The Bar 2014 Edition

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:58 am

Maybe a Mary made with absinth?

Post by **trilobyte** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:15 am

Hello Bar! Things have been all kinds of busy lately, but I wanted to peek in and wave to all those gearing up for a weekend of decadence and debauchery.

Now I'm off to go do some digging through our storage space. A much needed cleaning and organizing, but on the upside I'm sure to wind up covered in playa dust!

MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:18 pm

Dust!!!

That's exactly what I need, thanks for mentioning that, Trilo!!! *smooch* I have just added a generous pinch to my herbal tea here.

Expecting to be able to speak again in 3,2,1....

VultureChow · Post by **VultureChow** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:28 pm

Checking in from San Francisco. Lovely weather, lovely town.

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:46 pm

see you Saturday VC!!

VultureChow · Post by **VultureChow** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:49 pm

I'm so excited. Been actively exercising my liver in preparation.

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:02 pm

ygmir wrote:Bloody Barbie? only specific ingredient I can think of is Bentonite.

**ears prick up at the mention of the additive**

Bentonite? How much? Which type, calcium or sodium? Will it be regular bentonite, or KOSHER?

**snickers to self**

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:09 pm

^Rhino! wrote:
ygmir wrote:Bloody Barbie? only specific ingredient I can think of is Bentonite.
**ears prick up at the mention of the additive**

Bentonite? How much? Which type, calcium or sodium? Will it be regular bentonite, or KOSHER?

**snickers to self**

regular bentonite............and I'm sure you know who I"m talking about.

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:01 pm

Some time back we discussed how my brother could seal his leaky duck pond, and I received general agreement that Bentonite was the stuff. And the pond got sealed, although I wasn't there to read the label.

Yes, I'm back from my procurement expedition! Kind'a like a trek to China on the Silk Road, but slightly quicker. One chaise, two ottomans, one medium rug and one small round rug. That small round rug was from the the rascally people, and they turned out to be mostly just clueless. Nice family, recent immigrants... from a Silk Road country. Well, maybe they weren't honest in their CL methods, but otherwise no worries. (I'm reading about Afghanistan right now -- seems thievery is their national sport. Oooops, that wasn't politically correct, was it.)

Also bought some new bicycle tools, while I was in a real town.

Hey MDF, what are you doing following me around on FB and "liking" every time I sneeze? Can't a guy sell a pair of mirrors in peace?

Nap time.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:37 pm

yes, Bentonite is a very good pond sealer.

MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:48 pm

Hahahahahaha, Elliot, I do like the way you sneeze

and, I am very much looking forward to seeing the new furnishings at your camp, and perhaps, finding you in and at leisure and enjoying an adult beverage with you. Instead of just pleading "help me help me" and then running off when I've been helped! So rude.

I am happy tonight, seeing my plans for BRC coming together.

Oh and drinking beer, I am sure that has nothing to do with my good mood

but here, let me pour you something.

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:57 pm

Ygmir, yes I have read that it is also used in cosmetics. But is it used in... (don't quite remember -- I've been divorced a while) Pond's Skin Cream?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:49 pm

Elliot wrote:Ygmir, yes I have read that it is also used in cosmetics. But is it used in... (don't quite remember -- I've been divorced a while) Pond's Skin Cream?

sweet Jeebus Elliot! I thought everyone of our generation knew who "Barbie Benton" is.

or, could it be I was more the young perv. than most?

naw.......

well, one more night here, then two in Reno!!

Dr. Pyro · Post by **Dr. Pyro** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 5:39 am

I swear I am not making this up: When Barbie Benton (though when we were growing up and she was attending Rio Americano High School she was Barbara Klein), her father Dr. Klein was my mom's gynocologist. Nice Jewish girl from the suburbs.

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:18 am

ygmir, Elliot, and anyone else who's interested.

I became aware of the multiplicity of uses for bentonite in the year 2000. Not only do we use it as a primary additive in drilling fluid, but it's also used in abrasive wheels, artificial stone, asphalt, auto polish, batteries, beauty 'mud', bleaching agents, blood albumin, charcoal briquets, bricklayers cement, building blocks, calamine, clay brick, cleansing agents, concrete, crayons, dam sealant, degreasers, de-icers, dentrifices, detergents, dry cell batteries, dye fixatives, dynamite, electrical insulation, fire extinguishers......my list contains well over 200 products.

Baroid Industrial Drilling Products actually picks up the tab for a Jewish rabbi to fly out to their mining operation in Colony, Wyoming to inspect the processing operation. The rabbi actually certifies the bentonite as 'kosher', and it's used as a filter in the production of Manechevitz and Mogen-David wines. Just think, folks, MD 20/20 is produced with kosher bentonite.

I still think it would be a hoot to have a bag of kosher bentonite at Barbie Death Camp and wine bistro.

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:34 am

Rhino, love your new pic. Bentonite also used in glaze formulas in ceramics. Belated Happy Birthday, Anti M!

Want pics from the Amtrakathon!!!

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:07 am

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:12 am

*wanders in,makes CCC*
oh Doc..........you knew her?.............sigh..........
Yeah Rhino, what a great product. Lots of folks are against mining, but really, things like that make life so much better. If you can't grow it,you have to mine it. everything.

and dang Marty!! wish you were coming on the Amtrackathon!!

I'll be heading up in a few hours.........yeehaw!!

*heads for IBBOD*

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:28 am

Ah yes, I remember Barbi Benton. Just didn't recall her face. I even have her telephone number: BR 549.
But I always tried not to fall for unobtainable ladies. Except Petula Clark, Nancy Kwan, Kay Lenz, Christine McVie and Petula Clark.

Mojojita · Post by **Mojojita** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:07 am

Bon voyage Amtrakathonners! Don't forget to start a bail $ pool.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:37 am

Mojojita wrote:Bon voyage Amtrakathonners! Don't forget to start a bail $ pool.

oh snap, shit just got bieber.

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:51 am

What is a bieber? Imbiber?

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:55 am

Elliot wrote:What is a bieber? Imbiber?

It is a spoiled rich brat the gets arrested some where around the world every day..

He is so lucky, I'm not his old man.. He wouldn't sit for a year....

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 12:04 pm

And I've noted that the press refers to him as a "child".

(I ought to have written "...of which though speaketh".)

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:17 am

Made it to Reno. Shenanigans to begin. Visited the generator last night. Awesome place to make things.

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:50 am

Elorrum wrote:Made it to Reno. Shenanigans to begin. Visited the generator last night. Awesome place to make things.

I have one of those tiny remote control helicopters up there, and the first images are coming in.

MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:29 pm

Elorrum wrote:Made it to Reno. Shenanigans to begin. Visited the generator last night. Awesome place to make things.

Yay!!!!

And Elliot, great photo!

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:41 pm

I taped an Instamatic to the helicopter.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:45 pm

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:46 pm

Yep, that's me in the yellow dress carrying the upside down dog.

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