Boy Scouts

[senor_k]

Anyone else in Boy Scouts? It rocks hard. And when I say it rocks hard, I mean it REALLY rocks hard. I mean, there's camping trips, scout camp, monthly outing to places such as the bowling alley and mini-golf and the bomb squad at the airport. Totally sweet.

[laxtime24]

are you trying to get people to join?

[layingthelumber]

IT ROCKS!! im an eagle and can i just say it helps so much with colleges caus one that i would never get into i did!! and you go rock climbing, camping, backpacking, hiking, sailing, i mean you can do so much crap it awsome!!

[senor_k]

I'm not trying to get people to join. I just want to know who else is a Scout. I'm a star scout by the way, and I'm not going to make Eagle.

[bigDman]

im a boy scout.. it rocks reall hard.. were going to iceland this some ahhh we get to go CLUBIN... hehehehe o well im almost an Eagle(life) so its all good

[memphislax]

ha.........boy scouts........................ha ha

[laxgirl45]

I was in girl guides when I was younger...except I hated it. haha

[OutBurst]

I used to be a cub scout a while ago. My father was the cubmaster to boot.

[H-townlaxer]

it was fun for a year, then i hated it but wanted to get egeal. donw with my eggale boredof review, and wait for my court of honer. then its off to philmont and im done

[SullyLax]

Apparently they don't focus on spelling or grammar in the boy scouts anymore.

[faceitoff]

I respect all Eagle scouts. That $#!t is difficult.
And why don't you guys have cookies?

[bigDman]

cause we have popcorn

[faceitoff]

I'm sorry, but cookies kick popcorn's ***.

[stxbionic42]

lol i want to become one... it looks extrremely fun is 13 to old to start?

[lilaxgurl23]

Iwas a girl scout, then I got kicked out, or atleast nto accepted in my, what were they called, carp I forget o well the little group thingy I was in. Apparently it's not nice to hang your leaders underwear in the bathroom or what ever you call the little things when you go camping.

[faceitoff]

Iwas a girl scout, then I got kicked out, or atleast nto accepted in my, what were they called, carp I forget o well the little group thingy I was in. Apparently it's not nice to hang your leaders underwear in the bathroom or what ever you call the little things when you go camping.

You're a girl, right? And you don't know what your underwear is called? Right?

If you don't know what they're called, I can tell you. They're called panties. Or lingerie.

EDIT: Maybe the "little things" you were thinking of are thongs.

[lilaxgurl23]

haha nooo, I got it now I was thinking of the porter potties lol. The little thingys was refering to the bathroom.

[faceitoff]

Ohhh. Phyew.

[senor_k]

You mean a kybo? That's what we call them. The ones with the huge pit and the pipe sticking out so the smell doesn't come out of the seat.

[Jjaylax09]

im an eagle scout... do we have any OA members present besides me... if so post up ur lodge...Aina Topa Hutsi Lodge 60 Representin

[AXL]

For whom are you a scout? What is it you are looking for?

[memphislax]

boy scouts must be a northern thing, cuz no one that I know is a boy scout. Boy scouts are for like little kids in Mississippi. No offense or anything. I have never experienced boy scouts so I wouldnt know how it is.

[TheKOB]

boy scouts must be a northern thing, cuz no one that I know is a boy scout. Boy scouts are for like little kids in Mississippi. No offense or anything. I have never experienced boy scouts so I wouldnt know how it is.

It's definitely here in SC....my two brothers and I are all Eagle Scouts...

[H-townlaxer]

OA REPRESENT um the lodge is colony lodge or sumtin biggest in texas

[mdawg12087]

packahoug lodge

[nicodemus]

hey im a boyscout
i just rejoined but im too lazy to do they rankings. So im like one of the oldest kids there and i dont even have a rank

[LAX4LIFE003]

hey im a proud member and soon to be eagle. also troop OA rep and SPL

[Canadian Lax]

i used to be in the army cadets. So much fun/cool stuff for free. Liek ropes courses, camping,learn how to find you way around the woods. Sounds like no fun but really it is. You learn so much its a great thing to get into i would still be in it but i just had no time b/c of sports.

[ColtsLax]

i was got my first class badge, but there were a lot of politics in my troop, so i quit. But im going to become and explorer soon, once im 18

i still know the oath, and that was almost 7 years ago

[whslax1990]

It's alright i guess, gets extremely corney though. My post eagle proect is in review and this summer were going to philmont, after that I AM OUT.

