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  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Interesting Items....
    When I was at school, I ran the astronomy club. We had quite a little gang, and had our sights on the 1999 eclipse (which was like 20+...
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  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Interesting Items....
    Charter Concorde, I believe they do away-days to Cairo.
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Interesting Items....
    Here's my curated pick of YouTube eclipse coverage, all from Spain or the Balearics: (long view only) (close-up, then long view)...
  • O
    Owen Smith replied to the thread Media mistakes.
    Absolutely, those things should be illegal to buy and illegal to use.
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Media mistakes.
    That includes anyone launching a sky lantern, whether the weather is dry or not. "Just a bit of fun"... yeah, right, so fire-bombing a...
  • O
    Owen Smith replied to the thread Media mistakes.
    They're not rumours, it's true for some of the wildfires on the moors in Yorkshire. I'm not generally in favour of capital punishment...
  • O
    Owen Smith reacted to Black Hole's post in the thread Interesting Items... with Like Like.
    The best ones are reflective rather than just dark.
  • O
    Owen Smith replied to the thread Interesting Items....
    6.5 minutes of totality. Centre line goes pretty much through Luxor. I'd love to go, imagine 6.5 minutes of totality in the temple at...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Interesting Items....
    The best ones are reflective rather than just dark.
  • O
    Owen Smith replied to the thread Interesting Items....
    That's why I stick with the glasses that came with my RGO 1999 book. I'm pretty confident they're the real thing.
  • O
    Owen Smith replied to the thread Interesting Items....
    My 1999 eclipse glasses are in equally perfect condition, being in the wallet in the back of my RGO book for the 1999 Eclipse on my...
  • O
    Owen Smith replied to the thread Interesting Items....
    I planned ahead and bought a 6 pack of eclipse glasses for the family.
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Interesting Items....
    Yes, it used to be on my regular route late at night (when Rosemary was still alive), and I did wonder why there were cars in a...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Site Slow-Down.
    I was getting timeouts (with partial page loads, very slow) some time around 5.30. The 504 thing kicked in after that.
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Expired server certificate.
    Could yesterday's forum outage have anything to do with this?
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