Total Eclipse - April 8

[Eichhörnchen]

Total in some places across US:-

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/

[Rockstar]

I’m ready to drive from Florida to Arkansas but the way current weather forecast stands, looks I’ll be staying put and have to be satisfied with 53% coverage.

[Jimbuna]

Total in some places across US:-

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/

Pity it isn't the same date in May, I'd like to have seen it whilst in Mexico (if in fact that would have been possible).

[Platapus]

Best way to see the eclipse is on the Internets Tubes. :up:

[ET2SN]

Any time something cool is going to happen, I can set my clock to Iowa having a solid overcast. :/\\!!

"Did you see the meteor shower?"

"No, I got soaked." :nope:

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Let us know what you see - or don't see

[Jeff-Groves]

I'm REALLY close to the center of the travel line.
Got our "Don't go Blind" eye wear ready.
If I got to go Blind, I have a more enjoyable way to do that.
:03::D

[Aktungbby]

....the weather forcast this AM is that much of the total dark path viewing will be botched by rainy weather. Given the eclipse of Mons in 1914, and the mid-battle eclipse at Isandlwana on 1/22/1879, these things tend to portend disaster...:hmmm::oops::dead:

[Rockstar]

....the weather forcast this AM is that much of the total dark path viewing will be botched by rainy weather. Given the eclipse of Mons in 1914, and the mid-battle eclipse at Isandlwana on 1/22/1879, these things tend to portend disaster...:hmmm::oops::dead:

One county in Texas has already foreseen the doom to occur 8 April and issued a declaration of impending disaster. :o:o:o

Be prepared! Doom I say, DOOM! :yep:

Bee Cave issues disaster declaration for total solar eclipse
https://communityimpact.com/austin/lake-travis-westlake/government/2024/03/27/bee-cave-issues-disaster-declaration-for-total-solar-eclipse/

[mapuc]

Doomsday you say

I who thought it was the moon who would place itself in front of the sun for a while during daytime April 8th and not the Sun in front of the moon.

Markus

[Buddahaid]

It must not happen.
https://imageshack.com/i/pnyGoTKbj

[ET2SN]

Don't give Neal ideas. :k_confused:

We don't have any official Subsim headgear..yet. :arrgh!:

[Aktungbby]

We don't have any official Subsim headgear..yet. :arrgh!:oh yes we do:arrgh!: https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/08/15/cpap_wide-122c970317d286f5321b662f81dc9bdbfd642578-s1400-c100.jpg

[ET2SN]

oh yes we do:arrgh!: https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/08/15/cpap_wide-122c970317d286f5321b662f81dc9bdbfd642578-s1400-c100.jpg

Jumpin' Jiminy, are there any original parts of you that still work? :k_confused:


:Kaleun_Wink:

[Aktungbby]

I wear that when I'm kickin' yer arse at Whack-a-Squirrel! Other than hearing aids and reading glasses, no knee or hip replacements...or dentures...yet, but the day(# 25,957.75!!?) is young! :yeah::Kaleun_Thumbs_Up::Kaleun_Party:

[Jimbuna]

Jumpin' Jiminy, are there any original parts of you that still work? :k_confused:


:Kaleun_Wink:

I know of one that doesn't and hasn't for years...his wife told me :O:

[Aktungbby]

I know of one that doesn't and hasn't for years...his wife told me :O:Funny! yer wife told me
you were a little short in the 'stemware' department yersel!:haha: https://i.imgur.com/woVZoKv.jpg...thank god for 'strategic' soapsuds!:arrgh!:

[Rockstar]

Weather forecasts are a mess. I was ready to travel the 1500 miles to Arkansas to video totality but ONLY if the weather forecast was sunny or mostly sunny.

Looking at the Arkansas short range ensemble forecast it’s nothing but clear sky as far as the eye can see! But then the Canadian ensemble shows 30-40% cloud coverage and the American ensemble shows overcast sky. They’re not even close to the same. :doh:

I’m just staying home, eclipse is only 53% coverage but hopefully I can get some video of that. Of course Im facing the same issues here, the national weather service forecasts 30% cloud coverage which is OK. But then Weatherunderground forecasts 70% cloud coverage or worse.

If its too cloudy my back up plan is to go to the beach and pout :cry:

[Jimbuna]

Funny! yer wife told me
you were a little short in the 'stemware' department yersel!:haha: https://i.imgur.com/woVZoKv.jpg...thank god for 'strategic' soapsuds!:arrgh!:

INDEED! :)

That was the last time we were in Mexico.

