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Hokey Dokey. The sash is worn OVER the right shoulder with the pointy end on ones left hip. Merit Badges are lined up in rows of three from the top down, on the FRONT, and "temp" patches may now be worn on the BACK of the sash. Well enough. Boy in our Troop has ADD issues, and very encouraging parents. Just made First Class. Seems he sewed his badges on the sash himself. Real nice, neat job. He showed it to me and I inspected it for him when he brought it proudly to the CoH Troop meeting. Trouble was, he sewed the mbs on so that the pointy end was the top and the tempo badges were on the front. I gently showed him my sons sash and let him make his own comparison. He nodded and went to his parents to confer. He received his FC without wearing the sash, but his folks were proud none the less.(This message has been edited by SSScout)

Lisabob: Amen... Scouts that would do a Webelos Weekend would do well to obtain a Web Book and plan the activities around the pin requirements. I would also suggest a Whitlin' Chip class. The back of the WhCh card lists the safety rules to cover: 1. I will treat my pocket knife with the respect due a useful tool. 2. I will always close my pocketknife and put it away when not in use. 3. I will not use my pocketknife when it might injure some one near me. 4. I promise never to throw my pocketknifefor any reason. 5. I will use my pocketknife in a safe manner at all times. One might also provide some training on proper sharpening technique and then show how to actually carve and whitle. We used bars of soap to good effect. They then have a CLEAN souvenir to take home!!. We also include some show and tell about different types of knives and their proper use. Give the Cub a small paper certificate as avidence of his successful completion of the class to take back to his Pack so they can make the award as appropriate: ""(blank) has completed the class in Whitlin' Chip requirements presented by Troop XXX at the (Webelos Weekend) held at (Camp Wet River) on 31 February, 2006. His Cub Master should review the safety rules on the back of the Whitlin' Chip card before presenting him with the award. Yours in Scouting (signed) "" Keep in mind they might not bring their own knives to the weekend, so have some 'loaners' available. Make sure the Scouts leading the class first have their Totin' Chip and are knowledgeable about knife handling. YiS (This message has been edited by SSScout)

Try this one::: Write up enough 3x5 cards numerically in order( 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) enough for all your Cubs. Line'm up facing away from you. Go down the line and tape a number to their BACK. Here's the game: Each Cub must find a NUMBER BUDDY so that they are paired EVEN-ODD (doesn't matter if they are consecutive, 'course 3-4 works, but so does 6-13, so does 7-10) but SILENTLY!! NO TALKING!! Point out that they can help each other, but they can't touch the card on their own back, and NO TALKING!!CUB SCOUT PROMISE!! When everybody has an appropriate partner, lead'em in a ROUND of applause or a cheer. Talk a little about COMMUNICATING and Use that BUDDY for your next game/exercise... KISMIF YiS

Any Parents TV Council members out there? Since voting with our remotes hasn't helped much of late, maybe going 'public' with our observations might. try www.parentstv.org Anybody like The Truman Show? Sorry it was taken off the air...

One of my favorite things to do if I'm doing 'Map and Compass' at CS daycamp or even IOLS, or Camporee is to gather the class/crowd around me and say" ALright! On the count of three, everybody point NORTH! ONE< TWO< THREE!!" and watch out for the eyes that get poked out... (got this from a "3 Stooges " routine) Then I'll take a vote, and then start in on how NORTH really can't be a democratically selected direction... KISMIF

If "you are what you eat", did we "became what we watched"? And what do we do to help form our progeny? Almost right... Sky King flew a Twin Beech 18, later a Beech Bonanza Twin. Cessna is a different brand of Plane. No one knows poor Leonard Graves? (This message has been edited by SSScout)

Calico... My apologies... That should've been Leonard Graves, not Peter (altho Peter did introduce the rerelease, on History Channel, of Leonard's TV Documentary by saying he was no relation). Does that help at all? ummm? Next up... Identify this quote... "Plunk yer magic twanger, Froggy!!" Sky King flew what kind of airplane?? (either of two wins...) And... name any Saturday morning Show sponsored by Ovaltine... (Sorry, Eamon, all I know is early American TV. 'Cause I was an early American TV watcher!)

