tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post3499074577960152553..comments2024-03-29T09:54:08.208+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Cubs, Scouts, Girl Guides.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-2491356548076371322018-07-23T04:39:20.149+01:002018-07-23T04:39:20.149+01:00Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but your badges ...Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but your badges sound far better than the new lot.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-71456930508967121352018-07-22T22:11:34.642+01:002018-07-22T22:11:34.642+01:00Love the sculpture! In the (Australian) Guides in ...Love the sculpture! In the (Australian) Guides in Begonia or was it the Galah? patrol, I had the Cooking, Astronomer, and Map Reading badges. Learned a lot including Morse Code, Semaphore, how to survive in the bush and deal with spider bites and loved it. Mixology? Good grief. elegancemaisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043236515999573762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-15383567529794939092018-07-22T16:41:27.826+01:002018-07-22T16:41:27.826+01:00You just reminded me. One day we got to go somewhe...You just reminded me. One day we got to go somewhere and actually shoot our rifles! I thought we only had them show . . . ;-) Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21029368223020494812018-07-22T16:20:19.322+01:002018-07-22T16:20:19.322+01:00I have two of them! They are treasured.
No I don&...I have two of them! They are treasured.<br /><br />No I don't go in for stars or star signs etc; but thank you for reminding me anyway. xxCro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-5158325938829580672018-07-22T15:55:27.126+01:002018-07-22T15:55:27.126+01:00Happy birthday from one Cancer to another, if you ...Happy birthday from one Cancer to another, if you are into that sort of thing. (Mine was a week ago). I think it is sweet that you've kept your son's sculpture all these years. -Jenncoffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42397386920196733402018-07-22T15:26:53.407+01:002018-07-22T15:26:53.407+01:00Just think; if you were a Brownie today, you could...Just think; if you were a Brownie today, you could learn how to protest and mix cocktails. Thanks for your wishes.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-22803274848786037672018-07-22T13:52:37.508+01:002018-07-22T13:52:37.508+01:00I was a Brownie and quite enjoyed dancing around t...I was a Brownie and quite enjoyed dancing around toadstools but gave it up in the end because learning flags and knots was just so dull! Happy birthday!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-83533456740200364542018-07-22T13:51:58.965+01:002018-07-22T13:51:58.965+01:00I'll believe you.I'll believe you.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-67224799413970044442018-07-22T13:24:57.913+01:002018-07-22T13:24:57.913+01:00You don't have to grow up to be a sculptor. I ...You don't have to grow up to be a sculptor. I am the living proof of this.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36078877634933465082018-07-22T12:57:35.945+01:002018-07-22T12:57:35.945+01:00Modeling? Craft-work? Handi-work? I thought 'S...Modeling? Craft-work? Handi-work? I thought 'Sculpture' for an 8 year old sounded a bit fancy.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-40917330827445390472018-07-22T12:23:52.297+01:002018-07-22T12:23:52.297+01:00Why do you put the word 'sculpture' in sin...Why do you put the word 'sculpture' in single quotation marks? What else would it be called?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-16561121206512485332018-07-22T10:30:21.124+01:002018-07-22T10:30:21.124+01:00At one of the schools I taught at (a girls public ...At one of the schools I taught at (a girls public school), they did 'Greek Dancing' in an outdoor amphitheatre. Even back in the 1970's it seemed ridiculously old fashioned.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13345269027046412452018-07-22T10:28:09.436+01:002018-07-22T10:28:09.436+01:00There should be a badge for 'Sewing on Badges&...There should be a badge for 'Sewing on Badges', n'est pas?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3925590297825930412018-07-22T10:27:22.341+01:002018-07-22T10:27:22.341+01:00Less temptation at Frinton.Less temptation at Frinton.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21623284196935060722018-07-22T10:26:31.520+01:002018-07-22T10:26:31.520+01:00He was only 8. The one he did of his older brother...He was only 8. The one he did of his older brother playing Cricket is much better.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-47824096760716748032018-07-22T10:25:19.940+01:002018-07-22T10:25:19.940+01:00Perhaps this is a move towards Unisex scouting?Perhaps this is a move towards Unisex scouting?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-11759740358360758142018-07-22T10:24:37.976+01:002018-07-22T10:24:37.976+01:00More goes on in these institutions than the parent...More goes on in these institutions than the parents could ever imagine. But maybe that was a good thing.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-10874013231052713412018-07-22T10:23:40.475+01:002018-07-22T10:23:40.475+01:00I couldn't agree more about 'If'. Havi...I couldn't agree more about 'If'. Having read its replacement, I'm even more convinced that it should have stayed.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-31761196907184271282018-07-22T10:22:02.187+01:002018-07-22T10:22:02.187+01:00'Good hostess' by another name!'Good hostess' by another name!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-16802786262220504442018-07-22T10:15:11.901+01:002018-07-22T10:15:11.901+01:00I left the Girl Guides after being totally unable ...I left the Girl Guides after being totally unable to 'do' semaphore, I went home, thought about it and decided I really didn't need to fret over it as I was highly unlikely ever to need it. The only other thing we seemed to do was National Dancing (and we wore highly unflattering black skirts around which we had had to sew lines of different coloured ribbon. I progressed to kissing behind the bike sheds and never looked back.<br />Happy Birthday!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65513285284329923132018-07-22T10:00:15.540+01:002018-07-22T10:00:15.540+01:00Many happy returns Cro, my only brush with the gir...Many happy returns Cro, my only brush with the girl guides is sewing on umpteen badges on my grand daughter's shirt, every time they visit out come the badges.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-53695836579881239292018-07-22T09:49:42.349+01:002018-07-22T09:49:42.349+01:00Back in my day the Scouts and my brother went to t...Back in my day the Scouts and my brother went to the south of France and to Switzerland 'on camp', while the Guides went to Frinton-on-sea. <br />Happy Birthday!pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-6641690187648651642018-07-22T09:32:14.156+01:002018-07-22T09:32:14.156+01:00The sculptor got the head and neck just right. The sculptor got the head and neck just right. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-345389441662666852018-07-22T09:25:04.605+01:002018-07-22T09:25:04.605+01:00A good change has happened here with Girl Guides b...A good change has happened here with Girl Guides being that they no longer do really girly things. Even my fairly girly niece enjoys the more 'male' oriented Sea Scouts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36877573716751372132018-07-22T09:01:22.339+01:002018-07-22T09:01:22.339+01:00Happy Birthday Cro!
I was a Venturer in my teens...Happy Birthday Cro! <br /><br />I was a Venturer in my teens, where Scouts & Guides get to hang out together. I don't remember what badges were on offer but it was where I first kissed boys & drank illicit booze on weekend camping trips. So civic minded we were back then.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.com