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I am not lokking for the standard Tandy eagle leather stamps. I've seen those. I am looking for the Wood Badge leather stamp of the eagle with the beads. I've been watching Ebay for a year. I have contacted Tandy and BSA National Supply. No joy so far. YiS, Steve I used to be an Eagle...

If anybody has the Eagle critter leather stamp available, I need one. That's the only one I am missing. YiS, Steve I used to be an Eagle...

My understanding is that National is planning to use the nylon version of the canvas wall tents for the 2013 National Jamboree. My Council (NCAC) had some of each at the 2010. I liked the nylon better in that they had screen doors so you could get a breeze and still keep some of the bugs out.

Chubby's Cubmaster wrote: The centennial tan & green numerals are worn on a centennial tan scout shirt regardless of the level of scouting. The shoulder loops signify the level of scouting. The official red and white numerals are work on other official scout uniform shirts that are not the centential tan, that is the cub scout blue shirts, female scout leader yellow shirts, venture crew green shirts and the non-centennial tan shirts. I just bought a centennial shirt and wear the tan and green centennial numerals. Note: That the centennial tan and green "trained" patch is worn on the centennial tan shirt and not the red "trained" patch. These are the only 2 patches (numeral and trained) that are different between the scout shirts. ---------------- That is not correct anymore. It was when originally posted. BSA changed it to Boy Scouts and Boy Scouters wear green and tan numbers and trained strip and Cub Scouts and Cub Scouters wear red and white numbers and trained strip. It doesn't matter what shirt you have, centennial or old shirt. However, once a uniform, always a uniform, so if you have a set of red/white unit numerals and red epaulettes, you can continue to wear them on the boy scout uniform. Yours In Scouting, Steve

Can somebody explain the registration fee chart in the youth application? What month is the "12" month? If you join in September, what month is that? Y.I.S., Steve McDanal Committee Chairman Webelos Den Leader Pack 1786 Unit Commissioner Pack 1784 Camp Director

We just built a track last year. Plywood with a formica racing surface. Initially 32 feet long. Track was too fast (1/4" difference between 1st and 4th in some races) to score by eye. We built 2 additional sections later bringing the track to 48 feet. Had MAJOR issues with the track after the additional length was added. The plywood for the 2 new sections was not the same thickness as the original pieces, so there was a lip. Had cars come off the track. Gonna do a LOT of work tuning it up before this years races (we do a Pack derby and a public fundraiser derby). It was a LOT of work to build. Took a LOT of time. If you want to build one for a race this coming winter (after Jan 1) start building NOW. If you want to race before the end of '07, buy a track. Try to get donations of material. Most expensive part for us was the formica. Check with local cabinet makers and see if they would be willing to donate. If not picky on colors, they probably have some scratch & dent or scrap they'd give you. You may even get lucky and find one willing to make the track for you for the tax write-off. The more work area you have, the better. Check with your local vo-tech and see if they'd be willing to let you use their shop (or even better, see if they have a senior needing a carpentry project and get him/her to build it for you). If at all possible, do final assembly of the joints and legs on site at the location where you hold your races so you can fine tune them during the build, instead of having to go back and fix them later like we are having to do. Put table leveling feet in the bottom of the support legs so you can screw them in/out to level the track for the race insead of having to put stuff under the track to shim it every time. All-thread w/ wingnuts and washers going thru 2x4's on either side of the track joints makes for a strong and CHEAP way to join the track sections. If possible, build a box to store the track in to protect your investment. I could go on and on with design suggestions, but this post is long enough. If you would like additional input from me, let me know. Would I build a track again? Yes. Would I buy an aluminum instead of building one if I could afford it? Yes.

Beavah, I want them there because to me, my making it thru the course is partly because of the great group of patrolmates I have. Not because I want them clapping for me. Believe me, had I been in some of the other patrols from my course, I would not have made it thru the first day. It's all part of being part of a patrol. When they are awarded their beads, I will be there. It's not the public recognition that I want, it's the spirit of it to me. The only 2 people that I insist having at my beading are the 2 that have done the most for me in scouting. My father for being my leader (he's a good old beaver NCAC 82-50) and my wife for supporting me in my insanity called Scouting.

A boy I grew up with died when I was a senior in High School. He was a Cub with me and in my troop until his family moved to California. We shared a tent our first year at summer camp as boy scouts. He made Eagle while in California. They buried him back here in Maryland. ALL the palbearers were Eagles that grew up with him, we were in full uniform. Our troop did colorguard, my high adventure explorer post handled parking and a police explorer post directed traffic.

Expensive, but here's what I did. I bought blue canvas duck cloth and my wife hemmed the edge for me. Used iron-on backing to add the large (6") rank patches to it according to what den it was. I add the next rank at the end of the year (i.e when the Tiger den became the Wolf den in June, I added the Wolf rank patch to the flag). Made my own felt lettering to add the Pack and Den numbers. Made it double sided too. Put brass grommets in the 2 corners to hang it from the flagpole. Glued brass threaded inserts into the pole and used brass screws to attach the flag to the pole (so I could remove the flag when needed and not worry about stripping out the threads of a wooden hole).

My father taught his own Boy Scout version of BALOO when I was a Scout. He always handed out a packet of info with a Beagle Scout comic on the cover. Part of my Wood Badge Ticket was teaching BALOO courses. I contacted United Feature Synd. (copyright holder) and described the strip. They sent it to me in digital format and gave me permission to reprint it for the BALOO handout I put together. It tells the importance of knowing what to pack when you go on a hike. If anybody is interested, I can forward it on. Y.I.S., Steve McDanal Committee Chairman Webelos Den Leader Pack 1786 Unit Commissioner Pack 1784 Camp Director Western Shore (St. Mary's) Day Camp I used to be an EAGLE NCAC 82-89 Once an Eagle, Always an Eagle

"Every year it seems to be a struggle to get boys to the showers (mostly the younger guys). Any "fresh" ideas on how to get boys to take a shower at least once during the week of camp?" My father was the Troop Scoutmaster at summer camp for 4 years when I was a scout. First day he would gather us all around and say something along the lines of "It's hot, you're gonna get dirty. You HAVE to shower. If you don't, you'll get crotch rot." First year, one boy responded with "Will IT fall off?" Everybody showered.

In May I sent out invitations to my beading to my fellow critters. All my patrolmates acknowledged getting it. My beading is Saturday. NONE of my patrolmates are going to be there (one is going to try, but his unit is going out of town that day, and I understand that the unit comes first, I support that). It's just highly disappointing. Thanks for letting me vent. Steve I used to be an EAGLE NCAC 82-89 Once an Eagle, Always an Eagle

"Nice to see I'm not the only one with this song stuck in my head for all eternity" Whenever I sing my daughter (4 y.o.) a bedtime song, she wants "the Animal Song" and she sings it with me.

Anybody have Back to Gilwell on CD? Pie in the Sky would be the song w/ the words. I want to be able to play it on a radio during my beading ceremony.

First thing: There is no Tiger Motto anymore. Now that they do Bobcat first, the Tiger motto went bye-bye. Second: Ask your current Tiger DL what he/she would have liked to learn at training. In our district, we make the position specific breakout a roundtable discussion. We tell them the basics, give them ideas and where to go for information. Once the official stuff is done, we answer questions and give ideas round robin style.