u/Essentially_Me

TL;DR: I figured I'd ask the braintrust here if you've had any experience with Ozark Trails or Bass Pro Shop 4-person dome tents.

We have had the good fortune of seeing our Troop grow over the last year (yeah, it surprised us, too!). Typically, we've used Coleman Sundome 4-person tents, which are of decent quality (and formerly decent price). We've seen prices go from $38 on Prime Day to $76, so maybe we should look around.

Ozark Trail has one for $30 on sale, and Bass Pro Shops carries a $50 tent. They both appear similar to the Coleman tents, with big mesh openings, taped seams, a rugged floor base, and a rainfly

I know Ozark Trail (the Walmart house brand) makes shockingly good bikes, but I don't know too much about he quality of their camping gear. I've enjoyed Bass Pro Shops duffel bags for years, but I honestly don't shop there much.

In 2022, Drexel concluded the Campaign for Drexel, and stated that $70M of the $800M+ raised would go to supporting the Academy of Natural Sciences.

Four years later, they are in such dire financial straits that they need to close down. Can anyone explain where that money went?

Cute, but a 75 mile range worth it even for less than $9K (150,000 pesos)? Maybe as a campus utility vehicle.

Hi, I'm just an interested amateur, so forgive me if this is a stupid question. I couldn't really find it addressed anywhere.

TL;DR: It seems we only build housing developments now, whereas America used to be good about building towns (and cities) even in rural areas. Why can't we do that now?

I was listening to an NPR program this afternoon, and the topic was about farms and land use, with a big focus on selling off farmland for development. The show ended with some thoughts on repurposing derelict urbanized land. It inspired a conversation with my daughter, whose boyfriend lives in Lancaster County, PA, and whose parents keep complaining about new developments ripping up the countryside (of course, they live in a house on former farmland).

I grew up in a town amid the suburbs of Philadelphia. It existed before the war as a collection of some homes, a few farms, golf courses, and a tank car manufacturing plant. After the war, it became a proper town with many more houses, shops, churches, schools, and parks. Importantly, it is on the regional rail line (Oreland, Pa, by the way). It will never be mistaken for (your favorite rich, walkable community full of Victorian homes), but it is definitely a town.

I get that past communities were built on patterns of development along rail lines or following industry along rivers. Aside from TND towns like Seaside and other rare gems, modern development just seems to be "we built a shit ton of houses on farmland with access to a major feeder road or near an interstate," which also comes with problems regarding car dependence and utility infrastructure. Endless developed "communities" with funny names.

Is it just zoning? Is it just hard and expensive? Could (or should) states encourage the incorporation of towns instead of just allowing more and more meandering construction?

Our Troop stopped using candles at Courts of Honor a few years back. Candles always seem to involve fiddling around for a few minutes, which breaks up the solemnity and drags on the proceedings. Then there's wax on our fancy Troop tablecloth. When we do things outdoors, which we like to do, the lights all blow out anyway. Adding lanterns might work, but that becomes one more bulky thing to store, especially if you are using a lot of them to light the points of the Scout Law or go through the ranks on the trail to Eagle.

LED tealights seem like a solution, but they are also kind of cheesy. Sorry, for the long background, but the main question:

Does anyone know of a simple, off-the-shelf system that would allow me to light up to 12 LED candles with a single remote? It very much might not exist, but searching stores online nowadays is an exercise in anger management.

That said, how did your Unit solve the problem (if they even saw it as a problem)?