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The solar eclipse burned a crescent wound on a woman's retina. She wasn't wearing proper glasses.
MSN / Washington Post ^
Posted on 12/08/2017 4:17:52 PM PST by SMGFan
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Only person out of millions?
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:17:52 PM PST
by
SMGFan
To: SMGFan
"Like so many others, 26-year-old Nia Payne wanted to view of August’s historic solar eclipse but..."
You forgot to credit the author, Travis Andrews, with his illiteracy. Nia Payne wanted to view of eclipse?
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:23:39 PM PST
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: SMGFan
Crescent in the retina... we sure she isn’t Linda saursour???
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:25:33 PM PST
by
GraceG
("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
To: SMGFan
That day I kept taking my eclipse glasses off to look down for a while - once I didn’t look away soon enough and got a blast of the sun for a split second - I didn’t do that again! I could see the image in my eyes for maybe an hour then it went away.
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:26:24 PM PST
by
GnuThere
To: SMGFan
"Only person out of millions?"
The article began with the statement, "Like so many others,..."
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:27:01 PM PST
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: SMGFan
Hey, we were warned over and over and over to have the proper viewing equipment for the eclipse.
I traveled almost 300 miles to be dead-center for it, a beautiful, clear as a bell morning.
And everyone who was there - EVERYONE!!! - had the proper eclipse glasses or lenses, whatever.
So I am sorry to hear this, but I’m not gonna cry in my beer for her!
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:29:23 PM PST
by
djf
("She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store..." - Prince)
To: GnuThere
I watched the full eclipse cycle on TV without any special glasses.........
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:29:31 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
To: familyop
Without a doubt I wa suggesting ...to have damaged retina from viewing the eclipse.
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:30:07 PM PST
by
SMGFan
(Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
To: SMGFan
I watched it through my welding hood. Looked awesome
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:31:18 PM PST
by
This_Dude
To: SMGFan
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:31:45 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:32:00 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: SMGFan
At least she has something to remember it by.
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:32:51 PM PST
by
Flag_This
(Liberals are locusts.)
To: Hot Tabasco
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A piece of white cardboard and a plate with a hole in it is all you need.
Just project the image onto the cardboard.
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:35:23 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: SpaceBar
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For the rest of her life!
.
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:36:51 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: SMGFan
Millions are smart enough to not stare at the sun so long that it burns an imprint on the retina.
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:36:56 PM PST
by
ctdonath2
(It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
To: editor-surveyor
Yes, she located herself in the middle of the left half of the bell curve. And you know what that means.
To: SMGFan
When we were little kids, my brother and I stared at the setting sun, to see who would blink first.
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:42:31 PM PST
by
JohnnyP
(Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
To: djf
Gotcha beat. We drove 600 miles to dead center in totality zone. It was on a property owned by an organization we volunteer with. We ended up hosting 200 people at an eclipse party.
It was worth the effort.
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:46:33 PM PST
by
cyclotic
(Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
To: familyop
You forgot to credit the author, Travis Andrews, with his illiteracy. Nia Payne wanted to view of eclipse?Probably a typo. I do that all the time. My command of English grammar is excellent but sometimes gets jumbled between my brain and the keyboard. That's why it's so important to have a separate pair of eyes do the proofreading.
It appears in this case the author was undecided whether to say "to view the eclipse" or "a view of the eclipse". He may have written it one way in the rough draft and goofed when he changed it.
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:46:43 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Headline: Muslims Fear Backlash from Tomorrow's Terror Attack - Mark Steyn)
To: editor-surveyor
A piece of white cardboard and a plate with a hole in it is all you need.Stand under the shade of a tree and you can view hundreds of eclipse shadows on the ground.
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posted on
12/08/2017 4:48:09 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Headline: Muslims Fear Backlash from Tomorrow's Terror Attack - Mark Steyn)
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