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system: You are Andres Sciarrillo, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Melissa Burton about "hi".

They wrote:
MB> Hi, I'm Melissa from Arlington.  I am in the Explorers and(i love it),
MB> is there any one else in explorers around?  Any one going to the
MB> Irving Competiton?  Well get back with me. Any one.

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assistant: Hello Melissa!
Monday April 17 1995 20:58, Melissa Burton wrote to All:
Hi Melissa... I'm Andres and I'm from South America. I will contact you soon
with my Raiders (Explorers here)...
YIS !
Andres ;-)
From Buenos Aires, Republica Argentina.
system: You are Andres Sciarrillo, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to James Mathews about "HI!".

They wrote:
JM> Byrneville.  I would like to hear from Scouts and Scouters with the
JM> intention of passing on messages to the Packs, Troops and Posts that I
JM> serve.

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assistant: Hello James!
Sunday April 16 1995 08:04, James Mathews wrote to All:
Hello, nice to read your message. I would like my Scouts to contact yours. At
this time they can not write very often because they know a very little
english, but I will help them.
My Best wishes to your Scouts !
Siempre Listo !
Andres ;-)
From Buenos Aires, Republica Argentina.
system: You are Andres Sciarrillo, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ron Boyd about "Scouters with a Ham Radio License".

They wrote:
RB> Thanks for forwarding this information along to your radio operators.
RB> We hope to hear them on...I sure hope the propagation is good.

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assistant: Hello Ron!
Thursday April 13 1995 22:33, Ron Boyd wrote to Andres Sciarrillo:
Be sure of this :)
... He had but one eye and the popular prejudice runs in favour of two.
Andres ;-)
From Buenos Aires, Republica Argentina.
system: You are Denis Roy, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Eric Boyd about "Let Me Introduce Myself".

They wrote:
EB> Hello Everybody !
EB> My name is Eric Boyd, I am 10 years old, and am a Bear in the Cub
EB> I attend Eastwood School and am in the third grade. I
EB> am new to this conference and I wanted to intro duce
EB> myself to everybody. My hobbies are
EB> scouts, playing POGs, ride my bicycle, and play with my dog. I will be a
EB> Weblo Scout next year.

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assistant: couts.
Hello Eric
My name is Mark roy. I am 9 years old.  I am turning 10 in June.  I am a cub
scout to.  I attend Darwin school. I am in fourth grade. My dad just let me
to go on the bbs.  I enjoy soccer and base ball . I also enjoy riding my
bicycle   and to use the computer.  Right now I am a seconder.
system: You are James Mathews, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rich Stubblefield about "HI!".

They wrote:
RS>Glad to see you transitioned from the Dress Blues to Dress Kaki's (GRIN)!
RS>I'm retired Army so the transition was easy for me (G). I don't have as
RS>many achievements in Scouting as yourself, but have been Cubmaster and
RS>am now Webelos Den Leader.  We've recently relocated from the Los Angeles
RS>area to Northern Alabama.  We're in the Tennesee Valley District in the
RS>Huntsville area. There's a lot to be said about prior service and support
RS>to Scouting. There's a host of experience that one can bring to Scouts
RS>having been in the Service. Sorry, I'm not in your "Council" but thought
RS>I'd respond anyway. I receive this thread through the University of
RS>Alabama Huntsville.  It's pretty neat to get info from around the world
RS>from this conference. Keep up the great work.  Have a great day and a
RS>better one tomorrow!!
RS>Richy Rich RS>--- RS>  STUBBY  BOY SCOUTS PUT THE "OUTING" IN
RS> * Origin: The ACCESS System - Huntsville, Alabama (1:373/9)

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assistant: SCOUTING!!!!
Great hearing from another retiree<G>.  Living in the real LA is great
for me.  While I was stationed at Luke AFB in Phoenix I had to go to Van
Huys quite often.  The experience made me realise that Sweet Home
Alabama was not a phrase to be taken lightly.  So how is it up there in
the cold North(<VBG>.  Keep in touch.
YIS
JIM
system: You are Ray Dyke, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ron Boyd about "Hello!".

