[at-l] Trolls, etc

[jcraig5@xxxxxxxxxxx (JAMES CRAIG)]

I'm certain Turtle was having some fun.  I've been involved in Scouting
for 15 years, have an Eagle Scout son, and have met and mentored
hundreds of youth.  They are always a challenge, and they always have
reminded me to have FUN, no matter what the age.  My wife and I are
also Senior High youth advisors in our church, and the biggest
difference in the two groups (other than being older, co-ed) is the
youth group doesn't camp once a month.  We thank the good Lord who has
blessed us with the desire and privilege to be actively involved with
His little lambs...we don't count the little goats separately!

OBG


----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Copeland <charles@uswnet.com>
Date: Monday, April 7, 2003 5:03 pm
Subject: Re: [at-l] Trolls, etc

> Hey!  Kids are great!!!  Challenging at times, but great!  I
> mentored a High
> School robotics team this winter and I was totally impressed with
> them.They are a bunch of incredibly smart kids and they did a
> great job
> designing, building, and competing with their robot.  (One of them
> is a Life
> Scout and is working on his Eagle project!)
>
> There *are* some really good young people out there!
>
> Charles
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Neal" <nealb@midlandstech.com>
> To: "'Jim and/or Ginny Owen'" <spiriteagle99@hotmail.com>; "AT-L List
> (E-mail)" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 1:58 PM
> Subject: RE: [at-l] Trolls, etc
>
>
> > A writer -- Heinlein I believe -- once wrote about the bung-hole
> theory of
> > raising children:
> >
> > At birth place the child in a beer barrel.  Close the barrel.
> Feed the
> > child through the bung hole.  When they reach 13 or so, stopper the
> > bunghole.
> >
> > Girls I might let out.  They're so cute.  Dangerous but cute.
> Boys, I
> would
> > put the stoppered barrel in a bigger barrel and fill with
> cement.  Then
> dump
> > the doubled barrel in the Marianna's Trench.
> >
> > I know what boys are like.  I am one.
> >
> > William, The "Still going on my first childhood" Turtle
> > --  Peter Pan's got nothing on me. --
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim and/or Ginny Owen [spiriteagle99@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 1:51 PM
> > To: athiker@mindspring.com
> > Cc: at-l@backcountry.net
> > Subject: Re: [at-l] Trolls, etc
> >
> >
> > Ken Bennett wrote:
> > >It's easy enough to create a Kill File or a Rule that disposes
> of posts
> > >from people you don't want to read. The Troll has been so added
> on my
> email
> > >program. But I must say I found him amusing in a pathetic >way,
> at least
> > >until the unprovoked personal attackes began. Thirteen-year-old
> boys can
> be
> > >such pests at times, yes?
> >
> > Hmm - Ginny thought he was 12.  Not that there's much difference
> there.>
> > Actually, the attacks were so juvenile I thought they were
> hilarious.> Anyone who can't do better than that should find
> something else to do with
> > their life.
> >
> >
> > >The Speed Hiking thread has been *much* more annoying, IMHO.
> Since both
> > >Weary and Jim Owen occasionally post great stuff, I have been
> hesitant to
> > >add them to the kill file, but the 'speed hiking' thread >has
> been thus
> > >dispatched.
> >
> > Uh huh - and that's always your choice and your privilege.  But
> I'll tell
> > you true - I found the thread at least as interesting as some of
> what's> showed up here over the last month or so.  I realize there
> are people who
> > are captivated by the war, hammocks, socks, Trail names,
> antivirus stuff,
> > NFP CEO pay, the Handbook vs the Companion and, lately, Trolls --
> - but I
> > lose interest quickly in those things anymore.  They''ve been
> recycledmore
> > times than I could count - even if I took off my shoes and
> socks.  Maybe
> I'm
> > getting old and grumpy.  Well, I can vouch for the grumpy part
> lately.>
> > OTOH - the speed hiking thread is trail-related in that it's
> about Trail
> > history.  And there is a good reason for getting it straight.
> But we
> don't
> > need to pursue that right now.  And it's different from the
> usual recycled
> > topics.  So - as the saying goes - YMMV - or maybe "Hike your
> own hike".
> > <VVBG>
> >
> > And be happy in the diversity the list offers.  It's not common.
> >
> > Walk softly,
> > Jim
> >
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