Fuzzy Bear

I have carried my half of a pup tent before and slept in it on the ground going down hill, so I guess I agree with fgoodwin. I am most thankful to now have a little skeeter netting and a bit of plastic flooring. I have even slept on some rocks but they were more uncomfortable than hot. All I can say for cold weather is that the ticks and stingy things generally stay home. I have slept in clothes, long underwear and my shorts during cold snaps. I have wrapped myself up in my sleeping bag until I couldn't move and slept on foam, air and on cots during cold weather. I wouldn't try a heater,

Dont cry for me Argentina while I wear the clothes of a princess, while I spend your money as if it were water. I thought of you often as I did so. The bigger picture is that every step that we take is for or against something. We may think that our vote doesnt count or that we can get out of jury duty but we are only sidestepping the issue that we are the government. Downloading or not downloading is not the issue as much as that we are setting policy on how we want to be governed. We set laws by our actions or inactions. We cannot get away from being part of government. Being disob

Triple S implied something about the Totin Chip when writing about the DRP. This got me to thinking about giving each Scout a DRP and that each time that they disavow God that we tear one corner off. When all four corners are torn off, then the Scout must be retrained in whatever religion that he says that he belongs to at that moment. If he disavows all religions, rocks, clouds, gods, God, etc., then he must make something up on the spot or suffer the consequences and possibly a trip to the Supreme Court to learn a hard lesson. fb (This message has been edited by Fuzzy Bear)

What you have done is truly inspirational. When I learned to sit down, shut my mouth and do my job was when the Scouts learned to do their jobs. That was also when several adults believed that I had quit being SM. fb

Close is better because it is easier to develop resources and manpower. Distances tends to make both more difficult to achieve. The idea is to bring both home to the units/Scouts. fb

I go the movies about once per year because of the high prices. I purchase VHS tapes from Garage Sales and watch them at home. I have to wait for a while to see first run movies (several years) but that hasn't kept me from my viewing pleasures. I do not participate or encourage anyone to steal movies. My one vote against the high prices may not bring down Ballywoo but I am sure that the market place has been trimming the fat from around their loins or they wouldn't be aligning themselves with Scouting. fb

fb said .....if belief in God becomes the litmus test for being a Scout, then all of the other precepts become meaningless I respectfully disagree. Belief in God is fundamental to BSA membership. A scout agrees to live by the Scout Oath and Law to join BSA. How can he do his duty or be reverent if he doesn't believe. I suggest the BOR meet with the lad and a minister and determine his belief system. He doesn't have to be a member of any particular religion or church, he must however believe. Gonzo1 Gonzo1, Thank you for stating your position respectfully. An alternative

Belief in God is important but if belief in God becomes the litmus test for being a Scout, then all of the other precepts become meaningless. There are those that would love to single out the one ideal and forget the rest but Scouting presents us with a balance of ideals. If a Scout fails in any one area, then by default he must be gaining in other areas. If one area lags, then it is only time that the one lost will be found out. Scouting is a process that I believe brings an individual into focus and allows a person to become well rounded. I doubt that any Scout will ever be a total refl

If he takes more than 6 hours to complete the lawn he might be considered for the Hornaday Award as well, probably only the first level though. If he mows the other side of the sidewalk, this might also qualify for the Historic Trails award. If he changes a spark plug that has rusted over, this might get him a small engine repair mb. I can also foresee such things as the Home Repair mb if he sticks a piece of downspout back on after it disconnected during the winter. There are more than just a few possibilities. Let's keep mentally alert! fb

Your Church's proclamation is not condoning homosexual marriages or homosexuality but they are affirming pastoral care for all that enter. The BSA and the Church sponsor still must approve all leadership in any Scout unit. Obviously, homosexuals are not allowed to be leaders in your Church or in Scouting. The only difference has to do with if you can accept those that are different. fb

Historically, in Homers Odyssey, Ulysseus entrusted his son to Mentor who was to be a counselor, guardian and guide while Ulysseus traveled the world. Mentors job was to help the young prince understand and embrace the difficulties that was to be his one day. Today, mentoring refers to a relationship developed between an experienced person and a less experienced mentoree/protg. Mentoring may be informal friendships or formal mentoring with assigned relationships to develop newbees. The goal is to share good information, examples and advice. These relationships can be developed be

The Falkland and Gulf Wars were not wars but superpowers stomping out small fires. General Scharzkopf came the closest to being a hero. He wrote a book and went on the lecture tour instead of founding the Boy Scouts. fb

