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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Toad on August 21, 2022, 10:50:40 AM
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It's been 5 years since that total solar eclipse. If you were in North America, did you see it? Take pictures?
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yesterday?
I didn't know about it.
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I saw it, waited around 4 days instead of driving home from ND when my work deployment ended.
Found a spot out in the country near Tryon, NE.
Took tons of pictures……have them on one of my laptops at home.
Once I saw the eclipse had reached totality, I took a look with the naked eye. Can’t describe it, or rather, I lack the words to fully describe not only what I saw, but how I felt seeing it.
According to another man who had set up near me to view it, I was within 9 meters of the exact center of the path. He was here on behalf of some science project out of Germany, said they had observers spread out about every 100 miles or so. He seemed to be the expert, so I had to take his word that I got that close to the center of the path. Couldn’t make him understand or believe that it was pure luck or chance and that I wasn’t there at the behest of some scientific group.
If I were to try to describe the events that took place, especially in the 2-3 minutes leading up to totality, few people would believe them:
Three minutes prior, the farmer’s dogs across the road stopped barking abruptly;
Two minutes prior, the cattle in the field next to me (I was pulled off the side of a farm to market road, the cattle were literally across the fence from me) stopped mooing and laid down/settle down…none remained standing….;
One minute prior and up totality….not even insect noises….as close to total silence as I’ve experienced in such an environment…..
When it was over, I packed up the cameras, tripod, etc, then fought the traffic jam back to North Platte, NE, then 5 or 6 hours later I was home.
And I am already making plans to see the next one in 2024, which will be visible in TX so I don’t have to leave the state to see it.
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oh, five years ago.
LOL.
Yeah, I do remember that one. I have it on my old desk calendar still. I was looking at the eclipse and that's when I found out that Jerry Lewis had croaked. I went inside and passed out from the emotion.
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Yes! I remember! I was at work and we took turns using a welding shield to look at it.
Pretty neato!
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why were you using a welder's helmet? I just looked right at it. Why spoil the view?
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Didn't you listen to your mamma? Didn't you pay heed to Bruce Stringbean??
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Luckily where I live, I was almost directly on the path of totality, like around 99.something percent. I just went into the backyard and camped out. Right before totality, everything had this eerie glow to it from the sunlight going away, like an otherworldly eerie look from the jacked up sunlight and shadows. Had an extra pair of the eclipse sunglasses that I took apart and used it as a filter for my camera on the tripod. Took a lot of pictures.
Right before totality, the light quickly went away FAST. Cant even describe how awesome it was. Closest thing I seen for it is from this clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmIaHAtabSU
At the 1:09 mark. One of those you have to be there to believe it things. Then it was over, and then the light came back fast too. Somewhere I have all the pictures saved on here
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Kelly and I drove to Wyoming to see it. :)
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I heard you flew your Lear jet to Nova Scotia to see it...
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I bet arlo thinks this song is about him
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I bet arlo thinks this song is about him
He's So Vain. :aok
Coogan
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Sorry. Didn't get the memo. Tag all future thread titles with 'Arlo not allowed to participate in this public thread.' Thanks in advance. :D
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His scarf.
It was apricot
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Is El Spudo an ICOMmie? Was there a bat signal for help sent so Toad came running? Whoops. Forgot. Not allowed to respond in this thread. :)
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Of course you can participate Arlo! If you can follow the rules.
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Arlo walked into the party like he was walking onto a yacht
His hat strategically dipped below one eye
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He doesn't want to participate in these threads, he wants to regulate them.
Coogan
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He doesn't want to participate in these threads, he wants to regulate them.
Coogan
Haven't begged Dale to let me be the grand admin poobah once. Not even with a scotch bribe. :D
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Haven't begged Dale to let me be the grand admin poobah once. Not even with a scotch bribe. :D
You just send pictures of said scotch as a thank-you. What you are thanking him for, well...
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You just send pictures of said scotch as a thank-you. What you are thanking him for, well...
Allowing the stooges to give us all an extended appearance.
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Allowing the stooges to give us all an extended appearance.
No, it wasn't... it was for HT fulfilling your wish of locking threads.
Why do you lie?
Sure. the 2 threads of mine that were hijacked and the 10 threads from others. :old:
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No, it wasn't... it was for HT fulfilling your wish of locking threads.
Why do you lie?
Whoa. Is that an accusation born of hurt? :)
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Just imagine what you could get done if you sent an actual bottle of scotch. :old:
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Just imagine what you could get done if you sent an actual bottle of scotch. :old:
I did give him an actual bottle of scotch. I just didn't use it for a bribe. There's more than a subtle difference that you don't seem to be grasping. :)
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Whoa. Is that an accusation born of hurt? :)
Woah... Is that a denial? Born of hurt??
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Ohh, so you sent him this bottle recently? I'm glad you were able to scratch up the $ to do so, did it take the whole month?
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Mno. You should pay attention to the thread exchanges. :)
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you should pay attention to your keyboard.
Mno. You should pay attention to the thread exchanges. :)
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you should pay attention to your keyboard.
I'm not imagining what I want to see in my posts. ;)
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Just others'
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Interesting.
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More so than you realize. There's a psych paper worth of material in the stooge posts. :)
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Egyptian river dweller
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He lives there.
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When you find a turd, walk around it.... do not step in it. Use IGNORE that is available on these boards.
It works great.
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I apologize.
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Dunno... Doesn't seem very sincere..
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I apologize.
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This is a good read for anyone with narcissistic tendencies who wants to grow as an individual.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/make-it-right/202010/how-recognize-and-respond-fake-apology
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Ok.
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I've been researching the subject that Arlo has hijacked his own thread with. Fascinating...
https://www.google.com/search?q=narcissistic&rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS986US986&oq=narcissistic&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i131i433i512j0i433i512j0i512l2j0i433i512j69i60j69i61.1392j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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This is a good read for anyone with narcissistic tendencies who wants to grow as an individual.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/make-it-right/202010/how-recognize-and-respond-fake-apology
Mar-a-Lago would be a good place to send it to. :lol
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I've been researching the subject that Arlo has hijacked his own thread with. Fascinating...
https://www.google.com/search?q=narcissistic&rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS986US986&oq=narcissistic&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i131i433i512j0i433i512j0i512l2j0i433i512j69i60j69i61.1392j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
My apology. Happy researching.
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It needs to have some sort of emoticon after it to be truly sincere
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Yes! There's no gesturing and body language in text. There's ESPECIALLY no tears. How good can an apology be without tears??
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I did take pics of that eclipse but they aren't on my phone anymore dangit.
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Here's a pic that almost got me neutered though.
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