One Item for BM a Day (2010-2012)

Alexisaok · Post by **Alexisaok** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:10 pm

I got a new watch today so I can orgonize to meet up with my crew/ remember my arctica shift.

Also my Grama is bringing me her old vacumm sealer, score!

C.f.M. · Post by **C.f.M.** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:35 am

Let's see, today's item is complete paranoia and panic, because things are going beyond well, and it frightens me.

I think I am officially placed in a camp.
Someone is bringing me a bicycle.
I might have a tent set up and waiting for me.
I have the ride from the airport.
EGADS.

/looks furtively around

Alright, universe, come out! This joke isn't funny...

Token · Post by **Token** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:41 am

I don't see the megaphone on your list. Stop slacking off and arrange a biggun!

C.f.M. · Post by **C.f.M.** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:02 am

Token wrote:I don't see the megaphone on your list. Stop slacking off and arrange a biggun!

I don't own a megaphone!

People just hand me theirs...

Token · Post by **Token** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:12 am

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:35 am

Does anybody think this would be easily user repaired if it arrived in unworking condition? They are all being advertised as untested...

C.f.M. · Post by **C.f.M.** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:41 am

I don't know anything about it. Who would you be talking to? Could you swap out working electronics under the facade?

When I had a Miata, I had an old phone in it (with the curly cord and everything). We thought it was funny to ride around with the top down, talking onto it.

It'll look cool, whether it works or not.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:44 am

They have to be wired together. 2 wired together... one on the street, one in the shade... ring ring stranger walking by.... "hello?" "Metropolitan Services... would you be able to take our survey?, or some such nonsense. It would probably be cheaper to do a simple intercom on a post.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:47 am

or I could pretend to be calling in coordinates for an airstrike.

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:05 am

Elorrum wrote:They have to be wired together. 2 wired together... one on the street, one in the shade... ring ring stranger walking by.... "hello?" "Metropolitan Services... would you be able to take our survey?, or some such nonsense. It would probably be cheaper to do a simple intercom on a post.

Could multiple units be wired together to all connect and ring? Oh the possibilities..

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:12 am

junglesmacks wrote:
Elorrum wrote:They have to be wired together. 2 wired together... one on the street, one in the shade... ring ring stranger walking by.... "hello?" "Metropolitan Services... would you be able to take our survey?, or some such nonsense. It would probably be cheaper to do a simple intercom on a post.
Could multiple units be wired together to all connect and ring? Oh the possibilities..

yeah... everything wired together works the same.

Token · Post by **Token** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:13 am

The generator alone could provide endless fun when connected to the correct body parts or interactive art.

C.f.M. · Post by **C.f.M.** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:40 am

Token wrote:The generator alone could provide endless fun when connected to the correct body parts or interactive art.

I think the former would be the latter.

VeganChoirGirl · Post by **VeganChoirGirl** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:00 am

Elorrum wrote:Does anybody think this would be easily user repaired if it arrived in unworking condition? They are all being advertised as untested...

Contact motskyroonmatick on eplaya. Last year in stag camp we had one in his shop, black rock city welding and repair about 200 feet from group shade. He would hang with the crew if there weren't people around and then people would call when they needed a repair. He was able to call us as well if he needed someone.

It seemed to work pretty well...although he was in his shop 90% of the time anyway...lots of welding to be done!!

Anywho...brought my costumes over to my friends house last night. We edited my collection a bit then decided on what I still need. Looks like I have too many projects ahead of me...but I can bang it out! I HAVE FAITH IN MYSELF!

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:33 am

Big problem today. Opened up the tent I got for my brother-in-law a few months back and found out it is almost all screen. Definitely won't work on the Playa.

VeganChoirGirl · Post by **VeganChoirGirl** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:11 am

geospyder wrote:Big problem today. Opened up the tent I got for my brother-in-law a few months back and found out it is almost all screen. Definitely won't work on the Playa.

Sew material over the vents. Cover tent with big old blanket and use clamps to keep it on. Voila.

C.f.M. · Post by **C.f.M.** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:50 am

If it was cheap, maybe, otherwise return it for something more suitable!

EmilyD · Post by **EmilyD** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:24 pm

VeganChoirGirl wrote:
Elorrum wrote:Does anybody think this would be easily user repaired if it arrived in unworking condition?
Contact motskyroonmatick on eplaya. Last year in stag camp we had one in his shop, black rock city welding and repair about 200 feet from group shade. He would hang with the crew if there weren't people around and then people would call when they needed a repair. He was able to call us as well if he needed someone.

It seemed to work pretty well...although he was in his shop 90% of the time anyway...lots of welding to be done!!

Would this type of radio be able to communicate with someone on a CB?

VeganChoirGirl · Post by **VeganChoirGirl** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:06 pm

i think it is just closed between the phones that are connected....but honestly, i have no idea.

