If young-uns ever want to know why ok boomers think the music from "the sixties" was cooler..... (it they can actually listen to 7 minutes of one song without fingering their cell phone.... )

Don't forget that shade cloth makes a nice wind wall too. . 80% and above shade material can be great to block playa dust blowing straight into your tent entrance. Everyone wants to have wind protection around their home, be it vehicles or larger dwellings, but many times one has no ability to set ...

OK Boomers remember recording studio sound board wizard Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, and here it is for Christmas: https://youtu.be/13UOepPcpcE Trump should pardon Phil today to scorch those America hating libtards promoting PC "holiday" renaming (gawd I hope one of his devotees don't suggest this...

"The heat" of course being social media such as eplaya threads with titles like "Donald Trump is my hero."
Of course keep posting. I enjoy having scratch marks on my head after reading your posts

The "test patterns" introducing us boomers to our first mandala. I know I stared at it... Viewing from a foot away was fun. Electrons didn't end at the phosphor-coating on the inside of cathode ray tube, so maybe that was part of the fun. Those electromagnetic waves perhaps heightening the experienc...

I'm so old I remember when I saw television for the first time. There was a small fire in our house and Dad sent my sister and I next door. And there it was: a small boxy unit with an almost round screen. I suppose I got hooked immediately and for weeks whined at my parents until they relented and ...

Sink or swim

The event needs to be made much MORE difficult to attend, to reduce the demand and weed out the spectators. Then the tickets supply problem goes away. Blockchain. Could be a good way for all kinds of things BM, be it tickets, grants, fundraising, etc. Lots of possibilities. The Captain's and Token'...

If someone believes they can wait to rent an RV, they should spend 30 minutes zooming on this gigapan.

Great job with operation of drone and many hours of stitching!

I never saw this set-up before:

I just found this great guide from Suspended Animation on using Running Rigging. https://www.suspendedanimationcrew.com/docs/howToTieYourCampUp.pdf It's not as easy as it looks, especially if you want all four sides "gaps" to be the same width. Here's maybe the most important tip from the article: ...

Price now $225

Before you get too excited: the tent and cots are in Sacramento. Tent and cots were used 5 days at BurningMan. That's it! It's hard to find any tent other than expensive canvas ones that don't have "venting" mesh that does not have a way to be covered other than jury rigged methods that usually (wi...

Gawd this sounds like me at age 11: "Gee, Mom, all the other kids are doing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ."

Lag bolts are pretty rare, although many refer to lag screws as lag bolts. Here is a 1" x 12" lag bolt used for tree houses these days: lag bolt.png The "lag" name is really about the threads, which are obviously made for wood. Supposedly, the word "lag" comes from: from lag; the screw was originall...

Wow.....this is the Chambers Brothers moment between gospel singers and having the huge hit "Time."

This combo below works for me. Total cost about $25 and I actually use the breaker bar outside of the playa, unlike T-handle or speed wrench, which off the playa I only use for nuts or bolts that have already been "released" from the high torque they were tightened with. Most speed wrenchs only have...

This guy reminded me how most DJ's at TTITD just plain suck....

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/po ... ent-450037

Burning Man, .....has gotten so big that it’s hiring top-shelf lobbyists.....

Common answer would be you bring a projector,generator, sound system, screen that won't blow around and chairs. or, look thru last years theme camps and see who is doing movies and contact them...they may be doing it again and might have a time slot available for you. Good luck ( I not trying to dis...

If you have space in your transport system, you might want to also bring a single bike with normal 26" x 2.4" or 2.5" tires. There will be times you will need it, as handling a tandem with no stoker behind is awkward and there might not be enough traction for soft spots which can be like talcum powd...

It's making me sick finding more and more that is just so wrong unless all artists agreed...

hey kids, look at this Image and Cultural Appropriation for Profit. https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2019-ready-to-wear/manish-arora/slideshow/collection check out #5 i believe that is a no-no. no? Maybe available at the next No Spectators exhibits gift store? Cincinnati Art Museum, April 2...

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Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:06 am

.....no one had ever seen a ten speed bike...

We all had single speeds with coaster brakes. The only other kind of bikes I ever saw were "English" bikes which had 3 speeds, thin tubes, thin tires and looked flimsy.

"....evap pond (they are gross and invite asshats who didn't have a grey water plan...) Evap ponds need security guards, even if the camp thinks they've "hidden" it. One time, I'd been monitoring a 16x24' evap pond, brushing the slop around to have max sun. Come Saturday, it was finally dry and I w...

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Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:46 pm

.... gamma lids aren't all that expensive an upgrade.....

Wow....how did I now be aware of these gizmo's? (buy 6 to save $)
Thank you PapaB!

As the Capt. pointed out,,,,it's an easy concept to understand: bring containers full of water and then take home containers full of greywater. Unfortunately, to get that concept into campers WAY OF APPROACHING BURNING MAN is hit and miss....mostly miss... The mental awareness and actions needed to ...