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re: Were you a Boy Scout?

Posted on 7/18/20 at 3:50 pm to
Posted by llfshoals
Member since Nov 2010
20474 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 3:50 pm to
Yep. Late 60’s early 70’s. From what I hear about scouting these days it doesn’t remotely resemble the same thing
Posted by thadcastle
Member since Dec 2019
2841 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 3:51 pm to
No I was not molested
Posted by tonydtigr
Beautiful Downtown Glenn Springs,Tx
Member since Nov 2011
6432 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 3:55 pm to
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The real question is...Were you a Boy Scout AND did you use RoundUp helping your Dad in the yard back in 1999....if so, you can expect 2 huuuge checks coming your way


If you helped remove materials made of asbestos from homes affected by natural disasters, you could hit the trifecta with Mesothelioma.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33253 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 4:01 pm to
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At that time I truly didn't think life could get any better, it was a dream come true for a Middle School boy. Great times.


Ushering SEC games at Memorial Stadium led to bigger things for me. While in college, I was a volunteer assistant for my old high school football team. I got to call the defense from the sideline for a couple of years.

I liked getting into games free so much, I got a journalism degree, moved to Dallas and worked Cowboys, Rangers, Mavericks, Stars, Cotton Bowls, NCAA tournaments, Big 12 Media Days, and more for nearly 30 years. I was able to do that on the side, while selling advertising for a living.

Wearing the Scout uniform never bothered me after they introduced the shorts and permanent press material. Before the permanent press uniforms came out, my mom was ironing four different ones every time we needed them. She still talks about that when anyone mentions ironing something.

IP let us have the Christmas tree farm on their land and donated saplings to plant. We did Sand art, and sold it, at arts and crafts shows, flea markets, and festivals. We always had money to camp, go to jamborees, or buy uniforms for kids, who's parents wouldn't spend money on them.

Working those shows was great experience for dealing with customers, public speaking, and just getting through life.
Posted by TheEnglishman
On the road to Wellville
Member since Mar 2010
3282 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 4:27 pm to
Made Eagle Still great friends with the guys that were in my troop. We have a few guys that still go on a kayaking trip every year. we are all around 40.

Sure.. there are some dorks in scouts, but we had a lot of fun. Definitely wouldn't consider us dorks back then. We all finished eagle around 16 or so.

I am currently Den Leader for my sons cubscout group. We do more fun things than most cubscout dens.

Its one of the best things i did as a kid. I would highly recommend it if camping is fun for you.
Posted by tigerintexas777
the lake
Member since Sep 2013
1312 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 4:29 pm to
No, my dad and grandpa knew how to hunt, fish, and camp - they taught me

Not some pedophile scout master who’s never seen brown in a scope or run a trot line
This post was edited on 7/18/20 at 4:30 pm
Posted by TheEnglishman
On the road to Wellville
Member since Mar 2010
3282 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 4:30 pm to
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Not sure what’s becoming of BSA, but I have two girls (and another on the way) so I won’t have that decision to make whether to put my kids in Boy Scouts.



Yes you do.... its just scouts now...not boy scouts... girls allowed
Posted by Klingler7
Houston
Member since Nov 2009
12546 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 4:30 pm to
Yes. 1978-1980
Posted by Asharad
Tiamat
Member since Dec 2010
6290 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 4:38 pm to
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Were you a Boy Scout?
pfff. I was the leader. I'm waiting on the lawsuits to drop.
This post was edited on 7/18/20 at 4:39 pm
Posted by jcolding41
Member since Sep 2015
5918 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 5:39 pm to
For like 2 months in second grade. My scout master sucked and wasn't creative at all. We glued feathers on a wooden axe the whole time I was there...
Posted by pilsnerpusher
Member since Sep 2009
1426 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 5:52 pm to
Yes. Until I was 14. My best friend's dad at the time was our scoutmaster. He was a Naval intelligence officer. I enjoyed it and learned alot. Then the scoutmaster (and my best friend) moved to Langley. The troop went on hiatus for about 6 months after that. Once a new scoutmaster was found I went back and it was just a bunch of hyper 11 year olds and their redneck dads as the scoutmaster, assistant scoutmasters. I didn't go back.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 5:54 pm to
I’m an Eagle Scout

Parents made me get it to get a drivers license

One of the youngest people in the country to achieve Eagle
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
32704 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 6:00 pm to
Eagle Scout here
Posted by CitizenK
BR
Member since Aug 2019
13854 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 6:04 pm to
Loved Cub Scouts and got every merit badge possible living in SW LA. But I lived in a small town and a year after out of Cubs a new resident started Webelos. Everyone wanted to go camping so we went for an overnight campout in some cow pasture. Older kids all talked about going frick some cows. Rained like a mofo, water flooded the tents (set up on high ground). I did not sleep a wink and quit afterwards.
Posted by jfw3535
South of Bunkie
Member since Mar 2008
5427 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 6:05 pm to
I was a cub scout for 1 meeting. We were so bad, our den mother quit after that.
Posted by Aldo
Bay saint louis
Member since May 2017
198 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 6:05 pm to
Made life status, then started partying
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
22597 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 6:11 pm to
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Scout master showed us Playboy and nudes of his wife. I was 8.


I believe one of these but not the other. Anyway I hope the experience was good.
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 6:12 pm to
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Were you a Boy Scout?


If there was an anal hymen mine would be intact!
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
15662 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 6:12 pm to
Never made it that far: I bailed as a Cub Scout.

I didn’t like the idea of doing things to earn patches and beads. Seemed like a misguided goal for crafting, which I hated. Was also gay as frick. The scout masters always touched other boys, but not me. But oddly there was no patch for getting a handy from the scout master, so why would I stay anyway?
Posted by LSUfanatic
25 miles from Death Valley
Member since Nov 2003
9680 posts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 6:44 pm to
I was a Brownie, then a Girl Scout!
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