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I'll tell you something else I learned while a CM for my pack. I would get to ther CO about 15 minute before anyone else. I'd unlock and set up whatever neded to be set up if needed be. Then I'd go to the door and gret parents and scouts... EQUALLY . By that, I meant I gave scouts the same warmm greeting and fuill attentiuon I gave adults. I have seen too many leaders talking to scouts and suddenly "drop" the scout when an adult came up to talk to the leader. I would ask the scouts how they were doing, how was schoool, shake their hands or give them a high five. I talked

"Its hard to think and talk at the same time. " As we demonstrate here on a daily basis! mrface2112, One of the problems we have is this: We think up grand and glorious ideas and plans for the boys that we just know they will like. We imagine it in our heads so far as to even decide what reaction they will have. And when they don't, we get upset. I remember wht it was like back then at that age. We are not talking teenagers, we are talking 11 year old max, but mostly 7, 8 and 9 year olds. We wouldn't dream of giving them car keys, leaving them at hoime a

In OUR pack, the COR said we are set up like this: The CM is the top dog ( under the COR, that is). The CC is in charge of the committee whos job it is to make sure the CM can deliver the program the way he sees it needs to be dealt. Yeah, pretty vague if you really go deep into it, but I get what he is saying. As CM, the committee's job was to make sure the perwork, forms and funs were all there so that our pack could give a great program to the boys. AS CM, my job was to find good orv greatr den leaders, to make sure those DL's understaood the program and how to

I find this interesting. I actually expected to hers something akin to parts of the Scout Oath You know "Beaver patrol yell: " Beavers are honest and reverent!" I didn't expect to hear : " SQUEEZE THE BUNNY! And I didn't expect it to be okay. Glad it was, but with all the pc happening today, I figured it would be turned down. So, talking with our CC, who's patrol was the Polar bears, he told me his patrol's yell: "DUDE!...Brrrrrrrrrr! " So what is/ was your patrol yell?

Funny thing: Just the other day, I asked my son what his patrol ( Pythons) yell was since I never heard one person speak of it or yell it. He says: "SQUEEZE THE BUNNY!" Next meeting, I asked another scout in the patrol what their yell was. They ( bunch standing together) yelled SQUEEZE THE BUNNY!!! So, short of having to have one, I didn't know if they would ever use it.

Nah Basement, I think he is also pointing out your district/ council professionals - even if he didn't know it: "Peck, whose organisation has 120,000 volunteers, told delegates at the Charity Finance Group conference in London yesterday that problems most often arose when volunteers did not receive the level of management required." "Peck said another major problem was when volunteers fell out. "When that happens, its often because they arent getting enough management support," he said." You are different because you kept at it instead of giving up....... Your professi

I think cancer is a legitimate and actually rather accurate analogy. And I say this as a cancer survivor. Thing is, cancer is usually a slow process. It doesn't knock on your door announce itself and start working full blast in the middle of the spotlight. It sneaks in, does it's thing all nice and quietly and in the shadows. It takes it's slow sweet time. Nothing fast and nothing that stands out. Usually, by the time you discover it, it has sunk it's tendrils deep into whatever it had it's eyes on. You can beat it, but sometimes at a great loss and after losing alot

Patchtown : minimum order : 30 patches at $5.75 each Class B : Minimum order of 50 patches at $3.50 I sent a quote request to a few more places. One site had a minimum order of 10 patches, which is good for a patrol of 8 boys. Asked for a quote based on 12 patches. They boys are definatly paying for their own patches They are the Python patrol. No python patches in stock at scoutshop or any on line patch supliers, In fact, the boys chose a disign of two pythons in a square knot with the heads at the top of each side of the knot . I guess the heads will bight

Just a funny thought: Ever notice when you are walking somewhere in the dark..say council camp...and you are doing well withouit a flashlight and you end up approching someboy with a flashlight - the very first thing they do is shine it in your face? I always tell our scouts that bunless it is a pitch black cloudy/ no moon night, you can usually see better and farther without a flashlight. Of course, I recognize my scouts in the dark by their voice, and they only reccognize me by shining a light in my face. But during the day, they could pick my voice out of a record

While I think he should just get used to being in thetroop and not worrying about merit badges just yet, I do realize that there is an exception: Summer camp. THis is my son's first year of boy scouts too. He just crossed over a few months ago. Personally, I think he needs to worry about his T-2-1 before worrying about merit badges. But again, that's just me poersonally...an opinion that matters not. Only his opinion matters now. WEll, I should say decision, not opinion. But, summer camp is just a hair under a month away. What's he gonna do while there? Sit in a tent a

"Just because YOU think that the concept of betrayal would not apply to YOU in those situations, does not mean that another person would not feel betrayed. Even if, as you say, high school students commonly practice these things on each other, how are you so certain about what exists in the minds of others? Great copmment! And I agree with it completrely. But also, just because you consider somthing to be a betrayal and that you were don a horrible wrong does not mean everybody else willfeel taht way too. From my experience working with people, being around people and also

Who do you use for custom patrol patches. By custom, I mean exactly that: a patch that is not offerend by anybody. And correct me if I am wrong, but understand that regulation size is 1 1/2" To start, we are only going to order ten patches even though the patrol consists of 8 boys. So far, I sent a request form and design to class B. Who do you recommend and who has done god by you so far? Thanks, Mark