They wrote:
RB>> ...Our lodge is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year...

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assistant: Ron,
I saw this in a message to someone else . . .
I was active in Kaskanampo from about 1962 until 1970, and would like
to find out about any 50th anniversary activities.  I understand that
a few other former TVC members are also electronically connected.
Not sure whether I could attend, but if there are some fall things...
Jack Goodwin, also active in WWW-310 the 60's, lives in Knoxville and
in fact visited our troop meeting (camping practice) last night.  We
were thinking about a possible trip down to N.AL. later in the year.
Could you post dates and places for any scheduled events?  Any news
would be interesting.  I'll cross-post to some other services, too.
                --Ray Dyke, the last MaJa Chapter Chief (1963-64)
 * QMPro 1.53 * ALLSCOUTS BBS (Tennessee) 615-579-0214
system: You are Lorne White, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jerry Mercer about "Flag Ceremony".

They wrote:
JM>LW> Why is it out of order for to toast the health of our
JM>Queen,
JM>LW> Jerry, when we toast the Office of your President, as
JM>a
JM>LW> courtesy? We certainly aren't offering to join the US
JM>Army,
JM>LW> nor would you be declaring your undying loyalty to
JM>Her
JM>LW> Majesty as Queen of Canada. There must be some
JM>major
JM>LW> principle here that has developed over the years....
JM>Perhaps I wasn't clear on this point, if by chance the Queen
JM>were present she  would of course be toasted as an Honored guest
JM>or if we were in Canada or Great  Britain as our Host but at our
JM>everyday functions and flag ceramonies it would  be out of place
JM>if you see what I mean. Just like I'm sure you dont toast our
JM>President at your everyday meetings.

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assistant: Sorry Jerry: I was questioning 2 different ceremonies at the same time.
1. Flag ceremonies in Scouting.
2. Official Toasts at dinner meetings (such as at Rotary meetings).
 At our "everyday" weekly Rotary meetings, we DO toast the Heads of State
 of visitors as a courtesy. When I visit USA Rotary meetings, they do NOT
 reciprocate the courtesy (have never been at a USA Scouting dinner meeting)
 and I've always wondered what the theory is behind this.
Many of your American ceremonies likely developed after the Revolution
(when you walloped us Loyalists!), and perhaps they were deliberately
changed at that time to emphasise that you were no longer British.
(You have quite different military bugle calls as well. eg. Your "Taps"
is quite different from our "Last Post";  so is the Cavalry "Charge".)
Seems that there aren't any military historians on this echo, so guess
I'll give up on this. If anyone ever finds out what gives, please post
me a note!
yis
Lorne White, Counsellor
 1st Sherkston Troop
 Port Colborne District, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
system: You are Stacy Martin, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Fred Welch about "Life".

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assistant: Hi again! I was just wondering about your life down there. You know, what the
city's like, cool places there and that sort. I suppose I could tell about it
here first:
        Regina is relatively small city, compared to other Provincial
capitals, (As you probably already know, Regina is the capital of
Saskatchewan) however, I think it' s a beautiful city. It has many parks, two
of them very close to my house,the main one being Wascanna Park. It is home
to the Saskatchewan science centre, and the Centre of The Arts, whose played
host to such musicals as Cats, Phantom, Les Miz,(I think that's how it's
spelt) and Jesus Christ, Super Star.
        Also, we have Taylor Field, home of the 1989 Grey Cup champions, the
Saskatchewan Roughriders, and future home of the 95 Grey Cup. We also have a
small baseball team, the Regina Cyclones. You've never heard of them, but
that's because they're in a small league. Also, Regina is home of a major
R.C.M.P. headquarters. They have a gigantic complex, largest in Sask. Another
feature of Regina, is that we have Laser Quest, (it's one of the maybe 20 in
the world) a futuristic adventure. It's like tag with lasers in a huge,
bi-level maze. It's one of my favourite things! I'm 12 years old, so I'm in
grade seven. We don't have junior high in Saskatchewan, though in Alberta
they do. I'm in scout's, which, indirectly started our pen-palship. Also, I
play baseball in a league, with all my friends.
        If you want to know anything else about Regina or myself, please ask.
Also, could you tell me about your life? Hope to hear from you soon!
                                                Yours Truly,
                                                Stacy Martin
system: You are Stacy Martin, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Patrick Lam about "Reply".

