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  1. "reminds me of the scout who cheated on the Cycling merit badge, did the entire 50 coasting down a mountain " Around here the easy bike trip is the C&O Canal path. The very nature of the path requires that it be as flat as a pancake except for small slopes at the locks. You can do 50 without breaking much of a sweat.
  2. OGE, it figures that you wouldn't understand why behaviour changes when a woman is around. Farting contests are not violations of the Scout Law but social convention says that if you must fart when a woman other than your wife is present, you should excuse yourself, leave the room, and fart outside.
  3. An Eagle candidate from my troop recently did a flag retirement (200 flags) and he used the American Legion ceremony. If there was BSA ceremony, I'm sure that our 35 year ASM would have mentioned it. All that's required by law is to destroy the flag with respect, preferably by burning. Everything else is just pomp. www.legion.org/our_flag/of_unserviceable_flag.htm
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    Class B's

    "As Bob White, myself and others have pointed out, with respect to uniforms in the BSA there are two, field and activity. What do you mean when you refer to "dress" uniform? " You guys really need to read the insignia guide more. The Dress uniform is a blue blazer, grey trousers, white shirt and a red, white and blue Scout tie. Try visiting here for more info.(This message has been edited by yaworski)
  5. ". A little dust,ash, etc does not mean the meal is ruined, etc,etc." Gotta laugh. I remember a campout, it must have been with the Cubs because it was a couple years ago, when my smoked sausage jumped out of the bun, off the plate, and hit the dirt. I picked it up, brushed it off, and prepared to resume eating. A mom with us was aghast that I'd eat it. First she tried to force me to take her food so I wouldn't eat "the dirty food." That failed so she declared that she had lost her appetite and didn't eat her meal. All the while I was eating, she kept mumbling, "I can't believe you
  6. "Why can't we have one weekend a month with just guys? " Because it ain't PC.
  7. "There are plenty of ways for you to help out in other ways. In my several years of scouts I never liked having somebody else's mom on the trip. Even if that mom stayed out of the picture I would rather it be a male. To me Boy Scouts was the one place I went to escape females and the real world in general. It was "guy time". I know first hand that I am not an exception." Women want all things and to be included but also want to be separate. Many sports have a special "women's class" but women also compete by default in the "men's class" which is all inclusive. Women want to belong to m
  8. "My thinking would be that National would make the uniform more in tune to the youth in the organization." Ah, baggy pants with the skivvies showing.
  9. They don't belong on a uniform. The purpose of the parent pin is to wear it on your civilian clothes to let everyone know that you have a Scout. At the pack/troop meeting everyone already knows that you are the parent of a Scout. Kinda like wearing a DisneyWorld shirt while at Mouseland, everyone already knows that you are there so save it for home. If you just gotta wear them, get an expedition hat and stick them on it.
  10. "Troop-Wise and the associated purchasable items are nothing more than a ripoff of materials already produced by the BSA. " I looked at the web site and I saw nothing that they said needed to be purchased.
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    Class B's

    "The uniform should also be worn during speacial outdoor occasions, such as flag ceremonies, Scout shows, and special times during summer camp." However, it only says "should" not "must". At camp there was a flag ceremony every morning with no one in a field uniform. However, the command was given "Scout Salute!" before the flag was raised. Until I read a BSA pub to the contrary, the activity uniform is a uniform and a salute is proper and appropriate. If, as you contend, one should only salute when one is wearing the full field uniform what should I do when wearing my dress u
  12. "I never thought of Scouting as a tax dodge, sort of makes that duty to country thing ring a bit hollow " It isn't a dodge, it is a legal and allowable deduction. The Grand Poo-bah of the IRS once said that no one has an obligation to pay more tax than they are required to. The context of the comment was deductions and whether you should take them. For my part, I don't track it. The $150 or so that I could deduct every year just isn't worth the effort.
  13. They have two directions that they can go. One is to make the field uniform even more fragile and impractical than it is now. They other is that they can make the field uniform a true field uniform. I think that the former is more likely to happen.
  14. "Right or wrong, society expects different things of boys than of girls. " The simple truth is that boys and girls are different creatures. I have one of each and I'm the stay at home parent so my daughter had me as a role model. I was amazed at how as a toddler she started using "cute" as a tool to try to get me to do what she wanted. Also, I was the diaper changer but my son never wanted to play "change the baby with a doll" (well, maybe once or twice) but the daughter loves playing mother to dolls. I do 99% of the cooking and by a strange coincidence, my daughter's two prime playema
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    Class B's

