Cell Phones on the Playa for 09 (gifted!)

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:43 pm

did any of you read "The Cell" by Stephen King?............

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:56 pm

Playaphone has posted only once, his profile is blank. He has not responded to posts or PM. I am also suspicious, and I also think this thread is perhaps a hoax (a cleverly crafted one). I tend pesonally to give people the benefit of doubt.

"Often times much truth is said in jest." I think the basic idea of emergency mass communication has merit in a post-Katrina world. I hope some phone maker has this in the works. It is a great idea.

If this is indeed a hoax, I took it hook, line, and sinker. 10,000 5 buck phones is very generous. Other burners have been just as generous.

I suppose older people are generally more trusting. I refuse to become cynical in my dotage, but must conceed to the brash, callousness of youth. Good on ya, ya got me!

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:31 pm

note to self

BUY BULL HORN....

fuck you....and your cell phone.....

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:47 pm

I don't know about the cell phone give away, but I'm hearing (reading, actually) from too many people on-site that there is indeed a working cell phone tower out there.

It's still no different than the 2-way Motorolas because the conversations are going to be the exact same: "Where are you?" "Can you hear me?" "I said, where are you?" "Hello?" "Yes, I can hear you." "With who?" "Bass who?" "You know what? Fuck that. You should..." "Hello?"

This is why I bring my boom-box and listen to any/all playa radio stations at top volume. That, and because they say "fuck" a lot.

Steven bradford · Post by **Steven bradford** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:20 am

There's only one solution to this dilemna:

Strong Drink!

Post by **Sham** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:14 am

Without this person ever doing a second post, I would have to say that they are clearly full of crap. They also say "limited number" of 10,000. In playa terms, that's a huge number.

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:16 am

Not really, attendance last year was over 49K. That means only 1 phone for every 5 people, assuming of course you think this 'offer' is real. I know I don't, but then again I've seen some weird shit out there and so have you. I'll bet this demographic makes marketing types pee their pants in excitement.

I still don't believe it though, mostly 'cause I think (or is it hope?) the Org would quash that sort of commercial/promotional adventure. They can't do shit about a tower though.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:40 am

yup, the tower is working...........

I still think it's taken from "The Cell"...........watch what the people on cell phones start doing.........

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:58 am

Come on you guys... while it being a first and only post indicates BS, you shouldn't even need that clue to set off your BS detectors on this!

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:10 am

Yep BS on the phones.

However, there is a camp that stated in their description that they were going to provide cell service

Slutsy_Goat · Post by **Slutsy_Goat** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:46 am

I think this is just a Playa misinformation prank.
I hate the idea of cell phones on the playa too, but really... would the presence of cell phones make there be any more yahoos on the playa than there already are? It'd make the doofuses easier to pick out from the crowds, that's for sure!

I really want to get away from it all on the Playa. It feels great to lock-up my cell phone and wallet when I arrive... DON'T NEED 'EM! I also make a point of not wearing a watch and I don't want to be told what time it is. THE TIME IS NOW! The numbers don't matter.

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:57 am

But ... but ... I want to be offended!

Slutsy_Goat · Post by **Slutsy_Goat** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:40 am

OK, AntiM. I'll show up at your camp, throw confetti and wizz in your evap pond.

Slutsy_Goat · Post by **Slutsy_Goat** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:40 am

OK, AntiM. I'll show up at your camp, throw confetti and wizz in your evap pond.

Post by **Sham** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:47 am

AntiM wrote:But ... but ... I want to be offended!

OK! You're ugly and you smell like a goat!

Slutsy_Goat · Post by **Slutsy_Goat** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:51 am

Shambala wrote:
AntiM wrote:But ... but ... I want to be offended!
OK! You're ugly and you smell like a goat!

Hey! I resemble that remark!

Ajax · Post by **Ajax** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:53 am

This year they are allowing things that come out of your body and celllphones in the port a potty :twisted:

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:35 am

Shambala wrote:
AntiM wrote:But ... but ... I want to be offended!
OK! You're ugly and you smell like a goat!

Yeah, truth hurts. Well, not so much.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:30 pm

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just now in the drive up line at a fst food joint.. i was on my transporter.. the guy ahead was on the cell.. he was ordering for the family..he got more and more pissed at the clerk.. the guy would talk on the phone then to the clerk.. the clerk could not tell if he was ordering what..i was rude enough to yell.. hung the fucking phone up..

hope some one cuts his nuts out with a claw hammer..

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:39 pm

unjonharley wrote:*
just now in the drive up line at a fst food joint.. i was on my transporter.. the guy ahead was on the cell.. he was ordering for the family..he got more and more pissed at the clerk.. the guy would talk on the phone then to the clerk.. the clerk could not tell if he was ordering what..i was rude enough to yell.. hung the fucking phone up..

hope some one cuts his nuts out with a claw hammer..

Which side of the hammer head do you use for this?

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:52 pm

wedeliver wrote:
unjonharley wrote:*
just now in the drive up line at a fst food joint.. i was on my transporter.. the guy ahead was on the cell.. he was ordering for the family..he got more and more pissed at the clerk.. the guy would talk on the phone then to the clerk.. the clerk could not tell if he was ordering what..i was rude enough to yell.. hung the fucking phone up..

hope some one cuts his nuts out with a claw hammer..
Which side of the hammer head do you use for this?

it's standard practice to crack nuts before removing the meat..

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:16 pm

just back from BRC:

I checked my phone:

5 bars

AT&T

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:27 pm

I just added extended coverage to the cali border and out toward the playa.
Roaming in reno though.
Weird.

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:00 pm

Hang up and drink the Kool-Aid.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:04 pm

Shambala wrote:
AntiM wrote:But ... but ... I want to be offended!
OK! You're ugly and you smell like a goat!

Why
Thank You...

Dave_techie · Post by **Dave_techie** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:08 pm

Make sure medical tents have some.

tremor · Post by **tremor** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:25 am

I think it's the most ridiculous thing that I have ever heard of in my entire life! and I thought by now, I had seen and heard it all. But, I'm here to tell you, if i see people walking through the city streets of BRC with their faces welded to some foreign appendage....1st I will become very verbal with my disgust and contempt, for it is my ... right as a citizen of BRC 12yrs to formally file a complaint to u directly (as soon as u get off the F-kn phone). 2) Mock and chastise you for isolating yourself from all and who surround you. Eliminating the experience of being in "this" moment (as soon as u get of the F-kn phone). 3) Hope, pray, and laugh when the water truck comes by and drenches you & ur hand held demonic device with water as u were too preoccupied to notice anything except being on the F-kn phone! 4) Initiate a city ban on any and all usage of cell phones outside of your camp. Any such behavior shall be dealt with censured and strict action ie fines, public stockades
... If Johny Law can come into our city and bust us for our â€œsimple little pleasuresâ€