Things I've Learned From Living In The Desert....

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:21 pm

I don't look at it so much joining their camp as doing volunteer work inside the ice room.....

the rebbi

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:35 am

virgin wrote: Can you die of heat in your sleep?

If you're in the shade, well-hydrated, and you're resting or napping, you'll MUCH less likely to get heatstroke than wandering around the playa on foot at 12:00 noon (that's a time, not a location). You'll notice that the saner burners disappear from the playa prescence before midday, and re-appear a few hours later.

virgin · Post by **virgin** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:19 pm

i don't wanna die yet

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:00 pm

Don't worry virgin, all 44,999 of your fellow brothers and sisters will watch out for you.

the rebbi

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:02 pm

If you are hydrated, ate well, healthy, then your chances of heatstroke on the playa during BM are minimal, no matter what time of day it is. If you are not from the desert, then don't do the following. If you are drunk, have recreational drugs in you, haven't had water since the day before yesterday, are unhealthy, over exert yourself, and are just basically fucking stupid, then you may get heatstroke. Doubtful though. I worked my ass off outside all day today. About 111-115 or so. Digging post holes and replacing signs, looking for lost Belgians. I ain't dead.

196. Scorpion stings on your palm hurt like a mother fucker when your are using a PHD and a shovel. Shit.

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:42 pm

virgin wrote:i don't wanna die yet

like rabbi said, others will be looking out for you, but don't do anything especially stoopid.

piss clear/hydrate

rest when tired, and hydrate

use the buddy system, look out for your buddy, your buddy should look out for you.

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:51 pm

...if all else fails, hitch up your panties and deal with it.

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:57 pm

radical self-reliance?

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:58 pm

No, just a subliminal message to pantywaists.

Lady V · Post by **Lady V** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:29 pm

Virgin...I don't do well in the heat at all either. Last year, I had a camelback whenever I was out of camp, and I'd come back to camp between 1-4ish. I hung out in our little bitty dome tent. We hung a battery powered little fan from the top. I opened the door (downwind), misted myself, and gave my feet a sponge bath every afternoon. Sucked on a few ice chips from the cooler. Delightful.

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:25 pm

...if all else fails, hitch up your panties and deal with it.

But, but, I'm not wearing any panties .......

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:50 pm

Not a problem.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:11 pm

Rebi Rick, I'm planning on wandering out to your homestead sunday morn. If anyone near the SFV wants to ride along, send a message.

I busted my driveshaft 3 times. This is a shakedown ride to qualify the repairs before I drive to Burning Man.
NFW I'm going to miss BM
Dan

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:51 am

197. Dome tents and most camping tents have very poor ventilation/insulation. You are likely to roast inside. Bring a ventilated, wind-resistant shade structure.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:21 pm

Another thing that the Rebi has learned about the desert,,,,, you never run out of ants.

http://www.iportals.com/ant-control/

SED · Post by **SED** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:07 pm

Who could eat so much manna?

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:23 am

helitack wrote:If you are drunk, have recreational drugs in you, haven't had water since the day before yesterday, are unhealthy, over exert yourself, and are just basically fucking stupid, then you may get heatstroke..

have i mentioned lately that i love you?

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:59 am

sweetiepie.....

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:36 am

tisha2 wrote:
helitack wrote:If you are drunk, have recreational drugs in you, haven't had water since the day before yesterday, are unhealthy, over exert yourself, and are just basically fucking stupid, then you may get heatstroke..
have i mentioned lately that i love you?

I think you are mistaking me for someone else.

virgin · Post by **virgin** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:35 pm

helitack, you seem pretty hard core. I'm a little pussy in heat. Always have been. When I was a child, I used to sleep with half my body down between the cool wall and bed to feel the air conditioning better. Also, if we were out on a boat somewhere... I was known to just randomly jump into the water cause I was so hot. And that's while I was in St. Louis. Now I'm used to the brisk mountains.

Looks like I'll just have to hike up them panties...

So what your saying is most likely I'll be sleeping under a shade structure in the day, and pretty much just using my tent for privite activities?

As far as tents... I'm having a really hard time finding a tent without all that mesh you cant zip up. And clues?

regynalonglank · Post by **regynalonglank** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:59 pm

ummm...put something over the mesh? :)

Lorgasm · Post by **Lorgasm** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:26 am

desert sunsets are Beautiful.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:23 am

198. If it's rattling, don't kick it.

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:41 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:198. If it's rattling, don't kick it.

198(a) If it's rattling and coming towards you, shoot it.

198(b) If it's rattling and going away from you, you shouldn't have gotten out of it with it running.

bb

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:24 pm

[quote="Bay Bridge Sue"

198(b) If it's rattling and going away from you, you shouldn't have gotten out of it with it running"

This from the "Stella award"
1st Place:
> >>
> >>This year's runaway winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski
> >>of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. Grazinski purchased a
> >>brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first
> >>trip home, (from an OU football game), having driven
> >>onto the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70
> >>mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go into the
> >>back & make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the
> >>RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mrs.
> >>Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising her in the
> >>owner's manual that she couldn't actually do this.
> >>The jury awarded her $1,750,000. plus a new motor
> >>home. The company actually changed their manuals on
> >>the
> >>basis of this suit, just in case there were any
> >>other complete morons around.
> >>

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:11 pm

can't sit still wrote:I thought only texas allowed Full autos.

Albany (OR) Rifle & Pistol Club

Full-auto shoots twice a year. Mr.Koosh got to go a couple of years back; came home smiling the way I do when I get back from the playa.

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:24 pm

can't sit still wrote:When KIDS ask how to make bombs, I show them how to put crushed dry ice in a plastic bottle,,,pinch the middle while it's horizontal,,,add a little water,,,replace the lid and throw.

Just buy 'em a tube of Mentos and send 'em to Eepybird.

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:26 pm

can't sit still wrote:This from the "Stella award"
1st Place:

<snip>

Nope, it's an urban legend. And a 30-year-old one at that:

http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/cruise.asp

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:06 am

Well, I guess I blew it on the cruise control one. I escorted motorhome caravans to Mex and Alaska for 10 years. I saw a few dumb things.
They usually involved people who forgot to close the dump valves. They got a big surprise the next time that they twisted off the cap to connect the dump hose.

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:28 am

199. Don't laugh at Heli when he hands YOU the shovel at 0300 this fine morning after you woke him up and he tells you to dig YOURSELF out of the ditch right outside the boundary when YOU already lied to him that there was a serious injury and there was not since YOU were by yourself and fucked up by missing the curve and never, never, never laugh again when Heli tells you that you may use the pay telephone, not his home phone, to call the rental car company and explain YOUR situation and the fact that you are very lucky that it was only the car that was injured because he might tell you to go fuck yourself and call the Sheriff because of that odor of burning rope that wafts from the interior of your car.

Things I've Learned From Living In The Desert....

...... Are These Dreams On The Floor Yours?.............

...........Shake Rattle and Roll........................