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  1. Ed, your thread was more than just Hi-jacked, it broke down into at least three different conversations. Ther once was a man who created a thread That.......... Oh never mind!
  2. Horizon, how did you handle any conditional associations? For example bothers can't be in the same patrol, or these two must be in the same patrol or that child cannot be in the same patrol with that child. Did you get any of this from the parents or youths?
  3. My apologies to my friend I whish I could go back to edit and amend I had no idea of the limerick protocol I just typed and tried to rhyme it all I now see that rules are rules that no one should transcend
  4. Often a poster has said this thread is surely dead When out pops a tort that sends dismay through the court so the first one to bicker is the guy fast at the clicker Victory may be yours you say Savor it, for at best it only lasts one day
  5. When I address the youths in my troop I try to use the term "scouts". Occasionally I will slip and use "boys" and an ASM will correct me. When I write emails and such I will often go back and change where ever I wrote boy to scout. I agree that formality breads mutual respect. I often respond to a scouts, Mr Its Me! with "yes sir?". I call them Mr as often or more often than I call them by their first name.
  6. So I am at the soccer field the other night buying fries for my daughter and me. I reach for the Tabasco sauce for my fries and the boy next to me grabs the Tabasco bottle just before I do. Not rude, just a timing issue. He then liberally coats his burger with Tabasco. I comment that, "I have never seen a kid use that much Tabasco sauce before." And I kind of gave him the man-nod that I thought it was cool. He pauses for a moment and says, "I am not a kid I am 12 years old". I smile and just walk away. I now know I offended him by calling him a kid. But in his mind what is he i
  7. After checking some on boot weights I must of been refering to boots made by Cemex. But they wear like concrete.
  8. I agree with Oak Tree, a good pair of sturdy comfortable shoes trumps 7" new boots for all but the worst situation. When I think high sided boots I think muck and water crossings. High desert trails with well worn paths call for shoes with aggressive soles (souls). Leave the eleven pound boots at home and take the four pound shoes. another vote shoes
  9. The Armstrong question is interesting. Would I recommending scouting? Yes! But, they have to be looking for this sort of product. Do you go around telling everyone they need more cable wiring in their house? I think not. You only recommend Armstrong cable when there is a need for the product. "Hey, I am remodeling and I need a cable company. You know a good one?" So when some one asks, Hey I am looking for an outdoor program would you know one? "Yes, of course", will come the replies from 99% of the people on these forms. If we are going to tie this into the Dwindling Numb
  10. Well we did it! We stayed in a hotel in St Mary's on Thursday night and on Friday morning departed on the Island Queen ferry for two nights of backpacking in the Cumberland Island wilderness area. We took off late due to the fog and arrived on the island about 11:00 AM. After a brief Park Ranger orientation we were off to our first campsite at Hickory Hill, some five plus miles up the parallel trail. What a fantastic place Cumberland is. At first the trail starts off in a semi upland area. All the trails on the island our canopied with 85-90% coverage but the trees change. A
  11. There is no endorsement in the insignia guide for an adult patrol patch. I personally see the value in culling the adults into a patrol to keep them away from over helping their kids. So although we do not wear "Old Goat" on our arms I refer to the adults attending the campouts as the Adult Patrol. A patch could go along way towards keeping a mind set to stay away from the kiddies. I think too often we scouters over interpret the Scoutmaster's HANDBOOK and Insignia GUIDE as rules and regulations. There was more emphasis in the early books to use waht works rather than use it precisely t
  12. I would like to start planning a Backpacking MB maybe for the late summer or early fall. I need 4 nights and 30 miles at least, and 50 miles if we are ambitious enough to for the patch. Water sources and scout friendly trails such that the incline rates are moderate. We can make north Georgia, South Carolina and lower North Carolina in a day. The appalachian trail has a mystic but that is not an absolute. The McKay trail in North Georgia intererest me but I haven't hiked. Thoughts? Recommendations?
  13. I love these forms for the over the top analysis they provide. FScouter last month we departed at 1:00 PM and returned at 10:00 AM the next day. Technically we did not make 24 hours. May we still consider this in our 100 "day" count? What if we return to our Charter and wait there until the exact time period we departed the day before.* Will this count? *This assumes that time on the road to the campsite is recordable time. Is it? What if....
