And a big recall on some of these 2 hours before it starts.

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meh. whatever.

Got the welding helmet out to watch here in a bit. I was pretty meh about it, and then I learned it would be 20 years until it comes back here. Might not be around then, so just embracing this for a few minutes. Very curious to see how dark it will get.

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stepped outside a few minutes ago. it was bright and sunny. put the black paper glasses on, and the sun was partially blocked. huh, that is neat..... went back inside a few second later! will look again around 2pm

300 couples in Arkansas have gathered for a mass wedding during the total eclipse.

Family-only event, I assume.

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good for them

Not funny, not funny, not funny

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#ExtendLafleur

It's so much different than the last eclipse

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Then the one guy has gotta bounce.

That's a lotta mass.

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MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!- DJT 12/25/23

Another Arkansas eclipse-related oddity...Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency on Friday ahead of the solar eclipse, according to a news release.

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I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law.- DJT 2016
MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!- DJT 12/25/23

About 97% here. Was okay.

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#Science

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Nas: Blago, who has single handedly destroyed CFMB?

Blago: https://youtube.com/shorts/Lftdxd-YXt8?feature=share

"You can’t love your country only when you win." -President Biden

https://youtu.be/R6e4ruziZBI?si=1G4W1vbh0eGQuHfU

I was surprised at how it cooled off. Someone here had some glasses (not the ones recalled) looked up at 2:05. Pretty neat....I guess.

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It was fun for a few minutes. Always neat how the shadows change and it is dark like through a lens. Glad I did not go to Carbondale for that.

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yea that was the strangest part really...must have dropped a good 10-15 degrees

Our goal the past several years has been to reduce the number of mammels in our house. After one false start and a near miss we appeared to have hit the sweet spot; no pets and both our sons are on their own. Maybe down the road a dog may reappear but right now it is just easier not having pets.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

They require a lot of attention. At some point I'll probably just be a reptile guy.

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Nas: Blago, who has single handedly destroyed CFMB?

Blago: https://youtube.com/shorts/Lftdxd-YXt8?feature=share

"You can’t love your country only when you win." -President Biden

https://youtu.be/R6e4ruziZBI?si=1G4W1vbh0eGQuHfU

Now that's cold blooded

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Apparently a lot of locales did because of what some areas experienced last time. We drove down for the one 7 years ago because my wife wanted the kids to see one. It was a bit of a shit show when people went to leave. This year, I stepped out the front door, put on some welding stuff and took a gander at 91% eclipse instead of a total. Total was a bit cooler but I didn't feel like driving 4 hours again.

actually, the sun is burning hydrogen. there was no surprise.

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I was in Cleveland for something so I saw the totality. Much cooler than I thought, when it actually arrived.

The hotel was packed with nerds wearing "take me to your leader" type shirts.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

It was chaos down here the entire day. People came out of the woodwork. The Loves on the edge of our town had people camped out and sitting in lawn chairs all over at like 9am. Then afterwards it was nuts getting all the traffic cleared out. Police had to direct traffic for like 4 hours

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were any of them hot ?

In the end it was semi-interesting I guess. Glad I didn't travel far to see it but 90+% coverage was cool enough. Had a perfect view of it in my backyard.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Yes. 70 degree days do that to overweight people

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Partial is ehhh. Total is Gucci. I thought no wonder cavemen were convinced it was the end of the world.