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I watched some, the burn specifically. On the radio broadcast, with the circling camera. Bicycles, plenty of bicycles, and wandering fashionistas. Good music. What a town, huh? Maybe some day. All the same, I hope you all had fun. I recently noticed that the forum was public again, so I thought I would say hello. Good people here, where's FKO? Rollicking good times. The juices of creativity, and you all have plenty. So, hello again. Let's talk geology, Rhino. OT, OT, OT, almost forgot that. I will not mention AMSU. Shit!
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Sat, October 24, 2009 - 11:41 PMBucephalus... "run faster, run faster, kick that fucker in the face" eggin' him on.. why not? I'll get to it later.. -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Sun, October 25, 2009 - 6:50 PM
I've been splitting before the burn... any others? -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Sun, October 25, 2009 - 7:16 PMSplit before the burn?
No,no, dear boy, that's just when the party gets started again!
The build up, and tear down are usually more fun then the event itself.
That magical red snake crawling down the 447 tells me that the citizens are going away, and we can get back to work. Or is it fun? What do you call work, when it is what you want to be doing, anyway?
The playa is nice, after everyone is gone. A couple of days picking up moop is a really good thing. Everyone should try it, sometime. Very contemplative.
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Sun, October 25, 2009 - 7:53 PM<The playa is nice, after everyone is gone. A couple of days picking up moop is a really good thing. Everyone should try it, sometime>
Let's try it in '10! All of us! -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 8:10 AM"The playa is nice, after everyone is gone"
I love arriving on the playa early... but at times it's a bitch, like when a storm blows through and there aren't any tents or RVs to act as a wind break.
people.tribe.net/afe252dd-...0399cb660a
And as much fun as the burn is... after being away from the love of my life for about 10 days... getting home to her beats the burn hands down any day. Now if she were with me at BM, that would be a different story... it would be the best of both worlds. -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 12:44 PMwow that would be cool to see you and your lady out there rob! maybe one day, we can go on a double date! -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 12:59 PM"we can go on a double date! "
That would be cool... but I wouldn't hold my breath that she is going any time soon.. but I did go to the NY Decom with her... and that was lots of fun!
My group of friends aren't interested in going even if you paid them a million bucks... well maybe for a million...
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 3:13 PM"we're gonna canvas this whole world, you stud! I know this place aint flat, and so do you!" -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 5:09 PMDrag an unwilling spouse to Burning Man, for a million bucks?
Well, that depends. How much does a new wife cost? -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 6:44 PMAs much as you are willing to pay for her. In your love for her, of course. They really don't care about money, they want security.
Gold symbolizing your heart. -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 7:06 PMLook, can't I just go to Temple of Atonement, and get a girl off the rack? -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 7:15 PMexsqueeze me? I guess you could, but then you'd have to tame her. That may mean serious business. Depends on the girl.
Who is that temple dedicated to? -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 7:55 PMI thought it was a really good year. How did you like the radio broadcast? -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 7:59 PMThere was the country song about the gun. I like that. Said something about God's justice. God knows justice. And it was all twangy. The burn was nice to watch, and more than I expected, though of course I'm sure the pyrotechnics have become more and more spectacular over the years, but I was surprised at the level of technical display.
I would have watched more, but I was too busy writing. -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 8:12 PMHmmmm. I though the man burn was like watching paint dry. First of all there were too many fireworks for my taste. If I want fireworks I can go to Vegas. Fireworks before the main fireball is fine but after the main fire ball, I'm a purist, give me a clean burn. Explosions are fine but no more fireworks.
Then it took FOREVER. I have no knowkledge of what technically happened and I know how hard the pyro team works. It looked like the base didn't catch on fire in the main explosion but the man did and fire burns up I think?
I was in the studio at BMIR and I was joking with the field team asking "what color are the flames now", "have you taken a temperature reading" "what's the hippie situation out there". Finally I called them on the radio and said "look this is like listening to golf" throw it back to the studio, I'll wrap up, throw on the 8 hours of weird music we had picked out for post burn and we can go get drunk (or more drunk). -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 8:37 PM<Hmmmm. I though the man burn was like watching paint dry.>
I watched from Adapt. We were sitting there joking: Look, Cialis man--he never goes down."
Yeah, I'm aware that 've shared that bon mot wth this tribe. YOu think it's easy to be startlingly original all the time?
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 8:43 PMMore drunk. Definitely more drunk. Way more drunk. Gimme a pony, I'll fall off the horse. Just kidding. -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 8:45 PMIgnore this link, I'm a pissed-off person. Where's KK, BTW?
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 9:31 PMKK is taking time off from tribe because he's concentrating on something else at the moment. He can't talk about it. -
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Re: He can't talk about it.