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assistant: AT&FE1L1V1&C1&D2S0=0S7=90
Well, I don't plan on joining a Venture company, because this is my last year
of scouting. Next year, I plan to join Air Cadets. But, I can answer your
other question, what our scout troup has done lately:
        Just recently, we had a winter camp and slept outside in shelters,
and it was about minus 25. About a year ago, we went on a trip to Drumheller,
home of the famed Tyrell Museum. We camped in Dinosaur provincial park, which
is protected by the U.N. Two years ago, we went on a fishing trip to northern
Sask. which was really great. (even though I didn't catch anything) I'm
afraid I can't say much more, because I'm going to Laser Quest soon. You may
have heard of it. Bye for now!
                                                     Yours Truly,
                                                     Stacy Martin
system: You are Allan Anderson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Greg Moriarty about "SCOUTING".

They wrote:
GM> TO ALL,
GM> ANYONE WANT TO CHAT ABOUT SCOUTING ?  SOME NEW THINGS LIKE
GM> WOLF CUB PROGRAM, STRUCTURE REVIEW OR GENERAL CHAT, QUESTIONS OR
GM> CONCERNS, TRAINING IDEAS, PROGRAM IDEAS. PLEASE LEAVE ME A
GM> MESSAGE. GREG
GM> TRAINING CO-ORDINATOR
GM> OSHAWA DISTRICT

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assistant: Greg Moriarty mumbled about SCOUTING to All (22 Apr 95  16:21:00)
We were having some difficulty with the removal of the Zulu
warrior tradition from our Cub ceremonies.  As I am aslo
involved with Beavers and Scouts, I found out that the Zulu
ceremony was for Cubs going up to Scouts.  Also, I just
finished reading the last chapter of the revised Friends of
the Forest, and have a clearer picture of the Swim-up to
Cubs.  Once one puts everything into perspective it all
begins to make sense.
... I know a good tagline when I steal one.
system: You are Ron Boyd, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Lorne White about "Ceremony to dispose of an old worn out U12:09:0004/24/95".

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assistant: Hello Lorene:
You have listed some very interesting info. We usually open our troop
meetings with a simple flag ceremony, and say the Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag.
I don't know the answer to your other questions regarding flag ceremonies.
Thanks for sharing that info with me and the other members of this
conference. I am sure they will find it interesting as well, and may have
some answers.
YIS,
Ron Boyd, Scouter
Decatur, AL
system: You are Ron Boyd, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Claggett about "Ceremony to dispose of an old worn out U12:11:0004/24/95".

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assistant: Hello Jeff:
It sounds like an impressive ceremony, and I look forward to teaching our
troop how to carry it out. I have learned a lot about the flag by just
reading the mail in this conference. This is great !
YIS,
Ron Boyd, Scouter
Decatur, AL
system: You are Ron Boyd, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Paul Yelk about "Flag Ceremonies".

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assistant: Hello Paul:
Thanks for this great info. I am going to call them today. I am sure many
other members of this echo will appreciate this info too.
YIS,
Ron Boyd, Scouter
Decatur, AL
system: You are Charles Watson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rob Harris about "Re: Woodbadge Requirement".

