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  1. Another reason, good chance to come back as CIT and later, possibly a Counselor.
  2. On a scout campout, I can recall being driven back to camp in a Patrol car, but it was not owned by my PL.
  3. @an_old_DC while you were a DC did you wish you had more authority over unit situations?
  4. There's "first troop in America" and "first BSA troop" and ... likely only SM had a handbook.
  5. Not to be contrary but I joined a patrol back in the day. My PL lived 4 doors down and he recruited me. No Recruitment patch nonsense, a PL recruited the members he wanted in his patrol. When I became a PL, I did the same. Maybe that is something that has been lost from the Patrol Method or PL responsibilities over the years. My $0.02
  6. @TAHAWK , thanks for your historical research on this topic and other topics.
  7. Tip of the hat, I have found that very hard to accomplish.
  8. Are her Cub's advancement records all in order and ready for transfer?
  9. IMO, Council may advise but it the Character Organization's decision.
  10. Things seem back to normal. Another thought, maybe Feedback/Bugs/Errors should be purged with a software upgrade.
  11. The logistics and work flow needed to quickly feed a large group has always interested me.
  12. This started today. I remain listed in right column WHO's ONLINE (See Full List) after I have logged out.
  13. The truth will out. This was a willful and deliberate act of humor by @David CO
  14. The annual Memorial Illumination is "held the first Saturday in December because it provides a maximum amount of darkness and the battlefield leases about half the park to local farmers. The later start gives them time to clear their crops." Nearly 23,000 luminaries are placed to honor each soldier killed, wounded or missing during the Battle of Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862. "It's a tangible way to see 23,000," said Keith Snyder, chief of resource education and visitor services for the battlefield. "This was the bloodiest day in American military history. It's four times D-Day,
  15. Tang, yes! The drink of Astronauts. No Kool-Aid for us. My setting up a kitchen work area before preparing a meal still rolls the eyes of my wife who works the cabinet and kitchen doors to fetch when she cooks.
  16. What's that Leonardo? What about a Lone Scout?
  17. I hope there is a plan and training before there is a "date", but who knows. Shenandoah Area Council is having a Leadership Summit in February . "Topics will include the function and roles of the Council/District committees in support of our Chartered Partners and the expansion of girls of all ages into the BSA." http://www.sac-bsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.aspx?orgkey=2571&itemkey=14403
  18. While a guest on Saturday CBS This Morning's The Dish, Chef Greg Baxtrom talked about cooking in Boy Scouts and how it influenced him in his career. Here is link to video (at 1:38, interviewer asks about culinary Boy Scout training) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-dish-chef-greg-baxtrom He also credited Lipton Onion Dip Mix in a March interview with Bon Appetit All the Boy Scouts’ dads would get into it and try to show off to each other. It started with canned beef stew, and then it turned into making your own beef stew. Then more like silver dollar cooking, where you take som
  19. Whence it began in another Issues and Politics thread. Now moved to Patrol Method.
  20. From Lincoln Trails Council (IL), the jpg was named BannerWholeFamily.jpg Click here for more information just goes to a National website.
  21. I split the separate patrol vs troop discussion here. Please try to stay on topic.
  22. Timmy was a Cub Scout. Eddie Haskell was a punk.
  23. As I recall, Opie was a Boy Scout.
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