Knowing there are lodges throughout the world i will say that i am a member of the R A O B,,and as such am unable to tell of what goes on in lodge but its okay to mention the social side.
One way of raising funds for good deeds is by fines, members misbehaving any thing you can think of etc , sometimes you have to call witnesses which can be costly , and of course you have to be upstanding (MOCK COURT ,more costs so that will give you some idea what goes on.
This night not long after be coming a regular at the pub, Bruce was talking about a big doo coming up at his lodge and asked me if i was a member , yes i replied and proved it, anyhow as it turned out i was the only one of us who was able to take the chair when asked, and got a reputation of being the hanging judge the way i took em to the cleaners.
On this particular night , along with Bruce, Bones and Snifter we were out visiting another lodge introducing Ken who was being raised and also inviting their members to to the ceremony, business finished, surprised! i was asked to take the chair which i did.
Fined all i could get away with plus a few more, paid for the singing, all in all i enjoyed it, when ever i had to pay up i would tell the constable i had left my money where i had been sitting and told him to take it from there.
When i vacated the chair and got back to my seat, found all my money gone, big Bruce with a smile on his face told me they had donated it, seems every time i pinched them they were using mine to pay with , the constable said you gave him permission so every time he came over we told him to help himself -----Yeah I did , but not for all of them

moral --- never put your money on the table ------especially when Big Bruce is around
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