Oxygen virgin!

She-Ra · 24-05-2005 7:34pm #1

I'm goin to Oxygen this year and i don't wanna be carrying a rake of sh!te that i won't need... i need some helpful hints...

sinjin_smythe · 24-05-2005 7:38pm

bring food you can heat up quickly. Never go to the hot dog venders. O yeah if you have a car leave all your stuff in it and not in the tent .

She-Ra · 24-05-2005 7:41pm

Heat up?! So a cooker is needed?!

sinjin_smythe · 24-05-2005 7:45pm

well just make sure they dont spot you taking cookers in with you against the rules. They have cookers going cheap in lidl or aldi i think

Norinoco · 24-05-2005 7:47pm

This is pretty much everything:

Ticket
Lots and lots of Drink
Toilet Roll
Water
Money
Food
Camera
Tent
Sleeping bag
Radio
Deodorant
Clothes
sun glasses
Baby Wipes

Norinoco · 24-05-2005 7:55pm

She-Ra wrote:

Heat up?! So a cooker is needed?!

No not really.

Handly if you have a car, you can heat up food in the carpark.
Too much hassle bringing one in.

Last year, we brought cans of tuna/mayo/sweetcorn and bread. Killed the hunger pains.

Food is really expensive and crap in there, so good idea to bring something, even if it only a few bananas!

She-Ra · 24-05-2005 7:57pm

Whats the dealio with bringin drinkin too... i was told its a no go subject... but i don't wanna end up drinkin pints of Smithwicks like at Dylan last summer

sinjin_smythe · 24-05-2005 7:58pm

no glass bottles anything else if fine

She-Ra · 24-05-2005 8:00pm

grand job... i'll be in a vodka induced stupor the whole time and i'll be sorted!

Norinoco · 24-05-2005 8:01pm

Are you camping or going on the day passes?

If you are camping, you can bring as much drink in to the campsite you want, drink it there and then go in to the main music area. Some drink can be snuck in aswell.

If you are on a day pass, then the list I gave you will be reduced to:

Ticket
Money
Camera (optional!!)

She-Ra · 24-05-2005 8:03pm

camping... woohoo! roll on the after hours sing songs!!

eskimo · 24-05-2005 8:03pm

edit: yeah i don't know coz i've never camped

have fun!

Norinoco · 24-05-2005 8:05pm

http://www.oxegen.ie/mb/viewtopic.php?t=22447

This link pretty much sums up any other questions you might have!

N.

She-Ra · 24-05-2005 8:08pm

neither have i! i'm goin in at he deep end and i intend to enjoy every minute of it!

She-Ra · 24-05-2005 8:13pm

Norinoco wrote:

http://www.oxegen.ie/mb/viewtopic.php?t=22447

This link pretty much sums up any other questions you might have!

N.

deadly... just checked it out..

Sweetness! · 24-05-2005 8:30pm

I've got a two day pass so what should I do about drink? Will they make me knock it all back before I go in cause I hate doing that and then only having the option of fecking heinken for the rest of the day!!

John · 24-05-2005 9:31pm

She-Ra wrote:

camping... woohoo! roll on the after hours sing songs!!

Haha! There are no after hours, it's non-stop when camping. Even with my tent leaking last year I had a great time. You've never been to a festival if you haven't camped, day passes are for tourists.

Toast · 25-05-2005 10:52am

Sweetness! wrote:

I've got a two day pass so what should I do about drink? Will they make me knock it all back before I go in cause I hate doing that and then only having the option of fecking heinken for the rest of the day!!

Pretty much. They wont allow you to bring booze into the arena camping or not. You could try hide some somehow and hope they dont frisk you but they will dump it if they find it.

legofsalmon · 25-05-2005 11:41am

Don't try and bring it in to the arena... you will get caught... they are getting stricter and more effective every year...

If they find a glass bottle they throw it away.

If it is plastic and obviously alcohol they will tip it out

If it is plastic and not obviously alcohol they still take the cap off it so it isn't as harmful a weapon/throwing projectile.

Camping wise... Toilet Roll, Smokes, Duck Tape and bin liners.... even if you don't smoke I'd bring a pack to trade/sell.... by sunday they are all gone...

