And, that makes 20 years.
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Another 5 years
10 years after this post and it’s time to go to the Lengthy Service Luncheon again.
University Housing requests your presence at the annual
Lengthy Service Luncheon
25 years of service happened back in June.
Pack 98 Recipe Collection
One of my Wood Badge ticket items was to document recipes that we’ve used for recent campouts in to a cookbook with directions and shopping lists. What I ended up developing should satisfy that requirement and will be useful as a handout for the dutch oven cooking class that I teach with another scouter every other year or so at Prairielands Training College, our local University of Scouting event.
My intention is to make this a somewhat living document. Suggestions for edits and/or additions are always welcome.
Download the PDF: Pack 98 Campout Recipe Collection (updated 11/8/22)
Chuck Box Plans and Construction
One of my Wood Badge ticket items was to build a chuck/patrol box for Pack 98 to use for storing cooking equipment, utensils, some dry goods and the reusable plates, bowls, cups and silverware that I bought for another ticket item.
Wood Badge Training
In September and October 2018 I participated in Wood Badge training with the Prairielands Council. I met an excellent group of other scouters from many walks of life: Cub Scout leaders, Scouts BSA leaders, Venturing leaders, Order of the Arrow members, District level volunteers. And bonded even more with my fellow Owl Patrol members.
At the end of the second weekend, I came away with some new skills, new knowledge and my ticket: five significant goals to complete within 18 months. My ticket items are:
- Improve the organization of Pack 98 camping and cooking gear by building a chuck/patrol box.
- Develop a Girls in Scouting recruiting presentation and deliver it.
- Plan to attend Prairielands Training College in 2019 or 2020 to further my training with Cub Scouts.
- Document recipes and shopping lists for frequently used camping meals.
- Reduce the use of disposable plates and utensils in Pack 98 by purchasing mess kits for Arrow of Light and Webelos dens to re-use on campouts consistent with Leave No Trace.
And, now I’m going to work my ticket if I can.
My Year of Doctors, Tests and Insurance
2017 started with me taking an iron supplement and ended with me recovering from surgery to remove a neuroendocrine carcinoid tumor and four feet of small intestine at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St Louis. Continue reading
Windows 7 to 10 In Place Upgrades and Unsolicited Remote Assistance Errors
Do you have “Offer Remote Assistance” working on your existing Windows 7 deployment? Are you doing in place upgrades to Windows 10 on those machines?
If so, you may run into a difficult to troubleshoot error when trying to offer unsolicited remote assistance using a non-administrator group.
13 years.
And, that makes 13 years.
Twice Baked Potatoes
This recipe was originally posted by another local Champaign-Urbana blog that has since gone private. It is from a well known local BBQ spot, I’ve made it a few times and others wanted the recipe, so here goes.
Dell Latitude E7440 and Windows 10 upgrade
Did you upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 on your Latitude E7440? Is your wireless stuck in “Airplane Mode”? Does clicking the thing to disable airplane mode just flash at you when you click it?
If so, you need to open Device Manager and disable the “Airplane Mode Switch Collection” device under Human Interface Devices. After that, you should be able to turn airplane mode off and wifi back on. How annoying.
Update for Windows 1709 (Fall Creators Update): You need to reboot after disabling the “Airplane Mode Switch Collection” device, then wifi should start working again.
