Newbs from STL already getting ready already

Keigh · Post by **Keigh** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:30 am

Hey Burners! Just coming for the introductory coffee and cookies.

I'm Keigh and I'm coming to Burning Man 2011. It will be my first as well as the first time for the 7 other people, including my amazing boyfriend AK (together we are Team KAK) and our great friend Bre, our patroness who used her tax return to purchase 6 tickets and intends to rent transportation.

Collectively our camp will be KKBLAM (all our initials minus the latecomers). While we have some ideas for structure/decorations/power, we're not setting anything in stone just yet but will keep you updated, especially since we'll probably need you to answer so many of our questions!

Oh yes must mention we have applied to camp with the AEZ and hope to build our own small solar panels to power swamp coolers and maybe batteries to keep the lights on.

Any tips are of course appreciated and welcomed!!

See you at the MAN!

Lowz · Post by **Lowz** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:46 am

Welcome and good luck !

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:51 am

Welcome to eplaya! Your bf like AKs...I do...or just his initials? Dive in and read as much as you can!

Keigh · Post by **Keigh** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:58 am

just his initials! he hasn't any particular firearm affiliations.

Post by **Elderberry** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:15 am

Hey there, welcome to eplaya!

delle · Post by **delle** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:19 pm

Ahhhhhh! A patroness.

Where can I find one of those????

I was hoping AK might have been because he was an avid AudioKarma member.... I've got one of those here. Hear those initials sometimes several times a day!!!

Enjoy your getting-ready process. It's costly but priceless!!!

Keigh · Post by **Keigh** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:45 pm

My patroness is certainly one of a kind! Although, Only one of the tickets is a graduation gift, the rest of us are paying her back in full.

I'm beginning to notice that costliness...

Yesterday we purchased two used camelbak's ($40) and also looked at goggles ($25) OTG goggles (for me, still no choice or decisions made there but anywhere from 20-100 bucks!) a HUGE tarp ($35 also did not purchase yet) not to mention I want to build solar panels and swamp coolers....

Plus I am making beaded gifts and haven't even gotten the sparkly beads.

One idea I had was to contact my group and provide the list of supplies they would need for their own swamp cooler, and then we could have a workshop so we could all build it together.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:55 pm

It gets hot on the playa, but shade, combined with a misting system would be a cheaper alternative to a swamp cooler. I carry a spray bottle with water in it.

Post by **Savannah** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:28 pm

Welcome Keigh,

If you're on a budget, these goggles work very well & are very cheap. You can't see the foam very well in the picture, but they conform nicely to the face because of it and don't leave vicious red marks. I am something of a collector, and while not as attractive as some of my other pairs, they work the best and are due for some customization this time . . .

(I bought mine at an Army Surplus store.)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:18 pm

That's not actually coffee in your cup, and those aren't cookies on your plate. It's actually huge doses of snark and lots of nasty back-biting.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:27 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:That's not actually coffee in your cup, and those aren't cookies on your plate. It's actually huge doses of snark and lots of nasty back-biting.

You okay Crypto?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:42 pm

TomServo wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:That's not actually coffee in your cup, and those aren't cookies on your plate. It's actually huge doses of snark and lots of nasty back-biting.
You okay Crypto?

Oh fuck. I got the tone wrong again. I thought it was light-hearted and flippant.
No, no one has stabbed me in the back on this board in a long while. Thanks for asking.

Keigh · Post by **Keigh** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:03 pm

[quote]That's not actually coffee in your cup, and those aren't cookies on your plate. It's actually huge doses of snark and lots of nasty back-biting.[/quote]

snarky sarcastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . funny flippant
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I'll readjust the meter.

