Around the Web on New Years Day
Hello all I have seen some very interesting New Year Messages come out in the last couple of days so I thought I would share them all with you. Dan's...
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Happy New Year
I hope your New Years Eve included Drinking Sensibly Dancing Badly But now the time is and Jabbering all Day long would like to wish you a very TTFN Kiff...
Merry Christmas from Jabbering to You
Hello readers I have recruited a little helper to send you a message. Hope you all have a good one TTFN Kiff ©ChrisMeadows2011 Hello Reader – Are you new...
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell...
Dr Who Amusing
I am not a huge Dr Who fan but I came across this video and it amused me so I thought I would share it with you all ...
Picture Thursday 03_11_11
This picture was taken late on wednesday night and is the welders welding dome ends on to a 24" Pipe. It looked far more spectacular in real life with sparks flying every where and the glow from the welding.
Picture Thursday 27_10_11
This is the construction road from my site office to the site. I walk this road a minimum of 8 time a day and a maximum of who knows.
Picture Thursday 20_10_11
These are enviroducts they are suppose to be more environmentally friendly than concrete ones and they are lighter too.
Scouting and Social Media (opens in a new tab)
I was pondering the other day if there is a use for social media in scouting, or if it just adults playing around telling other adults that they are sooooo...
Picture Thursday
I have decided to share with you a photo from my day, every wednesday as 14:00
To debate or not to debate
What about having a post where two like minded people debate for and against a topic. We all have our views about things from which is the better chocolate bar to our stance on economic reform.
Girl Effect
Take a minute out of your time and play the game
The Imposible Hamster Club
The Impossible Hamster Video worth taking a moment to watch
30 Day Challenges
I though I can do that, I have nothing better to do in a hotel so I will try a selection of 30 day challenges and see what happens
Think you Know Scouting
Hello all Incase you did not know The Scout Association has released a new think you know scouting video and here it is. happy watching K
Flexible Scouting
I have and I have always thought about it as being around the adult support, being able to offer adults who work on shifts or could only give their support one weekend a month the opportunity to support the movement.
Traveling Games
Drat that was 126 not 26 -0000- I am wondering if people have...
Quiz Answers
Oh yes but of course that was the answer I thought this quiz was not that difficult it was just about reading...
Polldaddy
Whilst browsing a list of available tools for WordPress I came across Polldaddy and I wanted to give it a whirl so my first poll is below. TTFN K
Where does the time go
Where does the time go, living away is bad but I thought I would have time to post more
Privileged Scouting
I am sure you will answer "No I treat all our scout equally" and to that I say "Bollocks", Privilege treatment occours at every level of scouting.
Bear Force One in Avon (opens in a new tab)
Then suddenly there would seem to be a problem, there is a mix up with dates Bear in the Air is not the last weekend but the first weekend in May - errr Oh SH*T
Five before 40
Following from my post back in Feb about the 6 people you would have for dinner I thought I would try a 5 movies everyone should have seen by they time their 40.
Coming Up for Air
It is often said by bloggers that I just did not have the time to post. That was not my problem I was living my scouting life and gathering information to be able to come back and tell you all about it.
Happy Birthday Bear (opens in a new tab)
Firstly a quick post to wish our Chief Scout a Very Happy Birthday and to let you all know about Bear donates his birthday to Scouts 06/06/2011 On 7 June,...
Do we really need an app
With my finger hovering over the buy button I was thinking it is only £1.19. Then it hit me I have this information already on my phone for free why should I buy the app.
The Joys of Fluorescent Clothing
Todays post comes to you from a field next to an AGI in Essex, why you ask?
Do you Boo
For a blog called Jabbering I don't do much talking
Know Your Role
I came into the living room the other day and my boys were watching the wrestling on the television. The NFL couldn't come on quick enough. Anyway there was a...
Are You Still Here – I Lost My Way (opens in a new tab)
{a stranger enters the room} {takes a look round} Oh Hello are you still here, it is very good to see you again. {takes a seat on a chair}...
Happy Founders Day
Hello dear reader, Just a short miniblog to wish you all a wonderful Founders day. Hopefully you will follow all the activity on Twitter using the #iScout as people try...
