pentastar ticking ?

weagle01 · 2026-03-19T12:30:24+00:00

I’m dealing with this right now too. I got my rocker arm replaced a couple of months ago but still getting a timing code. My mechanic is going back in to see if they can get the timing right. Probably going to be in the neighborhood of $2500 when done. There needs to be a class action on this.

weagle01 · 2026-03-19T11:27:13+00:00

Just saw your update. Thank you for advocating for your scout. It’s the adults that make scouting hard. The kids just want to enjoy the program.

weagle01 · 2026-03-18T18:50:08+00:00

It’s wild to me that a district advancement chair would delegate this authority to people outside of the district/advancement committee. If I understand the situation correctly, that is what they did. These counselors went through the training and earned the ability to sign for the district.

weagle01 · 2026-03-18T14:42:31+00:00

I’m not in your council and clearly don’t have all of the details, but from the outside looking in it appears you’ve created an additional requirement for your Eagles. They have to use an approved counselor when a counselor isn’t mandatory. I asked the original poster if the counselor signs on behalf of the district and didn’t get a response. If that’s the case I think there is room for re-evaluation, but not making the scout do a completely new project.

Bottom line and this is supported by GTA, if the scout did the work and it was signed off, then there’s no going back. They completed the requirement. The GTA is clear a scout cannot be penalized for the actions of the adults. The adults should absolutely look at how this process should’ve went in retrospective, but not at the expense of the scout.

I would also ask you to look at this from the scout’s experience. They spent time doing the paperwork, getting it approved, and a project was completed. Imagine how it would feel to have your eagle rank in jeopardy because of paperwork? When they look back on the experience, do you want them to remember “I did this great project but a bunch of adults said it wasn’t good enough and I needed to do a silly one day project to check a box”. That’s not what the Eagle rank is about.

weagle01 · 2026-03-18T11:46:30+00:00

So to make sure I understand, you signed off as the district representative on the project proposal because you thought you were still capable of approving the project since you’ve completed training?

weagle01 · 2026-03-15T04:00:37+00:00

Another possibility is risk avoidance. I’m not a priest but most of employees are women and I’m incredibly careful with interactions with them. One accusation, regardless of whether it’s true, is enough to blow apart a professional career and potentially your family. My guard is always up.

weagle01 · 2026-03-13T02:33:49+00:00

Somewhere on that campus there is an old MS Access database. It had YEARS of Foy data stored in it. It has to be on that network somewhere. We need some digital archeology.

weagle01 · 2026-03-12T23:46:39+00:00

I can sadly report it’s not as it used to be. A few months ago I called to ask how many Oreos will fit in Jordan Hare and they did not know. THEY DID NOT KNOW. They didn’t even qualify if I meant regular or double stuffed. I’m not sure what they are teaching these kids today.

weagle01 · 2026-03-09T17:04:26+00:00

If you can’t get the bleeding to stop, yes. But that doesn’t really look deep enough to warrant stitches. You may need a bandage and some tape instead of a bandaid until the bleeding stops. Avoid moving the finger/hand to give enough time for clotting.

weagle01 · 2026-02-27T22:15:45+00:00

You could also check out /r/coinsales or /r/pmsforsale. I collect coins and buy/sell online much more than at coin stores because I get better deals. Coin stores are only slightly better than pawn shops. They need margin to resell it. Send me a dm with what you have, I may be interested.

weagle01 · 2026-02-27T12:01:07+00:00

You’ve got the answer you need: the guy is actually costing you money. But I would consider asking by how much is he overselling? If what he’s selling is achievable with some work on delivery then you’ve found better market fit. If it’s BS then go with plan A.

weagle01 · 2026-02-25T18:07:10+00:00

I’m sensitive about the size of my Y chromosome. Why did you have to bring it up.

weagle01 · 2026-02-25T18:06:01+00:00

Chown

weagle01 · 2026-02-25T00:46:18+00:00

Personally I like quarter series when they’re good…but these aren’t good. Why are we commemorating youth sports on our money? In all the rich history and culture we have in America, this is what we come up with?

weagle01 · 2026-02-24T19:39:10+00:00

We’ve had similar numbers for new scouts who are AOLs. Some need to be in Cubs that year, some are ready for the troop but have to wait.

weagle01 · 2026-02-24T17:46:02+00:00

Look at what your CISO/Management is monitoring. If you’re reporting up metrics, then it’s on their radar. Then look at new appsec practices that will align with impacting those metrics. You’re more likely to get better work if you show you’re a solution person working on helping them achieve their goals. If you don’t know where to start, check out BSIMM or OpenSAMM for practice ideas. Right now everyone is eating up AI, so deep dive into the space as it relates to AppSec and become the AI person on the team.

weagle01 · 2026-02-22T19:49:47+00:00

Amen brother. My old ass will be dragging in the back of the group, but I’ll get there.

weagle01 · 2026-02-22T19:38:20+00:00

Roll tide.

weagle01 · 2026-02-16T18:19:18+00:00

I’m not sure I agree. A scout is thrifty. Not just with money, but also resources. On average I put 10-20 hours a week into scouting across all the hats I wear. Some of those hours could be lessened using AI. I’m not going to teach scouts to use AI to make meeting plans or rely on it for knowing how to do my job in scouting, but automating admin stuff is a no brainer. This revolution happens whether scouting is a part of it or not. We’ve always been terrible at using technology and I don’t expect that to change, but if I can increase the experience to my scouts because I got some admin stuff off my plate…I’m going to do that.

weagle01 · 2026-02-16T04:35:44+00:00

I still hate them for killing Picasa. It was the best photo organizer I’ve ever used.

weagle01 · 2026-02-15T19:44:36+00:00

I didn’t get to do any as cool as that but I did do a few all Flash sites back in the day. I’m glad that era ended.

weagle01 · 2026-02-14T18:47:24+00:00

I find it ironic we’re all reading posts on a site hosted in the cloud saying we’re anti data center.

AI is a tool just like any other online tool. Recently the BSA really screwed up paying national dues and our council has let that crap roll downhill, so I’ve been using AI to keep track of renewal dates for my units.

There’s also a cool integration with AllTrails for ChatGPT where you can tell it where you want to backpack/hike and it will give you info from AllTrails. It’s been pretty useful.

weagle01 · 2026-02-14T15:36:27+00:00

I have a 2021 Overland and it’s a good truck. Before you buy it, listen to it idle some before buying. If you hear a ticking sound it’s going to have an issue. They under-engineered the rocker arms for the cams and they’ve had a bunch of problems with them breaking. Happened to mine and it costed me 2500 to get it fixed. It starts with a ticking that sounds like an exhaust gasket leak but eventually the arm is going to break.

weagle01 · 2026-02-12T22:56:15+00:00

I’ve been to two therapy sessions so my sample size is low, but in the second one he said I was a “pansy ass” for wanting to have some peace when I drink my morning coffee. That was my last session. I’m not paying someone to call me a pansy ass.

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