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The Eclipse,,,big deal

montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,252 ******
edited August 2017 in General Discussion
The Eclipse,the eclipse. Everyone is talking about it,but I can't find out where it's going to be. I'd like to drive to it if its not too far. They should've scheduled it for like Friday or Saturday night so kids could stay up to watch it. Oh well,I can't even get them to move the deer crossings on the bad sections of the highway.
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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It would have been okay, but Trump messed it up.....[;)]
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,286 ******
    edited November -1
    I want to witness it, but it occurs during my afternoon nap time.
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  • Aztngundoc22Aztngundoc22 Member Posts: 2,314 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    OK :

    Its going to be a royal ClusterFlock here : we are in the 100% path !

    Geez !!!!

    Thanks !!!
    The more people I meet : The more I like my Dog :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:


    I Grew Old Too Fast (And Smart Too damn Slow !!!) !!! :o :?
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  • 47studebaker47studebaker Member Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Heard that some people can't find the dark glasses they are recommending. I'm going to watch it on TV, I'm sure there will be more than a few "repeats" that night and the next day.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    im at 99.9% coverage here, and will not leave my house to see any of the cluster F

    btw the sun during an eclipse is no more powerful than any other day, you just never stare at it that long , solar retinopathy can occur any day of the year
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  • fugawefugawe Member Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'll wait for it to come out on video.
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  • yoshmysteryoshmyster Member Posts: 22,065 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Watch North Korea attack while we're distracted.
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  • ltcdotyltcdoty Member Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    People are going to be pizzed if its cloudy...[:)]
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  • JIM STARKJIM STARK Member Posts: 1,152 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I hope it rains all day!!!!
    JIM...........
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JIM STARK
    I hope it rains all day!!!!
    JIM...........


    Or at least stays cloudy.
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,252 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JIM STARK
    I hope it rains all day!!!!
    JIM...........
    I would love to have the rain. Need the moisture and it would help with fire fighting and clear out some smoke.
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,693 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am amped up for it. Get 99 percent at my house.
    We are having an eclipse party.

    I saw one once when I was a kid in Atlanta.

    I love these celestial events, such as comets, eclipses etc.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am old enough to have seen a couple. I will be doing yard work so I guess I will see what there is to see.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
    I am amped up for it. Get 99 percent at my house.
    We are having an eclipse party.

    I saw one once when I was a kid in Atlanta.

    I love these celestial events, such as comets, eclipses, aliens, Obama etc.



    Fixed it for you.
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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    93% up here!
    What's next?
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  • Sig220_Ruger77Sig220_Ruger77 Member Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1-fan
    im at 99.9% coverage here, and will not leave my house to see any of the cluster F

    btw the sun during an eclipse is no more powerful than any other day, you just never stare at it that long , solar retinopathy can occur any day of the year


    I was wondering this very thing, just never bothered to look it up. I guess I really don't care a whole lot about it.

    The wife is freaking out and telling me I better make sure I let the dogs out early. She's worried they will be outside when the eclipse happens. I will be driving to work, but that didn't seem to worry her any.....[:0]

    Jon
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've seen a solar eclipse. It's pretty cool--if you're 10 years old. I don't see how/why it's such a big deal for adults.
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  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,768 ******
    edited November -1
    This whole eclipse strategy is working very well for me in my retirement plans! I already have the dark sunglasses and a tin cup along with some new pencils. Working on my sign saying "Blinded by the Eclipse....Please help this poor, poor, pitiful blind guy" [8D][:0][}:)]
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,695 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I won't spend the hour in the car to see 100%, but am exited about seeing the 90%+ that we will get.

    May not be a big deal to some, but it is something most of us likely not see again.

    We will let the guys in the shop watch it as they want, and bought the proper glasses for them to do so. Probably going to cost me a couple of thousand bucks, depending upon how long some want to watch, but it is going to be fun.

