There are places that you can't say Radical Islam.
There are places you can't say that you can always get overpriced tickets on Stubthing.
But that doesn't mean Radical Islam isn't a real thing.

Shit.... Just noticed that I drunk posted the same thing to this thread a year or so ago.... so it must be true

I keep seeing this "don't shit in the RV" mantra. Maybe my RV is special but with a good dose of the aldehyde based sanitizer we never had any smell and it was one of the great luxuries of the RV - not having to deal with nasty portalets is great. For guys, we peed in the portalets but enjoyed our a...

I keep hearing this premise that you shouldn't shit in the RV toilet. Maybe my RV is special, but with a full dose of the blue formaldehyde chemical In the tank, there is never any smell in the RV. None. And being able to take a clean private shit in the morning after coffee and then clean up for th...

If it were held in a place that didn't suck so badly, they could charge more for admission. You guys rationalizing the positives of a desolate hell hole coated with a hazardous substance is kind of funny. I braved it and enjoyed myself for sure, but come one, a nice prairie or rock surface would be ...

I currently have a 64 comet caliente that's a lot of fun but has a wimpy 260 engine. When searching the inter web to replace my 250k mile 80s mercedes sedan I saw a way underpriced AMG, it was totalled and rebuilt. So I bought an '08 E63 with very low miles for a song. I've never had a muscle car de...

If you can afford it I think you should buy one. You can resell them perhaps even breakeven depending on what kind of deal you get should you change your mind after the trip.. It's a lot of fun to have your own RV and know exactly what the equipment can and can't do and drive it across the country l...

So two of us saw the same thing, so it wasn't totally a hallucination.... Is there a drone that could have looked like an unlighted flock of 6 or so birds flying together, low and straight and pretty fast between the temple and the man Friday night? It was either some strange drone, an unlikely floc...

The best part that I didn't expect was that the immediate 10 or so couples/camps around us were, to the person, great fun and compatible with us. We made friends right away, explored the days and nights together, and felt like we had been friends before coming there and meeting up. Shared food, and ...

I've heard it here before,and have found it very helpful to remove as much dust as possible before using any water. A blower tip on my big air compressor tank got almost all the dust out of a carpet, the nooks of my scooter motor, the window glides of the RV, and the rest. Even when hardened into th...

I gave it an open minded try and danced at a few of the stages. Some of that stuff is ok but some of it is just not best called music at all.

And to suggest that I shouldn't bitch about it is a waste of a post.

Our neighborhood was fine. I just wanted some time on the night playa without it. But that's as bad as it got for me.

This was my first year so I realize this isn't a new revelation to many of you So most nights I roamed the playa by bike with my new and old friends with carefully planned and executed neural adjustments. It was beautiful and perfect in all ways. Except for that god damned cheese grater on my nerves...

Wow, headed home now. That was quite a hoot. So the hippie washer 2000 was fabulous. It worked flawlessly. It was such a pleasure to gift out many long hot showers. Water quality stayed perfect, didn't even have the ph shift I had worried about. Used about 100 gallons to keep up with evaporation and...

I keep a pad and pen on the night stand. Me too. Lately the list just includes things to grab out of the kitchen... right now it just has "Wine glasses, cork screw, advil" come to think of it, those may be the most important things of all, and I saved them for last. I'll be so glad to be leaving in...

We have such a complicated bunch of stuff a whole trailer full, and being our first trip, I have been panicking because I just know we will forget some essential widget or something needed to set up our project or shade structure or whatever. But its all loaded up and ready to go now so no more pani...

Take your time. Drink coffee. Don't leave anything in your colonic escrow account.

so you're saying I should use self serve?

Since I started this, here is what we ended up with. 7 5 gal Jerry Cans for gasoline in an outdoor plastic utility chest lined with HDPE liner, and a bonefide containment palate for a drum of diesel. And fire extinguishers and liquor of course.

My travel buddy made one for me, I think it's silly and I'm not much of a pack mentality person, but I bet it will be fun.
And he wants to participate. If it sucks, it will be a very brief experience for me.

It's time to panic.

Next week it will be too late to panic.

Soap and emulsified fats in soap are the biggest culprit and won't filter out with just particulate filters. The real key is to oxidize this shit before filtering or using activated charcoal. I think the most practical way to deal with really nasty water, like food impregnated dish water, is to put ...

On the one hand I love these "white guilt" attitudes b/c with white women it makes them "easier" than they might otherwise be. On the other hand I'm a good looking BLACK male and I dont need CHARITY. LOL If more black guys knew this guys secret insight, BM would be more diverse. Also, you don't see...

the best fabric to anything glue Ive found is PL polyurethane black roof and flashing sealant. Its not meant to be a glue but it sticks great and stays flexible enough to bend with fabric and Velcro, and lasts forever, you need a glue cartridge dispenser. Its expensive but less than goop or shoe goo...

That's me in the middle after being reminded how big of a difference there is in a purple belt that can take 5 hard years to get and a black belt with a lifetime of experience. I'll try to come by.

Is there going to be a mat there suitable for grappling? I might swing by and see if there is anyone who wants to "roll" a bit. No not Raver roll, Gracie roll. I've done it for a bunch of years.

Do you have a way to test the treated water for pathogens and other Stuff? Just being over capacity and redundant should be more than safe, but (at GreyCoyote's advice) I am brining the materials to do potassium permanganate testing which will confirm that no unoxidized organics are in the water af...

I knew that would come up, fair point. I've de mooped it as much as possible, and we are setting it all up on a tarp and will be responsible for it.

Ozone Generator and DE filter loading system