An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go [...]
Archive for July, 2008
The Carpenter
Posted in Scoutmaster Minute on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Picture of the Week
Posted in Picture of the Week on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Positive News Related to BSA
Posted in Scouting News on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Boy Scouts help revamp Pflugerville home
Posted: July 26, 2008 10:32 PM CDT
PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS (KXAN) — With a little help from a local Boy Scout Troop a Pflugervile man has a life changing addition to his home.
Troop 4277 lent their skill and time to build a ramp to bring Armando Flores’ home up to code Saturday.
Flores [...]
Ways to Reuse Your Old Polycarbonate Bottles
Posted in Gear Review on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since I have several deadly water bottles I decided to figure out a way to reuse them in other ways and found these sites. Here are a few interesting options. Mine would be a mini bear vault for my trail snacks.
If you’ve recently opted to replace your #7 polycarbonate water bottles with metal or non-BPA plastic [...]
Picture of the Week
Posted in Picture of the Week on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gas prices a problem?
Any Questions?
Eagle Scout Josh S.
Posted in Troop 483 Eagle Scouts on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight I had the honor of attending the Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Josh S. from Troop 533. Josh started out with our Troop, 483 and moved to 533 about two years ago. Josh is an amazing young man with all the service work he has done in OA, not to mention being the current [...]
Picture of the Week
Posted in Picture of the Week on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What Happens When…………
Posted in Scoutmaster Minute on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What happens when the Scoutmaster goes out of town with his son to visit a college in another State? What happens when the Scoutmaster only let the Crew Adviser and a Asst. Scoutmaster know about his absence? What happens when the meeting starts and the Scouts, leaders and parents notice the Scoutmaster is absent?
Well from what [...]
If You
Posted in Ramblings on July 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
If you are paid to do Scouting, you are called a Professional.
If you are not paid to do Scouting, you are called a Volunteer.
If you pay to do Scouting, you are called… … A Scouter.
Picture of the Week
Posted in Picture of the Week on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »




