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Wednesday Night Open Thread

by John Cole|  April 3, 20247:35 pm| 74 Comments

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It appears I can take building an ark off my to do list, as the rain has finally subsided. Up next, a temperature drop and snow flurries. Maybe Arizona summers aren’t that bad after all?

At any rate, I am doing quite well, and stopped taking the as needed meds I was prescribed two years two weeks ago. Been busy with work, doing things around the house, and taking Callie for walks.

I wish I had more to say, but I am just pooped. I’ve stuck with my sleeping schedule I had out west and am going to bed shortly after sundown and getting up at the crack of dawn, so by this time at night I am spent. But a good tired.

The eclipse was today, right? I couldn’t tell a difference between the eclipse and the usual shitty weather around here.

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    1. 1.

      Baud

      April 3, 2024 at 7:35 pm

      Eclipse is next week.

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      mrmoshpotato

      April 3, 2024 at 7:43 pm

      @Baud: What day?

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      Old School

      April 3, 2024 at 7:44 pm

      @mrmoshpotato: The eclipse is Monday.

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      Tom Levenson

      April 3, 2024 at 7:47 pm

      @Old School: Yup. Spouse and I are going to be making a mad dash to VT in Monday a.m.’s wee hours (unless the heavens are unkind).

      Assuming we haven’t misjudged the traffic and the skies stay open and all that, it will be my third total eclipse. All of which were visible from the United States. (I was in Hawaii in 1991, Oregon in 2016.)

      Fingers X’d

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    5. 5.

      mrmoshpotato

      April 3, 2024 at 7:48 pm

      Hope the backyard has drained and the dog walks have been fun.

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      OzarkHillbilly

      April 3, 2024 at 7:48 pm

      Maybe Arizona summers aren’t that bad after all?

      Up on the Navajo Res they aren’t bad at all. Can’t say much about the S, AZ mountain ranges but the S. New Mex mountain ranges are just fine in summer as well. YMMV.

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      Snarki, child of Loki

      April 3, 2024 at 7:49 pm

      Yeah, something with Garfield “Monday: Moon ate the Sun. I hate Monday”.

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    8. 8.

      Scout211

      April 3, 2024 at 7:49 pm

      At any rate, I am doing quite well

      That is so good to hear, John.

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    9. 9.

      OzarkHillbilly

      April 3, 2024 at 7:49 pm

      @Tom Levenson: My 2nd.

      @Scout211: Indeed.

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      mrmoshpotato

      April 3, 2024 at 7:49 pm

      @Old School: Partly cloudy forecast for Chicago.

      Reply
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      bbleh

      April 3, 2024 at 7:53 pm

      @mrmoshpotato: @Old School: for about half an hour either side of 3pm EDT, roughly.

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    12. 12.

      Mike S

      April 3, 2024 at 7:54 pm

      Maybe Arizona summers aren’t that bad after all?

      108 is the AVERAGE temp in July. Last year?

      From June 30 -July 30, 2023, Phoenix experienced a record-breaking 31 straight days at or above 110 degrees.

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    13. 13.

      sab

      April 3, 2024 at 7:56 pm

      Cleveland is counting on a huge tourist boom for the eclipse, but we had floods this week, are expecting snow later, and hope the sun will come out on Monday.

      Meanwhile our governments told us to stay home because of hordes of tourists. So we don’t even get to enjoy our own once in a lifetime full eclipse.

      My spouse says I am misguided (“full of shit” were his actual words). Just because or government suggests we stay home doesn’t mean we have to.

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      WaterGirl

      April 3, 2024 at 7:58 pm

      @sab: I am with your husband on this.  Screw that, go see the eclipse.

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      H.E.Wolf

      April 3, 2024 at 7:59 pm

      @Mike S: 31 straight days at or above 110 degrees.​

       Count me out. :)

      I spent 3 weeks in July, 3 summers in a row, on the University of NV – Las Vegas campus. The temperatures were very similar to AZ.

      In order to miss the worst of the heat, I was up every morning with the birds, all of whom were cooling their feet in the puddles left by the pre-dawn sprinkler system. I really, really wanted to join them.

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      sab

      April 3, 2024 at 7:59 pm

      @Mike S: But no humidity. It’s a dry heat. My Ohio mom remembering Texas summer used to stay “it’s still a hot heat.”

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      mrmoshpotato

      April 3, 2024 at 8:00 pm

      @Mike S:

      From June 30 -July 30, 2023, Phoenix experienced a record-breaking 31 straight days at or above 110 degrees.

      But it’s a dry heat! 🥵😱

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      mrmoshpotato

      April 3, 2024 at 8:02 pm

      @sab:

      Meanwhile our govrnments told us to stay home because of hordes of tourists. So we don’t even get to enjoy our own once in a lifetime full eclipse. 

      And you’re not even allowed to go outside?

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      Bill Arnold

      April 3, 2024 at 8:03 pm

      @Tom Levenson:
      My second. First was August 2017. This one can be a long day trip, but might also include a brief visit to northwestern Vermont (also on the path), to visit relatives who want visitors. Or Plattsburgh, NY, which has the virtue of being right off the Northway (I87).
      I restrict myself to one look per day at long-range forecasts.

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      Mike S

      April 3, 2024 at 8:06 pm

      John calling the dogs in with a dry 110 degrees.

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    21. 21.

      Jackie

      April 3, 2024 at 8:07 pm

      Glad you and Callie are getting daily walks! Who enjoys them more – you or Callie? And do you wear your tie-dyed overalls?😉

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      Melancholy Jaques

      April 3, 2024 at 8:07 pm

      @sab:

      Cleveland also hosts the women’s Final Four this weekend.

      Hotels gotta be jammed.

      Reply
    23. 23.

      Melancholy Jaques

      April 3, 2024 at 8:08 pm

      So, Wisconsin people, what’s your take on the ballot issues?

      Reply
    24. 24.

      BruceFromOhio

      April 3, 2024 at 8:08 pm

      @sab: The Women’s NCAA Basketball Final Four is in town this weekend as well. Monday is Opening Day for the Cleveland Guardians, as well as the alien invasion disguised as a cosmic event.

      This can mean only one thing: it’s gonna snow.

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    25. 25.

      sab

      April 3, 2024 at 8:09 pm

      @mrmoshpotato: They are afraid we will all go to the local or especially the local national park and upset the tourists.

      I was intending to be in my own backyard, but husband and his sister say no, other plans. Fuck the dog and cats feelings.

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      sab

      April 3, 2024 at 8:10 pm

      @BruceFromOhio: Yes! Snow.

      It snows a lot in Iowa. They will handle it.

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      OzarkHillbilly

      April 3, 2024 at 8:11 pm

      Just going to point out that elevation makes a big difference. Phoenix is nothing at all like the North Rim.

      Also, while I am going down to Arkansas for my 2nd full solar eclipse, if it wasn’t for all the old caving friends I will get to hang out with for the wkend, I wouldn’t bother.

      To me it is not some life changing event, just another mathematical/physics phenomenon up in the sky.

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      KrackenJack

      April 3, 2024 at 8:16 pm

      @sab: Way I’ve heard it:

      “It’s a dry heat.”

      “So is a crematorium.”

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      Dorothy A. Winsor

      April 3, 2024 at 8:16 pm

      It poured rain yesterday and snowed today here too. I’m ready for some sun.

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      sab

      April 3, 2024 at 8:18 pm

      @BruceFromOhio: A lot of out-of-towners watching SNL who have laughed at Cleveland for 25 years will find out that it is a fun town, with a lot of good restaurants that you don’t have to book years in advance.

      Plus a great lake that looks like an ocean (also too the Orchestra and the Art Museum, but these crowds won’t care about those.

      Also a music scene. Plus the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.+

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      mrmoshpotato

      April 3, 2024 at 8:21 pm

      @sab:

      They are afraid we will all go to the local or especially the local national park and upset the tourists. 

      Haha!  Why would any of the locals do that when you can go anytime of the year?

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      lowtechcyclist

      April 3, 2024 at 8:21 pm

      It appears I can take building an ark off my to do list, as the rain has finally subsided. Up next, a temperature drop and snow flurries. Maybe Arizona summers aren’t that bad after all?

      C’mon, John, sing along with John Denver:

      Hey, it’s good to be back home again
      Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend
      Yes, and hey, it’s good to be back home again

      Country roads, take me home
      To the place I belong
      West Virginia, Mountain Mama
      Take me home, country roads

      :d&r:

      ETA: As a palate cleanser, here’s my favorite Doonesbury strip about John Denver.

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    33. 33.

      ljdramone

      April 3, 2024 at 8:22 pm

      @sab: Cleveland is in the path of totality, so you can just go outside at about 3:13 pm on Monday and be in the moon’s shadow.  It will be dark, and you may be able to see twilight all 360° around the horizon.

      Wife and I are going to be on the shore of Lake Erie about halfway between Cleveland and Erie PA.  This will be my third solar eclipse.  First was when I was 9 years old in March 1970 (near Wallops Island, VA) and second was August 2017 (Madras, OR).

