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theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:13 am

Just wondering if any of you were nearly kilt killed on 447, post event.

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:30 am

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:33 am

mudpuppy000 · Post by **mudpuppy000** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:34 pm

In 2009 I was driving back and came over a hill to see a car stopped and a woman running down the middle of the road towards me to pick up a bike that had fallen off. I had plenty of room to maneuver around her and continued on but saw a bunch of emergency vehicles headed the opposite way later...

Mojojita · Post by **Mojojita** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:19 pm

My near miss this year was out on I-5 on Monday. I was driving our giant old tub of an RV towing a big trailer. I pulled out to pass some slow trucks when a trailer full of furniture and household stuff in the slow lane a few cars ahead came open and deposited couch, refrigerator, bags of books and papers, etc on the freeway. I started pumping the brakes, knowing a fast emergency stop with my load was not possible. By the time I drove through it, most of the damage had been done to the vehicles in front of me and all that touched us was a cloud of wood splinters floating down through the air.

In that moment, I rethought radical self-reliance, something to the tune of "FUCK! Why in hell am I hauling all of this crap for all those fuckers???" Next year will see a revamp of my camp structure with the young un's planning, purchasing, cooking and transporting much more of their own.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:53 pm

In 2001 there was a jackwad in a convertible 70's blazer that cut around the line entering the highway during exodus and almost caused a crash.

I watched as the lid flew off his cooler as he gained speed heading toward Gerlach, then we stopped in Gerlach at a sandwich vendor that was there(cheesesteaks!)my girlfriend was driving her Bronco in front of me.

After we filled our bellies we headed towards Empire (with me in front of her this time)and there he was again, at about the halfway mark, pulled off the road.
I went around him and then he ripped out directly in front of her causing my girlfriend to swerve off the road, into the ditch, and then back on the road.
All of this I watched in horror in my rearview mirror.

Then I saw her swerve AGAIN(not off the road this time).

When we got to our friends house in Empire she was in tears from the pain that he had caused her already fragile back and neck.
she says that the second swerve was his round glass patio table flying out of the back of his Blazer and narrowly missing her windshield.

She said she saw him stopping at the Empire Store.

Enraged, I went to the store, walked inside (packed with burners) and LOUDLY asked who was driving the Blazer with the Montana Plates outside.

The tweeker then steps forward, and I gave him a damned fine vebal licking for his inadequite penis size and his inability to perform in bed(to say it nicely)

The whole store was focused on us, jaws agape....silence.

I then told him he needs to go back and pick up his broken table(while poking his chest).
Then Donnie, the store manager at the time came between us and asked me to take it outside.

Well...I did, but he stayed inside....his girlfriend came out instead, apologizing on his behalf (standing by his Blazer).

The beauty of it was that before I had even gone into the store I had removed his valve caps on his tires, inserted small pebbles into them, and screwed them loosely back on(causing a slow leak in all of his tires)

I then returned to my friends house, where we showered, ate dinner, and relaxed before heading out about 3 hours later.

He was still at the store, with blocks and jacks trying to remove all of his tires so that he could walk them over to the gas station's air pump to pump them up again.

I honked and waved byebye...

The CO · Post by **The CO** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:01 pm

For me it was the first year I had my straight-razor.

Post by **Elderberry** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:16 pm

Fortunately, I have never had such an encounter. But it is certainly something that concerns me. Especially on exodus as I sit watching all of those people waiting in line to hit the open highway with what I would consider woefully inadequate packing of their possessions.

Exodus is bad enough as it is, but it might be a good idea to pull some of these people over and have them pack their load right before they let them out.

Lives could be saved.

My next biggest pet peeve is people that just throw their trash out along the highway on exodus.

JK

Post by **AntiM** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:35 am

Some years we take pictures in line of the really bad ones. One flat trailer even had items just sitting on it, no ropes or straps, not even the dreaded bungee cords. The couple could tell because we were pointing and exclaiming. Seriously, a beer keg just sitting on a flat trailer without sides? Flats of ramen noodles just sitting between a couple boxes? Rolls of carpet? What were they thinking? When she got out to pee between the trailer and their truck, I cracked up because she peed all over her skirt and feet. Whatta maroon.

