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Bumps to FOG and EVMORI. I'll confess I thought Elizabeth Montgomery was pretty hot in her day. Especially as the series continued and her skirts got shorter and shorter.

 

Hey, I was an adolescent male teen. give me a break.

 

At least, folks "earn" my bumps and I've never given a down bump....yet. And I'm back up to 5 star!

 

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Hey, suddenly I have 5 stars! Woo woo! The thrill of victory! (Of course we all know what follows right behind "the thrill of victory," that's what happens tomorrow, probably, when I plummet back down to a star and a half.) Oh well, I won't be around to see the ratings ping-pong around for most of the weekend, I will be camping with the troop on the battleship New Jersey. (I guess it's still called camping even though we'll be sleeping in the old crew decks on the ship. If I'm in a sleeping bag, it's camping.)

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Scoutingagain, my obscure object of desire was Barbara Eden (Jeannie) although Agent 99 (airing at the same time) was also just wonderful. I couldn't get past the nose thing with Samantha - reminded me of a rabbit.

Scoutmom, the dangerous ones are more intriguing.

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Its Barbara Eden hands downor any other way those hands might be turned. Truly, when I was a boy, "I dreamed of Jeannie"... ;-)

 

No witches, secret agents, or stranded castaways come closenot even Susan Dey.

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Eamonn, as it turns out, the answer is yes, you get preferential treatment on the battleship New Jersey for having five stars... but only if you happen to have been Admiral William Halsey. One of the many things I learned on my tour was that the New Jersey served as Admiral Halsey's flagship during a number of Pacific battles during 1944-45. They have his office preserved with his name and five stars on the door (which may be a bit of poetic license, as he was not awarded his fifth star until December 1945, after the war was over.)

 

By the way, I know this is not the "Camping" topic, but what a neat trip this was! Anyone within reasonable distance of Camden, New Jersey (right across the river from Philadelphia) might want to consider it for their troop. (There were a few Cub packs there as well, but I don't think I'd recommend it for Cubs other than Webelos, for a variety of reasons.) Although the ship is now open for public tours, this was a special Scouting "encampment," which started on 5 p.m. Saturday after the regular public tour day ended, and we were off the ship by 9 the next morning, at which point the regular customers were starting to line up. One thing that some of our boys got to do which I don't think you get on the regular tour was serve as honor guard for the flag ceremonies in the evening and morning, and to dole out food to everybody else on the ship. (My son lucked out in being tabbed for the evening honor guard and not galley duty.) The cost (some of which was picked up by our troop) was $45 per person, which included dinner, breakfast, a 2-hour tour, free time to roam around (only in certain areas! For some reason they didn't want people visiting the cruise missile launcher unescorted) and of course, the deluxe sleeping accommodations. (Deluxe if you are a sardine, that is. I usually move around a lot in my sleep, but I had to pretty much stay put to avoid the guy above me thinking he was in an earthquake.)

 

But, other than a bit of back and neck pain the next morning, a great trip!

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Our Pack has camped over on the Battleship Massachusetts in Battleship Cove, Falls River, Mass. (http://www.battleshipcove.org/) approximately every third year.

The Cub Scouts love it - in addition to the Massachusetts, there is a destroyer, submarine, Russian/East German(?) cruise missile ship, PT boats and more.

The cost and schedule are about the same as the New Jersy.

As NJ pointed out, back and neck pains, plus essentially no sleep all night long are the complaints from Scouters and parents. But the boys love it.

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