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    34. 34.

      NotMax

      April 3, 2024 at 8:23 pm

      Respite.

      Bears just wanna have fun.
      ;)

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    35. 35.

      sab

      April 3, 2024 at 8:24 pm

      @mrmoshpotato: Eclipse, duh.  Though I wouldn’t want to be out in the woods in the dark. I prefer daylit woods.

      Reply
    36. 36.

      Redshift

      April 3, 2024 at 8:26 pm

      @Bill Arnold: This will be my second, first was in 74 (I think) but that was in the days before eclipse glasses, so I only saw a pinhole projection.

      I have arrangements to go to Texas, but of course that’s not looking great right now. I have until Friday to decide whether to go somewhere else. (I have people I could stay with in Vermont or Indianapolis, so the lack of hotel wouldn’t be a problem.)

      I restrict myself to one look per day at long-range forecasts.

      WaPo has a cloud cover forecast that’s useful, since the regular forecasts aren’t really good for that. Bonus, it only updates once a day, so you’re not tempted to obsess over it.

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    37. 37.

      KrackenJack

      April 3, 2024 at 8:26 pm

      I’m coincidentally going to be meeting up with a friend in Austin early on Monday to go wandering around New Mexico for a week. Forecast looks like more clouds than sun. We’ll see.

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      MagdaInBlack

      April 3, 2024 at 8:27 pm

      @sab: ” The heart of rock ‘n’ roll is in Cleveland.” per Huey Lewis 🙂

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      sab

      April 3, 2024 at 8:27 pm

      @ljdramone: My boss ordered eclipse glasses so everyone can go up on the roof. But I will be 35 miles south at my sister in laws when I want to be home in the yard. Our yard is better than hers. Hers is urban and tiny.

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    40. 40.

      Brachiator

      April 3, 2024 at 8:28 pm

      A couple of questions for Apple device people.

      Anyone using these Apple Silicon MacBooks? M1 through M3 MacBooks.

      Is the battery life as good as advertised?

      Anybody using Parallels to run Windows?

      Reply
    41. 41.

      lowtechcyclist

      April 3, 2024 at 8:30 pm

      @MagdaInBlack:

      The heart of rock ‘n’ roll is in Cleveland.” per Huey Lewis 🙂

      And in Tulsa and Oklahoma City and a bunch of other places I can’t remember off the top of my head.

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    42. 42.

      Redshift

      April 3, 2024 at 8:31 pm

      @ljdramone:

      First was when I was 9 years old in March 1970

      Ah, 70, not 74. I can never remember when it was, other than “the 70s.”

      Reply
    43. 43.

      gwangung

      April 3, 2024 at 8:34 pm

      @Brachiator: Battery life is unreal. Easily three times as long from what I ever had with an Intel chip.

      (Sorry, don’t use Parallels).

      Reply
    44. 44.

      sab

      April 3, 2024 at 8:37 pm

      @lowtechcyclist: Possibly Memphis?

      Akron Ohio had a great music scene for years, because back in the day our clubs were not segregated. National acts coming to perform in Cleveland could come down to Akron and be welcome in an inclusive atmosphere. Their friends could come and watch them . Other performers could come and watch them. Mixed race attendance and nobody had a problem with it. My very white inlaws spent their courting youth in these clubs.

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    45. 45.

      lowtechcyclist

      April 3, 2024 at 8:38 pm

      @ljdramone:

      This will be my third solar eclipse.  First was when I was 9 years old in March 1970 (near Wallops Island, VA)

      Up in northern Virginia, it was just a partial eclipse. I remember being mildly disappointed.

      Reply
    46. 46.

      NotMax

      April 3, 2024 at 8:40 pm

      @sab

      Akron Ohio had a great music scene for years

      Ruibber soul?
      :)

      Reply
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      sab

      April 3, 2024 at 8:40 pm

      @ljdramone: Jealous. That sounds special.

      Reply
    48. 48.

      Brachiator

      April 3, 2024 at 8:41 pm

      I have friends and family in Texas and Oklahoma who may enjoy the solar eclipse, whether permitting.

      I will be observing the partial eclipse. Looking forward to it.

      Reply
    49. 49.

      sab

      April 3, 2024 at 8:42 pm

      @NotMax: Devo, Black Keys, Chrissie Hynde.  We are a very small city.

      Reply
    50. 50.

      rikyrah

      April 3, 2024 at 8:42 pm

       

      It’s always been Putin helping the Orange Menace.
      Like we didn’t already know this.
      That I am seeing this on TikTok, and not every news channel…
      Yet another reason why the MSM is useless.

