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Offline Hooker

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Boy Scout Found
« on: August 13, 2011, 04:46:55 PM »
This young man did good I'm glad he's ok but then what did you expect from a Boy Scout ;)
http://news.yahoo.com/boy-scout-found-building-tree-branch-shelter-231903921.html

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Re: Boy Scout Found
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2011, 06:28:58 PM »
PAT. Great story, thanks for sharing. I loved being a scout, I wish every boy in America could experience being  a scout. POWDERMAN. ;D ;D
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Re: Boy Scout Found
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2011, 04:45:14 AM »
Ya reckon he'll listen next time?? POWDERMAN.  ;D ;D
Mr. Charles Glenn “Charlie” Nelson, age 73, of Payneville, KY passed away Thursday, October 14, 2021 at his residence. RIP Charlie, we'll will all miss you. GB

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Re: Boy Scout Found
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2011, 05:34:22 AM »
I've heard of crawling in a hole and pulling it in after you.   it sure worked for this kid.  he has to be commended for not panicing.
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Re: Boy Scout Found
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2011, 05:54:45 AM »
Yeah, I'm glad the kid is OK and he showed some common sense.  But, the cosmopolitan media blew this thing way out of proportion.  A little sensationalism, don't you think?   The headlines read, "Boy Scout Survives Night in Forest" (highlight mine), as if to say that a majority of people who spend a summer's night outside urbanization succumb to the wilds and die, as if death is the normal outcome to spending a night in the woods.  I would expect nothing less from a Boy Scout, in the summer.  I, personally would feel a WHOLE lot less comfortable having to spend the night in downtown Detroit, for instance.

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Re: Boy Scout Found
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2011, 05:44:47 PM »
Stillkickin I'm with ya on spending a night in Detroit.
But that summer night in the mountains had a temperature of 31 degrees. I'd say that he did real good for 12 yr old.
Your right the media sensationalized the story ,but if you wade past the hype it's great story about a young man who kept his head.
We could say he should have listened and it would not have happen, but we have all at one time or anther not listened and wound up in some kind of mess.
It's what one does after they get in that mess. ;)

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