Like the title! I want to cultivate some helpful skills but do so gradually, as a hobbyist. Tempted to get into lockpicking, haha.
Like the title! I want to cultivate some helpful skills but do so gradually, as a hobbyist. Tempted to get into lockpicking, haha.
They add new things and change course with every edition, IIRC around that edition (12th ed, 2009) they started padding out the book with filler bullshit like the food pyramid and how to tie a tie.
Now I’m imagining the 1930s Boy Scout manual is just straight up how to DIY your own landmines.
Not far off, Baden-Powell (the OG of the Scouting org) developed his skills and compiled his notes in South Africa, training with Zulu and fighting in the 2nd Boer war.