Yay!
It doesn’t look like I can get un-buried from work and projects enough to make it again this year… I’m not entirely giving up yet though.

Pay no mind to what they say

I’m so old I remember when…
People used to use these message boards not Tik Tok or X or Instagram… Even Facebook is becoming “old”.

Right? I mean, this isn’t the Navy. It’s supposed to be a coed cruise.

Can I be the bartender? I swear, I won’t drink more than 10% of the stock - scouts honor. Besides, we can probably parallel up like 9 x vintage, turn of the century, EU2000i generators on a thick bus bar and weld some stuff … I’ve still got a pair of those EU2000s… and even just that will run one o...

I mean, I put up a new shop and did radiant heat in the concrete floor, so maybe my results may vary…

Hey everyone… I’ve been gone a long time… l started going to Hawaii instead…
I think it’s time to return to the playa!

BTW, easy way to kill any lead acid battery - put it on the ground on concrete in a damp garage or basement. Even trickle chargers on them if on the ground like that - deadski with enough time. All great info as usual… but this part is a very common myth. The same battery that goes dead on a concre...

I still have it… it’s been parked under a tarp for ten years… it’ll take a LOT of repair and refitting and general dry-dock work…
But if I’m coming, so is it.

Here’s a ghost from the past making an appearance…
Having ideas about showing up in the dust next year… as an old guy now

Wanna know what works better, is more foolproof and simpler? Big plastic barrels. Just dump it in, empty them on your way home at an RV dump station. Evap ponds get all sorts of things dumped in them by random a-holes, they collect dirt and dust, they’re not always empty when you’re packing up, and ...

Once again I sat it out. I’ve long believed it would be great if conditions were super horrible… rain… major dust storms… wind… heat… It’ll weed out a lot of the bucket listers and punish the unprepared. I’m saying it’s a good thing. Every burner should arrive prepared as if no one else was going to...

This has been the situation for decades.

Internet and cell service are some of the worst things to happen to Burning Man, but you can’t stop progress.

I'm sure glad you're so above it all, totally-not-a-sockpuppet who registered today to whine about it. :D Yup, I’m new here. Guess that makes my commentary invalid? Wouldn’t say I’m above it all but I do know it’s not my place to tell others how to burn. I’m all for educating someone who is breakin...

Last year was the first year I participated in this and it really was the woman's video that helped me do this correctly. If you could give me the link, because I can't find it anywhere. I didn't find the video today that I mentioned, but it could not be simpler, and I wonder if you were thinking o...

IDI 6.9/automatic… that’s a s-l-o0000ooooo-w ride…

You haven’t made a friend here in two decades. Every so-called hater here is a lot more intelligent and a lot less of a baby crying for attention. Ok go ahead, make 30 posts demonstrating exactly that, or grow up and act like you didn’t spend fourth grade sniffing glue before being sent to an instit...

For those complaining about my "involvement", I have built solar power systems for 2 different camps (2 different years), with a focus on helping them with their refrigeration needs - and my own volunteer work with disaster relief. I have a business and family and customers, but still set some time...

Hey look at me, someone actually responded and I'm SO excited I'm uncontrollably jizzing all over my keyboard!!

I like how this thread has clearly delineated the two types of burners. “It might mildly fuck up your trucks window switches but probably not so let’s have some fun!” “Be careful if you’re not looking the playa will completely dissolve your truck” I rusted up two really nice trucks by taking them o...

Fasting out there, terrible idea. Don’t just plan on not eating. That’s literally the worst Burner prep I’ve ever heard. The way it really works is you need to show up prepared as if no one else would be there. This isn’t an easy, book accommodations and fly in kind of thing. Offering to cook for th...

Sometimes I wonder how some people have even kept themselves alive this long.

Setting up the unit isn’t that big a deal.
The big glaring problem with this whole thing is the idea of free public fridge space.

Well I’ll just put it this way: I’d never buy a truck that had been used on the playa.

The issue with the dust is that it’s very corrosive.

It’s impossible to plan to be near the front of the line. That’s because there will always be a ton of people piling up too early, and you’ll be behind them anyway. You still end up waiting. And 30,000 others have the same idea. If there wasn’t such a thing as being sent to the D lot, you’d still ha...

I like turtles.

There’s not enough info for anyone to tell you much.
What exactly is the problem?
DON’T “help on wider topics” if they don’t want or need it.
What does that even mean?

Bolt on the most comfortable seat you can find.
Taller handlebars.
Lower gears, which is most easily accomplished with a smaller front crank sprocket ("chainwheel" to the purists).
GREASE!
Rear carrying rack. You'll end up wanting to carry stuff.
Spare tubes/patch kit.
Lights.

I was gonna go this year, if it was "cancelled" again. Today's version of BM is about like comparing NASCAR today vs. several decades ago. There's no longer a single stock fastener on a modern "stock" car racer. People have forgotten what a "stock" car really is. Burning Man is going right down the ...

Hmmmmm....