      They can’t be bothered to do their phucking jobs and connect all the dots?🤬🤬🤬

      https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLBfg6rs/

      Reply
    51. 51.

      Betty Cracker

      April 3, 2024 at 8:42 pm

      Partly cloudy is the forecast here Monday, so I may or may not see the partial eclipse we’ll have in FL. In 2017, I had fancy glasses and all, but my favorite view was looking at the shadow through a colander over cardboard. Low tech but way cool!

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    52. 52.

      Jackie

      April 3, 2024 at 8:45 pm

      I don’t know how seriously to take this:

      “President Joe Biden’s campaign officials have been in private talks with Nebraska Democrats after Republicans in the state began pushing for changes that could close off one of the president’s clearest paths to reelection,” Politico reports.

      “The campaign has declined to comment on that push, which would turn Nebraska into a winner-take-all state in presidential elections, as opposed to one that allocates a portion of its Electoral College votes based on results in individual congressional districts.”

      “But the private outreach, confirmed by two people familiar with it and granted anonymity to speak freely, suggests that the Democratic Party — from the president on down — has begun to take more seriously the possibility of the legislation, known as LB 764, passing.”

      I’ve seen speculation (from Nebraska Dems) that should it get signed into law, it’ll be too late to change for this year’s election.

      Of course TIFG’s pushing this hard  – and wants to done asap.

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    53. 53.

      Martin

      April 3, 2024 at 8:46 pm

      @sab: The Black Keys are great.

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    54. 54.

      WaterGirl

      April 3, 2024 at 8:51 pm

      @ljdramone: Sounds lovely!

      @Jackie: I read that earlier.  Discouraging.

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    55. 55.

      lowtechcyclist

      April 3, 2024 at 8:52 pm

      @sab:

      DC, San Antone and the Liberty Town, Boston and Baton Rouge
      Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City Seattle, San Francisco, too

      Also New York and L.A. which the song leads off with, and Cleveland and Detroit thrown in at the end almost as an afterthought.

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    56. 56.

      Manyakitty

      April 3, 2024 at 8:54 pm

      @sab:

      @WaterGirl:

      I’m solving that by watching from home. Setting up food and chairs, ordered glasses months ago, even got a special eclipse shirt from a local retailer https://www.rubbercityclothing.com/sid-37f3795b-8d72-4abd-b5c0-73b6e14554b3/shop/home

      Reply
    57. 57.

      citizen dave

      April 3, 2024 at 8:55 pm

      Nebraska has a whopping 5 electoral college votes.  This amount should not be material in this election.  That said, eliminating the EC should be priority #1, IMHO; followed closely by SCOTUS terms of 18 years, with  one ending/one starting every two years, along with an end to Senate fuckery about who the President chooses.

      Sorry for the politics though.  I’m remembering the 1970s eclipse and pinhole viewer, etc…

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    58. 58.

      Ohio Mom

      April 3, 2024 at 8:56 pm

      Cole,
      Looks like from Bethany the sun will be 97% covered; the eclipse will start at 6 pm (next Monday), hit its peak at 7:15, and be completely over at 8:00. Which is probably when it gets dark for the night.

      http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2024_GoogleMapFull.html?Lat=40.19949&Lng=-80.56846&Elv=324.0&Zoom=11&LC=1

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    59. 59.

      citizen dave

      April 3, 2024 at 8:58 pm

      @Martin: Akron can also boast Ralph Carney, (late) uncle of Black Keys drummer Pat Carney.  Ralph provided great saxophone for Tom Waits.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Carney

      Reply
    60. 60.

      NotMax

      April 3, 2024 at 9:00 pm

      Blimp-eye view of the 1925 eclipse over NYC.

      Also too,

      >A final anecdote regarding the 1925 eclipse in New York City involved a rather unusual court case that was tried in a courtroom on the Upper East Side of Manhattan (Harlem) on the same day as the eclipse. It seems that on the night before the eclipse, three men were arrested and thrown in jail for apparently causing a ruckus thanks to the fact that they were drunk.

      According to The New York Times, “. . . they had come to their plight through overdoing a liquid celebration held as a preliminary to watching the eclipse.”

      The three men were brought before City Magistrate Richard F. McKiniry on the same afternoon following the eclipse.

      “You were in jail this morning when the eclipse took place?” inquired Judge McKiniry.
      “We were,” the three replied.
      “Well, I think you have been sufficiently punished,” Judge McKiniry said. “Discharged.”
      Source

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    61. 61.

      lowtechcyclist

      April 3, 2024 at 9:02 pm

      @citizen dave:

      Nebraska has a whopping 5 electoral college votes.  This amount should not be material in this election.

