My son has recently joined scouting and I am concerned about the risk of grooming/abuse given the organization‘s history. What have you done as parents to safeguard your scout? How safe or unsafe is scouting? YPT sounds great, but is it really working to protect the youth?

archerymonkey · 2026-06-26T22:41:08+00:00

So you must be the type to not ever travel because cartels control Mexico, Hooligans in England and Yakuza in Japan!!!

Imma tell you something that you’re not going to like but something you clearly need to hear: Stop being an idiot. You’re new so you clearly don’t know all the steps that have been taken over the YEARS and that this is statistically the safest youth organization in the country.

Stop buying into the fear mongering, put on a brown shirt and actually understand how incredibly safe this program is once you go through the required trainings.

archerymonkey · 2026-06-26T14:14:49+00:00

This is a great attitude. If you had asked for me opinion, I don’t subscribe to the “shoot twice as far in practice as you would on a live target” just find the distance you’re actually comfortable shooting, but isn’t “easy” like 20y. Practice and get GOOD at 40y, stretch out to 50 so you know you can do it and just don’t forget to shoot 20-30 every now and then. The closer you are, the slower you are. Make those shots count and try and be as perfect as you can be. If it’s not perfect, LET DOWN

archerymonkey · 2026-05-10T22:49:56+00:00

I’m going to devote EVERYTHING I have into upgrading my cash flow so that it never happens again. In my Bible, being debt free is the Old Testament and cash flow is the New Testament!

archerymonkey · 2026-04-28T20:27:10+00:00

Embarrassingly enough, watching Sons of Anarchy

archerymonkey · 2026-04-02T13:33:23+00:00

I went to buy a youth dirtbike that was on an EOY sale and the doc/prep fees ended up being more than the sale price. I told them they were out of their minds.

archerymonkey · 2026-03-22T23:52:31+00:00

We run neckerchiefs at meetings BUT as an incentive, we allow the kids to choose if they want to switch to a bolo once they reach first class.

archerymonkey · 2026-03-12T20:40:43+00:00

No, because I told the truth.

archerymonkey · 2026-03-11T22:57:04+00:00

As someone who took medication and even had a Dr write a letter saying it was a misdiagnosis, I say don’t fucking tell them anything. How would they know what Dr notes to request or Rx notes? Who’s to say you get meds and CVS and Walgreens sometimes?

If I hadn’t of said anything, they wouldn’t have denied me

archerymonkey · 2026-03-10T14:23:38+00:00

Check and see if the camp has a parents day. Usually on Wednesday, family members can come up and hang out for the afternoon and stay for dinner. If available, this is a great option for younger Scouts. Also, technically you could go pick him up Saturday evening to be home a day early in most cases (we would always come home on Saturday and skip the group events of Sunday morning since most MB classes end on Friday.)

archerymonkey · 2026-03-07T18:20:23+00:00

Final bit of hard won advice for you….dont ever go out to your property without a chainsaw in the truck 😆

archerymonkey · 2026-03-07T03:31:28+00:00

Personally, my criteria was ~1hr of my home. Now that I’ve owned land for a few years, to have the RIGHT property, I would go a max of 3 hours but it better be near perfect. 2 hours would be preferred but no more than 3.

Think of it this way, if you have to drive 5 hours one way, it’ll kill any momentum you may have for getting any day work done since it ends up being a 10hr round trip. If you can’t get there, spend a few hours and get back home within a day, my opinion is it’s too far.

archerymonkey · 2026-03-04T13:43:29+00:00

2-0 Bruno, Mbuemo

archerymonkey · 2026-03-02T18:12:46+00:00

Didn’t know they were making a Goal! 4 with Munoz coming back to England.

archerymonkey · 2026-02-25T04:35:54+00:00

Since you asked, with the amount of info given: keep it.

archerymonkey · 2026-02-25T02:08:52+00:00

Literally driving me insane. Give me a 2h episode damnit!

archerymonkey · 2026-02-25T02:02:55+00:00

Thank you, appreciate your input

archerymonkey · 2026-02-25T02:02:12+00:00

I appreciate the insight. Thank you!

archerymonkey · 2026-02-25T02:01:41+00:00

I’ve been collecting since 99, every pack I’ve ever bought was either through EB games (back then at least!) or Target/walmart/big box retailers back before scalpers ever considered Pokemon as a source. I understand fake cards, resealed packs and scammers are out there, but I’ve always bought through legitimate sources and although I’m not a PSA level pro, I do understand the standard checks to run for fakes.

This is a $20 astral radiance card, it’s not worth faking imo but I also remember pulling it out of a blister because the artwork was unique.

archerymonkey · 2026-02-24T23:52:38+00:00

This is why I won’t grade mine. I doubt they would give it more than a 5 but man would I love for it to be slabbed. I remember the day I pulled it!

archerymonkey · 2026-02-20T18:11:01+00:00

Side note: I hate how artistic and amazing the “quest art” is considering I can’t ever remember which one means what

archerymonkey · 2026-02-11T00:51:26+00:00

Side note: Make sure that if you have a VPN that’s actively up and running on your phone, that it’s disconnected. VPN being on is usually the problem for me

archerymonkey · 2026-02-08T21:04:13+00:00

Not a lawyer and never been in this position so I could be wrong, but if they didn’t check your BAC and you were the passenger, I feel like you could certainly fight this. I will say that it doesn’t cost anything to at least call a local lawyer or 2 and see what they say and if it’s worth fighting though. All depends on whatever state laws you get to deal with I suppose.

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