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[Belatucadros]

Well, we just lost power due to icy conditions and I just dislocated my knee while bringing in firewood. What a lovely day.

So I came crawling back to FA for comfort.

 

[Telnac]

Ah, awesome, fellow fellow Eagle.

Made it Eagle myself. Sadly scouting today is all PC and crap. My son has no interest in it.

 

[-..Legacy..-]

Well, we just lost power due to icy conditions and I just dislocated my knee while bringing in firewood. What a lovely day.

So I came crawling back to FA for comfort.

I heard you guys got destroyed with a few feet of snow the other day.

 

[BahgDaddy]

Made it Eagle myself. Sadly scouting today is all PC and crap. My son has no interest in it.

Yeah, even as a liberal democrat, I agree. I was all right with allowing gays to participate, but now with with everyone screaming the BSA is a backwards patriarchal mess that needs to allow all girls in, I'm kind of like, huh, glad I got my Eagle when I did.

I know that makes me sound like a bit of a jerk, but when I was a boy I really didn't want girls around me.

 

[Tsume Runea]

Well, we just lost power due to icy conditions and I just dislocated my knee while bringing in firewood. What a lovely day.

So I came crawling back to FA for comfort.

Aww well my arms are wide open if you want a hug

 

[P_Dragon]

Made it Eagle myself. Sadly scouting today is all PC and crap. My son has no interest in it.

I'm an Eagle as well. I think about getting involved with my old troop again, but I just don't want to deal with it. And its not the PC push, which I'm mostly ok with, it's the stories I hear from my dad, who's still active, about how the kids are basically lazy and parents don't care anymore. But that's our one troop, others are going to be different of course.

 

[Telnac]

Yeah, even as a liberal democrat, I agree. I was all right with allowing gays to participate, but now with with everyone screaming the BSA is a backwards patriarchal mess that needs to allow all girls in, I'm kind of like, huh, glad I got my Eagle when I did.

I know that makes me sound like a bit of a jerk, but when I was a boy I really didn't want girls around me.

Yeah it’s hard to let boys be boys when you need to worry about the thought police showing to demand everyone receive sensitivity training.

I liked it when it was all about learning essential life skills, camping, hiking and making bonfires that can be seen from the Moon.

 

[Belatucadros]

I heard you guys got destroyed with a few feet of snow the other day.

Yeah we got seven or eight feet since Christmas. About half of it fell in like two days. Still love winter though! Kinda...

 

[backpawscratcher]

Lots of scouts here. Interesting that. Do they have a Create A Fursona badge or something?

 

[-..Legacy..-]

Yeah it’s hard to let boys be boys when you need to worry about the thought police showing to demand everyone receive sensitivity training.

I liked it when it was all about learning essential life skills, camping, hiking and making bonfires that can be seen from the Moon.

It's way different now, and each troop has its individual mindsets. My sister pulled their oldest out of a local one, after it became horribly apparent the troop leader was only doing it to recruit people for his church.

 

[Tsume Runea]

Lots of scouts here. Interesting that. Do they have a Create A Fursona badge or something?

Well that's a good thing indeed, i wouldn't be able to do anything by my own if i was lost in a forest or something like that XD allways nice to get one of theme around XD

 

[SashaBengal]

*stretches a kitty stretch* good morni... uhh... afternoon? Umm... aw heck time is relative after all so who cares. Good waking cycle to you all!

 

[-..Legacy..-]

*stretches a kitty stretch* good morni... uhh... afternoon? Umm... aw heck time is relative after all so who cares. Good waking cycle to you all!

*hugs*

 

[Crimcyan]

*beeps*
..or some sort of shit.... I dont know what noises a protogen makes....

 

[BahgDaddy]

I'm an Eagle as well. I think about getting involved with my old troop again, but I just don't want to deal with it. And its not the PC push, which I'm mostly ok with, it's the stories I hear from my dad, who's still active, about how the kids are basically lazy and parents don't care anymore. But that's our one troop, others are going to be different of course.

I don't agree with PC, I consider it suppression of freedom of speech.

And yeah, it depends on the troop. I was fortunate to be a part of a very good one, Mormon run. We had a lot of hard working, self motivated farm boys who weren't afraid of hard work.

