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08-12-2013, 11:42 AM
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Location: Hyde Park, MA
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And in the process we'll soon forget how to do the most simplistic tasks for our own survival.
Ask any kid, heck ask anyone under the age of 25 how to start a fire without matches.
Ask them how and where would they find shelter if they were in the wild.
Ask them where they will get food from if they were starving.
Most people, not just children, have given up learned knowledge and traits for instant online gratification. If they can't look up an answer online or "google" instructions for building a shelter, finding food or even basic first aid they could not be interested.
I joke about it with my friends and family that if we ever lost power for all our "toys" they would be completely lost.
Last edited by FishermanTim; 08-12-2013 at 02:57 PM..
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I am a legend in my own mind! 
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08-12-2013, 05:11 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishermanTim
Ask any kid, heck ask anyone under the age of 25 how to start a fire without matches.
Ask them how and where would they find shelter if they were in the wild.
Ask them where they will get food from if they were starving.
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I got at least 20 of them I can ask and they can give me the right answers.....
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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08-13-2013, 05:15 PM
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Location: Hyde Park, MA
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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
I got at least 20 of them I can ask and they can give me the right answers.....
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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Kudos!
That's one group that won't be lost if (or when) the power goes out.
I forgot about your scouting expertise.
How many kids today would even consider joining the scouts?
Those that do tend to develop greater inter-personal skills and warrant the respect that comes with the uniform.
The other side of the coin has a bus load of droopy-draw, socially inept, "entitlement driven" slackers that expect the world to provide for their every whim. |
I am a legend in my own mind!
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08-14-2013, 09:22 AM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishermanTim
How many kids today would even consider joining the scouts?
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currently 2,700,000
you seem to be quite bitter towards America's youth. I have a much more positive outlook.
There are great kids in this country doing great things. they need our support. things are not nearly as bad as you seem to think they are.
There is certainly a percentage of bad apples. Always has been, always will be. But today, as of yesteryear, they are the exception, not the norm. |
i bent my wookie
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08-13-2013, 02:17 AM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishermanTim
And in the process we'll soon forget how to do the most simplistic tasks for our own survival.
Ask any kid, heck ask anyone under the age of 25 how to start a fire without matches.
Ask them how and where would they find shelter if they were in the wild.
Ask them where they will get food from if they were starving.
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please... most kids 30+ years ago didn't know that stuff either. only boy scouts and pyros. same as today... |
i bent my wookie
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08-13-2013, 07:24 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Originally Posted by zacs
please... most kids 30+ years ago didn't know that stuff either. only boy scouts and pyros. same as today...
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I was a Boy Scout in Lynn....think that qualifies  |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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08-13-2013, 12:57 PM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rowley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zacs
please... most kids 30+ years ago didn't know that stuff either. only boy scouts and pyros. same as today...
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I know this stuff now thanks to the Discovery Channel! |
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08-13-2013, 02:22 PM
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Sand pounder
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Mattapoisett MA./ Noyack, NY
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Survival
I had scouts in my troop with more survival skills than those nit wits on Discovery channel.
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In wine there is wisdom.
In beer there is freedom.
In water there is Bacteria!
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08-13-2013, 05:03 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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You realize the most secure network is the unplugged network, right?
Not plugging my brain into anything :hehe:
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
I was a Boy Scout in Lynn....think that qualifies |
You were thus Dual Qualified - Scout & Pyro
(Sadly so was I) |
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