August 07, 2002
Where's our stuff from last year?
"All the stuff, including the bikes is in a storage space NEAR Reno...actually Carson city (about 30 min outside Reno). Everything is neatly on one clearly marked side of the storage space (which you can drive right up to). We'll give you the address and the combo before you go..."
Clue #1 (Danny's first clue to the Stash Of The Gods) and Clue #2 (Lara's Directions) follow.....
Clue #1: here is your first clue to the Stash Of The Gods
To obtain access to the inner sanctum, you'll need a special "code". Danny put a combination padlock on it.
So everyone find Danny's email and print it off or do whatever you normally do to make a note of Important Information like this! And jot down the Unit Number from Lara's mail too!
Clue #2: Directions!
>From I-80 in Reno:
7: Take the US-395 exit- exit number 15- towards SUSANVILLE/CARSON
CITY. 0.25 miles
8: Keep RIGHT at the fork in the ramp. 0.26 miles
9: Merge onto US-395 S. 9.38 miles
10: Take the US-395 S exit- exit number 57B- towards VIRGINIA CITY/CARSON CITY/SO LAKE TAHOE. 0.61 miles
11: Merge onto US-395. 18.91 miles
12: US-395 becomes US-395/N CARSON ST. 1.14 miles
13: Turn LEFT onto E WILLIAMS ST/US-50/NV-530. 0.95 miles
14: E WILLIAMS ST/US-50/NV-530 becomes US-50/NV-530. 0.39 miles
15: US-50/NV-530 becomes US-50. 6.26 miles
On the left there is a gas station and right before it you turn left onto Affonso Drive. If you can't turn left here ( I can't remember if it is possible or not) - go up to teh 341 exit, which is a very short distance further on, and turn around so you are coming back on the 50. THen turn right onto Affonso Dr.
The first or second turn on the right is Cowee Drive. You go straight through the trailer park to get to the storage sheds.
Head straight to the very end of the storage area and turn left.
Once in the Unit, the burningman stuff is on the right .
Phone first to check opening hours and after hours access if you need it
775 246 3129.
Bring a flashlight if it's dark - there is no light inside the storage shed.
Also phone beforehand to check that I am up to date on the rent - I have been dutifully sending them checks, but have no idea if they have been actually getting there or not. You may need to pay them back rent ($65 a
month) in order to get at the stuff ( I will pay you back).
The full address is V&T Management LLC, Comstock RV Park and Storage, 12 Cowee Drive, Carson City, NV 89706.
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Stuff to get/take
1. How many lengths of 8 ft PVC precisely? and what gauge? (we need 32, 16 with bell-ends)
2. A few extra plastic tubes as some of them looked the worse for wear. Probably easier to get them in Carson City than in SF right before BM though...
3. Crockery, cutlery, mugs
4. MORE WATER SPRAYS!
5. Inflatable furniture is good. And those armchairs with the cup holders!
6. don't put carpet down
7. food - buy snack foods, stuff to cook for one (so we don't have to all eat together), and fruit, and vegetables that can be eaten raw (carrots) maybe a couple of pastas and sauces - more salty stuff. Bagels and spreads!
8. shopping: super-k is at the First McCarran Boulevard junction in reno artcar/bar- happiness
9. the hub needs welding - not actually true.
10. costumes. The village theme this year is "tides".... ideas?
- make a machine that explains how the tides work.
- do live demonstrations, using two plates, two pieces of string, and a fried egg. this is my party trick.
- cheapo inflatable dinghies as furniture. two birds, one stone
- And extra string/rope to tie them down with
- lilos
- whistles. occasionally running to the edge of the playa, and screaming 'get out of the water! get out of the water!'
- those "no heavy petting" posters that they have in public swimming baths
- one of those chairs on stilts
and finally... according to Stef, "this is about the best list I've seen anywhere".
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“I feel like the quartermaster for Ken Kesey” by Danny
.... it's a very long list!
