Sending your kids away to camp - Page 4

xoxoxoBruce · 11-11-2009, 12:14 PM

Back in the day, it was assumed you were of some religion or another, and they didn't care which, for the most part. They had invocations, convocations and general beseeching for divine guidance and support, assuming no matter what religion you were, it was the same God.

monster · 11-11-2009, 12:41 PM

hey, I was a scout and it was great. it's a totally different ball game over here right now and I wouldn't be suprised to learn that time plays as big a factor as country.

monster · 11-11-2009, 01:34 PM

I was not maligning the girl scouts. Sorry if that was your interprestation. I will now, though -They're just irritating with all their goddamn cookies. :p

xoxoxoBruce · 11-11-2009, 01:37 PM

You're just jealous because you can't get a piece of the cookie action for your teams.

Juniper · 11-11-2009, 01:47 PM

Well, they go on sale in January. I'll be happy to take pre-orders.

Cloud · 11-22-2009, 03:26 PM

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To Brits it's the stuff Ameican kid movies and books are made of. Fiction.

The original Parent Trap with Haley Mills just came on. I was reminded of this thread (in which I also managed to completely piss off Ms. Monster-sorry!) as I am guessing this is the sort of representation referred to.

Fiction, yeah, but the film resonates for me because it pretty much was what my experience was like. Although very idealized, and 10 years older than when I grew up, I grew up in a ranch house in Northern California and had that same damn blond pixie haircut and went to the same type of camp. I don't remember the lesbians, but they might have been there. (I still think the house is fabulous. And so is Maureen O'Hara.)

We didn't wear those dorky uniforms at camp, though.

We wore them at school.

11-11-2009, 12:14 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Back in the day, it was assumed you were of some religion or another, and they didn't care which, for the most part. They had invocations, convocations and general beseeching for divine guidance and support, assuming no matter what religion you were, it was the same God. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-11-2009, 12:41 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	hey, I was a scout and it was great. it's a totally different ball game over here right now and I wouldn't be suprised to learn that time plays as big a factor as country. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-11-2009, 01:34 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I was not maligning the girl scouts. Sorry if that was your interprestation. I will now, though -They're just irritating with all their goddamn cookies. :p __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-11-2009, 01:37 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You're just jealous because you can't get a piece of the cookie action for your teams. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-11-2009, 01:47 PM	#5
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Well, they go on sale in January. I'll be happy to take pre-orders.

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