The Bar... Volume#2

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:23 pm

Babies are certainly something to celebrate. Especially burner babies - they're special!

Salut and best wishes for a healthy pregnancy, Chasity and Kinetic V!

Pinemom, I hear you on the early entries. I'm just on pins and needles. We've requested 12 because we have to have the newspaper set up and ready to print on Monday. Partially because of all this mucking about we're printing the Gate edition at home, so we're all scurrying around like chickens to get it ready to print (all by email because we're all over the world) PLUS we're packing.

Oh and did you hear the latest. Early entries have to be in by midnight Saturday! Boy, that's a new wrinkle! I have no idea who they plan to have come in on Sunday then - be nice if a concession was made to those 130 camps that didn't get placement but heck, how are you supposed to plan your arrival time!

Back to packing.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:41 pm

Hey Deb! Good luck with the packing and all. Just about a week for me, so I still have some time.

Tequila time for me!

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:08 pm

yup, it's a tequila kinda day!

I'm leaving home on Monday August 24 around mid-day. My divorce is being finalized in the morning so I'll be hell bent to get on the road to celebrate! I'll have the truck camper packed when I head to the courthouse and leave from there.

Those border guards better be nice to me!

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:14 pm

What an awesome way to start single life. Congrats

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:19 pm

Thanks Sputnik, I agree.

And Caleb would be so damn proud of me for doing it too! That makes me smile from ear to ear. Even though he's not here to witness this accomplishment, I went ahead and did the thing that was best for me.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:20 pm

Awesome...OK, gotta crash. TTYL

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:44 pm

Kinetic V wrote:Well... Chasity and I just learned today that we're having a baby BOY!!!!

If I could pour everyone real shots of Patron right now I'd gladly do so....but since I can't the virtual shots will have to do!

Woo-Hoo.... Congratulations to both of you..

Burning Man is Life changing and now you'll have another life changing event... manOman is it ever.....

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:01 pm

You know it's bad when your mother in law is looking at bike trailers and figuring out ways to keep the dust out and we're wondering how to use some El-Wire in the nursery..... the kid will be hooked on shiny blinky things before he even gets his first teeny tiny sniff of playa dust!

Our due date by the way is Dec 18th, so far. Our midwife said today that we are right on track too!

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:06 pm

Kinetic V wrote:You know it's bad when your mother in law is looking at bike trailers and figuring out ways to keep the dust out and we're wondering how to use some El-Wire in the nursery..... the kid will be hooked on shiny blinky things before he even gets his first teeny tiny sniff of playa dust!

Sounds like a great new nursery decorating trend to start!

Our due date by the way is Dec 18th, so far. Our midwife said today that we are right on track too!

Congratulations on being right on track!

Those bike trailers are great. A little pricey but sometimes you can find one that's not been used much for a good deal. I have one for my granddaughters and I love it.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:08 pm

Congratulations all around.

Bike trailors? Really? You think kids are safe in there?

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:14 pm

Safety is relative, i guess. Depends on where you are biking. Whether your city has bike lanes, etc.

My granddaughters are strapped in and have their helmets on and I bought one with the heftier tires. I feel comfortable pulling it while biking.

I'd rather have the trailer than the child safety chair behind me which is at a higher centre of gravity. That always made me feel more likely to tip over for some reason.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:15 am

Deb Prothero wrote:Safety is relative, i guess. Depends on where you are biking. Whether your city has bike lanes, etc.

My granddaughters are strapped in and have their helmets on and I bought one with the heftier tires. I feel comfortable pulling it while biking.

I'd rather have the trailer than the child safety chair behind me which is at a higher centre of gravity. That always made me feel more likely to tip over for some reason.

http://www.xtracycle.com/
http://www.xtracyclegallery.com/
http://www.rideyourbike.com/xtracycle.html

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:02 am

"babies babies everywhere, and not a single one to Eat!"

moloch, bohemian grove, 2008.

what's a happening e-playa!

i have early entry passes, whats this i hear....you have to be there BEFORE sat. Midnight?

please advise....

and i'll have a shot of polish coffee, please.