Going back there next month but to a different hotel.

[Aktungbby]

INDEED! :)

That was the last time we were in Mexico.

Going back there next month but to a different hotel. I had the chance to go on a day trip visit whilst in Mexico but went to swim with the dolphins instead.

Wished I'd done the trip now but it was a once in a week trip and we simply ran out of time....this time; skip the dolphins, hot-blond tubbing, and give the trip some serious porpoise::arrgh!:https://i.postimg.cc/prWzn59k/6218b36e411109b7.jpg:yeah: You'll still be itzen' yer chichen one way or 'nuther!:O:

[ET2SN]

INDEED! :)

That was the last time we were in Mexico.

Going back there next month but to a different hotel.

Did the other hotel guests ever figure out how that water in the punch bowl appeared?

:Kaleun_Sick:

[ET2SN]

I wear that when I'm kickin' yer arse at Whack-a-Squirrel!

Yeah, I figured out a better way to defeat you. :yep:

Even as I type this, Eich is busy trying to set the perfect scenery layers and weather conditions in Flight Sim 2004 so he can take screen shots. :yeah:

If that doesn't work, I have a plan to re-introduce the joys of landing on aircraft carrier scenery. :D It only takes about 100 hours of seat time to get consistent and, even then, I can always say, "Yeah, but you didn't catch the 3 wire" or "It doesn't really get fun until you set a total overcast 50 feet above the waves plus a 20 knot cross wind". :hmmm:



:D:O:

[Aktungbby]

Yeah, I figured out a better way to defeat you. :yep:

Even as I type this, Eich is busy trying to set the perfect scenery layers and weather conditions in Flight Sim 2004 so he can take screen shots. :yeah:

If that doesn't work, I have a plan to re-introduce the joys of landing on aircraft carrier scenery. :D It only takes about 100 hours of seat time to get consistent and, even then, I can always say, "Yeah, but you didn't catch the 3 wire" or "It doesn't really get fun until you set a total overcast 50 feet above the waves plus a 20 knot cross wind". :hmmm:



:D:O::|\\ whatever yer smokin' bro'; I'll try one https://youtu.be/vUsv4Lb7EQs:hijacked::yeah::arrgh!:

[ET2SN]

You think I'm kidding.. :k_rofl:


https://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/82535-FS2004-Screenshots-Here!!!/page154


:Kaleun_Smile:

I've (re) created a monster. :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Did the other hotel guests ever figure out how that water in the punch bowl appeared?

:Kaleun_Sick:

I hope not :oops:

[ET2SN]

Just a reminder, folks. The show's getting ready to start (and I've got clear skies :smug: ).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg


:Kaleun_Smile:

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo

[ET2SN]

Where the heck is Neal?
I hope he didn't freak out when his antlers started to sprout. :hmmm:
Neal, don't sweat it. They'll drop off before sunset.
Still, its Texas so don't forget to wear a blaze orange vest if you're going outside. :yep:

Meanwhile, clear skies are still holding over Iowa but we're a little too far west by a couple of hundred miles so we'll only get a partial eclipse. :doh:

[Jeff-Groves]

This is SERIOUSLY gonna screw with my Nap time!!!
:/\\!!

[ET2SN]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MJY_ptQW1o

This is real-time, so click while its still going down.

[Jeff-Groves]

Already seeing the start here in Ohio.
Shouldn't someone be sacrificing a Virgin or something?

[Aktungbby]

Me: contemplating the heavens at High Noon; just to get this thread back on topic!:yeah: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=13459...and my sagging jowls and wattles could us a tyan to boot!:shucks:

[Jeff-Groves]

I watched it with my Red and Blue 3D glasses.
It was like seeing it in real life.
:har:

[Aktungbby]

I watched it with my Red and Blue 3D glasses.
It was like seeing it in real life.
:har: nuthin' good goes outta style https://static.life.com/wp-content/uploads/migrated/2012/11/1952_00129471.jpg I wore them in 1960, age 9, to see the ghosts in GHOSTIt just can't be as much fun watching this at home without a Ghost Viewer as it would have been back in the day. When you went to the theatre, you were given a piece of plastic with two strips of colored plastic. When the ghosts appear, you can look through the red strip and see them (eek!) Or if you were just hopelessly terrified to the point where your underwear was not safe. you could look through the blue plastic and see the scene without that nasty apparitions (since the ghosts were shown in blue in an otherwise black & white film. Or was it the other way around? Sounds kind of like a William Castle epic, you may well think and indeed it was. I wonder if William Castle would be more highly regarded as a filmmaker if he hadn't gone in for the goofy gimmicks? Maybe. He did mostly lightweight drive-in horror flicks but some (like SARDONICUS) were pretty good in their own right.

