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Thanks, Trevorum .

Thanks, Merlyn .

Hey, can anybody else on the forums either verify or squelch the allegations made in this email I received today? I need to decide who my future coffee vendors will/won't be. Thanks. Subject: FW: Starbucks Coffee Guess I will not be drinking Starbucks anymore! ! ! Recently Marines in Iraq wrote to Starbucks because they wanted to let them know how much they liked their coffees and to request that they send some of it to the troops there. Starbucks replied, telling the Marines thank you for their support of their business, but that Starbucks does not support the war, nor anyon

I enjoy the Ed and Merlyn show. It's my daily dose of Scouting entertainment. It reminds me of the old American radio comedy program, The Bickersons, with Don Ameche and Frances Langford, which I miss dearly.

Hi Lisabob, I was a Cub Scout and a Boy Scout growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, in the late 50s and early-to-mid 60s. My fondest memeories of Scouting at that time were mostly about camping, boating, and fishing with other scouts. We did a lot of this up on Lake Erie during the spring, summer, and autumn months. High school and other interests together with the fact that our Troop didn't have much of a High Adventure program contributed to me leaving Scouts after I achieved Second Class rank. Thirty plus years later, I was fortunate enough to find a Pack and an associated Troop for m

Hi Eamonn, We returned from our Philmont high adventure treks this summer, and I must say that this trip was the highlight of my son's and his fellow scouts' scouting careers. As lead crew advisor, I also know that several scouts couldn't attend because of the high cost of the trip. It cost each crew member from out Troop over $1,000.00 to attend. I had previously tried to get our Scout Council to distribute some financial assistance or camperships funds from the Waite Phillips Philmont assistance fund to help those scouts who couldn't afford the trip, but our Council never respond

Congratulations, OneHour . Please congratulate yourself, your family, your son, and his Scoutmaster and Scout Leaders on behalf of me and my son who just successfully completed his Eagle BoR and is waiting to receive the official Eagle paperwork from BSA HQ. This was the proudest moment of my scouting days, too. BTW, I'm looking at a picture of the second proudest moment which was standing on the summit of Mt. Phillips at Philmont with my son on Father's Day, June 17, 2007--8 months after I had quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery. Is anybody not ready? Hike on! IWTGBTP.

Welcome aboard, Bluecasper!

Welcome, Amy. You'll find a lot of good Scouting information here.

Thanks for spending your time helping the scouts, Elyria. We seniors know it means a lot to the boys.

If starting Cub Scouts in the 1950s qualifies you as a senior scouter, well then, I guess I'm a senior scouter. Welcome to Scouter.com, Elyria. How are things up in Lorain County these days?

Yeah, Eamonn, see what you started?

I agree with Oak Tree. I think you will do serious damage by anulling the previous SM's agreements (a Scouter is trustworthy). If my boy was required to redo his rank requirements, I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to quit Scouts altogether as a result; and I wouldn't blame him a bit.

Hi raisenemright, Congratulations, sounds like your guys had a lot of fun--even considering the rain and cold weather! Our guys went backpacking and rappelling to Red River Gorge, KY. This included a climb up and a 217 foot rappel down the cliffs of Indian Staircase. They had a blast.

Here's the latest Eagle Scout hero in the news. This time, in the Chicago area: Rescue from river taps into old skills Batavia man saves 2 from Fox after canoe capsizes By Alexa Aguilar | Tribune staff reporter October 25, 2007 Two state workers were rescued from the chilly Fox River Wednesday morning by a local businessman using skills he practiced 20 years ago in a YMCA pool while trying to become an Eagle Scout. Tom Wangler earned that rank, became a husband and father and the owner of a Batavia heating and cooling business. But he never had a reason to use those

No problem. Please feel free to educate me, too, as necessary.

Volker, Please excuse this slight interjection. FYI...There is no such thing as a former Marine. U.S. Marines are like Eagle Scouts. Once a marine, always a marine.

Hi Lisabob, Here's a temperature conversion chart from Lodge that might help: http://papadutch.home.comcast.net/LodgeBakingTempChart.doc

Hi mich632, Here's a post from Doug Marquis of the the Philmont Campfire and Welcome Center staff posted recently that might help. Sorry that I can't help you locate the song, though. Hi, Norm-- I think I can give you a fairly definitive answer. The song that goes with the Closing Campfire slide show is an INXS song called "Afterglow" from their album "Switch" that came out a year or two ago. I think 2006 was the first summer that we used the song for the campfire. "Here I am, lost in the light of the moon that comes through my window... Touch me and I will follow in

Kudu, Your video works fine with my IE 6.0 browser. Looks like the kids had lots of fun. Thanks

Hi Lisa, Welcome to the Scouter.com forums. If you search hard enough, everything you ever wanted to know about scouting, and much more, is right here somewhere.

Hey OGE, Show me where anyone in these forums ever called you or any other moderator a bunch of whatevers or scum sucking slime of the earth. I need to judge for myself.

Conratulations, gwd-scouter, "I overhead him telling our newest Scout (just joined the Monday before we left), "don't worry that you don't know how to do anything, you'll learn as you go." and "we need to learn to cook better." Those are priceless words coming from young scouts in charge of things for the weekend. Yet more evidence that it's worth all our time and effort, and that your leaders are going a wonderful job.

Well, it's nice to see that the proposed rent hike hasn't affected some Cradle of Liberty scout units (see below). Bravo, Philly Scouts! Pennsylvania Boy Scouts Build Stretcher, Carry Injured Hiker 3 Miles Monday, October 22, 2007 READING, Pa. A Boy Scout troop came to the rescue of a hiker who had fallen and hit her head on the Appalachian Trail, building a stretcher from scratch and carrying her 3 miles to help. Jane B. Scholl of Mohnton was hiking on Blue Mountain in northern Berks County with a friend Saturday. As the two reached the Pinnacle, a popular overlook,

I'd still like to see the missing post so that I can decide for myself whether or not there was an "attack". Feel free to send by PM if it's too un-Scoutlike to post in public. Thanks