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Welcome to the new visitors. I’ve gained more good, useful information here than anywhere since the inception of the WWW. If you’re...

Congratulations to Glenn, Alan and all the previous folks who have kept this operation going. It's the one forum I check every day I'm...

After two years of membership here in the forum, I can only report really good things. There is such a wide range of information that it...

Word. And I'll echo eckilson.

Great news, Thanks Glenn (and Alan Gage for stepping up), that’s great news for the site. Moving the site to the new platform has really...

Thanks to Glenn, and all the administrators who have kept this place going over the years. It is one of a kind and a great community...

The site hit 3000 members yesterday. It took 11 years to attract the first 1500 members and 2.75 years for the next 1500. The rapid...

". . . Bill Mason’s legacy is no doubt boosting the sales of Prospector canoes to this day. But for the most part, these old-schoolers’...

Most of the kids I knew that were in the Cub Scouts never made it to Boy Scouts. One of the most valuable lessons I learned was how to...

I went to one meeting.

Are you guys physically holding Arthur still for the photo? A lot of hands on that kid. Alan

I was a Cub Scout and then a Boy Scout in Troop 2, Staten Island, New York. Scouts is where I first went camping, but we did no...

I think it's a great program! My dad was in scouting - still have his badges and handbook (2st edition) - Star around 1924. I joined...

"Advancement" was not something that was emphasized in our Scout troop. We were too busy having fun and learning things. I never even...

When I think back to my days when active in scouting from the late 1950’s through summer 1964, I recall finding many of the merit badge...