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Car Campin' Tips
Be sure to bring a rake with you to sweep away all those nasty sticks and dirt before you set up your home away from home.
Buddha Bear
8:06:52 PM
7/16/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
Bring a chainsaw to cut wood. Bring lots of cookies to offer to your neighbors. And bring directions to Dairy Queen,just in case someone really needs a fix.
hyperpacker
8:16:41 PM
7/16/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
Concrete patio blocks provide a nice surface to put your Char-Broil gas grill on.
pekka
8:22:36 PM
7/16/01

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When making the fire in your car camp, open the windows.
walkincrow
8:34:00 PM
7/16/01

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If you're the first one up, be sure to turn on your radio loud enough for the whole campground to hear. Those not yet able to drag their arses out of bed to turn on their own radio will appreciate it. Salsa music is a big plus.
Le Subtil
9:43:22 PM
7/16/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
Go backpacking instead.
ChinaChas
10:27:56 PM
7/16/01

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LOL Le Subtil, Crow, Pekka, Hyper & China. I just fell out of my chair!
Buddha Bear
10:31:59 PM
7/16/01

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the most important tip ..... be sure your tent fits a queen size mattress.

gc
general custard
10:36:44 PM
7/16/01

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Make sure you have enough gasoline to run your generator all night, so that you can enhance your enjoyment of the outdoors by watching TV in air-conditioned comfort.

Don't light the fireworks until well after dark - around 1:00 a.m. is a good time.

When skinnydipping at night, don't wear black underwear; it's too hard to find in the dark. If you can't find your underwear, walk naked through the campground at 3:00 a.m. shouting, "where's my f---ing underwear?" (based on a true story).

Make sure to get a site large enough for your fifty closest friends to park their rusty pickups, when they come to your beer bash at the campground.

Bring plenty of 'D' batteries to power your boom box(es), and for heaven's sake, don't forget the heavy metal and gangsta rap CD's!

When it starts to get dark, fire up enough Coleman lanterns to light up the area like a football stadium.

If you have to go into town for a couple of hours to get more beer, just leave your kids and dogs at the campground. They will be fine, and other campers will not mind - a little screaming, crying, and barking never hurt anyone. If you're really lucky, someone else will feel sorry for them and feed them while you are gone.
OmaHiker
9:06:53 AM
7/17/01

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Don't forget to write a letter to the local DNR pressuring them to do something about those darn bees and leaves...

Hyper - are you making fun of me w/ the DQ reference? Ouch! :)
tarabull
9:15:47 AM
7/17/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
bring a dozen coolers.
radagast
9:19:51 AM
7/17/01

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The more tiki torches you have, the higher your status at the campground.
Buddha Bear
9:36:10 AM
7/17/01

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Hey, car camping has it's place.














But don't get me started on those RV bastards!
kleetn
9:53:10 AM
7/17/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
Just say no.
Violin
10:56:38 AM
7/17/01

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good sam's club, untie, and take over!!!
radagast
11:11:50 AM
7/17/01

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or, you could 'unite' and take over.

doh!
radagast
11:12:26 AM
7/17/01

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This is all too funny!!

It reminds me of a funny thing that happened several years ago. We were camping at a state park campground on July 4 weekend and all the travel trailers and RV?s were lined up on the road waiting to get in their spots. There was was this one guy with a 35ft travel trailer that got impatient and decided to cut across the camp ground to get to a campsite. He drove between 2 pine trees that were about 40-50 ft tall. His trailer got wedged between the trees. He jumped out and grabbed a chainsaw out of the back of his truck and fired it up. Luckily a park ranger came by and stopped him. Well he cussed and argued but the ranger wouldn?t let him cut the trees. The guy spent the whole weekend trying to get it out and when we left 3 day?s later he was still stuck.
rabbitman
11:12:49 AM
7/17/01

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That deserves a whole new thread rabbitman!
Buddha Bear
11:16:34 AM
7/17/01

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RE: Car Campin' Tips
Fill up at Shell before you go, get the free car wash ticket, and use it when you get home!
That's easy clean-up
Kumaface
4:48:28 PM
7/17/01

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Can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone was as smart as you guys! Awesome.
Idaho Bob
6:04:09 PM
7/17/01

