There isn't any good shot...

who's on the pole this year?

cp: crocker, pp: schuhmacher, neeley, lechner, charlie brown

Schuhmacher lost their perimeter pole to McInnis tonight.

bull s h i t contests

Maybe schumacker should have been better at not letting it get taken

How they 'lost' it was stupid and can't really be ruled as fair, but it's bonfire and you learn more from bs than anything.

Like crocker getting CP this year. There's probably a crew that had trees of higher quality than the hiports they loaded the skids with, but again, that's understandable and educational. If my dorm were getting the wrecking ball and I were in a central position of power I'd probably want to get them all five poles. Even if some of those go to the dorms under mine.

Especially glad there haven't been any fists thrown - tensions are running high and a lot of people feel cheated.

But I'm glad it happened.

They'll get it back.

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There's probably a crew that had trees of higher quality than the hiports they loaded the skids with, but again, that's understandable and educational

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This right here tells me that they got the pole because they were one of the few crews that listened to orders... Big stuff doesn't burn, small stuff does.

Fights are not motivational.

I love this time of year!

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Last time I checked wood burns

You're ****ing High if you think Crocker's trees are any worse than yours, we all had the same woods and all of those woods are cleared so how are you complaining about nothing. Although I will say that we got new woods 2/3s of the way through and those we were finally given free reign to cut the big trees down so I dont want to hear from you and your bs dorm. Any dorm that can produce chiefs like you and Mano should be banned from ever reproducing anyway.

Also Two Tall can suck it.

Nice pic BestHung2013, how I miss those benches.

Great work on getting a pole this year!

There's a spirit can ne'er be told
It's the Spirit of Aggieland.

We will never forget 11.18.1999
BTHO Bonfire

Crocker seems butthurt.

I'm enjoying the fact that this board is finally seeing some action again.

Crocker, how much pot did you eat to come up with a post that littered with fallacies, grammatical errors and general asininity?

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CrockerTAMC
Number of Posts: 7
Account Created: 3/20/2008 10:00:10 AM
Homepage: http://www.facebook.com/group.
Occupation:
Location: Crocker Hall, TAMU
Interests: Bonfire

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Lots of creepy lurker fail in this.

First of all, way to be the standard Internet ******bag who does not have a good arguement so instead you point out grammar mistakes like a 40 yr old fupa school marm. You still haven't answered my question of us having the same woods ( you do understand we could see you from most of our woods?). Yes I do not post here very often but a friend showed me what you wrote and I felt compelled. You see unlike you, I do bonfire and do not spend my time talking about it online where you can say whatever you want about crocker with no consequences. Come to stack and say something and we will just see what happens. Or are you the standard Internet "hero"?

Way to stand up for yourself Crocker.

Shame they are tearing down your dorm.

Good Bull Crocker.

Sad to see us to be torn down this year.

There's a spirit can ne'er be told
It's the Spirit of Aggieland.

We will never forget 11.18.1999
BTHO Bonfire

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Mr. Nolan,

Myself and at least three others thought the exact same thing on the afternoon of November 19, 2005. You know the rest of the story.


No trees were harmed in creating this message, but a few electrons were terribly disturbed.

Ah '05 Burn.... If only there was a blowtorch to help...

There's a spirit can ne'er be told
It's the Spirit of Aggieland.

We will never forget 11.18.1999
BTHO Bonfire

I don't think napalm woulda made '05 burn any better. Watching that hunk of logs char and smolder and gutter out time after time, after all the sweat we put into it, was just disheartening.

Glad Bonfire '10 is gonna stand past midnight, but for different reasons.

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Myself and at least three others thought the exact same thing on the afternoon of November 19, 2005. You know the rest of the story.

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Well played Mr. Frazier! I suppose there's always an exception... Of course, that wood was chocked full of sap.

Mr. CTAMC, I have in fact been out all season and the last several nights working past midnight. Nice punctuation.

From early last night.

Looking good!

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Last time I checked wood burns

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now that my jaw is unwired, do I need to come out and demonstrate how to start a fire?

I'm willing to bet that as it is getting colder, and people are trying to build perimeter fires, there have been at least half a dozen attempts to start a fire by putting diesel on something over 4" in diameter then lighting it, only for it to burn the diesel off, and leave a piece of wood that is still cool to the touch.

For wood to burn, two things have to happen.

First, it has to be dry. Nothing ya'll have put onto stack yet is dry, as it has all been felled in the last couple of months.

Second, the timber has to reach a temperature higher than 572°F (the flash point of wood). This is not going to happen before #1, as water can be no warmer than around 212°F at 14.7 psia.

When trying to burn large diameter logs, they tend to slowly smolder as the water evaporates out of them and the outer layers can reach the flash point. This is not what people want to see. They want to see flames. They want to see the white hot center trying to escape its confinement... not a bunch of large logs smoldering and slowly leaning inward.

The key to getting a good fire is to get a good bed of coals. This is where the small stuff comes in handy. As the smaller trees smolder (much faster than the large stuff) they break apart and fall to the ground. This is where your coals come in. As they break apart, the surface area that is giving off large amounts of heat increases. The heat is given off in an upward manner (heat rises) and does wonderful things in the way of converting the water held by the trees into steam (steam can reach temperatures higher than 212°F, and is also dry). As the larger logs dry out because of this, they reach their flash point in a much more uniform manner, and burn as best they can.

Without coals on the ground working to dry out and ignite the larger stuff, this thing doesn't burn. The diesel is just there to get some 'ooohs' and 'aaahs' while the coals are created.

Very nice.

I need to post my cut pictures and get out there again for stack.

Late, but cest la vie.

Full set is on my Flickr.















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Naveronski - yeah, you should probably come to stack at some point...

None are particularly clear {they're off my phone}, but starting with CP unload:

















Last pic is from the beginning of last night, will come back with before/afters from the first night of push {and at least one of the OC flag replacing Neeley's... WHOOP}

Remember '99.
OC Hogs Build Bonfire!

Every time I read Texags and come across some of you snivelling, tradition hating ladies, I lose a little more hope for A&M. Some of you candy-asses clearly got lost on the way to Austin, Lubbock or Waco. Please buy a map and leave. - Buck Turgidson

Good, good bull

I'm gonna try to get a better shot later, but I wanted to get these up before wednesday.




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Beginning of last night:


Our flag on our perimeter pole:


Second superset on tier 3 before midnight {yes, that's fog... Kinda creepy, but kind of awesome looking}:


{the picture of the first two logs slammed on tier 4 seems to have disappeared.... will find it and edit}

4:15am, 4th tier...


End of the 12-6 shift {yes, I was there for both}:


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