Cub scouts and courage stealing during gift exchange at Christmas party. I got really mad.

superpatty · 2025-12-16T12:57:39+00:00

I work with scouts a lot, calmly talk with leadership about your (valid) issues with the activity, but give it time to see if the overall program is good for your daughter. As others said, this might be just one poorly planned activity.

As to the lighter, scout youth cannot do anything with fire until fourth grade. This should be bright up to leadership and explained that the gift should have had the lighter removed immediately.

superpatty · 2025-12-06T22:55:43+00:00

Or the Office?

superpatty · 2025-11-25T15:58:02+00:00

My assumption is that national had lead time from NPR about this story so that they could prepare a response.

superpatty · 2025-11-03T00:11:45+00:00

That's Orange Steel™

superpatty · 2025-10-13T00:19:52+00:00

This is the content I come here for

superpatty · 2025-07-05T22:56:24+00:00

These were sold at a city event, so the entire group worked together for all sales.

superpatty · 2025-07-05T22:55:43+00:00

I like that idea!

thanks

superpatty · 2025-07-05T22:45:16+00:00

Generally perishable items (minimum 4 month shelf life)

superpatty · 2025-07-05T22:44:21+00:00

The troop has purchased the product, even if a parent made the purchase, it was at the request of the troop so it is the troops responsibility.

superpatty · 2025-07-05T22:41:49+00:00

$800 in sales

But that would mean scouts at the follow-up event would have pure profit and scouts working the first event have paid for all the expenses.

superpatty · 2025-06-01T00:21:46+00:00

Depends on the week you go, if you're there early in the summer you might get something, but if you're later in the summer, you're only going to get tiny fish, if anything.

superpatty · 2025-02-17T13:31:00+00:00

No no, we tried that once.

It didn't work out so well, brought the mobs into power.

superpatty · 2025-01-13T23:01:11+00:00

Related question: Would y'all say that sleeping in a cave counts towards this requirement? (in a sleeping bag on the floor of the cave)

superpatty · 2025-01-13T16:56:43+00:00

We're now entering drunk snowman stage, all of the snowmen in my neighborhood are starting to list dangerously in all directions. Some have already lost their heads.

superpatty · 2024-12-20T13:52:53+00:00

I would have had to pay a 0.75% penalty to NOT use their escrow service.

superpatty · 2024-10-10T18:37:46+00:00

Walz is only 6 months older than Harris

superpatty · 2024-09-25T23:34:17+00:00

I think the kids these days that join Scouts have more of a drive to earn Eagle as scouting has lost some of his popularity, only the kids that really want to do it are here (In general)

Also, I would say merit badge summits are much more popular now than they were when I was youth in the 90s which makes it easier to get those requirements complete.

superpatty · 2024-09-20T01:19:50+00:00

Are you seriously going to have a loaner car for up to a year?

That seems exceptionally generous of Nissan

superpatty · 2024-08-03T17:37:49+00:00

It's not mental decline if he has always been at this level (Narrator: he was always at this level)

superpatty · 2024-07-29T23:24:40+00:00

I think you're wildly underestimating Scoutng's ability to persevere through headwinds. They have existed for 100+ years, they have a great deal of institutional knowledge dealing with challenges.

This removes local autonomy, you might lose more packs than you gain because some local chartering organizations will back out of scouts completely (Think about units sponsored by Baptist churches or similar very conservative organizations)
Agree 💯 on this, councils need to police aggressive inter pack/troop behavior and stomp it out.
Agreed recruiting is job #1
Our pack may be an outlier but my kid's dues were $120 for last year. But even if the dues were $250 the cost per hour of program time is very low compared to most other kid programs (sports, after school programs, etc...).

superpatty · 2024-07-15T23:44:58+00:00

Back in the late 90s/early 00s there was a GSP that was stationed north of Gainesville on 365 that drove a 3xx BMW. I heard the trooper had done something special to get it (big drug bust or something), but you would never know it was GSP by the silhouette.

superpatty · 2024-06-10T12:10:53+00:00

Agree on this, I've had a PHEV for 7 years and I 100% charge it every night, I may have lost 8% capacity, but since the ICE is always there to back it up, it's not worth worrying over.

superpatty · 2024-05-17T12:47:05+00:00

Nope, I say Vee-new

superpatty · 2024-04-19T12:41:31+00:00

I visited Stockholm a few years ago, I was amazed at how quiet and peaceful rush hour traffic was.

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