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I haven't had a bad experience yet on eplaya, though I have read some examples of poor sportmanship... I hope that I can keep the good spirits up, in my own threads at least!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:09 pm

Keigh · Post by **Keigh** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:10 pm

oh and shade is certainly not being overlooked in KKBLAM. The Huge tarp mentioned above is reportedly a really huge blue tarp which recently served as a roof for a house and which would be strapped up or down over the area. But we also have tents and likely an rv which we will want to cool without running the genny. and the huge blue tarp is apparently about 3 feet by 7 feet folded up and took three grown men to carry.... so transportation of it to the playa seems complicated at best.

Keigh · Post by **Keigh** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:27 pm

[quote="Savannah"]Welcome Keigh,

If you're on a budget, [url=http://www.uscav.com/productinfo.aspx?p ... &tabid=548]these goggles[/url] work very well & are very cheap. . . .

(I bought mine at an Army Surplus store.)[/quote]

Thanks for the tip! are those goggles made for wearing over prescription glasses? They look like they might get pretty foggy, have you noticed that at all?

Post by **Savannah** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:40 pm

I can't remember if they got foggy because I was wearing them in a duststorm and didn't expect to see that well, so I wasn't really thinking of "are these foggy. . . or are they covered in dust on the outside?"

In any event, I could see well enough to navigate off the Esplanade during the big storm on Burn Night.

I just now managed to fit them over a pair of Liz Lemon-style glasses 5 1/8" across and 1 1/4" high, though it must be said that the bridge of my nose is pretty low, so I can't speak to the results for a person with a higher bridge.

If you have an army surplus store in town I would definitely go in and try before you buy. These seem pretty common. Ski goggles might also work. I've seen people wear those.

(Oh, & if you want quoting and other posting features to work, click on "Profile" at the top center, scroll down to preferences and click on "enable BBCode" and save.)

The Biz · Post by **The Biz** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:01 pm

I've only been to one burn (last year) but my advice would be to frequent thrift stores. They've got some amazing stuff! If you have dollar stores in your area I'd suggest frequenting those as well!

Cheers! See ya on the Playa!

Biz

tamarakay · Post by **tamarakay** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:25 pm

I got goggles made for motocross drivers. They fit over my glasses, don't fog and are actually made for repelling dust

Thrift stores and garage sales are your friends. We picked up an ice chest that (supposedly) keeps ice for five days for two bucks. At walmart it is 50.00

welcome to eplaya!

jerroc · Post by **jerroc** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:44 pm

tarps can trap in heat and be a wind sail. They can also tear and get ruined in high winds. Home depot has good shade material that will allow wind to blow through it and block out 90% sunlight. Welcome.

Bob Bitchen · Post by **Bob Bitchen** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:43 am

Welcome

Hope to see you there

Bob Bitchen

Fuck um if they can't take a Joke & Joke um if they cant take a Fuck.
Dont Sweat the Petty things. Just Pet the Sweaty things.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:00 pm

Get a tarp that blocks all light.
They have a black or metal layer.
Or thick enough.

Keigh · Post by **Keigh** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:49 pm

gyre wrote:Get a tarp that blocks all light.
They have a black or metal layer.
Or thick enough.

I may be drunkish from Mardi Gras, but I'm pretty sure this doesn't make any sense??

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:22 pm

What part?

motskyroonmatick · Post by **motskyroonmatick** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:52 pm

allow me to interpret!

Keigh wrote:
gyre wrote:Get a tarp that blocks all light.
They have a black or metal layer.
Or thick enough.
I may be drunkish from Mardi Gras, but I'm pretty sure this doesn't make any sense??

I advise you to Get a tarp that blocks all light.

Tarps that block all light have a black or metal layer or are thick enough that they block all light.

I have had good luck using shade cloth but on really hot days we put a section of tarp over the shade cloth for added shade. It really helps. I consider 70% shade to be a bare minimum for use on playa. Were I to make a purchase of new shade for use on the playa it would be 90% knit shade cloth with grommets every 2 feet and double grommets at the corners.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:04 pm

Note that according to the aluminet site, 80% or 90% shade mesh doesn't block 80% of light and heat, but closer to 50%.
Maybe it's a measurement of area instead?