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RTDNTOTO 🐻 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 19 (2024)

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AI is a scary thing... I am surprised hollywood didn't make a movie around this eclipse.. but don't worry.. AI's got my back:
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DVD said:
My kids high school has a nice culinary program - she is not involved. Good food for like $20 a person. I'll have to do it again.
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Our local HS culinary program is starting a food truck. I really dislike food trucks, but I hope theirs is successful. Most of the food I've sampled from them has been great.

DVD said:
Kids had a great weekend of concerts. The NCAA hosted a concert serious with some DJ on Friday, Jonas Brothers on Saturday and Black Keys and Mumford & Sons on Sunday. The kid is exhausted but happy.
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A bunch of people around here have been off to your part of the country for the tournament. Since they bought tickets for both games and don't care who now that their team isn't in the finals, I think they've enjoyed doing tourist thing.
 
JNA said:
Have you ever had lunch at your local vo-tech schools culinary progam ?
look at this menu offering -
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At one point, one of the local high school had something similar. They used the commercial kitchen at the local American legion. The food got more complex as the year progressed. It was really good and a good value for the price that they charged. I am not sure why they stopped doing it.
 
arcplans said:
AI is a scary thing... I am surprised hollywood didn't make a movie around this eclipse.. but don't worry.. AI's got my back:
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As neither sun worshipper nor lunatic I completely missed the almost total eclipse here. I was on a mower with earplugs and safety glasses.

In '17 was in total zone out on a lake. That was better, and a little spooky but NBD.
 
Standing in my backyard and having an event that will never happen again occur was pretty cool. No photo really could capture the oddity. Video does a lot better, but when the birds stopped chirping and the world just kinda went silent. Just really weird.

With that said, 100% recommend people travel to see that. Maybe I'll be that guy in 2044 or something going to North Dakota to see it!
 
My son and I drove 45 miles nw of here into the zone of totality. We left here about 12:45 and arrived in about an hour for a trip that typically takes 45 minutes. We drove around the county courthouse square and decided to drive a little farther west to avoid artificial light as much as possible. We found a small unlighted gravel parking area and watched the eclipse from there. It. Was. Awesome.

The return trip took over two hours. I'm pretty sure old HWY 150 has never, ever seen so much traffic at one time.

The Eastern Redbuds were in their full glory along the hilly southern Indiana roads yesterday. That pop of pink color was very memorable.

My son and I are planning on seeing the August 2026 total eclipse in either Iceland or (near) Barcelona. Iceland sounds more my style in August rather than Barcelona. We'll see.
 
The eclipse was pretty lame here in north metro ATL (83% coverage) - oh, look, it got slightly dark for a minute. Basically it looked about the same as it does 20 minutes before sunset. Meh.
 
Hink said:
Standing in my backyard and having an event that will never happen again occur was pretty cool. No photo really could capture the oddity. Video does a lot better, but when the birds stopped chirping and the world just kinda went silent. Just really weird.

With that said, 100% recommend people travel to see that. Maybe I'll be that guy in 2044 or something going to North Dakota to see it!
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I am holding out for the 2078 eclipse. I'll be 10 miles north of the path of totality if I live in the same area then, of course I'll be north of 100 at that time but we'll see.
 
JNA said:
Have you ever had lunch at your local vo-tech schools culinary progam ?
look at this menu offering -
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Our office used to host a lot of events at a small local college with a culinary program and we'd have them cater. It was always fantastic.
 
Yep, we have an outstanding culinary program here at the technical college. The food is awesome.
 
Bubba said:
The eclipse was pretty lame here in north metro ATL (83% coverage) - oh, look, it got slightly dark for a minute. Basically it looked about the same as it does 20 minutes before sunset. Meh.
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I have came to the conclusion that I would prefer a slightly dimmer sun.
 
A brief trip down a Wikipedia rabbit hole led me to the city of Chita in eastern Russia near the borders with China and Mongolia. This city might have one of the cooler coats of arms I've ever come across:

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WSU MUP Student said:
A brief trip down a Wikipedia rabbit hole led me to the city of Chita in eastern Russia near the borders with China and Mongolia. This city might have one of the cooler coats of arms I've ever come across:

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Yes, the city is well known for its cattle, and, uh, Christmas-themed picket fences.
 
Today in History -

On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, effectively ending the U.S. Civil War after nearly four years.
 
Damn it, $4.19 a gallon for gas. We should have a thread to complain about that stuff. :p
 
Clear skies and a total eclipse from my backyard yesterday. It was cool, eerie, really spectacular to see. I was glad to do it at home with my family. We made a big tea for dinner together afterwards because we all had the afternoon off. It felt absolutely medieval to me to look up and see that "black hole sun" sort of thing in the sky.

Our chickens got quiet but stayed out in their run, they didn't go in and roost.

It got noticeably colder as the sun went away. I thought about how much our climate would change if even a bit of the sun was blocked out.

