Boy Scouts/Girl Guides/Four H /et.al

2. no molestation, but a fellow scout did break my arm at camp (by pulling me feet first off the top of a picnic table, snapping the arm in half and puncturing the skin), which my oh-so-wise-and-learned scout masters then proceeded to wrap a in a dirty pillow for transportation to the hospital. i proceeded to aqquire 7 different infections, putting me into the hospital for two weeks, forcing me to get a catheter put in my heart when my veins were all tapped out, and proceeding to almost die on the operating table during one of the 7 or 8 operations. so, no, i guess.

2. Yes, but very little of it had to do with scouting. I had Scout leaders attempt to shame me into going above Star rank, but my attitude was, "Look, I'm here to hang out with my friends and go camping, not to write essays on why I like living in this shithole town or planning a service project that will cause everyone I know to hate me." Yes, I was the slacker Scout, and the others loved me for it.

My 2 older brothers couldn't get out of scouts, how did I manage it?

(NB am in a grump).

I remember making a lot of things with felt, having to make bars (BARS = Minnesota flapjack/brownie/chocolate chip interface served with Kool Aid) and going to sleepaway camp in the dead of winter with all our mums during the Lake Placid olympics. We built a luge run (sexy! the competitors looked like they'd been dipped in red wax) while the mums made friends with Ernst and Julio, the only 'men' allowed in the house for the whole three days. We did things with snow while the mums drank bouze and watched hockey, then came in for apple cider by the fire while trying to watch the figure skating and skiing on a b/w television with a wire-hanger antenna. Not much boy talk there; blame our age and how busy we were kept.

I still have a soft spot for Rice Krispie Marshmallow Treats, and a total aversion to any kind of BARS with peanut butter in them.

Then theres the camps, being in charge of a bunch of 12 year olds, what a laugh. Going out on the piss when they're all asleep (you knew I was going to mention alcohol somewhere). I did loads of stuff I'd never have done otherwise, alot of which I never will do again but still. Rowing was great, one of the only sports I actually like. Also going out for a nice easy bit of rowing is dead relaxing and a good laugh if you've some friends with you. Canoeing is something my brother adores and is obsessed with so he tried to get me into it but I was too much of a wimp. I still have a latent fear of canoeing actually. Other stuff like Rock Climbing I still like. Hiking is also excellent fun. All the stuff I now know about boats and tents and stuff might be useful some day.

I'm still mates with lots of people I met in Scouts. Go Scouts!!!

Like I say you need people who are willing to have fun in charge, and not overly responsible, totalitarian, religious wackos. The sort that seemed to run every other Scout troop in Ireland and looked down on our antics with contempt. Especially when we beat them at stuff.

Also learned lots of Life Support skills. So theres how good it can be.

WHAT is THAT? It doesn't sound very Scoutish.

Ronan is right, it depends on the leader. We got lucky a couple of years ago when our leader decided we were old enough to run everything ourselves, so we basically get to do what we want. Once she tried to get us to do some psychological counseling conflict resolution type thing and we spent the entire time laughing and writing notes so she didn't try that again.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1531211.ece

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srsly want to buy girl scout cookies for the first time ever right now

does that mean you've never had a girl scout cookie or just never bought them?

finally i can purchase good about purchasing samoans

feel good JESUS

Oh for fun

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/10/boy-scouts-perversion-files.html

http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/ups-to-scouts-no-more-money-u.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

http://gawker.com/5989931/new-boy-scout-poll-asks-if-its-acceptable-for-gay-men-to-camp-with-boys

Wow, I had no idea until just now that Mormons have essentially taken over the boy scouts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHgpiMp1JqA

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/19/charges-possible-for-boy-scouts-who-toppled-utah-rock-formation/

uh, ho-ly shit.

ok, lol

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/22/us/utah-boulder-boy-scouts/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Boy Scouts File for Bankruptcy Due to Sex-abuse Lawsuits
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/boy-scouts-file-for-bankruptcy-due-to-sex-abuse-lawsuits/2311019/

Barraged by hundreds of sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the hallowed, 110-year-old organization to carry on.

The Chapter 11 filing in federal bankruptcy court in Wilmington, Delaware, sets in motion what could be one of the biggest, most complex bankruptcies ever seen. Scores of lawyers are seeking settlements on behalf of several thousand men who say they were molested as scouts by scoutmasters or other leaders decades ago but are only now eligible to sue because of recent changes in their states’ statute-of-limitations laws.

By going to bankruptcy court, the Scouts can put those lawsuits on hold for now. But ultimately they could be forced to sell off some of their vast property holdings, including campgrounds and hiking trails, to raise money for a compensation trust fund that could surpass a billion dollars.

be prepared

82000 with newspaper reports and accusations going back to the 1920s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLGc7Edu3Cg