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  1. OGE, Doesn't it seem odd that a school REQUIRES volunteerism? Required service isn't voluntary, it's mandatory. A Thousand Points of Light Foundation engages and mobilizes volunteers. http://www.pointsoflight.org/about/
  2. Packsaddle, You've never seen the inside of my closet, besides a skeleton or two, there's a demon.
  3. Maybe the online training should be completed BEFORE the unit signatures go on the application.
  4. Packsaddle, I know there's one somewhere. Gern, I thought it was the one with th pitch fork or the forked tongue, I can't remember. Merlyn, It's just a joke, I don't REALLY think the the devil. Devilish maybe, but not Lucifer, the ruler of the Lake of Fire, Great Eteranl Damnation and all that stuff. Just someone I don't agree with. The irony is that we probably agree on more things, but we don't discuss anything other than gay / atheist issues. How about knots and lashings? I like the one haned bowline best. How about fire building. I almost always use flint and steel,
  5. I wish they a a thread to duke it out in. I enjoy being a spectator.
  6. Couldn't edit for some reason: Drat! No picture of Merlyn to see what he looks like.
  7. I don't agree with 100% of the policies, but I support them 100%.
  8. It's just my opinion, but after 2-3, maybe a little more, that's about right. I think taking WB while your first born son is still in tiger cubs is too early. Unless, you've been participating in scouts as an adult before any son was in cubs. I think some people just want the beads.
  9. When I want YOUR opinion, I'll give it to you.
  10. Merlyn, I don't debate you anymore because of your tone. I really believe you have no "standing" here as you are not a scouter or a parent of a scout. I've been reminded that you are welcome however. I don't wish you any ill will, I just don't like your cram it down someone's throat attitude. I'm not calling you any names, I just believe that atheists don't belong in the BSA, neither do homosexuals or girls until and unless they join Venturing. It's not the Boy Scouts of Gonzo or Boy Scouts of Merlyn, if it were, you'd have atheist scoutmasters and I wouldn't. I did not di
  11. Lisa, Sounds like old timers with out of date training / knowledge or younger adults with out of date memories of what is was like "back in the day". Recommend to your council training committee to get the facts in the newsletter, on the council website and to UC and roundtable staffs.
  12. I took it after about 4-5 years as an adult leader in a troop. I think Beavah is about right 2-3 years or so in a troop.
  13. You just can't beat Juan Valdez, plain coffee. When I was in Kuwait, I discovered iced coffee. Panera's I.C. Mocha is about as good a iced coffee as you'll find. Yummy and a kick in the pants!
  14. GoldWing, OK, humor noted. Had the cool uniform, girls in port, etc. I also had the coolest job and enlisted man could get, I flew in the back of helicopters and operated radar, sonar, other electronic equipment and performed anti-submarine warfare. Way Cool. After being named St. Louis MO area Navy Reserve Sailor of the Year and completing my BS degree while simultaneously enrolled in Chiropractic College, I obtained a direct commission into the Army Reserve Medical Service Corps (in the rear with the gear) and became a Second Lieutenant. I retired as a Captain. I miss the girls, the
  15. Kudu, "What make you a trained leader?" and "Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters are considered trained when they have completed New Leader Essentials, Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Leader Specific Training, and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills." I've been to each of those courses as well. Plus, YP, the old Scoumastership Fundamentals, I've taught many of the YP, NLE, Leader Specific Training, and Outdoor Leader Skills training courses. I attended WB in 1994 in the Eagle Patrol in an outdoors oriented course that taught leadership skills, some touchy feely non
  16. Trev, It's sorta odd, since Clinton's now famous "Don't ask, don't tell" policy toward homosexuals in the military, MORE people have been discharged after don't ask, don't tell went into effect. Hmm, I don't know when DRP became embedded, I know that girls, atheists and homosexuals aren't allowed (not including girls in Venturing). I don't care for the de facto local option regarding membership and DRP. There's always Spiral Scouts, Boys and Girls clubs, etc. Besides, it's not so much an accusation as it is an admission on his part. I wish I had the time to find the quote, but he di
  17. I like the Ed and Merlyn show. I think Merlyn is a lawyer and would probably run for office someday. He wouldn't get elected and then would blame Ed for it. Here's an observaton: Ed is a better debater, Merlyn is a better repeater of "Ed, you can't learn" and then keeps beating that drum. Here's another: I continually wonder WHY Merlyn hangs out here, he really doesn't have "standing". That is, he isn't a scout and has admitted to being a cub scout fraudulently, that is, his mother was a leader (an atheist) and that while a cub scout, Merlyn was an atheist. In the military, we
  18. Gold Winger, You said: "John, I don't question what that you believe that you are right but I do question your judgement in leaving the Navy to join the Army." I said I left the Navy to enter the Army. Why on Earth would you question MY judgement about my career choices?
  19. Brent, No, I have not seen the silly knot. However, we must get together for lunch sometime. G
  20. Packsaddle, Maybe if you were wearing an axe-in-body belt buckle, they would have known you were safe to talk to and not rat them out to the cops. Gonzo
  21. Gold Wing, John-in-KC and I are both retired soldiers. John currently works on an army base in Kansas. I was in the reserves when General Schoomaker made the order to add the flag patch to all of our field uniforms. When I was in 3d Medical Command from 2001 to 2004, the DCU's already had the flag patch sewn on, yes it was 'backwards'. In 2003 or 2004, everyone in the Army had to sew on the flag patch. The U. S. Army mandated that the American flag would be worn on BDU's, DCU's and now the ACU. I'm sure John has additional information for you. Regarding ships and boats, yes, s
  22. GW, "Hopefully, the new uniform due out soon will fix that. Probably not." Umm, let's see, I hope that the "new" uniform will eliminate the need for so called "class A" and "class B" uniforms. There really is only 1 uniform in BSA, the field uniform, tan dress maker shirt, green pants, belt, etc. I know there is an acitivity uniform out there, I have yet to see a patrol or troop wear it in 20+ years of scouting. I don't have a real problem with troop t-shirts, or t-shirts from camps, camp-o-rees, etc, but I find that "class B" uniforms are sub-standard except when doing rea
  23. If a scout participates and really puts something into HIS program, then YES, he can benefit from being inscouts. If, on the onther hand, the lad is more like a flea, then he might absorb something via osmosis, but will probably not gain the most and will likely have a negative experience.
  24. Hopefully, the new uniform due out soon will fix that.
  25. Robvio, Kudu's "Troop Method Statements" are Kudu's troop method statements, not BSA's. While there may be some validity to the 8 points he makes, rember, every scout deserves a trained leader. You'll have fun, if you were a scout, you may feel like one again during WB, I did. But then again, I went to WB along time ago - in the "old" WB course. It's all about the boys and the patrol. I agree with a lot of what Kudu says, but not everything. Get the handbooks he recommends, go to WB, have fun!
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