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  1. I've dealt with a situation similiar to this, about $2,000. We verified with receipts how much the leader owed. We notified the COR after a emrgency committee meeting was held. The committee decided that the leader, who admitted to the incident, would pay the amount owed by a certain date. The leader paid in portions and a receipt was made with each payment. When the incident first came to light, we drafted a memo of agreement of the incident. This also served(This message has been edited by Double Eagle)
  2. Continued from the previous reply: I had an older scouter ask for a smoke shifter and we brought back one disguised as a frisbee. Fanned in the left hand, it was left handed. Fanned in the right, right handed. Canvas coolant came back as a bucket of water. The jesters became shocked when we actually produced the mythical items. It soon became an imagination challenge on both sides. Good fun done with good intentions.
  3. For better or worse here's a few: 50 feet of shoreline, canvas coolant, turning off a chemical light by snapping it again, box of grid squares, left-handed smoke shifter, 100 feet of flight line, right-handed cresent wrench, left or right handed knife, fork, spoon, or cup. Whether used as a joke or not, you would be amazed at what a scout or scouter brings back. Sometimes it backfires on the requester. I had an older scouter
  4. What a great opportunity. I'm sure you'll be swamped with requests. The biggest question I would expect is availabililty of sizes. I'm interested in a couple for around that price.
  5. Double Eagle

    TAC 98

    As a member of TAC, I know where to send you for the Europe stuff that includes segments around the TAC activity (Termporary) patch. Check out the www.tac-bsa.org website for contact info. As one receiving from a feeder pack, a better solution of what is still left on may be to visit the gaining troop and check out the stuff. I don't think that a scouter would deliberately tell you the wrong thing, but maybe they were focusing unit stuff and not the universal uniform stuff.
  6. Use this as a rule. Wear the OA sash only over the right shoulder and no where else. If worn, wear it at OA specific events as acco40 stated. The merit badge sash should only be worn over the should too. Many scouts wear the OA and/or merit badge sashes on belts, please help prevent this. If you need actual reference publications or references for this, I'll research if needed. The OA pocket flap covers any OA/lodge affiliation during non-OA functions such as COH, BOR, and even Eagle BOR.
  7. Dry ice chips from a car and body shop work too. This is how many hail damage dents are popped out. Just take the canteen to the shop and they may do it on the spot and/or free.
  8. My take on the sheath knife and it's bad reputation is due to two things. First, scouts with poor quality sheaths often had/have the blade puncture or slice through the plastic or synthetic covering. Good leather can't be substituted. Second, too few experienced scouts and scouters were wearing them properly. Often wearing them towards the front of the belt and stuck them while bending or squating. They should be worn towards the rear on the hip. I still have many and use them while hunting. I don't use them in scouts but love them just the same. My rule is for scouts is that the blade
  9. Eagle patrol! This made me a double eagle, the first being an eagle scout.
  10. Absolutely. Here is a great chance to show the process for earning a merit badge too. It really works on newer scouts that may not be confident in the process. It is only another way for the Scoutmaster to teach. Just a thought about how a Scoutmaster is not a "know-it-all", but a master of scouting skills.
  11. We are the "grumps". Not only for our supposed disposition but for grown-ups.
  12. We are the "grumps". Not only for our supposed disposition but for grown-ups.
  13. I always have one, my wife carries her's in her purse. She even has one of the old camping models with the fork and spoon and a zillion other things that fits in a leather pouch. The old time scouts will remember the type. My sons and scouts carry one all the time safely. No problem. I'm amazed that the Michigan that I grew up in is so scared of the knives and not the personalities that yield one or some other dangerous tool.
  14. I have two Gerbers, a normal leatherman, and a super. My latest and recommendation is the Wave. It has the best of them all. Try it and you'll like it.
