Were you a Scout?

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:17 pm

I was, Cub, Webelos and Boy Scouts. I loved it, especially the camping. Lots of stories I remember from way back then. One of my last patrols I belonged to was called the Confederates, homemade Rebel flag and all. I was a Boy Scout First Class. Anyone else? Any memories of camp outs?

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:57 pm

I was a Cub Scout for a year, loved it but wasn't allowed to continue "not enough time" by my parent or some crap.

Post by **Sluggo** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:00 pm

hambone wrote:I was a Cub Scout for a year, loved it but wasn't allowed to continue "not enough time" by my parent or some crap.

Same thing happened to me. My Mom still has the lantern I made from old butter tubs, plastic saucers and hairspray caps.

LiveonJG · Post by **LiveonJG** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:04 pm

Sluggo wrote:My Mom still has the lantern I made from old butter tubs, plastic saucers and hairspray caps.

I'd bet that's OSHA compliant.

-John

LiveonJG · Post by **LiveonJG** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:13 pm

As for the original post, I was never a Scout. I remember going to a big meeting once to join the Cubs but my parents didn't like something about it so it never happened.

-John

Gypsie · Post by **Gypsie** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:37 pm

Cubscout, Boy Scout, Sea Scout. Good times. knots. camping. environmental appreciation.

Loved Jamborees.

Bleyseng · Post by **Bleyseng** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:47 pm

Cub scout, Boy Scout (made Life Scout) and now a part time assistant Scoutmaster (time allowing)...

regis101 · Post by **regis101** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:05 pm

Yepper. All three

bretski · Post by **bretski** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:00 am

Indian Guides.

If you're unfamiliar, it's like scouting, but the dads get to drink beer and play cards.

Great fun for father/son. They also have programs for father/daughter, and mom/child combinations. Great memories from my childhood, and I was able to do it with my son, too!

RussellK · Post by **RussellK** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:22 am

Great program, It's where I learned to camp, look at playboys, hike, backpack, drink, smoke, curse, cut down more trees than will grow back in my lifetime, cook outdoors, bully the weak, eat more bacon than is natural, get bullied, fart , start fires, tie the weak to trees and out houses - get tied to trees and outhouses, fight, get beat up, burp, and pee a 3' stream. Eagle Scout all the way!

Proud to say I was the scoutmaster for the troop my two boys were in and they both are Eagle Scouts. None of the above happened in their troop. Nope, nothing at all, nada, never happened.

Edited so as not to offend

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:26 pm

RussellK wrote:Proud to say I was the scoutmaster for the troop my two boys were in and they both are Eagle Scouts. None of the above happened in their troop. Nope, nothing at all, nada, never happened.

I would have to think about all you mentioned and see if it did or didn't happen. Never did see someone tied to an outhouse, I suppose we were a bit tame in comparison. We did get in a fist fight with camp councilors at summer camp once.

RussellK · Post by **RussellK** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:13 pm

Sylvester wrote:
RussellK wrote:Proud to say I was the scoutmaster for the troop my two boys were in and they both are Eagle Scouts. None of the above happened in their troop. Nope, nothing at all, nada, never happened.
I would have to think about all you mentioned and see if it did or didn't happen. Never did see someone tied to an outhouse, I suppose we were a bit tame in comparison. We did get in a fist fight with camp councilors at summer camp once.

I was in the scouts in the mid to late 60's. I grew up in a hardscrabble area and our troop had a membership of over 60 boys desperate for something to do; when we went to camp it was an invasion. The troop was sponsored by a Fathers Club that had a no boy is unacceptable philosophy. You can't imagine the range of knuckleheads that were members of the troop. At one point at a concerned parents meeting a mother of one of the "nicer" (from the correct side of the tracks) boys demanded that some of the "bad" boys be thrown out. Our scoutmaster advised the group that if any boys were ejected he would be going too. That quieted things down. I make jokes about what I learned and it's true I was exposed to a lot of vices in the scouts but that program left more positive things than negative. When I got involved in the scouts once my boys got old enough I learned that things had changed. Lawyers had rewritten the program and it had been sanitized. No bullying tolerated of any kind. No hazing. Three deep leadership. A lot less tolerance for bad behavior. The change was necessary and the basic program is still intact. My son's troop was an urban troop and the exposure to outdoors for a good many of the boys was only available through scouting. I loved taking the boy scouts camping knowing it might be their only chance.

turk · Post by **turk** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:03 pm

I guess I wanted to be as I remember. Earlier on I used to create pretend army identification cards which we played with. I was a big cheeze.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:26 pm

You still outrank me as
IRON VULTURE

RSorak 71Westy · Post by **RSorak 71Westy** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:11 am

I was thrown out of the cubscouts because my mom was too poor to buy a uniform.....

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