Re: So, people going crazy over the eclipse?
[Re: bleeohio]
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I may take a few hours off work and drive the half an hour to see it if we get the right weather. Won't be another one this close in my lifetime. My sisters house is right on the edge, 13 seconds of total eclipse.
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Re: So, people going crazy over the eclipse?
[Re: bleeohio]
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03/19/24 11:06 PM
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My boss was telling me today how he was reading that there were a bunch of people who believe this eclipse is ushering in the rapture. First I'd heard of that one.
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Re: So, people going crazy over the eclipse?
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03/19/24 11:12 PM
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We had a full eclipse here a few years ago. It's actually worth seeing with your own eyes. Not something you can just pay to have staged, or go see anytime like some exotic animals or famous places. Best place to be is somewhere with good vista, to appreciate how the sun becomes dimmer and then everything goes completely dark everywhere as far as your eyes can see abruptly in a matter of seconds, but probably not a rooftop because all the sickle-shaped shadows look weird, too and are also worth seeing (but we were on the roof of a tall building, and it was fine, too). Something like a hilltop with a few trees, maybe, but definitely somewhere with an unobstructed view, from where you can see far. Telescopes on lawns sound like wasting the opportunity.... much more stupid than filming a concert with your cellphone instead of watching. Here, we had a quiet sunny summer day, but when it got dark, strong wind started blowing, so it felt completely as if something huge had swooshed over us. You'll have the time to see the shape of the Sun changing in the minutes before the eclipse, but a smoked glass is enough for that, no need for fancy equipment. We used old 5" floppy disks. I did take a few pictures
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Re: So, people going crazy over the eclipse?
[Re: bleeohio]
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Barely out of the path of totality, probably only a sliver of the sun will be exposed. Was in totality 7 yrs ago....Pretty surreal.
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Re: So, people going crazy over the eclipse?
[Re: bleeohio]
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I need to drag out that trash can full of old 3 D glasses I collected in the 70's and advertise them as enhanced viewing glasses and drive north. It's like crossing the equator once you've done it I guess it isn't as exciting from then on. I do like all the commentary though especially the arm chair eye doctors on the tv.
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Re: So, people going crazy over the eclipse?
[Re: bleeohio]
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somewhere around here I have extra welding glass
I bought them so the kids could watch the eclipse at the library watch party years ago.
it is definitely something to see that you don't see every year or but maybe a handful of times a total eclipse in your life time.
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Re: So, people going crazy over the eclipse?
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The last one was ok. If I'm at home that day we are just in the edge of I'm at work nearly on the centerline. Maybe im weird but I don't see the big deal and can care less. It gets dark every night and will be over pretty quickly. Maybe im missing something? KY afield went cat fishing during the last one and the cats did start biting. Probably the best think I can think of to do The only "big deal" I can relate to it would be that it could be a memory spent with loved ones. Something you've missed a lot of.
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Re: So, people going crazy over the eclipse?
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The last one was ok. If I'm at home that day we are just in the edge of I'm at work nearly on the centerline. Maybe im weird but I don't see the big deal and can care less. It gets dark every night and will be over pretty quickly. Maybe im missing something? KY afield went cat fishing during the last one and the cats did start biting. Probably the best think I can think of to do The only "big deal" I can relate to it would be that it could be a memory spent with loved ones. Something you've missed a lot of. That's the best point ever. Especially with it looking like I'm going home this week for a whooping 15hrs after subtracting 5 hrs of drive time from my long 20hrs off when I make the shift change switch from days to night. It would be a full 24 hrs but well one will be a 16 hr shift if 2 are I may not go home at all. But I did have 5 days in a roll off last week.
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Re: So, people going crazy over the eclipse?
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My boss was telling me today how he was reading that there were a bunch of people who believe this eclipse is ushering in the rapture. First I'd heard of that one. Passing over all the towns in the U.S. named Nineveh. Matthew 12:39.
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Re: So, people going crazy over the eclipse?
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My boss was telling me today how he was reading that there were a bunch of people who believe this eclipse is ushering in the rapture. First I'd heard of that one. Passing over all the towns in the U.S. named Nineveh. Matthew 12:39. Thx for the scripture j staton.
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