Postcard from camp
Ian N Ford FRSH (addvent@DIRCON.CO.UK)
Thu, 8 Jan 1998 15:33:41 +0000
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 01:13:46 +0000 (GMT)
From: Ian N Ford FRSH <addvent@dircon.co.uk>
To: Hahn haven <Hahnhaven@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Scout Camp Humor
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The closest I came to the letter home was when I took a group of
UK Scouts on a three week trip to the USA. One of the parents
showed me the card her son wrote wrote which went something like :
" Having fun. Today we visited New York City and saw a shooting.
Weather very hot. Love Tommy Tenderfoot. "
Whilst sightseeing we came upon an incident where someone had apparently
tried to mug a cab driver. I am not sure whether the cab driver had
shot the mugger or if it was a police officer. We kept the kids well
away on the other side of the road.
Now I regularly brief Scouts to stop and think of the impact their
messages home will have on their parents, and if in doubt keep the
" blood and guts " until they are safely back home with their ever-loving
and long-suffering families.
YiS
Ian Ford
London UK
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