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chez-desir · ‎08-13-2017

Does anyone have a gut feeling one way or the other on weather the eclipse will effect sales Sunday Monday and possibly Tuesday? I just read that many thousands will leave home and head toward totality locations. Are any of you holding back on listings ending on those days? I can't be the only one to have wondered about the eclipse effect. Have a great week.

partial*eclipse · ‎08-13-2017

@sharingtheland wrote:
partial, I totally agree with you. This is not how I would choose to spend money for a family vacation. ....

Thanks, that's a comfort. I sure hope that the weather holds up for you all, and you aren't stuck vacationing with umbrellas and board games. Somehow it's indescribably sad that a delightful traditional family beach trip has to be sacrificed because of a kindergarten schedule.

myboardid · ‎08-13-2017

@partial*eclipse wrote:
@sharingtheland wrote:
partial, I totally agree with you. This is not how I would choose to spend money for a family vacation. ....
Thanks, that's a comfort. I sure hope that the weather holds up for you all, and you aren't stuck vacationing with umbrellas and board games. Somehow it's indescribably sad that a delightful traditional family beach trip has to be sacrificed because of a kindergarten schedule.

I agree with that. Mykindergartener would miss a week of school.

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ersatz_sobriquet · ‎08-13-2017

@myboardid wrote:
@partial*eclipse wrote:
@sharingtheland wrote:
partial, I totally agree with you. This is not how I would choose to spend money for a family vacation. ....
Thanks, that's a comfort. I sure hope that the weather holds up for you all, and you aren't stuck vacationing with umbrellas and board games. Somehow it's indescribably sad that a delightful traditional family beach trip has to be sacrificed because of a kindergarten schedule.
I agree with that. Mykindergartener would miss a week of school.

I was eyed very suspiciously when I told my daughter's teacher when she was in 1st grade that I was taking her out of school for a week in September to go on a vacation to visit my sister. The plane fare was the right price, so I bought the tickets. Many years ago. I had no idea that it was considered something that the school had any imput in, I was rather surprised at the responses. Nothing outright was said, but there was a look, and another look, and some questions beyond what was necessary.

lookng2015 · ‎08-13-2017

I agree taking them out of school for a vacation etc may be problematical at a later age, but for the littlies under about 6 or 7? Really?

Remember the old days in the rural areas where kids would routinely miss school during harvest etc?

"If a product doesn't sell, raise the price" - Reese Palley
"If it sold FAST, it was priced too low" - also Reese Palley

pikabo-icu · ‎08-13-2017

I'm going to strip nekkid and run in the streets howling- wait, that's for a full moon..

It's a few minutes of darkness for Heaven's sake- these people would never survive Alaska!

I saw on when I was in grade school, we made these box thingies to view it-

I might take a peek at it but it wont affect me or my behavior in any way..

~Pika~
People in life that are the happiest don't have the most,, they make the most of what they have...

sharingtheland · ‎08-13-2017

I took my kids out of school all the time for trips. Until they got to high school and the one they attended awarded perfect attendance with don't have to take final exams. That was their choice and we did fight about it. I thought it was a really stupid rule because that meant sick kids went to school and hey, pull up your big pants and take those exams. I wanted to go to an island, mon.

Anyway, this is A Big Deal for the kindergartners. And I am not the parents making the decision. First grade? Second grade? I hope we can head back to the beach this year it would be the second week of school which has been talked up big time because this will be the first time they've ever been separated. Waiting with, um, anticipation to see how that goes.

As stated, I am not the parent and don't have a vote.

Sherry

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partial*eclipse · ‎08-13-2017

@sharingtheland wrote:
... the one they attended awarded perfect attendance ..... I thought it was a really stupid rule because that meant sick kids went to school ....

At my high school graduation, we actually booed a gal who got a perfect attendance award (just a certificate) after coming to school sick and making the rest of us sick so many times.

ersatz_sobriquet · ‎08-13-2017

@lookng2015 wrote:
I agree taking them out of school for a vacation etc may be problematical at a later age, but for the littlies under about 6 or 7? Really?

Remember the old days in the rural areas where kids would routinely miss school during harvest etc?

I bet the farm kids still do.

gracieallen01 · ‎08-13-2017

Oh. Is there going to be an eclipse?

Again?

Almost makes me think I should start watching TV, or, at least, the news once in a while.

Nah!

Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.

The foolishness of one's actions or words is determined by the number of witnesses.

Perhaps if Brains were described as an APP, many people would use them more often.

