I'm in my 30's and got carded at only one bar last year. I think it was because the bartender didn't want me and my friend to stick around. I also found a license on the playa last year and once we got back, contacted the guy through facebook to make sure the address was current. I mailed it back to...

I take a box of red. I throw it in the cooler for a short while so it's cool enough to drink. It's just your regular old cheap vino. I remove the box at home and just take the bag. I do drink out of stemware at home, but I found that the stanless steel water bottles HOLD AN ENTIRE BOTTLE OF WINE. Ye...

Discovered that tickets were not in the "safe place" I thought they were. Spent 7 hours searching other locations in house. Had meltdown. Finally discovered in pile of old bills. Much more stressful than the playa coat shopping I had planned. Yikes! :shock: Although . . . aren't you glad you checke...

[quote="Ugly Dougly"]Brainstorm: What if it was an LED light and had a tether?[/quote] Part of the lantern thing is that the heat from the fire makes it float. I personally have a thing against tethering. There was a camp that had a kite tied to their tent a few doors down. You know how many bikers ...

Picked up 2 sleeping bags this weekend. Sounds weird, but we already have two 30 below mummy bags we have been afraid to subject to playa dust. We used comforters the last 3 years pretty successfully. I decided that we could save on bulk by not bringing the comforters this year. Don't know why I nev...

On the playa, the manliest thing to use it for IS an ashtray. :) Hubs bought a tin on the way home. Once there, he needed to empty it out fast so he could use it as an ashtray. So he offered the mints to passerbys. "Are these 'special' mints?" someone asked. He replied, "Well no, but don't blame me...

"Well I remember hearing about this theft prevention system I think if you get too far from your cell phone or something like that, this thing on your key ring starts beeping or vibrating." It's called zomm. (www.zomm.com) It will only work with bluetooth devices. And if your cell signal breaks, as ...

Jello pudding cups. On Wednesday. From the cooler...

Ride in is kool. If your rider is not camping with you, make sure both you and the rider know expectations. If you do not meet up at 0:00 pm at the corner of n and x on (day), they WILL get left behind and have to find their own way back. No refunds if that happens...

[quote="Boijoy"]We use a super heavy duty canvas tarp becuase we can sweep it. I painted an abstract design on one last year but the rain & mud ruined it. I don't think I will do that again.[/quote] We got a painter's canvas tarp last year. I spray painted a hop scotch pattern and a tic tac toe patt...

Another joy of carding is if you don't like somebody in your camp, card them. If they're over 30, they're probably not gonna have their card on them. No card, no booze and they'll probably leave quickly thereafter. If you work in certain industries, you may also want to check your default world work...

"Honey, I'm taking the cooler out for a walk."

A- Annaprashana
B- Bar Mitzvah
C- Confirmation
D- Divorce
E- Elderhood
F- Funeral
G- Graduation
H- Hajj
I- Initiation
J- Journey

I was trying to get ceremonies instead of more ambigious categorizations to denote different rites.

I believe it's time to post a link to Larry's response on the "commerce" aspect:

http://www.burningman.com/whatisburning ... _sum1.html

In Colorado, there is only 1 liquor license per establishment. As in, only one Costco in the entire state can sell alcohol inside the store. Most have a store beside the Costco where you'd see the same prices but not have to pay for a membership like you do in the regular Costco. We went through Uta...

Gingersnap cookies. They're tough enough to withstand the road trip. This year, I'm serving them with nutella...

I had a basket on my handlebars that wasn't supported at the bottom. I also had a light mounted to the bottom of the basket. Needless to say, 14 lbs of ice pushed the light into the fender into my tire the whole way back to camp. This year, I have no fender, supports for the basket, and saddlebags t...

[quote="EmilyD"]I just saved us $80 by changing our pre and post hotel reservations based on recommendations from Jack Rabbit Speaks[/quote] I saw that too. My reservations are $40 more fo rthe same room I could get on teh burner discount. Did you call up your hotel and ask to get the burner special...

I bought a tube of gatorade-like tablets MADE BY CAMELBACK for their packs at REI. We bought the lemon-lime with caffiene last year and felt actually dehydrated. This year, we bought the same without caffiene and it's much better. Gives the water a little flavor, doesn't stick in the camelpack and d...

[quote="theCryptofishist"][quote="MisaBlue"]Could somebody, please, explain me what it is with wearing white and Labor day? Not only I see it here, but I heard this "joke" in movie as well... Hopefully I will finish my spats today:) It would be nice item for a day.[/quote] It's a fashion rule, from ...

Scenario: You blurt out that you're going on vacation. They ask, "where?" What do you say? Do you tell them Burning Man, do you tell them generically camping, family reunion, etc. Do you try to explain what it means?

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I swear that chick stopped by our camp last year. It was just really weird. She rode by on her bike and then stopped really quickly - poked her head in our shelter and asked, "Got any marijuana?" We said no and she started riding down the road to stop and ask the next camp the same thing. She weirde...

I try to put items in my pack for both night and day. It saves me time in the evenings trying to find everything in near-dark. I always always always cary spare tp. I found out recently that those stainless steel bottles with the clip on them hold 375 ml (i.e. one bottle of wine). Last year I was fi...

Got mine last night!

Gifted: 1. extra water to neighbours who had gifted way too much to some hippy girls 2. Lighters with the man embossed on them. Love to git that one. 3. A mint tin (for cig butts) to a kid who was woefully underprepared. 4. Picked up and anonmously returned camp items for neighbours when the wind pl...

The ravoli was my favorite but I found out they're not making them in Menu C anymore. I had some hamburger buns leftover from the night before and made sloppy joes on bread with them. yum... My least favorite was the vegetarian pesto pasta. We bought tons again this year and have decided not to pack...

Last year I was craving a grilled cheddar on sourdough bread sandwich with butter and mayo. Seemed everybody else in my camp craved burgers.

Doh! I just got scheduled to work out of town the entire week before we leave! Thankfully, the boss is OK with me getting a ticket to go to Reno instead of back to Denver. Hubby and I were planning to drive, so now he gets to go alone and just pick me up. So I guess today I'll be getting a plane tic...

It was like 16 3/4 or something weird like that. They had an alternative, but since the other back tire was bad too, everybody told us that we just needed both tires replaced. And since they would be a different diameter than the front tires, it wasn't worth buying new tires to use for a week and ha...

It's a 30 year old 1 ton GMC van.