NewTricks Posted April 5 ID:1628112 Share Posted April 5 🌺🌿🐑 Hello Friends! 💦🐰 Spring has arrived! The Vernal equinox was 15 days ago on March 21. Last night, I realized Winter 2023 was still going strong. Oops! Today's news is about the solar Eclipse April 8, 2024 in upstate New York. To that end, the local community college is giving away kits to students. Included: a tee shirt, button, 2 ISO 12312-2 certified eclipse glasses, a photo filter and lots of astronomer/educator information sheets from NASA. For fun, there is a lesson on Experimenting with UV-sensitive BEADS, with a packet of beads, pipe cleaner and 8 page lesson, in color! The road at the north end of the lake is closed for 7 hours. Businesses are closing early and everyone is getting in the mood for "oooooooo-ing and ahhhhhhhhh-ing." 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted April 5 Root Admin ID:1628155 Share Posted April 5 Someone seems jazzed - good. Great to have excitement in ones life 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTricks Posted April 7 Author ID:1628410 Share Posted April 7 drama at sunset April 6-no filter 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted April 8 Root Admin ID:1628485 Share Posted April 8 Beautiful image 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTricks Posted April 8 Author ID:1628524 Share Posted April 8 On 4/5/2024 at 6:05 PM, AdvancedSetup said: Someone seems jazzed Absolutely! But I had a struggle to set reasonable expectations for today. Since this will most likely be my last eclipse, I'm going to savor & enjoy. The next one is in 2045. But who knows? That meant an early morning recconaissance mission where I discovered the pier is totally closed to vehicles, same for the adjoining road for 7 hours. 😢 That means walking in. My ankle did not like that 4 day streak of 3500 steps. That 3 month healing estimate was accurate. 🧐 Still, there are options. Cloud cover looks minimal, so🤞 Happy April 8, 2024 ❤️ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTricks Posted April 9 Author ID:1628729 Share Posted April 9 Joni Mitchell lyrics from Both Sides Now applied to Monday's eclipse: "Now they only block the sun." Perhaps it's one example of humans expecting the unpredictable, unfathomable natural world to conform to rituals and cultural desires. Dense gray cloud cover 15 minutes before eclipse didn't dampen the community spirit for the hundreds that gathered on the sports fields and metal bleachers on campus hillsides. Before I went to join them, I noticed someone with a tripod set up on the front lawn. He had Efke Infrared IR820 film in a 1983 manual Minolta with the longest lens I've ever seen. Contrary to my musings, I DID take some photos; before and during to illustrate the total darkness. I've selected one frame of a 24 second video I knew would be too big. Life is too short to learn how to edit! Maybe next year. It was a lot of anticipation for 4 minutes. For those still employed, a nice break from the routine which offered hope of a historic moment. For the rest of us, a nice semi-holiday hype which bonds us through this lakeside "Chosen Spot." 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTricks Posted April 9 Author ID:1628731 Share Posted April 9 My morning walk through "StoryWalk Park" was a brisk 37 degrees. Dew on the grass and only one other person. He had a curious magnetic sticker on his truck. Turns out I missed Phineas & Ferb, 2007-2015. Only 2 miles from my place, this park has been one of my favorites for level walking and wide open space-23 acres total. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted April 9 Root Admin ID:1628780 Share Posted April 9 Yeah, you can keep your 37 degrees. Might have to put on pants at that point 😁 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTricks Posted April 9 Author ID:1628828 Share Posted April 9 (edited) What makes you think I don't have pants on? By the way the temp rose to 77 today. I wore a hoodie, just in case. Edited April 9 by NewTricks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted April 9 Root Admin ID:1628838 Share Posted April 9 I said myself. I am in shorts about 90% of the month year round 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted April 9 ID:1628839 Share Posted April 9 It was 77 Deg F here too and now it is 75. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTricks Posted April 9 Author ID:1628859 Share Posted April 9 (edited) 48 minutes ago, AdvancedSetup said: I am in shorts about 90% of the month year round Lucky YOU! 🍀 😢 77 in NY & NJ and dropping. FYI: this is the only day in April it's gonna happen. Edited April 9 by NewTricks update Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted April 9 Root Admin ID:1628861 Share Posted April 9 Probably 85+ tomorrow 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted April 9 ID:1628862 Share Posted April 9 (edited) 37 minutes ago, NewTricks said: Lucky YOU! 🍀 😢 77 in NY & NJ and dropping. FYI: this is the only day in April it's gonna happen. I hope ! But since I last posted, it in now 69. I spent the afternoon trying to correct my Shimano Front Derailuer shifting problems on my mountain bike. Yesterday I was at the Monmouth Battlefield for the Eclipse with an afternoon of trail riding and trail walking. After seeing such places as the Old Tenant Church and viewing NJ Militia's Captain Joshua (Jake) Huddy's burial marker, I had problems shifting gears. Edited April 9 by David H. Lipman Edited for content, clarity, spelling and/or grammar 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTricks Posted April 9 Author ID:1628864 Share Posted April 9 25 minutes ago, AdvancedSetup said: Probably 85+ tomorrow This is rubbing salt in the wound! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTricks Posted April 9 Author ID:1628866 Share Posted April 9 16 minutes ago, David H. Lipman said: I had problems shifting gears. Oh, so sorry Dave. And probably miles from home too. Have you been able to assess the damage and get an idea of the fix? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted April 9 ID:1628872 Share Posted April 9 (edited) I put my Bike in my car so it wasn't an issue. Thanx @NewTricks ! The bike is a 24 speed. 3 gears in the Front and 8 gears on the rear. It was only working in the mid gear (speeds 9 ~ 16) . Now I have it working on the Mid (speeds 9 ~ 16) and Upper (speeds 17 ~ 24). So it is better but not 'fixed'. OK for street riding but not for rough and hilly terrains. It may be time to replace the Shimano Front Derailuer as I am not a bike repair expert. Edited April 9 by David H. Lipman Edited for content, clarity, spelling and/or grammar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digmorcrusher Posted April 9 ID:1628875 Share Posted April 9 17C here today, probably warmest day since last October some time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTricks Posted April 9 Author ID:1628876 Share Posted April 9 Congrats digmorcrusher. Hope you got out to enjoy it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTricks Posted April 9 Author ID:1628877 Share Posted April 9 9 minutes ago, David H. Lipman said: So it is better but not 'fixed'. I had visions of you walking it miles and miles home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted April 9 ID:1628878 Share Posted April 9 Just now, NewTricks said: I had visions of you walking it miles and miles home. Thank G-d - No. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digmorcrusher Posted April 9 ID:1628879 Share Posted April 9 I certainly did, first BBQ of season. I very seriously considered putting some shorts on too. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTricks Posted April 9 Author ID:1628881 Share Posted April 9 Well, now I've started thinking about food again! Delightful way to embrace the day. Ribs. chicken, veggies? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted April 9 ID:1628882 Share Posted April 9 Ribs and Veggies. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTricks Posted April 9 Author ID:1628883 Share Posted April 9 Homemade of store bought SAUCE? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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