Rice · Post by **Rice** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:11 pm

EmilyD wrote:
VeganChoirGirl wrote:
Elorrum wrote:Does anybody think this would be easily user repaired if it arrived in unworking condition?
Contact motskyroonmatick on eplaya. Last year in stag camp we had one in his shop, black rock city welding and repair about 200 feet from group shade. He would hang with the crew if there weren't people around and then people would call when they needed a repair. He was able to call us as well if he needed someone.

It seemed to work pretty well...although he was in his shop 90% of the time anyway...lots of welding to be done!!

Would this type of radio be able to communicate with someone on a CB?

Direct connect. The two large thumb terminals are for the wires...

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:14 pm

VeganChoirGirl wrote:
geospyder wrote:Big problem today. Opened up the tent I got for my brother-in-law a few months back and found out it is almost all screen. Definitely won't work on the Playa.
Sew material over the vents. Cover tent with big old blanket and use clamps to keep it on. Voila.

Think I may take the rain flap since it is already sized, cut it up and sew it in place over the screen areas. This tent was meant for Burningman only so it can be experimented with.

Alexisaok · Post by **Alexisaok** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:28 pm

Got some vintage goggles for the night time.

Also found my old dehydrator, time to make fruit chips!

motskyroonmatick · Post by **motskyroonmatick** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:36 pm

stretch80 wrote:
EmilyD wrote:
VeganChoirGirl wrote: Contact motskyroonmatick on eplaya. Last year in stag camp we had one in his shop, black rock city welding and repair about 200 feet from group shade. He would hang with the crew if there weren't people around and then people would call when they needed a repair. He was able to call us as well if he needed someone.

It seemed to work pretty well...although he was in his shop 90% of the time anyway...lots of welding to be done!!

Would this type of radio be able to communicate with someone on a CB?
Direct connect. The two large thumb terminals are for the wires...

These phones are hard wired together as the previous poster mentioned. I use normal phone wiring to connect mine. I bought a huge box of it and just spool off what I need. Each additional phone you add to the system makes the ringer work half as loud. Mine ring very well at BM with just the 2 connected together. 4 of them together not so well due to background noise.
There is no cross compatibility with CB radio. If you would like to communicate by CB the "emergency" CB kits work really well. Magnet mount antenna, Lighter plug power socket and a pretty easy to use hand set. Other wise you could just set up some form of permanent base station in camp and run it off of a 12 volt battery.

Burn on!

EmilyD · Post by **EmilyD** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:26 pm

motskyroonmatick wrote:
stretch80 wrote:
EmilyD wrote:

Would this type of radio be able to communicate with someone on a CB?
Direct connect. The two large thumb terminals are for the wires...
These phones are hard wired together as the previous poster mentioned. I use normal phone wiring to connect mine. I bought a huge box of it and just spool off what I need. Each additional phone you add to the system makes the ringer work half as loud. Mine ring very well at BM with just the 2 connected together. 4 of them together not so well due to background noise.
There is no cross compatibility with CB radio. If you would like to communicate by CB the "emergency" CB kits work really well. Magnet mount antenna, Lighter plug power socket and a pretty easy to use hand set. Other wise you could just set up some form of permanent base station in camp and run it off of a 12 volt battery.

Burn on!

Thanks for the info. I was wondering because many of the daily-driver artcars have CB radios. Oh well.

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:05 pm

Pair of Dr Scholl's gel insoles for my new Ebay'd Chuck Taylors!

Bounce530 · Post by **Bounce530** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:36 pm

I had a productive day, got some packing done, mounted a solar light atop my flag pole, gathered some totes of gear up, rewired some led string lights, got most of my stuff out of the shed and into "the pile" started pulling all the dead batteries out of blinkies, lasers, and old string lights, emptied out my tool box and re-packed it, and made a "dead glow sticks go in here" jug that I'm going to attach to the street sign on my corner. Tomorrow is a trip to Swedish walmart aka Ikea, they have the best batteries and they're hella cheap.

C.f.M. · Post by **C.f.M.** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:22 am

junglesmacks wrote:Pair of Dr Scholl's gel insoles for my new Ebay'd Chuck Taylors!

That's the way to go. Cheap shoes and insoles have never failed to not be comfortable for me, at a burn.

winebuff · Post by **winebuff** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:14 am

Love the idea about the insoles. That was the one thing on my packing list I forgot to write down. I have prescription insoles so added them to my pile. Thx!

VeganChoirGirl · Post by **VeganChoirGirl** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:48 am

Thanks for the reminder about the insoles guys...would have TOTALLY forgotten them!

As for IKEA, great tip! Had no idea if their batteries would be good or not.

Today I am going through all my gear, washing it, repairing it and making sure I don't need to buy a new one.

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:41 pm

Woot woot.. love the helpful reminder contributions..

Not a physical item, but today I finally started a little running notepad .txt file on my computer desktop of all the events and addresses of friends that I don't want to miss. Easy to hear about your buddy at 3:30 and E but remember to write it down as you collect them!