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Offline Thrawn

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« Reply #30 on: January 14, 2003, 03:00:45 PM »
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« Reply #31 on: January 14, 2003, 03:07:49 PM »
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Just wondering...  :)  If you were what was your rank?

Flossy? Girl Scouts?


Yes, star.

Am a Scoutmaster now, was Cub Pack Leader for 2 years.  My guys are all 12-14, after that they start to lose interest fast.  However, of the 20 or so young men in my group, I'd say 8 will go Eagle and probably have 2-3 this year do so.  

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« Reply #32 on: January 14, 2003, 03:52:20 PM »
Cub Scout then joined BSOA and quit at the first meeting...it was in a church and I didn't like them forcefeeding me their religious BS.

I had fun in the Cubs though. My mum was our troop leader.

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« Reply #33 on: January 14, 2003, 03:58:27 PM »
Eagle around 1973/74. Troop 4 El Paso, Texas
Great times :)

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« Reply #34 on: January 14, 2003, 06:43:01 PM »
Eagle Scout-1998
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« Reply #35 on: January 14, 2003, 06:48:03 PM »
What was that thing between cub and boy scouts?

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« Reply #36 on: January 14, 2003, 07:22:01 PM »
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What was that thing between cub and boy scouts?
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« Reply #37 on: January 14, 2003, 09:29:55 PM »
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« Reply #38 on: January 14, 2003, 10:08:25 PM »
I was in the boy scouts for about the total sum of one day, I went to the meeting and some old guy was telling me what to do and didn't have very much patience, so I left.
The place was about six or seven miles from my house, which at that time wasn't to bad of a walk since I did it all of the time.  The only problem was I didn't tell anybody, and when my mom went to pick me up and I wasn't there she freaked out.  The police picked me up a couple of hours later while I was still making my way home, I had stopped by a friends house on the way back to my house for a couple of hours.
After I got home and told my mom the whole story, she didn't punish me.  But the best part in my opinion was I didn't have to go back.

Another time I became involved with the avaition explorers, my friend and I had a business of washing and waxing airplanes at the local airport, which was good money, and we made alot of contacts with people that owned airplanes, so we both went flying quite often.
One of our deals was with the local flight school to keep their aircraft clean, when the explorers found out about our side job with the flight school that was sponsering the avaition explorers the rank and file members wanted in on our flight school business.  My friend was president and I was a vice-president of the explorers.
We decided sure, and set a day in which we were to wash and wax two light singles, one medium single, and two medium twins.  None of those sorry people even showed up, but the wanted to know how much flight time the "unit" had earned, the answer was zero.  After that we both quite showing up for meetings, but kept our business going for a couple of more years.
As for the explorers, they voted us both out of office, but the sponser dropped them, and the unit disbanded shortly after that.
Well, sorry for the rambling, it has been awhile since I had thought about those times.

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« Reply #39 on: January 14, 2003, 10:27:50 PM »
Dont remember much (too many drugs) :rolleyes: but was a Cub Scout and seem to recall the Webelows? thing...

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« Reply #40 on: January 15, 2003, 09:36:34 AM »
I was a scout when I was younger.

A group of us and some of the father's broke off from the normal troop and started some sort of legal offshoot - still affiliated with BSA.  

It was the only way we were allowed to replace the rollar skating merit badge with Paintball trips.  :D

Just shy of Eagle.

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« Reply #41 on: January 15, 2003, 09:54:24 AM »
eagle scout,, parents were the "den" parents though.

It was pretty fun actually. I grew up in Fredricksburg Va and there was lotsa Civil battlefields and the like. My dad arranged for a history prof. from a local college to meet us down off river road near Chatham Manor. Apparently this guy planted Civil war bullets and even a cannon ball. He gave the history deal then suggested we might find some stuff in the woods. Chatham manor was set on Chatham heights over looking the town. The union had turned the manor house to a hospital and artillery positions were scattered about the heights.

Anyway we were looking through the woods and started finding stuff. Man I was into it to. I think I was like 11 or 12. Well every one found a bullet but 1 kid and then we found the "cannon ball" that the prof was gonna take with him to "study". The prof must have wanted to leave as he was hurrying us a long so he kept directing the one kid who hadnt found a bullet to a certain spot. Well it didnt help the kid couldnt find anything so the guy went over and "found" a bullet and gave it to him.

It was like when I first found out Santa wasnt real. The shrecker was lying to us. He had to of planted the stuff. It was a real let down. He denied it but I knew it was bs.

Heck I miss Virginia. It was a great place to grow up. History from one end to the other.

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« Reply #42 on: January 15, 2003, 11:00:55 AM »
OK you asked ,

I did it all, except Explorers...

Cubscouts before Weblows

Scouts, Eagle in 1970, Vigil Honor in 1972, 13th World Jamboree in Japan in 1970 , Camp staff 5 years <3 as a youth 2 as an adult> At Camp Geronomio and the R-C in Arizona 50 mile trek in Yellowstone Park
Adult, Troop Liason with the companys troop in Germany, , Den instructor for my son, District commitee Roadrunner Dist Longhorn Councile >,Currently Asistant District Commisioner in Rio Grande District Great Southwest Councile, Cub Daycamp Director Camp Commisioner at Camp Frank Rand , Ect Ect Ect.....
Scouting has been pivitol in my life , Saved my but in Iraq during the Gulf War, Got me promoted/ Hired at least 3 diffrent times, We have our "Klondike Derby" on the 26th of this month where I am the "Inspector General" If you are in the neiborhood we will be at the 10 K trail head on the east side of Sandia crest, come visit my tent is the 10 by 20 oval with the wood burning stove in it, If you are ever on the way yo Philmont Let me Know.
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« Reply #43 on: January 15, 2003, 11:05:44 AM »
Did the Cub Scout thing

Discovered the Civil Air Patrol and went on with that, learned about airplanes and no silly pinewood derbies no more  :)

Being close to a large Air Base meant for good facilities for meetings and chances to go on KC-135 refueling flights...kick ass!

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« Reply #44 on: January 15, 2003, 11:48:28 AM »
Eagle scout here..think was 1982/83.