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BTW, please feel free to add anything you have learned at Philmont or camping in general. Justin B.

Alright, folks. I've been gone for a while, but now I'm back. I went to Philmont this summer(awesome experience-I highly reccomend it), and now have a list of ten things that I learned at Philmont. So, without further ado, here it is: Ten Things I Learned At Philmont 10. Water is measured not in quarts or liters, but in Nalgenes 9. Just because the dad's nice doesn't mean the kid is 8. That Therm-a-Rest is well worth the weight(pun entirely intended) 7. Any health problems are caused by not drinking enough water. If you twist your ankle, you're not drinking eno

Old enough to get OGE's crack about the professor. That was set in what, the twenties? Wow, you are old! Young enough to be under hops. I was born on a day in late March. It may have been nice, it was too long ago for me to remember. Come to think of it, it must have been beautiful. After all, it's when I entered the world! Just kidding. Anyway, I was born in Georgia and have lived in the same town my whole life.

Did "All creatures great and small" have anything to do with Dr. James Herriot?

Merry Christmas to all, and I hope we get some snow, though it doesn't look like it.

Excellent post, Rooster. I couldn't agree more.

One more verse to The Birdy Song: Theeee farmer comes out, shotgun in hand, BOOM BOOM, BOOM BOOM, is heard through the land Theeee big birdies fall, with only one wing, STOMP STOMP, STOMP STOMP, now NO birdies sing! I also like Sons of the Sea, but that's another song for another time

Hey, hops, no fair! You said fourteen and a half, not fourteen and three quarters! :-) P.S. not that it's related or anything, but how do you make those little yellow smiley faces?

Just older than SPL and hops-fifteen in March Andrew-how old did you think I was?

I have two. One, my troop(oops! the troop of which I am a member) went hiking to Providence State Park in Georgia. As we were hiking out the second day, we stopped at several places to look at the canyon(known as the little grand canyon-caused by erosion from bad farming methods). It was almost entirely Georgia red clay, so it had some of the brightest oranges and reds that you will ever see in nature, with some white mixed in, I think it was quartz. It is an amazing view. Second, the family which I was born into has a farm in the country in south Georgia with several ponds. Whenever I'm

Sounds great. I'm in Georgia, so I can't see the lights from home, but maybe one day I'll get north and see them.

OGE "...only God can truly judge." I agree that God is the ultimate and final judge, but I also believe that we have the responsibility to judge and punish criminals. Are you suggesting that we should not punish any crimes? 'Leave that murderer alone, only God can truly judge' 'Don't punish that rapist, only God can truly judge' 'That bank robber shouldn't go to jail, only God can truly judge' 'I hate child molestation, but I can't do anything about it, only God can truly judge' The list goes on. To borrow Rooster's quote from earlier in this thread:

TXscoutdad, Welcome to the forums. I am homeschooled, but not a member of a homeschool troop. My homeschool group just started a Cub Scout pack, but no troop yet. I don't know the pack number, but they are chartered to Greater Griffin Christian Home Educators in Griffin Georgia. JB

Geneology I had no interest in it, but my mom was trying to make a family tree at the time, so we went together(no, she didn't get the badge:-)). I don't remember anything about it, but heck, one MB closer to Eagle. J.B.

Packsaddle, Your right, anyone who follows the Jewish religion(Judaeism?) would probably disagree with me. But from what I understand they also don't believe that Jesus was and is the one and only Son of God, so I disagree with them on some very major points. BTW, I would be glad to discuss this with you, but please don't hijack this thread. On birth control, I have never really thought about it or had an opinion, but you make a good point. FOG, Are you hinting at something... :-)(This message has been edited by bsat4jb)(This message has been edited by bsat4jb)(This messag

Packsaddle, There are parts of Leviticus and the Torah that dictate methods of sacrifice and ceremony to worship God which no longer apply to Christians, or anyone else for that matter, under the New Covenant, where Jesus paid the final sacrifice. But I believe and advocate the following of, to the letter, everthing that wasn't disposed of in the New Covenant. BTW, you never answered my question about abortion.

It has been said on this thread that if abortion were illegal, expectant mothers would resort to back alleys and foreign clinics. However, many of these mothers, though they are trying to kill their baby, are law abiding citizens, so making abortion illegal would prevent many abortions. ---------- Packsaddle: "...where society decides to kill it's members, I do share a responsibilty for such deaths..." If you do not try to make abortion illegal, then would you not also share the responsibility of those deaths, since you did nothing to prevent them? And no, this line of

Rooster, I loved your explanation and I totally agree with you.(It's good that you can explain your views that well, I never could have) Twocubdad, and anyone else who thinks that humans are inherently good: We are all scouts or scouters here, and we promise every week, on our honor, to do our duty to God. For most of us, that is the Christian God, which means you believe the Bible, as I do. For everyone else, my argument will have no effect. If you have a Bible, you may recognize this verse(quoted from memory-may be a little off): "All scripture is God-breathed and is use

Saltheart, I meant no disrespect to the soldiers in Iraq, living or killed, and I apologize to you and anyone else I may have offended with my ill advised statement. I'll try not to make an idiot out of myself in the future. J.B.

Saltheart, In your first post I saw the name "Bush" twice, and both times you called him "Mr. Bush". No, I am not grouping you with the media, who constantly do the same, but I would like to point out that he is our president, and should be called "President Bush". That said, I agree that he needs to give us assurances of direction and purpose in operation Iraqi Freedom, but I am getting tired of everyone going crazy over two or three soldiers killed. I do value every soldier's life, and granted ever have never been in war or known death other than family members who passed naturally, but

I'll have to agree with several of you on "Maverick", with Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster, and add "Support Your Local Gunfighter" and "Support Your Local Sheriff", all three with James Garner NJcubscouter, some of my favorite quotes from MPATHG include: "'e's got two empty 'alves o' coconut an' 'e's bangin' 'em together!" "The Black Knight always triumphs!" "But you've got no arms!" "I'll ask 'im, but I don't think he'll be very keeeeen, ah... 'e's already got one, you see?" "Well, I didn't know you were called Dennis!" "Yes! It was the dreaded three headed kn

OGE, OK, so you got an extreme case of snipe hunting. Pranks are a time honored tradition of any organization that relishes outdoor activities, such as BSA. You are right, they should be kept safe, but I'm not aware of any newspaper articles that have the heading "Naive scout falls victim to imaginary bird". As for humiliation, scouts (and people in general) should learn to laugh at themselves, but you're right, olderscouts should not make the younger ones to feel stupid, just assure them that they are not the first, and on the next campout, they can help make s

hops, I put the lid on as tight as it will go, and it still leaks. I got it a feww days before suummer camp in the middle of june, and I took it to camp. It was leaking before Thursday. J.B.

OGE, I never said duct taping younger scouts was a "hoot". No one that i know of was duct taped, and if they were, they were quickly released, and the older scouts soundly reprimanded for their "prank". JB P.S. We don't do the snipe drive, we leave them where they can easily return to camp as soon as they want to.

OGE, you mentioned leaving young scouts in the woods "while 'pranksters' make him think he is in physical danger". I don't understand how we make him think he is in physical danger. Can you explain? JB