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Posted: 3/26/2024 10:39:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I totally undestand the concern. Just think about this seriously... What if the sun doesn't come back? ?? NODS |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 10:43:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: NODS Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I totally undestand the concern. Just think about this seriously... What if the sun doesn't come back? ?? NODS In the land of the blind the man with wizard eyes is kang. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 10:53:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/26/2024 11:01:51 PM EDT
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Why is this so different than past eclipses??? We had one out West here not so long ago. No grand influx of people. Not sure what’s so great about this time?
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Posted: 3/26/2024 11:22:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: panic is in around here and we aren't even close to it girlfriend was at costco last night and the place was packed with people lugging 10-15 cases of water out of there gullible idiots Nah. Until they stock up and hoard the toilet paper, it isn’t a panic. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:24:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: People just don't get it, man. Yeah, "I saw a partial eclipse once, big whoop. I'm not driving 30 minutes to see a total." Might as well say, "I found a $100 bill on the ground once, it wasn't that great. What's the point of cashing in this winning Powerball ticket, it's just a little more money. Not worth driving to the gas station for." Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I love eclipse threads. Always full of people that have never seen a total one and have no idea what it's like. "Oooo it's gonna get shady for 30 seconds... Oooo". And "I've seen a dozen of em in the last 20 years, no big deal." Yeah... You've seen partials. They aren't that big of a deal. No, it's not going to get shady. It's going to get DARK. Like, Stars come out, Dark. The sun is a black hole in the sky. It gets cold. Animals freak out. You want to kind of squat and hug the ground. A partial eclipse, even 99.9% is in a completely different world from a Total. If you've never seen a Total eclipse, you've never seen an Eclipse. We are driving from TN to NE Arkansas. Have our spot picked out. Back Road, podunk town in the middle of nowhere. No eclipse events planned, not even a hotel. Only restaurant is a Subway and "Granny's". Should be a pleasant experience. People just don't get it, man. Yeah, "I saw a partial eclipse once, big whoop. I'm not driving 30 minutes to see a total." Might as well say, "I found a $100 bill on the ground once, it wasn't that great. What's the point of cashing in this winning Powerball ticket, it's just a little more money. Not worth driving to the gas station for." I have a good friend in Knoxville who wouldn't drive the one hour south for the 2017 eclipse. He said it was like 95% there and "he didn't see what the big deal was". The difference is literally night and day. What he saw:  Attached FileWhat he missed:  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:38:53 AM EDT
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It is quite odd, makes me wonder what they may be up to while everyone is distracted.
But, they do love their fear based mind control. I'm actually surprised they haven't started calling for human sacrifices to coincide with the sky event.  |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:42:53 AM EDT
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If people cared about their country as much as this eclipse, maybe we wouldn't be as fucked as we are right now.
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Posted: 3/27/2024 7:57:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If people cared about their country as much as this eclipse, maybe we wouldn't be as fucked as we are right now. I wouldn’t say they’re mutually exclusive. That’s painting with a pretty broad brush. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:00:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's kinda weird to me how people make such a big deal out of eclipses ???? This is my new nickname for my weiner. Quote HistoryQuoted: It's kinda weird to me how people make such a big deal out of eclipses ???? Quoted: nuclear unit This is my new nickname for my weiner. Bro thats old news. I been calling mine the minuteman for years |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:09:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't know how wide the path of the solar eclipse. One article I read when it was around Tennessee a while back some people were stuck 12 plus hours in their vehicles. But just pictures the millions and millions of people that are going to flock to it and anything along the eclipse Corridor is probably going to get hammered on supplies and could probably take a while to be replenished. I’m pretty sure most every extra Snickers bar consumed along the path will be offset by a Snickers bar not consumed outside the path. Ie not significantly extra consumption; just temporary inventory imbalances at worst. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:09:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have a good friend in Knoxville who wouldn't drive the one hour south for the 2017 eclipse. He said it was like 95% there and "he didn't see what the big deal was". The difference is literally night and day. What he saw: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/33962/Bright-sun_jpg-3170703.JPG What he missed: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/33962/coroanafinala-2_jpg-3170704.JPG LoL, the biggest difference between those pictures is the equipment used, not the location. