Author Topic: Were you ever involved in a scout troop?  (Read 4301 times)

Offline D.A.L.U.I.

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Re: Were you ever involved in a scout troop?
« Reply #15 on: June 19, 2009, 10:05:45 AM »
Only made it to Cub Scouts, then after I ralphed all over the troop leader's car on a field trip, I drifted away.  For me, the "camping" aspect of scouting was pretty ho-hum since my father and uncles were huge outdoor people, we camped out during deer season, and fished the lakes and streams.  I got a basic lessons in fly fishing.  So, with an outdoor family, scouting didn't offer much. 

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Re: Were you ever involved in a scout troop?
« Reply #16 on: June 19, 2009, 07:43:24 PM »
Eagle here too. Theyre making it easier lately around here. I spent like 200 hours building a handicapped ramp but some kid recently got it for building a small bookshelf. Cest la vie!
Three kids around the church got it for (1) restoring an old cemetery, (2) building a rose garden at a small church,  and (3) reclaiming a half acre at the church from woods and wisteria. A fourth, several years younger, is getting it for cutting the church grass every two weeks.  Most of the work is done by his Grandfather (the kid nor his family have a lawnmower - and not for reasons of poverty).
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