As Willow goes, so goes my nation.

Oz ,'Selfless'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Calli - Apr 07, 2024 5:25:12 am PDT #29625 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Yesterday I got a haircut and then went straight to an outdoor wine tasting with some friends. It was a glorious spring day—sunny and cool. Because it was cool I probably stayed in the sun longer than I should have, but only got a little pink. Then I came home and potted up 15 jade plants from the one that fell down and became a jade plant nursery a few years ago. I’ve already given away 9 to friends and coworkers. 14 will be going out for members of the local Buy Nothing group to nab, and I’ll keep one.


-t - Apr 07, 2024 6:55:29 am PDT #29626 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Train has not moved in about 12 hours and probably at least 3 more before we can. So this is not going according to plan. Winter Park, CO is very pretty in the snow, though


Laura - Apr 07, 2024 7:06:07 am PDT #29627 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

What is the train like? I'd love to go on a train excursion.


Laura - Apr 07, 2024 7:08:28 am PDT #29628 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

My sister and other family (and my summer home) is in the path so it has been madness up there. They are predicting that many people will just have to view on the backed up routes. It is only a two lane road where they are. Big festivities planned in town, but Mona thinks she will just stay in Otter Lake because of the traffic issue.

eta: Otter Lake, NY 2m 32.9s per the website stuff


-t - Apr 07, 2024 7:22:27 am PDT #29629 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The train is nice - we’re in coach, which is more comfortable than a plane and you can wander up to the “lounge car” and have meals in the dining car and get off take a quick break from being on the train at some of the stops. Not the most comfortable sleeping, but not too bad. The scenery has been pretty spectacular whether we were looking out our window from our own seats or the observation car and the people we have been sitting near or were seated with for meals have been nice


Steph L. - Apr 07, 2024 7:28:57 am PDT #29630 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Tim's brother and some of his adult kids (and their kids) are camping this weekend in Indiana, right in the path of totality. (Most of Cincinnati is literally 99% totality, although some very far western areas will get 1 minute or less of totality.) So we're going to drive out to brother's campsite tomorrow for the eclipse and just hope that traffic will be tolerable if we leave the house at 9 a.m. It looks like the forecast for tomorrow (at least where we're going in Indiana) is relatively clear, so we may be in luck.


Laura - Apr 07, 2024 7:48:09 am PDT #29631 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I'm excited for friends and family in the path. I'll be watching on television! I could have gone up and watched with family, but it didn't make any sense. My son in Rome, NY is at 99.95% totality so I need to encourage him to visit his cousins and aunt.


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 07, 2024 10:01:09 am PDT #29632 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

We've decided to just view the eclipse from my back yard since I have a wide open treeless square adjacent to outdoor furniture. I've heard reports that the city's population will double with all the visiting eclipse watchers—an unprecedented thing for a non-tourist area. No sign of extra people mobbing the restaurants last night when we went out to celebrate Mom's 85th birthday. Maybe they're arriving today (or getting stuck on the highways tomorrow)?


DavidS - Apr 07, 2024 10:18:36 am PDT #29633 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I've heard reports that the city's population will double with all the visiting eclipse watchers—an unprecedented thing for a non-tourist area.

I think Emmett is going to be in Arkansas for the totality. He and EM and her partner, Wayne, have been driving up from Austin.


dcp - Apr 07, 2024 10:52:32 am PDT #29634 of 30000
Useta-could.

I'm headed for Ola AR as my first choice. Remote enough I'm hoping to avoid crowds/traffic.

eta: if he takes Hwy 71 north from Texarkana, the closer he gets to De Queen the longer the time of totality will be.