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If a third person indeed must be party to every telephone communication, we have to hang up if a Scout calls to arrange a MB meeting or hang up if only the Scout answers a telephone call to his number. Otherwise we would be communicating in private. Consistently, I could only counsel a MB candidate if every word is heard by a third party, which is not required by the specific rules for MB Counselors. I chose to believe that cannot be the rule until BSA expressly says so. I believe that particularly in light of the demonstrated inability of BSA to consistently communicate clearly.

Learning is often a result of experience, and a good bit of that experience is bad experience. Try cooking competitions instead of prohibition.

Based on my experiment, there does seem to be a limit on the number of words allowed in a post. Not sure what is is, but the post I could not make was OK in three parts. Perhaps a faster Internet connection makes a difference. Literally the only service I can get is digital over copper - better than dial-up but relatively slow. Fiber is two miles away, as it was twenty years ago, and the trees block dish..

In Ohio we have a Conceal Handgun Permit. A concealed anything else, if deemed to be carried as a weapon, is not covered by a Concealed Handgun Permit (Which does allow carrying a loaded ling gun in a motor vehicle.) I am responsible for my own many mistakes, not Stroud's. The most respected experts on the topic of survival suggest sheath knives. While Stroud is serious about the topic, he is also the guy who has burned himself out of his expedient brush shelter more than once by building an open fire inside the shelter and then, deliberately, going to sleep.

When last I looked, the most common woods tool accident recorded at BSA camps was "knife closed on finger." look good but the metal is too soft to hold an edge. They get dull and dangerous quickly. Carbon steel knives generally look like crap, but they are the best for holding an edge because of their hardness. For this reason I carry only older knives that have carbon steel blades. Alas, Stosh, we are showing age. I too recall when stainless steel knives were soft - or brittle. For some years, the decent knives with the hardest, most abrasion-resistant edges have been stainl

Wiggle room?

Tried for a third time to post. Pacifier for ten secs. Nothing. Is there a limit on size of posts?

Maybe it's OK if you use an analog telephone. I still have one sitting to my left. "Western Electric. Bell System Property."

Tried again. Noticed the pacifier bar lop center. It ran for about ten seconds, then went away. No post.

Sorry. I will post in the other place. Should have noticed.

Tried again. Noticed the pacifier bar lop center. It ran for about ten seconds, then went away. No post.

Attempted to post. Nothing happened. Mo message, just nothing happened.

We all had to have our lines perfectly memorized, or those waiting to challenge us for our positions on the ceremonial team would quick send us off. "even to the giving of their blood." Awareness of blood-born pathogens took care of that.

BSA: Q. I’m going on a camping trip with my troop, but my hunting knife broke. I see a lot of different hunting knives advertised. How do I know which one to buy? – Knifeless Neil, Summerville, S.C. A. The best type of knife for camping trips — and most any other outdoor activity, for that matter — is a short, fixed-blade knife with a beefy handle. Folding pocketknives can fold up on your hand while cutting. Not fixed blades. And remember: When it comes to blades, bigger isn’t always better. Avoid blades longer than four inches. A small, sharp blade can cut just as wel

What is a "rule" that is not enforced?

The Guide (hereinafter "G2SS") is subtitled "A Guide to Current Policies and Procedures [regarding safety]" "Current," in this case, needs to understood to mean not literally current as the Scouter is directed to review the quarterly updates which are incorporated into G2SS by reference. In fact, G2ss clearly reminds us that it does not address all safety rules, policies, and procedures: "The Guide to Safe Scouting provides an overview of Scouting policies and procedures rather than comprehensive, standalone documentation. For some items, the policy statements are complete. Unit lea

A sincere but erroneous belief can be more damaging than a lie.

We have never had only one DE slot - sometime unfilled. That's since 1981. If you expect DE's to do volunteers' jobs (advancement, program, advancement, training, commissioner's service), one is too many.

People in the JTE bubble speak only for themselves and for JTE. If you think you need backup, ask the district or council Advancement Committee.

Not a problem in this area. Ash Borer getting closer and closer. 0___0

So it isn't even a Boy Scout Troop. Boy Scouts of America, 2015 ( and every year since 1930). We ought to try Boy Scouting before deciding it does not "work."

If the kid gets hurt, his representatives may sue, and any release not approved by the court with jurisdiction over juvenile matters is usually worthless. (In Ohio, that is the Probate Division of the Court of Common Pleas. In other states, it's the Family Court.) A release is a contract. In most states, parents cannot contract for their children without court approval and children are legally incompetent to contract. A permission slip does create a defense to a charge of kidnapping and, thus, should be specific to each outing. And yes, we had a fine single parent claim a Scoutmaste

And another. Imagine fields of snow.

Around here, natural reclamation of old fields and pastures produces thickets of maples and White Ash and little else. The borer will change that shortly to all maple. Results in lots of material for pioneering poles as there are few lower branches. Over generations, other species start appearing - oaks, yellow popular, hornbeam, feral apple, hemlock if the terrain is right.

Likely, it's a MBC who is only willing to work with Scouts from the troop ion which the MBC is registered as an adult.