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Bmyers
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Heading out to watch the eclipse. going to be 99.1% for us here, so not a total, but very close. I figure I won't be around for the next time it comes across here so might as well go out and enjoy it.
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We had full coverage here. You didn't miss much. It's an interesting astronomical alignment, but not the most exciting event ever.
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Seen before.... didn't even go out during time here ( 87% ).... next one in about 20 yrs but not concerned.
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I built a pin hole box thingy to watch it. Basically a cardboard box with a pin hole at one end and a piece of white paper at the other. Point the pinhole at the sun and it projects on the paper. I remember building one as a kid.

When I was 8 years old my parents took us in our travel trailer across the country to Yellowstone. In July of 1963 the was an eclipse so my dad positioned the trailer facing the sun. Covered the front window with aluminum foil and poked a hole in it. Covered all the windows and hung a sheet inside at the back. A giant pinhole box. The 6 of us (4 kids, 2 adults) watched the eclipse that way.
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Enjoyed the eclipse. Watched the parking lot lights come on and a few minutes later they went back off.
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funny how there was no news yesterday.... :)

just crazy people looking at the sun, but not the end of the world as per tictock
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Is it safe to come out of the bunker yet?
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JDH wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:43 pm Is it safe to come out of the bunker yet?
NOPE, Biden is still in charge.
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Bmyers wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:28 am
JDH wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:43 pm Is it safe to come out of the bunker yet?
NOPE, Biden is still in charge.
:lol: So true :lol:
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Hopefully, their will be a change come in November.
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