Burningman 2001
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Movie MoChair Movie Get Your own Motorized Furniture |
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The weather this year was perfect. I cannot complain about the weather. Even the dust storms were perfect. Perfect sunsets, perfect full moon, perfect perfect perfect. If I had known the weather was going to be perfect I wouldn't have made space suits. |
| Our chairs needed a lot of maintanance this year. The rope broke early on and I had to take the engine cover off. This turned out to be a good thing. Although it was louder, we discovered that pressing on a certain lever caused the chairs to accelerate like it had nitrous oxide; an emergency back-up booster nuclear power feature we were hither to unaware of. When we were about to leave we took one last drive way out passed the man and the wheel fell off again. It was kind of funny. It is in the MoChair Video. | |
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My daughter, Michelle, and her boyfriend, Bruce arrived and we practiced our movie star smiles during a dust storm. I think Bruce needs a little more practice. I should give him some pointers. And another thing: The coffee in center camp was also excellant this year. It was unbearably excellant. |
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I think there were
four kinds of art vehicles this year. Those built on golf carts and ATV's. Some seemed way beyond the reach of the back yard junk yard. |
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Those built on full
size cars and vans: how did they get them up there? |
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Those that seemed
to be built by hand but were mechanically superior and very expensive.
This one was pedal power. |
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And those built
like mine, from junk with 18th century technology. These used to be
the sole of Burningman. Or maybe at least, it's feet. There seemed
to be fewer of these contraptions. But every year is different. The one at left was very ingenious. It just had a couple of little problems. It had rack and pinion steering and a futon sofa bed. All of the home made contraptions need lots of work to keep them going. Each inventor was a little sensitive about how well their contraption worked. Even the expensive golf carts and ATVs didn't work that well onthe playa. The roads were very rough this year. And where there were no pot holes there was deep pockets of moon dust. Particles the size of cigarette smoke, composed of caustic hydrogen peroxide often pick up in winds of 100 miles per hour. No wait, I was thinking of Mars. |
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I was thinkning of trying out this idea. It looked like a lot of fun to ride. It seemed to work. Both people steer. Navigation is accomplished by telepathy, similar to a flock of birds changing direction all at once. I wonder if he had problems with that incredible rear axle? That took some engineering. |