Kinky Scouts

[chelleb]

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[myinnerslut]

Eagle scout, OA, scout camp counselor. Father of two scouts, one who is now working on his last Eagle requirements, both of whom were/are OA and scout camp counselors.

In my view, participation had a lot more to do with enjoying achievement for its own sake than a love of the outdoors and knots-y, crafty kinds of activities. Like Homburg, I learned knots only to pass requirements and promptly forgot the vast majority of them because, well, because I just never got around to building and outfitting a three-masted schooner. And we use nails to hold our constructed buildings together these days.

what scout camp?

 

[Homburg]

And we use nails to hold our constructed buildings together these days.

Really? Wow, I wouldn't have thought that. Oddly enough, we did a bridge in Heidelberg in one of the last summer jamborees I went to, and it was done with about 6000ft of parachute cord and gathered wood, nothing more. It took bloody forever, and I was the lead on the project. I can still remember the feeling of accomplishment from getting it together, and getting my patrol up on it, and not having it fall through, like I feared it would.

We wound up toting it portage-style to some central location in the jamboree grounds. It was a lovely functional bridge, and got put over some drainage ditch or somesuch. It took quite a bit of foot traffic over the last couple of days of the event, and we diligently maintained the lashings each day. Good stuff.

As an aside, poncho liners, parachute cord, and downchecked parachutes have saved my butt more than once on wet scouting trips. It was handy to have a dad in the 82nd. To this day I've got a coupla poncho liners sitting around. I wont camp without at least one, just in case.

 

[callinectes]

Not only was I a Girl Scout, I am also a Girl Scout leader. If those hard-core Girl Scout women knew about my predilections I'd be tarred and feathered!

 

[callinectes]

what scout camp?

This one time, at scout camp..

oh..never mind! lol

 

[northwoods_sub]

I'm a pyl and I was a girl scout and was a campfire girl. Was a campfire girl for 3-4 years and then we moved and then I did the girl scout thing for a couple of years. My sons did boy scouts for a couple years but we never had any good leaders so they got bored with it fast. They are very active in their Awana's group though (bible club for those who didn't know).

 

[graceanne]

what scout camp?

It's near the end of the school year. You go spend a weekend camping with everyone in your unit. It's cool.

I'm qualified to be a girlscout leader, but I don't have a troop. Not enough kids in my area were interested.

 

[myinnerslut]

It's near the end of the school year. You go spend a weekend camping with everyone in your unit. It's cool.

I'm qualified to be a girlscout leader, but I don't have a troop. Not enough kids in my area were interested.

i only ask becuase my family is very involved with a particular scout camp in new york

 

[EmpressFi]

I was only a brownie..but that's because my parents really couldnt afford the uniforms and dues and extra money at the time.. so I quit going

 

[Thane1234]

Eagle Scout here and a Dom

 

[snowy ciara]

I was a girl scout for several years, and I'm a pyl.... But Gracie and I may need to start another poll after tonight's weird convo...

BTW, she cheats at tic tac toe, and puts red reindeer noses on all my smiley faces.

 

[graceanne]

I was a girl scout for several years, and I'm a pyl.... But Gracie and I may need to start another poll after tonight's weird convo...

BTW, she cheats at tic tac toe, and puts red reindeer noses on all my smiley faces.

Mom! Snowy's tattling!

 

[snowy ciara]

am not! just warning anyone who might make smiley faces around you.

 

[graceanne]

am not! just warning anyone who might make smiley faces around you.

You're just jealous I thought of it first.

 

[_kiana_]

pyl here, I was a girl scout for a long time. But I always wanted to join my brother's boy scout troup more. The meetings were on the same night but mine finished first, so I'd always be at their's til the finish. Went on lots of camping trips with them, along with a 5 day canoe trip once. (They gave me the canoe merit badge for that, since I did all the requirements with the boys )Was a counselor at the local boy scout camp for 4 summers as well.

The girl scouts were just too girly for me. Camping trips to cabins, not sleeping in tents. Never doing any rugged outdoors-y stuff. And by the time I got to high school, they only did what the leader's kid wanted, which was make up and fashion and shit. I'm sorry - I don't see a need for a "fashion" merit badge. Pfffft.