Last I looked, 389 had "signed" the petition. So many things wrong with what BM is doing, but for July 4, I just watched the Washington DC fireworks and knew that Burners are so lucky to have much better fireworks as the Man burns and explodes....and we are closer to that show than probably every fi...

For many years, I would hang around the Barbie camp, sometimes bringing friends to enjoy. Two years ago, I unloaded all physical BM objects to a wonderful set of newbies. 20 burns worth of stuff. Powered thru the creepy admitance that BM was over for me, and all was well until I gave them my bike,,,...

No surprise.....

The first Google Doodle was created in 1998 as a "message" to indicate that Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were "out of office" attending the Burning Man festival.

Thank you for posting this Elliot... (I loved helping you load up, more than once, and the atmosphere in your camp was so cool.) I'm so glad to have been following and contributing to / learning from this site since 2004. Many of you posting in this topic have taught me so much and thank you for sha...

The Eplaya structure reminds me of Craigslist or Drudge Report, which still keep their 1990's design and aesthetic, which doesn't resonate with the kind of burners we see waving their phones in the air at the man burn or at million dollar mutant vehicles blasting generic DJ riffs that must have drop...

-------- secure tube unions to their opposing post feet using straps in an "X" pattern I've used cross bracing with mule tape aka: pull tape, on three sides AND below the roof tarp. Of course, pull down ratchet straps on all 6 legs of the 12x20 BlackRockHardware shade structure. (That "extra" 2 fee...

Did you read the link above? There are many posts about what is used out there for the biggest of structures. I'm now engineer, but perhaps every 20 feet on bot sides one of those very large screw in anchors, and then between them, 18" lags. You should be worried about the structure going airborne.....

Trump news today is that public land in Nevada to be sold. Again, we hope some government entity(s) will say no way. It's well known that there is lithium already mapped out and I can't find an exact map, but there are places mapped out in the BLM area above Gerlach. Has BMORG already determined tha...

DoctorIknow wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:12 pm

Bring coffee back, but only espresso or americano. I stopped going when being around people making a coffee order that took 30 seconds to explain their choice made me feel unsafe.

I stopped going when a volunteer worker came back to camp screaming out loud "I just made $35 in tips!"

Hey Billy.....you miss prison or something?

Good one, Simon. Thanks for your years of putting great stuff in this forum.

The Placers will be checking each kiosk or camp or venue in the circle to see that they spend at least 10 hours a day busting their asses on their gift. You won't see any signs saying "Well be back in about 3 hours after we go out on the playa. It's Thursday already and we've been so busy gifting yo...

Simon of the Playa wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:55 am

"ask not what the man can do for you, ask what you can do for the man"...

OMG Simon!
2 seconds after reading the subject line, I thought the same thing!

I figure the eplaya readers here at least a year are at least 60, and will get it.

There was a total eclipse that ran thru Florida in March 1970. It went thru a national forest somewhere between Tallahassee and Jacksonvile. I was part of a collective in Tallahassee consisting of FSU students, hippies, mothers and father with kids. About 40 of us went to the epicenter (?) of where ...

You carried all that water in, there’s no reason you can’t carry it out. Too many times I suggested my camps members buy the clear plastic, screw on top, one gallon waters. When empty, fill with grey water and haul them outta BlackRockCity. The slightly cheaper frosty plastic gallons, do not have a...

You're seeking a ride from where?
Do you have a WAP pass? (AKA, "early arrival pass)
You mention Gerlach as a destination. Do you have a place to stay there?

TikTok may have found an unlikely ally in Donald Trump. TikTok is also gaining powerful connections. The Club for Growth, the anti-tax lobbying group, has hired the former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway to advocate for the social media platform :shock: , according to Politico. Kellyanne's daughter ...

Main Ticket Sales 2024

1 ticket $575
1 Vehicle Pass $150
Safest shipping cost ?????
Credit card service fee ????
Nevada Entertainment tax ?????
Any other tax ?????

Thanks

Bring coffee back, but only espresso or americano. I stopped going when being around people making a coffee order that took 30 seconds to explain their choice made me feel unsafe.

Imagine if The Lincoln Project got enough donations to put this in the SuperBowl ads!

[url] https://action.lincolnproject.us/dictat ... olnproject [/url]

If you are doing the conduit as a BurningMan project and wondering how to cut your conduit without buying expensive tools, get a drill press vise (suitable one on amazon for $32) and a hacksaw. After BurningMan, you'll find the vise useful 1000 times in your future. I promise! https://www.amazon.com...

A decade or more ago, I'd go mostly for Piss Clear. I swore off the coffee attraction when a woman in our camp had just finished her shift and was happy to announce she had just made $23 in tips. I'm very happy to ride around the blocks around my camp and I'll always find people making coffee as a g...

Dr. Pyro wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 10, 2023 12:41 pm

What's next, no Critical Tits?

And maybe another Critical Dicks gone the way of Miso Horny?

In grade school I got high off the freshly minted mimeograph pages the teacher would hand out. I haven't found that smell in ordinary life since then. The mimeograph machine in our school was a hand cranker. I got to do it once. That probably got me interested in silk screen printing 20+years later...

https://formandreform.com/product-category/blackrock-hardware-shade/ Try BlackRockHardware. They sent out an "inventory low" notice May 6, but there may be some kits still for sale. Big drawback is you have to pick up the kits from Oakland, CA. Otherwise, you can get all the EMT connectors on line. ...

Articles like this, which in all honesty, ain’t that bad … Thank you guyz for giving me the best read I’ve ever had on eplaya! 3guyz.jpg I don’t open a lot of new eplaya threads, but the subject line included “Wired” and that mag had an issue in 1996 that was my intro to Burning Man. I didn’t know ...

Oh yes, I remember my first time. And that feeling of regret that I hadn't become a burner sooner.... I'm 74 now, my first time was 1998. I saw pictures of previous burns, but the one that stuck out was people playing in a mud puddle. My feeling was Been There Done That, so I cancelled the idea, ev...

....The Blackrock Hardware kit comes with a solid tarp roof, but I'll replace that with some open shade material. Shade cloth slanting sides as well. ...but I expect to park with the trailer 90 degrees to Gate Rd and place the structure on the downwind side. Rain is rare out there, but it's happene...

I've had a Blackrock Hardware setup for years. One could get the parts independently, but then maybe the tarp for the "roof" would be inferior. Maybe the steel connectors would be inferior as the fabricator made the pipes 1 millimeter thinner. (BTW, if you want the Blackrock Hardware kit, get it ASA...

unjonharley wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 9:57 am

I remember penny post cards and 3 cent letters.

How about aerogram's?

I used them a lot when I lived abroad. Cheap to send, always airmail, could not put anything inside of them.