Basementdweller

I about choked on my coffee. way too funny

I briefly participated in the Global warming thread two posts worth. I stopped when the argument went economic/political. The gay thread was completely ridiculous and should have been closed a couple of months ago. The GAHB thread was a bit heavy handed in my opinion.

Mr fish.....I bet our groups run similar program. I hope we meet some day. GAH I applaud your attempt to reach out to home schoolers. I find GA's monologue interesting and wonder why it is so controversial??? If people are embarrassed by the program they provide then so be it. Fix your programs. I understand that we all strive to be boy lead, What if the boys don't or won't do it??? There should be a measuring stick of some sort for troop performance. The quality unit award is ridiculous. I am not agreeing or disagreeing with GA choices for measurements.

Eagle.......so a tiger parent comes in and says their scout has earned it are you going to tell them no because it isn't allowed?????? Just asking the question so you go to the local street carnival and they have the ponys that walk tied to the carousel, does riding a pony in this manner count????

In reading the link it looks like a fund raiser for them. they are getting a portion of the sponsorship dollars which is great. I am glad National didn't waste any of our boys moneys on it. Thx for the link lj

Had a really great discussion with the den leaders the other night exploring this topic. You take a group of scouts to the Park for a trash pick up. there are two adults and ten scouts. One scout gets injured how will you manage the group. You cannot split the group. how long do you expect the other scouts stand around and wait? Two adults is not enough. in the discussion 4 is the minimum to follow youth protection guidelines. West Coast......A lot depends on the scouts. We do it all the time, lots of single moms and grandparents raising boys in our group.

Dave and scout... In reality our sons are the exception. We enjoy and are active in their lives. We have train and trust them. I remember one young man who was too frightened of the bb gun to shoot it.

I find it really alarming that it is being managed by a mental health agency, that sends a huge warning up. At least to me, are these men on meds to help regulate their moods. Who manages the meds? If the homeless shelter was there first???? Depends You could evaluate the residents and how it is run. Are the men just hanging around outside, is it clean, well kept and staffed. You could speak with the residents and make a determination of the type of clients. With that said it is then you choice to meet there or not.

Where are they going on the bus? Transformers is a poor choice, it is PG. Some racy moments especially in the young mans bedroom. Down and derby would probably bore the boys. Up Incredible Surfs up Monsters Vs Aliens Jungle book would be great Any of the Spy kids movies Never ending story Night at the museum My Bear said anything with Godzilla, gamera in it. made me chuckle, We watch the B movies I grew up on Friday nights.

Remember they are only guidelines and the Pack can do what ever they want. Remember the entire Cub winter camping thread. My cub hunts with 22 and he has a 20 gauge. but he can only shoot a spring action bb gun at camp. hmmmmm

I am ticked off. Sponsoring an IRL team costs in the neighborhood of 5 million dollars a season taken from http://www.healeymotorsports.com/sponsorship/ Here is the team http://www.dalecoyneracing.com/ I enjoy open wheel racing and have followed it for years, but please. let me see $25 per scout goes into $5 million how many times. of course the actual cost or any deals will remain top secret. So who decides on the disposition of the free tickets???? Who gets in to the hospitality tent???? I don't live anywhere near one of the tracks so how does it benefit local

http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=en|en&hl=en&q=ride # When you ride a horse, you sit on it and control its movements. VERB * I saw a girl riding a horse. V n * Can you ride? V * He was riding on his horse looking for the castle. V + 'on' * They still ride around on horses. V adv/prep It is just a belt loop. Relax, if the camp said they earned it then ok, they earned it. Looking at the requirements the could earn both the pin and belt loop in as little as an hour. Belt Loop Complete t

Depends on what the goal of the Poll is? Change scouting to attract new or additional youth Maintain the current scout base? Current CO base Current Volunteer base

Craigslist Ebay Thrift Stores I have sort of a standing order at the local thrift stores for any scout uniforms that come in. Some give them to me no charge, others I donate. Thru these I have accumulated a uniform closet for the Pack and Troop. It has taken a couple of years to gather them and get the patches sewn on. The problem is determining true need. I have Stay at home mother's asking for free uniforms who drive Ford Expeditions, wear expensive cloths and have the latest smart phone with expensive ring tones. I also have given uniforms to young men

