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skygazer

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Sat Dec-03-05 12:08 PM
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Monks

I can really see the allure of the monkish life. Solitude, a life of study and reflection. Living in a self-contained, self-sufficient community. Brewing good beer....

What are the qualifications necessary to become a monk?

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Deja Q

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Sat Dec-03-05 12:27 PM
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1. No playing with any body parts...

Yours or anyone else's.

Isn't that enough to keep you from that profession?

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skygazer

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Sat Dec-03-05 12:36 PM
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4. Well, depending upon how much beer I'm allowed to consume

I may not care one way or another. :silly:

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ForrestGump

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Sat Dec-03-05 12:33 PM
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2. You've gotta be able to handle vespers

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skygazer

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Sat Dec-03-05 12:36 PM
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5. I'm all over them Vespers

Kind of a habit of mine. :hide:

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oneighty

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Sat Dec-03-05 12:34 PM
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3. Moncks Corner

Edited on Sat Dec-03-05 12:56 PM by oneighty

In South Carolina has a Monastery.

My very attractive wife and her equally attractive sister and I visited it one Saturday afternoon.

The girls were wearing shorts which I considered to be not a good thing to be wearing while visiting a Monastery.

As visitors we were allowed to see only the spokesman of the day. He explained he is the only one allowed to speak with visitors.

It was/is a beautiful place to visit.

Should you ever have an opportunity-do so.

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Edit. It is Mepkin Abbey-Trappist Monastery.

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China_cat

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Sat Dec-03-05 02:59 PM
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7. And they don't brew beer.

They sell eggs. The abbott there has said that they have 20,000 lay sisters. They do allow the Girl Scouts at the nearby camp to come for mass during the summer. The girls are allowed only in the balcony, which has it's own entryway but it's a beautiful place to visit.

They also have a website;
http://www.mepkinabbey.org/home.htm

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oneighty

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Sat Dec-03-05 03:06 PM
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8. Hey China_Cat

I think we visited that same building and stood in the balcony looking down. I thought it was rather a small place of worship. Boy that had to be thirty years ago.

The Monks had large fields of I suppose vegetables and yes the chickens.

Did you ever go to 'The Dock' restaurant?

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China_cat

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Sat Dec-03-05 03:16 PM
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9. Yep. But the Dock is gone now. Taken out by Hugo

Had another for a while but it didn't live up to the original so it is now also gone. In fact, we have very few restaurants left here that aren't part of a chain. Charleston area has been WalMarted...big time. The 2 new ones going in make 10 with 8 superstores.

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oneighty

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Sat Dec-03-05 03:25 PM
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10. My Clam Dredge

The Vicky Mary was taken by Hugo. I am glad I had sold it as I might have killed myself trying to save her.

A navy friend kept his boat at the Dock. His wife Goldie worked in the restaurant. Long ago.

Favorite restaurant in Charleston was 'Henry's' on Market Street.

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China_cat

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Sat Dec-03-05 03:31 PM
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11. Still there and now one in Mt. Pleasant, too.

Fried grits are still on the menu.

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Sat Dec-03-05 12:41 PM
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6. Monk

http://www.brunijazzart.com/library/originaljpgs/Monk,Thelonious,661,24x36,%20Monkish,copy.JPG

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Sat Dec-03-05 03:46 PM
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12. Monk

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