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  1. Heck there's a council or district board that has 5 people on it! 5 folks think you rate!!!! who cares what you think!!!!! Congrats!!! Really: There was good advice here. Keep on trucking. There's alot of those feelings when earning anything. Your question makes me think of Gary Cooper in the SGT York movie. York's burden was bigger than yours. It also says something about you that you think that way.
  2. Technically on duty,on call These terms strectch it a little. For example ASM/Marine Lance Corporal gets 7 days leave and flys from Camp LeJeune to MRS. Lisabob's town. That Marine is subject to a recall off of leave if the stuff hits the fan. You can also bet that terms like"always in the public eye" and "direct representative of CMC" where ever he goes have been engrained in him. He is not "on call". 7 days leave is 7 days leave. His duty station for that time is his Mama's house or where ever he deems fit, so long as he is reachable by phone. These days with cell phones he coul
  3. Would anybody have asked this question during WW2 (in England or US) when a "local boy" returned home for a bit of leave and went to visit his old friends in the Troop? The liberal agenda has certainly changed our minds on the subject. Let's look at the military side: Utilities are not authorized for wear on leave or liberty for Marines. If he was giving a presentation that would be ok. One of the service uniforms would be required foe a visit. Does from time to time mean every 6 months or so? As far as the military garb thing; when civilians wear uniform parts i
  4. Kudos to him for wanting to stay with the program!!!!!! Most of our boys get the "silver chicken" and think that means their work is done. I GOT MINE I'm outta this place!!!!!
  5. If those nice Nature Conservancy people would let me hunt on all that land they take off the tax rolls I might spend more time outside.
  6. Funny thing, When our Uncle Sam sent me to Saudi Arabia we weren't supposed to have certain items in the "kingdom". Services for Jewish Marines were listed like this Catholic 0800 Mess Tent Sunday Protestant 0900 Mess Tent Sunday Brand X 1800 Mess Tent Friday Perish the thought of an illegal Jewish service in the "kingdom" We didn't pull out the Ham and Chicken loaf from the MRE's the Iraqi's ate it anyway. I recently saw a youtube tape of them trying to do jumping jacks in 2007 . They could not do them in 1991 either. Somebody forgot to tell those id
  7. I confess to being one of those adults who say, "Why is he here". Mostly I think the boys 16 and over who don't come to Troop meetings and help the wee ones to be selfish. I didn't think about the fact that they like Scouts but dislike the Troop. Of course in a boy led organization, he (meaning all boys in this crowd, not just OJ) could grab the bull by the horns and run the show. I think some of the boys that never show are there for the little silver "chicken" and every one else can go pound salt. Can't sell popcorn, too busy to make ONE of the TEN weekend days to work Chris
  8. Wife and I purchased this book for our 13 year old "mini me". The book seems filled with pretty good stuff, BUT(there's always a but in there) I can't help but think of all the well meaning parents who will give their kid the book and not do any activities with them. Parents that will think they have done their job by giving the book and going back to their self centered lives As a kid my parents didn't teach me half the stuff in the book, I learned it from FRIENDS. The history in the book forget it. Gettysburg, schools don't even come close anymore.
  9. This article and the thread that follows should be required at Scoutmaster fundamentals and Troop Comm Challenge. Heck even discuss it with the boys at NYLT. Maybe some will say, "Hey, they are talking about me".
  10. Good story,I wouldn't mind reading it to the pack sometime.
  11. Nope I'm the product of a bunch of nobodys. I'm a nobody too!
  12. I'd like to see Den Chiefs who get awarded the red white and blue rope receive a knot to wear as an adult. Heck some Den Chiefs work way harder than AOL receipients. I have the AOL knot. I've worked with some great kids who are den chiefs. I never was one.