  14. I have a 13 year old scout at the rank of Life. He has never camped without his mom. He came to our troop a few months ago already at Life from another troop. When he camped with our troop it was the first time he had ever slept in a tent without his mom being in the tent. He now can go camping and sleep in a tent with his patrol buddies but his mom still camps nearby. We have culled her into sleeping and eating with the adults but nature has a away of teaching animals where the easy food is. He finds his way to his mom. He could make Eagle and never camp without his mom. Other tha
  15. The scout should fill out the blue card. Ideally I like to see all the requirements including the sub-requirements listed. I haven't run out of lines yet but there may be a MB out there with too many requirements for a Blue Card. (shame on the Zealot who engineered that MB program) At the last PLC meeting I announced that I wasn't going to take a Blue Card from a parent. Not to open and not too close. As SM and an occasional MB counselor I cherish the face to face time I spend with the scout. Besides if you follow the old adage, "if a scout can do it, let him" then the kid fills
  16. Nah! I think nostalgia has over taken this thread. Kudo got me turned on to the old scouts books and I now have a decent collection of about 12-15 various, out of print scout and camping books from 1970 - 1930'. It was not easy to camp and especially backpack in old days and the fact that my 1948 Handbook for boys lists no backpacking MB would indicate to that this really wasn't done. The make shift backpacks and ruckus sacks shown in these books weren't going to get you far. Wool blankets and canvas tents would have made even the shortest distances seem far. There is no such
  17. Assumptions: The Lodge wants to do something but there already is a scout troop in town chartered by the Lions Club. The town is not big enough to support two troops. I think that is situation. Form a venture crew for older scouts. Form a scout program for non-traditional scouts or handicapped scouts. Allow a troop to use the lodge facilities.
  18. Even 5 years ago Bob White was being miss-quoted. It only took seven posts back then. Scouters we are letting our traditions languish. Please return to your keyboards and in earnest begin miss-quoting Bob White at the rate that is consistent with our heritage. Our fore-posters would expect nothing less.
  19. Wow a call out thread! Reading the black marks you wrote on my white screen I am reading about a guy that really still has the passion but its being blocked by adults. I'm offering a little bit different advice than the others. I say stay away form the adults and find the youths which you seem to connect with. That means running roundtables discussions or adult training sessions will be the death of you. I would look again at those SM positions. You didn't mention why you didn't take them, just that you didn't. As a SM you know you will get directly involved in the youths. Got a
  20. Could it be stories like the Basketball Scout of America that leaves national with the perception that we can't deliver? I think there is a weakness between councils and individual units. Our district has so few Unit Commissioners that they don't even try to say, "we will get to you eventually." Our District held an emergency meeting about six weeks ago basically stating that from an administrative sense we were on our own from council. A new website will be created separate from council's, a separate calendar and various other split-list items were rattled off by the bravado District
  21. "Anyways, I was wondering what your suggestions would be for off trailing." - Don't do it. Its against all National Park rules and most National and State forest rules. - Buy a GPS. - Update your will. - As a writer you should carry a water proof pad and pen so you can jot down your final thoughts. Who knows maybe it will sell high enough on eBay to pay for your burial. (This message has been edited by Its Me)
  22. He put the knife away when I asked. I am acutely aware of knife issues having had a big blow up about 1-1/2 years ago with a Webelos scout. After letters of apologies and parent - cubmaster conferences it worked itself out. That boy is still with me in my troop and is a really good scout. No more knife problems with him. As with that boy there was an underlying issue. His dad walked out on his mom 6 weeks after that incident. So based on that experience I see a scout new to my troop lashing out at every object that he can find. You can almost see in his eyes that someones face is on
  23. My advice, buy a trail map, set a date and go do it. National Geographic map store: Pick a State, Pick a forest, buy a map and go. http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&itemID=246 Have fun.
  24. On a recent campout one of my scouts seemed to have a lot of hostility. At every moment he grabbed a stick or other item and whacked trees, bushes, the dirt, anything. When not whacking away at inanimate objects he was slashing trees and bushes with his pocket knife. I suspect that there are issues behind this and would like to discuss with the mom. But I am not a trained psychologist and my hypothesis on why this kid is lashing out may be way off the mark. And even sugesting this may not be comfortable. Just to clarify I don't think this a youth protection issue more of a learning
  25. Not to turn this into a one-up-man-ship game but someitmes I just eat the coffee right out of the can. But only when I can't get my caffine I.V. system to work. Sincerely Topper
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