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Old 08-18-2017, 06:50 PM   #1
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August 21st Eclipse!

What are your plans for Monday? Excited?
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Old 08-18-2017, 09:35 PM   #2
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I'm going to a park with my boyfriend. With a charcuterie picnic.
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Old 08-18-2017, 09:55 PM   #3
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Absolutely nothing. Nope.
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Old 08-18-2017, 10:47 PM   #4
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I'll be at work. If we're lucky, we might see about 75% of the overall solar eclipse.
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Old 08-18-2017, 10:58 PM   #5
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I've seen that we'll be getting 90% where I'm at.
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Old 08-18-2017, 11:09 PM   #6
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I'm way too late to the party and now have no easy means to get eclipse glasses I feel comfortable are "real" without paying too much. ;(

I'll be in school during most of it anyway and it's been raining so most likely it'll be impossible to see.
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Old 08-18-2017, 11:14 PM   #7
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Looking forward to seeing the moon cuck the sun.
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Old 08-18-2017, 11:18 PM   #8
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We'll I checked for my location and seems were only getting a partial eclipse.

Even if it was full is it really that amazing to see? From videos it doesn't look like it. Unless it's something that you have to see in person.

It gets dark, the sun looks more like a dot and it's not exactly safe to watch except when it's directly covered.

Some of the videos I saw had pretty big reactions but I don't know.
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Old 08-18-2017, 11:49 PM   #9
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Looking forward to seeing the moon cuck the sun.
Its not really cucking if its an open relationship based on time.
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Old 08-19-2017, 01:54 AM   #10
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Its not really cucking if its an open relationship based on time.
That's what the sun tells itself to make it feel better.
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Old 08-19-2017, 06:01 AM   #11
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I think this is my first eclipse, my mom won't even buy me glasses even when I tell her they're approved by the ASA. Just gonna stream it online.
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Old 08-19-2017, 06:30 AM   #12
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I'll be at home, bumming it and trying my best to watch it.
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Old 08-19-2017, 10:12 AM   #13
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There are other ways to watch it guys. You could make an eclipse box very easily with a few simple items. Google how to build one. I've seen an eclipse once before and it is so much better to see it in person in real life than to watch someone's video of it. Go outside and at least watch the sky go dark.

I will be at work for it but I normally work the cash window so I might be able to see some of it.
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Old 08-19-2017, 10:17 AM   #14
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I'll be at work, outside, where we have no choice but to look up. I guess I'll just bring a welding mask or something.
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Old 08-19-2017, 10:57 AM   #15
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Got my eclipse-glasses (I checked. They're legit), and I'll be out there watching.
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Old 08-19-2017, 10:59 AM   #16
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Yeah, same. Don't care.
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Old 08-19-2017, 01:37 PM   #17
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I've seen a few eclipses in my life already. They're all the same. Who cares.
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Old 08-19-2017, 02:22 PM   #18
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I'm pretty excited. Making a short trip north to Nashville to experience totality. I bougt a ton of glasses from Rainbow Symphony back in January. I've been looking forward to this for years!
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Old 08-19-2017, 02:45 PM   #19
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I'll be at work... with no windows on that floor. Maybe I step out for just a min, but chances are I'll prob end up forgetting entirely amid all the nonsense of my job.
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Old 08-19-2017, 03:53 PM   #20
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