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Oriental theme? Poke around, you can find a "custom" fortune cookie bakery, maybe some Scout fortunes? There's a basis for a skit! Scouts at a Chinese reataurant, and as they open their FCs the fortunes come true! "You are talented in aquatics" and the waiter spills water on him...

I don't think there's any truth to the rumor that the Pet Care and Cooking MBs are being combined. But my Dinosaur Husbandry MB has always been a source of pride to me. Just ask my son.

Ditto the MB mills, camps and Saturdays. The boys have come to expect MBs handed to them. I rarely hear (my son included) of a Scout going out and SEEKING the MB. I escorted some Scouts to a MB Saturday at a local camp. The info made it clear that the Canoeing class was meant to complete incomplete MB blue cards, but there were a couple of boys that came EXPECTING to get the whole MB in one day. I ended up being the lead instructor when the scheduled fellow didn't show (? Trustworthy?). As to plant ID... my father was a timber cruiser in his younger days. I learned about trees bef

Ones behavior is dependant on ones experience and education. One does what WORKS, according to past experience. What is desired? and how can I get it? How did my mom and pop get what they want? By education, I not only mean the sit down and listen kind, but the watch what happens kind. Ones experience comes from family and everything else. If the everything else is lacking, guess where the experience comes from? When a boy becomes a Scout (whyever he becomes a Scout), he brings alot of OTHER experience and education with him. Attention? Raise hell. Bad attention is better than no atten

Ditto all the above. They can do it if : 1) It is interesting along the way (Salamanders, bridge, history, waterfalls, old boats, etc. 2) Not too much up hill. 3) Dressed for it. 4) Praised all along the way. 5) Can you get some big brother Boy Scouts to come along? 6) Maybe do a shorter one (2or 3 miles?) a week or two before to "warm up? 7) Any parents along for the trip need to be in the same spirit. If THEY aren't dressed for it, the boy won't be either. 8) Have a warm place to meet it at the end for cocoa or pizza. 9) Plan your "expedition" with proper bravado. Day pack

wow, so many issues, all of which we (I) have no say over. Planned obsolescence? Petroleum product cloth? vs renewable source cloth? Made in (pick a third world country)? Or in USA? Practical vs fashion? Money maker vs do we have to? Velcro? Since when is Velcro cheaper/easier than buttons? Red tabs are no longer da bomb? Gotta have green? I bet CS will be changing to tan shirts next, with blue tabs... Is this really an... improvement? National should apologize to all the thimble users and makers .

Here's my routine: (Webelos and mature Bears only): 1) I send home a note to the parents telling them that at such and such a meeting we will be teaching "Knife Safety" and this will lead to awarding the "Whittlin' Chip". It's on page xx of the Rank book (I forget that. Gotta look it up). I say that this will no doubt lead to the boy wanting his OWN pocket knife, that that is up to the parent, that when the boy succeeds in earning his W/C he may carry the pocket knife to CS events, as appropriate, WITH THE PARENTS PERMISSION. I ask the parent to sign the note and return it. No W/C with

Wanna get instant attention? Purchase, read, and then hold up at your LNT training sessions: "How to **** in the Woods" by Kathleen Meyer. A very droll, well researched and serious book about back country hygiene. Actualities, legalities, practicalities. At your local camp store or book store or Amazon.com. Reccommend it.

Is it possible to do research on Sickle Cell Anemia in Caucasians?

When daughter (now married and 'mostly' grown up) was a sub-teen, she was AMAZED to learn that her parents and Mrs So-n-so actually TALKED to each other about what had happened at a school event. HOW COULD YOU. DON"T YOU TRUST ME?? well, yes we did, until we heard the other three sides of the story. Parents talking to parents? oooo... what a concept. Scout son knows that first, I will hear him out about any event he wants to complain/brag/discuss about. I will encourage him to deal with it "in ranks" and suggest possible techniques. but he also knows that if I think it's serious enough, I w

MTSO once upon a time became the CSDC Director. She was about to go off to Camp School when she realized that to "fit in", she needed a uniform, at least the shirt. Since thru our Cub Scout days, I had been the uniformed one (CM) and she had seen no need as a "mere" CC and DL, this was a new idea to her. So she started looking around at the other Scouter types we ran into at various functions. I had collected a few knots along the way, and now these were of interest to her. What were they, exactly? What did they signify? With her past history, was it possible that she might get a knot to hang

Behavior is a choice. Choices have consequences. As humans, we are perhaps unique in being able to PREDICT the consequences of our choices. "What was I thinking?" as the C&W song reminds us. Now, what do we tell our boys about 1) what they heard that night, 2) Why Johnny ain't at Troop meeting any more, 3) Why everybody is looking strange at Mr. XYZ and Ms. QPR, 4)Why Mr. DEF isn't ASM anymore... THEY did THIS and HERE's what happened?

