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Two couples can share a tent. It does not say A Married Couple or A Single Married Couple...Says couples, plural...Married couples may share the same quarters pretty cut and dried

Flavor Aid....it was Flavor Aid...

Wife has to work, not furloughed....she'll get paid but not until things start up again. Which is better than being furloughed and not paid at all....just proves things could be worse.

Stosh has hit that nail on the head.

Because of the congressional charter...scouters get the day off...

Looks like they don't sell direct...go to the Buy Trascend link and then the dealer links are on the right side

I ditched my small almost worthless camp pillow for a pillow case with clothes...

How small does that chair pack?

I have some from Barnes and Noble...plants, trees, tracks...they have more than that I plan on adding little by little http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/james-kavanagh?csrfToken=7XjVfdduDs29Qb92sLH287RUxBIsLiJ1&sort=R&size=90&startat=1 They have a lot more on teh interweb

Just ask Lem...tying the sheepshank can get you out of trouble

These merit badge days are the byproduct of the instant gratification world we live in....go spend all day somewhere, you better have something to show for it at the end...partial? not good enough. That would be one solution though, nobody gets signed off at the fair or camp, have everyone come back with a partial and have them meet with a counselor when you get back to sign off complete.

What's that one thing you couldn't do without? Coffee pot...wish I'd have gotten the stainless one instead of the aluminum...would look better after all these years...maybe next time...

Billions of blue blistering barnacles!! Why are none of you scurvy landlubbers talking correctly on today of all days?!?!

Definitly a committee issue...I bet if he talks to them, they will give him some paperwork to fill out, and direct him where to put the Cubmaster patch on his new shirt.

I think he is hung up on the boys recognizing a religion and getting the emblem rather than what his ticket goal is, that is helping the scouts understand the concept of faith and how that relates to the program. And that just takes some discussion, and doesn't have to be about one religion.

Obviously the diversity goal of their ticket didn't take.

They say that the current scouts advancement would carry over to their program. I doubt the youth will get credit for being a trailman when they come back.

If even half of the effort to get around requirments and rules was redirected back into the program, it wouldn't be necessary to get around the requirements and rules.

Actually, an active, involved scout in a decent troop can easily earn the Camping badge in less than 2 years of membership. Our troop camps 2 nights/month most months, an active boy could easily get his 24 nights in 18 months. The biggest speed bump anyone in our troop encounters is the requirement to earn First Class; we don't ramrod them through First Class, so most of them actually have over 30 nights before I introduce the award to them in their second year. I generally introduce it to the scout as soon as he has 24 nights, because at that point the award's requirements are a good roadmap to what MBs to earn (if he's interested in the different badges) just at the point he's going to start earning MBs. The award also has plenty of "built-in shortcuts"--http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/Youth/Awards/NOA.aspx The adventure badge allows for 1 event to be counted multiple times "A single activity that satisfies multiple items in 3a-g may be counted as separate activities at the discretion of the unit leader. Similarly, a single activity that doubles an item in 3a-d may be counted as two activities at the discretion of the unit leader." So, take backpacking: "A backpacking trip lasting three or more days and covering more than 20 miles without food resupply" A single backpacking trip of 6 days covering 40 miles w/o resupply would count as 2 adventure credits. But, I would not call the various other means of multiple credit "shortcuts" they're the requirements as written and badge is still difficult to earn and prestigious. Still, the amount of allowances written into the awards make charmoc's "fudging" ludicrous. blw, your "example" is a non sequitur for this specific award, which clearly states in foolproof language that the activity must be done as part of the scouting program, "under the auspices of the BSA." Then again, as charmoc is demonstrating, nothing is foolproof to the sufficiently talented fool. Charmoc, you are wrong, you are wrong, you are wrong. While spouting about "opinions on this forum" and citing the GtA, you continue to post your own incorrect, ignorant opinion which is in direct contradiction to the BSA Advancement Team's official answer to this question. You are a jester. Chris Hunt of the BSA Advancement Team has answered this question in the plainest language for Scouting Magazine: http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/201...omment-page-1/ "At a Scouting event" and "under the auspices of the BSA" mean the same thing. If you think that going to the swimming pool is "under the auspices of the BSA" then the next time your kid is there by himself, break his arm and file a BSA insurance request if you're so confident you're right. My point was that this article that is being thrown about only address specific language for camping not anything else. 'Under the auspices of the BSA' is a very broad statement that does nothing to suggest it is sponsored scouting events, only that the scout is involved in a activity for which he has a unit leader approval. Seems the MB does not restrict the miles but the NOA does and those miles includes the Hiking MB. Hiking. A Boy Scout or Varsity Scout may earn the National Outdoor Badge for Hiking upon successfully completing the following requirements: 1.Earn the First Class rank. 2.Earn the Hiking and Orienteering merit badges. 3.Complete 100 miles of hiking or backpacking under the auspices of the Boy Scouts of America, including miles hiked as part of requirement 2.

Basement, this has got to be one of the best answers I've seen on this entire forum...

