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Boy Scouts are dropping the word 'boy' from their name
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** Boy Scouts are dropping the word 'boy' from the name of flagship program
The Boy Scouts of America doubled down Wednesday on its quest to become the scouting organization of choice for boys and girls, announcing it will drop "Boy" from the name of its signature program. **
Maybe those Boy Scout commemorates will go up in value as relics often do.
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Read that. Another collapse of the "American Way." I heard the G'Scouts are mad as the B'Scouts did it to increase a dying organization.
Yes, this is bad news for the Girl Scouts. They were already upset that the BS was letting in girls. Now with the name change, what purpose is there for the GS? It's not like they are merging. The BS are simply pulling the rug out from under the GS. The BS seem to be trying to save itself at the expense of the GS.
On a coin-related note, didn't the GS commems fail to generate any revenue for the GS due to poor sales?
Money-wise, with the name change, think of the millions of dollars to be spent on new books, badges, uniforms, insignia's etc
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I wonder if the long-term plan is to pull both organizations under one umbrella
I was a boy scout in SoCal and we let girls go on our trips altho they were not in the scouts. We (boys) certainly did not mind having girls on our trips.
Really dumb
Who's gonna sell the cookies if the girls crossover? Don't mess with the cookies now...
Feds are going to confiscate all commemorative coins violation of something I am sure now
So did we. I mean, we had to have someone there to do the cooking and cleaning.
We in SoCal we boys preferred to "hang out" and talk with the girls.
We shared the chores.
I'm a boy and was denied entry into the Boy Scouts as a kid.....wrong neighborhood it seems. I grew up in a bad area of town and the troop I wanted into (some of my school buddies were in it) was in a very upscale area of town and the troop leaders said no to me.
Life went on. I didn't make the little league either as my arm wasn't good enough.....life went on there, too.
Today, kids get into everything and there is no "failure" involved. I think this is a mistake. My son gave back all his participation trophies (every kid got one) and finally they didn't even bother giving him one unless he got 3rd, 2nd or 1st. Today he owns his own construction company and is doing quite well. He learned early on that failure is a part of growing up.
rant over....be well all Scouts, boys and girls.
bob
Is it even scouting if you stay at the Hilton?
THEN...after so many years, the two (boy & girl scouts) will divide again, and start the process over, cost even more money.
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.> @LindeDad said:
We did not stay at the Hilton, sometimes we were lucky enough to have a 'pre-built' "tent".....although the floor was hard.
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That is a Hilton compared to our troop who would backpack 30 miles in a weekend. Every kid had to carry a backpack 15 miles each day.
That got us ready for the 10 day Sierra Backpacking trips or the Rim To Rim Grand Canyon Hikes.
I think most of us will agree [but I am not speaking for everyone here] that whether you stayed at the Hilton...the Grand Canyon...or somewhere in between, Scouting developed some great Americans.
JMO
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My favorite part of scouting was tying tent doors shut
I did cub scouts when I was a kid, with the exception of my youngest daughter no one else ever had an interest in scouting. She gave up girl scouts after a year. Scouting is just not popular anymore, what when you have snapcrap, Kix, Instagram etc.
A company called A-16 based in San Diego where my troop was located made innovative backpacking tents a really, really, long time ago. My parents bought those tents and the new high tech backpacks that A-16 made at that time.
Really awful.
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We live in this PC world.
What is next, the non-binary scouts?
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Pls don't go there. It is only a matter of time but let's allow it to take as long as possible.
At least you had doors.
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Boys are Boys and Girls are Girls...
Why do we have to go PC rather than calling it as it is?
Most Girls Scouts would not, as I did, assiduously waste a great deal of time at Jamboree forlornly searching for a left-handed smoke-shifter
I don't get what the big deal is. The most important word in both organizations' names is "Scouts".
I learned how to tie knots in the Boy Scouts. Sometimes I'll still tie one.
I learned how to smoke Marlboro's too......I don't do that anymore......
All my life I have been proud of being an Eagle Scout.
Now, I am not.
It's just another step along the path to destruction of the American way. Glad I won't be here 20 years from now to see what a piece of dirt this great country will have become.
Jim
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were'nt they founded in england?
ColonelJessup - boy were you naïve. Everybody knows that smoke-shifters come only in right-handed. Tent-stretchers, however, come right or left handed. Best one was getting sent to the chow hall to ask for 35 packets of dehydrated water for your troop's hike later that morning. The real goobers got sent to the maintenance shed to get a new sky hook for the flagpole.
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I think this is more of a financial mandate than PC. Fact is that both private organizations are in a membership free fall and both are in financial disarray. Combining them at some point might be the only thing that saves them. Without change they might both be out of business.
mark
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Just SCOUT COOKIES now. Or SCOUT CARAMEL POPCORN.
I joined a branch of the Boy Scouts in High School, I think it was called an Explorer Post. We were focused on communications in a little TV studio providing captions for a school for the deaf and recording different programs for them as well.
So are "Boy" Scout commemoratives now worth more than ever since they're using old terminology ?
...wait...Girl Scout Cookies are actually cookies?...In California, we "roll up" Girl Scout Cookies by the bakers dozen
I'm an eagle scout and really enjoyed boy scouts. All this political correctness is getting so out of hand.
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You go America, glad to see we are finally realizing that all races, genders, religious views, political affiliations etc. are created equal. Welcome to the 21st century. Still a few crusty old haters but they are a dying breed. Finally America is becoming what it actually says it stands for. Great times we are living my fellow brothers and sisters. Semper Fi!
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Times... They are a changin
How did we get here?
Who let it happen?
It really is impossible to have imagined that it would end up like this.
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Good to see the Open Forum resuscitated
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I made it to Life Scout when my family was transferred to another state. Driver's license, girls, drum line, etc. = no Eagle.
Great memories. Wilderness Survival was a continuous experience, because of all the Viet Nam vets coming home and getting involved.
Most importantly, I believe the GS were the ones who created the economics paradigm 'same price for less product.; I remember the day I opened my Samoas, and the package contained 18 vs. the usual 20 cookies. WT* Brilliant!!
The ice cream makers followed suit reducing the half gallon to 1.75 qt for the same price, and you know the rest of the story.
GS should be thankful to be absorbed by what's left of the BS, in a culture whose believes gender is not determined by DNA, but by whatever one identifies with in their head.
"Scouts" is the logical progression. Will they re-invent the wheel or adopt the current military doctrine?
OK, tl;dr and ironically, I never earned the Numismatics Merit Badge even though I had done all the work for it
boy were you naïve. Everybody knows that smoke-shifters come only in right-handed. Tent-stretchers, however, come right or left handed. Best one was getting sent to the chow hall to ask for 35 packets of dehydrated water for your troop's hike later that morning. The real goobers got sent to the maintenance shed to get a new sky hook for the flagpole.
Wait.... Was I the ONLY one sent out in the middle of the night Snype-hunting?
Should make for some new and interesting merit badges.
It was dropped long before......like in 2013. There are other meaningful organizations to join, stand tall, hold your head high and be proud!
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hmm, I remember reading about Scouts last century in a history book. yikes!
As an ex BS, I really do not feel it is a good idea. But if it makes financial sense, well do it
woof woof....
Dog Scouts lol
I gotta say this is alarming to me! When I grew up being in the Boy Scouts was tough at times. Life lessons learning how to be a man! I just can not picture a camping trip with girls along! Of course we would love it then! Yes I am getting there about to hit the 60 mark. I can't see the boys in todays society doing or having to do the things we used to have to do in Scouts.....much less the girls then. Maybe the girls would today....the kind that wanna be boys!
This board can be a scary place at times
mark
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