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Rooster, Im glad you made that smiley faux pas before did, I was going to add the + too. Basic HTML These are called tags , < I >text< /I >. The greater-than and less-than keys go immediately around the tag command with no space between the command and the greater-than and less-than symbols, for demonstration purposes I need to put a space in between. < I > this turns on the tag, and this < /I >, the backslash before the command, turns off the tag. DO NOT FORGET TO TURN OFF YOUR TAGS OR THEY WILL CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT PERSONS POST. Sorry, I wasnt yelling. To highli

I have a stupider question.Is stupider a real word? Anyway, how do you make the little smiley faces with the yellow circle? If youre interested Ill trade you for showing how to do basic HTML.bolditalicunderlinestrike throughfont sizecentercolorAnd on and on.

I thought this was a rather unique service project. Kudos to Mr. Bidlack.

Eagle Scout project: videos for little ones Robert Bidlack collected almost 750 tapes for St. Lukes pediatric unit. By Kathy Lauer-Williams Of The Morning Call January 24, 2002 Boy Scouts Robert Bidlack, Nicholas Hahn and Al Capwell struggled to fit three handcarts and a trolley piled high with dozens of videotapes and games into the elevator to get them to the pediatric unit at St. Lukes Hospital in Fountain Hill. The three Bethlehem boys were delivering almost 750 videotapes, six video game systems and 50 video games to the hospital Wednesday to fulfill 17-year-old

you wanted a cold rinse since the bleach would break down. If I am wrong, I would like to know. Brad, I spoke to a chemist friend regarding your query. He concurs that a hot/boiling rinse of bleach and water will release the chlorine from its bond to the isotope. Chlorine is a gas. However, the rinse temperature does not need to be cold, in fact it can be faucet hot but not scalding to the touch. He said it takes a great deal of time for the chlorine to dissipate and I gather much longer than the time needed for KP duty.

Now, why is it that girls can have an ear pierced but a boy cant? Are we talking about etiquette and good taste or the stigma associated with the apperance of poor character? Rooster is right, boys are different than girls, and unless they want to pretend they are pirates they should leave such things for the opposite sex.

With regard to the tattoo thing, that's a non-issue Not true, most states allow parental consent under 18. Im a wrestling coach and routinely see high school kids on other teams with tattoos, its not a figment of my imagination. Look, I dont want to get into a flame war here and it appears that your children have turned out great, but what if they were applying for a job, would you want them to wear their earrings and brandish their tattoos? Lets face it, we are all judged every day by our appearances, verbal skills and a host of other things. If a parent allows their children to go out wit

TTFN Are we a closet A.A. Milne fan?

Or, was that an attempt at humor that simply lacked the little smiley thing? Not hardly there olbuddyIts my opinion and Im sticking to it. I would also find parents who allow their children to get tattoos are being irresponsible as well. The adult non-conformists who conform to non-conformity are fine by me but I think there is a bright line when a parent allows a child to perminantly alter their body.

LHMO you may be mistaking with LMAO which means, and I apologize in advance for anyone offended, laughing my @$$ off. Then there is ROFLMAO which means, rolling on floor LMAO.

IMHO In my humble opinion! LMHO I've never seen before.

Perhaps this thread needs to be in the P&I forum. IMHO, piercings on men, including Pirates, is an obvious sign of anti-social behavior and has no place in scouting. Piercings on boys is an obvious sign of irresponsible anti-social parenting and regardless shouldnt be allowed to be worn during scout functions.

Wow, this is pretty dern coolYou can make it into a tent, a lounge chair, a sleeping pad, a ground cloth, a hat, a broach, a pterodactyl. No, seriously this is a good idea!

We have 3 washing tubs that nest in each other. I made tripods out of metal pipe that had chains hung from the apex to hold the metal wash tubs over the fire. I did it for my Star project if I remember correctly. They worked well for car campouts but werent practical for backpacking, they can move up and down as the fire is stoked or fades.

Dont forget to rub liquid soap on the outside of your pots before you put them into the fire and cook your food.

discrimination based on age, disability, national origin, race, marital status, religion or sexI didnt realize that atheism is considered a religion, I thought it is the disbelief in God. If religion is a system of beliefs how can disbelief receive the same status of consideration, where is the religion to discriminate against? The controversy is now before Bunn, because it is the Boy Scouts, not the schools, that turn away boys who don't believe in God. Makes sense to me.Side note; a big thank you to the moderator for the quick response to my formatting problem.

Sorry, this article seems to have formatted wrong; Ill contact the moderator.

Judge rules for boy in Boy Scouts case 12/13/01 BETSY HAMMOND Portland schools illegally discriminated against atheist students by allowing the Boy Scouts to recruit during school hours, and state officials are wrong to allow the practice to continue, a judge decided Wednesday. That was the upshot of a ruling by Judge Ellen Rosenblum in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Schools across Oregon that allow Boy Scouts to recruit on campus have been closely watching the case, which has been in and out of court for more than four years. The judg

In accordance with the provisions of the Boy Scout of America congressional charter any imitaton of United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps uniforms is prohibited. Heres the charter (http://uscode.house.gov/DOWNLOAD/36C309.DOC ), I cant find anywhere it says this, would you mind helping me find it? There is no coments in this chapter on Class B uniforms, so I say the BSA does not endorse Class B. There are many things that are not commented on, on purpose, by the BSA. Does that mean everything uncommented on by the BSA is not endorsed? If Class Bs are not endorsed then where does

OR NOT. NOTI just dont understand, is there a Class B uniform or is it just a figment of my imagination?

finding new excuses and rehashing all the old excuses for not wearing the uniformWithout rereading, this must mean you dont recognize the existence or acceptance of the so-called Class B uniform regardless of whether como is worn? Given that, and your noted aversion to this thread, perhaps we would be well served to start a new thread that discusses the legitimacy of a wearing a Class B uniform.

May Brighid light your way on the journey of your soul. May Paganism forever remain unrecognized by the BSA.

OGE, you are not going to find any "unbiased" sites either way. Im not sure I agree that NARTH or Exodus is biased though I would concede both have an agenda. If I found OGEs smoking gun independent study, it would surely be on NARTH and the fact is that NARTH uses independent studies for nearly all of their position statements. The simple truth is that people have changed their behavior and this should serve as proof to anyone who wants to find it. The sad thing is that OGE unfortunately is not interested in the truth, he has summarily dismissed NARTH and Exodus without any evidence of bias

Let's try this link. http://www.jccc.net/~mbrownin/badenp/bp-aids.htm

This link does not cover the Motto but its a great read if you havent read Aids to Scoutmastership.OGE, have you seen this?