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Posted: 4/9/2024 4:42:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By joemama74: Then more quiet, then the assholes started shooting guns and fireworks into the air. Welcome to Dallas. Your assholes to the east in Mesquite just fired off fireworks 
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Posted: 4/9/2024 6:52:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By joemama74: Was that Jupiter? I figured it was a satellite. There was some other little spec of something on the opposite side. The solar flare was cool for me. We were in the middle of town, there was dead silence, then applause and cheers across the land - literally. Then more quiet, then the assholes started shooting guns and fireworks into the air. Welcome to Dallas. The bright "star" visible was Venus. Bigger_Hammer 
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Posted: 4/9/2024 7:07:20 PM EDT
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Drove from Austin out 29 to Llano & then down 16 past Enchanted Rock to our place
We were smack dead center of the path & had extended totality. Driving out at 7 AM was super easy - very little traffic, but noticed all the schools & churches had blocked off all their lots. Lots of bright new "Now Trespassing" signs all around. Several signs offering Pay to Park from $50 to $200. Eclipse was great. Clouds didn't arrive until AFTER the eclipse went totality - darkness and then light resumed. We had a great view & excellent time Drive coming back was FUBAR with EVERYONE leaving at once. Not much congestion until a few miles outside of Burnett when 29 became a parking lot. Congestion added an extra two hours LOTS of out of state plates. WA, CA, OR, ID, CO, KS, NY, CT, and many others. When we rolled in at 6:00 PM it POURED rain down HARD in Liberty Hill, Cedar Park & Round Rock. Tuesday has been huge heavy rain & some hail, so better the Eclipse was Monday instead of Tuesday. Bigger_Hammer
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Posted: 4/9/2024 8:43:59 PM EDT
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We ended up at the Pat Mayse West Campground, and it exceeded expectations. I wish we could've stayed a few days there. Clouds were troublesome, but they cleared up right before totality, so we got to see the corona. We busted out of there shortly after totality, and didn't really have any traffic issues going back other than the fact that Oklahoma has toll booths every few miles that don't take credit cards.
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Posted: 4/9/2024 10:52:55 PM EDT
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I had a report from northern New Hampshire saying that on the return it took 12 hours to get from the northern border to 2/3 down south, i.e., about 160 miles
Glad most of Texas wasn't having problems presumably due to the forecast. |
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Posted: 4/14/2024 9:06:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mPisi: Amazing last-minute clearing here in East Texas too. What a sight! Had a good party with the neighbors. Very sorry if people decided to stay home due to the forecast. Roads still look pretty good. Small patch of slow on southbound IH 45 south of Corsicana. IH 10 eastbound might be pretty bad going back to SA. @mPisi, I thought you two were coming over...? |
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Posted: 4/14/2024 10:09:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hrt4me: @mPisi, I thought you two were coming over...? He should have. The view from your ranch was fantastic. |
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Posted: 4/14/2024 12:58:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hrt4me: @mPisi, I thought you two were coming over...? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hrt4me: Originally Posted By mPisi: Amazing last-minute clearing here in East Texas too. What a sight! Had a good party with the neighbors. Very sorry if people decided to stay home due to the forecast. Roads still look pretty good. Small patch of slow on southbound IH 45 south of Corsicana. IH 10 eastbound might be pretty bad going back to SA. @mPisi, I thought you two were coming over...? Sorry bro, you had invited but I never confirmed one way or the other. Didn't want to travel much, we went for BBQ at the neighbors' party before and after (their own pig, I'm so envious) and then drove home to see the totality at our place. How many people did you end up hosting? Arfcomers from out of state? |
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Posted: 4/14/2024 2:21:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mPisi: Sorry bro, you had invited but I never confirmed one way or the other. Didn't want to travel much, we went for BBQ at the neighbors' party before and after (their own pig, I'm so envious) and then drove home to see the totality at our place. How many people did you end up hosting? Arfcomers from out of state? I had 60 throughout the day for the Sunday machine gun shoot, then around two dozen on Monday for the eclipse. @kramden @The_Dog @mah827 @jbntex attended, among other out-of-state friends you missed some cool belt-fed machine guns, HK briefcase, water-cooled Maxim 08/15, all topped off by great BBQ |
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Posted: 4/14/2024 2:23:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/14/2024 2:44:48 PM EDT
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Ohh, I would've liked to see that '21
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Posted: 4/14/2024 4:54:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mPisi: Ohh, I would've liked to see that '21 it is actually a 23E in 5.56x45mm and you would have done more than just seen it, I'm sure you would have ran a belt |
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Posted: 4/14/2024 6:03:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hrt4me: I had 60 throughout the day for the Sunday machine gun shoot, then around two dozen on Monday for the eclipse. @kramden @The_Dog @mah827 @jbntex attended, among other out-of-state friends you missed some cool belt-fed machine guns, HK briefcase, water-cooled Maxim 08/15, all topped off by great BBQ It was an amazing shoot. I got to try out some really cool guns. Some of them had been on my list for years. The 1919 was really fun. My favorite was the Uzi with the huge can. like an 80s action movie kinda awesome. I wish I could have made it back Monday for the eclipse. I got stuck dealing with some work bullshit. I took a break long enough to check it out then went back to work. |
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Posted: 4/14/2024 8:52:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI'm still amazed by how far this thing threw brass right and forward. Incredible to watch. |
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Posted: 4/14/2024 8:54:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mah827: It was an amazing shoot. I got to try out some really cool guns. Some of them had been on my list for years. The 1919 was really fun. My favorite was the Uzi with the huge can. like an 80s action movie kinda awesome. I wish I could have made it back Monday for the eclipse. I got stuck dealing with some work bullshit. I took a break long enough to check it out then went back to work. Sorry you couldn't make it back, but glad we got to hang for a few. When's the next HTF lunch? Last I heard, you're in charge.  We're here till middle May, then back in late June. |
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Posted: 4/15/2024 11:22:59 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/15/2024 11:29:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By The_Dog: Sorry you couldn't make it back, but glad we got to hang for a few. When's the next HTF lunch? Last I heard, you're in charge. We're here till middle May, then back in late June. I will see about putting one together in the next week or two. |
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Posted: 4/15/2024 12:01:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/15/2024 12:55:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hrt4me: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1182/20240415_104359_jpg-3188570.JPG That was really cool to see up close. I had always imagined it being more like a leather briefcase. The safety and trigger mechanism was really interesting. |
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