Archive for April 5, 2007

Wahissa 118: 1986 Cook Crew Patch

Posted in SR-7B Lodges, Wahissa 118 by John E. Pannell on April 5th, 2007 at 3:05 am

For whatever reason, there are a few cook crew patches from this lodge that have escaped listing in Blue Book over the years. I was made aware of another one, from 1986, this past weekend.

All have a similar coffee pot design, though the colors and style and amount of embroidery differ. I wonder how many more of these there are that have not yet been listed. Were they authorized by the lodge, or made privately by the cook crews? How many of them are out there?

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"Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries."
Jose Ortega y Gasset


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Back to the Future?

Posted in Scouting Blogs and Websites by John E. Pannell on April 5th, 2007 at 2:51 am

Are you telling me that you built a time machine…out of a DeLorean?!
– Marty McFly, “Back to the Future”

After reading my post here about lodge numbers, and idea came to Bob McCanless.  He has written on his blog about the perfect “Flap of the Future”.   He looks to the day when lodge numbers won’t be the only thing BSA Councils and the National OA will no longer care about.

It turns out, the more things change, the more they stay the same.   What is old, will become new again.

I won’t take away all his thunder by telling you what he wrote.   Read it for yourself.



"The different branches of Arithmetic -- Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision."
Lewis Carroll


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