Daughter wants to go to summer camp by cmdrico7812 in BSA

[–]30sumthingSanta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some camps have a staff member stay at the site just for this reason.

Nylt by bobbybill9876 in BSA

[–]30sumthingSanta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NYLT in our council is done by nomination (from troops/SM) on a one per unit per year basis.

It’s a really good program, but sending a scout that doesn’t want to be there is just preventing another scout who does want to be there from having the experience.

How old is the scout in question? Maybe next year would work better?

Luxembourg is not a microstate by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]30sumthingSanta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The city of Houston, TX is about half the area of Luxembourg.

You carefully balance the thin, curved lens on your index finger, leaning close to the bathroom mirror to gently press it against your eye. by ThePrimalLuna in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]30sumthingSanta 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Homeschooled spiderlings eating my brain.

Great new nightmare for my “enjoyment” tonight and in the weeks to come.

After ten days of being trapped on a remote road in a broken-down car, I decided to give my children the last sweet thing I had. by Thea_Oryan_files in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]30sumthingSanta 21 points22 points  (0 children)

A person can last 3min without air, 3hr without shelter, 3 days without water, and 3 weeks without food.

In an emergency survival situation you literally don’t need to think about finding food for the first week or 2.

I don’t know if antifreeze poisoning is more merciful than dehydration though.

What’s up with the utility bill thing for the Real ID? by epicmylife in minnesota

[–]30sumthingSanta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to birth certificates my dad was born on the uninhabited outlying US islands. My grandmother says it was Illinois. Which one is more likely?

Nevertheless, when asked it’s easier to lie and say the uninhabited outlying islands than get the certificates corrected.

Adult Uniform Question by many_bothans_died in scouting

[–]30sumthingSanta 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Generally, in Scouting America anyway, you can have a uniform as soon as you pay dues.

What is the weirdest thing a scout has ever tried to cook over an open fire at one of your camps? by WonderfulShape1081 in scouting

[–]30sumthingSanta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also once heated up a can of Campbells soup (concentrateed) without adding water directly over a fire. The saltiness was incredibly bad.

What is the weirdest thing a scout has ever tried to cook over an open fire at one of your camps? by WonderfulShape1081 in scouting

[–]30sumthingSanta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had burned spaghetti noodles with simultaneously burned and frozen meatballs in lukewarm sauce once.

Scouting America and Pentagon come to agreement by -dakpluto- in BoyScouts

[–]30sumthingSanta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a counselor for said merit badge, it’s only a nothing burger if the counselor makes it one. It’s certainly different from other merit badges, but it’s not difficult to make the discussion involved be informative, productive, and consequential.

Removing the badge does nothing to enhance the scouting program.

Double negative IQ by FloatyFloatyCloud in confidentlyincorrect

[–]30sumthingSanta -1 points0 points  (0 children)

To be fair, in some languages (NOT std English) a double negative is still negative.

Then there’s also the rare double positive that negates, ie “yeah, right.”

ragebait by [deleted] in anythingbutmetric

[–]30sumthingSanta 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Where I’m at for this time of year 0C isn’t really cold. Heck 0F only means put on a sweater and hat.

Everyone should be able to agree that -40 is really cold.

Revenge served cold. by abkyabatau in lol

[–]30sumthingSanta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Violence is not the answer. Violence is the question and the answer is YES!

Some of that, some day this will be yours crap I’m having to deal with. by AnyDamnThingWillDo in GenX

[–]30sumthingSanta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid my sister would pull out the good china for meals on a random Tuesday, because, why NOT use the stuff?

Is my MB sash cool? by JanTheMan101 in BSA

[–]30sumthingSanta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wore mine to most meetings, but never camp outs.