It's way different now, and each troop has its individual mindsets. My sister pulled their oldest out of a local one, after it became horribly apparent the troop leader was only doing it to recruit people for his church.

Yeah, mine would do that a lot. You basically had to be a Mormon, or tolerate a lot of propaganda.

Yeah it’s hard to let boys be boys when you need to worry about the thought police showing to demand everyone receive sensitivity training.

I liked it when it was all about learning essential life skills, camping, hiking and making bonfires that can be seen from the Moon.

We did that stuff sir. We did all the stuff you can't do when women are present, so offense to any persons of the feminine persuasion, such as fragile rope bridges across creeks and rock climbing 101 on small Ozark bluffs without protective gear.

 

[Tsume Runea]

*stretches a kitty stretch* good morni... uhh... afternoon? Umm... aw heck time is relative after all so who cares. Good waking cycle to you all!

Well it's 22.19 for me so morning isn't for now just yet XD

 

[Tsume Runea]

I don't agree with PC, I consider it suppression of freedom of speech.

And yeah, it depends on the troop. I was fortunate to be a part of a very good one, Mormon run. We had a lot of hard working, self motivated farm boys who weren't afraid of hard work.



Yeah, mine would do that a lot. You basically had to be a Mormon, or tolerate a lot of propaganda.



We did that stuff sir. We did all the stuff you can't do when women are present, so offense to any persons of the feminine persuasion, such as fragile rope bridges across creeks and rock climbing 101 on small Ozark bluffs without protective gear.

Hahaha glad i never applied to be scout then XD

 

[backpawscratcher]

Well it's 22.19 for me so morning isn't for now just yet XD

Thanks for that. Just realised that my tablet is still set to CET

 

[Tsume Runea]

Thanks for that. Just realised that my tablet is still set to CET

Haha you're welcome

 

[Telnac]

We did that stuff sir. We did all the stuff you can't do when women are present, so offense to any persons of the feminine persuasion, such as fragile rope bridges across creeks and rock climbing 101 on small Ozark bluffs without protective gear.

Oh we did plenty of that too! It’s a wonder any of us survived to reach adulthood!

 

[Black Burn]

*stretches a kitty stretch* good morni... uhh... afternoon? Umm... aw heck time is relative after all so who cares. Good waking cycle to you all!

For me it's getting to sleep cycle, but I don't go to sleep

 

[backpawscratcher]

Oh we did plenty of that too! It’s a wonder any of us survived to reach adulthood!

Although not a scout I was in our local Boys Brigade troop. One camp we all took great delight in playing with an electric fence, seeing how long we could keep our hands on it etc. Pretty much filled every gap in the week with it.

What a bunch of utter idiots we were

 

[Tsume Runea]

Although not a scout I was in our local Boys Brigade troop. One camp we all took great delight in playing with an electric fence, seeing how long we could keep our hands on it etc. Pretty much filled every gap in the week with it.

What a bunch of utter idiots we were

Seemed you where having great fun tho

 

[connortheskunk]

Star scout right here! Currently working on my scoutmaster conference for Life. I also just finished the last requirement for Personal Management like an hour ago. My troop is a little hardcore in the sense that every time you do a scoutmaster conference for First Class through Eagle, they can test you on anything in the handbook, and they make it really difficult. Most scouts take 2-3 weeks to complete it, each meeting being an hour and a half long. I had my first session two days ago and my scoutmaster said it went really well and we should be able to finish up next week at this rate.

Edit: If you fail they tell you to go home and study and come back when you are ready. You can't advance if you don't know the skills. It's so the scouts retain the knowledge of things you learn from Scout-First Class rank while you are learning leadership skills in Star-Eagle rank.

 

[Tsume Runea]

Star scout right here! Currently working on my scoutmaster conference for Life. I also just finished the last requirement for Personal Management like an hour ago. My troop is a little hardcore in the sense that every time you do a scoutmaster conference for First Class through Eagle, they can test you on anything in the handbook, and they make it really difficult. Most scouts take 2-3 weeks to complete it, each meeting being an hour and a half long. I had my first session two days ago and my scoutmaster said it went really well and we should be able to finish up next week at this rate.

I'll almost end up thinking that beeing scout is super dangerous lol