Fuzzy Bear

There does not appear to be an intelligent and/or a practical answer in any direction on this issue. We can argue for, against, or not at all but there will not be an answer. The Greeks found war to be the elixir to their question and the Romans followed suit; different names but same gods. All countries since have drank deeply of the same sovereign remedy. World War 1 was the war to end all wars and so was WW 2, yet, we could only do this by changing the name to Police Actions. We have built bombs that can destroy the world multiple times and yet there is only one small world to target.

This guy walks into a bar and is carrying a chicken. The bartender tells the guy with the chicken that he doesn't serve chickens in his bar. The chicken responds by saying that she doesn't serve bartenders eggs in her coop either. The bartender is taken aback by a chicken that not only talks but responds intelligently. He says, "Tell me more". The chicken begins to tell the bartender about her life in the coop, hatching eggs for a living, and being courted by the local rooster. The chicken and the bartender hit it off really well that evening. He serves her drink

Sadman really showed us what he was all about. Laying in a hole in the ground with a box full of money day after day. He was cowering with his fear, fleas and filth. He has found his eternal resting palace in life. They should have built a small strip of road over him that starts and stop right there in the desert and call it the king's highway. FB

Official retraction: Sorry Dan, I didn't mean to pull you in to this mess. I meant Dave. Since you were the main subject, then that should have been easy but it wasn't. Outrage can lead one down a short road to the dumpster. Lately, the road seems to be getting shorter. After considering commandopro's statements, I am spending too much time here myself. Just in case anybody asks, I wouldn't touch any site that wasn't work related during work or even after work hours on the company's computers. I know that if the boss wants to track one of us, he can do it pretty

In coming!!! Wow, welcome to the place you wouldn't send your own Mother or sister. This site is known as "Little Nam" and could be hazardous to your self esteem. Tread carefully or get your pride booted so far down your neck hole that you won't mumble a word for weeks. Retreat while you still can. We let people off the first time when going in-country but from then on, they are on their own. Dan has high speed service and has been a writer for years. He can write more in ten minutes than you can with two secretaries strapped to your lap, plus he has a brain, somet

FOG, you are correct about it being wrong to cast stones at each other. I understand that everyone has sinned and fallen short of the glory we seek. I want to believe that Scouting is like the church where it brings together all of those in need and serves to bind their wounds. Then we can minister one to the other. Ministers need as much help as any ordinary person. Reflect on the priests that have broken their vows and hurt so many. This may be the worst kind of damage because it came wrapped in robes bearing a cross. Are we to conclude that the Church is no longer appropriate

Did you know that Paul was a Scout? The Beatles by comparison with most of the Rap music of today would be considered boy scouts. So does that give them a higher morality? The Oneida religious community believed in free love long before the Beatles, so The Boys should have been worse off because of the rule of social entropy. Maybe we have yet to hit the bottom of the moral garbage can. It is just a slow spiral, much like a flush. One of their songs was about a long and winding road. They may have been thinking about Scouting or hiking or The Ring Trilogy, who knows? Some of th

I thought that Foods, Menu, and Recipes might be of interest. Here is how it works: 1. Post your top four favorite foods. 2. Post one favorite menu. In other words, foods that are to be eaten during the course of one meal and that appear to you to compliment one another and that you would serve guests. 3. Post one favorite recipe. I thought that we should limit it to items that can be cooked in camp over a wood fire. You are welcome to use an ice chest for storage because the meal may be any of the top three usually eaten during the day. I am going to think

I have enjoyed the time together on this site during the time I have been here this year. In 2004, I will: 1. Begin walking one mile every other day. I have new walking shoes and have ordered inserts to support my flat feet. 2. Devote no more than one hour every day to the internet. This will be a difficult diet. 3. Continue to paint the inside of the house until every room has been completed. 4. Request a post for Unit Commissioner. One hour per week will be allotted. If I have three units, I will rotate the visits to accomplish the goal. 5. Find a new job. I am

I am sitting here thinking about how much I appreciate him. He was a quiet, sensitive man. He was not an overly involved Scouter. He kept his family, church, hobbies, and business in balance. He liked camping. He made opportunities for us whenever we made the requests. Those opportunities grew in proportion with our knowledge. He encouraged us and we grew into leaders. I worked for his company for a period of time. He was a good boss, a fair man, and was direct. I am sure that I could have remained with his business but I moved on. I want him to know that he left a

The article could have been entitled... Boee fluw thruw the fur two th resque Other possible articles... Soccer boy rescues brother from falling rock by using a header technique. The brother is fine. Soccer Mom rescues son from a Patrol hike. Sources say that she drove straight to the game and then to McDonalds afterwards. The Patrol hike went off without incident because of good planning and leadership. FB

At Philmont, a few years ago, I visited with one of the employees. He pointed out to me that sometimes they had to chase people off the land. Apparently, there are Scouts and Scouters, past and present that believe that they have ownership by association and circumvent proper registration. Most of us love Philmont and take ownership of our experiences. Most, and I mean hundreds of thousands, do not cross the "three mile limit" of personal ownership of the land, irrespective of language usage. I suppose if we did, then the staff would have a larger problem. It is true that pro

