Fat Old Guy

If De-low is ordering lunch for 100 people and 99 want pizza but the 100th wants a giant sub, he'll order the giant sub for everyone and no one will get pizza.

"He can make whatever rules regarding its use that he wants. If he wants to tell people that he doesn't want BSA fliers stuffed in it, then what right does anyone have to stuff BSA fliers in it?" Ah, De-low shows that he doesn't live in the real world. No one stuffs papers into anyone's backpack. The children are given a sheaf of papers which they stuff into their backpacks to take home.

""Young gay and lesbian persons growing up in America . . . have a high rate of depression," he said." A depressed gay person? Isn't that an oxymoron?

About 20 years ago, I read a book titled something like "If the South had won the Civil War." Interesting discussion of how life would be different today.

"I think it is not right for us to judge anyone who says that they cannot afford a Scout uniform for themselves or their Scouts." Ah, the old "judge not lest ye be judged" bit. As a society and individuals we judge people all the time. His yard's a mess. They have money for beer but not for milk. Look at that, the second new car in two years but the kid's don't have shoes. Actually, the people that I deal with, it isn't a question of whether they can afford the uniform. The cost of buying a uniform is just a disingenuous dodge. When Dad smokes cigars that cost as much as a pair of Scout pants, you know the issue isn't money.

Hamlet, in the original Klingon.

Okay Owl, what is the insignia?

"I could have looked for a uniform mistakes . . . " Don't have to look for them, they just kinda leap out at you.

"Will some of the opponents of sheath knives please explain why they are considered less safe than folding knives? Because sheath knives seem much safer too me." In use they are as safe or safer than folding knives. I believe that the concerns are for when they aren't being used and you have Scouts running around with big knives strapped to their belts. Or so they say.

"You dont seriously think thats comparable, do you? The discrimination is in activities, not types of people, and it is with regard to areas which the school has a legitimate interest. And why couldnt you join the French club?" Sure it is. How many boys do you see on the girl's basketball team? What's that you say, they have their own team? Separate but equal? Didn't work for education or bathrooms, did it? Oh, I guess that's okay because it discriminates against men. Why couldn't I join the French club? I don't speak French. Duh!

Grades are never private for long.

Stapler Dude, it isn't but FScouter seems to think that it is. See the thread "Oh the pain" over on the Uniform forum.

"However, you seem to think it's OK for a public school to own & operate a discriminatory youth program as long as it doesn't "get caught" or something." Schools discriminate on a regular basis. Honor rolls, letterman clubs, varsity teams. Oddly, I was never offended that I couldn't join the French club.

I was reminded of this thread when I was reading the paper and found that nearly 2/3 of the students at the local high school had made the honor roll. I guess that remaining 1/3 feel left out. Actually, I'm wondering what sort of grading system they have that can put 2/3 of the school on the honor roll. Kinda destroys the idea of a "C" being "average."

Okay, you went back and read it. Did you get a dictionary? "Or are you just a troll?" Interesting concept, a troll calling me a troll. I've made over 2,000 postings over the past year and you show up to start a rhubarb and call me a troll. If you were a man I'd be offended.

Sexy Eagle? A legend in his own mind?

Did you explain how a uniform is requried for both Boy Scouts and Varsity Scouts?

I found something really amusing at Moi-lin's web site . . . he claims that he has a wife.(This message has been edited by Fat Old Guy)

"You claimed that no local people were complaining" Try this, go get a dictionary and then go back and re-read the entire thread, looking up each word as you go along. "Hmm, that sounds like a rule to me." That's no more of a rule than to say, "the Sun rises in the Southeast," it is simply a statement of fact. "people who post personal insults in lieu of actual arguments generally do so because they dont have any valid point to make." I don't want to argue, I'd rather just make fun of you. Come on, admit it, you had to pay your sister to go to the prom with you.

" Generally, after joining the club, someone hands you a form and asks 'Which committee would you like to be on?'" However, there is a difference between the Kiwanis and the Scouts. In Scouting, the boy is joining the Troop and the parent isn't, at least not up front.

In this world of advanced computer systems that allow you to do everything on-line from ording cheese to doing your taxes, one would think that it would be possible for unit advancement chairs to submit advancement reports on-line. My council has something like 75 gazillion Scouts. I can't imagine the work load that all of those advancement reports creates for the staff.

"They did have one name that was not allowed and that was the Rebels" Why?

"It must be nice to live in world where more than one person is qualified for AND wants to be the SM." Sure would be nice. I've heard of troops that actually have a significant number of people applying for the job and conduct a formal interview process.

I've been wondering, what's a "Venture Scout"?

"If you say "my troop" often enough you will convince your self that it is." Oh this old song, an oldie but not a goodie. How should one refer to one's troop? When speaking to a Scouter from another troop, "my troop" works well. When speaking to a Scouter from your troop, "our troop" works well. When speaking to the Scouts, "your troop" is great but "our troop" is okay. When spekaing to the Scouts or the Committee, "my troop" ain't okay. Saying "the troop that I serve" is pedantic and sounds slightly medieval. I am reminded of a fellow that I once knew who worked for Gannett and would say, "I was reading the nation's newspaper today and . . ."