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vastateofmind

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  1. Well, with the DMV being in the 80% totality zone for the April 8 event, and based on this map....I went ahead and ordered the damn eclipse glasses and "cell phone camera filter" today, before the markups kicked in within next 1-2 weeks. A thunderstorm blew up literally a couple minutes prior to the start of the 2017 eclipse, blowing to bits all of my preparations that year. I'm hoping our luck is a bit better this year...especially because I'll likely be drooling into my food and wearing Depends when the 2044 eclipse rolls around.
  2. DAMN. We are taking a road trip to El Paso to see our sons starting middle of next week and returning on 4/6...we'll miss the path of totality by FOUR days. Tempted to talk my wife into lingering on the trip back home for this...but I'm already taking 2.5 weeks of leave...plus, the traffic's gonna suck in and out.
  3. Absolutely, stunningly gorgeous photo. Also, I'm somewhat ashamed to admit that my only knowledge of the Langjökull glacier is limited to what I've seen in the greatest animated movie ever made...
  4. It appears/sounds that you had a great time in the ATL 'burbs, for the '93 Superstorm, I was in Alexandria City, in my loveable 1BR apt (Foxchase, for any of you who know the area), continuing to put together (and paint) my U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D model from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's simultaneously predictable and/or (I suppose) sad that I would be constructing/painting a Star Trek plastic starship model during the 24-48 hour period of the 1993 Superstorm. But I still have that starship model, and it STILL stands as a memorial to that incredible, once-in-a-lifetime storm...even if it wasn't that memorable in NoVA.
  5. So, TurboTax has been imminently helpful in importing our composite investment accounts from Raymond James for the past decade. But this year, in addition to the past several years, I completely fault Raymond James for posting their "final" composite investment account statements later and later, every year. We really want to have our fed/state taxes wrapped up by end of Feb every year...but RJ makes that damn near impossible, and maybe that means we need to find a new financial advisor after two decades.
  6. LOL. My wife relented yesterday and mowed our front lawn...it might be our earliest ever mowing. It was definitely in need of a haircut, though, and would've been an absolute mess if we let it go 'til next weekend....with a number of days in the 70s forecasted between now and then.
  7. Love to see it. DID see it on our midday doggo walk today. Some of the daffodils around these parts have actually peaked and are on their downhill slide. #BRINGIT
  8. Yea, verily, let it be so. I think @nj2va might be one of the few to agree.
  9. I'm thinking that @CAPE would agree with you, based on what he's facing on his "back 40" in the coming weeks...
  10. PERFECT days for working one's way through a four-pack of DFH 120 Minute IPA. Or, arguably, a 4-pack for EACH weekend day...God help me.
  11. Yep. I report to work at Fort Belvoir once weekly and try to do a lunchtime walk down to Accotink Bay...have seen a handful of osprey in past couple weeks, and a couple of them have already been hooting at me when I walk near their nesting platforms/poles, which the Army is pretty good about placing all around the bay for them. Of course, they're not averse to building their pterodactyl-like nests at the top of the field lights surrounding nearby baseball/softball fields on post, either.
  12. We did a circuit driving trip to the Grand Canyon late last summer and put about the same amount of miles you just quoted on our 2009 Honda Pilot (which, after that trip, currently has ~97K miles on it). I'd have to say that last summer, AZ, NM and OK had some of the worst roads we've encountered ever. BUT...I'm not retiring that trophy yet, as we're doing another extended driving trip in a more SW trajectory in a few weeks to see our sons in El Paso, and will be going through additional states that we did not navigate last summer....GA, AL, LA, MS. I'm thinking that we'll definitely find some additionally challenging roads in this next stretch.
  13. Will do! Interesting that you mention Emerald Isle -- we've had several recommendations from Myrtle Beach locals while visiting there in recent years, to definitely check that out for retirement. In fact, one of our favorite Airbnb "landlords" of several properties we rent in MB, lives in Emerald Isle and has encouraged us several times to look there, too. And ahhh, yes, where the kids land...we gave up that up as consideration factor a couple years ago, as our two, mid-late 20s sons have ranged from GA to TX to AZ to the PacNW over the past decade. We'll settle for US living within an hour of an efficient airport.
  14. Legit question from outside your sub....have noticed when driving to OBX or through the SC low country on way to beaches, that standing water seems to stand a lot longer than some places. Is that true, or just anecdotal observation on my part! We're considering Myrtle Beach as a final retirement landing spot, and I've also noticed during extended stays that they have frequent runoff and standing water issues...which I would expect right on the coast. Here in NoVA, and like you -- when we get more rain in a short amount of time, I'll get a temporary "stream" through my backyard for runoff. I have one this morning that will likely subside by late afternoon, and return again tomorrow afternoon when the rain will fire up once more. The stream is rare...but it IS telling in how much extra rain we've received in the past week.
  15. 49 and steady rain from an hour ago now switching over to light rain/drizzle.
  16. For those of you still in the snow hunt, I wish you luck. After several days' taste of what we had yesterday, doesn't take long to throw in the towel at this point.
  17. 68, baby. I think that counts as busting high. And I'll gladly take it.
  18. Speaking of liquor...I'm overdue to make a run to the District Costco...which is the ONLY local branch which has the fairly good selection and giant-ass bottles of Kirkland-brand liquors.
  19. Please do post any successful acquisition...shit, I'll travel into the District if I can lay my hands on that nectar. So hard to find at times.
  20. I'm legit sorry for you...and yeah, UberEats has bit us in the ass a few times in recent years on stuff like this. SIGH. Back to the never-ending quest for DFH 120...
  21. That is WELL worth it....
  22. 120's are damn near impossible to find in NoVA. Maybe I need to hit up UberEats to see if they'll track it down FOR me....
  23. Which begs the question...how do the "wetlands" that make up a significant portion of your "back 40" look at this point, in this particular seasonal transition? Always been interesting in recent years to see how wet it is on the typically wettest portions of your property...and how that compares to other parts of our region on this side of the bay.
  24. @CAPE turned me on to the Mt. Holly discos several years ago. Talented, insightful mets doing their thing up there. Whenever we have interesting LWX wx forecasted....I always check out Mt. Holly's disco to see their spin on it. Adding this to our daytrip list...
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