tubal-caine

[DiME]

just dropping by to say hi.. haven't frequented the ng in a while...

1. what's been going on?
2. can anyone send me the ep, complaint box? i have all of a.guest's
vidcaps except that one...

any help is appreciated....

btw, as information, i was in jail not too long ago, and with nothing
better to do, I picked up a bible...
i have no religious preference whatsoever.. i was reading it in hope of
some good stories about the "fall of angels"
and i came upon a passage which talks about abraham's sons and yada yada
yada.. they all live about 700 years or so...
and one of the son's (down quite a few generations) was named
tubal-caine.. or tubal-cain... i forgot the exact spelling...
it was not too far into the beginning of genesis, i believe... old
testament...

-dave

[Tay-vee]

Dammit, it always sounded to me like some sort of pain-relieving antiseptic
ointment.... that comes in a tube...

Tavie (rhymes with GRAVY, not savvy)
==
"Welcome to LA; follow this ASS!" -Dave Foley

"Tavie is super.
Kind of like Clark Kent, but not.
She's more like Batman."
-From "The Haikus of Goose", H. Frank

[Celia]

Tavie wrote:

> Dammit, it always sounded to me like some sort of pain-relieving antiseptic
> ointment.... that comes in a tube...

ROFLMAO

~Celia (laughing all the way into next week)

[bill walsh]

And as Word Guy, I feel obligated to provide the specific reference now:

I. The Name in the Bible

Genesis 4:22 (from the KJV):

"And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in
brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah."

II. The Secret Masonic Gesture

Knowing the "Tubalcain" handshake marks one as a "master mason" (a high
level, I take it). I infer they view the Biblical character (an
artificer, in metals, though not in stone like a mason) as a spirtual
ancestor. The Masonic handshake/ritual it refers to is described as
(supposedly, I'm not a Mason [and if you like consipracy theories, it's no
doubt a red herring tossed out by the Masons, Illuminati, et al.]):

"Tubalcain"
Pass Grip Of A Master Mason

The Mason places his thumb on the space between the second and third
knuckles of the fellow Mason's right hand, while the fellow Mason moves
his thumb to the corresponding space on the first Mason's hand.  The thumb
is pressed hard between the second and third knuckles of the hands.  The
name of this grip is "Tubalcain".  When a candidate is imparted with this
grip and its usage it is done in this manner:

First, the Worshipful Master says to the candidate:

"I now present my right hand in token of the continuance of friendship and
brotherly love, and will invest you with the pass-grip and pass-word of a
Master Mason.  As you are uninstructed, he who has hitherto answered for
you, will do so at this time.  Give me the real grip of a Fellow Craft."

(As explained from the preceding degrees, he then has this exchange with
the Senior Deacon, who is standing next to the candidate, who is still
kneeling at the altar, after having assume the obligation of this degree):

WM: Brother Senior Deacon.
SD: Worshipful Master.
WM: Will you be off or from?
SD: From.
WM: From what and to what?
SD: From the real grip of a Fellow Craft to the pass-grip of a Master Mason.
WM: Pass.  What is that?
SD: The pass-grip of a Master Mason.
WM: Has it a name?
SD: It has.
WM: Will you give it to me?
SD: I did not so receive it; neither will I so impart it.
WM: How will you dispose of it?
SD: Letter or syllable it.
WM: Syllable it and begin.
SD: You begin.
WM: Begin you.
SD: Tu
WM: bal
SD: cain
WM: Tubalcain, my Brother, is the name of this grip.

[Richard Trionfo]

Bill started with:

>And as Word Guy, I feel obligated to provide the specific reference now:

(Then he added a lot of other stuff that I will omit)

Hey Bill:

How bout them freaking Caps. Beating the Sens 6-5 after being down 5-2 in the
third

How long before we get a review of Miller Field?

Rich
"If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college."
- Lewis Black
Who has been messing with my laser?
Do you have Happy Scrappy Hero Pup?
Me llamo El Cocko. -- Joe Rogan

[bill walsh]

Rich, who I think assisted on Whitfield's goal, wrote:

> Hey Bill:
>
> How bout them freaking Caps. Beating the Sens 6-5 after being down 5-2 in the
> third

Insane, Wayne. Worth the price of the DirecTV equipment. Unbelievable.
I hardly know how to react to a Capitals team with this much promise. I
boggle.

> How long before we get a review of Miller Field?

Ooh, good question. I've no immediate plans to get down that way, but
should the opportunity arise, I'll brief all and sundry.

Salut,

bill walsh
ott...@mindspring.com