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ALWAYS, and I mean ALWAYS, bring your motor oil, or charcoal lighter fluid to light your fire. Just stick a log in there, or better yet, chop down a perfectly healthy live tree with your brand spankin' new Walmart Brand Camp Axe to impress your scabies infested girlfriend.
Buddha Bear
6:29:23 PM
7/17/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
I had a most delightful weekend car-camping with my kids and wife. We had highball glasses for our drinks, ice too. We had beer, wine, Ouzo and vodka though not all at the same time. The kids had their own tents (my oldest retired in the hammock.) We had food aplenty, clean clothes, stoves and lanterns. Went to a delightful amusement park about 30 miles away (Knoebel's Grove) and stimulated the local economy. Got some excercise walking about, saw some really unique sights (and I mean some real nice sights, think log flume) and generally had the most fun one can have with their clothes on. The place we stay is typically deserted so we had quiet (no tiki torches, no radios) except for the whispering pines and the dulcimer around the roaring campfire.
flyguy6x
5:49:35 PM
7/31/01

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Sounds like a great time. Although I prefer backpacking, while kids are small, car camping is the closest I can get to it. This weekend we are going in our pickup camper to a tiny town in the mountains of central Idaho (Yellow Pine) which is host to a harmonica festival, with many hours of outdoor acoustical music being performed for free. It draws a great mix of cowboys, bikers, hippies, and musicians.
Idaho Bob
6:29:46 PM
7/31/01

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Wow fly,..that does sond nice and it sounds like a great time was had by all....

Thanks for sharing it....
Big Foot
6:32:07 PM
7/31/01

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Just got back from a 4 day car camping trip.
Took the family to Kings Canyon . (including all the in-laws) Had a good time ...but it's a whole different animal.
although the 2 tekka headlamps that I have were a hit with all. Hands free light while in the outhouse!

Had one of those RVers
start his generator at 6:00 am .....but only once, no boom boxes just one brat that cried all the time.
All in all it was a very relaxing trip.
Bacon & eggs for breakfast Steak and baked potatoes for dinner .....Kewl!
Wind Walker
6:34:36 PM
7/31/01

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Hey flyguy, did you take the train ride around Knoebel's?
baume 66
7:44:45 PM
7/31/01

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Sounds really great, flyguy6x. Now cough up the secret campground name and location. Don't want to? Hmmmm. Not even for a tray of brownies? Apple pie? Man, he's one tough hombre!
LyndyS
8:27:33 PM
7/31/01

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Just got a trip report from my bro...was driving around trying to find a service road until the turns got more and more rustic, until he finally ran out of road.
His wife and he found a clearing about 100 yards into the forest.

All the seclusion of bp'ing, but with cold beer.
tommy
9:09:41 AM
8/01/01

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I think Rad gets "lost" like that a lot. Sounds like a great alternative to backpacking in order to get to seclusion. No vistas though.
LyndyS
9:25:03 AM
8/01/01

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"not all who wander are lost."
radagast
9:26:31 AM
8/01/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
Not all who are lost wander.
Violin
9:44:27 AM
8/01/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
Lyndy, lets just say its 4 mi east of 487 (Benton) just off 239. A further clue is in my initial post. You can leave the brownies with the proprieter. He's a worthy guy.
Baume, yes! I had never taken that train. Had preferred "Old Smokey" without ever riding the other. Its neat that its goes under the coaster, past Knoebel's campground (ewww) and into the forest.
flyguy6x
9:54:26 AM
8/01/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
flyguy6x- You said, "...generally had the most fun one can have with their clothes on."

So you were skiing, huh?
skiracer
10:48:54 AM
8/01/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
no way.

i ski naked.
radagast
10:51:10 AM
8/01/01

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Hey....I'm Ski. ...and didn't Naked just move to California?
skiracer
10:54:48 AM
8/01/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
This is the funniest thread I have read in a long time. I hate generators, there should be a federal law against them that ranks right up there with punishments equal to rape, murder, abuse, neglect, and cannibalism. Am I being too extreme here?
AZhiker
11:53:17 AM
8/01/01

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Cannibalism is illegal?
Violin
11:55:44 AM
8/01/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
only if they is dead.
flyguy6x
12:31:46 PM
8/01/01

