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Re: Eclipse
Board: Ryan's a Total Goober
Reply to: #950186 by Yosemite MJD
Aug 23, 2017 8:06am
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Well, after Monday, I want to be an umbraphile. My husband and I drove over 800 miles to get to South Carolina to see the eclipse. I woke at 4:30am on the 21st to check the latest weather, found out that our site was increasing it's chances of rain, and we got up and drove to places that had better outlooks for the weather at 2:40. At noon some clouds rolled in, we saw the first half of the eclipse with wispy clouds moving across the sun for two hours. It was lovely. At 2:20 the clouds stopped moving and we had clear skies for the next hour. Couldn't have been better. We are hooked and will probably go to Texas in 2024 even though totality will be within three hours of our CT home. The weather in April is not good, so I want better odds for clear skies and open expanse for my next viewing.
oh, and eclipse people are the most excited, welcoming, and friendly people I've ever met. Even a little nicer then deadheads in the 70's.
thanks for the glasses Ryan. I'm not blind, so they must have been up to code!
New project for Ryan
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Sep 5, 2017 4:26pm
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Re: New project for Ryan
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Reply to: #950953 by karmakat
Sep 5, 2017 5:15pm
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Off you go, Ryan. Send pictures!

;-)

Yosemite
(In my armchair, ready)
Re: New project for Ryan
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Reply to: #950956 by Yosemite MJD
Sep 9, 2017 3:54pm
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I'm too busy. You do it and tell me all about it. =)
Re: New project for Ryan
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Reply to: #951104 by Green Tortuga
Sep 10, 2017 12:34am
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2/3 of that trail is hiking alongside highways. I think my brother would opt out, too.
Re: Thanks for the Eclipse glasses Ryan!!!
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Reply to: #950357 by Green Tortuga
Sep 14, 2017 10:40am
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We were staying in Salt Lake for a family reunion, and went up to Rexburg, ID to see the eclipse. It took the usual 3 1/2 hours on Sunday afternoon to get to Rexburg. Just like Ryan's blog post warned, people started leaving as soon as totality finished. We waited until it was all finished, then had a leisurely lunch, packed up, and spent nearly an hour on the BYU-Idaho campus and in the bookstore (because I started their pre-program, Pathway this week, and will be enrolling there next year as an online student, and wanted to at least have been on campus once before graduating), and then we went and joined the traffic line. It took 10 1/2 hours to get back to our motel in Salt Lake, including a half-hour food stop in Blackfoot.

But our Prius spent most of that time in electric mode, so it took almost no gas on that trip. :)

And the traffic was totality worth it!
Re: Thanks for the Eclipse glasses Ryan!!!
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Reply to: #951262 by Romana
Sep 14, 2017 10:43am
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Now looking for friends in Texas who will be in the path of totality in 2024...who won't mind three people willing to sleep on couches and floors for two nights...

Romana
Re: Thanks for the Eclipse glasses Ryan!!!
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Reply to: #951263 by Romana
Sep 14, 2017 6:22pm
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You can camp out in my backyard. ;)
I think though, that i'm going to try to find some place closer to the center of totality, because it looks like it will be closer to four minutes there, as opposed to one minute at my house. Still have plenty of time to plan. :)
Re: Thanks for the Eclipse glasses Ryan!!!
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Reply to: #951288 by photopam
Sep 14, 2017 6:34pm
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I just checked the path and I don't even need to leave town ... 100%! There's a school track just around the block where I suspect many will camp out.
The launch of a new website!
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Apr 18, 2018 11:26pm
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Yes, I've done it again! I created another website! Because... well, I'm not sure exactly how many I have now, but I definitely know I needed another one. *nodding* =)

So, this evening.... I launched the latest and great website: Backcountry-Water.com!

I think it looks great! =)

-- Ryan
Re: The launch of a new website!
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Reply to: #959277 by Green Tortuga
Apr 19, 2018 5:05am
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Needed this Monday when I was teaching different treatment methods. ;)
Re: The launch of a new website!
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Reply to: #959277 by Green Tortuga
Apr 19, 2018 8:22am
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Nice job Ryan!
👍
AQversary
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Jun 4, 2018 8:28am
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Happy Cake Day. Thanks for all you do for our favorite obses...hobby!
Re: AQversary
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Reply to: #960782 by BEBO BEAR
Jun 4, 2018 6:07pm
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Thanks!

