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  1. Historical Society is hosting a free exhibit.- the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouts in Long Beach. Check out video of uniforms, photos, books, brief interview with Paul Muehlebach of Long Beach Council, https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/video/4063713-100-years-of-boy-scouts-history-on-display/
  2. Always good to provide links (or footnotes ) to source information. My $0.02,
  3. "Having additional needs doesn’t mean you can’t achieve great things. Life doesn’t stop with diagnosis.” A 10-YEAR-OLD boy with dyspraxia, anxiety and sensory issues will have a chance to meet Bear Grylls (Chief Scout, UK Scouting Association) later this month at a glitzy ceremony in Windsor Castle after earning a top award for helping others. https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/17561214.10-year-old-wins-prestigious-award-for-his-kindness-and-will-also-get-to-meet-bear-grylls/
  4. Meanwhile at summer camp, Provo is staffed with two competent, trustworthy , enthusiastic young men, both under 21.
  5. Last night, I heard the term "double scouts", where the speaker was referring to scouts who were members of two separate scout groups. He compared them to double letter high school athletes. Double scouts? I guess every variety has to have its own label.
  6. Yes. @Cburkhardt be mindful of which forums you are posting in. Your recent OP's belong in the Open Discussion forum and not Issues & Politics. I have moved one of your topics to Open Discussion and am looking at your other content, Thanks, RS
  7. Ok then, let's resume the OP discussion. Thanks RS
  8. Woodsman advice has often been taught by verse and song. ...Leaves of three, let them be. Berries white, take flight. ... Right over left, left over right.... Over under, under over. Another possible poem, Fire Woods These hardwoods burn well and slowly, Ash, beech, hawthorn, oak and holly. Softwoods flare up quick and fine, Birch, fir, hazel, larch and pine. Elm and willow you’ll regret, Chestnut green and sycamore wet. . And who can argue the truth of this verse. No matter which hardwood or softwood you burn,Oak, Apple, Rowan or PlaneYou will find that when to your grate you returnThere is one which will always remain …Ash!
  9. The Firewood Poem Beechwood fires are bright and clear If the logs are kept a year, Chestnut's only good they say, If for logs 'tis laid away. Make a fire of Elder tree, Death within your house will be; But ash new or ash old, Is fit for a queen with crown of gold Birch and fir logs burn too fast Blaze up bright and do not last, it is by the Irish said Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread. Elm wood burns like churchyard mould, E'en the very flames are cold But ash green or ash brown Is fit for a queen with golden crown Poplar gives a bitter smoke, Fills your eyes and makes you choke, Apple wood will scent your room Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom Oaken logs, if dry and old keep away the winter's cold But ash wet or ash dry a king shall warm his slippers by. The firewood poem was written by Celia Congreve, is believed to be first published in THE TIMES newspaper on March 2nd 1930. https://allpoetry.com/The-Firewood-Poem
  10. Perhaps the Firewood Poem (British) or a variation - Woodsman Poem...
  11. Why not use paracord cut to length? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-ieO-XcVc
  12. As per December 4, 2018 Moderator Policy in Forum Support & Announcements An Original Poster (OP) can state in that first post "Only on-topic responses, please." Off-topic responses will then be moved or deleted by moderators.  Consider so stated. Any member could have done this. If we mods miss an off-topic response, use Report Post function in upper right corner of post to bring to our attention. Only on-topic responses, please in this thread. RS @MattR , @desertrat77 , @John-in-KC , @NJCubScouter
  13. Me too. I have an old Byer Maine Military Cot that was made in Maine. Good cot. I haven't tried the newer, made in China, Byer cots. I also have not tried Camp Time cots ($150) which are still made in USA. My $0.02
  14. Doubt it. Explorers started in Sept, 1949. At that time, he was a 23yr old WW2 veteran attending Purdue. In 1950, he graduated with a BS in mechanical engineering. http://www.seniorscoutinghistory.org/seniorscoutsite/explorers.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Grissom#World_War_II_military_service
  15. I stand corrected. Hard to argue with Norman Rockwell's portrait of a young @scoutldr
  16. @CaptBurgers , the den chief cord should be over left shoulder. IMHO maybe add a Band-Aid, a defacto part of the uniform, to the knee or elbow.
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