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sg51 · ‎08-13-2017

Remember the old days in the rural areas where kids would routinely miss school during harvest etc?

In my high school, the first school day after the opening of hunting season was a school holiday.

retrose1 · ‎08-13-2017

My friend that is going is a college professor and is skipping his first week to go. He is going to work the eclipse at another college and his college is paying his way. He is staying with a friend. The college he is going to has been selling tickets for their stadium seating and it's been sold out, their football games don't do that.

I figure that I will get a lot more info and better views watching the coverage on tv, since some stations with binge it. That way i will say away from the flat earthers and global warming deniers who will run screaming that the sky is falling and the end is near.

(*Bleep*)

starroute-us · ‎08-13-2017

@ersatz_sobriquet wrote:
List of solar eclipses is huge for the last century.....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_20th_century
And for the 21st century
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century

I'll be seeing around 80%, even that though is enough to block out the light.

One thing for those parents with naughty children. Don't tell your child not to look at the sun if they are a rebel. I remember well always having to look at it after my mother told me not to, probably 1968, 1969. That didn't hurt at all!
Buy them the CORRECT glasses.
WARNING: Fake protection glasses:
These "eclipse glasses" are cheap — maybe $1 or $2 each — but if you use bad glasses you risk burning your retina. Injuries might be temporary or longer-term. Improper viewing of the sun during an eclipse could cause "eclipse blindness" or retinal burns.

Special solar filters enable you to look at the partially eclipsed sun. Typically, consumers should look for the stamp of approval from the International Organization for Standardization or ISO and a label indicating that the product meets the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard.
But it's important to realize that the con artists are printing the ISO logo and certification label on sham solar glasses and handheld solar viewers.
"Don't just search for eclipse glasses on the Internet and buy whatever comes up," warned Rick Fienberg, press officer for the American Astronomical Society.

Great post,

I am at the Oregon coast just a short distance from *ground zero* first to see.

We plan on selling nothing, mailing nothing, basically doing nothing except sharing time with friends.

Small towns can not handle the traffic and resources that will be depleted by crowds.

The beach has super high/low tides that day, if anyone is thinking of beach camping/ think again. Be safe:) No campfires please.:)

missjen831 · ‎08-13-2017

@ersatz_sobriquet wrote:
@myboardid wrote:
@partial*eclipse wrote:
@sharingtheland wrote:
partial, I totally agree with you. This is not how I would choose to spend money for a family vacation. ....
Thanks, that's a comfort. I sure hope that the weather holds up for you all, and you aren't stuck vacationing with umbrellas and board games. Somehow it's indescribably sad that a delightful traditional family beach trip has to be sacrificed because of a kindergarten schedule.
I agree with that. Mykindergartener would miss a week of school.
I was eyed very suspiciously when I told my daughter's teacher when she was in 1st grade that I was taking her out of school for a week in September to go on a vacation to visit my sister. The plane fare was the right price, so I bought the tickets. Many years ago. I had no idea that it was considered something that the school had any imput in, I was rather surprised at the responses. Nothing outright was said, but there was a look, and another look, and some questions beyond what was necessary.

I don't know about other states but in CA the funding schools receive from the state is based on attendance. If your child misses school, the school loses money for the day(s) missed. My kids school makes the parents and kids sign a contract each year outlining the attendance policy and stressing that vacations be taken when school isn't in session. Of course, they have no input in when families take their vacations. I'm not proud of it but my kids miss a few schools day every year because we've chosen to go on vacation. Heck I kept my daughter out of school the entire day when my husband was promoted in March even though the ceremony was at 2pm! And as far as vacations go, we don't plan them in a way which would take the kids out of school for a week but they do miss 1-3 days. Because of my husband line of work, we make a lot of sacrifices, he misses a lot of birthdays, holidays and other important events year round and my kids missing a few days of school isn't a concern to me. I take full advantage when there is an opportunity to take a mini family vacation. It kind of makes up for all the import stuff my husband misses out on 🙂

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campesinoplastic2014 · ‎08-13-2017

Moon Pie?

What comes sooner? The eclipse, or Kim lobs another missile into the sea and tries to give the other crazy guy a heart attack?

mistwomandancing · ‎08-13-2017

lookng2015 wrote:
I agree taking them out of school for a vacation etc may be problematical at a later age, but for the littlies under about 6 or 7? Really?

Remember the old days in the rural areas where kids would routinely miss school during harvest etc?

I grew up in a small town in farm country... Yes, school didn't even start until September, and boys and often girls who were farm kids often missed some days when they were needed to help with harvest.