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Violin - just for a select few. You may be the exception to the rule. You have my blessing to eat anyone who runs a generator. Bon appetit
AZhiker
12:32:35 PM
8/01/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie
to the hip hip hop, a you dont stop
the rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie
to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

Now what you hear is not a test--i'm rappin to the beat
and me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
see i am wonder Mike and i like to say hello
to the black, to the white, the red, and the brown, the purple and yellow
but first i gotta bang bang the boogie to the boogie
say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie
let's rock, you dont stop
rock the riddle that will make your body rock
Well so far youve heard my voice but i brought two friends along
and next on the Mike is my man Hank
come on, Hank, sing that song

Check it out, i'm the c-a-s-an-the-o-v-a
and the rest is f-l-y
ya see i go by the code of the doctor of the mix
and these reasons i'll tell ya why
ya see i'm six foot one and i'm tons of fun
and i dress to a t
ya see i got more clothes than muhammad ali and i dress so viciously
i got bodyguards, i got two big cars
that definitely aint the wack
i got a lincoln continental and a sunroof cadillac
so after school, i take a dip in the pool
which really is on the wall
i got a color tv so i can see
the knicks play basketball
hear me talkin bout checkbooks, credit cards
more money than a sucker could ever spend
but i wouldnt give a sucker or a bum from the rucker
not a dime til i made it again
everybody go hotel motel whatcha gonna do today (say what)
ya say im gonna get a fly girl gonna get some spankin
drive off in a def oj
everybody go, hotel motel holiday inn
say if your girl starts actin up, then you take her friend
master gee, am I mellow
its on you so what you gonna do

Well it's on n on n on on n on
the beat dont stop until the break of dawn
i said m-a-s, t-e-r, a g with a double e
i said i go by the unforgettable name
of the man they call the master gee
well, my name is known all over the world
by all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls
i'm goin down in history
as the baddest rapper there could ever be
now i'm feelin the highs and ya feelin the lows
the beat starts gettin into your toes
ya start poppin ya fingers and stompin your feet
and movin your body while youre sittin in your seat
and the damn ya start doin the freak
i said damn, right outta your seat
then ya throw your hands high in the air
ya rockin to the rhythm, shake your derriere
ya rockin to the beat without a care
with the sureshot m.c.s for the affair
now, im not as tall as the rest of the gang
but i rap to the beat just the same
i dot a little face and a pair of brown eyes
all i'm here to do ladies is hypnotize
singin on n n on n on n on
the beat dont stop until the break of dawn
singin on n n on n on on n on
like a hot buttered a pop da pop da pop dibbie dibbie
pop da pop pop ya dont dare stop
come alive yall gimme what ya got
i guess by now you can take a hunch
and find that i am the baby of the bunch
'but that's okay i still keep in stride
cause all i'm here to do is just wiggle your behind
singin on n n on n on n on
the beat dont stop until the break of dawn
singin on n n on n on on n on
rock rock yall throw it on the floor
im gonna freak ya here im gonna feak ya there
im gonna move you outta this atmosphere
cause im one of a kind and ill shock your mind
ill put t-t-tickets in your behind
i said 1-2-3-4, come on girls get on the floor
a-come alive, yall a-gimme what ya got
cause im guaranteed to make you rock
i said 1-2-3-4 tell me wonder mike what are you waitin for?

i said a hip hop the hippie to the hippie
the hip hip hop, a you dont stop
the rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie
to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
skiddlee beebop a we rock a scoobie doo
and guess what america we love you
cause ya rock and ya roll with so much soul
you could rock till you're a hundred and one years old
i dont mean to brag i dont mean to boast
but we like hot butter on our breakfast toast
rock it up baby bubbah
baby bubbah to the boogie da bang bang da boogie
to the beat beat, its so unique
come on everybody and dance to the beat

I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie
to the hip hip hop, a you dont stop
rock it out baby bubbah to the boogie da bang bang
the boogie to the boogie da beat
I said i cant wait til the end of the week
when i'm rappin to the rhythm of a groovy beat
and attempt to raise your body heat
just blow your mind so that you cant speak
and do a thing but a rock and shuffle your feet
and let it change up to a dance called the freak
and when ya finally do come in to your rhythmic beat
rest a little while so ya dont get weak
i know a man named Hank
he has more rhymes than a serious bank
so come on Hank sing that song
to the rhythm of the boogie da bang bang da bong

