Former Cubmaster, and Assistant Scoutmaster, current Venturing Crew Advisor. Father of two Scouts, a son who is almost Eagle and a daughter who was in Crew and did Philmont.

As a nurse with 10 years of pediatric critical care experience, it’s not just patients who are dying. I have read a number of research articles about patients who are heavily sedated/medically paralyzed while critically ill or ventilated. The patients I have read about talk about coming up from the medications just…

You should do a series on trading. Start with this car, trade it for something nicer, and keep going until you have Lamborghini.

That’s right, let’s put the youngest and least experienced drivers in the most dangerous vehicles out there. Must have been someone in government that came up with that idea.

My two favorites are from Central Texas. The Hutto Hippos and the Taylor Ducks.

I am a nurse with 10 years of ICU experience. We would administer activated charcoal to overdose/poisoning victims. Insert a big tube down their nose into their stomach. Load up whatever the dose was. Hope the tube doesn’t get clogged because that stuff is thick. Pray they don’t puke.

Super Cobra Jet.

My secret for just about any form of cooking is brining. It really helps the white meat hold it’s juices. I have found that when I barbeque chicken it gives me an extra 10 degrees of temperature before it dries out. This assures I get the entire chicken up to safe temperature.

I remember when this happened in 1998. A USMC Prowler cut a ski lift cable. 20 people died when the car fell:

Terrell:

Ford SVO Mustang. This pushes the ‘early 80's’ reference but the first model came out in 1984, so I am going with it.

You can actually make your own smoked salts, if you have a smoker. Basically you put the salt (I used kosher) in a pan in the smoker with the meats. It helps if you have a very thin layer so it all gets smoked. Otherwise you have to periodically stir it. I made some hickory smoked salt a few weeks back and was pretty…

Yeah, I said similar things when I had kids. No Dad-mobile for me, no way. I am too cool for that.

I learned to drive a standard on a diesel Rabbit of the same vintage. Awesome car. Very well built and handled well. It was also really easy to drive, because you didn’t have to deal with deciding how much throttle to use. You just mashed it to the floor and went up through the gears until you ran out of forward speed.

I always thought VMF-214 were the ‘Black Sheep’, dating back to Greg Boyington and World War II. At least according to Wikipedia, which I always believe completely, VMA-115 never flew Skyhawks.

To faster way to do this shred them into a slaw on a mandolin slicer. Then roast them however you would like.

Early Ford Pinto fuel filler being in the back. It’s one thing to cost money or be an irritant, entirely another to cost people their lives. I have read since that the issue may not have been all it was made out to be at the time, but it’s at least an example of how not to handle bad publicity.

Years ago there was an old wives tale that people having seizures would ‘swallow their tongue’ and choke. You were supposed to put a spoon in their mouth to keep the tongue down and the airway open. Admittedly I never heard that from an actual medical professional.

I am currently driving a 2006 Mazda3 and just about to roll through 100K. I would so take this thing at $5000. I realize the performance is overhyped, but I am not looking to kill Subaru’s. Given how good my 3 runs at this point I think it would make a great daily driver.

I learned to drive on my Mom’s 77 Granada 2 door. It was the ugliest shade of tan ever created, but it ran well. I also learned how to start carbureted cars in cold weather, which is a critical skill people today don’t learn.