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:19:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m pretty sure most every extra Snickers bar consumed along the path will be offset by a Snickers bar not consumed outside the path. Ie not significantly extra consumption; just temporary inventory imbalances at worst. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I don't know how wide the path of the solar eclipse. One article I read when it was around Tennessee a while back some people were stuck 12 plus hours in their vehicles. But just pictures the millions and millions of people that are going to flock to it and anything along the eclipse Corridor is probably going to get hammered on supplies and could probably take a while to be replenished. I’m pretty sure most every extra Snickers bar consumed along the path will be offset by a Snickers bar not consumed outside the path. Ie not significantly extra consumption; just temporary inventory imbalances at worst. If the local snickers are all gone, and you want a snickers, but its a 12 hour drive to go 30 miles outside the snicker depletion zone, where does a snicker get a snicker? |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:23:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LoL, the biggest difference between those pictures is the equipment used, not the location. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I have a good friend in Knoxville who wouldn't drive the one hour south for the 2017 eclipse. He said it was like 95% there and "he didn't see what the big deal was". The difference is literally night and day. What he saw: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/33962/Bright-sun_jpg-3170703.JPG What he missed: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/33962/coroanafinala-2_jpg-3170704.JPG LoL, the biggest difference between those pictures is the equipment used, not the location. Lol you go right on and keep telling yourself that. I swear it’s like dealing with a bunch of filthy coverall clad rednecks sitting around chewing tobacco smoking cigs and swilling Milwaukee’s Best circle jerking themselves over how smart they all are. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:28:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I wouldn’t say they’re mutually exclusive. That’s painting with a pretty broad brush. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: If people cared about their country as much as this eclipse, maybe we wouldn't be as fucked as we are right now. I wouldn’t say they’re mutually exclusive. That’s painting with a pretty broad brush. Well, I WAS going to wave my magic wand and remove Joe Biden from office and undo all the damage he's done, but there's an eclipse coming up so fuck all that. Maybe if there's no distractions after April 8, I'll get around to it. Or more realistically, I can look at the sun going away AND bitch about Joe Biden at the same time. I cannot magically remove him from office, sadly. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:28:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol you go right on and keep telling yourself that. I swear it’s like dealing with a bunch of filthy coverall clad rednecks sitting around chewing tobacco smoking cigs and swilling Milwaukee’s Best circle jerking themselves over how smart they all are. You can be intelligent and be a coverall clad redneck. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:30:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol you go right on and keep telling yourself that. I swear it’s like dealing with a bunch of filthy coverall clad rednecks sitting around chewing tobacco smoking cigs and swilling Milwaukee’s Best circle jerking themselves over how smart they all are. I AM wondering if some of the population of this site finds joy in ANYTHING anymore. No matter what the subject, there's no shortage of posters to shit all over it. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:30:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It was a good excuse to double my normal Augasons and LDS orders Told the wife "just in case" This guy gets it. A little extra hype and you can maybe swing a new 870 or something. 
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:33:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I understood that reference. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Cool, you can view the eclipse from their monorail! I understood that reference. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:37:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I AM wondering if some of the population of this site finds joy in ANYTHING anymore. No matter what the subject, there's no shortage of posters to shit all over it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Lol you go right on and keep telling yourself that. I swear it’s like dealing with a bunch of filthy coverall clad rednecks sitting around chewing tobacco smoking cigs and swilling Milwaukee’s Best circle jerking themselves over how smart they all are. I AM wondering if some of the population of this site finds joy in ANYTHING anymore. No matter what the subject, there's no shortage of posters to shit all over it. I do. Fuck the haters. Shits getting old around here. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 8:57:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LoL, the biggest difference between those pictures is the equipment used, not the location. