Comments on: Lodge 104: More 2009 NOAC Issues http://blog.oaimages.net/2008/11/30/lodge-104-more-2009-noac-issues/ John's Soapbox: The companion to OAImages.com. All about OA Patches ... with ocassional comments on current events, UNC basketball, or just about anything else I find interesting. Remember any changes to Order of the Arrow policies and programs will be announced through official channels, not here! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:37:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dave Scocca http://blog.oaimages.net/2008/11/30/lodge-104-more-2009-noac-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-9628 Dave Scocca Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:00:54 +0000 http://blog.oaimages.com/?p=3637#comment-9628 re: "What really amuses me is that many pieces from this set are on eBay right now (no bids)." Some of this may have to do with quantity/availability. They made lots of extras of the '05 JSP set, and post-Jamboree were selling them off at the council office for less than a buck a patch. re: “What really amuses me is that many pieces from this set are on eBay right now (no bids).”

Some of this may have to do with quantity/availability. They made lots of extras of the ’05 JSP set, and post-Jamboree were selling them off at the council office for less than a buck a patch.

]]> By: Greg Grimes http://blog.oaimages.net/2008/11/30/lodge-104-more-2009-noac-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-9616 Greg Grimes Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:25:34 +0000 http://blog.oaimages.com/?p=3637#comment-9616 Grab ya shorts Mike, the boys wanted a purple border on the cartooned jamboree flap. The flap was designed by the same person that did the coucnil's JSP's so they go hand in hand...Well in a way. Sorry dude! Look at this in a positive way. Purple is the color of royalty. Is our lodge not deserving of royalty? Grab ya shorts Mike, the boys wanted a purple border on the cartooned jamboree flap. The flap was designed by the same person that did the coucnil’s JSP’s so they go hand in hand…Well in a way.

Sorry dude! Look at this in a positive way. Purple is the color of royalty. Is our lodge not deserving of royalty?

]]> By: Mike Hunt http://blog.oaimages.net/2008/11/30/lodge-104-more-2009-noac-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-9610 Mike Hunt Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:22 +0000 http://blog.oaimages.com/?p=3637#comment-9610 John- Occoneechee Council already did this with their cardinal for the last Jambo. They threw it in tights, changed the color a few times, and, as Greg put it "had fun". It is only right that the Lodge follow suit. What really amuses me is that many pieces from this set are on eBay right now (no bids). There is also an "unauthorized" Star Wars set from a rogue collector up (lots of bids). While I don't agree with this collector's approach to producing “unauthorized” patches it is sad that they are consistently more collectable than youth designs with the exception of a corny one he did a few years back. While our current patch committee is doing a great job with merchandising maybe the Lodge should put this rogue collector in as an Advisor to the Patch Committee Advisor and give him veto power over designs- or maybe some poetic license to tweak them. He seems to have a knack for marketing- the Lodge should use it. Sadly I hope he puts something out for this year's Jamboree so the traders in the Lodge actually end up with a piece that will trade. John- Occoneechee Council already did this with their cardinal for the last Jambo. They threw it in tights, changed the color a few times, and, as Greg put it “had fun”. It is only right that the Lodge follow suit. What really amuses me is that many pieces from this set are on eBay right now (no bids). There is also an “unauthorized” Star Wars set from a rogue collector up (lots of bids).

While I don’t agree with this collector’s approach to producing “unauthorized” patches it is sad that they are consistently more collectable than youth designs with the exception of a corny one he did a few years back. While our current patch committee is doing a great job with merchandising maybe the Lodge should put this rogue collector in as an Advisor to the Patch Committee Advisor and give him veto power over designs- or maybe some poetic license to tweak them. He seems to have a knack for marketing- the Lodge should use it.

Sadly I hope he puts something out for this year’s Jamboree so the traders in the Lodge actually end up with a piece that will trade.

]]> By: John Pannell http://blog.oaimages.net/2008/11/30/lodge-104-more-2009-noac-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-9608 John Pannell Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:15:11 +0000 http://blog.oaimages.com/?p=3637#comment-9608 Hmmm.. a Spider Man flap? Catawba ha already done superheroes, so this will fit right in. Just put him in purple tights and put a thunderbird head on him and you have the beginnings of a design! Hmmm.. a Spider Man flap? Catawba ha already done superheroes, so this will fit right in. Just put him in purple tights and put a thunderbird head on him and you have the beginnings of a design!

]]> By: Mike Hunt http://blog.oaimages.net/2008/11/30/lodge-104-more-2009-noac-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-9606 Mike Hunt Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:33:49 +0000 http://blog.oaimages.com/?p=3637#comment-9606 If the illustrious patch committee is still taking submissions for the 2010 Jamboree flaps I will dust off my purple crayon and have something sent down to Camp this weekend. What better event to celebrate the rich traditions of the Lodge than the 100th Anniversary Jamboree. I guess it is also a good time for a Spiderman flap too- I don't think we have done that on a flap yet. On a positive note I don't think the patches could get any worse so I am sure this flap is an improvement. Maybe someone took my Megan Fox idea from the Iron Man/Transformers patch to heart! I can't wait to see the new 2010 event patches- it will be tough for them to beat the 2009 event issues but I am sure they are going to be nice. If the illustrious patch committee is still taking submissions for the 2010 Jamboree flaps I will dust off my purple crayon and have something sent down to Camp this weekend. What better event to celebrate the rich traditions of the Lodge than the 100th Anniversary Jamboree. I guess it is also a good time for a Spiderman flap too- I don’t think we have done that on a flap yet.