See "more"
IN THE SEALED BOX
1 small weather balloon (unused)
IN THE CARDBOARD BOX
1 roll of gaffer tape
1 official illumination village sou'wester
1 colourful parachute or bag of rags, hard to tell
1 patio torch
IN THE 28 QUART COOLER
nothing
IN THE OTHER 28 QUART COOLER
1 highperformace bike tube
a wooden spoon
a wooden spatula
1 can blue spraypaint
1 pair of plastic sunglasses
1 set of plastic brackets
4 sets of battery-operated fairy lights
1 6' 1/8" stereo-miniplug to stereo-miniplug lead
2 9'x12' plastic drop cloths (unused)
1 roll of garden wire
1 3" pipe connector
1 15' extension lead
1 bit of wire
1 bit of solder
IN THE 100 QUART COOLER
5 75 watt lightbulbs
3 small tarpaulins
3 goggles
1 parachute top
a frying pan
a baseball hat
1 battle of mouthwash (unopened)
2 safety lamps with one extension lead
20+ binliners
1 pan top
1 tin of glitter spray
1 cowbell
13oz jar of petroleum jelly (unopened)
6 packets of kleenex
1 lamp-on-a-scary-spike
2 packs of playing cards, with die
1 box of fairy lights
30 gallon freezer bags
3 six-way 1 meter extension leads
1 "Sherwood"(TM) hi-fi remote
1 smaller safety light with lead
4 marine grade 1.5" stainless steel clamps
a bag of assorted colourful beads
8 fl.oz of ultra sun block (factor 30)
1 soldering iron
1 packet of wet wipes (still wet)
1 extension lead (unknown length)
1 "coolneon"(TM) power supply
SCATTERED AROUND MY GARAGE
4 bikes, with eight wheels (assorted)
1 c.12" glitter ball
2 water sprayers
1 pair of stereo speakers
2 bedrolls
4 armchairs
1 huge pile of sleeping bags and blankets, mixed
assorted lengths of PVC, mostly c. 8'
1 10' central black PVC tube
7.76 tons of playa dust
various shit i can't be bothered to note down
IN THE RED TOP BOX
1 parachute top spigot, with ten spigot attachments
2 flags, one yellow, one white
1 coffee filter
1 set of fairy lights
1 mask.
IN THE BLACK CRATE
1 parachute
1 tarpaulin
1 surprise
IN THE OPEN BOX
14 masks
1 15' extension lead
1 can blue spraypaint
1 can yellow spraypaint
1 can green spraypaing
12 D batteries
4 C batters
1 pair of gloves
1 jar of petroleum jelly (opened)
1 pack of battery-operated lights
2 plastic sunglasses
15 cable ties
IN THE OTHER CARDBOARD BOX
0.50oz bag of feathers
approx. 5 loose sets of fairy lights
2x20"x7.5' pink art crepe
2 boxes of 100 miniature fairy lights (unused)
1 can red spraypaint
1 can brown spraypaint
100 feet of 22 gauge hook-up wire
4oz jar of black glitter
150 yards of monofilament
2.75 fl.oz of fabric glue
8oz jar of silver glitter
1 small angel's wing (slightly bent)
IN THE OTHER RED BOX
a parachute
There's also a UV light, another cooler, and a box full of slightly-too-small tupperware boxes (unused). The UV light has been a bit rained on because we used it scare away kids on Halloween.
Similarly, we used the other cooler to have dry-ice cocktails at the
same time. We haven't used the tupperware boxes. I can't think of *any* use for the tupperware boxes.
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Burning Man 2002 - Who’s Coming? And When?
Stef & Kay: 24 August to 8 September
Yoz: 22 Aug (ish) to 4 September
Manar:
James:
Phil & Mary: 24 August to 7 September
Details follow.....
==Phil & Mary==
Sat, 24 August, 2002 at 11:00am
Virgin Atlantic flight 19 (Non-Stop)
Depart: London Heathrow, UK (LHR) - TERMINAL 3
Arrive: San Francisco, CA (SFO) – INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL Sat, 24 Aug at 1:50pm
Sat, 07 September, 2002 at 4:30pm
Virgin Atlantic flight 20 (Non-Stop)
Depart: San Francisco, CA (SFO) – INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL
Arrive: London Heathrow, UK (LHR) - TERMINAL 3 Sun, 08 Sep at 10:30am
==Yoz==
I'm flying out on Monday 12th. Staying with Q&D&G for a couple of days, then Q and I are driving up to Oregon for a week (Thurs 15 - Weds 21), then down to San Jose again on the 22nd.
I'll most likely be staying in San Jose again until leaving for Burning Man, which will probably be sometime between the following Sunday (25) and Tuesday (27).
I hope to be back from BM on either the 2nd or 3rd (since my flight home from SFO is on the 4th)
==stef and kay==
Flight: Virgin Atlantic flight 19 (Non-Stop)
Depart: London Heathrow, UK (LHR) - TERMINAL 3
Sat, Aug 24 at 11:00am
Arrive: San Francisco, CA (SFO) - INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL
Sat, Aug 24 at 1:50pm
Flight: Virgin Atlantic flight 20
Depart: San Francisco, CA (SFO) - INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL
Sun, Sep 08 at 4:30pm
Arrive: London Heathrow, UK (LHR) - TERMINAL 3
Mon, Sep 09 at 10:30am
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