The implication of a frozen drop of water expanding has more to do with the size of the cup holding the ice than with any explanation about God, unless there is some type of metaphor. It is a principle that even engineers can appreciate. I would imagine that the chemical engineer that told that one had a warm moist tear in both eyes. Try proving the existence of mankind using the General Theory of Relativity. It may be that people are more of an illusion than someone's ideas about God. If the young man is confused and has found a great mystery about God, then he may be standing in

Young man, Hello BP. How are you doing? BP, I am doing fine but for the life of me, I cant figure out what rap music is all about. YM, Well, dont worry about that because it is only a secret code for cussing. You know, kids will be kids. BP, Ok, so people are speaking their minds? YM, Yep, they're letting it all out. BP, Ok, so do you want to be a Scout? YM, What is it to be a Scout? BP, Camping out and having meetings. YM, I dont think so, we have cars and girls. Can you top that? BP, Uniforms? YM, I dont get it. BP, Sorry, it was

Prejudice is taught from birth by parents and friends in the most unusual places and for all types of reasons. Children generally accept authority and are not given a chance to do otherwise. Trying to establish if prejudice is environmental or genetic is unnecessary but kids/people show prejudiced thinking most of their lives in spite of reason. Prejudice is way to exclude others and to make room for ones own kind. I suppose scientists should show that prejudiced thinking is a natural way to gain an advantage for the group in gathering food as well as establishing homosexuality as bein

Once a WB'er is in training, singing is generally required irregardless of the location or the situation. I can remember being asked to sing with a bunch of Bob Whites once even though I am a Bear. I carefully considered what I was doing even though it probably looked kind of funny. It just takes a while to get in step when one is kind of clumsy. fb

My first BS meeting started sometime while I was a Cub Scout and before I ever attended one Troop meeting. My Dad was the SM and my older brother was a Scout. My brother did well and advanced rapidly to Life Scout. They would come home and talk about what happened and how they could do better. I was impressed by what I thought of as that which was the best and it was all just waiting for me. My Dad left Scouting and my brother soon followed as we moved to another town. I read Dads SM Handbook, his Fieldbook and my brothers BSHB and PLHB. I began by memorizing the Scout Law and the

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Let me clarify the act of delegating. It means that a person will need to take the time to recruit someone. Once they have agreed to sign-up, then they will need to agree to do the task that you could have already done. Once they do the task, it will need to be done again and/or their mistakes will need to be overlooked which takes learning patience. As a mentor, it will take time to train the person enough to get them excited about the Scouting program. The outcome is the making of a new friend, expanding resources and reducing your own workload by one job. The long term effect is that y

I know that this will fall on deaf ears but I would like to share something that I have learned the hard way in the Scouting program that at times I loved too much. There are only three skills/duties that defines an outstanding Leader in Scouting. Knowing how to delegate and then doing it. Knowing how to recruit and then doing it. Knowing how to be a quiet mentor and then doing it. If a person added these three to the list of duties for the one job they have in Scouting, they would have plenty of time left to truly enjoy it. fb

I suppose that the enlightened Intelligent Design Enthusiasts are now all up in arms about someone messing up their Church teachings in the schools. Homosexual dogma may now be corrupting their ideas about truth. I am wondering how many one parent family members were in the crowd mad as a Billy goat about not teaching family values. Kids should not be told about or try and understand the world around them. They are too dumb to understand what may be happening right in their own homes. We should wait until they get to be 12 and pregnant before we let them in on life's little secrets. We s

3 Things that Scouters love that are derived from our Council are: The Council Camp- a refuge from the world that is different than the world that we inhabit the rest of the year. The DE's- mainly for emotional support. People feel loved when patted on the back from someone with a title. Meetings for people with titles to figure out plans for people that won't use them. fb

I once was in a Council in Texas with 5 camps. Selling any of the 5 was not acceptable but they sold the lesser one which still felt like they had gutted us of one great camp. I still think of it. I realize it was landlocked but it had facilities, which nobody comes by easily. I am now in a Council with two camps, both are a long drive. I haven't camped at either one but when we want Day Camp or Camporee camping or Cub Adventure camping or any number of kinds of camping, we don't go. It is a shame not to have something because this area should have hundreds of places to go. It is

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FB - No possible way to win a religious war? Maybe you're right, but when the people are free and have democracy, they will be free indeed and then WE ( USA and their civilian population) win. Fightin' ghosts? no, we're fighting animals who refuse to "play by the rules" Before all you enemy lovers say that we don't, keep reading. The USA plays by the rules of war and ethics of war. We don't hide in hosptials, museums, places of worship, we don't transport combatants or weapons in ambulances, we don't hide in cemeteries or schools AND THEN SHOOT AS AMERICAN FROM THOSE PLACES like they are doing