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Idaho eclipse-alypse
August 15, 2017, 12:52 PM
ScorpionBoyIdaho eclipse-alypse
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Originally posted by flashguy:
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Originally posted by kkina:
These are actual, serious social media posts:
"Most kids go back to school that day. Can it be done on the weekend?"
"The sun is so bright during this time of the day. Can we please do this during the evening hours instead?"
"Does anyone know if there's a rain date?"
"I work during the day, could you re-schedule it for the evening maybe around tenish?"
"I live on the other side of earth, does that make it a moonar eclipse for me?"
"Please reschedule. My cat's quinceañera is that day." (Quinceañera is the celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday.)
Gives one a good impression (confirmation) of the poor quality of education these days. Such ignorance is simply abysmal. No one today should be that uninformed. No one should be that incapable of clear thinking. (No one that stupid should have survived infancy.)
flashguy
you guys really believe that those are real and sincere posts? really? cat's quinceanera? damn.
August 15, 2017, 01:05 PM
flashguy^^^^^ Actually, I do. There really are people out there who are that uneducated.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth August 15, 2017, 01:06 PM
flashguyquote:
Originally posted by Crom:
Well, I am in Utah and planning to go.
I was hoping to camp in an obscure mountain location to avoid any crowds. I am from Idaho, so I am comfortable poking around the wilderness areas.
We'll see!
Be careful! Some of that 2-legged wildlife could be dangerous.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth August 15, 2017, 01:24 PM
signewt....it's hard to believe at least some of those posts are not intended as a bit of sarcastic humor...
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August 15, 2017, 02:04 PM
Jimbo54quote:
Originally posted by signewt:
....it's hard to believe at least some of those posts are not intended as a bit of sarcastic humor...
I hope you're right. The alterative would be very scary and a bad omen for our future.
Jim
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August 15, 2017, 02:12 PM
jhe888quote:
Originally posted by smlsig:
I really think/hope this turns out to be another Y2K scenario....
Yeah, I'm thinking this is someone's worst-case-scenario. I doubt we'll see this. Bad traffic, sure. Catastrophe?
I'd love to see the totality, but it is just too far from Houston for me to be willing to do it.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. August 15, 2017, 02:23 PM
RaiseHalquote:
Originally posted by vinnybass:
All this to see an eclipse!!!??? Big deal, it gets dark every night.
It is a big deal, it doesn't get dark every DAY.
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August 15, 2017, 02:30 PM
Jus228I would love to see the 100% but not feasible. We will have to settle for 65% or so and still see something awesome, and catch a tv program and look at some pictures online after the fact.
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August 15, 2017, 07:50 PM
mcrimmquote:
Originally posted by mcrimm:
We happened to visiting my wife's brother and SIL in Rigby Idaho yesterday. That little farming community is in the 100% zone.
Someone asked me what time the big event was scheduled. I responded "Around 11:30.”
Yep, you guessed it.....they asked "Will that be during the day or during the night?"
Here's your sign
Mike
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SapperSteelBastards are already starting to gouge on the price of gas in SE Idaho.
Thanks,
Sap
August 16, 2017, 01:06 PM
signewtquote:
Originally posted by SapperSteel:
Bastards are already starting to gouge on the price of gas in SE Idaho.
8 months ago I was checking out the cabin rates at one of my old favorite sites in Stanley Basin.
What typically was renting for under $300/night for primo set up, was going then for $1900 "for 3 nights".........and it went up from that as spaces dwindled. The last time I checked in early March, "$2700" for 3 nights, only 2 units left......
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August 16, 2017, 03:55 PM
flashguyLaw of Supply and Demand--Capitalism at its finest.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth August 16, 2017, 04:00 PM
Jimbo54quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
Law of Supply and Demand--Capitalism at its finest.
flashguy
Exactly. I have no issue with it.
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August 16, 2017, 04:08 PM
rusbroquote:
Originally posted by Jimbo54:
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Originally posted by XLT:
I heard of a farmer in Madras Oregon who sold 3000 camping spots for 1000 each.
Wow, 3 million dollars for no cost to him except the cost of cleaning up the mess they'll leave behind. That's impressive if true.
Jim
Hopefully he's planned ahead for trash cans, shitters, laying out of marked driving paths, maybe liability insurance, security, etc. You could just throw open the gate and let whatever happens happen, but I would think a lot of planning and arrangement would be wise.
August 16, 2017, 05:00 PM
SapperSteelquote:
Originally posted by Jimbo54:
quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
Law of Supply and Demand--Capitalism at its finest.
flashguy
Exactly. I have no issue with it.
I do.
The "Fuck these tourists, take 'em for every cent they have!" mentality does nothing to promote long-term success for Idaho's tourism business. On top of that, the locals [that's me!] are getting fucked by the morons who are dialing up the per-gallon cost of gasoline to over $3.
You bet your ass I'm going to remember which stations were gouging. They'll never see another cent from me, the greedy bastards.
That's not "Capitalism at its finest", not by a long shot. That's just plain bad business.
Thanks,
Sap
August 16, 2017, 05:14 PM
aileronquote:
Originally posted by SapperSteel:
Bastards are already starting to gouge on the price of gas in SE Idaho.
I bought gas in Roberts yesterday and paid through the nose for the privilege of buying gasoline at ground zero a week before the eclipse
August 16, 2017, 05:37 PM
signewtquote:
You could just throw open the gate and let whatever happens happen, but I would think a lot of planning and arrangement would be wise.
if he uses the SFO and Chicago management style, just regard them all as 'indigents' that don't need no steeking laws 'n order 'n toilets etc....
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August 16, 2017, 08:34 PM
LS1 GTOquote:
Originally posted by SapperSteel:
On top of that, the locals [that's me!] are getting fucked by the morons who are dialing up the per-gallon cost of gasoline to over $3.
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Wait a minute, are saying your gas in UNDER $3 per gallon?
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