Subdeacon Joe
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6 minutes ago, Alpo said:
This is the picture of the "Cub Scouts" saluting.
Some idjit just grabbed a stock Scout photo.
Also notice that none have a Cub or Webelos scarf.
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Yep.
Webelos...I'm not sure. Some sites show Cub Scout blue, others show khaki shirt and green pants. This may explain it:
"Key Updates to the Program:
Grade Focus: Webelos = 4th Grade; Arrow of Light = 5th Grade.
Separation: The two ranks are no longer grouped together and have separate adventures, uniforms, and camping guidelines.
Purpose: The 4th-grade Webelos program focuses on advancement, while the 5th-grade Arrow of Light program prepares them to join a Scouts BSA troop.
Uniforms: Webelos continue to wear the blue Cub Scout uniform, while 5th-grade AOL Scouts may transition to the tan uniform.
Scouting America
Scouting America
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While the "Webelos 1" (4th grade) and "Webelos 2" (5th grade) structure was used for many years, the current, separate structure was fully implemented in 2024 to make the experiences more age-appropriate. "
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250 years ago, in the early morning hours of February 27, 1776, nearly 1,000 Patriots defended a position on the east bank of Widow Moores Creek as nearly 800 Loyalists, mostly Scottish Highlanders wielding broadswords, began the slippery crossing of the partially-dismantled bridge spanning the creek. With a small number of Loyalists having successfully crossed the sleepers, the Loyalists charged up the old Black River Road in pursuit of "retreating" Patriot forces. When they reached within a few paces of the Patriot earthworks, they were met with "a very proper reception" as "old Mother Covington and her daughter boomed their disapproval, accompanied by a burst of rifle fire."
Col. Donald McLeod, leader of the advancing Loyalist force and an exceptionally brave man, was mortally wounded, falling just shy of the earthworks. It was said that he tried to regain his footing while shouting encouragements to his men and waving his sword onward in the direction of the enemy before succumbing to a hail of musket ball and swan shot. Nearly 30 Loyalists lost their life in that early morning charge, while it is estimated that another 40-50 perished in the murky creek or in the surrounding swamps from their wounds.
By some estimates, the battle was over in as little as three minutes. The outcome would prove to be much more significant than any soldier on that battlefield would ever imagine. This would be one of the first Patriot victories of the American Revolution and ended Royal authority in the colony forever. Just a few months later, North Carolina's Provincial Congress passed a resolution, now known as the Halifax Resolves, which ordered North Carolina's delegation to the Continental Congress to seek and vote for independence, making North Carolina the first colony to take such action.
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5 hours ago, watab kid said:
ok , ive been derailed in a thread before but where in the world did this come from ? i get it we were talking of majestic birds and shes one nice looking 'bird' but i dont see the connection at all
thanks for the nice photos , i like how she looks as well , both of them ,
Quite simple. We got there from
When I saw the title, I was thinking you were talking about:
- You and Pat Riot
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6 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:
that reminds me ......
missed a "h" ......For driving at night.
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14 minutes ago, Caprock Kid said:
When shown flash cards, kids know numbers 1-10 but when shown 11, they say pause
That's 2/3pi
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How many of you hear:
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Ray Charles Marksmanship School
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2 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said:
So, is shouting "FIRE!" in a crowded theater okay or not?
Mr. Justus Holmes not withstanding.
(sigh)
I really wish people wouldn't resort to reductio ad absurdum with that.
The dictum is:
"The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic... The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent."
Very different than "You can't shout "fire" in a crowded theater" it gets butchered to.
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It looks like an inexpensive wood and fiberglass composite bow. They might hold together for several shots like that, but I'd not trust it even after one.
Metal razors date back about 3000 years Before the Christian Era. Those metal razors had blades.
The first "safety razors" were invited on 1762:
1762 – Perrett's InnovationWho was the first to devise a safer razor? It is believed the honor goes to Jean Jacques Perret (1730-1784) of Paris, France, a master cutler and famed author of Pogonotomie, au L'Art D'Apprende à se Raser Sol-Méme (Pogonotomie, or The Art of Shaving Oneself) in 1769 and L'Art du Coutelier
(The Art of the Cutler) in 1771. In the former treatise, Perret described a rasoir à rabot – a plane for the beard, which he had invented in 1762. Inspired by a carpenter's plane, it consisted of a wooden sleeve that enclosed the blade of an ordinary folding straight razor, allowing only a small portion of the edge to protrude, thus preventing one from accidentally slicing off a portion of one's ear while shaving. Perret made and sold his razor guard but apparently did not patent it.
