Are you watching the eclipse?

@ramapo17 (30441)
Melbourne, Florida
August 21, 2017 11:54am CST
Watching all the different television stations, it looks like so many people are having a great time and watching the skies. What a great way to have so many people enjoying the day together. Why can't it be like this everyday?
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@just4him (305569)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Aug 17
One of the great things one of the commentators said was that everyone was looking up at the sky and not down at their phones. Now that is a change. Too bad there aren't more events to take our eyes off our phones and interact with people.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Aug 17
You have a great point here @just4him. I really hate when I am around people that are always looking at their phone when I am with them. It is just rude. I can see it once in awhile. My daughter is horrible with the phone. I only see her a few times a year and she will be on the phone, texting, at least 95% of the time we are together.
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@just4him (305569)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Aug 17
@ramapo17 I don't text. I do have a cell phone - flip style, not smart by any stretch of the imagination, so I only use it for emergencies. I can text with it, but it's the old fashioned three letters to a number type and takes forever, so I prefer not to text. I prefer talking to a person anyway.
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@much2say (53946)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Aug 17
I'm doing the pinholed paper viewing from Los Angeles - CA. It's sunny but there's an odd shade of gray in the air right now. We will only get a partial eclipse here. I just wish the schools could teach this stuff outdoors . . . all the kids in our district will be confined indoors in their classrooms for safety reasons.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Aug 17
That was a smart move as kids don't listen and some might look directly in it.
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@much2say (53946)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Aug 17
@ramapo17 That is true, but still I wish there was some way they could have made plans to make it a better learning opportunity for them. They barely saw anything livestreaming in the classrooms because they kept having internet problems at the schools.
@rebelann (111089)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Aug 17
It won't be visible here. Be careful about looking up though, it could damage your vision.
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• United States
21 Aug 17
Well I am not exactly watching it, havent any special glasses but am sitting here waiting for the peak of it at 11:46AM at 93 percent here where I am. Are you?
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
21 Aug 17
Because real life happens everyday, that makes it so this isn't how the world can stay. Sadly
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Aug 17
@Courtlynn You are right. It is sad.
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@kobesbuddy (74448)
• East Tawas, Michigan
21 Aug 17
@ramapo17 It's something so simple, yet this eclipse has drawn people together:)
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Aug 17
You are right. We should have this more often to get people to actually communicate face to face instead of on a hand held device.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Aug 17
@kobesbuddy You are right.
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@kobesbuddy (74448)
• East Tawas, Michigan
23 Aug 17
@ramapo17 We need to communicate with other people, instead of being alone too much and quite often, lonely.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
21 Aug 17
Yeah, why can't we just all unite, stop bickering, arguing, fighting each other, killing each other. Peace is really possible if we all will it and forget our personal interests.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
23 Aug 17
@ramapo17 i'm not a good speaker at all. People will just hate me they might end up killing me.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Aug 17
@toniganzon Hahaha, I don't think anyone is out to kill you.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Aug 17
You should be a spokesperson for peace.
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@jstory07 (134328)
• Roseburg, Oregon
21 Aug 17
We watched and nothing happened here. We were sad.
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@vsai2008 (11796)
• India
22 Aug 17
You made a very good point :)
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@fly802 (1383)
21 Aug 17
I wish it would happen every day.
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