[LaXiN22]

I thought scouts was HORRIBLY lame, I stayed in it til boy scouts. My dad was an eagle scout. It looks good for college if you are an eagle scout.

[mullengoal141]

I'm reppin, I'm in the midle of my eagle project, and its pretty crazy the things we do in scouts... but I wouldn't have missed any of this for the world

[JedimasterKyle]

I got my Eagle a year ago, and have been in OA for 2 years. Tahosa Lodge.

[raykessler]

im a boy scout, almost an egeal scout, probably gonna be elected into OA, anyone going to the klondike derby in md??

my troop is pretty crazy, we own our own camping site out in senenca, and construct molitove coctails, and play kick the flaming can

[zak]

Why is an eagle scout so good for colleges? It doesnt sound like much of an accomplishment. All you guys do is play games, go camping, light stuff on fire, and build mini cars. Is there something major i'm missing?

[whslax1990]

Why is an eagle scout so good for colleges? It doesnt sound like much of an accomplishment. All you guys do is play games, go camping, light stuff on fire, and build mini cars. Is there something major i'm missing?

Get your facts right. In now way do we build mini cars. Its taken 5 years of work to get my eagle. Also having the leadership experience helps alot. Colleges and employers look for people who are determined. Do you think I would have stayed in this corney a$$ program if I was'nt? 1 more thing, Having kids your age in really helps, Nobody in our troop is the acne infested nerds you see in the scouting commercials. And camping, ooohhhh yea 3 words "Beer-In-Camp!"

P.S. I'm so good with fire, I could light up water.

[raykessler]

Why is an eagle scout so good for colleges? It doesnt sound like much of an accomplishment. All you guys do is play games, go camping, light stuff on fire, and build mini cars. Is there something major i'm missing?


it takes an amazing amount of work, leadership, and dedication to become eagel, it is by no means an easy thing to do

[whslax1990]

^ Thanks, needed someone else to back my opinion

[ekajsk8er]

I tried boyscouts for a year in 5th grade maybe? Except it was the crappy kind of boyscouts where we didn't do anything with the outdoors like I expected, and we talked about moral decisions all day. I hated that, so I decided I can learn stuff from my Dad who has more experience in the woods than all the scout masters had. Too bad I don't get a scholarship for that.

[raykessler]

I tried boyscouts for a year in 5th grade maybe? Except it was the crappy kind of boyscouts where we didn't do anything with the outdoors like I expected, and we talked about moral decisions all day. I hated that, so I decided I can learn stuff from my Dad who has more experience in the woods than all the scout masters had. Too bad I don't get a scholarship for that.


the reason scouts focuses on morals at all is because it also happens to be the offical youth group of the chruch of latter day saints better known as the mormons, if the boyscouts didn't support their moral ideology they would lose a VERY large part of their membership, and that translates to a lot of money thats also why the connotation of boyscouts is with like a loser covered in acne :banghead:

the best example i can think if is the family life merit badge (made me want to puke) besides being the most politically correct thing ever (you had your asians your whites your negros) claimed that like 80% of kids that had premerital sex regretted it, claimed that merijuana is horrible, and that drinking underage will like kill you....

[shooter]

Boy scouts are mormons?

Is that just in the US or is it everywhere?

[raykessler]

no boy scouts of america arnt mormons, the mormons just use the boy scouts as their youth group, so the mormons provide a very large portion of their membership, so its in their best finsntial intrest to agree with mormon ideology

[whslax1990]

You guys want to stop turning a program with good intentions into political bullsh**

[whslax1990]

Thank you, Now back on topic. How many of you guys have been to one or more of the three high adventure's?

We went to seabase last year but got hurricaned out within two days. Going to Philmont this summer.

[scruffy221]

I'm a star scout (almost LIFE) in ALexandria. And a Brotherhood OA member in the, i dont remember the lodge. But i just went to Seabase this summer on the Out-Island adventure and hasd the time of my life... i;m also going to Opik in minnesota in Feb. then all i have to do is Philmont and i HAve the Trple Crown of High Adventure camping.

[laxattack8888]

Yeah guys, I'm a Life Scout, only Family Life and Personal Fitness, not to mention my project, and I am an Eagle. I'm in O.A., Tonkawa Lodge all the way.

