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f1hotrod
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HI EVERYONE FIRST TIME HERE

Post by f1hotrod » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:06 pm

HI THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN TO BURNING MAN. I WANT TO PARTICIPATE I REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO BARGAIN WITH? SEVERAL STORES AND BARS I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO. I DON’T WANT TO BE RUDE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANYONE. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE TO I BARGAIN PROPERLY?

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thirt33n
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Post by thirt33n » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:12 pm

hello hot rod. welcome. if you don't want to be rude,...STOP YELLING!!!! :P
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f1hotrod
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hi there

Post by f1hotrod » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:16 pm

sorry bout that i do alot oof c.a.d drawing my caps are on most of the time..

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thirt33n
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Post by thirt33n » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:29 pm

ha ha.


booze=good trade
mardi gras beads=bad trade

handmade burningman necklaces=pretty good gift
anything you wouldn't want=bad gift

a nice hug=good gift
all your extra food on sunday morning=not a good gift

ice=good gift
clove cigarettes=pretty great gift for the smoking folk
back rub(if you're good)=good gift
mardi gras beads=bad bad bad gift
st patricks day shwag=bad bad gift

helping someone transport ice or various items=good gift
swinging a hammer for a helpless hammer swinger=good gift
bringing someone fresh cold fruit=good gift
not cleaning up after yourself=bad gift

be the best you you can be=good gift
burning holes in naked boobies with your eyes=bad gift
licking said boobies with boobie owners permission=good gift

this is all you need to know.

you win
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AntiM
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Post by AntiM » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:32 pm

Bars can use mixers like colas, and stores ... technically there are no stores unless they're a participatory joke. Bring a painting to the Home for Wayward Art.

(I know, cheap shot promoting my own art project).

Lip balm = good gift
Used lip balm = bad gift

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Post by mojo » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:02 pm

You really don't need to do any bargaining. This is a gift economy. Give of yorself for the best results.

In 10 years on the playa, I have never had the need to "bargain".

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thanks for the replys

Post by f1hotrod » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:27 am

Thanks for the info I really do want to participate in this community. This info will make myself more at ease. Thanks f1hotrod

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Post by gyre » Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:47 pm

thirt33n wrote:hello hot rod. welcome. if you don't want to be rude,...STOP YELLING!!!! :P
I can't hear a damn thing.

Do I need different software or something?
Different sound card?
"Everything is more wonderful when you do it with a car, don't you think?"
-girl by the fire, watching a tree moved by car bumper in the bonfire

It would be a shame if I had to resort to self-deception to preserve my faith in objective reality.

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thirt33n
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Post by thirt33n » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:58 pm

gyre wrote:
thirt33n wrote:hello hot rod. welcome. if you don't want to be rude,...STOP YELLING!!!! :P
I can't hear a damn thing.

Do I need different software or something?
Different sound card?
...it's a common thing for geniuses like yourself to not understand basic and simple things LIKE THIS MEANS I'M YELLING!!!


...i'm assuming you know that ALL CAPS is yelling and are just being a SMARTY PANTS. :P
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Post by gyre » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:08 pm

So it's the same thing as calling a typeroom a chatroom?

I prefer caps.
Much easier to read.

Any way to change convention?

YOU CAN ALWAYS SHOUT LIKE THIS!

Does it really come up all that often anyway?

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Post by thirt33n » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:14 pm

remember that guy DJSIAGO who dropped in and made a bunch of posts a while back in, like, a two day span and they were all capitalized?...I was just trying to nip one of those in the bud.

a typeroom and chatroom would be about the same thing but not even close to a tapeworm or chowtime.

.....nice TALKING to ya. :wink:
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Post by gyre » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:01 pm

You can now have a real chatroom, at least if you have some hardware I don't have.

Using capitals would also save me from swearing at my shift key, which seems to have decided it is easier to only make the occasional pretext of working.

Hiya! :D

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