Burner House Guests

PlayaBitch · Post by **PlayaBitch** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:20 pm

Hey all ~> a couple of weeks ago I found a web site.. i thought on here that had other burners willing to hold up a travelling burner for a night or vice versa where you could add your home to a list if a burner needed a place to stay ... does anyone know of a web site like that?? i forgot where it was.. :cry:

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:28 pm

Not necessarily just for burners, but there is http://www.couchsurfing.org

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:47 am

It's funny.
Everyone used to travel that way.
It sort of died out for some reason.

PlayaBitch · Post by **PlayaBitch** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:18 am

im couch surfing to burningman this year! 8) If anyone has a couch or two for the night enrote from florida to gerlach, please let me know. im coming with about 2-5 people but no more than 6 it would only be for one night and we are a few burners needing to lay our road driven heads in a comfy place. floor is good too.
BLESSSSINGS!

:lol: hey Gyre

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:38 am

Well, I am currently living at my parents' place, so I can't offer you any space. (Then again, if you were to wind up in Wisconsin, while traveling from Florida to Gerlach, you'd be a little off course, anyway!

)

B.

(Is that better?

)

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:02 am

I can't read any of that and I've got a 19 inch monitor.
Give me a break!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:22 am

Yeah, I can read that.
It was the color, not the size.
Could you read it when you typed it?
If so, how?

K-mom · Post by **K-mom** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:43 pm

Has anyone used the Couchsurfing website?
I'm in Europe for the month of May and had a few offers for places to stay after joining the site and sending some emails ..... it'd be nice to hear feedback from someone who's tried it before.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:24 am

Someone on here has.
I can't remember where I saw it mentioned.

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:10 am

I know "Drunken Nurse" does that...but I think he's only on Tribe

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:27 pm

gyre wrote:Yeah, I can read that.
It was the color, not the size.
Could you read it when you typed it?
If so, how?

Yes, before posting when it was still black and white, and when I checked it afterwards when it was posted (or, to be more accurate, I could read it after I changed the type to bold faced).

With a little bit of difficulty. Cyan isn't the easiest to read. Maybe it is a difference in monitor settings? (And, yes, I was being a smart-ass by enlarging the print by that much!

)

B.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:40 pm

I figured you might have a monochrome monitor.
I have a pretty good 19 inch monitor multisync.
Didn't show up at all.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:28 pm

Full color, LCD monitor I bought when my old monitor suddenly quit working one day. Its some sort of widescreen, I don't recall the size. (It is called a MAG Innovision-- I never heard of the brand before. It is okay, although it was the annoying habit of ever now and then changing the brightness on me.)

I used to swear by amber screen monitors, but finally gave in to full color. (Of course, the best monitor I ever used was on an old Commodore Pet. Those black and white monitors were really sharp and easy to read. Oh well, I suppose "progress" in inevitable.)

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:38 pm

Hell I didn't know anyone was still using monochrome monitors anymore.

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:40 pm

awsome link sput!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:44 pm

http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/

Some laptops are locked into them.
And you can't beat them for power consumption.

gaminwench · Post by **gaminwench** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:27 am

K-mom...pretty sure HughMungus is into the couchsurfing thing, both hosting and traveling...i know there's a thread out here somewhere...