    "MY interpretation of this is that during formal flag ceremonies (when saluting occurs) the full uniform (field) is worn. Formal flag ceremonies and activity uniforms should be mutually exclusive events. Therefore, when in activity uniform, right hand over heart." Sorry but I don't buy that. Do you have any reference that says that you don't salute in the activity uniform? No? An uniform is an uniform. A soldier salutes in BDUs, Class B, Class A or Mess Dress. BTW, Is there such a thing as an informal flag ceremony?
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    Class B's

    Here in 'Merica the Cub Scouts salute with the Cub Scout salute. Class A and Class B are military designations for different levels of uniforming. Everyplace that I've been, we saluted when in the activity uniform, after all it is a uniform.
  17. "We prefer propane because the boys are not temped to poor some of the fuel on the fire." That's understandable. When I was young, we'd have great fun seeing who could hit the charcoal grill from the longest distance with the lighter fluid. Watching the fire race up the stream was neat. Never had a ka-boom, we found that the flame never got near the nozzle because the fluid was moving too quickly at that point. Great fun but I'd clobber my son if I caught him doing it.
  18. " This is a far cry from others we have witnessed in Scouting using firearms. " We went to Heritage in Pennsylvania this year and I was very impressed with the rifle range. Not the physical range or the quality of the rifles but the instructor. I've been a shooting instructor for at least 10 years and this guy was impressive. He's an EOD police officer and state skeet champion. He ran a tight ship, made sure the kids learned and they had fun as well. Unfortunately, he might be the exception.
  19. "I was onboard when the current uniform was introduced in 1979. One of the selling points of the new tan/olive uniform was that the olive pants were made of a jean like material. The last issue of the green pants were very thin. The olive pants were much thicker and stronger." I've noticed that. I snagged a pair of trousers from the uniform exchange for my son, real antiques but I was impressed but the weight of the fabric. The new ones just seem flimsy. Maybe they should have the trousers made of REAL denim.
  20. "I think that firearm ownership laws are state to state. In NC, you only need paperwork to purchase a firearm, not to own one. How do other states do it? " I'm a gun dealer and one of the few that has actually read most of the rules so I'll handle this one. Most states require no paperwork to own a firearm and few require paperwork to buy one from another private individual. However, there is Federal paperwork (ATF Form 4473) required in all 50 states if you buy a gun at a gun store (including Wal-Mart). One of the questions on the 4473 is "Are you the true buyer of the firearm?" T
  21. I NEVER EVER expected to see that a Scout activity could take place without adult supervision. We do a pretty good job of staying out of the way when our boys plan and carry out events. But to think that the rules and regulations would allow us to stay away from the actual event shocks me. If Scouting was created anew today, this wouldn't be the case. We'd need two men and two women present, a para-medic and a lawyer on all outings. However, Scouting was created when boys would build rafts and sail down rivers or just wander off for a weekend with their buddies. National has gone
  22. "My son didn't understand the difference between voice mail and an answering machine." I do know the difference but often I can't tell the difference. Many homes now have voice mail from Verizon and the message that I hear is similar to that on an answering machine, "I can't take your call . . ."
  23. I think that as a society we tend to do too much for our kids today. I don't know if the problem started with the school or the parents or a combination of both. All too often, we say to ourselves, "I'll just do it myself because trying to explain to Johnny will take too long." I'm guilty of that myself. I do remember that in the 2nd or 3rd grade we had classroom work on the phone. How to answer it, how to dial, how to initiate or terminate a conversation and how to look up a number. I don't think that they do that anymore, they're too worried about technology. I do know that m
  24. Sounds like much ado about nothing. If you can't trust your scouts to go on a 15 mile bike ride, then you can't trust them to go patrol camping. Are they responsible enough? They should be if Scouting has been doing its job. An Eagle should be mature enough to keep track of a dozen boys for the hour that it would take to pedal 10 miles. Should the parents be told that no adult is going on the ride? Sure. Maybe one or two would volunteer to go along but if they did, how would the Scouts ever learn to be by themselves.
  25. It is perfectly reasonable and acceptable for Scouts to do things without adults. If three or four boys want to go to a musuem, let them go. They might have to take public transportation but that's part of the experience. There's really no need for adults to tag along on every excursion.
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