MOTD (Meme of the Day)

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junkxj said:
You left out the big 4 cell maglights. They make a decent hammer in a pinch.
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That's about all a Maglite is good for...not that I'm brand loyal or anything... :D
 
And Lineman's pliers.
 
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You have to say "pahkahn" with your nose up and pinky finger out.
 
I hate it, but this is where it's headin

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JSJJ388 said:
I hate it, but this is where it's headin

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Few things burn my ass nowadays. I typically shake my head and move on. Much like JF's thread but since I was in Boy Scouts and am an Eagle scout this shit gets me.
 
Yea, as an Eagle Scout this burns me up.

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tknopp said:
Pisses me off too. Almost tempted to mail my eagle scout pin back to them.
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I know several who have. I earned mine before it all fell apart, so Ill keep it. My troop closed to new members when the gays decision came out. I was the last one to earn Eagle. We still had a few who were working on it, but none finished to my knowledge and I believe the troop is disbanded now.
 
Somebody posted this over at S&W forum....makes some sense:

Like many organizations, membership of youth and adults in Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts has been on the decline in absolute and relative numbers. Boy Scouts of America ("BSA") has studied this decline and thought long and hard about what to do. It learned that parents of scouting age youth want to use limited time for family activities. Parents today have limited time, and an activity that both sons and daughters can participate in at the same time are more desirable than activities segregated by gender. Sisters have been doing Cub Pack activities with their Cub Scoutbrothers for years, and now they will be doing so as members.

Come on, grow up. Boys and girls go to school together, go to church and band camp together, etc. Scouts BSA will have sensible youth protection policies. Boys and girls won't be sharing tents.

Are there some bad Scout leaders? Sure. There are bad teachers, coaches, taxi drivers, and a heck of a lot of bad parents. But, ...... there are a lot more really good adult Scout volunteers, both in Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.

I love a lot of the Scouting traditions. I was a Boy Scout. I still have my Yucca pack, but I don't use it anymore. I use a modern internal frame backpack. Things have changed, and Scouting is changing to survive. I would love to know how many of the critical comments on this thread are by people who started out with wood and steel firearms who now have polymer and aluminum firearms.
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kaiser715 said:
Somebody posted this over at S&W forum....makes some sense:
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While that might make sense from a time perspective, when you think about what BSA is designed for and built around youll see that integrating girls will not help anyone in the long run, but instead will be detramental to all involved. BSA is meant to help boys grow into men and learn to be leaders. Boys and girls need different things to mature. They learn differently, think differently and need different things. Not only that BSA is supposed to be a get away from everything else thats going on. I cant vouch for all, but I was happy to be away from my siblings for a few hours/days while scouting.

Now, dont take that as me saying girls dont need a program to help them mature into ladies and help them to be leaders, because they do! But they need a program tailored to girls, just as the boys do.

Im not going to turn this into a debate on this thread, as its a fun meme thread. But if you want to keep talking PM me or we can start another thread to talk about it.
 
I might start a new thread on this....lots of things to think about.

I'll just say....as an Eagle, ex-Scoutmaster, Woodbadger, Silver Beaver, etc, etc....the only thing consistent in Scouting is that it changes, and people complain. I remember back in the 70's when I was in the troop, leaders were complaining about how it wasn't like it was in the 60's....and others complaining by the 60's it was really downhill from what they had in the 50's....and on and on.

Hasn't the BSA been about the only WOSM member that's NOT been fully co-ed?
 
kaiser715 said:
I might start a new thread on this....lots of things to think about.

I'll just say....as an Eagle, ex-Scoutmaster, Woodbadger, Silver Beaver, etc, etc....the only thing consistent in Scouting is that it changes, and people complain. I remember back in the 70's when I was in the troop, leaders were complaining about how it wasn't like it was in the 60's....and others complaining by the 60's it was really downhill from what they had in the 50's....and on and on.

Hasn't the BSA been about the only WOSM member that's NOT been fully co-ed?
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