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YEAH!!!!! GO SEA SCOUTS!!!!!!!! !!

The one patch that I have that really means something to my is my old ship patch. I had the unfortunate honor of being the last person to wear that patch. It now sits on my desk as a reminder of all the good times I had with that ship.

I just looked at the weather report for Fort AP Hill, it doesn't sound too horrible. It could be worse. Rest Of Today...Partly sunny. A chance of thunderstorms with a slight chance of showers late this morning...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. Heat index values up to 101 this afternoon. Tonight...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening...then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the evening. Mostly clear a

Alright, I'll do a little research and ask the dive shop. Thanks

I looked on the PADI website and could not find anything mentioning any sort of scholarship program. They did talk a bit about the SCUBA merit badge, but they said to check with your local dive center or resort for pricing. As far as I know, the merit badge thing wouldn't really work seeing as we are Sea Scouts, not a troop.

I know, but I am already driving 40 minutes to get to our weekly meetings. My mom doesn't have the time to drive me farther than that on a regular basis. I also know that at least two other people in the ship are interested in SCUBA.

I just got my PADI open water license with my family last week, and I think that SCUBA is something that my ship could get into. I was wondering if anybody has had any experience with starting something like his. I know I will need to first find out if people are actually interested, I will also need to research the costs and any BSA rules that may apply. The dive shop that I got my certification from has a person who is supposed to work with scouts, so I will be finding out who this person is and asking them a few questions. What else should I be thinking about? I would like to go

Well, I hope everything goes well for you packsaddle. It sounds like you will have a great time.

This is interesting, I have tried searching myself several ways. I can't find anything with just my name, or my name and city/state. When I search under my old Member ID I find only the online training I did in that council. When I search under my current Member ID I find everything, but when I add the city and state to the search it only shows what I did here in my current council. Now, I have done everything online so that may account for everything being there and correct, but it seems that something is wrong with their search function. According to the name search I don't exist, but w

Employee Alignment The BSA facebook page is doing a lot of advertising for this, so I though I might post it here. "On Saturday, July 31, 2010, at 8 p.m. EST, the Scouting family past, present and future will be able to take part, in a special nationwide broadcast. A Shining Light Across America will bring the Centennial Celebration Show from the 100th Anniversary National Scout Jamboree in Fort AP Hill, Va. to communities across the country via Webcast and satellite transmission." Just thought yall might be interested.

You make a good point Lisabob, I don't twitter myself, and I don't know anybody below the age of 25 who twitters either. Everybody uses facebook.

Has anybody else seen the email about the twitter contest at the jamboree yet? I don't think that rewarding a council for having the most tweets from it's contingent during a certain period of time is that great of an idea. It is cool to see how into technology the Jamboree is going to be, but this going a little too far. What do you all think?

"Here here! And there is the fundamental issue with most people, especially anyone with not enough years under their belt... " What is fundamentally wrong with knowing and understanding your limitations, then using your judgment so that you do not put yourself in a situation that exceeds them?

"Most commercial sports drinks can be diluted 50% for the ideal electrolytes and carbohydrate balance." They can also be diluted that much to combat excessive sweetness.

Ok, I have read the entire thread now and have a couple more things to say. Again, sorry for the long windedness, but this is a bit of a sore spot for me. I do not agree with the people who say that you should never swim without a buddy. I think that that is fine if that is what you are comfortable with, but that rule should not be pushed on everyone else. LIBob, sorry to call you out again, but I really disagree with a lot of what you are saying. "I respectfuly submit that if you EVER swim without a buddy then yoiu are violating one of the basic tenets of scouting." First

First off I want to apologize if something like this has already been said. I bookmarked this topic a few weeks ago and just now got back to my computer, so I haven't read very far yet. I just want to respond to something that LIBob posted. "Still, Eagle Scout David Hanson knew BSA safe boating procedures and neglected to follow them. The result was his death. Despite the limits of media articles, that much is clear" Now, the consensus for this case study, from what I have read so far, is that David violated one, possibly two points of Safety Afloat. Having a buddy boat for sure, and

If I can make it I'll be wherever it is decided that we meet up.

I have exactly the same problem. I think that anyone who is actually watching can tell when floating becomes swimming. For me I consider it when I transition from resting to moving. When floating I have to just keep up a continual little kick with my feet in a downward direction. Once in a while I also have to give a little woosh with my hands to help stay in place. I think you will be alright if you just use your common sense and your eyes. Treading water happens in an upright position, swimming causes you to move through the water on purpose. If they are on their backs and not moving fo

I have a facebook account, and anyone who looks at my pictures, friends, or groups will know that I am a Sea Scout and proud of it. Of course I am just weird like that (I actually wore my uniform to school one day). I never actually friended my mom or dad, I use facebook to keep in contact with friends I left when I moved, and I don't think that they need to know what I am telling my friends. I do know that they can see what I am doing easily enough so I make sure that I am always within the bounds of what I consider scoutlike. I did friend my grandma though, so that is another incentive to wa

"Don'tcha just hate it when you sew the patch on correctly and then sometime in the middle of the night it crawls over to the wrong sleeve!" Try this one: I see the terrorists snuck aboard and switched your American flag upside down last night.

"If you want to argue that you didn't give any direction or coaching, then why do they need you there?" He was the starter battery. The machinery provided it's own energy to keep going, but still needs a kick start to get going. He found the person who was most likely to succeed in keeping the machine going once he stepped back and gave that person the option of taking over. He provided the initial kick start then let the machine go where it needed to go.

Scouts-a-lot, I have the opposite problem from your son. I am right on the edge of being underweight based on the height weight chart. I am like 5'11", and 134 pounds. I will be drinking a bunch of water and eating heavy food before I go to get my physical done.

Well emb, you are the first person that I met online before I met them in person. I suppose that Jambo is public enough of a place.

I'll be at the Sea Scout booth. Can't wait!!!

"Goodness gracious - can't have the Boy Scouts getting dirty, can we?" It isn't the dirt that is bothersome, it is the fact that the marks that tires tend to make are difficult to get off.