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Speaking of the Eclipse....

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  • RenaudaR Renauda

    Pretty sure it’s pronounced cicahda in the parts of this country where they occur.

    Don’t have them outbhere, so it’s a
    matter of tomato vs toemato or potato vs potaeta.

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    @Renauda said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

    Pretty sure it’s pronounced cicahda in the parts of this country where they occur.

    Don’t have them put here, so it’s a
    matter of tomato vs toemato or potato vs potaeta.

    Americans correcting the British on their pronounciation is nothing new.

    Some fucker will pipe up in a minute and say 'back in medieval times everybody in England sounded exactly like John Wayne, you know!'

    I was only joking

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      At one time all the Americans sounded like Anthony Hopkins.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • MikM Mik

        At one time all the Americans sounded like Anthony Hopkins.

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        @Mik said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

        Anthony Hopkins.

        Who is a US Citizen, by the way.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          I rest my case.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • RenaudaR Renauda

            Allah calls “snack time”.

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            @Renauda said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

            Allah calls “snack time”.

            😂

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            • MikM Mik

              At one time all the Americans sounded like Anthony Hopkins.

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              @Mik said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

              At one time all the Americans sounded like Anthony Hopkins.

              Welsh?

              I was only joking

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                @Mik said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

                At one time all the Americans sounded like Anthony Hopkins.

                Welsh?

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                @Doctor-Phibes said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

                @Mik said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:
                At one time all the Americans sounded like Anthony Hopkins.

                Welsh?

                Probably. I'm not sure I could understand either.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • George KG George K

                  @Mik said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

                  Anthony Hopkins.

                  Who is a US Citizen, by the way.

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                  @George-K said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

                  @Mik said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

                  Anthony Hopkins.

                  Who is a US Citizen, by the way.

                  Actually dual British/American citizenship.

                  Elbows up!

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                  • RenaudaR Renauda

                    @George-K said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

                    @Mik said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

                    Anthony Hopkins.

                    Who is a US Citizen, by the way.

                    Actually dual British/American citizenship.

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                    @Renauda said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

                    Actually dual British/American citizenship.

                    The worst best of both worlds!

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      @mark that is awesome, thanks for doing the work and sharing!

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                      • 89th8 89th

                        @mark that is awesome, thanks for doing the work and sharing!

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                        @89th said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

                        @mark that is awesome, thanks for doing the work and sharing!

                        Thanks 89th! It's just fun. I don't consider it work. Nobody pays me for it.

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                        • RenaudaR Renauda

                          Total eclipses are seen every 18 months on some part of the globe.

                          https://www.space.com/25644-total-solar-eclipses-frequency-explained.html

                          How is it then that only when eclipses are to be seen somewhere in North America that the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse hearld the event? Ridiculous superstition still governs the minds of many.

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                          @Renauda said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

                          Ridiculous superstition still governs the minds of many.

                          Yes because standing outside wearing tin foil glasses and holding colanders up to sunlight is, like, not at all weird.

                          Please love yourself.

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                            Very cool @mark

                            They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                              Screenshot_20240408_232050_Facebook.jpeg

                              They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                              • George KG George K

                                Yup.

                                Climate change.

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                                @George-K said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

                                Yup.

                                Climate change.

                                Whoopie, the voice of science and reason!

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                                • markM mark

                                  I took 271 photos of it today from my back patio.

                                  89.1% Partial Eclipse. Decided to stay home this time.
                                  Canon 50D on a fixed tripod w/18-200mm Zoom at 200mm f5.6 1/1600 sec exposures, ISO 100. Baader Planitarium Solar Film Filter.

                                  271 photos aligned, registered and output to avi movie format using PIPP (Planetary Imaging Pre-Processor)
                                  It's not perfect, but it's still pretty cool.

                                  Link to video

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                                  @mark said in Speaking of the Eclipse....:

                                  I took 271 photos of it today from my back patio.

                                  89.1% Partial Eclipse. Decided to stay home this time.
                                  Canon 50D on a fixed tripod w/18-200mm Zoom at 200mm f5.6 1/1600 sec exposures, ISO 100. Baader Planitarium Solar Film Filter.

                                  271 photos aligned, registered and output to avi movie format using PIPP (Planetary Imaging Pre-Processor)
                                  It's not perfect, but it's still pretty cool.

                                  Link to video

                                  👍 👍 👍

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                                    The eclipse from space.

                                    https://dlmultimedia.esa.int/download/public/videos/2024/04/014/2404_014_AR_EN.mp4

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                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                        POTD. But the day was yesterday.

                                        They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                                          You can be MTG stupid. You can be Lauren Boebert stupid.

                                          Buy you'll never achieve Hank Johnson Sheila Jackson Lee stupid.

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                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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