Actually, an active, involved scout in a decent troop can easily earn the Camping badge in less than 2 years of membership. Our troop camps 2 nights/month most months, an active boy could easily get his 24 nights in 18 months. The biggest speed bump anyone in our troop encounters is the requirement to earn First Class; we don't ramrod them through First Class, so most of them actually have over 30 nights before I introduce the award to them in their second year. I generally introduce it to the scout as soon as he has 24 nights, because at that point the award's requirements are a good roadmap to what MBs to earn (if he's interested in the different badges) just at the point he's going to start earning MBs. The award also has plenty of "built-in shortcuts"--http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/Youth/Awards/NOA.aspx The adventure badge allows for 1 event to be counted multiple times "A single activity that satisfies multiple items in 3a-g may be counted as separate activities at the discretion of the unit leader. Similarly, a single activity that doubles an item in 3a-d may be counted as two activities at the discretion of the unit leader." So, take backpacking: "A backpacking trip lasting three or more days and covering more than 20 miles without food resupply" A single backpacking trip of 6 days covering 40 miles w/o resupply would count as 2 adventure credits. But, I would not call the various other means of multiple credit "shortcuts" they're the requirements as written and badge is still difficult to earn and prestigious. Still, the amount of allowances written into the awards make charmoc's "fudging" ludicrous. blw, your "example" is a non sequitur for this specific award, which clearly states in foolproof language that the activity must be done as part of the scouting program, "under the auspices of the BSA." Then again, as charmoc is demonstrating, nothing is foolproof to the sufficiently talented fool. Charmoc, you are wrong, you are wrong, you are wrong. While spouting about "opinions on this forum" and citing the GtA, you continue to post your own incorrect, ignorant opinion which is in direct contradiction to the BSA Advancement Team's official answer to this question. You are a jester. Chris Hunt of the BSA Advancement Team has answered this question in the plainest language for Scouting Magazine: http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/201...omment-page-1/ "At a Scouting event" and "under the auspices of the BSA" mean the same thing. If you think that going to the swimming pool is "under the auspices of the BSA" then the next time your kid is there by himself, break his arm and file a BSA insurance request if you're so confident you're right. So a scout working towards his Hiking MB, can only hike with his troop to have a hike count?

Actually, an active, involved scout in a decent troop can easily earn the Camping badge in less than 2 years of membership. Our troop camps 2 nights/month most months, an active boy could easily get his 24 nights in 18 months. The biggest speed bump anyone in our troop encounters is the requirement to earn First Class; we don't ramrod them through First Class, so most of them actually have over 30 nights before I introduce the award to them in their second year. I generally introduce it to the scout as soon as he has 24 nights, because at that point the award's requirements are a good roadmap to what MBs to earn (if he's interested in the different badges) just at the point he's going to start earning MBs. The award also has plenty of "built-in shortcuts"--http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/Youth/Awards/NOA.aspx The adventure badge allows for 1 event to be counted multiple times "A single activity that satisfies multiple items in 3a-g may be counted as separate activities at the discretion of the unit leader. Similarly, a single activity that doubles an item in 3a-d may be counted as two activities at the discretion of the unit leader." So, take backpacking: "A backpacking trip lasting three or more days and covering more than 20 miles without food resupply" A single backpacking trip of 6 days covering 40 miles w/o resupply would count as 2 adventure credits. But, I would not call the various other means of multiple credit "shortcuts" they're the requirements as written and badge is still difficult to earn and prestigious. Still, the amount of allowances written into the awards make charmoc's "fudging" ludicrous. blw, your "example" is a non sequitur for this specific award, which clearly states in foolproof language that the activity must be done as part of the scouting program, "under the auspices of the BSA." Then again, as charmoc is demonstrating, nothing is foolproof to the sufficiently talented fool. Charmoc, you are wrong, you are wrong, you are wrong. While spouting about "opinions on this forum" and citing the GtA, you continue to post your own incorrect, ignorant opinion which is in direct contradiction to the BSA Advancement Team's official answer to this question. You are a jester. Chris Hunt of the BSA Advancement Team has answered this question in the plainest language for Scouting Magazine: http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/201...omment-page-1/ "At a Scouting event" and "under the auspices of the BSA" mean the same thing. If you think that going to the swimming pool is "under the auspices of the BSA" then the next time your kid is there by himself, break his arm and file a BSA insurance request if you're so confident you're right. Actually, all that article clarifies is the camping section 9a and that 'at designated Scouting activities or events' means that activity is 'held under the auspices of some level of the BSA'. It in no way defines the statement 'under the auspices of the BSA'.

What is the definition of this phrase? National doesn't seem to have one. Is it only BSA sponsored events? Only troop events? Only patrol events? Individual scout achievements working towards a goal with a Scoutmaster's approval?

We are in Central Illinois and realize I should have put down a little of my resume...I was in Cubs for less than a year when I was younger, Dad was older and had already gone thru the Scouts with his older two so I got the shaft on that one...Was a Cub Scout parent since son was a Tiger Scout,went to every meeting and trip and just basically helped out, he got his aol and crossed over. Went on a two week trip to DC and the Jamboree with the troop when he first joined, drank the kool-aid and got recruited. I have been ASM for the last two years, I used to be a bear, just completed the practical part of the wood badge and working my ticket. Son is a life scout and heading for his ordeal this weekend.

Longtime lurker, first time poster. Just sayin' howdy.