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Retired with nothing going on for the day, so decided this will be our last opportunity at our age to see another total eclipse. Drove about 2-hrs to be on the centerline down in Ohio. For us it was well worth the experience.

Was just outside the prime zone so didn't see totality of it but had a nice afternoon out in the yard, great weather and a nice clear sky. Taken with my telescope + camera. Could find the right pc to fit between the camera and scope so really was just the camera using the scope as a 2000mm lens, would have like to have gotten the sun/moon in a full shot.

XtremeIdiots would like to wish all members celebrating their birthday today a happy birthday. Milla (57)Don --

Taken with phone. The cool one was a friends phone with a camera filter.

Wasn't traveling 80 miles to experience 5 minutes of darkness under a mostly cloudy sky; can experience ~12 hrs. of that tonite. Here's what it looked like at maximum occlusion as the sun peeked out for 6 seconds. W00T.

Let start with your clan name? NinjaBazZa Do you have any nicknames? Personal or in game? Bazza , Baswell , Basil the usual variations of my name When and where were you born? Dorset, England When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Army or Police Where have you lived? Mostly South of England What got you into gaming? Something to do while relaxing Your first game you played? Pong (Old School) And what do you play now? COD4 and GTA5 sometimes Why did you join XI? Played on the freeze tag server and liked playing with the friendly players then was asked to join the clan. What do you get from being in this clan? The friendly banter with everyone and having a laugh with all the players What is your favorite hobby? Being with the family What is your favorite travel destination? Not really travelled that much but Florida was a nice place to visit. Are you married? Yes Do you have children? Yes 3 Kids 1 Son and 2 Daughters What kind of pets do you have, if any? What are their names? 3 Cats :Snagglepuss .Stanley and Maxipuss Are you a sports fan? If so, what is your favorite team? Yes i support Southampton FC What is your current job title? Sales assistant selling furniture Where do you work? Company called A World of Furniture in Dorset What other job titles have you had in your career? To many to say but most in my younger days Where else have you worked? Wood machining, Mobile Homes building the internal walls Why did you choose to work in your industry? Looking for a job and found this job as a delivery driver before being a sales assistant Why do you like your job? Meeting many various people and trying to sell them some furniture How would you describe your career? Varied If you could give a younger person career advice, what would it be? Be more confident in yourself What do you hope to accomplish in your career? Retire What is your favourite sport? Football and F1 motorsport If you were granted 1 wish, what would you wish for? For my family and friends to have a healthy life Here are some pictures from Florida trip 2019 because they are the only ones on my computer. LOL

Maps sometimes have fake places to prevent plagiarism. Plagiarism can be hard to avoid for mapmakers. After all, what should they do? Invent new places? You’d be surprised to know some mapmakers do just that. Cartographers can add wrong streets, fake towns, or other landmarks to prove whether a competitor mapmaker is copying their work.

Standard CD’s are always 74 minutes long. Sony and Philips set the standard CD length in 1980 as 74 minutes based on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. The executives decided that the standard CD should be able to fit the Ninth Symphony, giving it a 74-minute length.

The remote control was invented earlier than the television. 30 years before the first digital television, Nikola Tesla invented a “teleautomaton” that could control certain devices at a distance through radio waves. His first remote-controlled device was a remote-contolled boat in 1898. Since then, people adapted the wired remote for television. However, due to injuries, they developed it further to be a wireless remote.

Pencils are yellow because of Chinese royalty. In the 1800s, the best graphite in the world came from China. The Americans wanted to give a tribute to the Chinese for the graphite used in their pencils. Yellow means royalty and respect in China, which is why the Americans manufactured their pencils in yellow. To this day, the default color for pencils is still yellow.

Before the computer mouse was known as a mouse, it was known as the turtle. Manufacturers of the early versions of the computer mouse called it a turtle, because of its hard shell and moving part underneath.

Happy Birthday to you both.

You can see four states from Chicago's Willis Tower. Formerly known as the Sears Tower. If you go to the top you can see Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head. Praying mantises are the only known insects able to rotate their heads from side to side.

Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell. On the Liberty Bell, Pennsylvania is misspelled as “Pensylvania.” However, it was an accepted spelling at that time.

"Underground" is the only English word that begins and ends with the letters "-und." There’s another one of the useless facts you can actually use to sound smart.

Germans eat twice as much chocolate as Americans. At 11.3 kg of chocolate consumed each year, Germans eat twice the amount of chocolate that Americans do.

Soda fountain workers were called soda jerks The workers were called soda jerks because of the jerking motion used to pump soda water.

The cream in a Twinkie isn’t really cream. The sweet, buttery filling in Twinkies is actually Crisco – otherwise known as vegetable shortening.

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Wow @blackwidow! Those are some crazy cool pics! This one looks like it was taken straight out of a 70s horror movie...

Just kidding @Timmah! I found that on the internet, I got a crap photo.

I was able to get a decent picture from my place in Arkansas.

We were in the path of totality. Was pretty neat!

OOOOHHHH!!!! Look at meee!! I was in the path of Totality!!! OOOHHH!!!