My Six for Dinner
Hello Dear Reader CilBen who guest authors on this blog wrote a post recently on his blog called Dinner for 7 please and I thought it was such a good...
Avon County Winter Challenge (opens in a new tab)
Hello Dear Reader About a month ago I made a post about Rising to the Challenge. Well the event that I was talking about ran over the weekend of the...
Badges here… badges there… badges everywhere (opens in a new tab)
Hello Dear Reader. Ok I have an question what is it with Adults and Badges? I have recently seen a couple of questions on-line and outside of the www world...
Feeling Neglected… Bet you are (opens in a new tab)
Hello Dear Reader. As the title says I am guessing you feeling a big neglected, first I shut the blog down for maintenance, then open it back up make two...
Round up of Items
There are two Scouts from Australia who are currently cycling to the World Scout Jamboree they set off from their scout HQ in Adelaide 85 days ago and plan to go through 22 countries and complete approximately 22,000km. Now that is some challenge.
Is There a Blanket Ban?
One of the best things about going on camp for me is getting the Scout Camp Blanket out, not only does it keep me warm at night or around a...
Scouting Magazine
Hello dear reader Scouting Magazine I want the follow for the post by Elis Matthews of Scouting Magazine, on how to write for the magazine by asking the question do...
And……. We're Back…..
Hello Dear Reader Phew we are back hopefully the things you will notice are we now have a cleaner theme, with an amended logo ( it is a work in...
Rise to the Challenge
Hello Dear Reader The other day I had a conversation where the phrase "that might be too hard for them to complete" was used. It was with reference to an explorer event we are running this year. The event is a night exercise where explorers must complete 15km hike and arrive at a location for…
Site Improvements
Hello Dear Reader I just wanted to let you all know that I am going to be taking the site down this weekend with the aim of completing a major facelift. Hopefully (he says crossing everything) the site will be down for a short period and will then give you the reader a cleaner looking…
2010 A Review
Hello Dear Reader May I first wish you a very Happy New Year. I thought I would give you a round-up of the 2010 as best as I could however after many attempts at trying to be funny and finding a new and witty way to tell you what I did last year, I failed…
Merry Christmas
Hello Dear Reader. I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I hope Santa brought you everything you asked for. TTFN K ©ChrisMeadows2010 Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this!
Large Events What is in it for me (opens in a new tab)
Hello Dear Reader I recently saw a comment on a scouting website asking "What do adult get from Large Scouting Activities", I immediately started to type a response along the lines They get Networking opportunities, a chance to have fun and be a kid, a chance to meet like-minded scouting adults.
Libyan Adventure – Part Three
Hello Dear Reader Well what to tell you about the Desert? Firstly it is not a Desert as you may think. It is not soft sand rolling dunes, the sand here is quite hard more like a beach within the tide mark.
A view of 2010 by Google
Hello Dear Reader Below is a video I came across on Chris Brogan's Blog and I thought I would share it with you. TTFN K ©ChrisMeadows2010 Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Clip this to Evernote Share this on Facebook Post on Google Buzz Add this to Google…
Would This Work in Scouting
Hello Dear Reader I came across this wonderful cartoon about getting young people to tuck their shirts in and I thought I would share it. NOTE: I am not getting into the debate over whether shirts should be tucked in or should not be, that is your own preference and down to your own group/Unit…
Libyan Adventrue – Part Two
Hello Dear Reader So having braved crazy driving and enjoyed the wonderful atmosphere of the souq, it was time to head to the desert to actually do some work. However I did have enough time before heading to the airport for my flight to walk down to the beach and dip my toes in the…
Libyan Adventure – Part One
Hello Dear Reader Image by (: Kiff via Flickr We I am currently sat in my room with the Air Conditioning on trying to cool down, while I read reports on twitter and the news about how snow is falling in the UK. As I have previously mentioned I have travelled to Libya for about 3 ...
Being Prepared
It's that time of year again, when snow is forecast, the rain never seems to stop and the carpet becomes caked in dirt from the kids shoes when they've been out playing. Yes, you guessed it, time to start planning/organising summer camp. I have organised 5 summer camps and 100+ weekend camps, I always make ...