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Jul 2000
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Suffice it to say that it is an eye opening experience. |
I wonder if this can be taken literally.
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
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We could always vote on a Grand Poobah of the Elks Lodge.
Why did the dead baby cross the road? To vote for the Poobah!
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
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Maybe you must have a hammer in order to join Odin One-eye's exclusive little club.
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
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'Freemason' seems like a contradiction in terms. I mean, rocks and stones should be free, right? I find 'em all the time on the beach.
Why most 'gemstones' have an exponentially inflated price rate:
I was married once. My ex-husband had bought me a 1-carat diamond ring for about $6,000. The same stone, uncut, costs about $50. The cost of cutting and setting the stone was about $5,950. The jeweler insisted that it was the fairest price she could offer. "How much profit can you make?" she asked me.
Apparently a LOT. I took the ring to several pawn shops to discover its street value, and was offered $100, as the highest offer.
So, to sum up:
pre-marriage ring: $6,000.00
post-marriage pawn: $ 100.00
I see a sharp decline in any holdings in DeBeers - in fact, I just heard the diamond market bottom out like a lowered '79 Lincoln Continental.
How's THAT for 'forever,' Mr. DeBeers?
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MY WORDS ARE BACKED WITH BIO-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Oct 2000
time: 07:30
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quote:
Originally posted by st_swithin
'Freemason' seems like a contradiction in terms. I mean, rocks and stones should be free, right? I find 'em all the time on the beach.
Why most 'gemstones' have an exponentially inflated price rate:
I was married once. My ex-husband had bought me a 1-carat diamond ring for about $6,000. The same stone, uncut, costs about $50. The cost of cutting and setting the stone was about $5,950. The jeweler insisted that it was the fairest price she could offer. "How much profit can you make?" she asked me.
Apparently a LOT. I took the ring to several pawn shops to discover its street value, and was offered $100, as the highest offer.
So, to sum up:
pre-marriage ring: $6,000.00
post-marriage pawn: $ 100.00
I see a sharp decline in any holdings in DeBeers - in fact, I just heard the diamond market bottom out like a lowered '79 Lincoln Continental.
How's THAT for 'forever,' Mr. DeBeers? |
hi ,
poor girl , you should have tried next to radio city in NY , .....
or van Cleef ( thats closer to you )
so , no freemasons on apolyton , ...... 
have a nice day 
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:30
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???
Me no understando, MrRoboto.
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
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So who are the retailmasons? Assuming freemasons exist, that is.
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Richelieu
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Gatineau
Dec 2001
time: 00:30
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Jacques de Molay will be avenged.
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:30
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By whom? The six-fingered man? Not bloody likely - Inigo Montoya already keeled heem.
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Bereta_Eder
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Under totally mysterious circumstances a book entitled "The Brotherhood - Freemasons in Britain" appeard in my library. Pretty good read, in a sleazy kind of way.
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:30
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I'm sure it was copywritten hundreds and hundreds of years ago, smelled a bit musty, with old leather binding and Gothic typeface.
MUST be authentic.
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Bereta_Eder
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It's actually a paperback from Penguin's or something like that.
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:30
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Sorta like the way Gideon's puts free Bibles in every hotel room.
Oh, what a slippery slope we slide...
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:30
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Just wait till they learn to spit pre-moistened Pixie stix at you.
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
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WRONG. I write technical manuals for Fisher-Price, thank you very much.
:P
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You gotta love those things!
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