Yes, absolutely hang bicycles up off the floor, so there is no weight on the tires. The alternative is to put the bike up-side-down on the floor, but this can risk damaging other parts. All inner-tubes leak -- it is only a question of degree. Precious few inner-tubes will hold enough pressure for 50...

That was rude of me, since you are new to this. I apologize. In addition, I forgot that ePlaya is essentially defunct, so no onslaught of "competing" comments could be expected. And perhaps my biggest error, outside my rudidity: Out of habit, I assumed you meant On Playa -- which is why I expected a...

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Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:44 pm

We seem to be producing idiots faster than natural selection can take them out. ...

We put Darwin out to pasture when we invented sanitation and medical science.

Hold My Beer et al has made a pretty good stab at compensating for that.

Yes, we still need to invent education.

FlyingMonkey wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:44 pm

We seem to be producing idiots faster than natural selection can take them out. ...

We put Darwin out to pasture when we invented sanitation and medical science.

Decision, decisions!

Lucky420, as I understand it, Burning Man Project is the "parent" or "umbrella" organization of everything related to the event in any way, from the event itself to Fly Ranch to Burners Without Borders and so on and so forth.
(I have been wrong before I will be again.)

For whatever thoughts this may suggest: BMP is hiring an Administrative Coordinator (Temporary) for the period of March to September 2021, which sounds like the "event cycle" to me. https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/446059 "Full disclosure": A camp-mate of mine is applying, an...

My friend... when Mother Nature invented empathy, she did a devastatingly competent job of it. Suicide, as with all acts of defensive warfare, takes place in either of two perspectives: strategic or tactical – planning for the long term; and dealing with immediate needs, anticipated and otherwise. E...

I must be in the stupidest five percent of humans -- but if the Trump tries to appeals a conviction on grounds of incompetent counsel, you heard it here first.

Ranging in diversity from the immensely insightful James Baldwin to the collossally creative Charlie Chaplin, we have always had people who understood. Problem is, we failed to teach this understanding to the masses -- the devastatingly dimwitted who need to understand it. Charlie Chaplin fully anti...

I remember Bonneville as less hot than the Black Rock Playa, which might, at least hypothetically, be because the almost-pure-white surface absorbs less energy than the appreciably darker Playa surface. But the reflected rays can sure burn your normally-always-shaded body areas. Regardless... standi...

You should try the Bonneville Salt Flats for a week in mid-August. Now, that is a reflective surface!

All this is meant as a suggestion, in case The Bicycle Service Baldwin ever returns to the Playa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVl-BuR27O8

And then we take it more seriously.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6jvTJGQWqo

Then there is... "Ya, ya, ya, ya!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8gXVOcKE50

Well, me, for what it may be worth; I build shade over my outdoor furniture, starting with the outdoor grand piano.

People often ask
"Who is the pianist?"
But do they ever ask
"How is the pianist?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqoV4ZW7xTA

All right. For several weeks, I have used ePlaya as "methadone" to manage my Facebook cold turkey withdrawal symptoms. The process is now successfully completed. Thanks!

Be advised: Bureau of Erotic Discourse's main website was hijacked and altered with dishonest intentions by a "disgruntled former..." some time ago, and as of a few weeks ago they still had not regained control of the site's content.
Use other channels to reach them.
Best.

It also arrived as a Placement Newsletter this afternoon.

Our dear planet would sure benefit from a 50 percent reduction of the human herd, and a huge camp-out with barely rudimentary sanitation and hygiene should speed up the culling to a worthwhile extent.

...as opposed to all the " Me 'n mah friend. .." which contaminates the interwebs these days. Welcome to ePlaya, ToniWhy! Your enthusiasm for studying a fascinating sociological phenomenon is also encouraging. There is Stuff lurking to be revealed. (Besides the secret goat sacrifices.) The latest Bu...

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Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:14 pm

... ...
...for my friend and me...

In other news.... Hookworm in the third word -- and in the U.S. deep south. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/01/22/959204833/why-it-can-be-harder-to-fight-hookworms-in-alabama-than-in-argentina This is what happens when we play the misanthrope's zero-sum game and elevate ourselves at t...

Reading the above makes me wonder....
Let's say -- rather hypothetically, I suppose, but... -- that the public comment "Fuck off you fascist." is actually received and read by Mr. Cruz.
Could this be expected to improve Mr. Cruz' future behavior? Anybody's behavior?

My new camp name, soon as I replace the piano with a tuba.

There is hope for humanity, and this brilliant youth represents it.
But no need to memorize the name Amanda Gorman now. You will hear it again.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/0 ... cnn-style/
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Sorry, but I still worship Christine Anne Perfect.
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Ah, yes, of course. Best forgotten -- except by prosecutors. We figured out earlier, somewhere around here, that accountability is still vital.