dukeboy440
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Evening what a day
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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ScampMike
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aloha
dukeboy440
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Decided to field a remote part of the base to hang out in tonight. Gonna try watching that metro shower. Plus it's quiet, very quiet
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
You're gonna try to watch some metro dude shower??
ScampMike
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there's a meteor shower tonight?
ScampMike
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oh look - of course there is -- it's time for the Perseid show.. and wouldn't ya friggin' know it - - it's not just cloudy, it's raining.. 
Next week (Monday) is the eclipse....
dukeboy440
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Brightest in the last 100 years
dukeboy440
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MeteorYou're gonna try to watch some metro dude shower??
dukeboy440
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Yep supposed to be 100-200 meteors an hourHello, McFly....
ScampMike
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The radio guy said one every 3 minutes..
dukeboy440
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dukeboy440
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That's only 20 an hour....
Any time McFly...
What?!?!? First I've heard of it
Yeah there's special glasses that are supposed to protect your eyes so you can stare right into it... they're selling like hotcakes...
ScampMike
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seeing anything?
dukeboy440
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It's still sunny.... I gots two hours
dukeboy440
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Yep. I need to go get a pair or two.
ScampMike
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so does the internet - I HAS to be true!
Are you kidding me??? I just looked up those eclipse glasses and they are like the 3D movie glasses....
How cheap...
Amazon.com : Eclipse Glasses - CE and ISO Certified Safe Solar Eclipse Shades - Viewer and filters (5 Pack) - Made in USA : Safety Glasses : Camera & Photo
ScampMike
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if you're careful - you can use your hands to see the eclipse - look through the space between two fingers
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