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To: altair19 who wrote (40628)	1/31/2005 4:48:50 PM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (2) of 104181

So this weekend the scouts had this camp-out thing in New Jersey. It was at the Liberty Science Museum. The way it worked is that we all showed up Saturday at 6PM when the place closes to the public. Then they lock us inside and and let us have the place all to ourselves. There were about 5 other Packs there. I think one of them was from Canada because they talked funny. I told them I know Croc and Rose but they just kept going on and on about something in French as they pointed to the huge robotic arm putting together a puzzle. We got to see two cool movies about science and nature. Croc would have loved the nature one. Actually she could have starred in it. They have this I-Max theater there. Biggest friggin screen I ever saw. They took us on helicopter rides through an active volcano. The one down in the carribean somewhere. It was the one that exploded a few years back covering the entire village with ash and boulders. Anyway it was real educational. The kids really dug the place. So at night we camped in our sleeping bags amongst the exhibits. Kinda neat. Except we were close to some exhibit that made this little beeping sound at odd intervals. Was like a dripping faucet. Think I slept a total of two hours. The next morning we had to get up early and get our gear back into the cars before they opened to the public. While waiting on line for coffee I bumped into someone famous. Do you remember the boxer named Gerry Cooney? We was the white dude who fought Larry Holmes way back when. hbo.com Anyway the dude must have a young wife and kid in the cub scouts. He camped out. At 6-foot-5 he must have needed two sleeping bags. Whatta nice guy he was. He posed for pictures and everything. I think he was sort of happy to be recognized. He had a really tough dad and wants to make sure his son gets the quality time that he never got. They had some rather cool exhibits. The kids really liked this virtual reality volley ball game. The kid stands on a blue stage where TV cameras take their image and through computerization it puts them on a large screen TV where they compete against a animated robot in a game of volley ball. The the kid moves back and forth and jumps all around and the computer matches the movements with the game play. Way too cool. This cub scout event turned out to be a lot more fun that I thought it was going to be. Next month we camp out on an old aircraft carrier somewhere in Rhode Island (I think). -Clapper

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