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Perseid schmerseid, meteors are gay

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    It's raining like made here

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  • iamthepiemaniamthepieman Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I live in the middle of nowhere so I will be turning the lights off in my house and strolling out the backdoor with a beer in my hand. Maybe grill some brats for a little early morning snack while I watch.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    bombardier wrote: »
    Druhim wrote: »
    bombardier wrote: »
    If I check this out the morning of the 13th, like say 1am-4am, would that be too late?

    I have to be up for school the next day, but I keep missing these and it's pissing me off so I might try and go to sleep early and have a nap before class.

    that would be prime viewing time
    just try to get away from city lights as much as possible

    Gonna drive up into Squamish valley, that should do it:

    http://www.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Vancouver,+Greater+Vancouver+Regional+District,+British+Columbia,+Canada&ll=49.887446,-123.258362&spn=0.098544,0.264187&t=p&z=13

    Just make sure you have a pretty unobstructed view of the horizon from the northeast to the south. So you'll probably want to get up on top of a mountain there if possible.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I will look for this tonight. Thanks for the heads-up.

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  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    This is one of the only things I miss about living in a small town in the middle of shit ass nowhere.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    aight, I'm heading out soon to go on a longish drive over the pass to watch some meteors in the country

    best of luck to you other stargazers

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  • scarlet blvd.scarlet blvd. Bebop Cola Goooood!Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Pictures or it didn't happen

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  • AphostileAphostile San Francisco, CARegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I have seen two meatie ors so far.

    It is early though. I will try again at 3am.

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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2010
    i'm laying out in my lawn jerking off to the sky

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    Ok, I realized after getting to a good spot around 11 that the peak is actually tomorrow night. So I saw a few meteors but decided to leave around 12:30 and instead head out there tomorrow night. Got my dates confuzzled.

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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2010
    druhim is old joke goes here

    in my butt

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    I smell poo!

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  • AphostileAphostile San Francisco, CARegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Doesn't it peak over both nights? The 12th and the 13th?

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    Aphostile wrote: »
    Doesn't it peak over both nights? The 12th and the 13th?

    while one can't predict exact numbers, expectations are that there will be roughly 2/3 as many tonight as tomorrow night since the shower peaks tomorrow afternoon

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  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I wanna see meteors, but there is a lot of light pollution here!

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  • AphostileAphostile San Francisco, CARegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    What you got there? Numbers?

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  • nateknatek unh unh Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    so tomorrow is the big day for this?

    I should get off at 8 pm so maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe I will try to see some things

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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2010
    Druhim wrote: »
    I smell poo!

    Did señor make uh-ohs in his pantaloons again?

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    natek wrote: »
    so tomorrow is the big day for this?

    I should get off at 8 pm so maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe I will try to see some things

    best viewing is from 2 am to dawn
    you won't see all that much before midnight
    just so you know

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  • nateknatek unh unh Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I have adjusted to a 3pm-1am workday

    I think 2 am is pretty dang doable for me

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Broke onto the roof of the tallest building on my campus, then realized it was cloudy.

    The light pollution makes it a bit tough in Hartford anyways.

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I will try to watch this tonight, provided it is not FUCKING RAINING (goddamn you Florida)

    Maybe I'll try some long exposure photos of the sky

    We'll see

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I hope the clouds are gone by the time I get out of work tonight.

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  • PkErthbndPkErthbnd Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    shit shit shit shit

    you guys

    not only is there some gay meteor shower going on

    but the planets are totally aligned tonight too.

    (also friday the 13th)

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  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Finally I can complete the ritual!



    Dammit I can't see any meteors.

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  • PkErthbndPkErthbnd Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I'm going outside to look right now.

    I'll report back soon.

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  • AphostileAphostile San Francisco, CARegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Doo doo doo, looking up seeing meteors. Pretty cool.

    Wait, the planets are aligned and it's Friday the 13th?

    Fuck my neighbors are satanists.

    Great. Zombocalypse.

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  • PkErthbndPkErthbnd Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I saw a few, then got distracted when my cat managed to snake his way outside and started running off. I saw a couple darters, nothing really spectacular like the Leonids of '95 though.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Aphostile wrote: »
    Doo doo doo, looking up seeing meteors. Pretty cool.

    Wait, the planets are aligned and it's Friday the 13th?

    Fuck my neighbors are satanists.

    Great. Zombocalypse.

    seriously, wizards and sorcerers must be losing their fucking shit right now

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    saw some meteors, and that was cool
    but came home early because I've got a headache that wasn't being improved by the two drunk women that were braying like donkeys nonstop for at least 30 min

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  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Aphostile wrote: »
    Doo doo doo, looking up seeing meteors. Pretty cool.

    Wait, the planets are aligned and it's Friday the 13th?

    Fuck my neighbors are satanists.

    Great. Zombocalypse.

    Film their blood orgy.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    It was overcast here last night, I will hope for clear skies tonight.

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    Spent a couple of hours Wednesday night wandering around the hills trying to find somewhere not too light-polluted, but I think the sky was actually just too hazy to see anything - couldn't even spot stars. Last night was rainy, so if the sky clears tonight we might give it one final shot but otherwise I think the meteor-spotting is over for this year :(

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  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I went to a park last night to watch it, but then a security guard kicked me out because apparently a kid got stabbed to death there a couple weeks ago.

    Huh.

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  • TenTen Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Just got back from a drive with mully and bombardier, we found a good spot and got to see a whole bunch of meteors, it was wonderful. Must sleep now.

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  • bombardierbombardier Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2010
    I could have just slept there on the ground, it was so peaceful. Time to see if the pictures turned out at all.

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  • mullymully Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    if i had a blanket, i wouldn't have wanted to leave, ever

    but man, i was getting hells of cold

    excited to see the photos

    sleep good yes go

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  • doublehawk00doublehawk00 Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    watched the meteors after seeing scott pilgrim

    now it is daylight arrrgh

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  • cadmunkycadmunky One hand on the bottle, The other a shaking fist.Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Bah! It's been cloudy pretty much every night here, not that it'd be able to drag my ass outta bed anyway. Still can't wait to see everyone's pics!

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  • ThreeCubedThreeCubed Grandma Winky's fat ankles Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I thought I was crazy until I ran across this article.

    http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_6_111/ai_87854873/

    Turns out other people hear the meteors, too.

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