Sewing is definitely better.But... When I was getting ready for Jamboree, the BMgc worked well for me. Nothing has peeled off as of yet. My sons first Scout shirt (outgrown...) was BMgced, but we were able to remove all but a shadow of stain of the adhesive residue this way: Peel the old patches off. Turn shirt inside out. Lay an old towel under the shirt (against the OUTSIDE adhesive). Spray the back side of the stain liberally with WD40. Let it soak in an hour or more. The towel will soak up alot of the disolved goo.Do it again, as you feel led. Wash the shirt BY IT SELF, in a detergent rich wash. Rinse several times. It should be noted that ,used creatively and with good technique, , BMgc can be used to hem pants, mend rips, etc. rather permanently. Now, looking back at my Scout career, The original patches had no plastic backing. These were easy to sew on. The modern day patch has plastic backing, which makes the patch look good longer, I guess, but , boy, it is tough to sew thru!! YiS

Clarification: I did not mean to travel the length of the track on only two wheels. What you try to do is put the LEAST weight on the front axle and the MOST weight HIGH and behind the REAR axle. The front wheels are still needed to keep the car centered over the center guide rail. What he said about the axles and spinning wheels. YiS

uz2bowl: "...doesn't want to advance..." Boy, I wish all troops had a program that would involve their boys like your boys troop. All at age 12? "Advance"? Hey, a little patience, mom. It'll come. And I feel you won't be able to prevent it. Any siblings? What's the dads take on his son's prediliction for wanting to enjoy his Scouting career? Wow, there's a concept... ""ENJOY Scouting" Nice ring to that... YiS

Thing, from the rear...

Let's date a few people. Dave Garroway.... "Omnibus" And his signature sign off was...? Peter Graves was the narrator for what oceanic documentary? (and nothing else that comes to mind) TWTWTW means? and who was in it? BoBo Brazil was not a place but a...?

The more Potential energy, the more Kinetic energy... *Mount your weight as high in the aft end as you dare. Cars with weights in the belly of the car are slower then with weights high in the rear. The fastest car we had one year had a wedge shape with a big bolt glued vertically on the top of the rear (5.00 oz.) *If the car does a controlled wheelie, so much the better, Less wheels on the track, less drag. That said, you still can't have the aft end drag on the track. * Listen to the man about axle drag.... LET THE BOY DO THE WORK,DAD>>>

Greetings JeffD: I think you may be confusing the PIN requirements with something else. Check out www.usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/sports/BBgun.html You'll see, I think ,that your Cubs did pass the bare requirements, which for Belt Loops are never too onerous: 1) Explain safety rules... 2)Demonstrate good BBshooting technique... 3)Practice shooting (at your Scout Camp) in the time allowed... Nowhere does the Belt Loop have an absolute accuracy requirement. KISMIF YiS

'Dad and Lad', 'Mom and Me', 'Son and One' 'Parent-Scout',regardless of THE RULES, I like to think of it as a chance for alittle individual quality time with ONE child. Let the siblings have their own 'one on one' sometime later (or earlier). If everyone goes family camping too, so much the better. But give your Cub some 'special' time with A mom or A dad. (or A uncle or A aunt...) 'Course, if you have more than one Cub in your family, maybe you could go to more than one 'Son and One'... Jes' a thought...

Pack: On behalf of the 'Old Line State', my apologies for our misbegot ex governor. Okay, so we have 'House'. Do the 'Simpsons' count? I thought it was a step in the right direction when I saw 'Vegetales' on a Saturday morning commercial station. ( ooooo a weekend w/o a Scout trip!)

