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Post by Cat-Eyes on May 24, 2005 13:57:04 GMT 11
I'm interested to know if anyone here knows what any scout / outdoor-ish terms are... Actually, they're not even all terms, just stuff related to scouts and outdoor and that kind of thing...
So:
1. A Trangia is what?
2. Where would you do a whipping?
3. A spar is what?
4. Lashings involve ropes and what else?
5. What is a reef knot (and sometimes a granny knot) commonly known as? Hint: Most of you would tie these every day
6. A dixie is what?
7. A camp oven is what?
8. A hike pack is also know as what?
9. What are the three (or at least two, the other one's a bit abstract) main Norths?
10. How many degrees on a compass?
Cheers,
Cat
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Post by Swallow on May 24, 2005 15:57:29 GMT 11
*sigh* if i respond to this, it would be cheating... so i shan't  But others should give it a go... i would find that interesting too...
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Post by Cat-Eyes on May 24, 2005 16:48:28 GMT 11
I just can't wait for answers to 2...
Cat
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Post by Roland on May 24, 2005 17:01:08 GMT 11
*sigh* I too would be cheating... But...I can think of some darn good answers for 2. However...they are not G-rated and will get me in trouble with TPTB..... |
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Post by Gambit on May 24, 2005 18:04:25 GMT 11
heres the ones i know:
1) a trangia is a miniature camp stove
3) a spar is a crosspiece of a sail
9)Magnetic and true?
10)360
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Post by Dark One on May 24, 2005 19:15:44 GMT 11
9: Magnetic, True & Grid North
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Post by Lix on May 24, 2005 19:38:00 GMT 11
god i cant remember all the guidy terms. we used to makie soem pretty spiffy camp gadgets tho. my persoanl favourite, the bad rack. the washing up thingymagig was alright too. Tho i never learnt to make them properly coz i was elected PL too young and then quit a little bit later so noone would find out i had no idea what i was doing  |
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Post by Dark One on May 24, 2005 20:02:06 GMT 11
i havent been in the scouts for years. Can't remember most of the terms
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Post by Morag on May 24, 2005 20:08:40 GMT 11
2) Um, in a place where people wear a suspicious amount of leather?  4) Salad dressing? Baccon? 5) Oo, I know one! Kinda. It's the same kinda knot you use to tie a sling, 'cept not sure I know what it's commonly called... slipknot? Four corner knot? 6) A blond singer with a terrible voice. 7) A place to cook sausages! And cakes and cookies and banna smoothies... 8) Um... starts out as feather light and ends up as dead weight? Can you tell I've never done guides? Well, I bought the cookies but that was about it. |
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Post by Cat-Eyes on May 24, 2005 21:39:23 GMT 11
This is hilarious...
And BAD MORAG! Scouting is clean!
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Post by Morag on May 25, 2005 1:16:26 GMT 11
*pouts* Hey, I helped out, I bought the cookies and helped send a bunch of little girl scouts to Cuba, I thiink. May have been Paraguay.
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Post by Swallow on May 25, 2005 9:46:35 GMT 11
This is hilarious... And BAD MORAG! Scouting is clean! |
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Post by Kaylan-R on May 25, 2005 11:17:35 GMT 11
I don't know anything about scouts!!!
so all those words are just some other language!
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Post by HeartoftheDarkness on May 25, 2005 14:26:16 GMT 11
I used to do scouts, but then my mum decided to become a scout leader, so i wanted to get out of there pretty quickly |
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Post by Gambit on May 25, 2005 16:42:49 GMT 11
I've never been a scout or guide in my life ! (guide cookies are disgusting)  |
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Post by Lauren Hedgehog on May 25, 2005 18:39:13 GMT 11
guide biscuits are deliscious, and so big and round and full of chocolately goodness ;D . Well they used to be. It's at least 8 years since I was in Guides  and.... 2. you do your whipping in the kitchen (mmmm... whipped cream ;D) 3. A spar is a bit of jutting out land 4. wood 5. a double knot possibly? - I don't really know, guides eat and talk we didn't actually DO anything campy except have lots of bonfires 6. dixie - what we call snobby girls (who we 'accidently' left somewhere in the bush ) Well I'm not sure about the scouts meanings - but those are Guide meanings (Mostly anyway :  . When I was in Guides scouts were viewed as ikky boys who gave us hours of entertainment by being targets for water bomb attacks ;D Really, what silly person would build the scout hut right next to the Guides hut, they should have relised the temptation would be too much  |
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Post by Lix on May 25, 2005 20:26:43 GMT 11
*pouts* Hey, I helped out, I bought the cookies and helped send a bunch of little girl scouts to Cuba, I thiink. May have been Paraguay. was that really a good thing? |
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But others should give it a go... i would find that interesting too...
. When I was in Guides scouts were viewed as ikky boys who gave us hours of entertainment by being targets for water bomb attacks ;D 