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April 15th, 2012
Looking for Trading Stock?
Over the past several years I have accumulated an abundance of flaps. This is an opportunity for you. I can now offer lots of ten (10) different and assorted flaps, all mint and no spoofs/fakes, for $40 postpaid to US addresses.
Please, at this time this is a limit of one lot per person. No requests for particular issues or lodges can be honored. My extras are stored in boxes and I will pull them out ten at a time at random.
If interested please send payment via PayPal to me at jpannell@triad.rr.com. Please remember to include your address. Thanks and happy collecting!
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March 7th, 2012
Lodge 296: Region Chief Flap, "MVE"
Greg Grimes recently sent me this image of two RED bordered 2012 Home of the Region Chief flaps, showing something he noticed about them. Apparently there may be thin and thick letter variations in this issue. To me this is not significant enough to be listed as a variety. It is for cases like this that my site uses the notation, "MVE" (minor variations exist).
I told Greg I would share this image with fellow collectors. What do you think? Chase after this variation or not; that is completely up to you!
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March 5th, 2012
Breast Cancer Patch Checklist
Now that there is a growing list of breast cancer related patches as well as a devoted group of collectors chasing after them, I thought now is a good time to put together a list of those issues. I now know of at least 18 issues from 12 lodges, including a key fob and one chapter issue.
"Continue reading" to see the list.
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March 4th, 2012
Ahoalan-Nachpikin Issues Breast Cancer Flap
Ahoalan-Nachpikin lodge from Memphis, TN has joined the growing list of lodges (and one chapter) that have issued patches in support of breast cancer research. As with many others, this issue is also a pink monochrome. Thanks to Nick DeMarco for supplying this image.
If you know of any other patches that have been issued for this cause, please either send the images to me or comment on this post below. Thanks.
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February 21st, 2012
2012 NOAC Issues Page Added
I have just added a page to this site showing lodge issues for this Summer's National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC). You may view it here:
http://www.oaimages.com/noac12.shtml
Presently on a few issues are shown. If you know of any that should be added, please let me know. This list should grow rapidly as we get closer to NOAC.
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Archive for December, 2006
I’ve been asked to pass along to readers of this blog that ordering information for conclave memorabilia and other information about the 2007 SR-7B conclave can now be found online.
Memorabilia sales is a major source of funding the SR-7B conclaves. Occoneechee lodge has been working hard to make this the best conclave ever.
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"Numbers written on restaurant bills within the confines of restaurants do not follow the same mathematical laws as numbers written on any other pieces of paper in any other parts of the Universe.
This single statement took the scientific world by storm. It completely revolutionized it. So many mathematical conferences got held in such good restaurants that many of the finest minds of a generation died of obesity and heart failure and the science of math was put back by years."
Douglas Adams
No, the title doesn’t mean everyone agrees.
Just in time to ring in the New Year and thanks to the guys at ScoutHistory.net Cloth Talk #20 is now available for downloading either through iTunes or by direct download at http://www.scouthistory.net/blog/. Remember, you do not need to have iTunes installed in order to listen to Cloth Talk.
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"Numbers written on restaurant bills within the confines of restaurants do not follow the same mathematical laws as numbers written on any other pieces of paper in any other parts of the Universe.
This single statement took the scientific world by storm. It completely revolutionized it. So many mathematical conferences got held in such good restaurants that many of the finest minds of a generation died of obesity and heart failure and the science of math was put back by years."
Douglas Adams
Vice President Cheney gave a wonderful eulogy for President Ford earlier this evening.
While very few believe that Ford was one of our great presidents, he was what the country needed at that time. He was an unassuming and honest man who could help heal the divided and embittered nation. He was also an Eagle Scout. Continue Reading »
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"The greatest wealth consisteth in being charitable, and the greatest happiness in having tranquility of mind. Experience is the most beautiful adornment and the best comrade is one that hath no desire. "
Tibetan Doctrine
Over the next few weeks, I will be posting a year end round of of lodge events issues for this past year. For some lodges I have no information, so unless someone tells me what event patches their lodge has made this past year the update will be very short.
Consider this a not so subtle hint and request: If your lodge events issues are not yet on OAImages.com, please send the information and scans along to me. Continue Reading »
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" Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil."
Golda Mier
After a brief diversion for a few vanity and Christmas themed posts, I return to my year end summary of the OA lodge events issues from the Carolinas.
Over the next few weeks, I will be posting a year end round of of lodge events issues for this past year. For some lodges I have no information, so unless someone tells me what event patches their lodge has made this past year the update will be very short.
Consider this a not so subtle hint and request: If your lodge events issues are not yet on OAImages.com, please send the information and scans along to me.
I know of the following two event patches issued by Skyuka lodge in 2006. Continue Reading »
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"We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
John F. Kennedy
I got to make an impromptu trip to Chapel Hill this evening to catch my second UNC basketball game of the year.
In spite of what I thought was a rocky start, where it seemed several players had too much Christmas turkey and eggnog over the weekend, they handily defeated Rutgers and improved their record to 11-1.
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"The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do."
Benjamin Disraeli
Most everyone has heard by now that President Gerald R. Ford died on the evening of December 26, 2006. He was the first and, for the foreseeable future, only American president to have earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
Many tributes have been written already. Many more will be written. So far, I seen only one from the point of view of his being a Scout. Please read Pastor Bob McCanless’ tribute to President Ford, a far better post than I could ever write.
