In message , Jim Thompson
writes
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:51:00 +0100, Ian Jackson
wrote:

In message , Ken Fowler
writes


At Camp Wolfboro Boy Scout Camp two years ago, they tried discouraging a
bear from raiding the camp. You can't legally shoot them because it is
Forest Service land. They got permission from the FS to use paint balls.
Paint balls weren't very effective until they tried freezing them first -
the balls, not the bears. Scouts on the staff had some fun and the bears
got the message.
Ken Fowler, KO6NO
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What sort of scout camp has facilities for freezing? Do they also have
feather beds, and electric or gas cookers? They sound like a right load
of sissies to me!

Crikey! Another UK fairy ;-)

It's been 55 years since I was a Scout. Even then our camp (tents)
had a central lodge as a meeting place and had a cafeteria-sized
kitchen, with refrigerators and freezers. And we had a swimming
pool... rivers and creeks in West Virginia tend to have Water
Moccasins (poisonous snake :-(

OK, OK. If US scouts have poisonous water snakes to contend with, then I
suppose that they do deserve a bit of luxury as some sort of
compensation. I'll excuse them.
--
Ian