holy Blood Holy Grail and also about the Inquisition. I generally side with science over dogma, progress over greed and politics, and it seemed a good play and a good mix of everything. So: Sion, scientific, terrific. Let's face it. We're all here because it's a great subject, whichever way you look at it and whatever avenue is grabbing your attention at a point in time, figuratively and literally.
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Post by Midlander on Jul 6, 2008 6:31:59 GMT
I live in the Midlands (although from north London originally). Unimaginative I know....
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Post by huskerman on Jul 10, 2008 1:27:28 GMT
I'm a Nebraska Cornhusker fan. My name most places is RepublicanJeepr but I didn't figure politics would be appropriate on a Masonic forum.
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Post by keith on Jul 11, 2008 23:29:12 GMT
My full name is Horace John Keith Walker. Horace was my Dad's name, everyone called him Jack including my Mumand when I was at school, there was this Disney character Horace Horsecollar so you can imagine the amount of teasing that I underwent. John, well now, Johnny Walker whisky, "1820, still going strong" I ask you! Keith, a Scottish clan name, you can't do much with it I'm of the Gunn Clan anyway, so Keith is my name. And family history and tradition is that we were ropemakers at Greenock on the Clyde, working on the Ropewalk so that's where Walker comes from although many Walkers in England were gamekeepers in the Middle Ages, they 'walked' the king's forests to stop poaching' Your photo is still there somewhere on the net Karen, you remind me very much of my best mate Mei, a maori lass, very down to earth and self sufficient She calls a spade a 'bloody shovel' You'd get on well together
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imakegarb
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Post by imakegarb on Jul 12, 2008 0:35:26 GMT
There's Keith!! Been missing you And just to let everyone know, my evil twin has been hanging out. Mostly at the bar with Ma'at's evil twin. Don't worry, we're easy to tell apart as we're (drum roll) "fraternal" twins (buh-du-buh!):
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Post by corab on Jul 12, 2008 15:24:48 GMT
Oh wow ... that ratty is FAR too cute:-)
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imakegarb
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Post by imakegarb on Jul 12, 2008 16:38:50 GMT
Well we *are* related
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Post by keith on Jul 12, 2008 23:57:24 GMT
I don't know how tall you are Karen so you may be 'wee'. Neither do I know what your build is, so you may be 'sleekit'. However I defy anyone to call you 'cowran' or 'tim'rous' and I hardly think you're a 'beastie'. Although your avatar is quite cute.
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imakegarb
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Post by imakegarb on Jul 13, 2008 4:05:42 GMT
I don't know how tall you are Karen so you may be 'wee'. Neither do I know what your build is, so you may be 'sleekit'. Well, I'm not getting any taller. As to the rest . . . well, I'm more sleekit than a blue whale Thank you
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Post by maximus on Jul 13, 2008 4:33:23 GMT
I chose my moniker for two reasons. The first, that I love ancient Rome, and have had dreams as a child, before I knew anything about Roman history, of being a Legionary. Second, I admire the character of Maximus in the excellent film Gladiator, as the epitomy of the virtue of Honor. As an ex-military man (eight years, U.S. Army, Combat Engineer, Airmobile) the concept of Honor, and Duty, are held in high regard. Blood and Honor
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