Newbie question: places to meditate at BM.

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Post by AntiM » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:08 pm

$500 for an entire beef is actually cheap steak... but you don't get to keep the carcass.

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Post by carleighb » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:22 pm

AntiM wrote:$500 for an entire beef is actually cheap steak... but you don't get to keep the carcass.

And after going through all that trouble to tenderize it too! Sheesh.

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Post by ibdave » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:26 pm

carleighb wrote:
AntiM wrote:$500 for an entire beef is actually cheap steak... but you don't get to keep the carcass.

And after going through all that trouble to tenderize it too! Sheesh.

Ha......... :shock:
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Post by Ugly Dougly » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:38 pm

You buy the cow and don't get the milk? Sounds like married life.

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Post by carleighb » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:43 pm

I love how this thread started off about meditation and is now about roadkill.

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Post by mojo » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:46 pm

Yeah - ain't it great?

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Post by carleighb » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:51 pm

Totally.

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Post by Sham » Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:05 pm

Did someone say "roadkill"?
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Post by Sham » Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:09 pm

....and then some burner hippie has to go and screw things up!
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Post by z276 » Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:38 pm

My favorite place to meditate is in Center Camp at the hottest part of the day. I plug in my music into my ears and lay back with my iced coffee and have some of the best moments out there. I think you can meditate any place out there if you are in the right mood. And the rabbits, oh my, that is really sad. I had never run over any animal and no matter how careful we were, there were at least 20 smushed on the way out last time. I was really sad.

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Post by gyre » Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:18 pm

I don't know how they calculate cattle but some are worth a great deal.
Maybe those are kept penned?

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Post by mdmf007 » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:11 pm

gyre wrote:I don't know how they calculate cattle but some are worth a great deal.
Maybe those are kept penned?
Cattle value is set by NRS code. Currently at 1100.00 for roadkilled cattle

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Post by yizzah » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:09 am

This was something I was concerned about my first trip. I assumed the Temple would be a very quiet place, which it ended up not being, especially at night, almost disrespectfully so, I thought, considering what most people are going there for. So I hiked all the way out to the last art installation way out on the outskirts and sat down in the dark. Then a huge, loud, thumping art car roared up and 30 people jumped off and were running around screaming. Places you think will be quiet may end up not being quiet at all. I camped in the outer ring last year. Walking right across the road, away from the playa, towards the mountains usually took me to quiet places. Cars never go out there and nobody can set anything up out there, so it tends to be pretty chill.

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Post by Oldguy » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:17 am

I imagine that the Burning Sky parachutists who jump from a few thousand feet have a few moments of quiet contemplation on the way down. The rush of the wind, the ease of movement, and the experience of now. I was a sport jumper before becoming a paratrooper. I remember those jumps fondly. Ahh, when I was young, and wild, and wooly.

Do you really come to a city of 40,000 plus for quiet? The trick is to let it go. You can acknowledge something like noise without it breaking your concentration. Hear it and let it go.

My personal challenge is the heat. If I can find shade, I don't mind the noise.

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Post by Ugly Dougly » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:43 am

carleighb wrote:And I will be sure to be respectful of other peoples photographic needs!
Eee. That's an alien concept to me. If you are meditating on an installation, then to hell with the paparazzi.

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Post by dragonpilot » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:05 pm

carleighb wrote:
Thank you!! Thats just awesome of you. I will bring alot, some to share too! It seems like the appropriate drink for this event.

I went to Mexico a few years back for a stagette and I hadn't had much Tequila before because its hard to get anything but Cuervo here.

Wow. Of course I had heard of its reputation, but I figured that nothing could take down my inhibitions to the life of the party/ first one naked etc... level. I was soooo wrong. I was like a completely different person!
So, you're a tequila drinker...no wonder you meditate. Hey, I see you're from BC. We're in Seattle and stopping for the night at Summer Lake Hot Springs Saturday night...if you're there look us up! Also a great place to greet the morning sun.
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Post by skygnome777 » Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:19 pm

On the topic of tequila
http://xkcd.com/617/
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