I was briefly in the Boy Scouts when I was a kid. It was the 1970s. I never came close to making Eagle Scout because the uniforms were so uncool that I left shortly after achieving the rank of Tenderfoot.
However, I learned a lot in my brief stint as a Scout. I could build a fire with just one match, tie sturdy knots, and even lash branches together to drag a wounded colleague off a trail.
One of ...