IM_Kathy

I personally don't mind them... but then I use to work outdoors and needed cargo pants for hauling stuff in doing parts of my job. most of the women pants with cargo's are mostly for "style/look" and won't hold anything so I started wearing the men's. since having to go on disability I still wear them. they are comfy. I hate purses so they allow me to carry my wallet, phone, and such. when it comes to scouting I guess I'm not worried about how I look other than that I'm setting an example for the scouts. so I follow my son's troop's rules on uniforms... though I have to say s

my son's troop is shirt only - though for an eagle COH some recipients will ask that those that are participating in helping at the ceremony be fully uniformed. my son wears the pants for SMC, BOR, and COH. on campouts I agree on shirt only for traveling - here in Iowa we have so many different types of weather we camp in that having scout pants always on just doesn't make sense. at summer camp we will now and then see a troop that is full uniform (most in this area are shirt only) and I do have to say they look sharp and I wish my son's troop was full uniform as it does look go

only thing I have is one of those crank powered radio/flashlight deal. I find it easier to tune in to a radio station than to find the right programing for weather radio. we don't live in mountains so never had issue of not getting radio station. and with the crank we may have to take turns keeping it powered up, but don't have to worry about batteries failing us

not sure if anyone has answered while I was figuring it out... but I'm not refreshing to check... if campsite 1 is northern most and 5 is southernmost then... campsite 4 which is mule deer with troop 764. SM drinks dt. coke allows bullying too much and sleeps in the kelty backpacking tent. and if they have the dt. coke then I'm THERE!!! LOL

ok I'm going to take this beyond "boy's will be boy's" or any of the "should I do general talk with troop or talk with parents" this can actually be viewed as a youth protection issue. while many of you may be saying this is just a young teen bragging about what he has been able to find online, it can also be seen as an older boy getting younger boys to view porn. And often getting a boy to do something "secret" or introducing them into beginning stages of sexual understanding is part of the grooming process. (and if you don't know what grooming is - look it up with reference to abuse)

we've had chili cook offs or just general cook offs - where they have all scouts and scouters vote. not all adults sign up to compete though - normally 1 per troop does it.

my son's troop will usually use a cabin during the winter at summer campground. normally do this shortly after cross-over before the new scouts have had winter survival training which the troop requires before winter tenting. they also use one of the non summercamp campgrounds about once a year.

we have several campgrounds that are owned by our council, use to have 2 summer camp programs out of those, but we are down to 1 now. Not sure how far we'd have to go for a different camp, but we are happy with this one.

we have dining hall, swimming pool with boy showers there and I'm told they have flush toilets there, seperate adult showers with flush toilets, campsites have latrines, bring your own tents or use the canvas wall tents (we prefer those), camp provides either a rain fly or roof structure depending on your site, fishing lake, boating lake, climbing tower, shooting range, archary range, lots of trails, many different work areas for spreading out mb classes. we also have a scoutmaster lodge where leaders can charge phones and use internet for those that have to keep in a little contact with work

the one thing we learned with the bb gun station was that they were teaching aiming with 1 eye and closing the other... took quite a bit to learn that my son couldn't close just 1 eye... so there's a picture of him with me covering his eye with my hand and he finally hit the target. he still has that target up on his wall with the single shot through it - he was so proud. but now in boy scouts he doesn't want to do the shooting because he still can't close 1 eye at a time and doesn't want to wear a patch. so at least he still has that 1 target

How does your troop schedule boards of review? from tenderfoot-first class a scout sends out a message through our message board/email system that he is ready for SMC and that if he passes he'd like a BOR that night if people are able. It's very rare for a boy to not pass a SMC. for star and life they must go through the Adv. Cord. first as they are the ones with the computer records of dates in positions, merit badges, and such - if that person is at the meeting they can sign off. if not then they need to get an email from them stating that scout has met these requirements. Once

I hemmed my son's boy scout pants the same way. he isn't finished growing at 16 but his waist has pretty much stayed the same for last couple other than when he returned from phimont. though I figure when he needs more than 1 pair for jamboree that I will get someone to hem them correctly as I'm not the best at sewing.

