Easy ways to do Burning Man for indivduals and couples

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:34 am

yeah the sisal matt was great in front of the bar this yr. it kinda kept the dust down and easy clean up the next mornings...ie...stupid cig butts and moop catcher!

skygod · Post by **skygod** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:20 pm

I want to be at this bar next year
http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l6/js ... =imgAnch12

Post by **mdmf007** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:35 pm

ANy construction supply store, and even lowes, and home depot sell the orange safety rebar caps required by OSHA,

they work the best for Rebar safety, and look like little orange mushrooms.

later all.

Post by **AntiM** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:16 pm

We were gifted a boxful, they rock.

Kagenin · Post by **Kagenin** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:31 am

For exposed rebar stakes, I used empty water bottles. I didn't even use tape, and never had one blow off.

I used a double-wall plan, although in hindsight, I should have thrown a tarp over the sunrise side of my gazebo. The mornings were brutal - by 10 AM it was warmer inside my tent than outside.

I used 6x 2' stakes to secure the outer shade gazebo, and only needed regular tent stakes to secure my sleeping quarters (which also had about 5 cases of beer cans to anchor it down... they were all gone when we left.)

I put a cheap-ass carpet I got from Grocery Outlet (ghetto). I threw down inside the shade structure, and put my cooler over that. In hindsight, I might have wanted to elevate the cooler off the playa, but I didn't go through that much ice, I guess.

Leather Gloves are your friend for dealing with removing stingy rebar. Only one or two required me to wet the earth around the stake to loosen them.

It was a learning experience, but I think I got through most things alright.

Dr. Pyro · Post by **Dr. Pyro** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:53 am

If the discussion on the table is how to protect yourselves from open rebar, we at BDC&WB take one of our 1100+ Barbies, drill a hole in Barbie's ass, then shove the rebar up the business end of Barbie. Not only do you have a distasteful decoration, but you've added to the overall ambiance.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:13 pm

We cut 9 inch lengths of swimming pool "noodles" to cover rebar stakes. They already have a hole down the middle the right size. Just slit them up one side with a box knive and slip over the rebar after you have attached the guy.

Easiest way to do burning man is:

Tent, clothes, 1 bag of dry primate chow available at any animal supply place, and a ton of water. Might want to add some prunes to that.

skibear · Post by **skibear** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:22 am

I chopped a piece of car heater hoze into 2 inch lengths.
This (get the right size for your rebar) slides
on tightly and has some soft cushioning if hit.

YMMV

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:49 am

I'm always forgetting where I leave things.. So I installed a magnetic strip to hold the utensils over the stove.. It works so well I got one for the camp table.. The strip is made to hold your wrenches on a wall. About $5 at HF.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:08 pm

If you had enough magnets you wouldn't need rope.

Or a car.

CapSmashy · Post by **CapSmashy** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:43 am

Excellent thread!

The Swiss snow tarps are still available on the Sportsman Guide as of this morning. Thanks for that heads up because I was wondering about a ventilated shade structure.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=313320

I think my camp/structure planning just got a whole lot simpler after reading this thread.

CapSmashy · Post by **CapSmashy** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:22 am

<grumblegrumblegrumble>

Just got the product sold out email on the snow blind tarps. SO never mind.

Post by **AntiM** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:29 am

We tried the snow tarps and liked them, but they do shred and tear in the wind if they're rubbing up against anything, the edge ropes/string loops gave out, plus they fray like mad in a wind and make floofy moop. We've gone over to camo netting doubled up. Not as pretty, but sturdier, easier to repair, and you can tie pretty ribbons and streamers into the net.

CapSmashy · Post by **CapSmashy** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:53 pm

And with camo netting...you can play commando games and be invisible.

Post by **AntiM** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:35 pm

Sssssh, be wery, wery Qwiet, I'm hunting Wavers!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:27 pm

Are they in season again?

Does quiet work as bait for you?
I would think noise and shiny things?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:29 pm

AntiM wrote:floofy moop

aka moofy floop.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:30 pm

gyre wrote:Are they in season again?

Perenially.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:45 pm

I see people wearing camo clothes.
In the morning, how do they find them?

skygod · Post by **skygod** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:33 pm

Post subject: Easy ways to do Burning Man for indivduals and couples
This is the best topic ever!
Shouldn't BM be the easiest thing you do all year?

phil · Post by **phil** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:03 pm

> Shouldn't BM be the easiest thing you do all year?

Well, it's certainly the easiest choice Louise and I make.

skygod · Post by **skygod** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:57 am

I decided to NOT rent the cheapest compact from enterprise this year, and instead I'm going to spring for the extra 200 bucks to rent a cargo van. This should be a lot easier. Can even sleep in it.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:28 am

skygod wrote:I decided to NOT rent the cheapest compact from enterprise this year, and instead I'm going to spring for the extra 200 bucks to rent a cargo van. This should be a lot easier. Can even sleep in it.

/
I'm going to skip the tent this year and sleep in the V.W.. Trying to design a sound box for the head/pillow area. Figure egg carton foam will have enough surface to absorb most sounds.

I plan on a car top carrier to spread the shelter cover over. It will form an open space between van and cover.

phil · Post by **phil** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:48 am

Louise and I have rented cargo vans for years, and we think they're the cat's pajamas. No worry about where to put stuff - there's always room. We did sleep in ours one year when the winds were particularly nasty _all_ the _time_. Arrrg.

If you foil all the windows, a white van stays cool even in the hottest sun.

Post by **mdmf007** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:49 pm

2004 we used one of our companies refer trailers. - a 53 foot freezer basically. We turnde it to its highest setting which was 60 degrees, and simply cycled it on and off to keep everything cool inside.

We also partitioned off half of it so t wasnt so cold the rest of the time. - just slept in the AC. With the insulation in the walls it was actually pretty quiet.

Never thought of moving vans? kicks ass.

phil · Post by **phil** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:21 pm

> 2004 we used one of our companies refer trailers. - a 53 foot
> freezer basically. We turnde it to its highest setting which was
> 60 degrees, and simply cycled it on and off to keep everything
> cool inside.

That'll go _really_ well with this year's theme. :->

Oh, wait - it _is_ Blue Man, isn't it?

Post by **mdmf007** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:13 pm

when you say it like that we sound wateful - but wait!!!!

we only had to drive it from our winnemucca office, and it only burned 40 gallons of diesel, and we had 22 people using it.

all 22 of us commuted in the tractor and trailer we had it full of couches, bunk beds, and all of our playa goods.

all told we burned 131 gallons of diesel getting there, 30 gallons of gas for the generator and 40 for the reefer. Very very low consumption of fossil fuels for anyone. How do I still know these numbers?

Our company paid for all of us to go as a team building exercise. I pulled up the .pdf expense report.

later all.

skygod · Post by **skygod** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:09 pm

unjonharley wrote: I'm going to skip the tent this year and sleep in the V.W.

I used my own VW my first year, 2004, and I am still trying to get the dust out of it.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:01 pm

skygod wrote: I used my own VW my first year, 2004, and I am still trying to get the dust out of it.

/Put a squirrel cage fan in a window.. Then use a dry paint brush and compressed air. Might suggest a "twin filtered" face mask too.

Teo del Fuego · Post by **Teo del Fuego** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:59 am

For, somehow, convincing your company to expense a trip to the Playa as a teambuilding exercise, you qualify for a MacArthur Genuis Grant in my humble opinion! Well done.

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