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I have a good friend in Knoxville who wouldn't drive the one hour south for the 2017 eclipse. He said it was like 95% there and "he didn't see what the big deal was". The difference is literally night and day. What he saw: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/33962/Bright-sun_jpg-3170703.JPG What he missed: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/33962/coroanafinala-2_jpg-3170704.JPG LoL, the biggest difference between those pictures is the equipment used, not the location. I was there in west central KY for the last one, and I have seen many other partials in my time. The bottom picture is very clear and magnified, but what you see is even better than portrayed. The top pic is dead on accurate. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 9:39:23 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/27/2024 9:45:59 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/27/2024 9:49:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This guy gets it. A little extra hype and you can maybe swing a new 870 or something. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 12:41:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I AM wondering if some of the population of this site finds joy in ANYTHING anymore. No matter what the subject, there's no shortage of posters to shit all over it. Posts like this make me wonder about people. "How can there be any diversity of opinion and contrasting views in this forum?"  Attached FileThat's 98 million replies in General Discussion alone. Get some perspective. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 1:16:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LoL, the biggest difference between those pictures is the equipment used, not the location. It's funny sometimes how some people can be so incredibly wrong, and so incredibly confident at the same time. |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 1:32:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LoL, the biggest difference between those pictures is the equipment used, not the location.  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 3:41:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Posts like this make me wonder about people. "How can there be any diversity of opinion and contrasting views in this forum?" https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/35784/general_stats_jpg-3170901.JPG That's 98 million replies in General Discussion alone. Get some perspective. I exist solely to make you wonder. My job here is done. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 2:00:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: While you may be technically correct that the two pictures were taken with different cameras, what your eye sees is very much like the top and bottom picture. I was there in west central KY for the last one, and I have seen many other partials in my time. The bottom picture is very clear and magnified, but what you see is even better than portrayed. The top pic is dead on accurate. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I have a good friend in Knoxville who wouldn't drive the one hour south for the 2017 eclipse. He said it was like 95% there and "he didn't see what the big deal was". The difference is literally night and day. What he saw: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/33962/Bright-sun_jpg-3170703.JPG What he missed: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/33962/coroanafinala-2_jpg-3170704.JPG LoL, the biggest difference between those pictures is the equipment used, not the location. I was there in west central KY for the last one, and I have seen many other partials in my time. The bottom picture is very clear and magnified, but what you see is even better than portrayed. The top pic is dead on accurate. Actually guys, the biggest difference between the two pictures is that they were both randomly pulled off Google. However, having seen both partials and totals, the images are accurate. Torf is correct. There is so much glare from the sun that anything less than about 98-99% just still looks like the sun. It MAY get a little dimmer for a couple of minutes. A total eclipse looks like a hole in the sky. It's pretty damned cool. Nobody who sees a total eclipse says "well that wasn't worth it". |
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Posted: 3/31/2024 11:40:11 AM EDT
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Has anyone noticed people trickling in this early?
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Posted: 3/31/2024 8:33:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Has anyone noticed people trickling in this early? I'm driving to Fairview to visit my sister and see the eclipse. Not leaving until Thursday and won't get there until Friday afternoon since I will be stopping in Little Rock to visit other folks and spend the night. |
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Posted: 3/31/2024 8:46:20 PM EDT
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The centerline of the eclipse is about 5 miles south of me. I'll still be in totality. The only difference is for me is that totality will last for only 3:43 seconds and at the centerline it will be 3:45 seconds. So far the forecast is partly sunny. I have been waiting for this for over a decade. I even put in for a day off at my old job over six years ago. Of course I don't work there anymore so I guess it was unnecessary.
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Posted: 3/31/2024 8:48:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Has anyone noticed people trickling in this early? I believe so. All the electronic highway signs are referencing the eclipse. Rental car prices are up 300%. |
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Posted: 3/31/2024 8:49:08 PM EDT
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Most of Texas is sitting at a 15% chance of seeing it with prevailing cloud cover associated with a low pressure system. Sucks.
