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Singing right along with my friend OldGreyEagle....and of course harmonizing well... I used to be a Bear, a good ole' Bear too. And now I'm finshed Bearng, I don't know what to do. I'm growing old and feeble, and I can Bear no more, So I'm going to work my ticket if I can. Back to Gilwell, happy land, I'm going to work my ticket if I can.

Singing right along with my friend OldGreyEagle....and of course harmonizing well... I used to be a Bear, a good ole' Bear too. And now I'm finshed Bearng, I don't know what to do. I'm growing old and feeble, and I can Bear no more, So I'm going to work my ticket if I can. Back to Gilwell, happy land, I'm going to work my ticket if I can.

Singing right along with my friend OldGreyEagle....and of course harmonizing well... I used to be a Bear, a good ole' Bear too. And now I'm finshed Bearng, I don't know what to do. I'm growing old and feeble, and I can Bear no more, So I'm going to work my ticket if I can. Back to Gilwell, happy land, I'm going to work my ticket if I can.

LIke I said, it taught me what not to do! **smile** And everyone of my tickets is about giving people information!!!! The worst part is that in our council they will probably try to have her be CD again. Unless national checks these things. I would be willing to work with the SPL. She was great.

My CD wasn't at all good at communication from the very beginning. But that's another post... well... several of them! I've gotten over her and I've learned a lot about how NOT to treat people. Hey, I'm a computer programmer and I'm am very into communicating information. Why confuse people on purpose, I'm confused enough with out someone going out of thier way! Our hats were not BSA hats, though the rest of our uniforms were BSA. My thing was that altought everyone had been told to leave the hats on during the flag ceremony, and everyone but my husband and I did leave them on, for

that's kind of the point. The hats weren't part of the official bsa uniform so, according to what Mackinaw parks states as "official" , they should be removed.

My son made his own slide show. He used it as a time for him to reflect back on his experiences as a scout. Ok, so I'm a proud mom, but he did a great job!!!

When I was at Wood Badge, we had a flag "thing" happen. They wanted us all to leave our hats on while the US flag was lowered and raised. This should only be done if we were wearing an official BS hat. Our troop does a week of service at Mackinaw Island each year. THey are very strict on flag regulations. So for us, to leave our hat on, would have felt very wrong. So each time, we took our hat off. The CD was furious with us. She wanted everyone to be the same and wouldn't listen to why we felt as we do. I will be checking out the web site to see what it says. I don't know that I would c

If you go to the dollar stores, or look at the sample aisle, you can sometimes find small zipper pouches that samples came in. I've gotten those for first aid kits SOmetimes you can even get stores to hold some of these when they are about to throw them out. I've gotten some from Target that way. It's worth a try!!!

My tall friend said you only clean under the stove hood when a short friend is coming over!

It's okay Gonzo. I just got done with WB and I'm quite use to people with VERY strong opinions on just how things should be done **smile**. But then it usually takes one to know one... there are no attacks on this forum.. just humble opinions **giggle**. I use to be a bear and a good ol'bear too. C-10-06 Mama Bear

This is all good.... If all troops did everything the same, we wouldn't need roundtables...this forum.... hey, we'd only need one very large troop!!! **smile** The pre-cooked bacon/sausage was what the boys came up with as a solution to the problem of the sausage not getting done. It's a boy led troop and a boy led solution. Our troop has a large variety of activities. We have a one week service camp at Mackinaw Island where the boys have service to the fort, do all the state flags on the island and help tourist. The adults do the cooking on events where we very tightly schedule the boys

Then there are the temporary or changing patches. My boys are into the OA. It seems everytime they go to an OA event they come back with a new pocket patch. Plus, the boys position patches seem to change often. We cut out a piece of plastic (usually from a plastic milk carton) that is the same shape as the patch but a little larger. We purchase ribbon bars from the PX store. Those are bars with pins on each end that is used on military uniforms for the ribbons that they have above the pocket. You push the pins of the bar thru the plastic, and then sew the patch to the plastic. Nex

We were told that the chartered organization holds the number wheither it is for a pack, troop or crew. We planned to have a crew 111, (we are troop 111) and we were told that we must have the same chartered org. It is always interesting to see the different rules in different councils... and how they always fall back by saying it is nationals decision **smile**

