04-08-2024, 10:53 PM
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#3781
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Is that a bit like getting Rusty Tromboned?
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Thats a 'Rusty Venture.'
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04-08-2024, 11:40 PM
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#3782
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Well….. that was easily the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
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Ya, it was crystal clear here, totality was amazing! Like the most brightest ring you could ever imagine! Something you never forget!
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04-08-2024, 11:44 PM
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#3783
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Monster Storm
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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Checking in:
We woke up in Napanee and drove east to southern Quebec this morning. Found a nice small field so we could have a fairly unobstructed view of the sw. There was some high cirrus cloud that I thought was going to taint the event but in the end it didn’t matter.
Today’s experience ranks as one of the coolest things I’ve ever witnessed. To be able to look directly at the sun and see a glowing iridescent ring encircling a black disc in the sky was truly spectacular.
No video, picture or story will ever be able to perfectly encapsulate what it actually looks like. It was simply incredible.
10/10 would do again
Lchoy we toured Kingston yesterday and it was pretty much a perfect day. Where did you end up watching? You say totality you got a gap in those high clouds?
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04-09-2024, 07:06 AM
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#3784
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
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Looks like August 2044 the eclipse will come to us
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04-09-2024, 07:24 AM
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#3785
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by puffnstuff
Looks like August 2044 the eclipse will come to us
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Yup, couldn't be better.
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04-09-2024, 07:25 AM
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#3786
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Originally Posted by puffnstuff
Looks like August 2044 the eclipse will come to us
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My family will 100% be making the trip.
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04-09-2024, 08:11 AM
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#3787
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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The only thing is just how low in the sky it will be, here's hoping for minimal/no cloud near the horizon. Calgary is pretty much dead centre in the path of totality for it too.
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04-09-2024, 08:19 AM
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#3788
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by surferguy
No video, picture or story will ever be able to perfectly encapsulate what it actually looks like. It was simply incredible.
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Yeah I scoured the internet last night for an accurate depiction of what it looks like… couldn’t find anything. I keep describing it like a scene from a sci-fi movie. It went from “wow this is so cool” to “holy ####ing #### what is happening!?” the second totality started. The image is literally, and figuratively, burned into my brain.
I also wasn’t prepared for the added beauty of Venus popping into visibility during those few moments.
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04-09-2024, 08:20 AM
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#3789
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Yeah I scoured the internet last night for an accurate depiction of what it looks like… couldn’t find anything. I keep describing it like a scene from a sci-fi movie. It went from “wow this is so cool” to “holy ####ing #### what is happening!?” the second totality started. The image is literally, and figuratively, burned into my brain.
I also wasn’t prepared for the added beauty of Venus popping into visibility during those few moments.
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Yup, I still get goosebumps thinking about seeing the 2017 eclipse. Photos/videos will never do it truly justice, it is an event you have to witness with your own eyes.
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04-09-2024, 08:45 AM
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#3790
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
My family will 100% be making the trip.
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Hmm… How much can I charge to rent out my basement to eclipse seekers?
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04-09-2024, 08:47 AM
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#3791
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Wormius
Hmm… How much can I charge to rent out my basement to eclipse seekers?
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The Sky is the limit?
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04-09-2024, 09:11 AM
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#3792
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH (Grew up in Calgary)
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After almost 30 years I can now somewhat grow a beard
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04-09-2024, 12:15 PM
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#3793
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Maybe I am just being cynical, but part of me thinks the only reason dentists would be against the proposed national dental care plan is because they know they can’t upsell the patients on other stuff, so they don’t want those patients.
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04-09-2024, 12:16 PM
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#3794
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Originally Posted by Locke
The Sky is the limit?
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Speaking of, I wonder if there were any planes that flew a route that gave you a longer period of totality.
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04-09-2024, 12:19 PM
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#3795
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Boxed-in
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
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So many people are going to eff this one up... it's Aug 23 UTC, but evening of Aug 22 in local time zones.
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04-09-2024, 12:24 PM
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#3796
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Cube Inmate
So many people are going to eff this one up... it's Aug 23 UTC, but evening of Aug 22 in local time zones.
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BRB, fixing my hotel reservation.
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04-09-2024, 12:38 PM
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#3797
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wormius
Speaking of, I wonder if there were any planes that flew a route that gave you a longer period of totality.
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Yes, a few commercial flights and a ton of general aviation flights.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1777475071776350514
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04-09-2024, 12:44 PM
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#3798
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
BRB, fixing my hotel reservation.
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for real though, are there any rules for how far in advance you have book a hotel room?
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04-09-2024, 12:46 PM
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#3799
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
for real though, are there any rules for how far in advance you have book a hotel room?
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For the 2017 eclipse we were able to book a hotel room in Idaho Falls about a year and half in advance.
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04-09-2024, 01:27 PM
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#3800
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigtime
This is true, both my kids schools here in Calgary sent out emails saying they would be kept inside and even "away from the windows" for the duration of the event.
Grade 6 and 9 for reference.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I get it, but it is a liability thing.
There are too many idols in a class. Some dickhead is going to look at it unprotected and them their idiot parents are going to bring a claim against the school board.
My buddy in McKinney kept his 5 yr old home so they could watch together supervised.
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I have no doubt it was a liability thing yet my niece and nephew in Montreal were issued with glasses at school in order to view it (grade 5 and 7).
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