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Sounds painful. Glad she's OK.

In this political climate, a lot of people would probably be dumbfounded to learn that the Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America is Barack Obama. But that shouldn't come as a surprise, since every president since BSA's founding as held that honor. It's amazing how many of the US...

That's really all you're doing when you use nitrogen, you're keeping them properly inflated. You're keeping them properly inflated over a wider range of operating temperatures, since nitrogen doesn't heat up as much as air does, and therefore will be properly inflated at the high temps of...

The carrier sets up an account with Transflo and pays Transflo weekly or monthly fees. I'm not exactly sure how it's done, but there is no per-use or per-page fee to the one doing the scanning. Some carriers may charge back the contractor a fee, though, but far as I know most don't. When you...

It's both hard and easy to find nitrogen. Harder if you're in a big truck, much easier in a van. Easiest way I've found is just to ask at a local tire place if they have it, and if they don't they usually know who does. Some places have signs out front, but most don't. Putting regular air in a...

I'm a long-time user and proponent of nitrogen. People who drive 5 or 10 miles a day won't really see much of a benefit, other than not having to fill their tires with air as often. But those who put serious miles on a vehicle will see huge benefits, everything from better fuel mileage to...

A man in Murray named Sid Easley is a respected attorney and former district judge. He was (maybe still is, I'm not sure) on the school board. My mom was a legal secretary for several years and then became the Secretary to the Superintendent of the Murray Public Schools. In those positions she...

Nothing I've typed goes against that. The Boy Scouts of America was indeed founded by W.D. Boyce, although Ernest Thompson Seton certainly influenced Baden-Powell (as in gave him the idea), and strongly influenced Boyce, and even wrote, among other things, the Boy Scout Handbook. Seton had his...

Sexually adventurous is when you use a feather. A sexual deviant is one who uses the whole chicken.

Same here. I was very active when I was in it, though I never made Eagle Scout. But I also helped a little in getting the National Museum opened up here in Murray. I helped with the research and campaigning for it, mostly. There's a kid a couple of doors down who is really into it. He's 13 and...

Kinda proves my point that voters are, chiefly, just butt stoopid. For single issue voters in general elections, they're not chiefly butt stoopid, they're absolutely butt stoopid. Rice's position on abortion will not have any impact on Romney's, or anyone else's. Neither will Rubio's positions...

Actually, it's one of the official ones from BSA. But each local Troop can design their own, with whatever colors and patches they like.

No, no one can explain it, because the question is based on a false premise. The Boy Scouts of America isn't a Christian organization. It's a Christian-based organization. There's a difference. But while they are Christian-based, they were founded by W.D. Boyce on the foundation they would not...

That's because voters are, chiefly, stupid, and think who the vice-president is makes a difference. It's the most irrelevant job there is. The few times he gets to sit at the big person's table for dinner, they still don't give him anything sharper than a butter knife. Choosing a solid...

What's worse is that it doesn't just censor speech, or have people censoring their thoughts, but rather over time it changes the way people think to the point where they don't have to censor themselves. Once you believe something to be true, it changes how you think. If something is repeated...

John Adams, the first to hold the job, called it "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived." It's relevance hasn't changed much over the years. But, I think Dan Quayle stated it best when he said, "One word sums up probably the...

Does it really matter who the running mate is?

The term was first used in today's context starting about 1970 when the New Left and feminists started using to further that agenda. Others quickly latched onto it. It was in the 90s that the political right began using the term as a pejorative. But really, if you think about it, political...

Even more words of wisdom from Shelly here: Know What You're Worth at Expedite Expo :D

True. Some know from an early age, those who don't or are in denial will tell you that in retrospect they knew from an early age, but didn't realize it. But the bottom line is, if you are a Scout you need to reconcile the Scout Oath and the Scout Law, and you have to live by that oath. They'll...