Well, im imp the dimp the ladies pimp
the women fight for my delight
but im the grandmaster with the three mcs
that shock the house for the young ladies
and when you come inside, into the front
you do the freak, spank, and do the bump
and when the sucker mcs try to prove a point
we're treacherous trio, we're the serious joint
a from sun to sun and from day to day
i sit down and write a brand new rhyme
because they say that miracles never cease
i've created a devastating masterpiece
i'm gonna rock the Mike til you cant resist
everybody, i say it goes like this
well i was comin home late one dark afternoon
a reporter stopped me for a interview
she said she's heard stories and she's heard fables
that i'm vicious on the Mike and the turntables
this young reporter i did adore
so i rocked a vicious rhyme like i never did before
she said damn fly guy im in love with you
the casanova legend must have been true
i said by the way baby what's your name
said i go by the name of Lois Lane
and you could be my boyfiend you surely can
just let me quit my boyfriend called superman
i said he's a fairy i do suppoose
flyin through the air in pantyhose
he may be very sexy or even cute
but he looks like a sucker in a blue and red suit
i said you need a man who's got finesse
and his whole name across his chest
he may be able to fly all through the night
but can he rock a party til the early light?
he cant satisfy you with his little worm
but i can bust you out with my super sperm
i go do it, i go do it, i go do it, do it , do it
an i'm here an i'm there i'm big bang Hank, i'm everywhere
just throw your hands up in the air
and party hardy like you just dont care
let's do it dont stop yall a tick a tock yall you dont stop
go hotel motel what you gonna do today(say what)
im gonna get a fly girl gonna get some spank drive off in a def oj
everybody go hotel motel holiday inn
you say if your girl starts actin up then you take her friend
i say skip, dive, what can i say
i cant fit em all inside my oj
so i just take half and bust them out
i give the rest to master gee so he could shock the house

It was twelve o'clock one friday night
i was rockin to the beat and feelin all right
everybody was dancin on the floor
doin all the things they never did before
and then this fly fly girl with a sexy lean
she came into the bar, she came into the scene
as she traveled deeper inside the room
all the fellas checked out her white sasoons
she came up to the table, looked into my eyes
then she turned around and shook her behind
so i said to myself, its time for me to release
my vicious rhyme i call my masterpiece
and now people in the house this is just for you
a little rap to make you boogaloo
now the group ya hear is called phase two
and let me tell ya somethin we're a helluva crew
once a week we're on the street
just a-cuttin' the jams and making it free
for you to party ya got to have the movies
so we'll get right down and give you the groove
for you to dance you gotta get hype
so we'll get right down for you tonight
now the system's on and the girls are there
ya definitely have a rockin affair
but let me tell ya somethin there's still one fact
that to have a party ya got to have a rap
so when the party's over you're makin it home
and tryin to sleep before the break of dawn
and while ya sleepin ya start to dream
and thinkin how ya danced on the disco scene
my name appears in your mind
yeah, a name you know that was right on time
it was phase two just a doin a do
rockin ya down cause ya know we could
to the rhythm of the beat that makes ya freak
come alive girls get on your feet
to the rhythm of the beat to the beat the beat
to the double beat beat that it makes ya freak
to the rhythm of the beat that says ya go on
on n on into the break of dawn
now i got a man comin on right now
he's guaranteed to throw down
he goes by the name of wonder Mike
come on wonder Mike do what ya like

like a can of beer that's sweeter than honey
like a millionaire that has no money
like a rainy day that is not wet
like a gamblin fiend that does not bet
like dracula with out his fangs
like the boogie to the boogie without the boogie bang
like collard greens that dont taste good
like a tree that's not made out of wood
like goin up and not comin down
is just like the beat without the sound no sound
to the beat beat, ya do the freak
everybody just rock and dance to the beat
have you ever went over a friends house to eat
and the food just aint no good
i mean the macaroni's soggy the peas are mushed
and the chicken tastes like wood
so you try to play it off like you think you can
by sayin that youre full
and then your friend says momma he's just being polite
he aint finished uh uh that's bull
so your heart starts pumpin and you think of a lie
and you say that you already ate
and your friend says man there's plenty of food
so you pile some more on your plate
while the stinky foods steamin your mind starts to dreamin
of the moment that it's time to leave
and then you look at your plate and your chickens slowly rottin
into something that looks like cheese
oh so you say that's it i got to leave this place
i dont care what these people think
im just sittin here makin myself nauseous
with this ugly food that stinks
so you bust out the door while its still closed
still sick from the food you ate
and then you run to the store for quick relief
from a bottle of kaopectate
and then you call your friend two weeks later
to see how he has been
and he says i understand about the food
baby bubbah but we're still friends
with a hip hop the hippie to the hippie
the hip hip a hop a you dont stop the rockin
to the bang bang boogie
say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie the beat
i say hank can ya rock
can ya rock to the rhythm that just dont stop
can ya hip me to the shoobie doo
i said come on make the make the people move

