The Czickness LII….it is the grey time of year. Tungsten Grey that is…

[STopaz1982]

Good morning!!
Wish my camera phone could take pic like MindfulMan above. Mostly just a bright light with a small dot in the middle. Do still have the high res version in my memory (for now

 

[Firehawk]

This one fascinates me the most. Please note the little red arrows shooting out from the bottom and right side. I thought that my lens was 'flaring', and this was a junk photo.
It turns out that those red daggers are called "solar prominences", and are small shoots of the plasma. It's actually considered rare to see during an eclipse !

I saw the bottom one during the eclipse and wondered what it was. I couldn’t see the arrow shape during the eclipse. It just looked like a spark of light on the bottom edge. Thanks for the explanation!

 

[Leadeye]

I’ll trade you even up for a can but this offer only stands until Sunday night.

A great relic of the 70s!

 

[Leadeye]

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Filled the 3rd bed today. Planted some more spring stuff. Went and bought 6 more 2x12s for the fourth bed. Still haven't seen the groundhog.

I wouldn't want to put a sign like that on the gardener's raised beds, the critters might get the wrong idea.

 

[patience0830]

I wouldn't want to put a sign like that on the gardener's raised beds, the critters might get the wrong idea.

I'm afraid the groundhog has seen it.

 

[WebSnyper]

Good morning!!
Wish my camera phone could take pic like MindfulMan above. Mostly just a bright light with a small dot in the middle. Do still have the high res version in my memory (for now

I read something that phones try to compensate for the lighting, etc. Not sure if there is a way to set the phone to manual to override that on the camera. There may also be additional phone apps that allow that control of the camera.

I think MM said he set his camera to manual, etc.

 

[zachcz]

Good morning CZ fans. Back to the grind after spending last week in Salt Lake City for work. Hoping to get some range time in. Having mixed feelings on my rami bd but wanna shoot it more today before I decide it’s fate.

 

[88E30M50]

Morning folks!

Today marks the 80th anniversary of an uncle of mine being shot down and KIA while strafing an airfield in France during WWII. I will be having a shot of good scotch in his honor this evening.

On an odd coincidence, my oldest son shares my uncles name, both being Anthony Piscitelli. My oldest son is also a pilot and actually has a fair resemblance to the uncle. By chance, my oldest son is flying back from Italy today and is flying over France enroute.

 

[patience0830]

Morning folks!

Today marks the 80th anniversary of an uncle of mine being shot down and KIA while strafing an airfield in France during WWII. I will be having a shot of good scotch in his honor this evening.

On an odd coincidence, my oldest son shares my uncles name, both being Anthony Piscitelli. My oldest son is also a pilot and actually has a fair resemblance to the uncle. By chance, my oldest son is flying back from Italy today and is flying over France enroute.

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Youngest brother's eldest boy just started flight school in Indy recently. Hopes to fly Jumbos some day.

 

[patience0830]

Big boy on the south lawn...

 

[STopaz1982]

Morning folks!

Today marks the 80th anniversary of an uncle of mine being shot down and KIA while strafing an airfield in France during WWII. I will be having a shot of good scotch in his honor this evening.

On an odd coincidence, my oldest son shares my uncles name, both being Anthony Piscitelli. My oldest son is also a pilot and actually has a fair resemblance to the uncle. By chance, my oldest son is flying back from Italy today and is flying over France enroute.

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What aircraft is he flying?

 

[WebSnyper]

Made another order for another optic with Drugs and Guns .com

Got a cart loaded with a few things at Lanbo's as well waiting on a thing or 2 to show up back in stock to pull the trigger.

 

[rkwhyte2]

Afternoon fellas.

 

[wtburnette]

Howdy Vinny. I'm sitting here enjoying a nice bowl of porridge with cream and blueberries. It's like a dessert

 

[wingrider1800]

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Big boy on the south lawn...

He's hanging out in a dangerous locality.

 

[88E30M50]

Youngest brother's eldest boy just started flight school in Indy recently. Hopes to fly Jumbos some day.

If he gets a chance to fly with Cape Air to build time as opposed to building time as an instructor, tell him to seriously consider it. That was the best thing my son could have done. It may delay his entry into the big jets by a half a year but his experience level is so much higher. The thousand hours he flew over the last year has been filled with flying into and out of airports like O'Hare, Boston, JFK and Saint Louis. He has hundreds of hours of real instrument time and is totally comfortable with the workload needed to work the big airports.

There's not much money in that year but it's a fantastic year of experience. He's now living in Cape Cod working 4 on, 3 off flying UPS drivers back and forth between Hyannis and Nantucket. He took a week of vacation time and jump seated over to Rome to spend 5 days just wandering around Italy. Eventually, the money catches up with them but the real experience is fantastic as an entry into the world of aviation.

If he wants, I can send my son's contact info to you to let the two of them get in contact with each other. Is your nephew flying with Lift?

 

[88E30M50]

What aircraft is he flying?

He flies a Cessna 402 for Cape Air right now.

 

[mcapo]

Morning folks!

Today marks the 80th anniversary of an uncle of mine being shot down and KIA while strafing an airfield in France during WWII. I will be having a shot of good scotch in his honor this evening.

On an odd coincidence, my oldest son shares my uncles name, both being Anthony Piscitelli. My oldest son is also a pilot and actually has a fair resemblance to the uncle. By chance, my oldest son is flying back from Italy today and is flying over France enroute.

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I always appreciate your reminder of this event. Gives an opportunity to pause for a moment and reflect on the incredible sacrifices made by those generations before us that permit us to live (and complain) about the circumstances we are blessed with today.

 

[mcapo]

Mcapo is going to think that I've gone looney probably, but my friend, it's more than "light, dark, light". If you're in the zone of totality, it's truly an amazing experience ..... either that, or I've gone looney !

Not at all...I find the observance of astrological events fascinating. We are but a speck on a speck on an atom on a cog in a wheel of a much larger machine than we can imagine.

 

[gmcttr]

Not at all...I find the observance of astrological events fascinating. We are but a speck on a speck on an atom on a cog in a wheel of a much larger machine that we can imagine.

Is that a fancy way of saying "third rock from the Sun"?