[bee_laxer5]

i'm an eagle scout, yeah scouts is fun but i was glad to get the merit badges are down

[raykessler]

Yeah guys, I'm a Life Scout, only Family Life and Personal Fitness, not to mention my project, and I am an Eagle. I'm in O.A., Tonkawa Lodge all the way.


im life too, personal fitness is easy, espically considering that you should be in shape cause of lax, but family life is the most boring thing youl do in your entire life, i just finished and lets just say i got REALLY good at cell phone tetris :thumbsup:

[Dan1212]

yeah i was in it untill i was 13, i got my chief shout of canada which is the highest scouting award in canda i think its similar to the eagle scout. Then i quit, i dunno why i miss it alot and wish i could go back. ahha we used to wreck the competion camps (ccamps where u go back into the woods and complete tasks that earn you points and if u get the most you win) one year we blew everyone away (over 100 groups of 4 participating) it was an amasing time and noone make fun of it untill uve tried it.

[zak]

Get your facts right. In now way do we build mini cars. Its taken 5 years of work to get my eagle. Also having the leadership experience helps alot. Colleges and employers look for people who are determined. Do you think I would have stayed in this corney a$$ program if I was'nt? 1 more thing, Having kids your age in really helps, Nobody in our troop is the acne infested nerds you see in the scouting commercials. And camping, ooohhhh yea 3 words "Beer-In-Camp!"

P.S. I'm so good with fire, I could light up water.
What are you dedicated to though? All ive heard is games, camping, and under age drinking. I thought you guy build those little car things? Pine Derby or something?

it is by no means an easy thing to do
What hard stuff do you do? Is it really that hard to learn how to canoe, go camping, learn how to start fires etc? I mean I do all that stuff, and I dont get into college for it. My friends in boy scouts go to the Seabase thing and go sailing and swimming for a week, how is that hard?

[GarysGod]

i tryed to preserve my dignity by not joining the boy scouts

[whslax1990]

What are you dedicated to though? All ive heard is games, camping, and under age drinking. I thought you guy build those little car things? Pine Derby or something?


What hard stuff do you do? Is it really that hard to learn how to canoe, go camping, learn how to start fires etc? I mean I do all that stuff, and I dont get into college for it. My friends in boy scouts go to the Seabase thing and go sailing and swimming for a week, how is that hard?

First off pine derby was a cub scout thing. I really think your getting the two confused.

You see when you go out on a backpacking trip and spend a week basically getting fit and screwing around you start to think "How bad would this sucked if I was a terrorist, Doing this all the time?" My point is it teaches values.

Third, Seabase was fun as hell (the short time i was there) We really werent doing anything scoutish and it was a nice excuse to chill in the keys. I didnt do the sailing part by the way cause we chose to goto the deserted island option. Your right, It wasnt hard at all. But hey, who cares, what in flordia is hard?

It's kindof hard to explain why we are dedicated. If you dont get "5 years of work" Then I seriously doubt youll ever understand. All the activities you see (cope course, rappeling, mountianering, canoeing, ect) while fun, still has a message behind it, learning to manage and deal with other people. Which is crucial in any college/job enviroment.

[whslax1990]

i tryed to preserve my dignity by not joining the boy scouts

Fine by me, Just be nice and slow down when you pass us picking up garbage on the side of the road, Or maybe fixing up a park for a better community. Just dont trash it.

[montebon]

I'm a life scout and my parents won't let me get my lisence till im Eagle =( but it will pay off in the long run when imm making more money ou of college than my colleages and had scholarships to go to college.

[laxmann1993]

I spent about 2 years trying to get from scout to tenderfoot, then I quit.

[whslax1990]

I'm a life scout and my parents won't let me get my lisence till im Eagle =( but it will pay off in the long run when imm making more money ou of college than my colleages and had scholarships to go to college.

Yea same here.

[SachemsGoalie40]

I was a boy scout but stopped because i wanted to go play sports instead, but I thought camping and all that stuff was real fun but never had the time for it, my brother is an eagle scout

[whslax1990]

Yea i dont have time for it either. But somehow i make most every outing and meeting. (with lacrose) See, theyre kindof lenient with attendance If you have a good excuse. With lacrosse I miss about 4 months of scouts. It's nice having a break though. Deffinatly worth a letter.

[MichiganDefense]

Star.......OA......Ottawa Lodge

[MichiganDefense]

Im Star, and in the OA. Ottawa Lodge

[lax_agent003]

im workin on my eagle packet right now, this sh*t is hard....... any eagles got anytips?

much appreciated

[fossil8412]

im workin on my eagle packet right now, this sh*t is hard....... any eagles got anytips?

much appreciated

Yea I have some tips. Make SURE that what you send off is final, and stellar, because the process takes forever. Addittionally, try to get it knocked out before high-school. I've done both of these things, and now scouts is behind me and I have an awesome thing to put on my transcript (not to sound totally vain, but it is outgrown)...

