oh and trust me the thought of kicking in a drum has crossed my mine more than once. I don't just hear them for a week in the desert

As fate had it that is just where our camped landed we don't make it a point to camp across from people and annoy the hell out of em. For the most part we did have good interaction with Hushvillians.....well at least I did I can't speak for others. I do know of one negative interaction and to be hon...

WOW didn't mean to start this. I was just poking some fun. The Karma comment was directed towards myself as I was feeling like shit and wanted sleep but that art car pulled up and wrecked that. AntiM, a number of people share this IP and I'm aware who it is..i'll calm him down he's just bitchy from ...

oH and that art car......just passed out from a long day/night of to many recreationals and that fucker pulled up.......karma's a bitch

MALLARD! Can you hear me now? The main point of Hushville is you know you won't get a smelly, noisy generator next to your head in a neighboring camp, or a sound system on top of your cozy little shade structure. Across the street? Passing by? Sure. Although we do diplomatically and individually try...

Campmates lost two EZ-up's this year, but then they didn't bother to secure anything.........

i'll stick with the 1 inch conduit and welded brackets they slide into. A couple of tarps and some deep rebar takes care of it.

You know my CFI won't let me fly naked.........

I've worked with the emergency medical people on playa and at SF Pride and it's given me a distaste for careless druguse. Have we worked together? HAHA I was answering a question somone had regarding shamanic "brews" and I don't question that persons intent when it comes to their spiritual practice...

Where did i post shamanism = excuse to use drugs? Please if its in here thow it back at me cause I'm lost as to where that came from.

Maybe I need to clarify a bit. I’m not claiming to be a shaman; however I am claiming to practice shamanism. To clear things up a bit here’s a little education. The term shaman originally refers to healers of the Turkic Mongol areas in Northern Asia and Mongolia. The literal Turkic/Tungus meanin...

I'd rather talk about monkeys than about pretentious asses who use native spiritual as an excuse for drug use. My interest in shamanism is mostly academic and spiritual. And that's fine. But The shamanism we speak about on e-playa is not the real shamanism. I have a lot of difficulty believing that...

[quote="SurfinFool"]hummm...thanks I think[/quote]

HAHAHA Don't listen to these yahoo's. Your good..

Its not like you'll get detained at the gate and whipped into submission......oops a fantasy is emerging

[quote="theCryptofishist"]I'd rather talk about monkeys than about pretentious asses who use native spiritual as an excuse for drug use.[/quote] Ouch! If you look at any form of shamanism across the world all use some form of device to transport themselves into the lower or upper worlds. I've been p...

[quote="Blackbird"] Don't forget. shamans are the ones who tell us AIDS in gay men results from drug abuse and <b> repeated exposure to semen</B>. Oh wait. That was a medical physicist in Australia. Sorry. My research paper is taking over my brain.[/quote] Well by that then I sould be oozing in AIDS...

Your website says your 22......whatcha need mom's ok for? Hell bring her along haha

I've always been a loner when it comes to practicing. I'm sure there are those out there though that would be more than willing to hook up with you while out there.

Not sure of any shaman camps but we're around. I've seen a number of shamanistic things going on in the book every year including Ayahuasca ceremonies. However the same rules apply to any schedaled substance and DMT the active tryptamine of Ayahuasca is a Schedual 1 substance so it's illegal officia...

If your playing with high voltage and are stupid enough to short it across your chest then hell, out of the gene pool! Its population control. A friend of mine built one about a year ago, made a beer bottle capacitor......couln't waste the beer so we where a bit drunk by the time we fired the thing ...

I bring a djembe every year with goatskin, campmates also have a few around plus guitars and we've never had a problem.

Keep everything in sealed boxes when not in use.....don't used during a dust storn. Keep they vinyl out of the sun and i've heard that if you keep it packed tight in your case it will help to keep things from warping. Clean your equipment as soon as you get home.

A simple IC voltage regulator like: http://www.st.com/stonline/books/pdf/docs/2143.pdf is very efficient. Only eats up about 6milliamps plus what ever your drawing out of it. If your tech savy then just solder it up with a heat sink and your good. If you need more than an amp out of it then add a po...

How about a 4.5 volt voltage regulator......uses very little energy to convert... Easy to connect, power in, 4.5volt out and ground

why not just get a small solar battery charger for AA's then switch them out when needed...

http://www.windenergy.com/index_wind.htm Goto the right side of the screen under product info and look up the AirX. Its cheap as wind geny's go around 500 clams. Its also fully automatic so all you have to do is connect it up to the batteries. It will start up in about 8mph winds with a peak output ...

How about a 179 degree stop in both directions..It's not going to whip 360 that offten..It should be tied down if the wind gets that crazy.. The "tail" on the wind geny is not at 90 degrees to the prop. Instead its a few degrees one way or the other that way if the wind picks up it basicly pushes t...

The otherpower guys basicly have a hatch in the bottom of the tower where the wires come down. There is a plug there that allows them to unhook the wires and untwist them from the ground. Remember, "The CUTTING EDGE of Low Technology" lol

If your mechanically inclined then you could easily build one off their site without having to order the "kit". As for twisting wires.....i'll be corrected on this....there is a type of bearing and i can't remember exactally what its called but it allows a pivot point for the electrical hookups. Or ...

Wind geny's are relativly easy to build. Including alternator and tower..

http://otherpower.com/

This year we're golden, we have a southwest windpower Air-X wind geny and about 200 watts worth of solar. For batteries we're using Trojan t-105's. All lighting with the exception of 2 compact florescents are LED's.

Need 135 sticks of 1inch EMT. So far the cheapest i've come up with is $6.95 a stick. Anyone have a hookup with an electrical supply house or other means to get it at discount? Its all for a dome for Mallard camp :)