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Ahh - good point. I will gladly accept legal advice from ol' Beavah while staunchly resisting his perniciouis illegal advice.

"right now"? Sorta like civil rights was a "popular" cause in the 1960s? Back then, the segregationists would have laughed in your face if you had predicted a black man would ever be elected Pesident. I've said it before: BSA is on the wrong side of history on this issue.

But, OGE, isn't it disparaging to imply that ANYONE is a lawyer?

I remember giving that one and I can't believe it was four years ago! But, some things are timeless ...

Reminds me of the time our SPL showed up for the CoH wearing pink trousers. (Well, they might have been faded red.) He told me he couldn't find his uniform trousers and didn't want to be late. So he went on stage in pink trousers. It was teaching moment to be sure, but did it have to be so high profile?

Wear the Scout uniform out in public? gasp! Several years ago I had a memorable experience which I related to the fellows in our troop as a Scoutmaster Minute. It's archived here: http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=103625#id_103625

Always good to have fellow Texans join the campfire. Welcome!

Here's a dissertation topic, if I've ever seen one. Remember the Hitler Jungend and Young Pioneers?

GW, you're dead wrong on that. Science is not simply drawing conclusions based on observations. Asking questions has indeed existed for a long, long time, but not all question-asking processes are science. Science is actually a fairly recent way of going about the business. Yours is a very common mistake however, and I'm sure us scientists here will forgive you.

ahhh. I long for the days when the continents didn't go skittering around and when humans had a comfortable 48 chromosomes.

I'm very encouraged by the results of this election. But I also like Shiner Bock, so I guess it all works out...

Howdy!

Nope. Inappropriate. IMHO.

I agree, John, And, in my opinion, it's a darn shame that BSA shot themselves in the foot with respect to funding from the United Way back when times were good (relatively speaking). Our district barely made our family FOS goals this last year and I'm not at all confident about next season.

Thank you to my father, my 3 uncles, my nephew, and to all veterans.

I always recommend a folding camp chair for parents and leaders. It's nice to sit down in a seat now and then!

Being lefthanded is not normal. Studies show that more than 90% of people are right handed! So this is clearly the way people were meant to be! The founding fathers were right handed! There is simply no good reason for people to be left handed and intervention at a young age can correct this unfortunate disorder. In the mean time, we should take steps to prevent the spread of lefthandedness in our society - including limiting the signing of legal documents to RIGHT hands! A constitutional amendment defining legal documents as those signed by right hands only would go a long way towards discouraging these anti-social deviants. ... Oops, wrong thread. Sorry.

Heh, heh. John & pack, I think Rooster and Kahuna were just making the old joke. None of us here would seriously mislead anyone about election day! I've also voted already. Twice. (This message has been edited by Trevorum)

We dropped our landline two years ago and haven't gotten a single spam call since.

Hi Jake. Do you have an S-1? I've been looking for an S-1 for a while now

whoohoo! A long time coming I'm sure, but I know there are a lot of young men out there who are building a better future because of your example and service. Congratulations!!

I'm looking over my dead dog, Rover, That I over ran tonight! (alright!) One leg is broken, the other is bent, And in his head there's a great big dent. No need explaining the parts remaining Are scattered all over the court ... I'm looking over my dead dog, Rover, That I over ran tonight! ahhh ... memories of John Wooden days...

scoutldr notes, "You may want to research when the R/W council strip was implemented...could be you should be looking for the older Community and State strips. As I recall my youth days, I think Council and District scouters wore the Council version and most unit members wore the City/State strips." This is correct - but varies by council. Full red and white council strips (RWS) were used widely in some councils but only by professionals and council/district folks in other councils.

I agree with GW - don't raid your own collection. For authenticity, you'll want the fully embroidered unit numerals. These are fairly easy to find and occasionally pop up on eBay. Or, you can ask the fine folks on Patch-L. Goto http://groups.google.com/group/patch-l

Puerto Ricans are American citizens, as are residents of the Virgin Islands. American Samoans are American Nationals.