eagle scouts

[ninjavanish]

Originally Posted by SvilleKid

Does it count if I was the Scoutmaster for over a dozen guys that made Eagle? Plus sat on probably 3 dozen District Level Eagle Boards of Review? I'm proud to say that none of the Eagles were given, they were all EARNED by the ones that received them. I tried to give back to the program to make up for my troop folding for lack of adult leadership when I was a youth in the program.

NinjaVanish is an Eagle Scout, but don't know if he will see the thread.

Congrats to all those here that earned Eagle. I know how much time and commitment is required, especially during the middle teen years when there are so many activities pulling at them!!

Yeah, I finally get a second to stop and read some posts...

I am an Eagle Scout.

For my Eagle Project, I set out to color code and paint approximately 250 fire hydrants in and around my hometown (color coded so the firemen know how many gallons per minute they can pull from the hydrant... handy information to have) Not only that but we have to cement new blue reflectors in the road where hydrants were loacted so firemen could find them easier.

Turned out to be more like 400-450 hydrants... many of which had not been painted in over a decade at LEAST... so their color code was RUST.

Learned some little factoids along the way:

1) The cement they use on the blue reflectors will adhere strong enough... that if you put it down wrong and have to pull it up with a claw hammer (which is apparently the firemans preferred tool for this job)... it will probably pull up the asphalt along with the reflector.

2) Oil based paint gets on everything. And is impossible to completely clean off of a black plastic pick up truck bedliner.

3) In my home town:
Red Cap Hydrant = 0-499 gpm (The one closest to my house was red)
Orange Cap Hydrant = 500-999 gpm
Green Cap Hydrant = 1000-1499 gpm
Blue Cap Hydrant = 1500+ gpm

4) Scottboro, Alabama is apparently the Fire Hydrant Manufacturing capitol of the US.

[taltos]

Eagle in 1968, my brother in 1976. Three of us were going for Eagle at the same time and all belonged to the same church so we rebuilt the vestments closet and replaced the rims on the downstairs basketball courts. A very proud accomplishment topped only by graduation from Parris Island and my nearly 30 year marriage to the lovely Regina.

[Commander Quan]

Congratulations to you guys. I loved scouting but never made it past 1st class. For some reason those blue cards I needed to fill out for my all my merit badges never got filled out. Too bad diligent was never part of the Scout law.

[SvilleKid]

Originally Posted by ninjavanish

Yeah, I finally get a second to stop and read some posts...

I am an Eagle Scout.

For my Eagle Project, I set out to color code and paint approximately 250 fire hydrants in and around my hometown (color coded so the firemen know how many gallons per minute they can pull from the hydrant... handy information to have) Not only that but we have to cement new blue reflectors in the road where hydrants were loacted so firemen could find them easier.

Turned out to be more like 400-450 hydrants... many of which had not been painted in over a decade at LEAST... so their color code was RUST.

Learned some little factoids along the way:

1) The cement they use on the blue reflectors will adhere strong enough... that if you put it down wrong and have to pull it up with a claw hammer (which is apparently the firemans preferred tool for this job)... it will probably pull up the asphalt along with the reflector.

2) Oil based paint gets on everything. And is impossible to completely clean off of a black plastic pick up truck bedliner.

3) In my home town:
Red Cap Hydrant = 0-499 gpm (The one closest to my house was red)
Orange Cap Hydrant = 500-999 gpm
Green Cap Hydrant = 1000-1499 gpm
Blue Cap Hydrant = 1500+ gpm

4) Scottboro, Alabama is apparently the Fire Hydrant Manufacturing capitol of the US.

The difference in numbers turned out to be, in large part, because the fire department had no idea what they really had in terms of fire hydrants. So, the project also included an inventory on what and where ALL hydrants were located, as well as a data base the FD could use to keep up with what they had!

Well I never thought I would join a new community and within the first few minutes stumble upon a thread about scouts. I earned my Eagle Scout in 2005, one day before my 18th birthday, cut it way too close for comfort. I built a picnic/ walkway area around a soccer field for the Shrine Center here in St. Louis. It was a great time and I learned a lot of stuff for sure.

Glad to see that others still talk about it and share their experiences!!

[secretsquirrel]

I got mine in 1996. I also renovated a pair of ball field dugouts.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=5202



found some pictures of the project before and after repairs cant see it in the pictures but we also restored a basket ball court

[WyoBob]

I got my Eagle around 1958 or 59, can't remember for sure. We had a very active troop when I lived in Kansas City. I had 48 merit badges. I went to camp in the Ozarks. We didn't have "projects" in those days.

My dad was also an Eagle and a Scoutmaster and received the "Silver Beaver" award.

I still have my dad's sash and Eagle badge but, I've never found mine. I'm afraid it got thrown away when we moved from KC to Nebraska.

I had two daughters so was never involved in Boy Scouts. Recently, I went through all of the "stuff" required to become a merit badge counselor for our local troops here in Wyoming. I'm going to do backpacking, fly fishing, aviation and geocaching.

WyoBob