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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 30 Jul 2010 14:35
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:39:04 -0500, Ray O wrote:

>
> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:ggl4o.43881$dx7.319(a)newsfe21.iad...
>> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:05:49 -0500, Ray O wrote:
>>
>>> There is no religion merit badge, but there are religious awards and
>>> recognitions that the scouts can earn for various religions.
>>
>> I was in the first group (of three) in the country to obtain the Ad Altare
>> Dei...
>>
>
> That was a long time ago!

You had to add that, didn't you?! ;)



From: Ray O on 30 Jul 2010 22:54

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
news:WXE4o.41863$lS1.1834(a)newsfe12.iad...
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:39:04 -0500, Ray O wrote:
>
>>
>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>> news:ggl4o.43881$dx7.319(a)newsfe21.iad...
>>> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:05:49 -0500, Ray O wrote:
>>>
>>>> There is no religion merit badge, but there are religious awards and
>>>> recognitions that the scouts can earn for various religions.
>>>
>>> I was in the first group (of three) in the country to obtain the Ad
>>> Altare
>>> Dei...
>>>
>>
>> That was a long time ago!
>
> You had to add that, didn't you?! ;)
>
>
Sorry, couldn't resist...
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)


From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 30 Jul 2010 23:35
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:54:03 -0500, Ray O wrote:

>
> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:WXE4o.41863$lS1.1834(a)newsfe12.iad...
>> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:39:04 -0500, Ray O wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>>> news:ggl4o.43881$dx7.319(a)newsfe21.iad...
>>>> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:05:49 -0500, Ray O wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There is no religion merit badge, but there are religious awards and
>>>>> recognitions that the scouts can earn for various religions.
>>>>
>>>> I was in the first group (of three) in the country to obtain the Ad
>>>> Altare
>>>> Dei...
>>>>
>>>
>>> That was a long time ago!
>>
>> You had to add that, didn't you?! ;)
>>
>>
> Sorry, couldn't resist...

I still have it and found out it's actually worth a few bucks!

Not for sale! ;p



From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 30 Jul 2010 23:42
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:54:03 -0500, Ray O wrote:

>
> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:WXE4o.41863$lS1.1834(a)newsfe12.iad...
>> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:39:04 -0500, Ray O wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>>> news:ggl4o.43881$dx7.319(a)newsfe21.iad...
>>>> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:05:49 -0500, Ray O wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There is no religion merit badge, but there are religious awards and
>>>>> recognitions that the scouts can earn for various religions.
>>>>
>>>> I was in the first group (of three) in the country to obtain the Ad
>>>> Altare
>>>> Dei...
>>>>
>>>
>>> That was a long time ago!
>>
>> You had to add that, didn't you?! ;)
>>
>>
> Sorry, couldn't resist...

Hmmm...I'm going to have to take a look at it.

From memory, it looks more like the Parvuli Dei award, but if I remember
correctly, it was a new award in 1968 or so. That's why I remember being
among the first in the country to receive it.

The Ad Altare Dei goes back to 1926.

I don't! ;)

The Parvuli Dei goes back to 1956....

I don't quite...



From: nm5k on 30 Jul 2010 23:52
On Jul 30, 9:51 pm, "Ray O" <rokig...(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com>
wrote:

>
> If your son enrolls in a youth sports team and the coach turns out to be an
> incompetent idiot, you look for another team.  The same can be done with Boy
> Scout troops.


His version of Boy Scouts doesn't sound anything at all like
the version I was in for several years in the 60's, early 70's.
But I don't doubt that the Scouts have been infiltrated by
more than a few sissified goofballs in the past few years.
Just like everything else these days.. :( IE: wimmens
in the Boy Scouts. Back in my day, they had a few wimmens
as Cub Scout pack leaders, but I don't remember any at all
in the Boy Scouts. They sure didn't come along on camp outs
unless it was some kind of family visit day..
The Girl Scouts had their own camp gigs to do..
We had manly men leaders when I was in the Boy Scouts.
We learned how to do manly stuff like how to build and light
a fire with only one match, or even no matches for the more
advanced pyro's.
We didn't go for the namby pamby jackwagon stuff..
I remember one camp out, one of the scout leaders brought
a whole station wagon full of rifles to demonstrate.
I'm talking about 20-25 of them of various calibers..
That was my first experience seeing an elephant gun in
operation. BOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!

Can you imagine what would happen if they did that today?
Some namby pamby would be on the phone to 911 and
the SWAT team.. :(
Heck, we did .22 rifle training at summer camp..
We generally had a blast every camp out, and ditto for
the week long summer camps.
We camped a lot. One camp out, we had a tornado hit the
camp.. I remember watching a Coleman camp stove on a
stand taking off and never being seen again.. The tent
walls were flapping, whap, whap, whap, in and out.. :/

I remember camping in the snow with sub zero
temps. It really wasn't too bad, except your feet got cold
at about 5 AM even with dry socks.. Never a dull moment.
I'd get my butt out of bed and start a fire using the same
coals from the previous nights fire. No sense in wasting a
perfectly good match.. :/
To this day when camping, I'm usually the one that builds
and lights the fire. Old habits die hard.. :/


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