Bin liners cause you can use them to patch your tent, use as a poncho ( though they give out free ponchos when it rains in the main arena ).... and duct tape to stick everything together.... plus it is always fun to have duct tape when you're drunk!

Also... if you are a guy... remember they have a whole patch of grass dedicated to urinal space with space for about 100 people pissing. Use them. They get full of piss mud by the Sunday, but bare with it. Walk along the drier path ( in the middle if you can ) ... and go to the far end... most people will be drunk and piss at the nearest urinal, so the piss mud isn't as bad at the back of the place.

If you are a girl/guy needing a crap. Use the toliets in the mornings.... I cannot stress this enough.... wake up at 6 in the morning if you have to. There is the **** wagon that goes about cleaning and replacing the portaloos every morning on the campsite. It does this really early most of the time so get up early find out where it is and go to one of the new/recently cleaned portaloos. Also....

DON'T NICK THE BOG ROLL!!!!

Tis just respect for the poor sod who needs it more than you.

If you can't find a clean portaloo then bring one of those kids inflatable swimming rings...

Inflate it and with the valve side facing up place it over the seat. Do your business then take it outside and wipe it on the grass and go to the nearby water points and clean it off as best you can. Then deflate it.

It could be a lifesaver if you are caught in dire need. The altered diet will do mad things to your digestive system.

keevita · 25-05-2005 11:54am

[/QUOTE]
If you can't find a clean portaloo then bring one of those kids inflatable swimming rings...

Inflate it and with the valve side facing up place it over the seat. Do your business then take it outside and wipe it on the grass and go to the nearby water points and clean it off as best you can. Then deflate it.

It could be a lifesaver if you are caught in dire need. The altered diet will do mad things to your digestive system.[/QUOTE]

that is a truly excellent idea. well done. any advice on how to stop the retching sensation?? am giving oxegen a miss this year, but there are still plenty more festivals around europe i can use that advice for!

Toast · 25-05-2005 1:12pm

keevita wrote:

any advice on how to stop the retching sensation?? am giving oxegen a miss this year, but there are still plenty more festivals around europe i can use that advice for!

Incense Sticks. Trust me. Light a couple just before going into a portaloo and hold your breath for 20 secs or so... after a few ticks the place will smell a whole lot better. Just dont look down.

She-Ra · 25-05-2005 1:48pm

Toast wrote:

any advice on how to stop the retching sensation?? am giving oxegen a miss this year, but there are still plenty more festivals around europe i can use that advice for!

Incense Sticks. Trust me. Light a couple just before going into a portaloo and hold your breath for 20 secs or so... after a few ticks the place will smell a whole lot better. Just dont look down.[/QUOTE]

GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!

legofsalmon · 25-05-2005 2:58pm

Well not much you can do short of shoving tissue up your nose and breathing through your gritted teeth...

Edit : Or incense!!! great idea!

Cannibal Ox · 25-05-2005 3:20pm

Suck it up!
You'll be legless most of the time anyway, and you'll be more gracious of a five minute sit down in the jacks then bothered by the smell.

Drink, cans anyway, is fairly simple to get into the arena from the camping site. Just bring two/three along and shove 'em in your socks when your strolling through the checkpoint. Worked for me last year, Guard's don't really seem to give a ****. It's the paid Securrity Guards you need to watch out for, there the people that'll nick your drink and drugs.

comet · 25-05-2005 4:54pm

legofsalmon wrote:

If you can't find a clean portaloo then bring one of those kids inflatable swimming rings...

Inflate it and with the valve side facing up place it over the seat. Do your business then take it outside and wipe it on the grass and go to the nearby water points and clean it off as best you can. Then deflate it.

Are you joking?
That sounds absolutely ridiculous to me.
Actually I just had a thought, buy a second cheap tent in Lidl and set it up beside your own tent. Then use it as your own personal toilet (you can have the rubber ring in there if you want) then leave it behind when you're leaving on the Monday (zipped up of course)

John · 25-05-2005 5:20pm

keevita wrote:

that is a truly excellent idea. well done. any advice on how to stop the retching sensation??