Other than big traffic backups with people leaving after, I haven't seen a whole lot of news about people getting stuck in the mud, blocking emergency vehicles, wrecking muddy trails, or anything like that.
 
Drove to a farm just west of Van Wert, OH to watch the eclipse. All the usual cool eclipse related things were observed (Bailey's beads, the 'diamond ring' the 360 sunset, weird animal behavior, etc). One thing I did not expect to see was people in three different locations launching fireworks during the totality. There was definitely an anticipatory mood on the ground, but I'm not sure the celebratory note was quite right.
 
Maister said:
Drove to a farm just west of Van Wert, OH to watch the eclipse. All the usual cool eclipse related things were observed (Bailey's beads, the 'diamond ring' the 360 sunset, weird animal behavior, etc). One thing I did not expect to see was people in three different locations launching fireworks during the totality. There was definitely an anticipatory mood on the ground, but I'm not sure the celebratory note was quite right.
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I was waiting for some sort of imprisoned, cosmic being to be released but it turns out all it did was whisper to me for the duration of the event. Things the imprisoned cosmic beast knows and wanted me to convey:

1) Love each other. But secretly maybe plot against others in your mind just a little bit, you know - to keep yourself frosty.
2) Stop eating "hawaiian pizza"; it offends the universe and humanity will pay the ultimate price.
3) Your lucky numbers are 12, 15, 7, 28, and 36.
 
ursus said:
I was waiting for some sort of imprisoned, cosmic being to be released but it turns out all it did was whisper to me for the duration of the event. Things the imprisoned cosmic beast knows and wanted me to convey:

1) Love each other. But secretly maybe plot against others in your mind just a little bit, you know - to keep yourself frosty.
2) Stop eating "hawaiian pizza"; it offends the universe and humanity will pay the ultimate price.
3) Your lucky numbers are 12, 15, 7, 28, and 36.
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ursus said:
I was waiting for some sort of imprisoned, cosmic being to be released but it turns out all it did was whisper to me for the duration of the event. Things the imprisoned cosmic beast knows and wanted me to convey:

1) Love each other. But secretly maybe plot against others in your mind just a little bit, you know - to keep yourself frosty.
2) Stop eating "hawaiian pizza"; it offends the universe and humanity will pay the ultimate price.
3) Your lucky numbers are 12, 15, 7, 28, and 36.
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One could do remarkably well playing the Chinese Fortune cookie game with this post. Shall we try?

1) Love each other. But secretly maybe plot against others in your mind just a little bit, you know - to keep yourself frosty in bed.
2) Stop eating "hawaiian pizza"; it offends the universe and humanity will pay the ultimate price in bed.
3) Your lucky numbers in bed are: 12, 15, 7, 28, and 36.
 
Maister said:
One could do remarkably well playing the Chinese Fortune cookie game with this post. Shall we try?

1) Love each other. But secretly maybe plot against others in your mind just a little bit, you know - to keep yourself frosty in bed.
2) Stop eating "hawaiian pizza"; it offends the universe and humanity will pay the ultimate price in bed.
3) Your lucky numbers in bed are: 12, 15, 7, 28, and 36.
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This can also be changed to the planner fortune cookie game, "during a public meeting.
 
It just occurred to me that I'd never known and Edna in my whole life, but that two of my neighbors right now are named Edna.
 
Maister said:
Drove to a farm just west of Van Wert, OH to watch the eclipse. All the usual cool eclipse related things were observed (Bailey's beads, the 'diamond ring' the 360 sunset, weird animal behavior, etc). One thing I did not expect to see was people in three different locations launching fireworks during the totality. There was definitely an anticipatory mood on the ground, but I'm not sure the celebratory note was quite right.
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We heard fireworks too! Kind of pathetic compared to the main show in the sky.
 
Doohickie said:
It just occurred to me that I'd never known and Edna in my whole life, but that two of my neighbors right now are named Edna.
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My grandmother on my mother's side was an Edna. All 5' nothing of her. What a great lady. She worked her whole career at the main desk of the city Parks and rec office.
 
Faust_Motel said:
My grandmother on my mother's side was an Edna.
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Family names...this could be a whole thread on its own. My maternal grandmother was named Charlie, my paternal grandmother was named Lilla Mae, and her mother was named Eula Mae. I can't think of anyone named Edna in the family tree, though...
 
JNA said:
Today in History -

On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, effectively ending the U.S. Civil War after nearly four years.
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NPS said:
The surrender occurred in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia in a private home owned by the McLean family. In Virginia many of the towns which were county seats were called "Court House". The building is spelled courthouse (one word) and the town is Court House (two words).
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JNA said:
Who else besides me does not know anybody named Edna?
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My paternal grandmothers name was Ethel and my parents neighbor's name was Edith; my wife constantly refers to both them as Edna. I stopped correcting her sometime back, as it's not really important as both are gone and at this point everyone knows who she is talking about. So she knows two people named Edna and I don't know any.
 
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