Ha! I don't even like ice skating, but I'd love to do an ice rink for the sheer outrageousness of putting one in the middle of a desert.theCryptofishist wrote:Charles Schultz, is that you?Captain Goddammit wrote:I might do something crazy like set up an ice skating rink (large, with real ice).
That's what you do when you have infinite money and resources, not just a mere $100M or so. Of course that's also assuming that I'd actually want to ferry a bunch of people I don't know and don't even care about (sorry folks, I don't care about most Burners any more than people on the street) for free to the playa. There's something about giving something away for free that makes people feel something is disposable.GreyCoyote wrote:Jeez, what a cheapskate!
Well then how about an airlift operation to get folks from Reno to the playa? A Boeing 747-400 in a single-class config can hold 660 people and only needs a 10,000 foot runway about 100 feet wide. You could likely manage that with some cement-stabilized sand for oh... 30-40 million dollars. That's moving 52,000+ people in less than 80 flights, complete with gear! And think of the dust potential!
C'mon, BBadger! Feel the love and loosen-up those purse strings!
I'm tempted to steal that for a sig lineBBadger wrote: Monetary sponsorship should only be used to oil the gears, not pay for the gas, of the engine of humanity.
You are entirely welcome to do so!Captain Goddammit wrote:I'm tempted to steal that for a sig line
If they want to perform for free at BM, then by all means invite them. I know it'd be your money, but ... meh ... if I wanted to see paid artists, I'd go to Vegas or a music festival.Thecatman wrote:Hire Ted Nugent Monday night, Van Halen Tuesday night, Martina MacBride Wednesday night, Dolly Parton Thursday night, and Aerosmith Friday night, to play at least a two hour concert each around my brand new $300,000 diesel pusher motorhome.
And you're all invited.
Ah, BBadger. You know, all this posturing notwithstanding, we are on to you. We know that behind that hard-assed, italicized, take-no-prisoners, meat-cake-with-teeth personna, there is actually a collection of unicorns, rainbows, long-haired troll-dolls, and Karen Carpenter albums sufficient to make Halcyon blush.BBadger wrote: That's what you do when you have infinite money and resources, not just a mere $100M or so. Of course that's also assuming that I'd actually want to ferry a bunch of people I don't know and don't even care about (sorry folks, I don't care about most Burners any more than people on the street) for free to the playa. There's something about giving something away for free that makes people feel something is disposable.
Monetary sponsorship should only be used to oil the gears, not pay for the gas, of the engine of humanity.
And if you win the lottery and want to contribute to the Grey Coyote Airlift, you can always do so anonymously. 
Winner! Where do I send the check?fernley1 wrote:I would make an art blimp.
You can pick then up cheap at the Salem Mall.. You have to add the bling...fernley1 wrote:I would make an art blimp.
delle wrote:That looks about perfect for you Patsh.
I think we should get two.... We could leave the larger bits in the hangar I'm buying on the outskirts of someplace handy in Arizona.
...BTW, there's loads of room for way more in that hangar, if anyone has any ideas.
Now, there's a PLAN! (Aaron lives in that vicinity now, too!) While we're at it, there's a building we can burn, Right There, too!!delle wrote:....Doesn't that train I'll be living in come with a couple hundred acres? There's room there for at least a couple of hangars. A few even.
And a properly huge "burn" area (because I really think we could all benefit from more "just 'cause" burns).
And David would just have to saunter on over!
We'll give those AlphaDogs Nicolas Cage faces and they'll constantly emanate crying baby sounds as they wander around.CaffeineGirl wrote:I would buy a fleet of robots like the one owned by a Google Corporation that just won the DARPA competition, and turn them lose on camp and art project construction. Then we could all sit in the shade and enjoy root beer floats out of our walk-in freezers.
