Modern Scouting
Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:57:59 -0700 (PDT)
So, in the old days, if a Cub or a Scout wanted to do their Cooks
Badge they would probably have to rock up at the house of some old guy
on a Saturday morning and cook him lunch as he was the badge
examiner.
These days (like tonight) things is rather different.
Up rocks your Cub Scout (one of my former Beaver ...
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FAQ and Netiquette guidelines
1 Jun 2009 19:10:10 GMT
CONTENTS:
1: Welcome
2: Official Charter
3: Netiquette
4: FAQ about URS
1: WELCOME
Welcome to uk.rec.scouting (URS), the newsgroup for discussion of all aspects
of UK Scouting and Guiding for boys, girls, Leaders, and anyone else with an
active interest in promoting the Sc ...
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NB Daniel & any others
Mon, 1 Jun 2009 02:24:12 -0700 (PDT)
CJB post is a troll. My advice is to stay clear ...
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Campsite near the Tissington Trail Derbyshire
Sun, 31 May 2009 10:12:26 -0700 (PDT)
Hello All
I'm looking for a Campsite near the Tissington Trail
Derbyshire. Does anyone know of anywhere?
Yis
Dave Waldron
Fiennes Unit
Sandwell ...
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DIY Garmin Data cable
Sun, 31 May 2009 12:11:12 GMT
I found this on the Bushcraft forum this morning:
http://www.jens-seiler.de/etrex/datacable.html
The design is a bit heath robinson but I cant see why it wouldn't work and
it would save a fortune.
The downsides are that it only works on RS-232, not USB unless you buy an
adaptor, and you still have to get s ...
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OT: Looking for a quiet campsite in the lake district (non Scouting)
Sun, 31 May 2009 05:10:06 +0100
Im looking for an out of the way public campsite in the lake district
that is
A: within reasonable walking distance of somewhere i can get a bus to
B: not likely to be full of screaming kids and families that think a
huge 63 berth marquee constitutes a tent
c: not likely to be booked months in advance...
if ...
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Time to go.
Fri, 29 May 2009 13:33:17 GMT
After carfeully considering the time I have available I have decided that
its time for me to go
back to being DESC again.
So I wanted to pick you brains.
(1) Does anybody here run an effective Distrcit Explorer Scout Forum? If
so what is teh format and what do yuo try to achieve with it?
(2) I am ...
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Grat big hairy festering .............. arghh!!!!!!
Fri, 29 May 2009 13:23:35 GMT
I just dropped a Coleman Powerhouse dual mantle lantern onto a concrete
floor.
Bits of glass everywhere, mantles blown away, but not a drop leaked which
was good.
Not so good was I noticed the replacement glass didn't fit quite right. I
swapped it with teh other one and it was fine, and then I noticed teh ...
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Anyone else experiencing the Bear Effect?
Fri, 29 May 2009 06:19:56 -0700 (PDT)
Since the announcement that Bear Grylls will be replacing Peter Duncan
as the new Chief Scout my District has had a flurry of enquiries from
adults and young people wanting to join Scouting. Two of the adults
are into outdoor sports and activities, and were directly responding
to Bear's call for more adult volunte ...
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One single and one double canoe mold.
Fri, 29 May 2009 11:02:29 +0100
A Scout Group in our District asked me if I knew any Group or anybody
who would be interested in a one single and one double canoe mold.
Both are suitable for touring.
They would need to be collected from the Group which is located near
Heathrow Airport by 4th June.
If you are interested then please send an e ...
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