If the boy is generally very involved in the troop and You have seen him work well at campouts, then I would have no problem counting the campout. I would ask him questions about it.... what did you do... what were you able to teach the cubs... stuff like that. We had one young man that couldn't go to summer camp because he was going on a month long camping trip out west to hunt. He took pictures and wrote a journal so we counted it as his extended camp. Shoot it was more primitive than anything our troop likes to do!!! At the same time, we have had young men that are rarely involved and

It is all scouts participating... and a few parents!!! The Canadians do a lot of 1812 re-enactiments. It's like our civil war thing. After all they weren't involved in our civil war **smile**. So the organizers are very good at putting this together. It is about 7 hours from Lansing. I know that there is a Detroit troop that goes. They leave after work and get there about 11:30 - midnight on Friday. You should check out the web site. I'd be glad to get you info on uniforms, rifles, etc if you'd like more.

That might be the difference. I know that when we went to Dorchester Canada, the boys were allowed to do a lot of things that we don't do in the states... mostly because of the cost of liability insurance. They were able to use ban saws, zip lines, walk on ropes 30 feet in the air... lots of stuff.

The other points of the scout law and oath are covered in our boards. One question that we ask of boys up for Eagle that are over 18 is have you registered to vote yet? We also have asked if they follow the law of the land... do they follow it absolutely.... have they ever gone over the speed limit??? Most of them will blush about then...**smile**... One of my favorite questions for the younger ranks is what is the hardest and easiest law for them to follow. Or, if they could take away what law what would it be and why... these are all ways to cover the laws. Asking how they

OOOPS your right... my son informed me I was wrong. Sorry. Thank you for the correction. I guess I should have looked at the certificate first.

Another resource is local Pow-wows. We got a lot of input from there. Remember to bring tobacco (you can buy it at the pow-wow) You need to give a small amount of tobacco before asking questions about someones regalia. It is concidered very rude to not do so... and they don't have to give you the right answer! You can usually contact local tribes for info... and history museums. Also, just because the natives went "commando" doesn't mean the boys need to do so. This came up as an issue in our lodge. We had one man that was determined that the boys would be "authentic" but the boys were too

The toast the president that was in office during the war of 1812. Since it is a re-enactment, they sign up for the militia, and toast the president. As to the cap guns, again it is a re-enactment that has been done for years between the British (Canadians) and the Americans. There is no danger as these are the same caps that are sold in the toy department. The main thing taught is to follow directions. SOmetimes that is harder on the Dad's that join in than it is on the boys. The adults think they see a way to "win this thing", but it doesn't count unless it comes from the leadersh

Our troop just got back from a camp that involves a re-enactment/battle from the war of 1812. It was held at Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario, Canada. We had a ball, especially the boys. We had 5 troops from Michigan combine into one "company" for the battles. We decided to have one kitchen to feed all 5 troops. The boys got to have a different international experience. We leave early Friday morning so we can get set up and then we can take the boys to Niagara Falls (about 30 minutes away). THis was our third year going. THe Detroit troop was the first Michigan troop to go, and we added 3 ne

One of the things we helped our boys "learn" in patrol cooking is the benefit of sausage and bacon that is the pre-cooked kind. One patrol had sausage that they made in balls instead of patties (they thought it was cool) it never cooked all the way thru and the outside was burnt. That trip they didn't have sausage for breakfast, obviously! So now they get the pre-cooked stuff. It is a little more expensive but worth it. We also have found a store called ALDI's. It is a german based store (I've been told they are all over the place) Good prices, good food, and not TOO many choices. It

Having only been out of WB practical for 2 weeks, I can already see that we will never stop doing tickets... the 5 is just to get us rolling. Our CD didn't allow us any "for self" tickets, at least not in our patrol. I can't vouch for any other patrol (okay, has anyone read Heinlein about the professional witnesses!) Everyone of my tickets had to pertain to my position as adv. Chair. That doesn't mean that I won't do other things where I see the need. Right now, I'm not the one to suggest anything to the training people at council. But at camp next year... hummmmm..... I did several of

Old Grey Eagle - You weren't misunderstood... I forgot to but my **giggle** and **smile** in my messages. I took the new woodbadge, but there was a lot of old wood badge in the course. I know that the new WB is for everyone, and I have taken the out doorleadership skills. I've been asking other scouters why they haven't taken WB and they said that it is a repeat of the outdoorskills with more work thrown in... While I understand their viewpoint, (there was ALOT of scoutskills in my WB) I do try to let them know that if we all practiced the same leadership viewpoint (with individual st