Trash – Did You Know?
I found what follows on this website http://www.divinecaroline.com/22355/49745-landfill--trash-really-last-Glass Bottle—One Million Years Okay, we don’t really know whether a glass bottle takes a million years, two million years, or a million years and one day to degrade since no one has been monitoring them for that long. But suffice it to say, when a glass bottle isn’t recycled, it sticks around for a really, really long time. Glass is primarily of composed of silica—the same material... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11Hmmm... Hiking Rattle Snake
This story actually occurred to me as a Scout... No I was not bitten by a snake but I came close twice. As a teenager hiking I tended to just hike, pay attention to the scenery, chat with the other Scouts, etc but did not really keep an eye on the trail itself. The first time I was walking down the trail at the bottom of the Grand Canyon when one of the leaders behind... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11Just Believe
I come to the edge of a beautiful valley. To the left I see a small village. Looking out of the windows, I see people waving there hands beckoning me to come visit them and hear what they have to say. Turning my head to the right I see a few house here and there and a few more people beckoning me to come for a visit. On the other side of the town is... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11Hmmm... Tuna Fish Surprise
As a teenager I created this weird concoction that I called “Tuna Fish Surprise”. It is one of those dishes I thankfully out grew and would make even a pregnant woman craving the weirdest things cringe. Ok I'm sure your dying to know what the ingredients of this dish are... and I pray you didn't have your lunch yet.1.Tuna fish 2.spoon of mayo 3.relish 4.cheerios 5.crumbled chips 6.crumbled pretzels 7.crumbled soda crackers 8.crumbled graham crackers... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11Real Good Turns
To often in life we forget about helping others. Doing a good turn daily is a important aspect of life that I do believe I practice enough and I am sure many of you don't do as often as you should. But what is a good turn? Is it helping an old lady across the street? Feeding a homeless person? Helping a injured animal? Assisting some one in need? Taking the newspaper to the door... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11Hmmm... Electrical Outlets
As a small lad, maybe like 3-6 years of age I had this bad tendency to put bobby pins and screw drivers in outlets. I really don't know why I did it. Maybe I just liked the jolt of electric, or maybe I liked to see the sparks … who knows. I did this many times over a few years, got burned a few times even. On more then occasion I would use my play... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11Open Road Pet Peeves
I have driven a fair amount of milage on the open road and have a few pet peeves. The biggest pet peeve I have occurs when its a two lane each way road in middle of no where. To often I see a driver get into the left lane and just stay there not going faster then the right lane, or only slightly faster. The problem with this is makes it hard for others to... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11Hmmm.... Stuffed Up At Philmont
When I was a Scout on of the trips we were lucky enough to do was Philmont. I have many stories from my 10 days on the trail at this wonderful camp. This story is about one of the Scouts that went with us on this trip.The first few days went by normal enough until it was learned that this one Scout had not gone poop yet. Well the leaders stepped in but by this... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11Backcountry Trash / Vandalism
I have been on a number of day trips in the last two months and one thing I saw, as you see in the photos I have included with this post, as how people trash and vandalize these wonderful places. This is more of a rant and pet peeve of mine. I really do not have any solutions. I believe education would help to some degree but there will still be many who do not... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11Help InsaneScouter
As you may know InsaneScouter is a large site containing over 5,000 unique pages of content, using around 20 gigs of drive space and made up of a few million lines of code. This site has grown to large for a few of us to continue to manage. We need your help with various tasks. Here are a few things we may be able to accomplish with your help: updating old content re-doing our clip... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11