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 9:44 PMLaying low after the spectacular success of Operation Jackson. -
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Re: He can't talk about it.
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 10:35 PMSpeaking of rumormongers......
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Re: He can't talk about it.
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 10:37 PMRegale me. I have no idea what Operation Jackson is. C'mon, type. -
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Re: He can't talk about it.
Tue, October 27, 2009 - 2:19 AMSo I just heard that Crypto was up and was bored and thought I might want to talk later into the night. Wassup, girl?
I wasn't going to type here tonight any further for any other reason.
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Re: He can't talk about it.
Tue, October 27, 2009 - 2:20 AMSeriously, this shit is borrrr-ing! -
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Re: He can't talk about it.
Tue, October 27, 2009 - 2:57 AMRemember, I'm exceedingly skeptical too. I don't even know if I should bother with anything anymore.
They say your name is Angela. I never bothered to find out your real name. No one gives me any response. It's unconfirmed until people stop just watching. That's how I feel about it. You're a good person, whatever your name is. -
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Re: He can't talk about it.
Tue, October 27, 2009 - 8:49 PMThere's an element here called control. I've got a pickaxe. And I have well-thought out reasons for doing this sort of thing. I really don't care. There are these ultimate liars (not you people). And they're very good at it. And so they play all sweet, and so I go, OK, let's test that to find out. And really, you know I don't care. How could I? It's not important. Just looking for the proverbial weeds to pull. And I know it's no one here. Sorry 'bout all that. I'm not friends with those type people, and I'll never be. But they sure do try hard. Don't worry 'bout this world dyin', it aint worth a shit. You are.
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Re: Regale me. I have no idea what Operation Jackson is. C'mon, type.
Tue, October 27, 2009 - 6:49 PMOkay, at the risk of being wiped out by the mafia...there was...an incident. Very high profile....Um...it was in the papers...
They're blaming the doctor....It was a total media circus.
That should be enough pieces... -
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Re: Regale me. I have no idea what Operation Jackson is. C'mon, type.
Tue, October 27, 2009 - 7:35 PMAlgeria Touchshriek.
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 9:36 PMBobzilla, I heard a rumor after the burn that the man base was thicker than it had ever been, supporting a lot of weight. Hence it took forever to burn through and collapse. Perhaps someone can confirm this?
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 9:44 PMYeah! Another playa rumor! -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Mon, October 26, 2009 - 10:36 PMActually, Crypto, I heard it from someone who was there as a Ranger, and was a sandman. And it wasn't Sand.
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Tue, October 27, 2009 - 9:13 AMYeah, I can shed a little light on this topic.
This year, Bob the Builder made the Man support out of really thick structural lumber.
In order to get it to burn on time, he drilled a series of chimney holes at the top of the post.
Unfortunatly, his plan really didn't work out.
The wood was too thick, there wern't enough holes in the wood, and the 10 gallons of diesel fuel that was supposed to go inside the post, never made it.
In hindsight, there really is no question that the Y chromasome could have been build in a diffrent manner.
Instead of solid 2X12's with some puny hole drilled in the top, he could have made it out of 2x4's and plywood. Just as strong, less sheer bulk.
You should have seen Bob, the next day. Hot enough to fry an egg on. He is normally a fairly calm guy. Not then. He feels just horrible about it, and has taken a vow that nothing like this will ever happen again.
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Tue, October 27, 2009 - 10:20 AMRumor confirmed. Thank you, Zaius.
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Tue, October 27, 2009 - 3:40 PMZaius, I doubt it. Not that I really know what you're talking about. Is the man now composed of all the chromosomes? How is that put together? Chromosomes look like x's. Shall we link to it? What does the Y chromosome look like? A "Y", or a "y"? Is it that simple? You know, it's a big question mark, that "Y". But yeah, you can see it. And I'm not talking about chromosomes any more.
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Wed, October 28, 2009 - 8:16 PMI haven't seen much discussion about the man taking so long to burn here. From my viewpoint, on the front row around 8, the man took a godawful long time to begin disintegrating. When he did, just a chunk fell down. By that time, the crowd was on its feet and people were starting to dart forward or try to.
The rangers on the front line were starting to bail water with a thimble. What looked kind of dangerous at the time was the amount of wood still standing and ready to fall. The crowd finally surged forward and the rangers just gave up. Then after a goodly amount of people had congregated around the base, some big pieces fell to the ground. From my standpoint it looked like the potential for some folks to get nailed by flying chunks of burning lumber looked real. Seemed like it came off okay though regardless. -
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Re: How did the last Burn go?
Wed, October 28, 2009 - 8:50 PMLove the avatar. Cats are magnetic.
Maybe next year.
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