Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-19 Thread Dana
yes and the far right is getting very good at it Dana On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:22:55 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its something I've knicknamed colonizing the future. Its when any > particular point of view, religious or otherwise, tries to gain > control of things like the b

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Larry C. Lyons
:12 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Pinewood Derby > > > -Original Message- > > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 1:53 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Pinewood Derby > > > > >>

RE: Girlscout Cookies (was: RE: Pinewood Derby)

2005-03-18 Thread Erika L Walker-Arnold
Ebay is a popular spot for girlsscout cookie sales. If anyone needs to move cookies they can't sell. Cheers, Erika -- ##| -Original Message- ##| From: C. Hatton Humphrey ##| ##| (*looks at the remainder of the 15 boxes he bought and sighs

RE: Scouting [WAS Re: Pinewood Derby]

2005-03-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
Subject: Re: Scouting [WAS Re: Pinewood Derby] Yea, doesn't it suck when you can't do that stuff anymore? I remember doing a similar deal with a chick friend of mine - vodka and OJ was our drink of choice. It was funny to see - we were in our psych class with 300 other people, yet

Re: Girlscout Cookies (was: RE: Pinewood Derby)

2005-03-18 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
Ken Ketsdever wrote: > Lunch break! > > Lemon Coolers and Mountain Dew. (*looks at the remainder of the 15 boxes he bought and sighs*) Some move faster than others. Hatton ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's

RE: Girlscout Cookies (was: RE: Pinewood Derby)

2005-03-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
(was: RE: Pinewood Derby) LOL! On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:23:26 -0800, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good Salesmanship! > -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unaccept

Re: Scouting [WAS Re: Pinewood Derby]

2005-03-18 Thread Ray Champagne
Yea, doesn't it suck when you can't do that stuff anymore? I remember doing a similar deal with a chick friend of mine - vodka and OJ was our drink of choice. It was funny to see - we were in our psych class with 300 other people, yet the seats next to us were the last ones to be taken. We j

Re: Girlscout Cookies (was: RE: Pinewood Derby)

2005-03-18 Thread William Bowen
LOL! On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:23:26 -0800, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good Salesmanship! > -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~| Fi

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread John Stanley
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 2:12 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Pinewood Derby > I know exactly what you mean. They were discussing the cub scout motto and > talking about obeying "gods laws", I had to struggle to keep my mouth shut. I couldn't and that'

Re: Scouting [WAS Re: Pinewood Derby]

2005-03-18 Thread Gruss Gott
> Ray wrote: > LOL...that's a cool story! Although, I would question whether or not he > was really a scout at all. :) Geez, knife safety is one of the first > things that gets drilled into your brain. > He was! He had all of the pins and badges and stuff prominently displayed in his room and

RE: Girlscout Cookies (was: RE: Pinewood Derby)

2005-03-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
Good Salesmanship! -Original Message- From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 11:21 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Girlscout Cookies (was: RE: Pinewood Derby) > Girl Scout Cookie sales is my favorite time of year. Spoken like a man that has

Re: Girlscout Cookies (was: RE: Pinewood Derby)

2005-03-18 Thread William Bowen
> Girl Scout Cookie sales is my favorite time of year. Spoken like a man that hasn't been to a cookie round-up yet! ;-) > Then I buy the ones they say are the best. careful what you wish for with regards to the recommendations of the girls. Business is business and cookies are _serious_ business

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
ity Subject: RE: Pinewood Derby > -Original Message- > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 1:53 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Pinewood Derby > > >>I earned my eagle scout badge and looked forward to rejoining scouting

RE: Girlscout Cookies (was: RE: Pinewood Derby)

2005-03-18 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Ken Ketsdever [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 2:02 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Girlscout Cookies (was: RE: Pinewood Derby) > > Girl Scout Cookie sales is my favorite time of year. > > Then I buy the on

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread William Bowen
> I know exactly what you mean. They were discussing the cub scout motto and > talking about obeying "gods laws", I had to struggle to keep my mouth shut. I couldn't and that's why we decided to leave. They were fine with agnostics and whatnot, as long as you never said anything about it to anyone

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
>>Your girls can really benefit from a strong Girl Scout experience. Just don't let them get caught up in that "girls can't..." cycle that a lot of troops have. I'm pretty easy going with her and as supportive as can be. I let her try most anything she wants even if it is something I know won't

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 1:53 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Pinewood Derby > > >>I earned my eagle scout badge and looked forward to rejoining scouting > >>when my son g

Re: Girlscout Cookies (was: RE: Pinewood Derby)

2005-03-18 Thread Ben Doom
Fabulous! --Ben Ken Ketsdever wrote: > Girl Scout Cookie sales is my favorite time of year. > > I won't buy from an adult. But I won't turn a kid down. I give them a little > bit of a hard time, ask them why I should buy cookies? How does buying > cookies help the Girls? etc.. I want them t

Girlscout Cookies (was: RE: Pinewood Derby)

2005-03-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
Girl Scout Cookie sales is my favorite time of year. I won't buy from an adult. But I won't turn a kid down. I give them a little bit of a hard time, ask them why I should buy cookies? How does buying cookies help the Girls? etc.. I want them to really realize how it helps and how they are h

