cause they cant be "BOY" scouts :( btw, i was a boy scout... got to "life scout"
after that, i just couldnt deal with the crap any longer ... over zealous older scouts, weird scoutmasters, yechhh On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:08:48 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Ken, > > First congrats on the kid. > > Also why can't the girls be into pinewood racing? > > larry > > > On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:56:04 -0800, Ken Ketsdever > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I spent the better part of 20 years in Scouting both as a Scout and a > > Scoutmaster and always looked forward to spending time with my son in > > scouting. > > > > I have a four year old daughter and my wife is currently 20 weeks along > > with our second (and last child). Yesterday we had an ultrasound and IT'S A > > GIRL! I always said it didn't matter and would be happy to have a healthy > > baby boy or girl. > > > > However, reading the pinewood derby thread really drove home that I will > > not being doing those things with a son that I have so looked forward to > > most of my life. And it has hit a little harder than I thought. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 7:44 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Pinewood Derby > > > > My dad helped me with my first Pinewood car, and although he is not an > > engineer, we still had a kickass car that killed everyone. We hollowed out > > the front of the car and melted a bunch of lead into it. As a 8 or 10 year > > old, I thought that was so damn clever. I still have the car around > > somewhere.... > > > > At 10:37 AM 3/18/2005, you wrote: > > >My first Pinewood Derby, my dad helped me. My car sucked. My second > > >Pinewood Derby, I wouldn't let him help, and I won the local > > >competition. At the regional comp, I came in second to the guy who came > > >in second to me locally. > > > > > >I'm glad your car did so well. I just find it amusing that dads can be > > >so different when it comes to engineering. :-) > > > > > >--Ben > > > > > >John Stanley wrote: > > > > My sons pinewood derby was last night. It was our first derby, so I did > > > > 99% > > > > of the work on the car because he's only six and you know how that goes. > > > > There were 23 cars in the race and we almost won the whole thing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150876 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