      There are scenarios where that Omaha CD could make the difference between 270-268 and a 269 tie.

      Stoopid Electoral College.

      ETA: For example, if you go to 270towin.com and assume that everything any shade of blue on the map will be won by Biden, and then he also wins PA, MI, and WI, but nothing else, he’s got exactly 270 EVs. But one of them is that Omaha CD.

      Reply
    62. 62.

      Ohio Mom

      April 3, 2024 at 9:05 pm

      @Ohio Mom: That’s all wrong, the time on tne chart is Greenwitch time, subtract 4: eclipse starts at around 2, reaches totality  at 3:15, ends around 4.

      My bad.

      Reply
    63. 63.

      danielx

      April 3, 2024 at 9:12 pm

      They are advertising camping, concerts, and every other damned thing in Indianapolis, all for a three minute event. Though if I remember the partial eclipse I saw once, the sky will begin to darken before the totality occurs.

      The weirdest part I remember is feeling the temperature drop – a none-too-subtle reminder of what a narrow comfort zone we all reside.

      Reply
    64. 64.

      Lyrebird

      April 3, 2024 at 9:13 pm

      @lowtechcyclist: …Detroit thrown in at the end almost as an afterthought.

      Aw, I dunno, the way they shout “DETROIT! … Mm, heart of rock ‘n roll…” has always sounded more like “best for last” to me.

      Reply
    65. 65.

      Spanky

      April 3, 2024 at 9:20 pm

      @Ohio Mom: I have no idea what time zone that is aligned with. The eclipse totality is around 3:15 PM EDT.

      Reply
    66. 66.

      Melancholy Jaques

      April 3, 2024 at 9:25 pm

      @sab:

      The Numbers Band, David Allan Coe.

      Reply
    67. 67.

      Brachiator

      April 3, 2024 at 9:27 pm

      Watching the April 8 Solar Eclipse

      NASA’s interactive Eclipse Explorer Map will allow users to track the total solar eclipse in real time on April 8 as it moves across North America. Use the tool ahead of time to search by zip code or city for eclipse timing, get real-time weather updates, percent of eclipse coverage, and even a corona prediction for locations in the path of totality.

      Reply
    68. 68.

      Layer8Problem

      April 3, 2024 at 9:29 pm

      @NotMax:  Well played!

      Reply
    69. 69.

      NotMax

      April 3, 2024 at 9:35 pm

      @MagdaInBlack

      Cleveland?

      Randy Newman, Burn On.

      Reply
    70. 70.

      cain

      April 3, 2024 at 9:40 pm

      @sab:

      I would make sure you take toiletries. When we had our solar eclipse in Oregon – people were stuck in traffic for 6+ hours. So make you pick a point where you can avoid the conversations otherwise make sure you plan to be stuck in a car

      Reply
    71. 71.

      Brachiator

      April 3, 2024 at 10:00 pm

      NY Post headline

      California’s $20 fast food minimum wage balloons menu prices — with some chains increasing costs by nearly $2

      First of all, $2 is not that much.

      Also, they used a photo of the menu at In n Out Burger to illustrate the point.

      Average In-N-Out Burger Associate hourly pay in California is approximately $19.66, which is 27% above the national average.

      Reply
    72. 72.

      frosty

      April 3, 2024 at 10:46 pm

      @sab: We are leaving for Findlay State Park (Ohio) on Saturday. This will be my 2nd Total, we were in Nashville at a TN State Park for the one in 2017. They charged us double for a campsite that weekend. Ohio didn’t get the message, just the regular rate.
      I’m hoping for clear skies but I’ll take what we get. I didn’t want to fly to Dallas … which apparently has more chance of clouds than New England. Go figure.​
       

      ETA Yes, I agree with the other commenters: screw the government’s traffic warnings. Get somewhere where you can see it. The difference between total and partial is the same as the difference between lightning and a lightning but (h/t Mark Twain).

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    73. 73.

      Paul in KY

      April 4, 2024 at 12:52 pm

      @Martin: I’ve seen them twice. 1st time not so good (IMO). 2nd time was much better. I like the guitarist much better than the drummer.

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      Paul in KY

      April 4, 2024 at 12:53 pm

      @Melancholy Jaques: I saw David Allen Coe at Breedings in Lexington, KY a long time ago. He did a pretty raunchy set. Maybe though not for David Allen Coe.

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