Comments on: Dib Dib Dabble http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/ Welcome to the home of Beta Mum - who lacks the lifestyle and perfectionist tendencies of Alpha Mummy, but rubs along pretty well most of the time Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:45:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dick http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2643 Dick Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:29:00 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2643 A proud moment for me was when my (now grown up) son presented himself to Brown Bear (or Tabby Cat) to say that the cubs weren't really for him after all. He didn't even make it as far as duty to God & Queen or the ducky uniform that would have had him blending into field & woodland. A proud moment for me was when my (now grown up) son presented himself to Brown Bear (or Tabby Cat) to say that the cubs weren’t really for him after all. He didn’t even make it as far as duty to God & Queen or the ducky uniform that would have had him blending into field & woodland.

]]> By: Lynne http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2584 Lynne Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:22:28 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2584 Thankfully my parents were down to earth ordinary joe blows and allowed me to join the guides when I was younger. Wearing a uniform was part of the fun,we got to march in all the town parades :) Camping was a blast, and we had some place to go two nights a week. We made crafts, learned how to tie a rope (can't say that's helped in later life, but it was fun) played games, learned songs, and my only aim in life at the time was to earn all those badges which I learned to sew on my sleeve myself. Thankfully my parents were down to earth ordinary joe blows and allowed me to join the guides when I was younger.
Wearing a uniform was part of the fun,we got to march in all the town parades :)

Camping was a blast, and we had some place to go two nights a week. We made crafts, learned how to tie a rope (can’t say that’s helped in later life, but it was fun) played games, learned songs, and my only aim in life at the time was to earn all those badges which I learned to sew on my sleeve myself.

]]> By: Mopsa http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2581 Mopsa Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:54:53 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2581 I know heaps of adults whose parents wouldn't let them join the brownies/cubs/guides/scouts because of the military approach and the weird attachment to religion and monarchy. Whole thing highly dubious and my proudest moment was being thrown out of the brownies - I should have known better than to try and join something so waspish in the first place. I know heaps of adults whose parents wouldn’t let them join the brownies/cubs/guides/scouts because of the military approach and the weird attachment to religion and monarchy. Whole thing highly dubious and my proudest moment was being thrown out of the brownies – I should have known better than to try and join something so waspish in the first place.

]]> By: Beta Mum http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2548 Beta Mum Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:44:28 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2548 James - I shall make sure Ben doesn't read your comment, as I'm insisting he actually does the 7 good turns for the week. At the moment we've struggled to list 2, so that means he has to do 3 a day for the rest of the week. Potty - I would have gone for Woodcraft Folk, but they don't exist outside places like Totnes! ExpatMum - quite right - let them run their own clubs if they're that keen on other people's kids. James – I shall make sure Ben doesn’t read your comment, as I’m insisting he actually does the 7 good turns for the week. At the moment we’ve struggled to list 2, so that means he has to do 3 a day for the rest of the week.

Potty – I would have gone for Woodcraft Folk, but they don’t exist outside places like Totnes!

ExpatMum – quite right – let them run their own clubs if they’re that keen on other people’s kids.

]]> By: Expatmum http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2527 Expatmum Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:08:20 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2527 Yes, over here in the States, we have the background checks AND the skin test to prove we don't have TB or something. Makes you not want to do anything. Yes, over here in the States, we have the background checks AND the skin test to prove we don’t have TB or something. Makes you not want to do anything.

]]> By: Potty Mummy http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2458 Potty Mummy Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:18:05 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2458 I was a brownie and a guide and loved it, but Husband - being Dutch - has strong reservations about these things. His comparison between Brownies and Brownshirts seems a little far-fetched to me - but not to everone... I was a brownie and a guide and loved it, but Husband – being Dutch – has strong reservations about these things. His comparison between Brownies and Brownshirts seems a little far-fetched to me – but not to everone…

]]> By: jameshigham http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2455 jameshigham Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:04:02 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/dib-dib-dabble/#comment-2455 Why not? I make my life up as I go along. Why not? I make my life up as I go along.

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