Who was/is in scouts?

dtownknifekid said:
That sucks the sad part is though most of them are unattractive i meant to say all the good ones are taken.
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heres a hit to life my friend, thats how it always is, you get that one lucky break every once in a while but chances are still towards her turing crazy

-matt
 
I was a Scout but Eagle was never really a goal for me. I wanted to go camping with my friends and see what kind of (fun) trouble we could cook up. Besides, most of the Eagle Scouts in my troop were nerdy types. I remember one of them nearly cutting his leg off trying to chop down a tree with an axe. Good times! And like so many others have said, once I discovered girls, that was all she wrote for me. I made it to Life Scout and had about half of the requirements complete for Eagle but I was draggin' my feet on the service requirement.

My son got his Arrow of Light in Cub Scouts and is now working on his First Class rank. I'm involved with his troop as much as possible. I still enjoy camping with the guys and am counselor for 7 or 8 merit badges. Not too much has changed but we have moms that camp with us now, even through summer camp. That kinda freaks me out but otherwise it's all good.
 
I love how you all assume "Scouts" means just boy scouts... Proud Girl Scout of 3 years over hear... sadly boys got in the way. :D:D
Jes
 
Another fallen Life Scout here. Discovered girls, cars, and competetive sports. Liked the little womens enough to bend me gender for a while until my son arrived so I also became a girl scout for a while.


(Leader and advisor ye id-jits......never cross-dressed or had that operation thingy :rolleyes: ......and it was to help and support me daughter.)

:D
j
 
Got my Eagle Scout last year when I finished my last merit badge around 7:00PM the night before my 18th birthday lol. I had very poor leadership and organization in my Troop, so I joined a Venture crew (co-ed ;) ) where I had much better support. My dad very strongly pushed me getting Eagle, and I probably wouldn't have gotten it had it not been for him. I had some great memories with my friends and camping trips, but not an experience I want to endure again. Went to Philmont in 2004, probably one of the best times of my life.

Hate to change topic but are there any of you Non-Eagle scouts that regret not getting Eagle?
 
^^ perfectly good question there

the other eagles in my family are my brother and uncle, my dad never got his and regets it a lot

-matt
 
...are there any of you Non-Eagle scouts that regret not getting Eagle?
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Nah, it never really mattered to me. I was more interested in the activities and trips.
 
I am an Eagle Scout, 1962. There were four registered eagles in our family in 1964. At that time I was told it was the record, but since the LDS made scouting its boy youth program, there are families with 7 or more eagles now.
I helped build Camp Pipsico in th 1950' and Camp Lions in the 60's,worked camp staff in the 60's, World Jamboree in 1967,campmaster in the 70's and 80's ( along with most all the district and several council positions). I am not now registered, but keep up with the scouting in the area.I engrave the plates for the new eagles plaques for several troops.In a few years I'll be retiring and will be moving up to within 10 miles of the camp. I will probably get active again then.

I still have a BIG collection of scouting items ( any collectors out there?). Books, patches,OA items, hundreds of mugs,training aids,awards,uniform items and early equipment,going back to 1911. I used to set it out at the scout shows and it covered five 8' long tables. Back in 1989 I went to the National Jamboree and walked around with a back pack full of patches. I gave them away to every smiling young scout who greeted me.I gave away over 1000 patches that weekend, most from the 50's and 60's.

BTW ,I was a registered girl scout,too.
I was working at Girl Scout Camp Apasus in 1966 ( I built much of the camp). The national council accreditation team came for the annual inspection. They noticed me ( I did stand out in a group of girls) and made the comment that the camp charter stated that all staff were registered girl scouts or leaders. I was not old enough to register as a leader ,yet, so I registered as a scout. My first name is spelled like a girl's name, and there was no box on the registration that said "FEMALE". The application was turned in, accepted, and I wore a GS pin on my BS uniform.Later I became a girl scout leader. The camp stayed in compliance with its charter.

Stacy Elliott Apelt,Eagle Scout 1962
 
that is awesome,

so stacy are you working with the guys around here that do the scout museum and are some huge collectors (a lot of them set up the mobile scout museum at conclave)

-matt
 
matt, I haven't talked to anyone about the museum in several years, but the last time it was still in the "planning stage". There are little local museums at the various councils. Which council and what town are you in?

I will tell you that a person donated a large and valuable collection to the Council back in the 80's and they took it to the scout show, stuck it into grab bags of several dozen items a bag, and sold them for $2 a bag. The gift was supposed to go to the council museum when it was set up. The council folks said that they didn't want to store the items, so they disposed of them at the show. They GAVE away hundreds of mugs from the collection. If there was a good home or an interested buyer, I would donate, sell or trade the whole batch.
Stacy
 
im in colonial va council, im not sure on whats up with what has been talked about here but there are a lot of collectors here, the scout master of the troop im registered to sold part of his patch collection to finance his law practice if that explains the level of these collectors
-matt
 
I was a Cub Scout and bagged Webelos (boring pack, other stuff to do) I joined up agin and made First and then moved. My 14 yr old is Life and will have everything he needs for Eagle except for the project in short order. He is possibly going to Philmont this summer. Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems that you can start the process in Cub Scouts a year earlier than when I was in. I recall most Eagles being 16 when they were tagged rather than 15.
 
I essentially taught myself to read w/ an old Boy Scout Handbook that belonged to an older cousin... could not wait to be old enough to join Cub Scouts- was dreaming of high times & bold adventure & wound up in what has to be the lamest Cub Scout Den of all time- all we did was sit in the living room @ the den mother's house & she read us stories & fed us cookies and played the piano for us. We went on exactly one "hike" and it was through a patch of woods I played in after school every day anyway. We had to cut the "hike" short because she had to line us up in the driveway & check our hair for ticks before our parents showed up to take us home. I wanted a Zane Gray novel & would up in a piano recital instead. Life's first major disappointment.
 
renomaverick said:
One of the saddest days of my life was when my ex-wife burned all my scout badges and plaques, I cried, maybe someday I'll try to replace them. I did find my pinewood derby medals and jamboree patches, lol
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well now we know why shes your ex.

that really is depressing, i would be extremely pissed if my stuff was destroyed but there are some things i got as gifts that if they were gone i would probably have a break down unless it was because i passed them on to other eagles.
-matt
 
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