Awesome. I'm new to the UK, so I'm looking forward to meeting some fellow burners! I'd better get to work on having my EL wire and other assorted burner technology shipped over from the US.

You know what Ring of Fire is about, right?

Hemorrhoids.

And it burns, burns burns

my immediate feedback to the org was to ban cameras and video completely Are you volunteering to enforce this ban? As well, close the gates after Thursday morning (unless you have a pre arranged art intsallation you are a part of) Thursday seems kind of arbitrary. Why not close them on monday? Thes...

In Cambridge, we have an infestation of cyclists. Many of them are students from all parts of Europe, with every culture's particular bad cycling habits represented. We also have a lot of pubs.

So we have students + unlit bicycles + alcohol...

Good Lord, now Burning Man reminds me of Cambridge.

You mean this? BRC Animal Control BRC Animal Control will make collections of those pesky playa creatures who are running free causing disturbances to camps, streets and/or persons of the City. These captured animals will be documented and tagged for scientific research and easy recognition. Some an...

And when's euroburningman going to open, dammit.

http://www.euroburners.org

If I do a comparison of Larry Harvey and Hitler, do standard usenet rules apply, or are we allowed to continue arguing?

:)

OK, fine. I can do that. Complaint: The greeter-type-person at the gate sent me to 3:00 and the camp placement person to 3:30. Complaint: I know the Space Cowboys are great, but people need to stop trying to be the Space Cowboys and play something other than fucking breakbeat. I'm fucking sick of it...

Personally, I'm happy that Space Cowboys are on the esplanade. The Unimog is a work of fucking art. I like seeing it prominently displayed (even when it's not being utilised for its indended purpose.)

I don't know about t-shirts, but I'm sure you could easily find enough volunteers to paint "Frat boy go home" on 1000 pairs of tits.

[quote]BRC Rangers don't have arrest authority. [/quote]

Yes, I'm aware of that, hence my calling it a "novel idea."

One wonders... do all of Salma Hayek's stories end the same way?

Some really weird shit went down where we were camped on Tuesday morning (outer ring betw. 3:00 and 3:30) This must have been at around 7:30 or 8:00 in the morning. I come back to camp, and two BRC rangers are having an argument with some random woman. Something about the rangers driving too fast, t...

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using the same trick of soliciting entrapment by asking for someone to help lick a joint he had just rolled. Let me make sure I understand this: LEO rolls joint. LEO asks someone to help finish making joint (not to smoke it) LEO arrests said person. (after they agreed to lick the joint or after act...

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I know I always get my weather from the World Socialist Website.

>Did I see you yesterday at the Nowhere meeting? No. I've only gotten as far as signing up for the mailing lists. I moved to Cambridge from SF earlier this year. Looking forward to meeting up with everyone soon, though. At this point I'm still dealing with logistical/immigration bullshit that keeps ...

I wonder how much of the growth is "pushed" by actions of the llc and how much is "natural" friends telling friends, news reports, people finding on the internet. I think a lot of growth comes from people telling their friends, or simply dragging newbies along. I've probably been responsible for ta...

And so what of my friends who work very hard to come to Burning Man every year, but due to other commitments cannot get there until wednesday? I suppose it doesn't matter that they spend the rest of the week serving free hot meals and drinks to everyone who happens by our camp, and give away all of ...

Horseradish, are you one of the euroburners people? (Given the time of day, I'm assuming the answer is either "yes" or "No, I'm an insomniac")

Wouldn't happen to be "drunkennurse" by any chance, would it? Really, how many Michaels from London could there be...

If that sounds right, PM me for contact info.

That giant sucking sound is a few people's crediblity going out the window.

The only giant sucking sound I hear is...

Ah, forget it.

Well, I understand your objections, and I suppose I agree with you to some extent, but I don't really see any way to change this. They're certainly well within their legal rights to conduct undercover operations this way (at least in the state of Nevada.) As for what is and is not "acceptable," that...

Any thoguths?

Perhaps they actually register their art cars. That, at least, is the funny answer.

I asked for a ride in an art car and they demanded drugs from me. They weren't interested in me when I wouldn't produce any. I now believe this was a police car. I dunno, that sounds like more than a few legit art car operators I've met. This is an attempt at entrapment. No, it isn't. We've already...

Any one know what the playa looked lke before our military got done bombing the hell out of it?

Like this:

Does BORG promote alternative energy?

I assume not. Seeing as they don't even use it themselves, it might be deemed hypocritical. There's always AEZ...

Reprinted without permission from the same 3playa thread: brickshob - Sep 14 2005, 3:35PM profile - link - bookmark - plonk Drink the fucking kool-aid I've seen serpents as far back as 1986 when I was flying across the desert on ATV's and dirt bikes. The serpents were sources of hours of fun when no...

stop, stop, PLEASE!, My sides are hurting!!

I think I have a better solution. Once Granite Fox is built and we're all breathing coal dust, why not just drag a bigass power cable across the playa from there to center camp? Viola! Problem solved!

This article doesn't particularly make a lot of sense. They cite the large fossil fuel consumption of cars going to the event, and the presence of fire art, and the fact that we burn everything, and then suggest that the solution is... a solar power grid for BRC. While I'd love to see solar power re...