The Bar, Volume #4

[msj2u]

Yikes Ygmir,

Where is that fire at????

Dang it's early, can't wait to get to the playa to sleep (coughs).

Huggs for those who want them,

MSJ

[unjonharley]

*wanders in, makes tea,,,,,,cough cough......dang smoke!!

here's a pic a friend posted from there:

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This is why I went to AAA yesterday a got three rout maps to BRC

[Oldguy]

Wow, that looks like Hiway 20 above Nevada City on the ridge. Hope it burns out before next week, I sleep with the window open, difficult to sleep with smoke in the air. Even though I am down in the valley, must be rough for ridge runners.

[knowmad]

hitting the road! See you in the dust!

[C.f.M.]

and that dark alley

[ygmir]

*pokes head in door*

so, that photo, it turns out, is not from the fire near me.........the person who sent it, had thought it was. Though that's what it looked like according the the originator.

dang, I don't usually get fooled like that.

*rushes back to packing*

[C.f.M.]

WHAT??!? You're not done packing, yet???

ME EITHER! I have a pile started, at least.

We need packing cocktails, STAT.

Here, allow me.

[MikeGyver]

Wait, Done packing?!? I haven't even started....

Have a Drink and Relax, it will all be okay

[maryanimal]

knowmad is on his way to the playa. I drove him to Ritzville and he made it to Tri Cities! He's doing great! He said he's going to go to The Dalles next!

[MyDearFriend]

Hooray for Knowmad! Thanks for the update, MA.

MrP, I want you to know, that my OCD (ahem, please alphabetize that to CDO thank you) I say my CDO self packed all the clothes before getting them out again to be wired/lighted/repaired or whatever, since, no sense spending all that time on something that won't fit in the checked bags anyway, yeah? And now I very much fear that, due to the addition of several smaller but seemingly necessary items, the lit clothes will not fit.

Packing, repacking, re-repacking...

CfM I love the idea of packing cocktails. Not actually packing them, though.

More please.

[AntiM]

I have the food packed, but not the clothes. It isn't that hard to do, takes a hour or so to pack the three bins (mine, Larry's and the bulky bin) and do a once over of the boot bin. I may need a hat bin too. There's a hanging closet in the garage, the fur coats are still in it. Need to make up the go home bag too. Meh. Still painting.

[ygmir]

*wanders in, makes tea*

sleep? huh? this dang smoke.........the fire is 4K acres now, and about 3 am, as the winds shift to the morning downhill run, brings smoke thick enough to give (me at least) a sore throat and some breathing difficulty enough to wake up. And they say at least a week of it.
But, I'll be in BRC in a couple of days, so , yay that!!

Hi MDF!!!
I have every confidence you'll get all you need packed.........I forget, are you driving or flying out with your crew?
Hi AntiM!! Paint on......IPBA!! I love your art.

*heads for ROS*

[magicmarty]

Morning YG, AntiM, MDF. Very foggy here this morning. Smoke sounds like a real bummer, YG. Fire is always something that I have found a frightening threat. Don't know how you can pack for Burning Man other than throwing stuff in a car and driving there. In awe of those who can, like you, MDF. Be good to have you back in Hushville again, AntiM. Just a little over a week away and we get to see your latest creations!!!

Gonna try to get another hour or two of shut eye in the NEB

(((LF)))

[Aurelia]

Good Morning ALL !
new tx in hand again
love hearing about your packing chores


We are ready to go because I sort of stay in ready to go.
The only thing is changing hats..new ones say they are UPF 50 ..really ?
and where is the patience bin

sorry about the smoke Yggy ,
forever after working with the center of it I am always concerned with lasting lung issues...

Today seeking the patience bin and replacing lantern batteries just in case
xoA.

[theCryptofishist]

Hooray for Knowmad! Thanks for the update, MA.

MrP, I want you to know, that my OCD (ahem, please alphabetize that to CDO thank you)

Compressed Day Off?

[MikeGyver]

Hooray for Knowmad! Thanks for the update, MA.

MrP, I want you to know, that my OCD (ahem, please alphabetize that to CDO thank you) I say my CDO self packed all the clothes before getting them out again to be wired/lighted/repaired or whatever, since, no sense spending all that time on something that won't fit in the checked bags anyway, yeah? And now I very much fear that, due to the addition of several smaller but seemingly necessary items, the lit clothes will not fit.

Packing, repacking, re-repacking...

CfM I love the idea of packing cocktails. Not actually packing them, though.

More please.

Don't forget. You can always ship stuff to the sands hotel.

[Savannah]

I had completely forgotten about that, I shall pop to the shop see if i can fnd any! and of course to fit it in my packing!

eta: i have just a mass of unused space in the (which is in my holdall) which will be perfect for a bottle of malt vinegar.

Pirate scarf and eyepatch! You'll need it Tuesday.

[^Rhino!]

I had completely forgotten about that, I shall pop to the shop see if i can fnd any! and of course to fit it in my packing!

eta: i have just a mass of unused space in the (which is in my holdall) which will be perfect for a bottle of malt vinegar.

Pirate scarf and eyepatch! You'll need it Tuesday.

Remember to bring the computer keyboard with just one letter on it.....

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

[C.f.M.]

