The Bar 2014 Edition

[AntiM]

Whoot!

[theCryptofishist]

Does the universe read eplaya?

Because, I think that the universe has other ways of "knowing" what "it" "needs" to "know", ya know?

[Savannah]

holy shit

looks like the wife and i are going back to BRC, after all

been engaging our community and having a really good time doing it

and a ticket offer cropped up

holy shit

i'll return with 1.75 days of PTO for the rest of the year ... we can do this!

holy shit

Congratulations!!

[trilobyte]

Trust me, you do NOT want to watch a thunderstorm move in to Black Rock City. Even if you're a seasoned veteran and have your camp and all its structures completely dialed in, it makes a huge mess of everything, disrupts everything in a pretty horrible way, and makes for a pretty miserable experience.

Woohoo 48_love, congrats!

Had a long and busy and productive day, but still so much to do. Then hooray, got to have a nice dinner with friends/campmates who are taking this year off (they're working on other adventures, and prepping to sail down the coast in a month or two). It was nice to catch up and swap stories, as well as connect on a piece of art they'll be working on for us to take to the playa with us.

[Captain Goddammit]

Oh I don't know, I think a thunderstorm in BRC might be entertaining this year

[Savannah]

I enjoyed lightning in 2012, but that's because 1) there was no rain, and 2) Junglesmacks was tall enough to take the hit for the rest of us.

[Patsh]

Oh I don't know, I think a thunderstorm in BRC might be entertaining this year

That's easy for you to say.
Won't you be Hawaii by then?

[gaminwench]

*Bushmills all around*

Watched a thunderstorm move in for 3 DAYS at Juplaya last year;

DAY 1: Lightning and thunder moves through the mountains in a halo all the way around the playa;
DAY 2: Lightning and thunder create a solid ring around the playa (St. Elmo's Fire, WOOT!!!! )
DAY 3: Thunder and rainstorm ( 3 hours ) on the playa (party in the Box Truck!)

DAY 4, AFTERMATH: Muddyalldamnday;don'tMOVE. , lovely fire-dancing night ...

So yuuuummmmm ...

destroyed shade structures and fried cars

[Captain Goddammit]

Oh I don't know, I think a thunderstorm in BRC might be entertaining this year

That's easy for you to say.
Won't you be Hawaii by then?

[AntiM]

A solid structure to keep the rain off, a cooler of booze, and a pee bucket, is all we need. And fingers crossed we aren't in a puddle.

[Elliot]

Good morning! Amazing how awake I can be in the morning, with proper motivation.

Last year, after hearing about the big rain pre-event, I brought four 4' x 4' slabs of thick plywood to park Millicent on, so she would not sink in the mud if we had more such rain. And enough food and water for two extra weeks of being marooned. But then... I tend to over-prepare.

In 2007, there was a plastic tarp dance-floor across the street from us, and a slight rain-shower turned it into a marvelous slip-n-slide. (As in, when life hands you a lemon, make lemonade!)

Yesterday I loaded the beer into Millicent. First things first!

[ygmir]

*wanders in,makes CCC*
Hi Elliot! glad to see ya up and perky! good example you are, as leader of Southern Cascadia! (no, I'll never give up on my dream nation).

thunderstorm on the playa during BM: ........well, with thousands of lightening rods, well grounded and sticking up everywhere, what could possibly go wrong?

[Maizie]

*pokes head into the bar*

I'm not nearly awake enough to be up this morning!

I still regret not getting out of the tent during the rain in 2012. Would like to avoid a thunderstorm, though.

[Elliot]

...
Hi Elliot! glad to see ya up and perky! ...

Feeling better every day, thank you!
Learning about neural pathways and synapses and how we come from the factory wired to emphasize negative experiences, because that was a vital survival skill in the Stone Age. Luckily, we can grow the pathways that emphasizes positive experiences by exercising those pathways thru deliberate practice. Kind'a like training regular muscles. Fascinating Stuff! (At least for me. )

[Madgirl]

*wanders in, pours big cup of tea*

Morning all! Thunderstorming here now, as a matter of fact. Supposed to be rainy for the next couple days. Wouldn't mind it at all except that our building at work has a less than perfect roof and so now we've got leaks in incovenient places.

[AntiM]

Sometimes I have leaks in inconvenient places.

[forty_eight]

A solid structure to keep the rain off, a cooler of booze, and a pee bucket, is all we need. And fingers crossed we aren't in a puddle.

when they started giving the weather warnings last year, i remembered that we had actually set at least part of camp on what was a slight depression where water had been from the early rain.

that was one of the big drivers to pack up and gtfo

i'll watch better for that this time!

[unjonharley]

Sometimes I have leaks in inconvenient places.

In my case, its all depends..

[theCryptofishist]

I have to go into every thread and make the obvious joke.

Perhaps, I am a marionette. (I hate french suffixes.)

[theCryptofishist]

These are English Suffolks:

A completely different animal.
I think they're kinda cool.

[theCryptofishist]

This is sort of fascinating... In a weird way.

[Jovankat]

Questacon was one of my favorite things about Canberra!

Well there's not much else that's good about it

Spoken like a true Aussie. I did a semester abroad at uni there and everyone I met asked 'why here?' Well, because it was a lot cheaper than anywhere else! It had some redeeming qualities, and Sydney was easy enough to get to when I needed a break

I actually always have fun in Canberra, probably because if I'm there it's to visit friends. I was heading down about once a month for while to visit Canberra Boyfriend but that ended a few weeks back so no more Goodberry's for me

[goathead]

Light thunderstorm always nice, much more then that, can remember having to step up into the blue sauna's back in 2000, no fun.

[ygmir]

*wanders in, makes CCC*
dang, missed GH!! well, be seein ya soon in the dust!
Jovankat: I note you refer to boyfriends regionally. Interesting.

Oil change for Frankencamper: 33 qts.!! no Ji**&^lube for me. haha
ouch!

[lucky420]

*wanders in, makes CCC*
dang, missed GH!! well, be seein ya soon in the dust!
Jovankat: I note you refer to boyfriends regionally. Interesting.

Oil change for Frankencamper: 33 qts.!! no Ji**&^lube for me. haha
ouch!

Well I'd be surprised if you need any lube with all your sexy manliness that you have going on. Ladies swooning (yes swooning) left and right....

Hola to everyone, hope your day is s you wish it to be

[ygmir]

hey, it's Piney's birthday!!

Happy, Happy Birthday Piney!!!!

[Patsh]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PINEY!!!!


See you SOON!!!

[AntiM]

PINEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

[unjonharley]

Appy Bday pinemon

[trilobyte]

Happy birthday to Pineymom and JStep!