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 ...

today seems appropriate:

....I'm so old I remember when Oliver North was considered a traitor and not a Fox News personality.

holy crap... microphone didn't know what was comin'

he first thing, I have read to use rebar pounded into the ground to secure the structure, but I am confused here. Do we just slip the poles over the rebar that's in the ground? Black Rock Hardware welds nuts onto the bottom of 1" 8foot conduit, used for upright posts. There is a hole in the conduit...

Hammocks on a conduit shade structure? No way. Forget it. Which brings up another aspect of the basic rules for conduit shade structures: "Walls" Not sure what you mean by walls vs. virtual walls,, but solid tarp should only be used for the roof. Mesh or camo for the sides. Seriously.... If you don'...

Try 7" bungees. Hard to find, but they're out there. For raising the roof, I've never seen it done any other way than in the link below. If it's too windy, wait until it isn't. Raising these flat roof structures should never be hurried and four people doing it is kinda a must when I raise my 12x20. ...

sorry if I posted this already....but maybe lucky for you if you missed it first time around.
RIP Doug Sahm

I was probably 10 years old, standing around in the Gulf of Mexico enjoying, and a fish bit my nipple. And as so many things BurningMan, I thought of this incident just yesterday.

I'm so old I remember marching along with Peacenicks and Yippies from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon. The Peacenicks wanted to make their point how the Vietnam War was no good, the Yippies wanted to levitate the Pentagon (just a few inches would do) which therefore would end the war. It was pe...

Hi Joe, I hear you on all points, and I'll try to point out that mule tape might not be for everybody. Indeed, I was hesitant to post about the use of mule tape to replace chain links because it is not a panacea-ic solution for many people. ... if you're using mule tape as your guy line, why bother ...

I am most worried about getting chains that fit correctly, so I am testing and acquiring the chain links locally. I believe we will need 1/2" chains, but we might be able to get away with smaller ones. Chain lengths are tried and true winners, but 3/4" mule tape works fine. Tested for the last two ...