I have a question... can a boy scout wear the religious knot that he earned while a cub scout? I know there is a religious emblem award for boy scouts and may require more work (I don't know a lot about these awards) so do boys remove the one earned as a cub and not wear the religious award on boy scout uniform until earned while a boy scout? I was always told the only cub scout award to go on boy scout uniform was the arrow of light award. so what is correct??? thanks in advance

100% is going too far - I don't know any leader that makes it 100% but I will say that my son's SM has been gone more the last year or so than he's been there, and it has caused some issues. Until just recently he didn't want ASM's to do SMC or sign off blue cards, so when he would make it he'd get swamped by boys with cards and needing SMC's. Now that he's allowed an ASM to do those when he is gone it has helped some. so I guess it would depend on what you expect the SM to do and not the ASM... because if there are things like then - then I'd go for SM that is around more and let

we have patrol totes with dishes and utensils - each tote is marked by patrol name and on inside lid lists number of each item... about 2 or 3 times a year the troop has part of a meeting where the patrols go through and recount everything and make sure everything is totally clean (they do good with washing dishes, but sometimes need to wash the tote) as for tents they are not done by patrol as we have a couple different size tents and patrol needs for tent vary each campout. but the way the troop packs up is all personal gear is removed from tents, they are swept out, and the QM's appro

qwaze - the only thing different between my son's troop and my daughter's troop is the number of times they camp. My girls prefer to camp only 3 times a year, which is fine as it's their choice but other than that there is no difference what's so ever. my girls show up at my house and load up the gear. they are split into 2 patrols for cooking. they plan out their menu, their chores, the activities, etc... when they arrive they sent up dining fly if needed first, then leaders tent and they set up the tents they will be using. their menu gets approved by the adults going as we will eat

please don't bash girl scouts!!! as a leader in both I personally don't appreciate it. even got the boys in my son's troop to stop refering to lighter fluid as "girl scout water" when on parent night one of the boys said that to my daughter and she laughed and said "what is that stuff, we don't even pack it let alone use it - guess we're better at camping and lighting fires than you all" LOL I was so proud!!! and the boys have learned how to light charcoal without it as well!!! as for the O/P... my son's troop there is a cook and assistant cook... if the cook backs out

it also really depends on the boy... my son has (still at 16) terrible small motor skills. was always fun going to parent/teacher conferences asking "other than his handwriting what does he need to work on?" so all through those grades using a saw of any sort was out of the question... we were just impressed when he would sit down and be able to draw out what he wanted his care to look like - and those took several drafts. then he would take his block and his drawing to his uncles and learn how to cut, but it was his uncle doing the cutting. the sanding and painting were handed off to my

personally I think plain noodles would've been better than putting ketchup on them another one I've see the boys cook before is cooking up egg noodles and adding frozen vegetables making it a bit of a soup... it is much better with chicken broth, but wasn't terrible without it as I sampled.

one very simple is just cooking penne pasta and using a non-meat sauce... can cook up hamburger or sausage in a seperate pan for those that want to add the meat. or go with an alfredo sauce. we do the same thing with scrambled omlets - will cook a pan with meat in it and a pan without... just cook up the veggies a bit, add the eggs, and then melt the cheese in. kebobs are also good - can add meat chunks or just go with the veggies - mushrooms, onions, peppers, carrots, and whatever else you want. our boys are required to make sure everyone in the patrol is able to eat their

my suggestion was similar to Lisabob... for a few campouts have patrols cook differently... 1 patrol cook "normal meals" 1 patrol cooks vegitarian meals 1 patrol cooks gluten free meals and next campouts rotate. have the boys eat whatever they are able to eat - including those that don't eat gluten free try something that is. meetings prior have them find recipes that fit the kind of meal they have to cook. make it into a patrol cooking challenge... that might make them see that there are things other than mac n cheese to cook for vegatarian meals. th

I'm the adult QM for my son's troop. my job - pick up and pay for the equipment the youth quartermasters have picked out and gotten approved, and then get reembursed by the treasurer. I advise boys that have never been QM before. And on campouts where the trailer is getting taken then I make sure we have someone that will pull the trailer. if I'm not attending the campout I make sure to get the keys to the trailer to someone that is going - we use to have the QM boys have the keys but had issues with losing keys so adults hold keys and just unlock trailer and then the rest is up to th

I currently have 3... will eventually have 5. of the ones I have now - 1 on my upper arm is a peace sign inside a heart stands for peace is found within love. 2 is on other upper arm it is a wrap around bracelet with a rose on it and then 2 hearts hanging down with the first letter of each kids names in them 3 is on an ankle and is butterfly wings around the AA symbol which I got when I was 15 years clean and sober which meant I was then sober longer than I drank if going from beginning to end. of the ones I'm going to get... I will be getting a koi fish on the o

my husband and I had a conversation with our kids that they would be allowed to cuss once they got older and learned when it was appropriate and when it wasn't. I believe our son was about 5 at the time. I cussed a lot partly because one of the things I did was worked as a volunteer at a treatment center facilitating an after care group that was for women that came out of prison. So my kids had heard all the words and knew not to use them. But about a day after our little conversation my husband and I were working in the bathroom trying to fix the toilet and our son walks by

we had a bad time with them a couple summer camps ago... the sprays would only keep them away for 1/2 hour or so. the best thing we found was a nice smokey fire. was also a lot of fun having all the boys hang around together chatting and working on different things for badges and ranks.