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread John Stanley
bout obeying "gods laws", I had to struggle to keep my mouth shut. -Original Message- From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 1:49 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Pinewood Derby > I spent the better part of 20 years in Scouting both a

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ben Doom
> My wife runs a Girl Scout troop (my 7 year old is a member), they have > nicknamed themselves "Girl Scouts Gone Bad." The girls run the > meetings (7-9 year olds), and each has a voice and a responsibility > for each meeting. It's great! Wow. Great example of how it should be. > And yes, _you_

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread William Bowen
> 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 earned my eagle scout badge and looked forward to rejoining scouting when my son got to the right age, but it was just too much of a relig

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ben Doom
Dang it, dropped a pagagraph. To actaully answer your question, any leader should be able to put you in contact with their Membership Specialist, who can get you registered. --Ben Ray Champagne wrote: > How does one get to be a registered adult? I didn't even know I had to > register! :) No

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ben Doom
Ray Champagne wrote: > How does one get to be a registered adult? I didn't even know I had to > register! :) No wonder my benefits package never came when I turned 18 Any adult who volunteers with GS can (and really should) be registered as an adult. I used to teach computers, physics, o

RE: Scouting [WAS Re: Pinewood Derby]

2005-03-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 8:58 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Scouting [WAS Re: Pinewood Derby] LOL...that's a cool story! Although, I would question whether or not he was really a scout at all. :) Geez, knife safety is one of the first things that ge

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ray Champagne
How does one get to be a registered adult? I didn't even know I had to register! :) No wonder my benefits package never came when I turned 18 At 12:16 PM 3/18/2005, you wrote: >IMHO, the Girl Scouts have been doing a very good job of keeping up. In >addition to the more traditional cookin

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ben Doom
IMHO, the Girl Scouts have been doing a very good job of keeping up. In addition to the more traditional cooking, camping, sewing, etc. stuff, they have physics, computers (constantly outdated, but what can you do?), and other "modern" stuff. They also do a lot of intercultural activities. O

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ray Champagne
I have never heard of it until I read about it on that site I posted. Sounds like the direction that Boy Scouts should be taking, though. Keep some of the core concepts and update the program about 50 years or so. I think that one of the reasons that attendance is down in BSA is b/c of the "

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Jerry Johnson
I left boy scouts for explorers just because they had girls. really cute girls. But those girls were boy scouts if you know what I mean. Girl scouts were much nicer. Jerry Johnson Web Developer Dolan Media Company >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/18/05 12:00PM >>> For "co-ed" scouting, there are the Ex

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Raymond Camden
For "co-ed" scouting, there are the Explorers. I was in that in high school. It is more like a relaxed version of the Boy Scouts. No uniforms, but simular type activities - camping, CPR stuff, etc. They also had Explorer groups that were specific to a career. Was anyone else in that? To be honest,

Scouting [WAS Re: Pinewood Derby]

2005-03-18 Thread Ray Champagne
LOL...that's a cool story! Although, I would question whether or not he was really a scout at all. :) Geez, knife safety is one of the first things that gets drilled into your brain. Speaking of that, I remember getting my first official Boy Scout pocket knife very vividly. It really felt li

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ray Champagne
b Programmer >BloodSource >www.BloodSource.org >Sacramento, CA > >"C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" >- Cynthia Dunning > >-Original Message- >From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 8:21 AM >

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Gruss Gott
> Ray wrote: > I made it to Eagle scout - it was a lot of work, and I really don't see > what achieving it really ever got me in life. I went to college with an Eagle Scout and he was always talking up his survival abilities. Well, during one break I agreed to go to his hometown where he was go

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Larry C. Lyons
. So I am very proud of them and the fact that I may have played a little > part in shaping their lives. > > -Original Message- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 8:09 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Pinewood Derby > &g

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
ssage- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 8:24 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Pinewood Derby I think that there was some kind of silly lawsuit regarding sex discrimination a few years ago, and I think that girls have to be allowed now. Not 100% sure thoug

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
ible and respectable men. So I am very proud of them and the fact that I may have played a little part in shaping their lives. -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 8:09 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Pinewood Derby Hey Ken, F

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ian Skinner
that time. -- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning -Original Message- From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 8:21 AM ..

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ian Skinner
It CERTAINLY doesn't help you get the chicks! LOL Ray Maybe it would these days with the co-ed scouting! -- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ray Champagne
e 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-

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Tony Weeg
ed 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: Pine

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Larry C. Lyons
essage- > 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 ever

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ray Champagne
;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

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Gruss Gott
> John 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. That's like science fairs - I saw an exhibit where supposedly the kid built a working replica of a nuclear power plant complete wit

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Deanna Schneider
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 da

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
tle 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 t

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ray Champagne
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 som

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Ben Doom
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 c

RE: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread John Stanley
Probably not. I think the once yearly thing will be enough for us. -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 8:56 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Pinewood Derby Good for the both of you. Now do the both of you want to get into that

Re: Pinewood Derby

2005-03-18 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Good for the both of you. Now do the both of you want to get into that sort of racing on a serious basis? larry On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:38:04 -0500, John Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My sons pinewood derby was last night. It was our first derby, so I did 99% > of the work on the car becau