[manup5183]

why do boy scouts when you can do all of that with your friends, then you wont have to were lame uniforms, be watched by lame "masters", and have to get lame merrit badges!!!!!!!! BIELIVE ME

[RichWutLax]

i was in brownies when i was like 6 ... all i remember is learning how to braid , the quote sharing caring and something or other and dancing around a little mushroom

[dragonlax]

proud eagle scout and sorta proud OA member my lodge doesnt do anything fun though.

[wolfie8914]

Eagle Scouts are tight I guess. It looks good for college at least. But the whole no gays in boy scouts is a tad rediculous.

[TheKOB]

Eagle Scouts are tight I guess. It looks good for college at least. But the whole no gays in boy scouts is a tad rediculous.

We also don't allow atheists. It must be a conspiricy.... :devil:

[wolfie8914]

Why must you feel to have the duty to represent and defend anything that has the "republican," "christian," or "conservative" label to it?

And by "we" are you insinuating that you, yourself, are in the boyscouts?

[dillz18]

I was in boy scouts but I quit because our group was REALLY unorganized. And our crew leader guy was retarded and his son had all these mental problems that I'd get blamed for because I stated my opinions on things

[canadians_eh]

Yah well the only thing i have to say is



WHY?

[raykessler]

Yah well the only thing i have to say is



WHY?


why what??

[FitchLaX24]

I scout girls....does that count?

[HdGLaxWarrior]

I was until like 3rd grade, that's when I realized you have to be a BOY scout to go camping. I was pissed.

[CtLax]

SOOOOOOOOOO STUPID BOY SCOUTS IS FOR 8 YEAR OLDS

[ColtsLax]

the best merit badges were the survival ones, i loved that crap. Ive been to TMR, Okinikan(sp), Philmont, and Camp Kittatiny. Never did Seabase before i got out, kinda pissed about that one.,

[canadians_eh]

why what??

Why would you become a boy scout its ok until your 8 or so then i think its time to move on to something not so stupid.

[dragonlax]

Why would you become a boy scout its ok until your 8 or so then i think its time to move on to something not so stupid.

your in cub scouts when your 8. get your facts rights. but i do see your point i wasnt the most commited scout i just did what it took to get a step up on other guys in college apps.

[laxman37]

I'm second class, soon to be first. Before you say I'm lazy and all, I'm 12.
It's pretty fun, playing with fire and all... :devil: being eagle also looks really good on an application. My dad is eagle, my brother is working on his project, and I hope to be some day. My brother went to philmont and really enjoyed it, although he had an in-grown toenail for most of it. Ouch.

[laxdefenseboy]

im in boy scout troop 580. im second class and im going to onteora.

[i live 4 lax]

whats so hard about getting eagle scout? i know nothing of boy scouts...

[goalie1215]

I'm a star scout (almost LIFE) in ALexandria. And a Brotherhood OA member in the, i dont remember the lodge. But i just went to Seabase this summer on the Out-Island adventure and hasd the time of my life... i;m also going to Opik in minnesota in Feb. then all i have to do is Philmont and i HAve the Trple Crown of High Adventure camping.


i have done all that this kid has and i have my life (lol). but i havent been as active as him latly and he will most likely catch up soon.

anyone who says boyscouts is easy can kiss my ....rearend.

also i am a boyscout and a mormon but i cant say i enjoy either one. at least boyscouts has a practical use (collage app. job app.)

[lax4life6]

i finished cub scouts cuz my mom made me but i never did boy scouts. because around here it IS the nerds you would think of. the high point of cub scouts was the camping trip. that was sick but everything else wasnt that good

[Laxguy93]

i think scout is SOOOO awesome. a group from our troop went to england for like 3 weeks. they did some stuff and the last day got to go skiing on the first artificial slope in the world. every year we got skiing/snowboarding for one full weekend. then we get to go one a trip and just chill and eat food. we get one weekend when all we do is chill and make fires and light stuff on fire and the best part NO ADULTS and the #1 awesome part girls scouts

100th post!

[chslax24]

I went to some sort of camp it when I was like 5 or 6, it was pretty fun except for the whole living in the outdoors stuff ~ bugs and camping and etc.