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  1. Hal, I'm depending on you for cool weather during Jamboree.
  2. Found two different commuter rail services and one reasonable bus service to Fredericksberg.
  3. Traveling by Amtrak to attend as a visitor, is there a shuttle service from these or another town to the Jamboree site?
  4. Well the crowd would be peeved if they left out the fake space battle sounds and laser beams don't show in a vacuum either. Blaster bolts? danged if I know, send me a blaster and I'll check it out.
  5. Shoulda mentioned,trying to do this trip with out driving, so far I start with a 5 mile bicycle ride, a 25 mile car ride, a bus trip to Chicago, Amtrak to DC Union Station, Metro to my sisters stop, a short hike to her house to clean up and a good nights sleep, an early bus trip to Fredericksburg. I need to find the bus sked to and from A P Hill, gotta be one as there are always buses running to and from military posts,least there were back in 82 for FT Dix. Sorry bout the hijack of this thread, I to would like to know which Scouters will be at the Jamboree?(This message has been edited
  6. Thought I'dd share this option,I've worn a tan one of these every summer for years, does a fine job keeping the sun of your head and neck plus in a down pour it does the same with rain, takes 20+ MPH winds before it wants to lift off. The big side vents really do help keep the air moving as well. http://www.gemplers.com/img/ventilated-sun-helmet-127496.jpg found here, my only connection is as a happy customer, I'm sure they can be bought other places. http://www.gemplers.com/product/127496/Ventilated-Sun-Helmet
  7. I plan is to visit one of the last days, will stay at my sisters in Arlington so that keeps the cost of the trip way down for me. All I need is to figure public transport from the DC Metro (subway) to A.P. Hill. Would be happy to meet fellow Scouters I have seen post here. If it was in the fall I'dd say have a special necker made up, unless there is a weather fluke will be too hot.
  8. Any body else thinking about the book "Lord of the Flies?" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies
  9. C-P,I agree it does feel sometimes like the BSA has ridden the back side of the curve when it could have led, time to spin off another thread?
  10. photos is new to me but this is the first year as an adult that I will be at camp, will see.
  11. Swim test (pool) was prolly the low point of summer camp for me, growing up I had years of Red Cross swim training, think I took their Lifeguard class three years in a row, always passed. Plus dad took us to the local pool every other week at least and my troop had a deal with the YMCA 30 miles away to do winter swimming and lifesaving merit badge traing and testing. Needless to say being tested before camp would have suited me fine and we intend to test our scouts here shortly. A lake or river would be far different. BTW I often got underrated because while I swim well I am very slow,
  12. I'll bite, that is what the leader series of neckerchiefs are for?
  13. Or if you have the rash already it makes if bearable, btw I do use the foot powder everywhere, iffn it stings you have a problem there, but it will shut a rash down overnight. Prolly not a good idea for those with sensitive or thin skin, ie youth. I keep expecting Gold Bond to go on the list of stuff that must be kept at the first aid station.
  14. RE: "Modernization" of Scouting - why??? Because new leadership is afraid they will be called to task if they don't trot out something new and improved, to avoid the perception of going backwards. I know if I was "king" the changes would have some ready to tar and feather me, or worse, though I believe I would be safe in the Green Bar camp.
  15. Quote: I'm trying to put the present-day patches in the proper places. If you can, try to find rank patches for that same era, if you leave the Scout BSA strip on you need the first style oval patches, these had a different background color for each rank. I'm not sure both changes happened at the same time but they did come about near each other. I really like the patches used just before the ovals came out, but then the shirt should have a strip that says "BOY SCOUTS of AMERICA" instead. This is the era I have collected.
  16. I was given some of those belt loops when I was working on my 1st class, 2nd was earned under old system, I never wore the durn things, all I wanted was my 1st class patch, which was old pattern not the ovals of most of the 70s. Thing is none of the older boys who I looked up to had then so I didn't care either.
  17. I bought a queen size flat sheet and sewed it into a sleep sack, one of these days I will make another with some bug netting at the head end to keep the skeeters away. Used to have a link to a place that sold silk cloth suitable for this or bag liners, lost in a dead computer.
  18. Never too soon to train them in first aid and emergency preparedness, a hint that these skills and knowledge could be vital when things go wrong has helped with their attention span. Most boys like the idea they could do something heroic. Have a campout this weekend a good time for the whole troop to remember Little Sioux.
  19. As of yesterday our shop didn't have the Webelos version, did get a Cub Leader though and it will do for now. While the small Boy Scout neckers were on display yesterday, they did have the NEW LARGER SIZE in the back, each one costs most of ten bucks but they all looked like just full sized versions of the junior sized ones, these are the style that are printed so that the front has the barber pole effect, my favorite style and they must not have dropped much because I saw all the usual versions, bought three of the black on red versions. On display were the new large embroidered ones.
  20. Picked up mine yesterday, fabric reminds me of the original switchbacks but a little thicker. They mostly look like a swimsuit made to look like longish cargo shorts, as I never plan to swim in them so will remove the "liner" which feels weird to me, like wearing two pairs of underwear. If bought on sale I'd say the value matches anything you could buy like it in a bigbox store.
  21. To continue that comparison, at least as of twenty five years ago the plastic name tags/plates were only used on you dress uniform, embroidered or ink printed tapes went on your field shirt. If one were to use tapes, would they be black or khaki and if khaki with black or red thread? Frankly I don't mind the name plates, only the way they fasten, not that secure and pokie to the skin, I like the magnet idea but that would require a modification to the shirt?
  22. Joggled the old grey cells there, my 2nd year at camp two older boys took down there platform tent and repitched it so that week of camping would count.
  23. Seems I'm not so much UP as uniform obsessed. 4 7 8 10 12 13 if you include a leaders necktie,16 17 24 not so much patches but thread needles and spare buttons, 30
  24. I have collected all four styles, long and short sleeve, collared and v-neck, only things they have in common is they were all made with the light fabric of that time period and are green. Never knew that they made v-neck long sleeves as a kid. I really should get a photo of the four types. The oddist are some short sleeve shirts made from cotton with a very open weave. My first Scout shirt had a collar, long sleeves and was winter weight, was thrilled when I got the thin short sleeve v-neck to wear my 2nd year at summer camp, so much cooler. Only reason I remember is that first one had
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