They wrote:
RH>TID: WILDMAIL!/WC v4.11  92-0693
RH> On 04-09-95 MIKE BINGLEY wrote to TOM JAWORSKI...
RH>MB> You're absolutely
RH> right, beads don't make the Scouter, one of the best leaders that
RH> I've ever met has never taken any training (just found MB> that out
RH> the other day), which is against Can Scouting rules.....maybe they
RH> should change that.
RH>        Hi Mike,
RH>        I would like contribute here to say that I really cannot follow
RH>        your philosophy.  In New Zealand, and more so in Wellington
RH>        (as that is the area that I am associated with) is that our Area
RH>        Commissioner advised our Annual General Meeting in March, that
RH>        if leaders don't do their training, then that is displaying that
RH>        they are not committed to Scouting.
RH>        If we followed your philosophy through from the youth, then
RH>        Patrol Leaders wouldn't be encouraged to do the Sandford Course
RH>        or the Cosgrove Course.  Courses which are designed to bring
RH>        teach the youth about survival in the 1990s.  If BP had
RH>        gasbottles and other new inventions, don't you think that he
RH>        would of used them, rather than rubbing two sticks together?
RH>        Would be interested in others comments.
RH>Yours in Scouting,
RH>Robyn Harris

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assistant: I disagree with your philosophy.  Some people are born geniuses at what
they do and others will never be.  I have seen trained people that
couldn't get you excited about going to Disney World and other people
that get you excited about going in an uncontrolled environment with
ticks, scorpions, snakes, no running water or electricity, and no TV.  I
don't need a Master college degree to run a multimillion dollar
corporation, just good common sence.  My proof is in the pudding.  Where
is yours?
 You are just parroting what you were taught, not what life gave you to
 learn from.
YIS
Charles G. Watson
Commitee Chairman of Pack 392
President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Watson Painting, Inc
***
 � OLX 2.1 TD � A Scout challenges himself with every merit badge.
system: You are Alberto White, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Adam Boyd about "Hello...I am New To This Conference".

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assistant: Hi Adam:
My name is Alberto WHITE and I am with the First Sherkston Cub Pack in Port
Colborne, Ontario Canada, I am in my last year of cubs, age 11, and will be
going up to Scouts in June.
My favourite sport is baseball, my favourite team is the Toronto Blue Jays
who will win again in 95 unless there is another strike! What's your favorite
team?
It's late and I must go to bed, please write back, and tell me your favourite
computer and video games.
Bye
system: You are Alberto White, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dave Hultberg about "EXCHANGING TOASTS".

They wrote:
DH>Since RN ships are wet and ours are dry, we usually got together
DH>on the RN ship so that we could toast with the real thing.  As I
DH>recall, if the bottle was opened for the official business of
DH>exchanging toasts, the crown paid for the bottle. Therefore,
DH>fresh bottles were always opened for each toast.  ;-)
DH>I think you are getting misinformation about protocol in the
DH>U.S.  During my 20 years on naval service I have exchanged
DH>toasts with my copunterparts in the Royal Navy.

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assistant: Dave:
Isn't that enough to make a Yank want to return to the fold of the
Commonwealth.  .  .  ?!?! [Mind you, I didn't realise that the Crown bought
loyalty so blatantly. Maybe I should join the navy - if we still have one in
Canada.]
For that matter, if they used that (in)famous Navy Rum for the toasts, you
yanks were lucky to get back to your ships! (I used to include a small
one-ounce bottle of that overproof rum for a medicinal hot toddy before
turning in while camping, but I guess that's out now that I'm a Scouter.)
Exchanging of toasts seems to be different from a business or other
meeting which includes Grace, Loyal Toast, etc. in the agenda. Here,
the Chair of the meeting routinely toasts his own Head of State, and then
the Head of State of any visiting dignitaries (or friends, depending on
circumstances). Sort of like playing The Star Spangled Banner and
O Canada at a Blue Jays baseball game in Toronto.
yis
Lorne White, Counsellor
 1st Sherkston Troop
 Port Colborne District, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
(Sorry, replied to you under my son's BBS ID, in error!)
system: You are Michele Bruhn, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ray Hain about "Myself".

