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Bob
It's funny, the Miata starts to seem cramped, the ride harsh, and then spring arrives ... and all is well.
I think I'm going to pull the snow tires off this weekend. No sense killing them on hot roads.
I'm in heaven with the early spring, but I know it's just plain wrong....
Our new dog has absolutely destroyed the grass in the back yard, any tips? Should I seed over the existing lawn? I may do that over spring break since the yard won't get used for a week.
seals on the compressor are shot ... parts aren't available until next Thursday so I'll drive it til they have parts and then take it back to have it fixed ... it's still 'manageable' temps so far ...
I spent about 5 hours last Sunday washing, and buffing the Mazda, as well as treating all the interior sufaces.
Cheers Pat.
Will do, sir! :shades:
strangest thing to me was checking temps the other day and it was 82 here - South Bend IN - (around noon - it went higher!) - and where my folks live between Houston and Galveston ... it was 62!
The daffodils and crocus came and went. Tulips are out, and azaleas and revving up and should come soon.
The pollen is awful, though. :sick:
He ended up taking 3rd place overall, not a bad showing. It was our quickest car ever.
Bob
When it comes to things like scouts, parental involvement makes all the difference.
Are you still a Cub Scout juice??
Remember, it's his car - not yours.
Well as a Boy Scout leader and the parent of a boy working on his Eagle Badge, I will say that the parental involvement is important.
In Cub Scouts, it's adult led. They plan the trips, the food, the cooking - everything. In Boy Scouts, it's boy led. They plan the trips, the meals, the shopping, the cooking - just about everything. We adults are there for driving and health and safety.
When a boy crosses over from Cubs to Boy Scouts, they are little 11 YO's that for the most part have had everything done for them. If they stick with the program and their parents don't get in the way, they turn into fine young adults within a couple of years.
Busted!
As the years go on the design is less creative but the car is quicker.
I do wonder how long he'll stay with it. What's cool in 4th grade may seem dorky to a 6th grader, unfortunately.
It is considered dorky but it's up to each boy to deal with that. None of the boys in our troop goes out of their way to identify themselves as a Boy Scout but none are ashamed of it.
The great thing was that when my son went to middle school and now high school, he saw the older boys in the hallway and knows he can ask them for help, directions, et al. In turn, he can offer that to the yonger ones.
My son loves camping and hiking and scouting has given him some amazing opportunities to do those things. He even went on a 75 mile, 10 day hike last summer at the Philmont Scout Reservation in New Mexico. It has been the highlight of his scouting career.
For a scout to earn his next rank, he has to have a board of review. If they attain the rank of Eagle, they will have sat before 7 groups of adults asking them questions about themselves and what they've done. The first one is when they are between 11 and 12 yo. They get progressively more difficult but the first 6 are done by people they know. When they go before an Eagle Board of Review, they are in front of 3 strangers peppering them with questions.
This gives them the experience to sit in front of a college admissions officer and for job interviews without it being an issue.
I feel safer in the outdoors with a bunch of 14 and 15 year old scouts than with most of the adults I know.
The best time to start is whenever. My son started as a Tiger scout back in first grade. But we have boys starting in middle school. Heck, we have a boy in our troop who earned his Eagle as a junior in highschool but had taken two years off between Cubs and Scouts.
It doesn't have to interfere with other activities. Right not my son has stepped back. He is a freshman in high school but made the varsity lacrosse team. That coupled with his school work will take up a ton of time. The great thing is that scouting doesn't have a season. He'll be back when lacrosse is over.
As a young adult I paid a little of it back by serving as an Asst Scoutmaster, and a merit badge councilor. I occasionally get called up to help out at a camporee, and will probably asst with an Eagle project later this spring.
Unfortunately, Girl Scouting just isn't on the same plane. I've tried to help out a bit there, but there is some reluctance to let the men into the club, so I stay on the sidelines.
Day time highs were in the 40's but we woke up to 11F on the second day. Coldest ever on a camping trip was -6F and toughest to set up a tent was having to shovel 30" of snow in order to reach dirt.
I have a recipe for dutch oven prime rib but I'm not sure I want to try that on a $60 piece of beef!!
I have fond memories of campers' stew and s'mores, on my Scout campouts...
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When I was 16 (having topped out as an Asst Senior Patrol Leader of a 60 kid troop, a bunch of us went off and formed Nassau County's first coed Explorer Post. It was around 1972, and the times, they were a-changin'.
In college, I pledged Alpha Phi Omega, the National Service Fraternity - a fraternal organization looeley associate with the Boy Scouts of America.
Didn't really learn my lesson... my son was in the Cub Scouts.. .his car also beaten badly at the Derby... LOL
I like that co-ed Explorer idea, though.... I think I tried that, too..just not within any sort of organization..
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That's right - they don't. Remember that a properly run Boy Scout troop has the boys cooking their own meals for their patrols and the adults are off in their own patrol. Just because the boys decide to have plain pasta, hot dogs and instant oatmeal in the pouch doesn't mean we adults can't have prime rib, salmon or omelettes!!
When we adults have good meals, it often challenges the boys to be more creative in their cooking. Usually the younger ones want to try more adventurous meals while the older boys are too busy to cook and clean.
I remember one week of patrol based summer camp (no dining hall), one patrol planned ramen and oreos for every meal. They went to the local H Mart and stocked up on ramen from all the Asian countries. But Wednesday they were all starting to be interested in what the camp delivered in the morning cooler or looking to mooch off of everyone else.
I want my little baby back!!!
Add to this that I roll 55 tomorrow...... Oh the pain, the pain.
Congratulations to both of you on your milestones!
I only did scouting a couple of years as a kid, but I assist with a lot of the den's events now. At this age it's still mostly run by the parents.
Less than 4 hours by plane from DC.
Drive on the
wrongleft side.Saw a Toyota Harrier and a Land Cruiser Prado.
Another hint...mon.
Actually just got back to DC, to the cold, the rude people, the hurried pace...miss Jamaica already!
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Great weather, plus we got to go kayaking, snorkeling, sailing, etc. I must've been in the ocean every single day I was there.
All-inclusive is easy with kids, just don't expect gourmet. Pace is laid back so don't expect fast service - in the entire country. LOL
Played lots of beach volleyball so managed to keep weight gain to "just" 2 lbs.