Ditto. A few years back we gave a ride to a friend who had wanted to go for years whose wife had no interest. She finally agreed to "let" him go. She dropped him off at our house without a word, and practically burned rubber getting away. The friend was camping with an ill-prepared life long buddy, ...

I attended a caucus in WA state on Saturday. Never been to one before, but seemed a good year to start. Was kind of a cold, dreary day, the sort of day that young healthy people don't mind standing in for an hour or so, not so much the older crowd, of which I was one. Most of the many Bernie support...

I don't think you guys believe the Captain and I are talking about a really good beer. So here it is:

Dick's Cream Stout really is so creamy that you have to be really careful opening the bottle or it will foam up and make a mess. Have tried lots of other cream stouts and none have been even close.

ygmir wrote:

Captain Goddammit wrote:I'm going with cold beer today, a Dick's Danger Ale, followed up with a Dick's Red Ale.

seems like a lot of Dicks there Cap'n.......

Dick's Beer is my favorite. Will be up near Olympia tomorrow and plan to stock up on Dick's Cream Stout.

Bought one at Cabellas about a month ago, and their website still shows them in stock. Great tent! One of the few that does not have a mesh roof, and also has zip up closures over the mesh doors.

While you guys are wincing..... Not all women waste water. I use about a liter per shower, including washing shoulder length hair. Tricks include standing in a plastic wash tub (with a nice shot of vinegar added it it) to collect shower water, then reusing that water for washing with a wash cloth. U...

Last year at least two of the major carriers (I believe it was AT&T and Verizon) put in temporary towers somewhere accessible from BRC. I had full 4G service early event until about the time the crowd started lining up for official entry. After that, quite a few camps offer unsecured wifi that also ...

The RV companies we have worked with offer insurance for the vehicle (not liability) as an add-on. We checked with our auto insurance, and they will cover the liability but not the RV, presumably since it is worth way more than the average car. I have heard of auto insurance policies that will add a...

Imagine how fast the population would drop if the free booze and food dried up..................

Since it now seems perfectly ok for PnPs to make a profit off people who come to view the art, how about the Org just stops pretending that the event if not all about the money and just opens things up for artists to at least reuse their structures, photos, whatever after the event for whatever they...

Pretty high if you like straight espresso shots in the morning. We even had the PlayaSkool crowd stopping by last year.
However, the required T stake pounding and removal by all camp members seems to keep the riff raff away.

Theme Camp = Hotel Camp. Check out ratings and reviews on Trip Advisor.

Well shit, I'm about to go to Kauai for a week... Be careful out there Captain, you're a haoule and they HATE haoule's. I have several friends from the islands and they advise not to go. They do not want us there. And I tell people making casual inquiries about TTITD that they will hate it and not ...

The first thing most doctors say upon prodding my lumpy boobs is "drink a lot of coffee, don't ya?" Well Fuck yes.

I have fibrocystic breast disease, so every annual boob exam the doctor freaks out at the lumps and schedules a mammogram. Then the guy who reads those sees odd things, then into the ultrasound room. Every few years get the needle poke biopsy, where they have to dig around for awhile to find the rig...

Got the email on the 18th, correct # of tickets and passes today (21st). Plus one fireball. Tracking info also worked fine. (big sigh of relief).
Hope those of you still waiting get yours soon.

The place we went RVs from has no problem with us making keys, but they do not supply them. We just stop by the local ACE and get a couple of spare door keys made. Carry them around on good quality lanyards (ones with split rings, not the little hooks that like to separate) hooked to a belt loop. Wo...

I usually lose a toe nail or so a year due to hiking down steep trails. Usually the new nail grows in under the old one, then the old one eventually falls off with no pain at all. This process often takes months, but depends on how bad the initial bruising is. The key is absolutely do not pick at th...

A couple of years ago my cell phone died a week or two after TTITD after being left in a partially shaded RV every day. Now I zip up electronics in a small softsided cooler that I leave open at night to let cool air in (I do not add anything wet). No problems any more. I also have a few meds that ar...

CaffieneGirl, I live in Missouri. There are no pyro training classes close by. You got me curious, so looked on-line. Grew up in the midwest and there were always lots of summer time fireworks shows. Found at least 3 fireworks companies based in Missouri that offer training classes in the spring. M...

Rhino, Have you tried attending pyro training classes? Been to lots of them and there are always some single women.
(I know. The post should have the word "Fuck". Hopefully that part will come later)

I have budgeted __$ for rent, groceries, utilities, transportation, and entertainment. Everyone must reduce all costs to fit this budget, as it is inconvenient and demeaning to my life style to work for others.

As I understand it, the origin of the mile was 1,000 paces by Roman soldiers. Took more than a few centuries later to standardize that. And the width of railroad tracks goes back to the butt width of a 2 horse team. I think most measurements somehow go back to body parts. Must be the size variation ...

And one year there was a double rainbow over giant boobies.

I could not stand it. "a theme camp centered around the ideas of the personal being political, and vice versa, how this happens, the microcosms and macrocosms of actions, events, people, places, and ideas and how the smallest action can be the biggest statement"?? Otherwise known as Camp Old Men in ...

Chilaquilles are a favorite egg dish in this house. You cook a mixture of tomatoes, spicy salsa, onions, and green pepper until almost dry. Also toast corn tortilla strips in a cast iron pan until nice and crispy. Scramble eggs with vegie mixture, and add tortilla strips and a little cheddar cheese ...

Totally non-scientific, anecdotal story re: sea salt vs. iodized salt: The only salt I ever added to food for years was an occasional tiny sprinkle of sea salt. At last years burn I had a lot of really active days with camp set up and take down, nights doing pyro and burn support work, and Sunday te...

Four people should more than fill whatever vehicle you are planning to take. And who knows where you might end up camping? Even when you know an address for someone, they are darn hard to find.

The guy refusing to read the survival guide sounds to me like he is trying to weasel on all issues related to selecting, buying, and packing. Probably also means he is not very interested in going. Is your friend so anxious to haul his carcass out there that she will do absolutely all the work, and ...