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:15 am

We don't really use bikes very much here in America, but in Amsterdam you will see a door open and people will come flying out on their bikes pulling trailers and all sorts of stuff..

They have many ways to get the family around also. I like the rack with the kids in front.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:32 am

What is polish coffee Simon?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:17 am

It's a three stooges thing.
Shinola and paint stripper.

Shoe polish!

MikeVDS · Post by **MikeVDS** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:24 am

I have a bike seat where my daughter sits in front of me. I had to adjust my handle bars so they wouldn't hit her in the head if the bar spun around, but otherwise it's great. I have long handlebars and she was little.

http://www.weeride.com/Kangaroo-Center- ... le-Carrier

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:27 am

Note the long wheelbase on the xtracycle which helps with stability and space.

MikeVDS · Post by **MikeVDS** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:29 am

http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/ph ... 57666d1b2a

Here she is on my bike. IMG wouldn't work with tribe images because of the lack of .jpg at the end I think.

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:38 am

WOW!!!! KV!!!!!!CONGRATS!!!!!!

Totally worth missin a burn for!

Yup, our daughter and Sil, will also be missing the burn this year to enjoy our new grandchild!
A new baby is a big adjustment to your everyday life...and thats not a bad thing!!!!

Hi ya'll poppin in to see everyone, gulping my coffee down...getting ready to hit yet another day at the indy' sewing machine.

Oh and small fyi, I apparently did not have a tia stroke...it was the wonderful world of Migraines...of which I never had before but have been gifted this year...lovely. But I aint gonna have to worry about dropping dead on the playa...so its all good!

Life is good...

....and everyone try(me too) to be patient with the the Early barcodes...
They will get here, its just apprently like trying to shove a elephant through the mouse hole!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:10 am

good? news, PM......I suppose a headache is better than dead......well, for the rest of us, anyway, we'd rather bring you excedrine than flowers........

is it true about no early entry on Sunday? WTF?

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:54 am

Looks like many CONGRATS to go around.....

need coffee....

fucking work....

Snowah Zark · Post by **Snowah Zark** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:56 am

chock full o' nuts!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:27 pm

I was thinking low profile, eggshell strong, being hit by a car. Somethings you cant just see in time.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:18 pm

You bring up a valid point, Crypto. When I have the granddaughters in the trailer, I tend to stick to the neighbourhood streets only rather than head out to arterial roads. It's a huge weight on the shoulders to take them but life needs to be experienced even for babes.

There is one excellent park that I like to take them to but requires arterial road access. Fortunately there are excellent wide sidewalks and I choose those for getting there. In this case, I always yield to pedestrians because I realize that I shouldn't really be on the sidewalk.

Is anyone else able to get on Tribe? I've tried all day and can't get there.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:04 am

Good morning folks. I've got that strange feeling in my head like I'm about to get a migraine, just like the kind PM had. I'm hoping it just moves on. Time will tell.

Anyway, as to the bike trailer. Yeah, they could be hit by a car, but so can I on the bike. I used to take my kids in those all the time. You just pay more attention, that's all.

Coffee time!

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:20 am

Ah, a nice French press, Sputnik.

I'll have a bit of that, please.

How's things in the motor city? Sorry to hear you're getting a migraine. I've never suffered much from headache so I can't imagine the pain that migraine sufferers have. Best wishes for swift recovery.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:32 am

I guess I'm not going to get it, I just had that strange feeling like it was coming on, but then it faded away. Things here are good. One more week for me, then I am off with my kids for a little getaway, and then straight from that to the burn. Which means I only have one week to finish getting ready. Shouldn't be a problem.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:34 am

mmmmmmmm coffee.......thanks Sputnik.......

dang headaches........sorry for that.

regarding bikes:

IMHO, it's not only important to pay more attention.........sometimes, you gotta hope the 80 year old, or kid texting, or drunk, just misses you.......

you're taking a chance, so, you just gotta accept that and do what you can......

we're getting a lot of smoke from the wildfire near here......it's really close to Looneytunes place, he can see the trees exploding on the next ridge.......and, there are other burners living over there.......dang.........
supposed to get hotter and windy, to.......

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:47 am

Sending some water your way, ygmir

Hopefully it doesn't get too hot and windy.

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