Fyre Festival 2017 fiasco

Only twats & twits tweet, I'm not interested! Idiots! Fool, money, soon parted! Thassorl!

 

never heard of it, i'm old. were the beatles scheduled to play?

hard to feel bad for people who can afford a 12k weekend.

 

I don't feel bad for them, however I'm reminded of my old Grandmother's saying "...it never ceases to amaze me as to what folks would rather have than money!"

 

these things are not easy to organize, next year will be better.

 

agreed. and an island probably multiplies the difficulty exponentially.

 

I spent a year on the island of Okinawa . . . I can't imagine why anyone would think that is a good idea. A short visit, OK, but there are no options except to escape.

Bob Wilson

 

Yes that Okinawa looks like a grim posting

http://www.seejapan.co.uk/Libraries/Images/Okinawa-Kabira-Bay-Ishigaki-Island-cropped.sflb.ashx

 

I can feel the basal cell carcinomas growing just looking at that photo.

 

As the jet approached Okinawa for a landing, the cabin filled with an odour and I thought,'Well they must have the sewage treatment plant by the airport.' No, the whole island stank with a stench that never went away until flying away 30-40 miles away and over 20,000 ft.

They have four seasons in Okinawa: (1) unbearably hot, (2) unbearably hot, (3) unbearably hot, and (4) too d*mn hot. I had to practice my 3 mile runs but even at 2AM, the temperature would 90F and humidity to match. It was like living in a steam room.

The first night I spent in temporary quarters that had plastic covered mattresses. Still I had sheets and a wool blanket to sleep on but about 2AM I awoke convinced my body was being attacked by very small, biting insects. Sleep was impossible so I went to take a shower and soon as the trepid water hit my skin, instant relief. It was 'prickly heat' and I would not wish it on anyone.

Bob Wilson

 

Fyre festival -> Prickly heat festival

 

I was there April 1972-73, just in time for 'reversion' from WW-II occupation to Japanese control. Air conditioning was critical. So 45 years later, hopefully things got better. I was also there as an enlisted Marine so I might not have seen the best. But I did go in to share a room 'in the village' that had air conditioning.

Bob Wilson

 

My memories of service in Aden involve bouts of prickly heat and desert dermatitis. Being a singlie (not married) at the time, I was required to stay for two years instead of just 9 months and even without the constant humidity it was not a healthy climate IMHO. Air conditioning was only available for 4 months of the year where it was fitted, except for the Pixies and service women.

Post WW II, but hostilities were almost endless with insurgents and the like, whose name would ring alarm bells with those who watch out for such words.

 

ouch.

 

Didn't think that was your regular style of investment, bisco!