Don and I used to stand in the parking lot after meetings and kick the dirt while discussing such issues. We were volunteers. The people that were paid to do their job did not always do it the way or to the standards we thought it ought to be done. We got mad, angry and hostile about their failures. Yes, we witnessed the wholesale signing up of kids in the schools just to make numbers. We pointed out to each other how wrong this was and how poor a program the council had to be able to get into such sad shape. We didnt recognize that allot of our program in our district was

Hope you bring back a couple of good photographs. It sounds great. What a way to bring in the New Year. Where is the Enchanted Forest? Since I have been off for a couple of weeks, we have been cleaning the carpets, moving the furniture and painting besides all of the Christmas doings. We'll just watch the ball drop, if we can stay awake long enough. F. Bear

DS, I will purchase a mirror this next Garage Sale year and putt it in the bag with all of the other stuff. Great tip though. I first golfed about four years ago. I borrowed a set of clubs from one of my office mates, a woman that was left handed. I found that her clubs worked best from the shorter tees. I was later told that everything in golf works in reverse. You don't hit the ball like an idiot. You don't try to drive the ball above the clouds, on and on. So I tried doing things in reverse and that didn't do it either. I attribute my failures to being left h

I am having one of those feelings that I have been here before. I can't remember exactly if it was pleasant or not but I must have gotten out alright. Let's see, I agree with Chip for allowing the Scouts to participate in choosing their fate. I agree with Fat Ole on the PL's Representing the Group. It is a basic leadership skill, one that the leaders will learn from by doing. I agree with Many on using a questionnaire based on past events but allowing for some creativity. I would temper it with a different use of the Evaluation. Our Scouts evaluate each event before they l

It would be a closer fit to consider hacking down the Willam T. Hornaday award to replace it with the conservationist Fred Burnham, since he and Teddy Roosevelt started the Natioanl Consevation Movement. They could call it the FB award. Just maybe... Since B.P. spent "forty years sucking FB's brain", to come up with all of those ideas that is the least they could do for a friend of Scouting or scouting, I think. FB

BP didn't live on an island, well. I mean he was part of the rest of the world. Maybe they should also give some credit to Seton and Beard. There were really a bunch of people around at that time that helped Scouting. It was a world wide movement and somehow Burnham got stuck in an apple crate until some scholar unearthed the real person behind the curtain. What will tomorrow bring? FB

During an interview for a manager's position, you are asked about what it takes to be a leader and you recite the skills of leadership and get the job. FB

I am going to build an addition on to my hobby list after reading Laura's. I decided that I would learn to play golf. I started collecting golf clubs. I am left handed, so it took awhile to find them. I later found golf balls, lots of them. I sorted them into what I considered the best to the worst. I then found some Golf Digest magazines and cut out all of the parts that pertained to how to play the game and assembled them into a notebook. I found some tees. I even found a couple of good handbooks for teaching it and several videos from the real pros of the game. I found socks

After reading the last message, I must be posting after the horse has ran. So, I will do what I do so well, blow hot air. Enter the Scout Slogan, Do a Good Turn Daily. It is kind of the nougat of Scout Spirit. An old Scout cartoon that is part of my Scout collection shows a young Scout telling a girl that he is going to hit her if she did not let him carry her groceries. He states that he must do a Good Turn Daily and it is her turn to help out. It lightly demonstrates a misunderstanding. The Good Turn is Scouting's "moral imperative" that takes understanding, counseling,

Bob White, Thanks for sharing a very entertaining story. and Mark, Thanks for yours. It is nice to hear these experiences retold. Fuzzy B.

I have enjoyed collecting Scout fiction over the years. I started with buying Scout books and then focused on the Percy K. Fitzhugh collection, Pee Wee Harris, etc. I loved Boys Life as a Scout and Pee Wee was the first character I read each month. So, I have collected some BL and other BL related items. I also collect neckerchief slides and have a few from Whittlin Jim and I even try making one every so often. I grew up working with tools and later taught woodworking in a Junior High school for a time. Most of the students were much better woodworkers than I will be, a fact I have

When I was a Scout, we went to our local Scout camp. It had a history, a good swimming pool, good outhouses, a good program, and many of the extras. I never recommended it to the Scouts I worked with as an adult for several good reasons. We were in a different Council that just happened to have three good Summer camps at the time. The Scouts asked and got to choose their camp each year. They had attended all three camps and favored one in particular. So, my first reason had to do with acceptance of the choices of the Scouts. One summer, we had a Scout transfer in from anothe

I like this site or just the idea of it. I haven't been able to be around Scouting for sometime. I am glad to have a way to interact with others that enjoy the same thing. I understand that there has been some difficulties, as with any group of individuals. Probably, some have had their feelings hurt. It may be that it is too difficult to express in words what we generally express to each other face to face. I am not sure that being quiet is what I wish from anyone this year. If we are requesting gifts, I am asking that everyone will give themselves courage. Courage to speak thei