OOps, forgot that part. I usually mention the website that I am familiar with that keeps track of the trail pedigree for my particular ash trail. The paper copy of this trail would entail about 50 or 60 pages. That's why God created the internet.

Usta be Webelos Son decided he would take his chore/bday and xmas money and buy a *5 D cell Mag light* (that's five!). Boy was/is it bright. Light can focus to a spot or a flood. Used engraving tool to personalize it. Took it Camping ONCE. Then he realized the benefits of AA cell flashlights. YiS

Thak you, Oak Tree, for trying to head'm off at the thread. I copied and reset and reknewed my acquaintance to the subject. All depends on who one counts and from when. 20%? 5%? 2%? 1.8%? Take your pick and the reasoning will follow. http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=146678&p=1 Is a 1930 Eagle "worth" the same as a 1960 Eagle or a 1980 Eagle or a 2003 Eagle? It is to the boy it is awarded to...

It is no accident that the first point of the Scout Law is "A Scout Is Trustworthy". I'd like to tell you two stories, one about ME, one about YOU. (((insert story here from your own history about being trusted with something new, expensive, important from when you were a boy))) Now, How many of you know your grand parents? Maybe your Great grandparents? Isn't that wonderful. When you go home from this((camporee, Webelos WE, etc)), visit them, call them. Ask them how things were when they were your age. They are walking history. My mother told me of watching the dirigible Hindenburg fly

I have a favorite organization that I name in my will. I stipulate that $1000. is to go to renovate a particular house they use and $200. is to be spent on a pizza and beer party for the Board of Directors. And my daughter gets my vinyl collection and turntable. Son gets the Lionel set. I like the tavern idea. Time to call the attorney...

I concur with the above. The same request showed up at my home email and at work. Each had a different "hook", with the same request. I "deleted" without opening.

Please,please, please.... campfires and computers do not mix. CPUs melt. Remember: Virtual Crackerbarrel!! Howdy tagguy, company at last from the Old Line State. YiS

Wolf Even Bear Eventually Lion On to Scout I think I remember my CM telling us that. Then "they" told us it was "We Be Loyal Scouts" . Poor grammar. I think I liked my version better. Wear the knot, already.

mmm-mmm-mmm. Sounds like the start of a Pulitzer Prize documentary if I ever heard one. Where's Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward when you really need them? Are ANY of ther CAC present board former Scouts? and who gave their memories the quick wash and rinse? Does the SE hold a realtors license?

Time has passed. How goes Chicago Area Council and Camp Owasippe? ""How high's the water, mama?""

" I love it when a plan comes together" Mucho congrats.. Don't forget to let others have some fun too. Ya gotta make sure other parents have some of the good feeling too! In other words, don't let yourself do everything. KiS MiF YiS

Scout Sign means: a Scout leader holds up HIS sign and the next Scout passes the "word" along by holding HIS Scout Sign until all Scouts have their Scout Sign up and are listening. When I work the CSDC, I hold the SS up and look at my watch. When all are quiet I announce "35 seconds (or what ever time elapsed). Let's try it again. LET"S HEAR SOME NOISE!!!" SS up again. " 22 seconds. Getting better." And each time I SS, I announce the time. It slowly improves. I sometimes mention my experience at the National Jamboree, at the big amphitheater, where we have 50,000 plus Scouts in on

G-W: Personal experience and scientific evidence... Check out the "Science News" April 22, 2000 by Corina Wu Carbon dioxide, lactic acid, heritage, unknown stuff. Course, if one is dirty enough, the 'skeeters can't get thru to you. That's why hippos coat themselves in mud! Also, it seems that DEET doesn't really REPEL the skeeters, it just make one smell like a PLANT, which skeeters aren't looking for. Confuses 'em.