by aleguy » Thu May 14, 2009 3:43 pm
I'm pretty sure the BN badge would be violating some copyright or trademark law. For our troop badge I think we should be TROOP 1 WOMBAT (Waste Of Money Brains And Time) with a wombat in the middle. Individual merit badges, I don't know. Maybe we could give the pyro badge to Trip as a badge for lack of proper burner maintenance or something. But I think the real badges should have something more representative on them. Of course I've never been a boy scout, so I don't know what they look like.
As far as merit badges, we started off pretty strict. For the brewstand build, you have to build a three-vessel stand from scratch, and you have to do the welding and other fabrication yourself. (A sore point for me, I was going to trade some homebrew for my welding.) I'm not sure if automation is part of the build badge or if it deserves its own badge. I think it should be separate, and you should have to do all the wiring, etc, yourself, though I think it should be allowed to have an adviser present so no one electrocutes themselves or fries a controller.
For myself, I think I've already earned the instigator strip.
Never trust a skinny chef, a sober brewer, or a cat with thumbs!