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Title: My Third Degree
Post by: WarrenD on June 15, 2016, 11:26:57 PM
Amidst a world of bad news, this week especially, I want to post something positive.  :)

On June 24th I will take my Third Degree and become a Master Mason. It's something I set out to do over twenty-five years ago, but I let real life get in the way. It has been a truly enriching experience for my life, and made more so by the fact that I'm going through it now with my son.

I just didn't know if there might be any other brothers here on this forum.

Warren
Title: Re: My Third Degree
Post by: Cimmerian on June 16, 2016, 01:43:43 AM
Congratulations, always nice to read about something good happening.
Title: Re: My Third Degree
Post by: Manni on June 16, 2016, 04:56:26 AM
Congratulations.
As said before I am from Germany, I thought the Masons are a secret society. Wow, I see, I could learn a bit more every day.
Manni
Title: Re: My Third Degree
Post by: WarrenD on June 16, 2016, 08:52:38 AM
Manni,
          Aspects of it are, however, at least here in the U.S. our Lodges are clearly marked and identified, and we make no secret of the work we do for our communities, charities, etc.
    Sadly, there have been places and times when they've been hunted down and persecuted,imprisoned, and even killed out-right. Ergo the reasons for secrecy in many aspects of it.

Warren
Title: Re: My Third Degree
Post by: Alexis on June 16, 2016, 09:19:02 AM
Good for you Warren !

( Schon fur dich Warren ! ) Sorry ,I haven't quit figured out how to add those dots for the O and U using this thing called a computer .




Terri
Title: Re: My Third Degree
Post by: IanB on June 16, 2016, 11:23:54 AM
Congrats Warren!
Terri, search for "character map" and you should find what you need.

Ian
Title: Re: My Third Degree
Post by: IvotB on June 17, 2016, 04:57:41 AM
Schön für dich, just use the " and then the vowel (now I'm lost :), I mean the a, e, i, o, u :), I'm not sure about the correct english word for that group).

In german it is also allowed to write it otherwise if you can't print the Umlaut:
Schoen fuer dich. Just put an e behind the vowel. Another nice thing is the Ringel-s. I never can find that on my keyboard, just use ss for the Ringel-s

Any native german may correct me. I just have to do a lot of correspondance and E-mail in german.

I just arrived from the Czech Republic. Nice language as well with all the ' ` and other signs.



regards,
Ivo
Title: Re: My Third Degree
Post by: Borsos on June 17, 2016, 05:22:43 AM
Quote from: IvotB on June 17, 2016, 04:57:41 AM
Schön für dich, just use the " and then the vowel (now I'm lost :), I mean the a, e, i, o, u :), I'm not sure about the correct english word for that group).

In german it is also allowed to write it otherwise if you can't print the Umlaut:
Schoen fuer dich. Just put an e behind the vowel. Another nice thing is the Ringel-s. I never can find that on my keyboard, just use ss for the Ringel-s

Any native german may correct me. I just have to do a lot of correspondance and E-mail in german.

I just arrived from the Czech Republic. Nice language as well with all the ' ` and other signs.



regards,
Ivo

Everything's correct :) Your German is brilliant!
 If you have a short vowel (like in "dass") you use "ss", but when it's a longer vowel (like in "er aß" - 'he ate') you use the "ß". Originally it wasn't a double "s", but a "sz" connected by typography in a ligature (like here in "Gießerei":
(http://www.typografie.info/3/uploads/monthly_02_2013/ccs-1-0-42442600-1361201232.jpg))
Please forgive me, the German teacher in me forces me to teach when it comes to German grammar... I cannot resist ...aaaargh....
Borsos
Title: Re: My Third Degree
Post by: macsporran on June 17, 2016, 07:36:31 AM
...... anyway to get back to the original thread, good for you Warren. Congratulations.

I had no idea they covered so much, I just used to fancy Sheila Ferguson!
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