I did not watch the eclipse today
@shaggin (72289)
United States
April 8, 2024 10:09pm CST
Did you watch the eclipse today? Could you see it well from where you are?
A geocaching friend emailed me last week she is moving and downsizing and wondered if I wanted some extra containers she has. She wanted to get together and visit as well so we planned it for this morning.
My little one and I drove an hour to her house and visited for 2 1/2 hours. I found out she creates quilts for a living. Her home is beautiful and my daughter loved her little dog. We had coffee and cookies. I rarely visit anyone so I was nervous but excited and we had a lovely time.
She doesn’t watch the news and doesn’t use social media so she didn’t know about the eclipse until that morning and asked if I knew about it. Both of us had experienced eclipses before and didn’t care to watch it.
I drove a very short distance up the road after we left to look for one of her new geocaches but the coordinates weren’t leading me to the correct place. The photo is of the really large thorns that grow off the trees at that cemetery.
I drove home as the sky started to dark but I never really even needed to turn my headlights on and before I knew it it started getting brighter again.
I had a few errands to do around town after dinner and that about sums up my day.
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@kaylachan (71996)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Apr
Well, I doubt you could miss it. You just weren't glued to the sky. But you saw it.
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@shaggin (72289)
• United States
10 Apr
@kaylachan I never looked up at the sky one bit but the area around me got slightly darker but really no different then a very cloudy day when the clouds block the sun for a bit.
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@shaggin (72289)
• United States
10 Apr
@kaylachan it didn’t get dark enough to need mine but I do have all day running lights that turn on when my car starts.
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@kaylachan (71996)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Apr
@shaggin We had the same here, but if George were driving he might've turned on the headlights.
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@shaggin (72289)
• United States
12 Apr
@LadyDuck the playgroups and coffee groups I started were all started by posting about get together online. That’s how I met many of my friend but lives changed and we weren’t able to get together anymore. There’s definitely good and bad to social media but many times I things it’s good. Especially during corona when we couldn’t see others we could still keep in touch. People used to chat on the phone more than they do now which was a way to connect before instant messaging etc.
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@GardenGerty (161010)
• United States
10 Apr
If I had not been at work I would have ignored it. I have seen some really cool pictures from others.
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@shaggin (72289)
• United States
10 Apr
@GardenGerty you sound like me. I saw some amazing photos professionals took of it and posted and people shared those on fb but I really didn’t care to see it in person.
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@wolfgirl569 (108448)
• Marion, Ohio
9 Apr
I did watch it but I was outside anyways
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@shaggin (72289)
• United States
11 Apr
@wolfgirl569 I was driving and saw people pulled over and watching it but I had no interest.
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@wolfgirl569 (108448)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Apr
@shaggin I can understand not stopping
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@LindaOHio (182239)
• United States
9 Apr
I watched the eclipse on the Weather Channel. We were in the path of totality. Have a good day.
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@shaggin (72289)
• United States
13 Apr
@LindaOhio didn’t want to go out and see it in person?
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@shaggin (72289)
• United States
13 Apr
@LindaOHio aww do you have someone to help you out at home since you aren’t able to stand long or do you use a wheelchair?
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@LindaOHio (182239)
• United States
13 Apr
@shaggin It would have been too hard for me; and I would have had to drag a chair out there because I can't stand more than a minute.
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@shaggin (72289)
• United States
11 Apr
@dpk262006 have you ever gotten to see one?
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@BarBaraPrz (47724)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr
Those thorn trees can be quite deadly.
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@shaggin (72289)
• United States
11 Apr
@Barbaraprz this was the worst one I’ve ever seen.
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@RebeccasFarm (90547)
• Arvada, Colorado
9 Apr
I love the photo of your thorns there Shanny.
Big ones huh.
Glad you got to visit with you friend.
She sounds a wise lady not using social media.
I didn't make a deal out of the eclipse no.
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@shaggin (72289)
• United States
11 Apr
@RebeccasFarm I’ve never seen thorns so big before in a tree. I’ve had ones about half the size hurt me while geocaching. It went in one side of my arm and out the other.
Glad I’m not the only one who’s didn’t care about the eclipse 
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
13 Apr
I did see it too some degree. My sister and I were going thru things in her storage but she had her phone set to go off in fifteen minutes increments. So, we were outside taking turns looking they my solar glasses and her two paper plates. The solar glasses were much clearer for me than the plates.
We missed seeing the moon completely over the sun by three minutes but that was okay with me. I've seen a few before and would be willing to see the next but for us it's not for twenty more years. And depending on my health by then it might be safer to watch it in tv, or you tube.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Apr
@shaggin we did and we for a lot done that day.
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
9 Apr
Sounds like you had a great day. I am happy for you. No, I didn't watch the eclipse. I have also seen them before and I don't really care about them that much. I don't really understand what the big hullabaloo was!
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@shaggin (72289)
• United States
11 Apr
@Kouponkaren you and I are one and the same then when it comes to caring about the eclipse.
I did have a nice day 
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@snowy22315 (182467)
• United States
9 Apr
I think your visit was better than the eclipse.
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@shaggin (72289)
• United States
10 Apr
@snowy22315 it really was. I’m glad I got to visit with her.
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@JESSY3236 (20038)
• United States
7 May
I did see it using a homemade viewer. It's a cereal box with paper and aluminum foil. I had to get used to looking through it, but it was pretty cool. But I didn't get to see the whole thing because of clouds.