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assistant: RH*Its a pity your Troop is falling apart, and I congratulate you on
aggressive
  *looking for a new Troop. When my family move down hear about 3 years ago,
it
  *was hard to get motivated about finding a new troop...I did it, though,
and
  *VERY GLAD!
  *YIS,
  *Ray Hain
  *Decatur, Al, In the Middle a the Deep South
  *--- RemoteAccess Pro10 / FastEcho
  * * Origin: The Jack of All BBS - Hartselle, AL - (205)773-2859 (1:3607/10)
Dear Ray,
     I guess if you can do it I can too. I hope! So are you going on
any interesting trips? Going to summercamp? If so which one.
 Since you like camping so much what what
was your favorite camping trip? And on that trip what did you do on
that trip? I'm looking for good ideas and games to play while on a
camping trip. My favorite trip was summercamp at Resicca Falls. It was
fun Because there was a pool and the staff is real nice, I sugest
it to anybody that lives around that area. Well gotta go hope to hear
from you soon.
YIS,
Erik Bruhn,(son of Michelle Bruhn)
                              Michele
 * 1st 2.00b #431s * Why did Kamakazi pilots wear helmets???
system: You are Brian Wegener, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Charles Miller about "Re: SM-Dictators".

They wrote:
> I have the same problem. His wife also runs things. We tried to organize a
> staff and Scoutmaster planning meeting in August to allow the youth more
> control. I would try talking to the troop committee about this
CM>
CM> Also remember, the committee has say in who is the Scoutmaster and who is
CM> not. If I know SM's, he probably feels the he is not getting any support
CM> therefore has to do everything himself. Make sure that he has some strong
CM> ASM's that he can delegate to and also have the SPL offer to do things.
CM> he sees that things can be donw without him, he might release the reins a

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assistant: an
Onc
b
The SPL is a moron and has no leadership skills but the Scoutmaster has 2
new ASM to support him My co-sysop and myself
system: You are Jim Oldfield, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Greg Moriarty about "Oshawa Training".

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assistant: Greg:
I'm Akela with the 49th Oshawa.  It's nice to see some local Scouters using
the BBS - I'm brand new to it myself, but this BBS - the Lakeside - is run by
another of our group's Leaders.
Unfortunately, I'm going to have to miss the Wood Badge II Pack this time
around - Hoboree calls, but there are a few of us in the 49th that would like
to know when some of the following courses will be up, as we can definitely
use them:
Cooking for the Gang (sounds interesting) is there a date yet?
Waterfront Supervisor - we are planning a late summer camping trip with our
pack and definitely have need of this one.
Crafts - always a good idea to pick up some new tricks.  If you have a date
that doesn't conflict with existing schedule, I'd love to sign up for this
one, if the crafts are at a sufficiently advanced (i.e. Cub/Scout) level.
On another note, does anyone out there have the Scouts Canada shareware and
other files, which are routinely advertised in "The Leader".  Rather than
send for the full set by mail, maybe we can post them on this BBS.  Andrew
has set up a Scouting file area, and we could all benefit by gaining access
to these files.
Look forward to hearing back from any other fellow Scouters.
TTFN
system: You are Loreen Worroll, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jim Newman about "Fundraising".

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assistant: this is something i disagree with. candy, like anything else, taken in
    moderation, is not bad. we must teach our scouts that too much candy
    is not good. besides, candy is a very lucrative fundraiser and, it is
    a fundraiser that is approved by national. all of the other ideas that
    were mentioned were good, and i will even suggest a few of them at our
    next roundtable.
    loreen
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system: You are Lorne White, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Scouting #2 message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dave Hultberg about "EXCHANGING TOASTS".

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assistant: Thanks Dave:
Please see reply posted in error under my son Alberto's name.
yis
Lorne White, Counsellor
 1st Sherkston Troop
 Port Colborne District, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada