-=> Mike Powell wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 > Besides the "funny" leader there tended to be a lot of bullies who needed
 > taking down a peg (or two). My folks sent me to the local BSA summer camp
 > a Lake Springfield, Camp Illiniwek, where we slept in big, more-or-less
 > permanent tipi deals. That summer was in the middle of a drought and the
 > lake was reduced to a small strean a 12 year old could step across easily.

 MP> Our troop seemed to be bully free, which was good.  The tents at our
 MP> camp were old army surplus with (likely) surplus cots and pallets for
 MP> floors.

I learned, early on, that my Granddad was right. "Defend yourself. With
a club if he's much bigger. But, defend yourself." Bullies do get the
point if it's forcefully applied.

 > As it happened across the part of the lake where our boy's camp was there
 > were Camp Widgiwagen (Girl Scouts) and Camp Star of the Sea (Baptist
 > Church).

 MP> Unfortunately, our camp was in the middle of nowhere with no "girl"
 MP> camps around anywhere.  I wasn't that interested in them yet anyway.
 MP> About the time I got very interested in girls was when I lost interest
 MP> in participating in Boy Scouts.  ;)

 I, OTOH, was interested in girls from before I was a Cub Sprout. My
 sister's friends were very friendly.  Bv)=

I see the B.S.A. has changed its name to "Scouting America" Which is a
usurpation since the Boy Scouts were invented by Robert Baden-Powell in
Merrie Olde England as the Boy Scouts Association in 1908.

Today is the anniversary of the first time bottle Co'Cola was sold in
1886.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Coca-Cola Pot Roast
 Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Sauces
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
      3 lb Beef chuck roast
      2 tb Oil
     16 oz Can crushed Tomatoes
     12 oz Coca-Cola *
      1 lg Onion; chopped or sliced
      1 pk Spaghetti sauce mix
  1 1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Garlic granules
 
  * Use non-HFCS (Kosher for Passover) Co'Cola.
  
  Brown meat in oil for ten minutes on each side; remove
  to crockpot. Drain fat.
  
  Break up tomatoes in their juice; add remaining
  ingredients, stirring until spaghetti sauce mix is
  dissolved. Pour over meat. Cover; simmer until meat
  is tender.
  
  Thicken gravy; serve over sliced meat.
  
  MM by Sylvia Steiger
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
MMMMM

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