Amazingly, I looked out, and he was nothing. He was nothing. He was a phantom. It was the people around him who were giving him power; he himself was nothing.
I have many #Scouting memories of the yearly week-long camping trips to Wilderness Camp near London Mills. The only drawback was having to get somebody to cover my paper route while I was gone. That was usually my brother Alan.
There are more incidents to tell about summer camp than will fit in this one submission so I will start with the first one from every trip. The swimming test.
One of the very first things we did upon arriving was to go down to the lake and take a swimming test. This consisted of jumping off a pier into the lake and swimming the length of the pier. I didn’t even try the first year because I couldn’t swim a lick and I almost failed the second year. Every year after I passed the test easily. I spent the first year swimming sessions learning how to swim. Mostly it was a matter of gaining confidence and learning not to panic.
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MjL 10 May 2024, 6:07 a.m.
RE: Robert Reich “But isn’t this an out-and-out bribe? And aren’t bribes illegal? Trump is literally willing to take bribes in exchange for the destruction of the planet.”
Really...he hasn’t heard of the Citizens United ruling? Yes Virginia, bribes are legal.
Michael T. 10 May 2024, 8:00 a.m.
RE: RE: Robert Reich Bob likes to play dumb in order to further his facetious arguments. Pretending the Dims don’t sell themselves for money too.
MjL 10 May 2024, 8:04 a.m.
Michael, I found two of my summer camp swimming tags. The tag categories (unmarked, red, and red/blue) related to swimming skill levels, I think. Seeing the tags reminded me of the board with hooks at the swimming area. The board was divided ‘OUT’ and ‘IN’ (or something similar). It was a serious matter if we left the lake forgetting to move our tag back to the ‘OUT’ side of the board! Jeff
Thanks Jeff! I had completely forgotten this safety protocol. It was many years before I really appreciated the lengths they went to for our safety. My memory was that these things were just more silly rules adults used to aggravate us. It’s a wonder I survived with that attitude!
I remember it was fun learning how to swim the different strokes and how hard it was to arch my back enough to float on my back.
Note: Jeff sent some maps with the comment they weren’t great quality but I thought I would share them too. Maybe it will jog a memory. Older MapNewer Map
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