  15. Program features under a monthly theme have some good ideas for planning. Or the old Woods Wisdom.
  16. I still use liquid fuels. I use stoves from the whisperlite to coleman. My seasoned scouts like these and the junior scouts like the propane. Propane has a problem in the cold. When using the stoves on snow, a piece of 6"X6" plywood or closed cell foam mat work well for a base and barrier from the snow. What I like best is that I can use the always-available fuel for the lanterns also. When backpacking, its easier for each scout to carry a fuel container than sticking a propane bottle in a pack for the entire trip. Refillable rules.
  17. Let them have separate ceremonies. Being in college, they can make the decision but the scouts or parents should not be strong armed into a dual ceremony. I've seen a ceremony that included 7 getting eagle. It took away from the individual achievement. It looked more like "what the committee and leaders could do" than celebrating the personal achievement of a scout. The scout, parents, and committee need to be involved in the planning and running the ceremony.
  18. Our adult patrol is named the "Grumps", mainly for grownups and for being grumpy in the mornings. We have a patrol flag and although not a lot of scouters all the time, all scouters belong to our patrol. Our patrol eats off the same budget as the other patrols. We try to show them that there is more to eating than poptarts and hotdogs. We camp, eat, clean up, and relax in our patrol area. One thing that I try to do is show them a model patrol campsite with gadgets and cleanliness, to include duty rosters. This keeps our scouters focused on our tasks and leave the scouts to theirs.
  19. A new one for "Nestle", smoke chips. Right up there with potato chips dropped into saw dust: wood chips. Just stay away from buffalo chips, they are much too chewy and always seem to melt in you hands, mouth, and get all over. And for the tiger cubs: micro-chips.
  20. 1. Is she willing to pay back the funds, all or partial within a reasonable time? Interest? 2. You will need to notify the CO and COR about this. Also, get an audit on your pack's account. Get the checkbook and her off the account now. Stop reading this and call, then return. Welcome back, You may procede with criminal charges, embezzlement or larceny of private funds. The police will take the case. Let this "lady" know your committee's thoughts, wishes, and actions if it cannot be resolved. 3. Call an emergency meeting of the committee, get it all on the table and explor
  21. In the Adirondacks those "bear" bells are sometimes referred as dinner bells for bears. A bell is an unnatural sound in the woods and often lures a curious bear to take a look. If they do look, they might get a full meal wrapped in a backpack. I still like whistles, they can scare the heck out of a bear and help with lost scouters, scouts don't get lost, we just don't know where THEY are. Bells in the woods might say "Taco Bell" to the hungry bear.
  22. WOW, this sure did get blown out of proportion. The initial post from yaworski was directed as sarcasm towards OGE from another post. Everyone sure fell into that trap. What brought me out of the nest was when bob tried to turn Venturer2002 away from his own opinions. It takes guts to take on the yaworski, bob, and others in this forum. Bob, Venturer2002 may be only 18 but that doesn't mean inexperienced. How quick we are to assume that they don't have a real view of the situation. If anyone, being closer to the age of the scouts we talk about, has a scouters level eye, Venturer2002 doe
  23. What a bunch of hogwash. Marriages ending due to woodbadge. Did they finally exchange beads instead of rings. You should have never had to leave your patrol. I can't imagine a troop not having a leader because you can't be in the same campsite as males. Talk about time warp. In my course, the old week long one, on the overnighter, every participant carried, erected, and slept in a tent that they pitched. No special favors, treatment, or exclusion. You got some bad guidance.
  24. Agree with Bob on the individual activity. I'm not sure why you would charge merit badge counselors, they are servicing your troop and council. I don't see a lot of counselors that will volunteer with a fee, fingerprints, and background check. I really don't see the practicality of the fingerprints. Is that for future reference or checking their past. I don't know of any law enforcement agency that is going to run finger prints for an unknown crime. Kinda like overkill to me.(This message has been edited by Double Eagle)
  25. You are good for the coldest of weather. A tuque will act like any knit cap during moderately cold weather or when you are a bald eagle and mornings below 45 start to get cold on the head.
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