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Posted: 3/31/2024 8:54:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: NODS Got a diesel generator and 1500 gallons to run it at a rate of 14 gallons a day. Plenty of fleshlight batteries so if you fuckers show up, you best be waving a white flag and shouting 87, 87. |
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Posted: 3/31/2024 9:02:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We are driving from TN to NE Arkansas. Have our spot picked out. Back Road, podunk town in the middle of nowhere. No eclipse events planned, not even a hotel. Only restaurant is a Subway and "Granny's". Should be a pleasant experience. I.still pondering if I should just drive north a bit then hit some back roads and wait. If think some rinky dink town with a grocery store parking.lot to sit in. I'll start planning this to see if there's a viable spot. |
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Posted: 3/31/2024 9:07:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Closing schools around here, too. It's gonna be a shitshow, our little roads that are already falling apart aren't gonna be any better after millions of hippies storm the area. @dopple, are you in the path of totality? |
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Posted: 3/31/2024 9:09:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Literally. We won't have another one in this country for about a hundred years. And it is an amazing experience that you have to see to understand. I saw the one in 2017 and it was incredible. Two on one continent so close together is incredibly rare. You miss this one, you'll never see one again. Partial eclipses aren't rare, but comparing partial eclipses to total eclipses is like comparing, oh, I don't know, a go-kart to a Ferrari. There’s more coming Einstein, it’s not 100 years. 2033. |
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Posted: 3/31/2024 11:01:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Most of Texas is sitting at a 15% chance of seeing it with prevailing cloud cover associated with a low pressure system. Sucks. Yes, it’s not looking but I’m going anyway. Will have fun visiting family, eating BBQ and drinking whiskey. |
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Posted: 3/31/2024 11:46:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There’s more coming Einstein, it’s not 100 years. 2033. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Literally. We won't have another one in this country for about a hundred years. And it is an amazing experience that you have to see to understand. I saw the one in 2017 and it was incredible. Two on one continent so close together is incredibly rare. You miss this one, you'll never see one again. Partial eclipses aren't rare, but comparing partial eclipses to total eclipses is like comparing, oh, I don't know, a go-kart to a Ferrari. There’s more coming Einstein, it’s not 100 years. 2033. A total eclipse where the largest city under totality is Nome Alaska is probably not something most people will be able to see. It'd be easier to wait until 2027 and go to the Middle East, or 2028 and go to Australia. |
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Posted: 4/1/2024 8:26:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @dopple, are you in the path of totality? |
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Posted: 4/1/2024 8:35:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Got a diesel generator and 1500 gallons to run it at a rate of 14 gallons a day. Plenty of fleshlight batteries so if you fuckers show up, you best be waving a white flag and shouting 87, 87. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: NODS Got a diesel generator and 1500 gallons to run it at a rate of 14 gallons a day. Plenty of fleshlight batteries so if you fuckers show up, you best be waving a white flag and shouting 87, 87. I'll being this flag  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/1/2024 8:38:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: fuckin hooray. From the local school superintendent: "As you are aware, a rare event will be occurring on April 8th with a total eclipse. We have received direction from local law enforcement to close on April 8th due to the influx of visitors to Vermont. We appreciate your understanding and hope this day can be celebrated as an opportunity to engage in a discussion around scientific wonder. " We are in the total path. Our school is having Senior Prom this weekend.  Bunch of teenage drivers out Saturday night. |
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Posted: 4/1/2024 8:42:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It’s a few minutes of shade. I truly can’t understand people coming from across the country to watch a shadow. Completely retarded. Driving for hours to come see it get temporarily dark outside. Do they not have clouds in all 50 states? |
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Posted: 4/1/2024 8:46:36 AM EDT
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The crazy is in control. Here in Arkansas every state park and federal campground site are reserved, Hotels booked, and some locals have rented out cabins for as much as $3500 a night. Yes, if you are in the zone, stock up for the week because the nutballs are going to suck up everything. If Ellvis returns, all hell is going to break loose. lol
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Posted: 4/1/2024 9:06:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Completely retarded. Driving for hours to come see it get temporarily dark outside. Do they not have clouds in all 50 states? There are more Earth Worshipers than people realize. This is like watching the rooftop scene from Independence Day on a national scale. I was teasing my siblings and warning of a Zombie attack and the Liberal one had a panic attack. It gave me the idea of declaring April 8 Zombie Day. Break out the zombie movies and popcorn. Don't go outside, the nutters and scream queens are waiting for you. |
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Posted: 4/1/2024 11:32:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/2/2024 5:35:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Completely retarded. Driving for hours to come see it get temporarily dark outside. Do they not have clouds in all 50 states? It's sad, you will miss one of the most amazing experiences the natural world has to offer because you are so comfortable in your utter ignorance. |
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Posted: 4/2/2024 6:21:08 AM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryThere should be a second panel showing them saying "what a disappointment! What's the big deal?" |
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Posted: 4/2/2024 6:23:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There should be a second panel showing them saying "what a disappointment! What's the big deal?" Have you SEEN one? |
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