Yes, when my son got his permit I made him do weekly PMs... -- Vienna_Hokie 01/21/2018 10:44AM
Scouting helps teach these skills -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 11:57AM
From what I saw recently...they sit in a classroom and get told things -- Vienna_Hokie 01/21/2018 7:26PM
That happens. Mommy didn't camp at 5°F in our troop. -- TomTurkey 01/21/2018 8:15PM
I saw on the news that VT has the top scout in America right now. He’s a -- Hoakie82 01/20/2018 12:08PM
The Order of the Arrow National Chief is from Virginia -- BigDave 01/21/2018 8:16PM
Thanks. ** -- Hoakie82 01/21/2018 11:04PM
Who says the top recruits never pick VT? -- MP4VT2004 01/20/2018 2:06PM
We rule bass fishing & scouting! ** -- Hoakie82 01/20/2018 3:32PM
Order of Arrow is a separate service group within scouting -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 12:11PM
No, it's the honor camping society ** -- 133743Hokie 01/20/2018 1:01PM
Okay, they do have many service activities -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 1:03PM
Yes, but It is the honor camping society -- 133743Hokie 01/20/2018 1:22PM
You are both correct! Scoutmaster for 25 years. OA members are elected by -- DonHo-kieHi 01/20/2018 9:12PM
Now all 3 of us are correct -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 9:23PM
I've been to Brady Saunders. I was on Waterfront Staff at Camps Powhatan -- DonHo-kieHi 01/20/2018 9:30PM
It's a great program and opportunity ** -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 9:34PM
He said he’d be traveling a fair amount helping to plan or promote future -- Hoakie82 01/20/2018 12:18PM
Yep. Eagle is the highest scouting "rank" -- EDGEMAN 01/20/2018 12:16PM
Yes, my oldest son joined OA. -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 12:28PM
I left scouting shortly after reaching Eagle -- EDGEMAN 01/20/2018 1:20PM
You'll always be an Eagle Scout -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 1:41PM
Didn't earn any... -- EDGEMAN 01/20/2018 1:50PM
If you still camped, etc., you did better than our troop -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 1:54PM
I enjoyed the camping trips & the brotherhood -- EDGEMAN 01/20/2018 1:59PM
👍 ** -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 2:00PM
I'm considering having an "Alumni Camping Trip" of my previous Scouts. -- DonHo-kieHi 01/20/2018 9:23PM
Sounds good. Would like for my son to get active as an adult. -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 9:27PM
Does he have a son??? Would be a natural progression. Great activities for -- DonHo-kieHi 01/20/2018 9:34PM
26 and single. Psych major and finding his niche -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 9:37PM
Fun to watch them make their way..... enjoy ** -- DonHo-kieHi 01/21/2018 07:35AM
Funny you say this. I was going to have this convo -- vt_mughal 01/20/2018 11:50AM
Mughal- is it weird I get notified every time you post on any topic? -- BobG 01/20/2018 12:19PM
You're following him. Happened by accident to me too -- TheNuke 01/20/2018 9:29PM
I think a manual transmission is safer than an AT -- EDGEMAN 01/20/2018 12:12PM
Maybe because it's hard to text and drive with a manual transmission -- Hokie360 01/20/2018 12:59PM
Wouldn't you say it's more difficult to text and change gears -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 5:25PM
Would say it's harder, but I'm sure people do it. -- EDGEMAN 01/20/2018 1:25PM
Everyone should learn on a stick shift ** -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 12:08PM
I should. My AAA membership has lapsed. I need to re-up... -- Hokie CPA 01/20/2018 11:21AM
AAA. ..... It's so friggin' complicated to even get my spare out that it -- Bburg Native 01/20/2018 11:05AM
What's worse the jack that came with my Durango doesn't look like it -- Hokie CPA 01/20/2018 11:24AM
A few of my autos came with scissors jacks. -- EDGEMAN 01/20/2018 12:07PM
Which is why I keep a hydraulic floor jack in my car ** -- HokieDan95 01/20/2018 11:28AM
...all of my children travel with an air compressor and rattle gun -- chumley 01/20/2018 10:51AM
I recently had an education on changing a tire. I thought I knew the basics -- Hoakie82 01/20/2018 10:36AM
What kind of car was that? -- EDGEMAN 01/20/2018 12:00PM
A Buick Enclave ** -- Hoakie82 01/20/2018 12:11PM
Doesn't sound safe if you have to release the parking brake to... -- EDGEMAN 01/20/2018 1:51PM
Not sure if other makes of cars are that way or not? ** -- Hoakie82 01/20/2018 3:37PM
Mine, 2 girls 1 boy, can change flat tires & check radiator.... -- BusLoadaBozos 01/20/2018 09:59AM
Yes i think everyone should know how to change a tire -- HokieDan95 01/20/2018 09:56AM
Should teach them to fix their own bike earlier. That will -- Hokie360 01/20/2018 09:36AM
LOL, I fix so many bike flats for myself -- VaTechie 01/20/2018 11:42AM
^^^This - the wait for AAA can be significant ** -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 3:26PM
I figured out my bike on my own. Not sure my dad even knew that by the -- Hokie CPA 01/20/2018 11:28AM
I did and ... -- vt90 01/20/2018 09:35AM
I think the most important "emergency ".... -- astrohokie 01/20/2018 09:33AM
^^^This, and "turn into the skid" on ice ** -- TomTurkey 01/20/2018 11:22AM
My old man started teaching me how to drive when I was 14 and these two -- Hokie CPA 01/20/2018 11:30AM
My Dad was an auto mechanic so the whole family was taught the basics... -- Major Kong 01/20/2018 09:26AM
I "helped" my dad from as early as I can remember -- typed by ben 01/20/2018 09:16AM
Mine just got learner's permit- but being able to change a tire will -- bigbadbird 01/20/2018 08:40AM
It is my intent to teach my child all of this -- ReggieW_601 01/20/2018 08:11AM
Made sure mine were aware of all that long before learning to drive. ** -- Stork 01/20/2018 08:52AM
I highly recommend this course of instruction: -- EDGEMAN 01/20/2018 08:19AM
I was thinking more along the lines of this -- ReggieW_601 01/20/2018 08:22AM
Recommend Street Survival first -- EDGEMAN 01/20/2018 11:50AM
Careful...don't expose the kid to too much vehicular fun or... -- MP4VT2004 01/20/2018 08:57AM
Too late for that. Already racing gokarts at GForce in Richmond -- ReggieW_601 01/21/2018 08:17AM