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  1. David CO
    Well, in a solution, two or more things are dissolved into each other forming a homogeneous mixture. Once a solution is formed, the things cannot be easily separated again by settling or filtering. In contrast, a suspension has two or more things that are mixed together, but do not dissolve or form a solution. The things remain separate things, but jumbled together. Things in a suspension can be easily separated out by settling or filtering. Hopefully, family scouting will be more of a suspension than a solution. So my answer to your question is that I hope there will be no solutions.
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    You seem to be focusing more on the authenticity of the regalia, while I am largely concerned with the fictional characters and stories and how close they come to lampooning Native American culture. I think an OA skit might be more of an "honor" if it portrayed real people and events in a respectful manner. Our historical society does an annual event which has actors portraying real people from our community telling their stories (from the grave). Some of these historical people have been Native American. The historical society has often been complimented on both its accuracy and the respect it shows to all the characters.
  3. David CO
    Do nothing.
  4. David CO
    I thought he was joking, so I responded with a joke. I thought everyone would recognize it as a joke. My mistake. Since you have taken offense at my joke, I invite a moderator to delete the post. I found it hard to believe that anyone would seriously consider the OA stories and activities to be some sort of performance art that should be compared to classic works of literature.
  5. David CO
    Sure do. Nude swimming at the Y. Shooting off firecrackers (legally) in the vacant lot. Riding in the back of pickup trucks. Burning piles of leaves in the fall. Good times.
  6. David CO
    It is a common spelling mystique.
  7. David CO
    I knew James Fenimore Cooper. Jim Cooper was a friend of mine. You guys in OA are no Jim Cooper.
  8. David CO
    Aren't we? When we make up fake characters and legends, aren't we lampooning the culture?
  9. David CO
    Packsaddle, It's nice to see you back on the forum.
  10. David CO
    Yes, leave things better than they were when you got there. That's a good philosophy. The problem with the climate change hoaxers is that they don't want the climate to change, however slightly, even if that change is for the better. They claim that any change is bad. Some of them claim that any change will be catastrophic. My college Ecology professor was absolutely certain that the world today would be a dystopic wind-swept wilderness, like the Mad Max movies. His class was more Science Fiction than Science. He was entertaining, though, if you didn't take him seriously.
  11. David CO
    I think every person and organization who opposes a mining and drilling site should required to propose an alternate site. We have to mine and drill somewhere. NIMBY (not in my back yard) is not a reasonable attitude.
  12. David CO
    We need to mine for the metals and other natural resources that our modern society depends on. Every location has its problems, but we have to mine somewhere. The environmentalists are not just opposed to this location. They are opposed to every location.
  13. David CO
    Most people don't like scouting. You can't make them like it.
  14. David CO
    I think that would depend on why they are ineligible. If it is because they don't believe in God, then yes, I would let them sit at my camp fire and drive my kids. I wouldn't let them be a scout leader, though. My concern with creating an expectation that all parents register as leaders is that it draws unnecessary and unwanted attention/speculation/gossip to the parents who are not eligible to be leaders. People will sometimes assume the worse. I don't want that.
  15. David CO
    My concern is one of privacy. Not all parents meet the requirements for membership. I would not want to draw attention to the fact that a scout's parent is not eligible to be a scout leader.
  16. David CO
    I don't know how many "special" children you have in scouting on your side of the pond. We have quite a few. Some of these kids are a handful for a trained adult, much less an untrained parent or a young scout.
  17. David CO
    Did you get a little tin badge with the missile logo?
  18. David CO
    I remember taking a scout field trip to a Nike missile base outside of Chicago. Very cool. Today's kids think Nike is just a gym shoe.
  19. David CO
    Yes, we are powerless to do anything about it, both in Hollywood and in BSA. It does no good to complain, but we can go out to the polls and vote for the most conservative candidate on the ticket who promises to take away many other things that they care about.
  20. David CO
    Unit leaders cannot disband a unit. Only the CO can do that. Unit leaders can quit, but they can't disband the unit.
  21. David CO
    The original Chartered Organization (a church) appears to have been the rightful owner of the trailer and equipment. All of the remaining funds, trailer, and equipment should have been returned to the original CO when it gave up its charter last spring. I think the council is largely responsible for this mess. It should have insisted on having any property issues settled with the old CO (the church) before it issued a charter to a new CO (the veterans group).
  22. David CO
    True, but I thought the Jedi celibacy thing was even more ridiculous. They strongly inferred that the ability to become a Jedi is a characteristic passed from father to son, and then they made the Jedi celibate. I think Hollywood was just trying to take another cheap shot at the Catholic priesthood, no matter how incongruous it was to the original story line. I'm not a big fan of the Star Wars prequels and sequels.
  23. David CO
    The collective actions of the climate change hoaxers do harm people.
  24. David CO
    May the forest be with you.
  25. David CO
    Someone who takes a lot of chances?
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