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From: Jay Weekley
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2020 11:55 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Conserving your fluids
I'll patiently await Steve's input.
Adam Moffett wrote:
I've been reading a 1911 edition of the Boy Scouts Handbook. I got it
because I really like the woodscraft skills, but it's also quite an
interesting insight to the past. They had much higher standards for
what the scouts should be capable of. For example, to earn an archery
merit badge today you have to be able to repair an arrow and basically
demonstrate that you know how to use a bow. In 1911 you had to make
your own bow and arrows which were accurate to a range of 100 ft and
also be able to shoot fast enough to have 6 arrows in flight at the
same time. For the architecture badge you had to design a two story
house. For Pioneering you had to build a log shack, including felling
the trees, building scaffolding, etc. For the Poultry Farming badge
you had to raise chickens and bring them to market.
I'm confident that a lot of grown men today would fail as 1911 Boy
Scouts.
....but the health section had some quaint notions. The health lesson
in attached pics particularly struck me since I referenced Dr
Strangelove the other day. You'll be a better man if you conserve
your manly fluids. At least they wanted the boys to be better men.
Hearts were in the right place.
-Adam
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