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This system is structured in a way that depends totally on having willing (and usually 'interested') volunteers. It is a natural tendency for someone who invests freely and sometimes deeply into something they have great interest in...to naturally have a feeling of 'ownership' for the thing (a pack or troop in this case) in which they've invested. This is to be expected. However, this also naturally tends to produce competition by forming little 'fiefdoms' like 'feeder packs' and 'feeder troops' and 'the-way-we-usually-do-things'. Once these expectations are in place, any departure can be con

When I took over as CM, the pack was declining. One of my bear DLs decided to disband the den. She said something to her friends... to the effect that she thought the pack might die. She never said anything to me about this but then, I was the new CM and still finding my way. She really didn't know me that well. But then, a den leader from another pack in town, who is friends with the 'former' Bear den leader, started calling all of the parents in our pack to inform them that the pack was going to close and they should switch to the other pack. I didn't find out about any of this until one of

One BB at a time, huh? Here's the way to jazz that up. My son discovered it on his own when he was that age and I had given him an air rifle to learn marksmanship. He discovered that if you make the target a can of seltzer, you get instant gratification for a solid hit. There's no reason why water balloons wouldn't do just as well. Plus, if they're not being thrown at anyone, you can make them bigger than an egg, lol.

I know of a leader who 'lost it' in a flood of swearing. He was summarily dismissed.

The most eco-friendly approach, to me, is not to use them at all. Just smell like the primates we are. Should do the trick, lol. OTOH I usually go solo so..... If a bear is after my food, UDAP bear spray seems to work great. That's what we use when we take courses into the Yellowstone area. If I've accidentally stumbled on a kill they're guarding, there's not much of anything that will prevent me from being on the menu. It's a disquieting feeling to realize you're standing in the midst of an old kill and the 'wallow' is about 10 feet away and that you're one of the luckiest persons on the pl

Uh huh!

H'mmmm....probably should watch that guy...carefully.

It didn't work out well for Kramer and Newman either.

Yes, Welcome! It's a motley crew but mostly civilized. We look forward to 'hearing' more from you.

Very sad, I can't imagine the grief that his family is suffering.

That's a good choice for the boys. Nothing really challenging and it's nice and cool.

JoeBob, Next time let me know that you're going and I might join you. Your boys matched my personal order exactly. Pigeon, 'circus' is a good description this time of year. Nantahala, not very exciting and too crowded for me. Ocoee, can also be really crowded depending on the day. Chucky is, as you say, technical and it's going to get a lot lower. That one is much better in early May. Section III, with the right water (not right now as you say) doing the entire section is just wonderful. Starting at Earl's Ford and doing the whole thing to 76. I'm guessing you guys put in at Sandy Ford?

Chattooga, Ocoee, Nantahala?

I disagree about having two BORs. One should serve any purpose that is needed for this.

Just for you, Twocubdad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d31R9-G4OyM

Speaking of the Chinese, I'm thinking about the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics where they were rolling out a flat panel screen the size of a stadium and providing the world with a display of talent and technology that is unlikely ever to be topped in my lifetime..compared to the grotesque spectacle that was unfolding here as my fellow countrymen were prostrating themselves to people who were demanding a 'long form birth certificate', predicting "jack-booted thugs" would be invading the country, and think the world is less than 10K years old. Square THAT with those so-called cult

Greed...for lack of a better word, is....risky. LOL, I guess Gordon Gekko, at least, was staying on the right side of the law, unlike the case you described, NJ. You'd think an accountant would KNOW that this stuff always comes to the surface sooner or later. If my memory serves me, in my example (driven by gonads, not greed) the person made restitution, lost job and pretty much all prospects of a bright future. The guy, I have no idea what happened to him. Bad Wolf, two computers, two networks. You're right. It's a mystery. At least I tried to find a way to let you off the hook, lol.

50 miles. Wow. But that answers it. The little town doesn't have the units. It's the bigger town 50 miles away. How big is that town?

I went ahead and locked the duplicate again. With your permission, Bad Wolf, I'll delete the other copy. No one has responded. I'm thinking this is something that is happening automatically for you and that you are not actually at fault somehow, for creating these duplicates. Wanna try an experimental thread to see?

In my previous career we had an office clerk who kept the petty cash fund under her strict teutonic scrutiny. I know this because my lab had to use that fund to buy stamps for official mail. And then one day she didn't show up for work. And then after a couple of days, someone realized that she had taken the petty cash (less than $5000). They found her in S. Dakota. She had become romantically involved with a low-life type and either Cupid or hormones led her astray. She destroyed her federal retirement, not to mention the rest of her 'professional' life, for what amounts to pocket change to

Thanks, it's a great quote. If we don't know where it came from is it still a quote? I guess the author is that really famous person, 'anonymous', lol. NJ. I've been wondering how big the pack and troop can be if the entire town only has 300 people, considering the typical age distribution, childless couples, children under scout age, females, single persons...not to mention wondering what is the business model for a bistro that manages to survive in that small town? Montana is a wondrous place!

As I remember it is reputed to have been Mark Twain.

I locked the duplicate thread to prevent confusion. With your permission, Bad Wolf, I'll delete it. Edit: Now that I have read the article, are you sure this is a program thread, rather than I&P?

Then it might be time to go for a walk. I hope there are better options around there for you.

Before you vote with your feet, please explain as objectively as you can, your thoughts on all this to the unit leadership and committee. You can engage them in a conversation if you like. Think of it as a really big SM conference. And then, if you think they haven't taken your point to heart, engage the feet. By doing this you accomplish two important goals. First you will know that you did your best to communicate your concerns and second, no one, none of them, will be able to claim that they had no idea.