[ET2SN]

I watched it with my Red and Blue 3D glasses.
It was like seeing it in real life.
:har:

In Iowa, it got colder and wind started to blow.
Just like the eclipse. :nope:

Curse you, Ohio. :O:

[Eichhörnchen]

You think I'm kidding.. :k_rofl:


https://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/82535-FS2004-Screenshots-Here!!!/page154


:Kaleun_Smile:

I've (re) created a monster. :yeah:

https://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/82535-FS2004-Screenshots-Here!!!?p=1332457&viewfull=1#post1332457

I like my flightsim screenshots - thank you for leading me back there, ET2SN :yeah: (Rawsthorne/Eichhörnchen)

[Eichhörnchen]

Already seeing the start here in Ohio.
Shouldn't someone be sacrificing a Virgin or something?

:har: All we've got is Tango589 - last seen in the galley

[Jeff-Groves]

:har: All we've got is Tango589

Only thing around here is Vegans.
:hmmm:

I did sacrifice a Starling with a .25 grain pellet. That seems to be working so far.

[ET2SN]

I like my flightsim screenshots (Rawsthorne/Eichhörnchen)

So do I. :Kaleun_Wink:
If SOH allows us to upload directly to the new forum in August, I have a few nifty ones I'll post. :D

[Eichhörnchen]

^ I'd like to achieve one showing a "Tsetse" Mozzie attacking a U-Boat - I've got plans for a painting of this some day :up:

[u crank]

We were just slightly off the path of totality. It started to get dark so I went and hid in the basement.


:D

[Eichhörnchen]

Lucky you, Marcel - we had one some years back and it was dead spooky. All the birds shut up - even Moira went quiet for a while :)

[u crank]

Lucky you, Marcel - we had one some years back and it was dead spooky. All the birds shut up - even Moira went quiet for a while :)

Yes it was spooky. Our back yard looked like a zombie movie scene.

[Aktungbby]

We were just slightly off the path of totality. It started to get dark so I went and hid in the basement.


:D... no doubt with a plate of cookies and milk:yeah::shucks: https://p19-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast8-p-0068-tx2/owBeAFhFMFgHZEAEImED54fEQ8MIAsPAEVohDR~tplv-photomode-zoomcover:720:720.jpeg?x-expires=1712865600&x-signature=5%2Fcbk11oq0jZl9eMOIkcETw1fQE%3D:Kaleun_ Salivating::Kaleun_Party:

[ET2SN]

Lucky you, Marcel - we had one some years back and it was dead spooky. All the birds shut up - even Moira went quiet for a while :)

You realize, of course, that at some point she's going to read your post. :o
The rest of us will know when that happens. :yep:

"We had canned soup for dinner."
"Oh? What kind?"
"I don't know, I only got the empty can.."

:O:

[Eichhörnchen]

^ This how I roll - it gets me out of most things :D :-

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2906379&postcount=2427

[Rockstar]

That certainly takes the wind out of her argument.

[Jeff-Groves]

Eichhörnchen
Just had a conversation with Nancy Lady.

Me: I'm not an idiot!

Her: 'Side long look with squinted eyes, head tilted'

Me: Well. Not all the time!

Her: OK. I'll give you that.

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Nancy must really love you to give you that :haha:

[Jeff-Groves]

She hasn't smothered me with a pillow yet so?
At lest She likes me enough to keep me around.
:03:

[Aktungbby]

Eichhörnchen
Just had a conversation with Nancy Lady.

Me: I'm not an idiot!

Her: 'Side long look with squinted eyes, head tilted'

Me: Well. Not all the time!

Her: OK. I'll give you that.