In 1787 a German publication reported that a M. [monsieur] Lethien of Paris manufactured a "Rasiermesser
à rabot, with which one can shave oneself without fear of injuries." It was sold with a 6-month warranty. From the name, this razor may have been based on Perret's idea.
I usually I've read "a bit of sharpened flint" rather than "razor blade" but the idea is the same.
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1 hour ago, El Sobrante Kid said:
Not trying to be confrontational (I wish your statement was true), but what do you have that supports your comment?
A quick search came up with this- "Key rulings like United States v. Alvarez (2012) affirmed that lies are not excluded from free speech protections solely because they are false, although fraud, defamation, and perjury remain unprotected."
Thank you. I was hoping someone else would say that.
However, you can't cause harm to someone by publishing lies and shelter behind the First Amendment. Just as one can't go on a shooting spree and claim that you are protected by the Second Amendment.
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I remember back in the '80s or '90s articles in various magazines about how to put together emergency kits that suggested talking to your doctor, explaining what you want to do, and asking him to prescribe some broad spectrum stuff to stock it with
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Still a force. Batter had no choice, he had to advance to 1st.
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2 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
Joe, sorry for derailing another thread. A while back we had a hawk with a dead pigeon in one talon sitting right on out back fence. VERY cool.
Sorry.
I've said it before, I don't mind a thread I started going off the rails, adult conversations do that. I just want there to be some sort of reasonable connection, some sort of chain to connect everything so it can be tracked back logically to the original subject.
So we have
Hawk (avian)
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Hawk (detectives) through misunderstanding
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Handguns
Writer
Actresses
now, thanks to your apology, it can reasonably and logically vere off to locomotives and/or train wrecks.
One of my favorite television series is
Fascinating series.
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10 hours ago, Alpo said:
Really? Spenser for Hire is a detective television show based on the Spenser books by Robert Parker. The same guy that wrote the Jesse Stone books.
In the books Spenser has a friend, but in the TV show he's more of a sidekick. Big shaven-headed black guy who only has one name - you know, like Cher. His name is Hawk.
Really. I knew it was a show or movie, but never watched it, never even paid attention to the commercials for it.
Never read anything by Parker either.
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They count because it wasn't a forced out.
Here's an interesting thing that ChatGBT offered as trivia related to the question.
The classic heartbreak: the “Fourth Out” Appeal
A famous example happened in a game involving the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1926, a play that still gets cited in umpire schools today.
The situation
Two outs.
Runners on base.
Batter hits safely.
The apparent tying run crosses home plate.
Crowd cheers. Players relax. Inning seems over.
But baseball had one more card hidden up its sleeve.
The sneaky detail
One of the runners had missed touching a base while advancing.
The defense noticed.
Instead of arguing immediately, they calmly:
Retrieved the ball.
Touched the missed base.
Told the umpire they were appealing that the runner failed to touch it.
This is legal even after the play appears finished.
What the umpires ruled
Because the runner failed to touch the base:
The appeal created a new out.
That out became the third out of the inning.
And crucially…
👉 It was treated like a force-type situation for scoring purposes.
Result: ❌ The run that had already crossed home plate did not count.
Celebration instantly turned into collective confusion.
Why this works (the rule magic)
Baseball allows what umpires call a “fourth out.”
Even after three outs seem to occur, the defense can make an appeal if it produces an out that is more advantageous to them.
Think of it like submitting a better answer before the test is graded.
The simple version
A run does not count if the third out is:
A force out, or
An appeal showing a runner missed a base or left early on a caught fly ball.
Even if the runner crossed home long before.
The umpire’s mental checklist
When a run scores near the third out, umpires silently ask:
Was the third out a force?
Did the batter reach first safely?
Is there a possible appeal play?
Only after those are settled does the run officially exist.
Why fans love this rule
It turns baseball into courtroom drama:
Evidence (did he touch the base?)
Procedure (proper appeal)
Timing (before leaving the field)
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Interesting Technique
in SASS Wire Saloon
Posted
Maybe someone can find it on YouTube.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/3716008058706351/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
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