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I spent most of my day yesterday working as "Net Control" for our local club's "Eclipse Net." I did manage to step outside my cottage and view the total eclipse with my own eyes and enjoy the spectacle for the few minutes of totality. When it ended, I immediately stopped looking directly at the sun and returned to my desk and duties safely. It was an awesome experience! The forecast was for high, wispy clouds here and that is precisely what we got. Not too long after the eclipse however, cloud cover moved in, and it rained all night long.

I feel your pain at the loss of a long-term companion. Fifteen years ago, my little mini-daschund had a stroke and had to be put to sleep according to the vet. To this day I still catch glimpses of him in my extreme peripheral vision. I decided that I'd not have another animal for a companion as I'm getting too old to guarantee his or her care.

Nice trip in a terrific airplane!

There's no need for me to travel as I live directly under the moon's path. I will be involved with an emergency communications network. We are expecting over a million visitors in our neck of the woods!

Well, this Bill most often will have to get up to take a leak about every 3 hours. Darn it!

Thanks Charlie. I was just too lazy to go looking up stuff. 😏

Was he any relation to Charles?

I should think that firing at and downing a UAP falls into the Very Bad Idea category... 😱

I cannot afford subscription services, so I'm not able to watch Halo. I watch a lot of recovery videos however, and getting used to seeing through the lens of a body worn camera has much the same effect as the cited "shaky cam..." 🙃

Actually, now that I've reflected on this, how did he manage to retract the gear since the towbar is firmly attached (temporarily) to the nose gear's axle. How would the nose gear bay doors even close?

ATC recording. Imagine how embarrased the pilot must have been!

Especially when most modern cameras have built in image stabilizers! One has to really strain hard to get shaky motion.

The poor dear was exhausted from such a long flight. It has to rest for awhile.

Starlink satellites are all in low earth orbit, so are not geo-stationary.

I dearly love cats... ...who belong to other people. 🤭