SMA: Thanks for the comps. If you think the Cubs know the routine, then sure, go for it! Make sure you have enough parents to do the whole CSP and/or the LotP. Gets hard if you have to go thru the bag TWICE! KISAF YiS

My forum friend, the short answer to your question is yes and yes... In our house, we have explained to our son that tv shows that demean husbands, wives, and generally does not laugh WITH a person but AT the person, may not be a show to spend time with. I often told my Cubs during my tenure as a CM to keep in mind the computer motto, "GIGO", "Garbage In, Garbage Out". That if you put bad data in your program, you can only get poor results out. Hence, if you only put poor quality stuff into your self (junk food, soda pop, video games to excess, tv shows that tear down the human experience rather than build it up), then you will not get the best stuff out of your life. We watch the shows with our children and ask the hard questions of the shows, and remind them that the PRIME reason of the show is to convince one to BUY STUFF. My number one son already realizes that the time he spends on TV can not be spent star gazing or tending his rabbits (wanna buy a rabbit? Excellent pet!), or going to a park or... If we are to correct the mistakes of our previous generations, we must learn them. Our family is big on the drama of history, not so much suitcases or pretend soap operas. I'm quite proud of my son when he notices inconsistances and "hey, that was dumb. I wouldn't do THAT" moments in shows like LOST and SMALLTOWN and NINE. Cable? Dish? no thank you, not so long as I must take trash tv along with the useful stuff. But again, they are trying to get us to BUY STUFF. YiS

So, if a boy believes he is 'doing his duty to God' by NOT believing in him?... Can Athieism be considered a... dare I say it...religion? Try www.aeu.org Now, understand,"ethics" is not the bare basis of my experience. but it is a place to start in the continuance of THIS thread.

Oh yeah... Mile swim at summer camp. Camp Roosevelt on the Chesapeake Bay. My buddy Don rowed my boat while I swam and then we switched roles. Half a mile out to the bouy and back to the dock, thru the Sea Nettles...(jelly fish)... makes me shiver to think of it. CampRoos is now included in the Calvert Cliffs State Park and Nuclear Power Plant...

Wiggs: Thank you for including us in your efforts. Please keep us posted about your (and your Scouts!) progress. YiS

OGE: You have confused that old saying, "Baking chocolate chip cookies is its own reward".

Oh, what the heck, here goes... #1 It is the duty of every parent to teach, either on purpose or by example or by neglect, their form of religious belief (or disbelif) SO THAT the child(s) will have something to either ACCEPT or REJECT and REBELL against. That's all there is to it. If the child(s) accept it, well and good. If he/she/they reject it (pick a reason), oooo, the complications that can result. #2 I am not able to put up a web site for you folks to jump to, but if you can find the Washington Post, Saturday 21 October 2006, page B9, at the bottom of the page, you'll find the following, which I will partially quote: "Wanted: Religious Leader. Belief in God Not Required" 'Local Ethical Society Ponders Core Values In Choosing a Leader' "When you are a member of a religion with no scripture, no divinity school, and no denominational structure, clarifying what you stand for can be complex.... The (Washington Ethical Society) was plunged into major transition because of the retirement of its leader of 34 years..." The article goes on to speak of how the WES is certified by the American Ethical Union, how they hold a 'sunday school' hold rituals for weddings and deaths and baby namings, how they are held as a 'religion' by the IRS ( but many members bristle at that title). Do we Here we have an "atheist" religion? 3) " There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in the hope to enjoy its own in the end. Its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to wearyout all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself. As it bears no evil in itself, so it conceives none in thought to any other. If it be betrayed, it bears it, for its ground and spring is the mercies and forgiveness of God." Part of James Naylors deathbed testimony (1660) 4) "...duty to God..." by whose definition? The boys? The parents? Conklins? The DRP? If the boys definition is that by teaching a good Totin' Chip lesson, he is doing his DtG, who are we to question? If by memorizing at length the catechism, so be it. If by practicing the Zen of Archery, so be it. If his parents hogtie him and drag him to (insert religious service here) and he accepts it SO FAR...If by being faithful in his recycling ( being good to Gaia?), and he can explain it as such, so be it. If he comes forward and declares "aw there ain't no god..." ...well... #5) Anyone out there studied Jefferson's bible? I sometimes think Ben Franklin and Mr. Jefferson (among others of our 'founding daddies') might have a hard time being Scouts of our generation. #6) Any Confuscians out there? I don't know if Con fu Tse would be accepted as a Scout Leader, altho he was the most moral/ethical person of his age and society? YiS Still...

You are speaking of something other than Lewis and Clark and President Jefferson, yes?

"Distance makes the heart grow fonder and the gas tank get emptier" +from the Tao of Scouting+