You could pack cocktails...


http://boingboing.net/2011/08/11/pre-ma ... g-man.html

[Aurelia]

Hello Dear All
Maybe because I was so delighted to have it all together after early FU
a good Buddy sent me this
is this for real ?
xoA.
August 12, 2013 in 2013, BurningMan,
Tags: 4th of Juplaya, Brostep, Burning Man, Burning Man 2013, Burning Man Bikes, Burning Man Weather, Dubstep, Nevada, Playa Conditions, Propane Grills, Space Cowboys, state of the playa, The Artery, Tone, Toni, Tony, Wet Wet Wet
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State of the Playa 2013
Every year the state of the playa surface that provides so much support against the evil forces of gravity present new and interesting challenges to Burners. 2013 is no different.
After persistent thunderstorms the playa finds itself in a condition like 90s pop band flavor of the month Wet Wet Wet. This is a vast improvement over the playa conditions in 2003 that were deemed by DPW to be ‘Tony! Toni! Toné!‘. Getting anything heavy into the playa for the Burn will be a challenge without Four Wheel Drive. Leave your Prius at home. Mud is reported to be 2 feet deep in areas and was reported to have almost swallowed the SpaceCowboys Unimoog during an ill advised 4th of Juplaya rave.
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The Playa Before it Started Raining
Burning Man is trying it’s admirable best to deal with this situation. DPW is in the midst of laying down a tremendous amount of cardboard to make the mud more passable. This may help for those lucky enough to be on early arrival passes, but by the time you regular, non-special Burners are let in Sunday night…well…y’all are fucked. Be prepared to leave your car on the side of the playa and walk in. Bring only what you are able to carry on your weak, lily white collegiate backs.
ART!
To those setting up art projects out on the playa. According to emergency regulations just issued by The Artery, ‘Any installation bigger than a breadbox will need rebar anchors no less than the size of a man’s thumb in width and 24″ inches in length’ to prevent your art from sinking irretrievable into one of the thirteen mud encrusted entryways to hell found in Nevada (the other 12 are found in Vegas).
It’s not a Playapocalypse, more like a Playapocalipso
Another danger is that that sun will actually come out and bake the mud dry. This sounds like a great miracle that will save Burning Man from being a muddy morass of dubstep’d mayhem. But beware Burners! Danger lies in that there sun. The playa is made of heavily concentrated alkaline soil. When soaked in water over a long enough length of time and then exposed to the UV rays of the sun a chemical reaction takes place. Normally innocent, non-violent soil is turned into a mild explosive when brought into contact with flames for 10 minutes or longer. Poi and art-based flame affects more than 3 feet off the ground aren’t affected. However, new emergency regulations issued by The Cookery state: “Propane cookers and camp stoves without exception are banned with immediate affect.” The Cookery suggests cooking your bacon, cous cous and potato chips with a dehydrator, solar oven, or just eating out of cans all week like those bro-stepping tourists camped beyond ‘F’.
Leave your bikes at home!
With the ubiquitous mud bikes will only slow you down this year. Hiking boots, moon shoes or just plain old ‘hippie barefoot’ is the recommended mode of transport this year. Yes Burners, you’ll have to trudge on foot to the 120 dB dubstep before you awkwardly pretend to dance to that arrhythmic aural nonsense.

[Savannah]

Sounds legit.

[FIGJAM]

"It's a fact Jack!!!"

[ygmir]

why, do people look at me funny while I drive to the playa?
3 full size crosses, and 15 gallows with barbies and kens hanging.........

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and, here's a pic of the fire near me.......well, not very near, but it's doubling every day in size! 5K acres now.
this is off my deck:

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[Patsh]

Yggy... people look at you funny?
What makes you think they don't already look like that?

And, Yikes! That's a mighty big cloud of smoke! I can relate.
Here's the smoke that came to us from the Doce Fire that started just before the Hof party...

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The fire was about 20 miles behind Jerome, from where this was taken, (this is looking in the opposite direction,) and the smoke settled overnight into the lower lying areas. *cough* That's Sedona, off in the distance.

[ygmir]

*wanders in, makes tea*

ah smoke, my morning friend...............that fire seems to be doubling in size each day! but, that'll slow down, I'm hopeful.

Gotta run up to Looneytunes this morning: we're supposed to caravan out tomorrow morning for the first load to the playa, and he has no rear lights..............crap.
*puts on wiring cap, scoots out door*

[Captain Goddammit]

I was just admiring your truck, Ygmir!
I've got a 4x4 crewcab duallie already (people think its a behemoth but when loaded for Bman it's barely big enough!) but I'd rather it had the Cummins I assume yours has, and while less stylish the flatbed would be far more useful.
We could trade on the playa... I'd throw in a glow stick and a techno CD...

[theCryptofishist]

why, do people look at me funny while I drive to the playa?

Envy.

[FIGJAM]

Oh Captain!!!

You would have soooo much fun building a custom flatbed for your truck!

Storage boxes under the bed fore and aft of the wheels.

Add a couple extra feet to the length, and any other bells and whistles you may think of.

It's really not that hard.

[theCryptofishist]

Just wanted to put this out there. In case you subcribe but don't actually read:

ROAD WORK ON ROUTE 447

Route 447 is the main drag from I-80 to the playa. Most Burners get to Black Rock City via 447. And it has taken a beating this year from a series of flash floods.

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) is doing road work to repair damage to the shoulders (or "verge" if you're British) on a 20 mile (or "20 mile" if you're British) section of Route 447 about 20 miles north of Nixon near Snoopy Rock (the rock that looks like a beagle).

This work may mean the road is reduced down to a single lane.

Please drive slowly and carefully -- the shoulders (verges) are very soft / non existent after being washed away -- and allow extra time for your journey.

Work will stop Wednesday before the event and resume post-event, but the roads will still be narrow and dangerous. Be careful - it's an (asphalt) jungle out there ....

[lucky420]

of for people who only read the first sentence or 2...

and then go into full blown "the sky is falling" panic mode