    I agree, montanajoe, it would have been better had it occurred at night. I would have saved money on the glasses and paying the guys to use them.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't go then. We're going, a whole bunch of us. ANd we're going to be right in the thick of it! Right smack in the middle of Nebraska. It will be fun, the kids will love it, and I will get to see something I will never see again.
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  • Tech141Tech141 Member Posts: 3,787 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by guns-n-painthorses
    Don't go then. We're going, a whole bunch of us. ANd we're going to be right in the thick of it! Right smack in the middle of Nebraska. It will be fun, the kids will love it, and I will get to see something I will never see again.


    Exactly. You really gotta enjoy natures wonders. Too many people have let the "Kid" they used to be fade away. Life is too short to get old so quick.
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,693 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, tech141 I agree completely. This is a natural wonder, an event that I will never have a chance to see again.

    We are having an eclipse party at my log cabin in the NC mountains, people coming up from Atlanta, and Charlotte, it will be great!
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,252 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by forgemonkey


    Egg production gonna go up with two days and two nights in 24 hours,,,,,,,[:D][:o)]
    [:D][:D][:D]
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got an email last night from a friend from northern ILL. He said his cousin had an older relative who was in bad health and the family was trying to co-ordinate a trip to west central MO to make an "end of life" visit that just happened to coincide with the eclipse. The motel in the little one horse burg quoted a 2 bed room @ $1000 per night.
    I don't see the big deal. Just the fact that too many people have too much money and a 10 year old mentality. Grouch Attack informed me last week that she was going-just because she wanted to. Close to 200 miles round trip and the very real opportunity to get into a vehicle crash with all the other loony tunes that will be there.
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    edited November -1
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think it has gotten kind of ridiculous.

    My wife has a iPhone and she gets alerts on it.

    She got an alert that stated; on Monday during the eclipse you should keep your pets inside so they don't look up and damage their eyes.

    [V]

    There is some dude in nextdoor.com selling eclipse glasses for $20 each. He says they are made by NASA and are the only approved ones out there.
    [xx(]


    How have we survived with out all this bS. I remember when I was a kid there was an eclipse and we had to make some glasses in school. They were cardboard with a pinhole in them.

    I don't know how I survived



    Social media- the media of the *[xx(]
    RLTW

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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,639 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm in the 99% area and am offering parking on my 5 acres for just $300.00/vehicle. Sorry no modern bathrooms but I have plenty of trees and bushes.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • TooBigTooBig Member Posts: 28,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I guess I will walk out in my front yard and watch it No big deal to me
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cbxjeff
    I'm in the 99% area and am offering parking on my 5 acres for just $300.00/vehicle. Sorry no modern bathrooms but I have plenty of trees and bushes.


    Cost you more than that to clean the area up after they are gone. Hazardous waste.
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Weather for Oregon. They are now calling for Mostly Sunny. That means clouds and fog till Noon[8D]

    They just do not want to disappoint anyone.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    the news was saying this was going to be a life changing event for many and to expect a flood of emotional tears after witnessing it
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I guess I'll put on my level IV body armor tomorrow just in case. [:p]
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  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,460 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by toad67
    It would have been okay, but Trump messed it up.....[;)]


    that will be tuesdays headline,,,,
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They are now saying with all the people traveling to see this, it will be the biggest traffic jam in U.S. History. Some states are calling out the National Guard for traffic control.
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  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,460 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by armilite
    They are now saying with all the people traveling to see this, it will be the biggest traffic jam in U.S. History. Some states are calling out the National Guard for traffic control.


    preacher just got back from his sons down south yesterday, he was telling us this morning there were flashing road signs all along I-75 on his way home saying:: no parking for eclipse, and he said all the traffic was headed south. to each their own.....

    I can just imagine the news on tuesday, of all the fights, traffic jams, wrecks, blind kids/people in ER.......[xx(]
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by armilite
    They are now saying with all the people traveling to see this, it will be the biggest traffic jam in U.S. History. Some states are calling out the National Guard for traffic control.


    Oregon for one.
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  • skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431 ✭
    edited November -1
    I'll be installing a water heater. Living the dream!
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by skicat
    I'll be installing a water heater. Living the dream!

    [:D]
    Yep, just another day for us working stiffs.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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