[quote="Just_Joe"]I miss swimming in it.

The forecast is for 104° today and 107° tomorrow!

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But are there any bugs yet? Bugpacolypse 2017!

My friend had his CPAP last year, and the battery charger for it pulled 10-12 amps. I think he might have gotten an extra/larger battery just in case, but the amperage of his charger was high enough that our EU2000 kicked off a couple of times when any other load was on it. I'm sure there are lots o...

Thank you wedeliver! We'll see you Thursday night 8/21!

FFS this is not our first rodeo. I have no real issue with the public JOTS. When we had this idea, I did some searches on eplaya and elsewhere just to get some idea of the cost. The only thing I found was an old thread where the cost was ~$500, which seemed fairly reasonable. Given that, I asked for...

Um, I was kidding about the buckets and dirt. I will use [facetious] tags from here on out. We thought about getting one because we got placed at A and roughly 2:45 and it would be nice to have a "known good" pp at any time of the day or night, but once we got the quote we decided it wasn't worth it.

I looked into getting a portapotty for our camp this year (from USS), and thought I would share the quote. We decided it was too pricy for our camp, so we're buying 5 gallon buckets and dirt for everyone. Here's the quote: Item Unit Quantity From Thru Unit Price Total Price Standard Restroom EA 1 08...

P.Ram wrote:

aknod wrote:My favorite "wake up" music was the camp at 4:45 and E (Man side) that played Sheena Easton's "Morning Train" at precisely 9am every morning.

How much did Animal Control pay you to make that statement?

Nothing. I just always had the hots for Sheena back in the day.

Basically what needs to happen here is the Borg needs to require ALL camps fully disclose where and what camp dues were spent on. No it doesn't have to be down to the penny but at least somewhat accurate - maybe something like the afterburn report issued by BM. This may not be a popular suggestion ...

My favorite "wake up" music was the camp at 4:45 and E (Man side) that played Sheena Easton's "Morning Train" at precisely 9am every morning.

I would love to stay until Monday, but that means not getting back to Seattle until Wednesday and missing 2 more days of work, plus the kids start school and I gotta be there. We left Sunday afternoon at 1:10pm, took about an hour or a bit more to hit pavement (just driving the bus slowly), then 20 ...

Beer, Bacon, and ice cream on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Last year I was able to get texts and send them when I was out at the airport. Signal seemed decent out there. I think I may have made a voice call also, but that could have been the voices in my head. Wifi is very iffy in center camp. Last year I wasn't able to get it to work at all on an ipad or m...

wedeliver, we'll see you in the Sticker Bus either 8/24 or 8/25!

Art Pirates Studios and the Bad Idea bar are at 4:45 and E this year. http://apsbib.blogspot.com/

I killed a roach in 2010 near our camp. I think it came from the dirty hippies next door.

[quote="Grokstar"]Since the first post on Monday (16th) I count 14+/- steppers receiving tickets and 7 +/- step tickets going back into the system. Seems preeettty slow. I think this must have something to do with the Theory of Relativity. Time slows down proportionately depending on how high your t...

Got mine Saturday, no signature required, or at least requested.

[quote="Savannah"][quote="aknod"]Softer than 2008?[/quote]

Hard to imagine, isn't it? [/quote]
Makes me want a hovercraft. Wait, more dust. DOh.

Softer than 2008?

My friend and I bought 2 cases of MREs for our 1st burn in 2008 (that was such a shitshow I've surprised we survived). A full case came back. We re-upped with a second case for 2010 (missed 2009) but that idiot I burn with bought the same "A" menu we already had. We also usually bring a couple of pa...

5500 lbs of coliform and we worry about grey water??

When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Elliot, this thread is what inspired my friend and I to buy and build this bus: http://stickerbus.blogspot.com. This will be (STEP willing and the creek don't rise) Philip's third trip to the playa. Thank you!

Don't pass a bus (or anyone else, but ESPECIALLY a bus) in a no passing zone uphill through the hills before Eagleville. Idiot. I know my bus is slow. I pull over and get out of the way when it's safe. Sometimes it's not possible and you have to have patience. Or die. That Darwin guy always wins. Ev...

If you're asked to exit the vehicle, but can't lock it (I'm driving a school bus and it is possible to lock it, it just requires a bit of work to do), does that mean the cop can look inside?

In 2008 we got there at ~7 am and were in line about an hour. We had about an hour or a bit more to try to set up before the dust storm from hell started. In 2010 we got there at ~8:00 and were in line about 2 hours. We had about 20 minutes to set up before it started raining. :) There, two data poi...

essjay wrote:

Turnip wrote:


We're telling you that even under ideal conditions, it will be dangerous for your baby and it's entirely selfish of your to risk her safety.

+1

Darwin'll fix it. That guy always wins.

My first year I used a $30 walmart tent with no problems. Get an extra sheet and cover whatever you plan to sleep in all day/night, that keeps off the worst of the dust. There's no rain, so mostly the tent just holds some of the warmth in during the night, and heats up nicely once the sun comes up.

Last year we had more problems with suicidal squirrels than bunnies, but with the bus they squish the same. What we usually do is leave ~noon saturday, camp somewhere that night, hit Klamath falls walmart on sunday, then Eagle's Nest in Tionesta, CA, leave there about 2-3am, gas up in Alturas and hi...

In 2008 I drove my F150 double cab Lariat to the playa. It was disaster inside when I got back (12 hour dust storms FTW!). I spent some time trying to get it clean, gave up, cringed, and paid a professional shop to detail it (in and out). Cost was ~$225 (this was in Bellevue, WA, FWIW). Truck was fi...