  13. Ed, I usually agree with what you say but this time I don't. I couldn't take the old course right now if I wanted to. So where does that leave me? Gin up an old course and I'll go but until then I took the only WB course offered. I'll never know how good fried passenger pidgeon breast tastes because they are no more just like the old course. I agree with spending some time on the history of WB. I agree with Eamonn-- The Bridge at NLE and the jig saw puzzle at TC challenge is just plain dumb. I think calling it Wood Badge does tick off some of the old timers. Well,
  14. "so the boys know you care" That person was a jerk. Not a good positive way to recruit for a good experience. Evade that person like the plague. Please don't let that idiot(who waved his beads at you) cloud your view of a good course. A(n) (fill in your favorite un-Scoutlike term) that teaches or takes WB is still a(n) (fill in) only after he completes his ticket he has two wooden beads that the founder hoped meant brotherhood, service,fun, doing your best, the boys being first, last and "always", sharing your knowledge and giving. Go for it GW, don't let that person
  15. Old course, new course no matter. Two questions---in your opinion was your course from registration to beading a positive experience? Zero(awful) to 10 (best) what would you give your course? I'll start yes 9 Thank you in advance for your post.
  16. Goldie, Nobody ever said you were "unworthy to be a Scouter" at least not me. "sex with another man" where did that come from? Like closing your hand in a car door you don't have to experience something to imagine how bad something is. Is that what you're trying to say? Wood Badge isn't like that. 99 44/100's percent of WB is attitude. After going on about flatulence, homosexuality, insulting Catholic tradition,BSA giving and wasting your money, I think you may not be a good candidate. Period. In fact you already can't stand the song, well you sing it every morning at
  17. Gold Winger, Im glad you feel so strongly about Wood Badge, reading your 500 some posts since November I don't think you'd be an asset to any of the patrols that participated in the course I took. Your local council and you are truly better off without out you wasting your money on a course fee. As the old SM minute says..."Sir I think you would find more of the same horrible conditions where ever you may roam"
  18. There is a ton of speculation about Wood Badge on this site. There are some that will never go. There are some that went that hated it, I'm truly sorry for you. Somebody let you down. There are some that speak until they are blue in the face,they've spent the equal amount of hours for the Practical part of the course typing away wondering what will be. The course is for all Scouters. I took it between the bear and Weeb 1 year. The course is not "Survivorman". Most woodcraft can be learned by reading and then practical application in a safe environment, sometimes best d
  19. a "Trainwreck" is any jumbled mass of potatoes, meat, onions and veggies thrown into a dutch oven. Polish Trainwreck is this and placed in the D.O. as shown 'taters on bottom Kielbasa 2 lbs Corn on the cob(if you are using a deep oven, if not soak it in water and roast in husk over fire) Onions and a few carrots (I like onions) Cabbage anywhere from 1/2 to a whole head Potatoes 3-5 nice red ones Add 2 quarts of water and cook for 40 minutes using equal heat top and bottom. If you don't like an ingredient cut back a little on it. Taken from a book about t
  20. Dutch Oven Time!!!!!!!!! Unleash the power of Cast iron and coals Apple Pies Dump Cake Polish Trainwreck Sticky bread Borrow ovens from others in your district if you have none Oops sorry you already went.
  21. Marbles(kids love Marbles) Soda bottle water rockets Make the ring toss game in the wolf book make the paddle boats in the wolf book. Get 4 1X12 boards and some poly sheet and make a pond(if you live in Upstate NY like I do you might want to wait 'til May for this one Alka selzer film can rockets(fuji film only) Make a CD/balloon hover craft. Play rag tag in the pond out of the pond Den leader sez The wolf year is a fun year
  22. Personally I think the "just go join Spiral Scouts" rejoinder is a convenient dodge of the real issues, more often than not. >convenient dodge of the real issues< Can you make this statement more clear? Just because Scouter A is against a certain set of actions by an individual and says to that person "go start another organization", is this a dodge? Can Scouter A only not be guilty of dodging the issue by embracing the other side? A side which he thinks is wrong? Is this what PC has morphed into? Seems to me the organization is failing due to lack of deliver
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