Totality

[Lee Stockwell]

How many here live in the path of totality?

Will it cut into your cleaning schedule Monday?

 

[Desk Jockey]

99% here

 

[hogjowl]

It's really going to screw up my sleeping schedule

 

[Old Coastie]

I dont give a fiddler's fare thee well.
About the eclipse or the nap.

 

[BradFenstermaker]

99.5 % but driving an HR to 100%.
I rescheduled so my family could experience it together.

Hope the weather is good.

 

[Charlie Lyman]

99.5% here. I only have two jobs that day. I scheduled around it. Out of towners will be driving stupid and clogging up our already under engineered roads.

 

[hogjowl]

I wonder if Jimmys wife will let him watch it?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Traffic extremely heavy here already, but we are in the 100% area so I'll stay home until the crowd thins out.

Like Y2K all over again.

 

[jcooper]

I think Chicago is like 80-85% or so.

It's a big day for us, my 6yr old starts 1st grade and it's my 3yr olds birthday. Dad/me has the day off.


It's a big deal around here. My father in law and his three sons are heading to SIU Carbondale, IL (100%). He met his wife there(school) and two of his kids and myself went to siu, nice reason for him to go back.

 

[Mikey P]

Bend Oregon ran out of gas YESTERDAY.

Tom and I should have a hell of a veiw on Monday if we don't forget.

 

[Zee]

I don't care... I'm only kind of worried about earthquakes.

 

[Dolly Llama]

don't know where NE Ohio fits in in the viewing
But it'll be just another day in my world as far as work

Years ago I got to see one in just about as perfect circumstance as one could .
all by happenstance too

Mid/late 80s I was working at the shop and happened to be welding at the time.
half hour on/half hour off job.
Work area right near the door to outside
Blue bird sunny day
Had no clue there was an eclipse that day til I heard some guys talking about it

welding helmet in hand, I walked outside and gazed at the event

it was pretty cool for sure

..L.T.A.

 

[BIG WOOD]

I'm gonna try and work. but there gonna be double the population of my county on the road in my area that the smart people are predicting, so I'll probably be late to my scheduled job. I'll take a 2minute break when the big ball gets in the way of the sun.

 

[Mark Saiger]

Work, Work, Work for us here too...

Haven't even looked at what time or who much we might see up here....

 

[Desk Jockey]

I'm letting all my employees off for 30-minutes to see it.

We generally call it lunch but if they want to call it Eclipse watching Monday so be it.

 

[Jack Zipper Zerkie]

no not here in fl. but if it was I would wear my dads welding helmet.

 

[Desk Jockey]

no not here in fl. but if it was I would wear my dads welding helmet.

I was at Lowes last night and a father and his three kids were buying welding goggles.

 

[steve_64]

I was at Lowes last night and a father and his three kids were buying welding goggles.

Bet they return them Tuesday lol

 

[Desk Jockey]

I bet you are right!

 

[Mikey P]

If the sun is being covered, why can't you look?

Just not that into it to do the research

 

[FredC]

If the sun is being covered, why can't you look?

Just not that into it to do the research

at totality you can

before and after you'll burn your retinas causing permanent damage

you basically fry the nerve tissue like you would ants with a magnifying glass

might also witness miracles

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Welding goggles are NOT adequate for eye protection!!!

 

[rwcarpet]

I couldn't give a flying f*%k. If I happen to be in a room cleaning, Ill turn the friggin' light on for a minute, or two. A weather report that I just seen shows a good portion of the area with cloud cover. I have a brother and sister in law that will be in Vegas just to see it. And gamble. And drink.

 

[Cleanworks]

So it's going to go dark for a few minutes. Big deal, that's happened to me a few times in the past. I bet Bawb can relate to that.

 

[Dolly Llama]

Welding goggles are NOT adequate for eye protection!!!

beat me to it
the goggles are for acetylene torch with a 5 or 6 darkness rating ..they're NOT suitable for looking at the sun
You need a #10 or 12 (Like used for arc and MIG welding)

.L.T.A.

 

[BradFenstermaker]

Good possibility that Man and his kids will have permanent eye damage.
I think the eclipse craze has gotten alot out of hand.

Good time to be an eye doctor on Tuesday.

I checked out my $2 glasses with a few test so I could feel good about my family looking through them.

 

[Nate The Great]

I remember the last one 27+ years ago.. Same shit, different day.. Haileys Comet too..

 

[Zee]

I remember the last one 27+ years ago.. Same shit, different day.. Haileys Comet too..

Yeah but at least Halley's comet brought along a space ship and some of the lucky ones -with their Nikes on- were able to check outta here.
I've been by the house where they transitioned from, to their spaceride....I was looking for another portal or a sign that maybe have been left behind for some other lucky ones that couldn't offer the uniform with the Nikes... Maybe I'll come accross a secondary exit to the spaceships for those of us only sporting a NewBalance or FUBU.

 

[rick imby]

I'm driving 5 hours to be totally in the dark----

Stanley Idaho area

 

[Able 1]

Welding goggles are NOT adequate for eye protection!!!

My kids are going to watch it through my welding mask.. They say 12 is good..