Policy is the Guide to Safe Scouting often refered to here as the G2SS There are a lot of copies floating around on the internet of varying age. Here is the link to the one on national http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/GSS.aspx To answer your question. Something happened to force a new policy. lawsuit, injury, ect. Right after the Iowa tornado they came out with the severe weather training. When I was a Youth scout it was the Bicentennial and our Troop built a revolutionary war cannon. We marched with it in parades and shot it. 30 years

There is may levels of policies..... An example. Sheath Knives are not specifically prohibited by national. Some councils may ban them Some Districts may ban them Some Camps may ban them Some Troops may ban them. Now you ask what is the repercussions for National or Council Policy........ I don't know of any, I suppose they could remove you as a volunteer. I have been in Packs where anything goes and in Packs where we debate the rules for hours, guess which one was more fun to be a part of.....

The problem with cake bake sales is the money comes from the pack's families. To my mind raising money from the Cub Families is not a good thing and often counter productive. I like to raise funds from the public and not our families. You will be surprised how quickly they tire of being asked for money for a fund raiser. The Garage Sale is a great thing.....we have done it and raised some good $$$.

Cold night reading posts. The main problem is a precedent of tolerating poor behavior. Lisa....I have to ask what exactly is a desirable outcome for you? Kicking them out of scouting, Probation, Suspension, Blocking their eagle or behavior corrected??? When I enter a fight I want to know exactly how to determine a desirable outcome. As mentioned earlier you need to define the problem and YOUR desired solution. Time for a come to Jesus meeting with the entire troop. Letting the entire group know this behavior is over. of course you need the SM, CC on board. Do y

That is fine, Time to fix it. Bake sale my friend. Everyone brings something. If your Charter Org. is a church a bake sale after Sunday service is fantastic. OR Saturday in front of a Walmart or Large grocery chain. Use your littlest cutest tigers to get them in.......and sell them chocolate chips

There is a price for every lesson.......

A quick bake sale out in front of a Walmart or local grocery store should net you a quick couple of hundred dollars. Your experience with popcorn is pretty typical. What I gather is you are using individual scout accounts for the money. A great move and I applaud your effort. Did you put 100% of the money in each scouts account? We have taken 10%-25% or so for the pack and then the remainder in the scout account. What you could do for the PWD is give the boys who sold popcorn their PWD cars and charge the other scouts for theirs explaining about the scout accounts.

To explain the situation a tad further. This all happened in my sons Tiger year, I did not know the other CO or the Pastor involved in throwing us out. It was not the CM that ticked the Pastor of but the SM and the Pack was thrown out in the aftermath. Everything was great at the other church until it started getting colder. We joined in July so we had 5 months or so in the Pack before we started having problems with the drunks and drug abusers trying to stay warm entering the building. On more than one occasion we had an adult male jump out of the bushes and scare the c

Charge them for the PWD kits and move on. How did you do with popcorn? Might be time for another fund raiser. Candy bars are easy and pretty painless to sell. You will make people mad and people may leave but that is ok because you can't please everyone.

It is easy to get righteous on an internet forum but there is a reality. How many of you actually experienced it? here is what will happen because I have been through a similar incident. Our CM ticked off the CO and we were asked to leave. Another church picked us up who has a very active soup kitchen, AAA and Drug intervention program. We were very thankful to have them as a CO and have somewhere to meet. The first month was great and everyone was happy. Colder weather came, pretty soon we had Drunk homeless men wondering through our meetings. We had people hassling our parents

I have about 20 tents. They are kinda like golf clubs to me. I am a gear nut. MSR, mountain hardware, Coleman, Big Agnes, Marmot, Golite,Sierra Design, alps mountaineering, LL Bean, BSA issue. I camp way too much. My opening question is What exactly are you looking to do? Car camp, back pack, family camp, camp with the troop. 2 season, 4 season Some Coleman tents are ok. The timberline and apex series are great. I don't like the giant cabin tents, they take to long to set up and take up too much real estate. Things I would find essential in a single tent 1. Fr