I go to the halls and then ring the bell
because i am the man with the clientele
and if ya ask me why i rock so well
a big bang, i got clientele
and from the time i was only six years old
i never forgot what i was told
it was the best advice that i ever had
it came from my wise dear old dad
he said sit down punk i wanna talk to you
and dont say a word until i'm through
now there's a time to laugh a time to cry
a time to live and a time to die
a time to break and a time to chill
to act civilized or act real ill
but whatever ya do in your lifetime
ya never let a mc steal your rhyme
so from sixty six til this very day
ill always remember what he had to say
so when the sucker mcs try to chump my style
i let them know that i'm versatile
i got style finesse and a little black book
that's filled with rhymes and i know you wanna look
but there's a thing that separates you from me
and that's called originality
because my rhymes are on from what you heard
i didnt even bite and not a god d--m word
and i say a little more later on tonight
so the sucker mc's can bite all night
a tick a tock yall a beat beat yall
a lets rock yall ya dont stop
ya go hotel motel whatcha gonna do today (say what)
ya say im gonna get a fly girl gonna get some spankin
drive off in a def oj
everybody go hotel motel holiday inn
ya say if your girl starts actin up then you take her friends
a like that yall to the beat yall
beat beat yall ya dont stop
a master gee am I mellow?
its on you so whatcha gonna do

Well like johnny carson on the late show
a like frankie croker in stereo
well like the barkay's singin holy ghost
the sounds to throw down they're played the most
its like my man captain sky
whose name he earned with his super sperm
we rock and we dont stop
get off yall im here to give you whatcha got
to the beat that it makes you freak
and come alive girl get on your feet
a like a perry mason without a case
like farrah fawcett without her face
like the barkays on the mike
like gettin right down for you tonight
like movin your body so ya dont know how
right to the rhythm and throw down
like comin alive to the master gee
the brother who rocks so viciously
i said the age of one my life begun
at the age of two i was doin the do
at the age of three it was you and me
rockin to the sounds of the master gee
at the age of four i was on the floor
givin all the freaks what they bargained for
at the age of five i didnt take no jive
with the master gee its all the way live
at the age of six i was a pickin up sticks
rappin to the beat my stick was fixed
at the age of seven i was rockin in heaven dontcha know i went off
i got right on down to the beat you see
gettin right on down makin all the girls
just take of their clothes to the beat the beat
to the double beat beat that makes you freak
at the age of eight i was really great
cause every night you see i had a date
at the age of nine i was right on time
cause every night i had a party rhyme
goin on n n on n on on n on
the beat dont stop until the break of dawn
a sayin on n n on n on on n on...
like a hot buttered de pop de pop de pop
a saying on n n on n on on n on
cause i'm a helluva man when i'm on the mike
i am the definate feast delight
cause i'm a helluva man when i'm on the mike
i am the definate feast delight
come to the master gee you see
the brother who rocks so viciously
radagast
12:59:07 PM
8/01/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
I love the smell of chainsaw oil and fresh cut wood in the mornin'
Buddha Bear
1:03:08 PM
8/01/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
Lois Lane!
Chicka, Chicka, now, now!
flyguy6x
2:22:55 PM
8/01/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
Anyone else read that all the way through?
flyguy6x
2:26:18 PM
8/01/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
LOL!!!!

"she said damn fly guy im in love with you"

you have an admirer, eh?
radagast
5:23:55 PM
8/01/01

RE: Car Campin' Tips
If it weren't for the 'Find on this page' feature in IE I'd never have gotten that. lol.
Violin
5:29:47 PM
8/01/01

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