On a positive note I don’t think the patches could get any worse so I am sure this flap is an improvement. Maybe someone took my Megan Fox idea from the Iron Man/Transformers patch to heart!

I can’t wait to see the new 2010 event patches- it will be tough for them to beat the 2009 event issues but I am sure they are going to be nice.

]]> By: Greg Grimes http://blog.oaimages.net/2008/11/30/lodge-104-more-2009-noac-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-9605 Greg Grimes Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:03:53 +0000 http://blog.oaimages.com/?p=3637#comment-9605 Well with the designs submitted for the 104 Jamboree flap, I guess Mike Hunt will be overly upset AGAIN! But hey, the event series for 2010 is dedicated especially to those traditionalist that just can't bear to see the YOUTH having fun at something. Well with the designs submitted for the 104 Jamboree flap, I guess Mike Hunt will be overly upset AGAIN! But hey, the event series for 2010 is dedicated especially to those traditionalist that just can’t bear to see the YOUTH having fun at something.

]]> By: John E. Pannell http://blog.oaimages.net/2008/11/30/lodge-104-more-2009-noac-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-7966 John E. Pannell Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:28:37 +0000 http://blog.oaimages.com/?p=3637#comment-7966 I guess Mike wouldn't be very happy with this flap from Catawba 459: <img src="http://www.oaimages.com/img43/459dixie08-s.jpg"/> Their 2008 activity patches follow the same theme. ;) I guess Mike wouldn’t be very happy with this flap from Catawba 459:

Their 2008 activity patches follow the same theme.

;)

]]> By: Mike Hunt http://blog.oaimages.net/2008/11/30/lodge-104-more-2009-noac-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-7921 Mike Hunt Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:32:57 +0000 http://blog.oaimages.com/?p=3637#comment-7921 I don’t want to discourage any youth from designing patches. Here is what I see. I see a Thunderbird that blew himself up. Why did we disembowel our lodge totem on a patch? I have been looking at my S-1 and its pretty blue. Why have we started this trend to purple? Purple triangles. Purple this. Purple that. Enough with the purple. Why not pink? Or lime green? We can think of new ways to trash the thunderbird. Lets get creative here. Maybe a bright pink Energizer Bunny Thunderbird? We could do a TeleTubbies theme next year. Make a vigil flap with that one with the triangle. Maybe drive the arrow right through its head (put him out of his misery). Easter is right around the corner. We could issue a special Easter flap with a Peep on it. A baby Thunderbird- how cool would that be? Maybe we should have done a Ronald McDonald Thunderbird when Rodney stepped down- Maybe put Hamburglar on it too. We can’t put Grimace on a flap though. He is purple. Since 2004 we have been treating our totem like Paris Hilton's ChiWaWa. We dress him up like a leprechaun, a bird flu infected doctor, we've thrown a cape on it and put him in tights, made it a Spartan, we even killed him in 2007. So kids. Lets stop dressing up our T-bird. This isn’t the girl scouts. We don’t play dress up with dolls. We’re men. We like to drop deuces with the door open. We talk about cats. And we like to go on riverboat gambling trips. I don’t want to discourage any youth from designing patches. Here is what I see. I see a Thunderbird that blew himself up. Why did we disembowel our lodge totem on a patch? I have been looking at my S-1 and its pretty blue. Why have we started this trend to purple? Purple triangles. Purple this. Purple that. Enough with the purple. Why not pink? Or lime green? We can think of new ways to trash the thunderbird. Lets get creative here. Maybe a bright pink Energizer Bunny Thunderbird? We could do a TeleTubbies theme next year. Make a vigil flap with that one with the triangle. Maybe drive the arrow right through its head (put him out of his misery). Easter is right around the corner. We could issue a special Easter flap with a Peep on it. A baby Thunderbird- how cool would that be? Maybe we should have done a Ronald McDonald Thunderbird when Rodney stepped down- Maybe put Hamburglar on it too. We can’t put Grimace on a flap though. He is purple.

Since 2004 we have been treating our totem like Paris Hilton’s ChiWaWa. We dress him up like a leprechaun, a bird flu infected doctor, we’ve thrown a cape on it and put him in tights, made it a Spartan, we even killed him in 2007.

So kids. Lets stop dressing up our T-bird. This isn’t the girl scouts. We don’t play dress up with dolls. We’re men. We like to drop deuces with the door open. We talk about cats. And we like to go on riverboat gambling trips.

]]> By: Greg Grimes http://blog.oaimages.net/2008/11/30/lodge-104-more-2009-noac-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-7866 Greg Grimes Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:10:09 +0000 http://blog.oaimages.com/?p=3637#comment-7866 John, It's not LPR velveteen. It's actually gray velveteen. Does that solve the problem :-) John,

It’s not LPR velveteen. It’s actually gray velveteen. Does that solve the problem :-)

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