So it wasn't an original thought for Dr Strangelove...
On 03/05/2020 11:29 AM, Steve Jones wrote:
Makes sense to me
On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 12:55 PM Jay Weekley <par...@cyberbroadband.net
<mailto:par...@cyberbroadband.net>> wrote:
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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