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07-31-2017, 06:20 PM
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I'm trying to find a gullible luger collector, planning to threaten to blot out the sun if he does not give me all his lugers.
Know of any candidates? Eclipse won't be total here, but near enough for me- 98-99%; but it will probably be raining and cloudy. What happens if an eclipse of the sun happens at night and no one hears it? Is it still an eclipse?
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07-31-2017, 06:23 PM
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07-31-2017, 08:44 PM
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 But are you sure? I can only be one place at a time and thus cannot verify- but I trust you, so it must be true. 
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07-31-2017, 09:02 PM
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 A lady friend is interested in getting up an 'Eclipse Party'.  I have an uneasy feeling about that... 
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I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...
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Sunday paper had a couple column inches about the eclipse. Seems NASA will launch a plane to observe the total eclipse in Oregon. But it can't follow the eclipse across the nation - because the shadow will be traveling at 2,400 mph...
 The US is only about that wide...So the event will only last slightly over 3 hours [I think], from sliver to sliver...With the totality only two and a half minutes long...  There's a public park [no trees] near me, three football filelds long where I walk my dogs...I was thinking of watching it there...If it's overcast/cloudy/raining [it's rained every day for the last ten days] I'll watch on TV...  The map shows the totality occurring at ~2:30pm EDT at my location. I'm thinking of taking my welding helmet lens with me to watch it. They're fairly cheap for a 2" x 4" lens.
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08-13-2017, 11:36 AM
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08-13-2017, 05:51 PM
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i believe that welding lens has to be at least a 14 level...double check some of the articles on the internet...i bought several of the special glasses for my g-kids....they are not expensive...hope you have good viewing........i am way down in southern texas but will have about a 50% coverage for a couple of minutes...BUT do not view this without eye wear unless you are in the total zone and only then take them off for the totally ONLY......MAX a couple of minutes.........be careful..........
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