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Today on the Scoutcast podcast, I heard "boy BSA Scouts", "girl BSA Scouts", "boy Scouts BSA", and the forbidden "girl Scouts BSAs." Maybe Susans isn't such a bad idea.

Okay, maybe I shouldn't be too critical of the guy...

I had to do a quick google search to verify that this is not, in fact, the rallying cry of some unkind troop somewhere.

I wish. We're getting hit with a new $63 per youth "insurance fee."

Color me unimpressed. If WOSM insists on having a fraud as Chief Ambassador, couldn't they pick this guy instead? I've known too many suggestible boys that have failed to realize that Man vs. Wild isn't a survival how-to, it's Jack A—: Wilderness Edition.

I'm dredging up an old thread here. Is there any truth to this claim about fencing being prohibited? I can't find anything about it in the G2SS.

Hey, I'll have you know that my house is battleship gray!!!

Not to brag, but in Arizona we've done all of these things -- sometimes doing winter and summer activities within weeks of each other. Okay, maybe I am bragging. @Tom243 Personally, I wouldn't count that as a snow camping experience. It's not just the cold, it's coping with and/or taking advantage of the snow.

Okay, that is different. Here the scouts compete at the various skills. The winning unit takes home a black powder rifle.

We have an event like this but it's not a winter campout. Sounds like fun. Wow, you guys are serious about your authenticity!

From the GTA:

I disagree. As a Scouter, I should take the Oath as seriously now as I did as a Scout (if not more so). If I don’t try to stay physically strong, how can I expect it of the Scouts I’m associating with? I emphasize try because not all of us are at our preferred level of fitness, myself included.

Take your sleeping bag out of the compression sack and stuff it unrolled into your backpack's main compartment while you're loading everything else. That way, it can fill the voids between other items or suspend them higher up for better weight distribution. Think of it like packing material.

My CC owns a couple teepees that we drag out for longer camping events. They take a solid hour to set up but they’re very weatherproof and can fit about ten to twelve people. They also gather a few oohs and aahs from onlookers.

Not to pour gas on the fire, but I don’t see how a computer system could glitch like that. An incompetent user, sure. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus, maybe. A software bug or hardware error somehow successfully submits a youth application, highly suspect.

I haven’t read Game of Thrones, but I did have to read it twice while banjo music played in my head.

That’s the program I’d like to know more about.

A scout should live up to the things he believes. If he makes a mistake, he corrects his course and stays on that course. By staying on a corrected course, he demonstrates scout spirit. If the newly minted father were in my troop, I would ask him to wait awhile before pursuing advancement. If I were to sit on an EBOR for some other scout, I would ask him (it would be more of a discussion, not a point blank question) to explain how he believes his actions are in harmony with a scout being clean and reverent.

Regardless of religion, they’ll be able to transfer over the same as @fred johnson described. Just let them know what documentation you accept as authoritative for their advancement records. They should also know what your dues are (LDS troops don’t have them).

Uneasy Rider by Charlie Daniels (just kidding). Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling.

I don't yet have a link to share, but Grand Canyon Council will be absorbing Catalina Council next year. This will put most of the state of Arizona in one council (Las Vegas, San Diego-Imperial, and Great Southwest nip out a few of the edges).

Please tell me that this is sarcasm.

National: Yeah, BSA has reached rock bottom and begun to dig. But here’s a pair of socks!

We’re still waiting on the details.

Yes. Also a facilities rental fee. I don’t know if things like watercraft and firearms are included or not.