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"I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it. "
Oliver North
“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
– George Santayana
Here’s another holiday time fluff post…
I’m not a huge fan of YouTube. There’s just so much garbage there one has to wade through before on finds anything worth watching. However, someone else put me on to this video.
Do we really learn the lessons of history?
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"Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. "
Romanian Proverb
Gov. Mike Easley of North Carolina has temporarily lifted the ban on flying reindeer:
Easley said he has temporarily lifted the importation ban on reindeer coming into the state and asked the Federal Aviation Administration to keep the skies over North Carolina clear on Christmas Eve.
“My contacts at the North Pole tell me that Santa has lots of presents for good little boys and girls of North Carolina this year,” said Easley. “I am taking these actions so that Santa will have a clear path from Manteo to Murphy as he delivers presents.”
See the rest of the story at http://news.yahoo.com/s/wxii/20061222/lo_wxii/10592899.
Yep… it’s a completely silly story, but still mildly amusing. Folks from North Carolina will understand the phrase “From Manteo to Murphy”. It’s reference to the 543 mile long trip across North Carolina on US Highway 64 from Manteo in the east to Murphy in the west.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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"Technical skill is mastery of complexity while creativity is mastery of simplicity."
Catastrophe Theory, 1977.
E Christopher Zeeman
The newest jacket patch from Tsoiotsi Tsogalii 70 will be issued in early January. It’s intended as a fundraiser to help fund the lodge’s LLD program.
The artwork for this patch is on the right.
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"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain."
John Adams
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Recent OAImages News
April 1st, 2012
April Fool!
It should go without saying that my post about this site being sold to a Google/eBay partnership was my annual April Fool's post. I have no plans at this time to give up or sell this web site. Long time readers will know this has become quite the tradition here and I usually start planning the posts several months in advance. The most famous (infamous?) of these was 2008's post concerning the abolishment of lodge names. It still creates difficulty from time to time for those in authority in the OA and BSA due to the inability of some to detect obvious (in my opinion) satire.
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April 1st, 2012
OAImages Soon Under New Ownership
This post contains important information regarding the future of this website. Please read carefully.
Many have noticed that I have found it hard to maintain this website for quite some time now. Due to various reasons, some of them beyond my control, updating the price guide regularly has become all but impossible. Things have become a bit less chaotic, but after 15 years this has become a chore. I also know that there will come the day when control of this site will need to be passed to another. With all that in mind, I have been considering various options for the future of OAImages. In the midst of this, a several months ago I was contacted by someone who made me an offer that was too good to resist. After many months of negotiations I am now free to announce that this site has been purchased by a combined partnership of Google and eBay. This will be effective July 1, 2012.
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January 30th, 2012
Tschipey Achtu Lodge: Update
Back in 2010 I announced the formation of Tschipey Achtu lodge as a result of the merger of Ty-Ohni 95 and Ganeodiyo 417. At the time I was told they would use the number 397, which is also their council number. This created a bit of controversy as that number is currently in use by Chilantakoba lodge in Louisiana. I also announced their first flap. Other than a 2010 Jamboree issue no further news from this lodge made it to me.
I was talking with a Roger Ward last night who was at the recent Winter South Carolina Trade-O-Ree. He tells me it has not been quiet in that lodge. The use of 397 was problematic. Many wanted to choose a different number. Some wanted to claim the number zero, but that was not well received given the special place Unami 1 holds in the Order of the Arrow. The Scout Executive, I am told, stepped in and told the lodge they will use the lower number from the two merged lodges.
The lodge is now known as Tschipey Achtu 95. I have updated the site to reflect this current information. Several new issues have also been added.
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January 14th, 2012
An OAImages iPad App?
Some of those who know me personally, know that I have gone over to the "Dark Side" and have started using Apple products. I bought an iMac a couple of months ago and just recently got an iPad. My brother is trying to tell me that my Droid's days are numbered.
I really like my iPad and started day dreaming about an OAImages app for it. I have no idea how to go about writing this and it would take me into an entirely new area from what I know. It's not something that would happen easily or soon. Here's your chance to give feedback. What do you think about an OAImages app? What would you put in it? Do you have any thoughts on how it would be distributed or how much it would cost?
Please feel free to comment. Comments are moderated for those who have not successfully had a comment published on this blog before in order to control spam. I will do my best to approve comments as quickly as possible in order to facilitate a discussion.
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October 4th, 2011
Indian Summer and Summit Corps Patches
I have added special pages on this site for the 2011 Indian Summer and 2011 Summit Corps. I still have a few images to add but most of what I have images for is now on the site. Thanks for Rick Horne for most of these images.
To view these items, go to OA Images: National and Special Events Patches page and select either of these events from the "Other Specialties" drop down box.
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August 27th, 2011
Coming out of Hiding About April 1st
It's kind of odd to come out of hiding to post about a topic like this.
I'm hearing from some brothers that there have been gullible readers to this blog over the years. I would have thought it was obvious from the context of the posts, but the various posts made on this blog throughout the years that have appeared on APRIL FIRST are all satire. None of them are true. Read them and chuckle but please do not complain to your friendly OA National Committee members, Scout Executives, lodge advisers, or official website administrators about the "changes" that are "announced" in them.
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Posted in SR-7B Lodges by John E. Pannell on December 31st, 2006 at 9:37 pm 
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