No, we had no straps nor rope to offer. And yes, I've always wondered why there couldn't be a safety check for the worst ones. Saw a huge mutant vehicle one year, piled high with black trash bags, unsecured, by the time we saw it again in Sparks, there wasn't a bag of trash to be seen. No, they'd not had the chance to drop off trash. The guy who did the trash drop off in Gerlach this year had a great idea, I hope he made money.

Then there was the couple who took a nap during the surge, slightly behind and to the side of us. When we started to move, they were sound asleep. we tried to honk and yell, but with the pack in movement, it was too dangerous to stop and knock on their windows.

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:52 am

She musta had laser hair removal because she was Smmoooooothhh.

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:53 am

JK/Anti-M, I'm with you. The piles of trash all along the road to the highway never cease to amaze me as to the ijit's who either do not know how to pack their shit, or don't care enough to do it properly.

@OED: My hat is off to you sir! well done, very well done

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:43 pm

AntiM wrote:No, we had no straps nor rope to offer. And yes, I've always wondered why there couldn't be a safety check for the worst ones. Saw a huge mutant vehicle one year, piled high with black trash bags, unsecured, by the time we saw it again in Sparks, there wasn't a bag of trash to be seen. No, they'd not had the chance to drop off trash. The guy who did the trash drop off in Gerlach this year had a great idea, I hope he made money.

They don't have a check because Exodus is chronically undermanned. Also, that particular job takes skills. If I were the LLC I can see not wanting to do something for fear of getting involved in any trouble. (Note: I have no idea if the LLC does or does not do this for any particular reason. I'm simply saying that there's a potential for legel repercussions of an ugly kind.)

C187 · Post by **C187** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:16 pm

I had no post event issues after leaving the playa. Although I was stuck between a RV and mini-van on gate road sometime after midnight on Monday. Oh, and almost got clipped by big ass RVs, "art" hanging from cars, and apparently cone blind drivers during exodus. (I got damn good at frogger)

The good news is some people do pull out of the lane and fix their shit. Although not nearly as many that should. Personally I think if people would start packing up on Friday and slowly get it done over the weekend we would have so much shit falling on 447. Just don't do it all over an hour on your way out. Same is true for coming in, plan it out over a few days. Honestly how hard is this concept?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:31 pm

C187 wrote:Honestly how hard is this concept?

How hard is any concept after a week on playa? I don't like the trash any more than the rest of us, but--not to excuse, but to understand--I think it's harder than packing for the trip to. Energy level is different. Environment is more chaotic. you're trying to cope with the big burns. You're sunburnt, you've fallen in love, you're fighting with your campmates, ad nausium. So, I don't think scolding now is going to make a damn bit of difference in September. I don't even think that scolding in September would make a difference.

mudpuppy000 · Post by **mudpuppy000** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:33 am

theCryptofishist wrote:
C187 wrote:Honestly how hard is this concept?
How hard is any concept after a week on playa? I don't like the trash any more than the rest of us, but--not to excuse, but to understand--I think it's harder than packing for the trip to. Energy level is different. Environment is more chaotic. you're trying to cope with the big burns. You're sunburnt, you've fallen in love, you're fighting with your campmates, ad nausium. So, I don't think scolding now is going to make a damn bit of difference in September. I don't even think that scolding in September would make a difference.

It's pretty tough for me to pack up ahead of time as I still need to use all that crap on the playa, and I sleep in my vehicle, so nowhere to put it. Everything fits inside though, so I don't have to worry about strapping anything down.

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:04 pm

oneeyeddick wrote:Enraged, I went to the store, walked inside (packed with burners) and LOUDLY asked who was driving the Blazer with the Montana Plates outside.

Many "people" from Montana are transplants from the golden state. Don't know if that was his situation, but, something to take it for what its worth.
Anybody from California, please don't take offense.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:13 pm

Thecatman wrote:
oneeyeddick wrote:Enraged, I went to the store, walked inside (packed with burners) and LOUDLY asked who was driving the Blazer with the Montana Plates outside.
Many "people" from Montana are transplants from the golden state. Don't know if that was his situation, but, something to take it for what its worth.
Anybody from California, please don't take offense.

Elaborate please?