On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Dave Land wrote:
> On Oct 9, 2008, at 7:14 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Dave Land wrote:
>>
>>> On Oct 9, 2008, at 6:43 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, Charlie Bell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 10/10/2008, at 2:39 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
>>>>>> I like hearing a Theremin. There's nothing in the world quite
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> waking
>>>>>> up to a little blues group that includes a theremin.
>>>>>
>>>>> Especially when you can't remember letting them in the house.
>>>>
>>>> House? What house? I was camping!
>>>
>>> It's not camping if there's power for a Theramin.
>>
>> So, I guess Burning Man (which, just for the record, I have never
>> been to)
>> doesn't count as camping? They have generators right and left for
>> sound
>> systems....
>>
>> Considering how much people gripe about the dust in their tents, I
>> kinda
>> thought it was camping....
>
> The National Boy Scout Jamboree, held every four years at Fort A.P.
> Hill, Virginia, consists of a tent city of 18,000 tents and a population
> of more than 40,000. I am reasonably certain that it counts as
> "camping", and I'm positive that there's electricity. If I attend the
> 100th anniversary Jamboree in 2010, I'll look for a Theramin. Might
> even bring a digeridoo, if Peggy gets one. I ordered 30 Humanatones
> for our troop the other day, so we'll probably bring those, as well.
> And considering that one of our troop's patrols is the "Asian Invasion
> Task Force" and another is the "Super Secret Ninja Service", there is
> some likelihood of our having access to a Taiko, as well.
Camping with a large group with lots of tents is fun!
(The largest thing like that I've been to was still under 2,500, though.)
Julia
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