-- Ryan
Re: AQversary
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Reply to: #960782 by BEBO BEAR
Jun 4, 2018 6:31pm
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What BEBO said. You’re one of the good ones. I’d venture to say you are the most responsive webmasters out there.

Thanks and happy 🎈cake day! 🎉🎊
Re: AQversary
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Reply to: #960816 by DarkZen and Evil Cow Pie
Jun 4, 2018 9:47pm
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You’re one of the good ones. I’d venture to say you are the most responsive webmasters out there.

Let us not go overboard with such effusively positive comments. They are likely to go to his head, and then we will end up with nightly "Next Big Updates". Besides, rumor has it that the REAL brains behind this site has an AQ number significantly higher than #1. I can't recall the exact delta... either 1991, or (more likely) 5.
Re: AQversary
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Reply to: #960837 by u attamassaw
Jun 5, 2018 7:24pm
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Besides, rumor has it that the REAL brains behind this site . . .

Rumors like that tend to come out a LOT more often, whenever the turtle hits the trail. Hmmmmm . . . .
Yarn Bomb Day
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Jun 11, 2018 4:45pm
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Thank you Ryan.
☺️

S~N~K
Happy Birthday, Ryan!
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Jul 14, 2018 5:44am
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Or Happy Bastille Day, whichever you prefer to celebrate. Either way, Marie Antoinette misquote aside, I hope you have cake!
Re: Happy Birthday, Ryan!
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Reply to: #962430 by DebBee
Jul 14, 2018 5:54am
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Hip hip hurray!!
Re: Happy Birthday, Ryan!
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Reply to: #962430 by DebBee
Jul 14, 2018 6:59am
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Thanks! =)

-- Ryan
Re: Happy Birthday, Ryan!
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Reply to: #962430 by DebBee
Jul 14, 2018 7:05pm
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He seems to be getting older as the day goes by......

Ryan, Have a great one!

(You need to arrange for an eclipse on your bday. And an LB event. Make it so!)

Yosemite MJD
Re: Happy Birthday, Ryan!
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Reply to: #962432 by Green Tortuga
Jul 15, 2018 12:20am
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Throwing in my sentiments as well. Hope you had a wonderful day and cool weather to celebrate. How young are you now? smile.
Re: Happy Birthday, Ryan!
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Reply to: #962472 by Okie Dog
Jul 15, 2018 7:12am
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How young are you now?

I don't know.... it seems to keep changing faster than I can keep track of it! =)

-- Ryan
Elections
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Nov 6, 2018 8:02pm
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Does anyone else think Ryan would be a shoo-in for the GOOBERnatorial race? He just needs to watch out for that rogue bull-moose party candidate.
Hiking 4 Fun re: Scorpions
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Jul 12, 2019 5:07pm
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Ryan,

Scorpions, ick, ick, ick. They give me the wim-wams. Love snakes, spiders are creepy, tarantulas are ok, scorpions are the worst. Personal opinion.

Yosemite MJD
(Friend was bitten by a scorpion. Worst experience, even compared to being struck by lightning)
Re: Hiking 4 Fun Scorpions
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Reply to: #977193 by Yosemite MJD
Jul 12, 2019 6:45pm
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Friend was bitten by a scorpion. Worst experience, even compared to being struck by lightning

Your friend has some pretty terrible luck if they can give a first-hand account of being bitten by a scorpion and struck by lightning!

-- Ryan
Re: Hiking 4 Fun Scorpions
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Reply to: #977197 by Green Tortuga
Jul 12, 2019 7:09pm
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One time boxing on the Rock I scooped up a tiny salamander to move it so I could look for the box. Only it wasnt a salamander at all. It was a large (for GA) scorpion. It didnt bite me, so there's that.
Re: Hiking 4 Fun Scorpions
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Reply to: #977197 by Green Tortuga
Jul 12, 2019 7:20pm
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And he lives on to tell the tale!
Re: Hiking 4 Fun Scorpions
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Reply to: #977198 by Quarry
Jul 12, 2019 7:32pm
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It didnt bite me, so there's that.

Waxing pedantic: Scorpions, like bees, don't defend themselves by biting; they sting.

Still, a scorpion sting is not going to be pleasant.