I wouldn't recommend incense sticks at all. There's something about a plastic cubicle full of methane and a source of flame that doesn't sit right with me. I know the chances are slim but you don't want to be remembered as the guy who died in an exploding portaloo.

I suggest two good methods for portaloos:

1) Vicks Vaporub smeared under your nose, you won't smell anything else but it

2) Use the portaloos beside the main stage as they're normally clean, unused and even if they are used, they are usually the ones with a trap door blocking you from the "debris".

upmeath · 25-05-2005 6:02pm

someone said on the first page that they didnt wanna have to drink smithwicks. is it not a heineken-only event like slane, chilis in the park and whatnot?

BrianD · 25-05-2005 7:10pm

She-Ra wrote:

grand job... i'll be in a vodka induced stupor the whole time and i'll be sorted!

Why shell out for the ticket when you can switch on your stereo and do this in your back garden?

She-Ra · 25-05-2005 7:14pm

BrianD wrote:

Why shell out for the ticket when you can switch on your stereo and do this in your back garden?

I didn't...twas a present!

She-Ra · 25-05-2005 7:16pm

upmeath wrote:

someone said on the first page that they didnt wanna have to drink smithwicks. is it not a heineken-only event like slane, chilis in the park and whatnot?

And this was me... and being a heinekin drinker thats even better!

legofsalmon · 26-05-2005 12:01am

BrianD wrote:

Why shell out for the ticket when you can switch on your stereo and do this in your back garden?

Some drink to have a good time...

Tis common I hear :rolleyes:

Catsmokinpot · 26-05-2005 5:34pm

drink
a big box of skins that you can go around giving out for a nominal fee(meet new people and make a bit of money)
sleepingbag
drink
tent
toilet paper
drink
handy wipes
drink
and a sence of adventure
and all should go well
Edit:

Why shell out for the ticket when you can switch on your stereo and do this in your back garden?

you can do that any day wheres your sence of adventure

She-Ra · 27-05-2005 5:23pm

my sense of adventure is getting keener by the minute.... i should be sorted so!

voxpop · 27-05-2005 8:34pm

john2 wrote:

I wouldn't recommend incense sticks at all. There's something about a plastic cubicle full of methane and a source of flame that doesn't sit right with me. I know the chances are slim but you don't want to be remembered as the guy who died in an exploding portaloo.

those toilets are designed to vent out any methane - there was even a mythbusters episode where they tried to blow up a toilet using the methane - didnt work at all, even when they taped up all the vents so Incense Sticks all the way, if thats your thing

John · 27-05-2005 8:58pm

Ah right. Still think mine way is better, less fuss involved and smells nicer.

roryc · 27-05-2005 8:58pm

Anybody know where i can get a ticket? they sold out today. please PM me if you know where i can get one. Im willing to pay 170 euro's for one.

thanks

voxpop · 27-05-2005 9:02pm

yeah - the vicks idea is killer alright

John · 27-05-2005 9:04pm

Angry_Penguin wrote:

yeah - the vicks idea is killer alright

I got it from Silence of the Lambs

voxpop · 27-05-2005 9:11pm

John2 wrote:

I got it from Silence of the Lambs

Jeysus, maybe all the drink has destroyed my memory but i cant remember the scene where hannibal lector uses some vicks to mask the smell of shyte as he goes for a dump in a portaloo

John · 27-05-2005 9:19pm

lol, no it was when the FBI agents had pulled a body out of the river. Although "Hannibal Lector Goes To Oxegen" would probably have a better plot than "Hannibal".

Creature · 27-05-2005 11:04pm

Angry_Penguin wrote:

those toilets are designed to vent out any methane - there was even a mythbusters episode where they tried to blow up a toilet using the methane - didnt work at all, even when they taped up all the vents so Incense Sticks all the way, if thats your thing

As usual Adam and Jamie have shown us the way.

As for the toilets; I'd say learn how to hold your breath for as long as you can or just don't go at all. I mean it's not like you'll really be eating much after all. I was lucky any time I've had to use the toilet at oxegen/witnness as I always seem to get one just after it has been cleaned. The stench of industrial bleach has never smelled so nice.

Oxygen virgin!

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