Stosh, If you stop and smell the roses, you will get in trouble for trampling the3 flauna and flora, and you might go into Anaphylactic shock ! I myself don't listen to the radio much at all. Usually whenI drive, I listen to the music of the tires on te road, with the window down and the breeze blowing in my face. Same while in the woods: I like to hear the birds flitting around the bushes and underbrush. Love to hear the squirrels fuss at whatever they are fussing at. Listen enough, and you can hear dragonflys hover. But sometimes while I am cooking or resting, ha

While I am not gonna argue that scouts who do hike in the woods all the time are great scouts or better scouts or not... declaring a real patrol by their being seperated from adults and other patrils is not even close to determining wether a scout is real or not. Patrols are groups of scouts. Thus if all teh scouts in a troop always hang out in one big group, or all vote on menues, duty rosters, etc...then they indeed not being patrols. They are being a battalion. But you are comparing a patrol to a group. A patrol is a size or grouping. Wether scouts are real or not

WEll, the first time I ever napped in a hammock...I didn't start out with the intention of napping. It just happened. No pillow, no problem The next two times I napped on hammocks, same thing: just laying there relaxing and the naps just happened! So I started thinking I didn't need one, but I also realized that an unintentional nap is not teh same as planning on a full nights sleep. I also thought about the head being higher than my body. At home, in my regular bed, I use a latex foam pillow . Can't use anything else. I use it for the suppport and spring back that pol

Pack, I have lived in southeastern NC since 1977. I still met people every now and then that I cannot understand what they are saying. I have a friend that when he says "tire" or "tower" I cannot tell which one he actually said. About every 6 months or 3,500 miles, he changes the "ore" in his truck. Me, I think I speak pretty normal without an accent, but I do use words such as " ain't, reckon, oughtta, yon't to , git, fittin to, etc" .....

I also have to be careful with my back. Hurt it when I was 10 years old. Not a spinal thing or nerve thing - just did something wrong to a muscle during crucial development time - according to a couple Dr.s. Thing is, I can pick up heavy stuff al day long with no problem. What I have to watch out for is reaching over too far or bending over and standing back up too quickly. I can far reach over to my right side and grab a 16oz drink the wrong way and be out of commission for a week. So anyays, I tried one on at the scout shop and it was comfortable. I mean it actually felt good to

Was thinking about setting up my hammock tommorow night and giving it it's maiden run. Then thought about wether i should buy one of those compact camp pillows or just use my pillow I use in bed. Then started thinking about how I sweat on my pillow when camping and how a camp pillow will keep me from having to wash it and let it dry before using it in my own bed again...blah, blah, blah....... Then it occured to me - Do you even use a pillow when sleeping in a camp hammock? I have taken a few naps on regular outdoor back yard hammocks, but a nap isn't sleeping 3 or 4 nigh

We do pack activities at pack meetings, at pack campouts and during times when the oppertunity presents itself. Everything else is up to the Den Leaders. As CM, I do encourage DL's and offer tips and share any events or activities that I see happening through tv, radio, newspaper, online, etc....

We had both scouts and leaders wear swim goggles for the swim check. Nobody had a mask though. Of course, I'm not sure which is worse on teh eyes: The high clorine level at the pools or the "stuff" that is in the lake water. Side note: You ever wonder why some hotels have their clorine level cranked so freakin high? Because they want to keep from having to close the pools for 9 days if an inspector happens to find pee or poop in the pools in order to be sure all contaminants are gone. Keep the levels cranked just shy of buring your skin off , and you can tell everybody th

" What is a "stripped" uniform? " Well, it appears that I wasn't the only one who read "stipped uniform" as striped uniform I had visions of Wood Badge participants wearing old time black and white prisoner clothing!

Well, I'm not planning on hiking the AT...at least not anytime msoon. It was our Council Registrar who is going to hike the AT this weekend. As far as trees, I don't see myself bushwhacking anytime soon either. JUst think of your avareage council camp or state park . THink about tjosr trails. Most are sufficently clear enough for two people to walk side by side, so I'd think I'd be okay. But I did want to hear what the more experienced people say. AS for clipping things on, I do plan on doing that, but not to the effect I look like a Christmas tree with "ornaments hanging

So do any of you have a muisic genre preference or do you just listen to any random type of music or random radio station? I listen to pretty much anything but gangsta / ghetto rap and Muzak. But there are certain songs that put me in a better mood and there are some that make me think deeply, and others that help me work with a better rythm. Know what I mean? Some songs or music will get you in a pattern. Help you keep stride or even help you work a bit faster or slower depending on what you are doing. If a scout wants to wear ear buds for an Ipod while hiking, AND the v

yeah, I suppose if you want to test the scouts ability to react ina real manner, you should wait til the end of the day - just after dusk - after a long hike in the winter, with snow on the ground and about a 1/8th inch layer of ice on teh lake...after the scout only had a pop tart and a few granola bars to eat all day . Make sure he is wearing heavy boots, pants, full coat, hat and gloves over long johns. Put a bag pack on him with his sleeping bag, tent, clothes, personal camp stove kit ( Jet Boil) and whatever else a scout might carry. Now, when he's not looking or realizing wha

True with the NA immigrating here too, but they did it before anybody else and did it a long time before anybody else. They laif first claim and came from the other direction. So, My father was born in NC and so was my mom. May father is country boy while my mother was from Cape Hatteras with a thick hackney/ limey accent. I say house, she said Houwse. I say party, she says pauwty. I spend 5 dollars while she spends fauve dawlours. I like to go out. She likes to ouwght. So, because my dad was in the USCG, I was born In Cape May new Jersy. He retired 5 years later