^ Nancy must really love you to give you that :haha:

She hasn't smothered me with a pillow yet so?
At lest She likes me enough to keep me around.
:03: You're an illiterate idiot; Sidelong, in this context, is one word Sidelong definition 1. : made to one side or out of the corner of one's eye. a sidelong glance.:hmph::know:

[Rockstar]

Oh lord help us all Aktungbby has been possessed by Sailor Steve. :salute:

[Jeff-Groves]

There was no discussion of what Class Idiot I was at that moment.
I can describe the EXACT type idiot I was when I posted.
A forgetful Idiot! I should have known full well you'd call me out!
:03::har:

[Aktungbby]

Oh lord help us all; Aktungbby has been possessed by Sailor Steve. :salute: Fixed!:shucks:https://media0.giphy.com/media/tr4R2iLK3k5i0/200w.gif?cid=6c09b95211v1cd2mioza9crtgktd0qfmgi352 5sdd4q6uspo&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.gif&ct=g

[Rockstar]

Fixed!:shucks:https://media0.giphy.com/media/tr4R2iLK3k5i0/200w.gif?cid=6c09b95211v1cd2mioza9crtgktd0qfmgi352 5sdd4q6uspo&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.gif&ct=g

just what is the ####### point you are trying to ####### make?

[mapuc]

A scientific approach

OK, there's not much chance you missed it, given the amount of coverage everywhere. There were countless articles online and so many TV items during the news letting you know how to view it safely, you can't have missed all of them.

https://www.iflscience.com/there-was-a-concerning-spike-in-certain-google-searches-right-after-the-us-eclipse-73733?

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

Oh lord help us all Aktungbby has been possessed by Sailor Steve. :salute:

My very first thought :har:

[Aktungbby]

just what is the ####### point you are trying to ####### make?

My very first thought :har:

...in honor of our departed moderators' birthday, somebody's gotta fill in: cross 't's, dot 'i's, and punctuate participles...dangling or otherwise!:O:...@ Eich: and avoid going down stairs to retrieve pizza deliveries; which was the beginnig of Steve's end!

[Eichhörnchen]

Might I suggest a new Subsim game in Steve's honour and call it "Whack-a-Spelling" (this scans better than Whack-a-Grammar)?

So, for example, I might answer Vinny's post with a great big Whack since he got his apostrophe in the wrong place - too late to edit it now, Vinny. :haha:

[mapuc]

Might I suggest a new Subsim game in Steve's honour and call it "Whack-a-Spelling" (this scans better than Whack-a-Grammar)?

So, for example, I might answer Vinny's post with a great big Whack since he got his apostrophe in the wrong place - too late to edit it now, Vinny. :haha:

Well then I should prepare myself for being whacked many times per day.

Markus

[Aktungbby]

Might I suggest a new Subsim game in Steve's honour and call it "Whack-a-Spelling" (this scans better than Whack-a-Grammar)?

So, for example, I might answer Vinny's post with a great big Whack since he got his apostrophe in the wrong place - too late to edit it now, Vinny. :haha::timeout:...which of my myriad apostrophes are you referring to?:k_confused:

[Eichhörnchen]

moderators'

To form the possessive noun of our singular Sailor Steve you should've placed your apostrophe between the r and the s - putting it on the end describes more than one moderator :yep:

[Aktungbby]

moderators'

To form the possessive noun of our singular Sailor Steve you should've placed your apostrophe between the r and the s - putting it on the end describes more than one moderator :yep:....well...duh:shucks::timeout::damn::Kaleun_ Mad: :cry: :88)

[Jimbuna]

Might I suggest a new Subsim game in Steve's honour and call it "Whack-a-Spelling" (this scans better than Whack-a-Grammar)?

So, for example, I might answer Vinny's post with a great big Whack since he got his apostrophe in the wrong place - too late to edit it now, Vinny. :haha:

I really don't want to become involved in this but in all honesty, very few if any truly knew Steve's feelings on the matter so I would respectfully suggest this is not a good idea Glynn.

I make the above statement based on literally dozens of conversations Steve and I had on the subject matter over the years.

[Eichhörnchen]

^ You're right of course - I was (I think) just kidding - only the idea made me giggle a little :Kaleun_Salute:

[ET2SN]

^ You're right of course - I was (I think) just kidding - only the idea made me giggle a little :Kaleun_Salute:

What ever, I was wondering if your M-I-L's fence had kicked your ###. :hmmm:

We're a special bunch.
:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:


This is how I explain Subsim to Normies who ask, "Do you have a cooking thread?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvtiv_J7ckU

[Eichhörnchen]

^ The fence fell down again (well the bit I'd tried to fix anyway) - fingers crossed I've done a better job this time :D

[Jimbuna]

^ You're right of course - I was (I think) just kidding - only the idea made me giggle a little :Kaleun_Salute:

Appreciated mate :Kaleun_Applaud:

[ET2SN]

My favorite armament in T.A.B.S. :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfPK_VS7zvA


Its *bligum*. :yeah: