While I agree with Sham that the sleeping and dining set up of most RV's is tight and ideally designed for family (i.e. people who are used to sharing with, and bumping into each other ...), with careful management of the fresh/grey/black water resources a couple can spend an entire burn without hav...

Also - you are honestly incredibly lucky if you only saw one beer can as moop on your virgin visit. No ... we did see more ... but that beer can was the first bit! I assume that our eyes were occupied by all the wonder and did miss lots of moop. In fact, despite my best efforts I know that at some ...

... Sure, maybe those shambling heaps of MOOP had minions to help pick up every last piece of feather, but we can't expect that the average pillow-filling-wearing sparklepony is going to even bother to use enough glue. ... I agree wholeheartedly in the hypocrisy of changing the rules just to suit t...

Here's the thing: moop is a really hard thing to keep under control, and people are inherently pigs. Once you get out there you'll see that jerks leave beers in the porta-potties (or beer cans just dumped around them) or in your camp ... I know that our last time in BRC we were wide eyed and awestr...

Ratty wrote:I see those pictures and think mites. Wearing feathers is a personal choice. I'd be more likely to wear slabs of liverwurst.

mmm, liverwurst ... it might even preserve well, coated in a layer of playa dust!

So ... feathers are shite ... because they fall off. Sequins ... much the same. Astro turf ... fuck that! But, what if you could do something to help reduce the likelihood of the feather falling off ... like using a specific type, or attaching it in a certain way, treating it with something, limitin...

We have only been one time (2014). Our entry was delayed for one day due to the rain. We spent it at Pyramid Lake with many others who shared in our great unplanned fortune . As first time burners with a cute (upon reflection) sense of urgency we opted for the "presale" tickets and were happy (of co...

Elliot wrote:
Da Vinci's Workshop -- I love it!

Right there with you Elliot ... and none to soon to start getting the creative gears in motion!

Elliot ... you are, in a nutshell, what made our virgin playa experience in 2014 such an incredible, never to be forgotten experience. Thank you! You were not the only one, but you continue to demonstrate that risky behaviour, done for the right reasons, and under full awareness of said risk, is an ...

Bless wrote:Yeah, what dragon said. Definitely do not poop in your RV.

My wife and I had no problems last year and both of us did all of our pooping in the RV toilet ... in fact number 2 was the number 1 reason that we decided on going with an RV ... the joy of pooping in our own toilet!

Cheers

Well done Elliot!!! I have not given up hope that we will see you again this year in the dust ...

Cheers,

Ted

I want to post here, before "general public": if it's not ok, sorry, take it down. free project: I have a '72 Mercedes 220D 4 spd stick shift. black. classic style. engine got toasted and it's been sitting. but the body is good, paint decent, interior is original and shows age. good project if some...

Congratulations Elliot! The site is looking quite fine I'd say. While we still don't have tickets Taschia did blurt out something today about "find us some tickets!" ... might have been a little bit induced by the fact that two of our closest friends just told us they had given notice at work, liste...

Thanks AZ and Jovankat. We just recently decided that we will miss this year ... this has caused me much sadness but, at the same time, has allowed me to more thoroughly plan our return. I think I am off the RV route and will spend the next 18 months on an alternative plan. Re: the Carnet ... I have...

Matt is indeed a real photographer and he does give away hundreds, if not thousands of his post cards. In past years he has camped with the Pyronauts and now he camps with Brain Freeze / Got Stickers Camp within Black Rock Power COOP. He assists my team with maintaining the power grid on our block....

maladroit wrote:Your fears are confirmed, however...you'll get the photos, but only after they've been thoroughly and obscenely violated, for profit.

what else is new ...

gaminwench wrote:This photographer took photos of us, many years ago (he's an 'official BM photog', whatever that means).
We didn't see them until spring, but they were worth waiting for.

Now I call that a quality thread drift ... lots of smilin' AND an answer! whoo hoo!

Thanks gaminwench!

Thanks for the info Canoe ... in all seriousness I certainly want to ensure that whatever structure I choose is selected with full appreciation of the potential wrath of our fair mother!!!

... 4. portable toilet for Taschia (mostly)... Some are cheap & easy, and you can use the liner bags with the solidifying agent in it. ... 2. Kodiak 10x14 FlexBow canvass tent... If you promise to screw it into the playa with Figjam's lagbolts, I'd like to camp across the street and watch. Figjam's...

ok so I think I may be off the RV path for the moment ... and Simon ... don't for a second flatter yourself as this current shift in direction comes not as a result of me attempting to dodge your previous effort to shame me into taking a more "right" way of burning :wink: but rather as a result of m...

... But I should point out that for someone who Smiles More , your profile pic looks like it needs a big dusty hug.. :mrgreen: You know as soon as I posted that profile pic mid last year I laughed at the irony of it ... as you described, but at the time I liked the level of anonymity that it captur...

ranger magnum wrote:Im always leery of anyone calling themselves a professional.....

Not that it matters but "professional" was my choice of word ... He never actually identified himself as such.

I rarely get so many smiles from unanswered questions as I do here. I love this place!

Elliot wrote: ...

I often have the thought that nobody should ever have taken photos at The Event at all. But too late for that.

Yes ... there is something to be said for only recording our memories with our own lenses ... in all their environmentally filtered glory isn't there?

I think you've probably ascertained by now that nobody thinks you did anything foolish in letting him take a few pictures of your friend. First sign is that he asked. Did he ever send you the promised cards? No we have not received anything yet ... we did receive his "card" with his email and I hav...

Delighted by the responses so far ... how in gods name did I not see it ... dare I say ... coming?

This past year, while on the playa near LOVE we were approached by a photographer with an enormous zoom lens equipped camera. He introduced himself as Matt Scherzinger. Almost immediately two LEO's walked up (they were obviously watching him to see whom he approached) and very casually asked if ever...

Am I the only one who thinks there is a difference between circus and carnival? I've never actually seen a clown at a carnival. Sure, usually there is a carnival set up outside a circus, but carnivals travel on their own too. You are correct.. Last years fubaa was a gypsy caravan on the ticket.. i ...

Simon of the Playa wrote:

I'm afraid the masses have tasted the sugar

yes, and now the Community has Fucking Diabetes.

Love it! Well played.

... i will continue on my campaign to make the RV dweller ( with the appropriate exceptions ) into being perceived as a pernicious blight upon our city, somewhat akin to sleazy real estate developers. in short, nothing personal... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: I asked for opinions and you delivered...